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MORNING RANT: The Virginia Redistricting Vote, Arlington & Alexandria Retrocession, and DC Statehood

As anyone who reads political blogs knows, voters in Virginia just approved* a redistricting plan that is designed to change its 11-person congressional delegation from a 6/5 Democrat/Republican split to a new map with a 10/1 split. This is being done by carving up the very blue Washington DC suburbs and attaching those hard-left voters to rural red counties. Fairfax County alone will be part of five different congressional districts. (*As Ace has documented, the redistricting election is facing challenges in Virginia courts.)

There has been much chatter since the election about having President Trump punch back by contesting the 19th century retrocession of Arlington and Alexandria from Washington DC to Virginia. The District was established in 1790 from land ceded by Maryland and Virginia, and was originally square in shape, straddling both shores of the Potomac River. But as Matt Margolis explains in this Townhall piece, the District had abolished slavery, so in 1847 the Virginia portion was retroceded back to Virginia to protect the slaveholders in Alexandria and Arlington. Several presidents since then have challenged the constitutionality of that action, and the U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled on it.

Since Alexandria and Arlington are populated by people who are dependent on Washington, returning those counties to DC would be an overdue homecoming.

In the 2024 presidential election, Arlington and Alexandria voted for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump at a ratio of 78% to 19%, with a margin of 121,000 votes. Although that number exceeds the margin of vote difference in this week’s redistricting vote, it would not have been enough in 2024. Kamala won Virginia by 259,000 votes, receiving 52% of the ballots ~~cast~~ counted.

Fairfax County is the great blue whale in Virginia. Fairfax voted 66% for Kamala in 2024, and provided her a massive 209,000 vote margin. Fairfax needs to be given to DC too.

DC statehood is a generally awful idea that won’t go away, and the next time Democrats control all levers of government, they plan to stuff it down our throats, with the intention of getting two more senators. But – DC statehood could be a politically helpful thing if we could just include Arlington, Alexandria, and Fairfax in the new state, which I’ll call “WaNoVa DC” for simplicity. Throwing Loudon County and Prince William County into the new state would leave Virginia beet red.

Here is what would really be great – the two current Democrat senators from Virginia actually represent metro DC, and they could continue to do so if they run for Senate from the new state. Virginia meanwhile would suddenly get two new Republican senators. The net result of WaNoVa DC statehood in the US Senate would be two new Senators, but they’d both be Republicans, not Democrats! Virginia would also then be free to elect an overwhelmingly Republican congressional delegation too, rather than being shut out as was voted for this past week.

At a bare minimum, simply returning Alexandria and Arlington to DC would make Virginia a purplish state rather than a blue state. Retrocession is a legitimate option that Republicans need to push. It also needs to be a poison pill inserted into any discussion of DC statehood.

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Other Stuff I’m Writing About

My latest piece at the The American Spectator has been published. “Under the Radar of the ‘Doomcasting’ Media, There Is Massive Industrial Investment Occurring in the U.S.” discusses the explosive industrial growth occurring in the U.S., and how companies engaged in industrial construction are seeing record sales and a huge backlog of new orders.

The media will not stop trying to spin economic news as being bad for President Trump, but the simple fact is that his effort to re-shore American industry is proving wildly successful. The explosive industrial growth in the U.S. and the cheap natural gas to fuel it have put us in a position for a period of remarkable economic growth and job creation.

This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

My latest piece at The American Spectator has been published, “Under the Radar of the ‘Doomcasting’ Media, There Is Massive Industrial Investment Occurring in the U.S.”https://t.co/TA9JRhuQL3
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) April 24, 2026

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Not first!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (Wnv9h)

2 Wait...delay and a sock change and still 1st?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2026 11:02 AM (Wnv9h)

3 1 Not first!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

You lie!

Posted by: Joe Wilson at April 24, 2026 11:03 AM (oftw2)

4 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2026 11:03 AM (Wnv9h)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 11:04 AM (CfKHZ)

6 The District was established in 1790

It should be reconstituted!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 24, 2026 11:05 AM (YBtcQ)

7 Most important step is to true the vote. Everything else is a delaying action.

That said, I support this idea. Let the senators be elected by the people they actually represent. What a concept!

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at April 24, 2026 11:05 AM (aVO1v)

8 4 The Others have been summoned.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Crying shame you must do this. Everyone owns a clock and knows that the worm turns at 11AM ET. You have to lead these Feral Corgis by the nose!

Posted by: Canine Obedience Academy at April 24, 2026 11:06 AM (oftw2)

9 Fairfax County is the great blue whale in Virginia. Fairfax voted 66% for Kamala in 2024, and provided her a massive 209,000 vote margin. Fairfax needs to be given to DC too.

NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

10 designed to change its 11-person congressional delegation from a 6/5 Democrat/Republican split to a new map with a 10/1 split.

It'll be funny if they redrew these with the assumption that their vote fraud remains intact. And it won't.

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2026 11:07 AM (Uh88k)

11 While I like the idea of sticking it to NoVa, think this would backfire bigly.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:07 AM (5xoct)

12 Why do blue voters love living in blue shitholes? It's GOT to suck for them too, doesn't it?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 11:08 AM (CfKHZ)

13 Slavery had not been abolished in the District of Columbia prior to retrocession. It would only be abolished during the Civil War. However, moves were afoot in the late 1840s to abolish the slave trade in DC, threatening the flourishing slave markets in Alexandria. This would actually occur in 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850. Virginia read the handwriting on the wall and proactively moved to protect slavery by reclaiming the Virginian portions of the District.

Posted by: Steven at April 24, 2026 11:09 AM (UTQRd)

14 I think the Dems may have shot themselves in the keister with this referendum. You simply can't tell the rest of the state that NoVa will now rule them all without people getting their backs up. The unbridled arrogance is going to cause them huge problems going forward, especially after conservative areas get a taste of NoVa governance.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

15 Good morning campers.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 24, 2026 11:09 AM (w3u3d)

16 I had a 1970 Rally NoVa that I really liked.

Posted by: Red, Racing Stripes at April 24, 2026 11:09 AM (oftw2)

17 The reason for D.C. not being a state is EXACTLY what we are seeing with CA and MN and others right, with their anti-ICE legislation: so no state could hinder the operation of the branches of the federal government. Therefore, it was set apart in the Constitution.

If they make DC a state, it violates the constitution AND gives some governor/legislature power over the federal gov't. (That sounds like a win-win-win for the Dems.)

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 11:10 AM (4yJz0)

18 It'll be funny if they redrew these with the assumption that their vote fraud remains intact. And it won't.

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2026 11:07 AM (Uh88k)

I don't think that's really relevant. Fairfax has the voters to overwhelm the rest of the state even without fraud.

Republicans need presidential turnout in every election to even be close in Virginia.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 11:10 AM (iNUL3)

19 I've got a wildly dangerous rabid left of left sister living in Springfield. It would be hilarious to have her suddenly live in a red area.

Posted by: DanMan at April 24, 2026 11:10 AM (8uzBS)

20 Like everything else with our current government, the whole idea and management of "political districts" needs to be trashed. It's too prone to manipulation.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 11:10 AM (jehhT)

21 democrats have been talking about making DC a state since I was a kid back in the 60s, ain't gonna happen.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2026 11:12 AM (0N4FZ)

22 This is a lie. It is not on CNN!

DRUMMMPPFFFF is a stinky poo poo head!!!

Posted by: Open minded Liberal at April 24, 2026 11:12 AM (anL5R)

23 >> Why do blue voters love living in blue shitholes? It's GOT to suck for them too, doesn't it?

Good question.
For some, they are wealthy enough to be protected from most of the crime (gated communities, premium services so they don't interact with the riffraff, etc.).

They go nuclear when it starts to touch them, such as that entertainment couple - Samantha Bee and hubby - who led a parent revolt when their elite NYC public school announced they would be bringing in poor kids from outside the neighborhood.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:12 AM (5xoct)

24 Thx Buck.
Even an effort at reversing the retrocession would cause the Dems to go berserk. I sat Good To Go. They're trying every punk ass thing to gain more power , fight back in really funky ways

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2026 11:12 AM (gu0hJ)

25 Nice write up Buck!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2026 11:12 AM (2WIwB)

26 Why do blue voters love living in blue shitholes? It's GOT to suck for them too, doesn't it?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 11:08 AM (CfKHZ)

Because it doesn't. They don't feel it.

My folks - to the left of Maddow - live in Haymarket. In a retirement community. With strict access controls.

They order everything from amazon and have their groceries delivered. They will never, ever experience what they've forced onto the rest of us.

Most of the AWFLs are like this, I imagine.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 11:12 AM (iNUL3)

27 >>If they make DC a state, it violates the constitution AND gives some governor/legislature power over the federal gov't. (That sounds like a win-win-win for the Dems.)

THIS

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:13 AM (5xoct)

28 Are the fired government workers in NoVa staying put or moving to find jobs?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 11:13 AM (DIbRX)

29 Most of the AWFLs are like this, I imagine.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

"We have a beautiful neighborhood and everything is taken care of. The people complaining are making things up!"

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 11:14 AM (RjOoY)

30 democrats have been talking about making DC a state since I was a kid back in the 60s, ain't gonna happen.

Never say never.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

31 Are the fired government workers in NoVa staying put or moving to find jobs?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 11:13 AM (DIbRX)

Initially, home sales skyrocketed but have stabilized. I think most of them are staying put.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 11:15 AM (iNUL3)

32 We should do what you say, combine them all but then completely deprive the end result of any representation whatsoever. That's what the dems would do to us. And all big cities require absolute disfranchisement. However you want to do it, cut things up to dilute their vote, I don't care. The left must be annihilated.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 11:16 AM (3uBP9)

33 Most of the AWFLs are like this, I imagine.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

"We have a beautiful neighborhood and everything is taken care of. The people complaining are making things up!"

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 11:14 AM (RjOoY)

Honest to God, that's what they say.

"That can't be true. Rachel would have told me."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 11:16 AM (iNUL3)

34 Mrs. E gets 2nd part of first infusion this morning.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2026 11:16 AM (7RAhE)

35 That said, I support this idea. Let the senators be elected by the people they actually represent. What a concept!
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at April 24, 2026 11:05 AM (aVO1v)

How about repealing an amendment and give back senator elections to state legislators.

Back to Constitutional basics!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 11:16 AM (g8Ew8)

36 "Since Alexandria and Arlington are populated by people who are dependent on Washington, returning those counties to DC would be an overdue homecoming."
_______

They also get the FSMP* and an airport!

*Five Sided Money Pump

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 11:16 AM (2Ez/1)

37 >>Are the fired government workers in NoVa staying put or moving to find jobs?

Good question. NoVa is very expensive, as you would imagine. Back when I lived there I would wonder how people could afford such expensive homes. Thanks to DOGE, I now know. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:17 AM (5xoct)

38 Eromero, prayers that the side effects are nill.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 11:17 AM (DIbRX)

39 >>> Why do blue voters love living in blue shitholes? It's GOT to suck for them too, doesn't it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 11:08 AM (CfKHZ)

Free shit, make work jobs, feeling superior.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 11:18 AM (3uBP9)

40 "How about repealing an amendment and give back senator elections to state legislators."

You want the full time thinkers in room D-7. It's just down the hall.

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 24, 2026 11:19 AM (cS1cw)

41 Statehood? D.C. shouldn't be a city.
It is a federal district to be administrated by congress. This city crap is just another part of them abdicating their responsibility.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 11:19 AM (XAeCh)

42 >>Are the fired government workers in NoVa staying put or moving to find jobs?

Good question. NoVa is very expensive, as you would imagine. Back when I lived there I would wonder how people could afford such expensive homes. Thanks to DOGE, I now know. . .

But OTOH, the traffic sucks.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

43 Carry me back to old Virginia
There's where the cotton and corn and taters grow
There's where the birds warble sweet in the springtime
There's where this old dreamer's heart am long'd to go

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 24, 2026 11:19 AM (DgMqy)

44 Does this mean I have to go job hunting?

I built two factories and got laid off once they were up and producing. I suppose I should get back into the rat race.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 11:20 AM (Fbc0I)

45 Voters decide little. Ballots and ballot counters decide a lot. They don’t go 70% Dem by themselves.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2026 11:20 AM (QZThv)

46 The propaganda ministries have been posting stories about how laid off USAID employees who made $200-300k are pretty much useless in the job market and can't find work. Ace talked about laid off "journalists" who are in the same boat. I can't imagine they are going to be staying in high rent neighborhoods for long

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2026 11:20 AM (gu0hJ)

47 Eromero, prayers up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 11:20 AM (XAeCh)

48 Why do blue voters love living in blue shitholes? It's GOT to suck for them too, doesn't it?
==
They get a rebate on their state and local taxes, and a lot have high paying grifter govt -pseudo govt jobs because that's where the agencies and satellites offices are located mostly blue state shit holes. Its a self sucking blow job.

Posted by: It may be crude, but its what they are doing at April 24, 2026 11:21 AM (anL5R)

49 >>Why do blue voters love living in blue shitholes? It's GOT to suck for them too, doesn't it?

My experience from discussions with uber-Lefty colleagues: they genuinely don't see the connection between their policy intentions and the actual consequences.

Have had discussions where in one breath they call open border issues "fake news" and in the next, wonder why things have gotten so unsafe. They will reject anything that would identify these connections, they will have none of it "la la la la I can't hear you Orange man baaaaaad!"

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:21 AM (5xoct)

50 Honest to God, that's what they say.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

I've got a cousin who lives in Seattle and works for Amazon. He mocks the articles about how crappy that place is because he's never dealt with it.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 11:22 AM (RjOoY)

51 If a big chuck of Faifax County was put back into the District of Columbia, VA would be deep red.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 24, 2026 11:22 AM (qFwJc)

52 DC should be stripped of home rule and be governed by a Lee Kwan Yew/Pinochet hybrid.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 24, 2026 11:22 AM (rJ48h)

53 Okay, it's a fair cop. You got me. Repealing the 17th is also definitely called for.

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at April 24, 2026 11:23 AM (aVO1v)

54 Mrs. E gets 2nd part of first infusion this morning.
Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2026 11:16 AM (7RAhE)

Prayers up!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2026 11:23 AM (2WIwB)

55 I can't imagine they are going to be staying in high rent neighborhoods for long.
==
Between the fondness for unreality and financial illiteracy most liberals exhibit, 401Ks and second/third mortgages on pricey homes, they gonna be there till the banks kick them out.

Posted by: What do you mean I can't do what I want?! at April 24, 2026 11:24 AM (anL5R)

56 If a big chuck of Faifax County was put back into the District of Columbia, VA would be deep red.

There are other blue areas, including Richmond, black Tidewater, and Charlottesville, but yeah, FC is the big kahuna.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

57 28 Are the fired government workers in NoVa staying put or moving to find jobs?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 11:13 AM (DIbRX)

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Probably holding out until they can vote their jobs back

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 24, 2026 11:24 AM (IurJ0)

58 Nice Rant 👍

Especially after the PA redistricting 👎 explicitly covering Southeastern PA a handful of years ago, I have great interest nationally.

(A major legal challenge to Pennsylvania's congressional map was initiated in June 2017 by the League of Women Voters, alleging unconstitutional gerrymandering of the 2011 map. This lawsuit, which continued into early 2018, resulted in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court striking down the map and ordering a new one for the 2018 elections.)

Jim Grimes
@j___rimes
Six states currently have zero Republican members in the U.S. House: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Hawaii, and Delaware. Despite having Republican voters, all are represented entirely by Democrats. #Congress #Politics #TexasRedistricting
9:33 PM · Aug 5, 2025 1,108 Views

And this, in part, from AI Overview: "While not all New England states have Republican representation in the U.S. House as of early 2026, they do have Republican representation in their respective state legislatures."
Wikipedia + 6 (That makes it palatable?)
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NDRC bamn

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2026 11:24 AM (NFX2v)

59 Old Virginia ain't Virginia anymore.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 11:25 AM (XAeCh)

60 DC has no business being a state. It's just an attempt by the Democrats to get two more Senators. It's land set aside for the country's capital, it was never intended to be a state.
In other words, it's a political ploy to benefit the Democrat party.

Posted by: Case at April 24, 2026 11:25 AM (pvf3X)

61 37 >>Are the fired government workers in NoVa staying put or moving to find jobs?

Good question. NoVa is very expensive, as you would imagine. Back when I lived there I would wonder how people could afford such expensive homes. Thanks to DOGE, I now know. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:17 AM (5xoct)

One of the Fired Fed Workers went on Caleb Hammer's Youtube show. He'd moved to Austin TX and got a tech job there. (While also getting 4000/mo in Military Disability when he only did 2 years in the Reserves and his "disability" is mild depression).

And somehow this dude was still $400K in debt.

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 11:25 AM (iXqHn)

62 >>The propaganda ministries have been posting stories about how laid off USAID employees who made $200-300k are pretty much useless in the job market and can't find work.

As much as I enjoy identifying these laid off USAID workers useless (and no doubt, a lot of them were), another big factor in them not finding work is that MANY Americans cannot find work thanks to foreigners being hired over citizens (H1B, OPT, etc.), massive layoffs in tech, entertainment/media industries, and more.

They are being laid off during a terrible job market, and I could not enjoy it more. Welcome to the Hell you helped create, lefty bureaucrats!!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:26 AM (5xoct)

63 Are the fired government workers in NoVa staying put or moving to find jobs?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 11:13 AM (DIbRX)

Initially, home sales skyrocketed but have stabilized. I think most of them are staying put.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 11:15 AM (iNUL3)

They all know that the day a Democrat is sworn in as President, the gravy train starts up again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 11:26 AM (ExV1e)

64 Mrs. E gets 2nd part of first infusion this morning.
Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2026 11:16 AM (7RAhE)

Godspeed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 11:26 AM (CfKHZ)

65 NatGas going down is superb for our position in the world.
However.
We must win the midterms. It can be done, so long as GasolineGas prices come down.
Our fickle LIVs only think in the immediacy of the moment.

The Quest teeters on a knife edge.

Posted by: RI Red at April 24, 2026 11:26 AM (nZWpe)

66 59 Old Virginia ain't Virginia anymore.

Indeed. But I traveled through rural Virginy 'while back and it was beautiful.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 24, 2026 11:26 AM (DgMqy)

67 > Are the fired government workers in NoVa staying put or moving to find jobs?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 11:13 AM (DIbRX)

Initially, home sales skyrocketed but have stabilized. I think most of them are staying put.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 11:15 AM (iNUL3)
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They're betting on a Democrat takeover of government in a couple years. They'll get their jobs back, and get back pay.

They'll use Trump's wealth to fund it.

I'm only half joking about that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 11:27 AM (jehhT)

68 And somehow this dude was still $400K in debt.
Posted by: XTC
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Easy come.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 11:27 AM (XAeCh)

69 Indeed. But I traveled through rural Virginy 'while back and it was beautiful.

It truly is, but every time I leave NoVa and head west, the suburban creep reaches further. It's great if you own rural land in front of the coming population tsunami, but it's really sad to see the Virginia that was starting to disappear.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

70 >>(While also getting 4000/mo in Military Disability when he only did 2 years in the Reserves and his "disability" is mild depression).

And somehow this dude was still $400K in debt.

Reminds me of Hunter Biden. He has no concept of money, he just spent until he ran out, then scrambled to get more. At least he did until Pops retired.

That guy in Austin is a great demonstration of why our government is so dysfunctional. Imagine how he managed his workplace funds. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:29 AM (5xoct)

71 Hey. Leave me alone!
I'm trying to become New Jersey.

Posted by: Virginia at April 24, 2026 11:29 AM (2Ez/1)

72 I think cleaning up the voting rolls and voting procedures in VA would do more for the GOP's prospects than moving any city back to DC. The votes in those deep-blue cities in VA are fraudulent. Period.

Those overwhelming vote totals for Kamala and the Democraps are pure bullshit. You couldn't get 78% of people in a large city to vote in favor of breathing. Probably a third of those votes are fake.

There's no doubt in my mind that VA would be reddish purple if there was real vote integrity in the state. But there ain't, so it ain't.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 24, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)

73 Mrs. E gets 2nd part of first infusion this morning.
Posted by: Eromero

Prayers for both of you.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 24, 2026 11:30 AM (YBtcQ)

74 >>It's great if you own rural land in front of the coming population tsunami, but it's really sad to see the Virginia that was starting to disappear.

This is happening in every state.
They've brought in 10's of millions of people and then built like crazy. SO sad.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:30 AM (5xoct)

75 They are being laid off during a terrible job market, and I could not enjoy it more. Welcome to the Hell you helped create, lefty bureaucrats!!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:26 AM (5xoct)

Lizzy,
I mostly concur. But even in a bad job market, if one is willing to relocate, jobs are there. That's what I had to do in the dot.crash. And it turned out well. Many of the USAID dorks aren't willing to do that. Too bad for them.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2026 11:30 AM (2WIwB)

76 And somehow this dude was still $400K in debt.

I guess that depends on whether his "debt" includes his mortgage. If it does, then people in expensive areas are routinely in hock to that amount and much more. If not, he's got a serious problem.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

77 They are being laid off during a terrible job market, and I could not enjoy it more. Welcome to the Hell you helped create, lefty bureaucrats!!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:26 AM

Point of order, the job market here is Texas is exploding. Florida's job market is doing good as well.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 24, 2026 11:30 AM (0N4FZ)

78 An interesting analysis, Buck. The theory sounds good. I would love to see NVA become part of the new "DC" state. After all, they will need a larger tax base to be a real state.

There are some practical problems. First, I don't think the DC democrats want to be overwhelmed by the NVA democrats as they would lose power. DC democrats have a really good deal going. And I think the NVA democrats do not want to pay for DC's money problems.

The next problem is schools. How is that funding going to work? Assume for grins, Arlington, Fairfax and others keep their independent school districts. They won't get money from Virginia at that point. Even with a higher tax base, DC will not send them as much as they now.

For these reasons alone, (and there are others), I don't think it works.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 24, 2026 11:31 AM (w3u3d)

79 The Constitution specifies that the Federal District can be no more than 100 square miles (I think) in area. So we can't throw too much new land in there without an amendment.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 11:32 AM (77rzZ)

80 I'm trying to become New Jersey.
Posted by: Virginia

You certainly don't have our weather (although Va actually has some great grass-growing regions).

Posted by: California at April 24, 2026 11:32 AM (W5mpo)

81 >simply returning Alexandria and Arlington to DC would make Virginia a purplish state rather than a blue state.
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all those VA Democrats who suddenly found themselves residents of non-voting DC would sue

unless I'm wrong

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2026 11:32 AM (ZxPkt)

82 I lived in Alexandria, VA and then moved to Prince William Co. (Woodbridge) in the mid 80's through the mid 90's. IMO the leftist stench was stronger in Woodbridge than it was in Alexandria at the time.

The HOA concept was a rabidly enforced feature of Woodbridge. Communist even.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 11:32 AM (jehhT)

83 I can't imagine they are going to be staying in high rent neighborhoods for long.
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Between the fondness for unreality and financial illiteracy most liberals exhibit, 401Ks and second/third mortgages on pricey homes, they gonna be there till the banks kick them out.
Posted by: What do you mean I can't do what I want?! at April 24, 2026 11:24 AM (anL5R)

But, before that, they will lobby for legislation making it illegal to kick former gov't workers out of their homes.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 11:33 AM (4yJz0)

84

Reading about the severe weather in Oklahoma.

Do we have morons there? I hope everyone is okay.

Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2026 11:33 AM (3ek7K)

85
The next problem is schools. How is that funding going to work? Assume for grins, Arlington, Fairfax and others keep their independent school districts. They won't get money from Virginia at that point. Even with a higher tax base, DC will not send them as much as they now.

For these reasons alone, (and there are others), I don't think it works.

There is absolutely no way the average resident of Fairfax Co. wants his kids going to a DC school. They will fight it tooth and nail.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

86 72 I think cleaning up the voting rolls and voting procedures in VA would do more for the GOP's prospects than moving any city back to DC. The votes in those deep-blue cities in VA are fraudulent. Period.

Those overwhelming vote totals for Kamala and the Democraps are pure bullshit. You couldn't get 78% of people in a large city to vote in favor of breathing. Probably a third of those votes are fake.

There's no doubt in my mind that VA would be reddish purple if there was real vote integrity in the state. But there ain't, so it ain't.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 24, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)
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I'm not saying there's NO fraud in the votes in NoVA, but bro have you fuckin BEEN there lately? It is chock-a-block with FedGov drudges and AWFULs that would vote for a flaming dog turd if it had a D after its name. The schools are full of commie propagandists and groomers. The city and county governments are shot through with commies and the mismanagement they inevitably bring.

Sure clean up the voter rolls and prevent fraud, but I'd give you 5:1 odds that those counties continue to elect democrats by 60% of the ballots.

Posted by: ballistic at April 24, 2026 11:33 AM (oqH4h)

87 76 I guess that depends on whether his "debt" includes his mortgage. If it does, then people in expensive areas are routinely in hock to that amount and much more. If not, he's got a serious problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

About half of it was his mortgage, I think.

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 11:33 AM (iXqHn)

88 There is absolutely no way the average resident of Fairfax Co. wants his kids going to a DC school. They will fight it tooth and nail.

If they wanted to live in DC, they'd be in DC.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

89 >>Many of the USAID dorks aren't willing to do that. Too bad for them.

DC is an incestuous place. You can bet for most of them, their spouses are employed inside the beltway, in government, media, lobbying, defense contracting, other NGOs, etc.. They want to stay connected.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:34 AM (5xoct)

90 87 76 I guess that depends on whether his "debt" includes his mortgage. If it does, then people in expensive areas are routinely in hock to that amount and much more. If not, he's got a serious problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

About half of it was his mortgage, I think.
Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 11:33 AM (iXqHn)

(His mortgage in Metro DC, not the one he had in Austin.)

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 11:34 AM (iXqHn)

91 Fun fact: Arlington County is the smallest self-governing county in the United States by area, occupying approximately 26 square miles.

Posted by: The More You Know at April 24, 2026 11:34 AM (2Ez/1)

92
And somehow this dude was still $400K in debt.
Posted by: XTC

I assume Caleb brutalized him over that.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 11:34 AM (RjOoY)

93 The Commiecrat bureaucrats aren't moving away from DC cause they know that as soon as the Dem's regain control of the government, they will:
- refund USAID
- refund PBS/NPR
- refund Dep't of Education
- refund all DOGE cuts
- refund DEI programs across the Federal bureaucracy

They are just biding their time til Trump is gone and they, once again, run DC.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 24, 2026 11:34 AM (MNCvZ)

94 all those VA Democrats who suddenly found themselves residents of non-voting DC would sue

unless I'm wrong

You are not.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

95 Another issue with this is that the current DC government which is run almost exclusively by very corrupt black people would NEVER be willing to subsume that many crackas into their little fiefdom.

Posted by: ballistic at April 24, 2026 11:36 AM (oqH4h)

96 all those VA Democrats who suddenly found themselves residents of non-voting DC would sue

unless I'm wrong

You are not.

Fairfax Co. is all the fun of voting for racist, leftist lunatics, but with very little of the consequences of living in DC.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

97 Another issue with this is that the current DC government which is run almost exclusively by very corrupt black people would NEVER be willing to subsume that many crackas into their little fiefdom.

It's changing whether they like it or not. DC is no longer the DC of the Barry era.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)

98 Point of order, the job market here is Texas is exploding. Florida's job market is doing good as well.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)
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Texas is a simmering cesspool of rednecks and heat. Florida is controlled by that tyrant DeSantis and they've got another lined up after him.
And bugs and snakes and gators.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 11:37 AM (XAeCh)

99 Sorry, the size of DC as mandated by the Constitution is not to exceed 10 miles square.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 11:37 AM (77rzZ)

100 >>Another issue with this is that the current DC government which is run almost exclusively by very corrupt black people would NEVER be willing to subsume that many crackas into their little fiefdom

OMG, if you want to talk incestuous, the DC political scene is a perfect example.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:37 AM (5xoct)

101 There should be no problem with retrocession. Heck, if you look at most health insurance plans that cover DC, including Medicare, they include Fairfax and Arlington under the same coverage plan as DC.

Posted by: Fish at April 24, 2026 11:38 AM (FmCHY)

102 Florida is controlled by that tyrant DeSantis and they've got another lined up after him.
And bugs and snakes and gators.

DeSantis had a lot of fun mocking Temu Obama for threatening to come to FL and gerrymander.

https://is.gd/z46Uti

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

103 Fun fact: Arlington County is the smallest self-governing county in the United States by area, occupying approximately 26 square miles.
Posted by: The More You Know

Some of the independent cities here, which are equivalent to counties, must be smaller than that.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 11:39 AM (77rzZ)

104 Have Virginia's red counties secede, and join West Virginia

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2026 11:39 AM (ZxPkt)

105 *OMG, if you want to talk incestuous, the DC political scene is a perfect example.*

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Da bish set me up.

Posted by: Mayor for life Marion Barry at April 24, 2026 11:39 AM (2Ez/1)

106 Instead of making them part of D.C., how about nuking them from orbit? It's the only way to be sure...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 24, 2026 11:40 AM (cWffP)

107 It's changing whether they like it or not. DC is no longer the DC of the Barry era.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)
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Out of 14 members of the DC City Council, four of them aren't black.

Tell me more.

Posted by: ballistic at April 24, 2026 11:40 AM (oqH4h)

108 I've got a cousin who lives in Seattle and works for Amazon. He mocks the articles about how crappy that place is because he's never dealt with it.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 11:22 AM (RjOoY)

All you have to do is drive the cross-town freeway, and see all the graffiti covering absolutely everything, with no sign of any effort to clean up by the city, to realize it's become a shithole.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 11:40 AM (utfVc)

109 I have worn out my screeds about DC. It’s all self evident about the place.

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2026 11:41 AM (Gqar8)

110 Falls Church, for example, is only 2.2 sq. m. in area.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 11:41 AM (77rzZ)

111 I think cleaning up the voting rolls and voting procedures in VA would do more for the GOP's prospects than moving any city back to DC. The votes in those deep-blue cities in VA are fraudulent. Period.

Those overwhelming vote totals for Kamala and the Democraps are pure bullshit. You couldn't get 78% of people in a large city to vote in favor of breathing. Probably a third of those votes are fake.

There's no doubt in my mind that VA would be reddish purple if there was real vote integrity in the state. But there ain't, so it ain't.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 24, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)
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Sure clean up the voter rolls and prevent fraud, but I'd give you 5:1 odds that those counties continue to elect democrats by 60% of the ballots.
Posted by: ballistic at April 24, 2026 11:33 AM (oqH4h)
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Well, yea. I didn't say the GOP would win those blue cities. But 60% of ballots isn't 78%. That's 100s of thousands of votes right there that would be GOP or at least not Dum.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 24, 2026 11:41 AM (iFTx/)

112 Trump has shown a penchant for renaming things.

Perhaps it's time to revert back to Federal City.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 11:41 AM (2Ez/1)

113 Texas is a simmering cesspool of rednecks and heat. Florida is controlled by that tyrant DeSantis and they've got another lined up after him.
And bugs and snakes and gators.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 11:37 AM (XAeCh)

One does not simply live in Florida. One SURVIVES Florida.

Posted by: The Australia of America at April 24, 2026 11:42 AM (TbWk/)

114 Gerrymandering a 6:5 D/R districting to an 11:1 D/R split is quite simply one-party rule by another name.

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 11:42 AM (I0N4X)

115 Perhaps it's time to revert back to Federal City.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Yeah, ditch the name of that slaveowner.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

116 Out of 14 members of the DC City Council, four of them aren't black.

Tell me more.

Oh, I doubt anyone can tell you much of anything. Anyway:

In the first election of the Home Rule era held in November 1974, which established the new 13-member Council of the District of Columbia, 11 members were Black.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

117 50 is a nice number. 51 is a retarded number -- totally f's up Old Glory.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at April 24, 2026 11:44 AM (GD2xa)

118 ANY metropolitan area that has a 1. University and 2. a Medical Complex located there is or will inevitably become a Woke/Leftist haven. How to remedy that I do not know.

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2026 11:44 AM (Gqar8)

119 Fun fact: Elbridge Gerry's surname was pronounced with a hard "g," but "gerrymander" is almost always pronounced with a soft "g."

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)

120 All you have to do is drive the cross-town freeway, and see all the graffiti covering absolutely everything, with no sign of any effort to clean up by the city, to realize it's become a shithole.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I have doubts that it would persuade him. But I wish him well and hope nothing bad happens to him or his family.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 11:44 AM (RjOoY)

121 Amusingly even with the $$$ spent on this, the allowed false wording, and the FNM propagandizing they still need a fake ballot last minute dump to "win"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2026 11:45 AM (sKqQm)

122 Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2026 11:16 AM (7RAhE)

Will keep your wife in prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 11:45 AM (3Aazl)

123 I was all gung ho for giving most of what's left of DC to Maryland, where it can add its own distinct flavor of diversity to the utopia of single party Democrat rule. And leaving 0 residents except the ones temporarily working for Leviathan. But I could be convinced to going back to the original square DC to try anything to reduce the influence of this blinding migraine.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2026 11:46 AM (Dv3i1)

124 There is absolutely no way the average resident of Fairfax Co. wants his kids going to a DC school. They will fight it tooth and nail.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

My point exactly. :-)

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 24, 2026 11:46 AM (w3u3d)

125 Anyone who says that the overall political tone of DC hasn't changed in the last 50 years is a fool. The white population has gone from 28% to 39%, which is almost as large as the black population.

While exact census data for 1974 is not listed, interpolating between 1970 and 1980 indicates that in 1974, the white population was somewhere between 171,000 and 200,000 residents, comprising less than 27.7% of the total population as the city's overall population declined, a period known as "white flight" to the suburbs

Based on 2025 population estimates, the White population in Washington, DC is approximately 262,549, representing about 39.07% of the total population. This makes the white population the second largest racial group in the district, following the Black or African American population at roughly 43.26%

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

126 Let DC residents register as Maryland voters.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at April 24, 2026 11:47 AM (GD2xa)

127
Hey. Leave me alone!
I'm trying to become New Jersey.
Posted by: Virginia at April 24, 2026 11:29 AM (2Ez/1)

How are you going to duplicate the wet cement/rotting lasagna/Snookie queef smell of NJ?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2026 11:47 AM (y9nCu)

128
Oh, I doubt anyone can tell you much of anything. Anyway:

In the first election of the Home Rule era held in November 1974, which established the new 13-member Council of the District of Columbia, 11 members were Black.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
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Appreciate the snark on a Friday morning. Anyway, nothing is "changing" in DC, let alone anything resembling a trend toward a non-black majority on the council.

Posted by: ballistic at April 24, 2026 11:47 AM (oqH4h)

129 There's not a single GOP House member from the following 6 states, despite Trump receiving between 32% and 42% of the popular vote in 2024:
Connecticut - Trump got 42% No GOP House reps
Delaware - Trump got 42% No GOP House reps
Hawaii - Trump got 37% No GOP House reps
Massachusetts - Trump got 36% No GOP House reps
Rhode Island - Trump got 42% No GOP House reps
Vermont - Trump got 32% No GOP House reps
So whenever, you read Obama, or the rest of the political liars, tell you that the Virginia redistricting was "necessary" due GOP gerrymandering, know that they're full of crap.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 24, 2026 11:48 AM (MNCvZ)

130 Hakeem Jeffries to the Virginia Supreme Court: Uphold the new maps "or else."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 11:48 AM (iNUL3)

131 DC statehood could be a politically helpful thing if we could just include Arlington, Alexandria, and Fairfax in the new state, which I’ll call “WaNoVa DC” for simplicity.
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I would go farther. Add Prince George and Montgomery counties from Maryland. OK, they'd get one communist state, but we'd get a red VA and a purple MD.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 24, 2026 11:48 AM (AlhUl)

132 Thanks for proving my point though. In 50 years, they've managed to add one more non-black person to the council.

Posted by: ballistic at April 24, 2026 11:48 AM (oqH4h)

133 Well, yea. I didn't say the GOP would win those blue cities. But 60% of ballots isn't 78%. That's 100s of thousands of votes right there that would be GOP or at least not Dum.

After 2004 I looked at a bunch of precinct level results from Philly, and I focused on the ones that post 0 votes for Shrub.

They almost all were 100% for Kerry. Note - no votes for any of the third parties - no write ins, no Greens, no Libertarians, hell no votes for the "Free Drugs" party that ran that year.

Really? So, not only not 1 GOP voter but not even a vote for some leftwing third party? All these Philly voters just happen to be committed Dems and/or John Kerry lovers?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2026 11:48 AM (sKqQm)

134 Appreciate the snark on a Friday morning.

You're obviously a connoisseur. Try being less of a dick and it might not be necessary.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

135 Forty Eight is a perfect number.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 11:50 AM (XAeCh)

136 People getting testicle on a Friday at the HQ.

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar8)

137 123 I was all gung ho for giving most of what's left of DC to Maryland, where it can add its own distinct flavor of diversity to the utopia of single party Democrat rule.

That ain't gonna happen either. The MD democrats would end up losing power because the DC group would want a piece of the action. MD democrats have a really sweet deal.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 24, 2026 11:50 AM (w3u3d)

138 Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 11:41 AM (77rzZ

I have a friend who lived there for a number of years. I'm not sure what her husband did, but he was some kind of an engineer in a field I probably wouldn't understand. They are so glad to be back in rural VA where they both came from on her parents 200 plus year old cattle farm. I guess he just didn't talk about politics because they were both conservative even then and I think he worked for the government on an actual job- not like USAID.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 11:50 AM (3Aazl)

139 >>> Out of 14 members of the DC City Council, four of them aren't black.

Tell me more.

Oh, I doubt anyone can tell you much of anything. Anyway:

In the first election of the Home Rule era held in November 1974, which established the new 13-member Council of the District of Columbia, 11 members were Black.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

They'll reach parity in 2110

Posted by: banana Dream - We are almost the priests of the temples of syrinx at April 24, 2026 11:50 AM (3uBP9)

140 It Sure Sounds Like Hakeem Jeffries Just Tried to Threaten the VA Supreme Court

https://is.gd/OLYmYw

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

141 There is absolutely no way the average resident of Fairfax Co. wants his kids going to a DC school. They will fight it tooth and nail.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

There should be no schools in DC at all. Nor homes. Federally-owned dormitories for legislators, staff, and civil servants, all of whom must maintain an official domicile in a State. Restaurants, bars, and shops? Sure, all occupying premises leased from the Fed. Employees of these businesses have to live outside DC, and commute. A DC without any full-time residents needs no Congressional representation at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 11:52 AM (utfVc)

142 NYC has a jihadi mayor

hey look- Christian churches catch fire

https://tinyurl.com/b6jkm5nx

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2026 11:52 AM (ZxPkt)

143 Sure clean up the voter rolls and prevent fraud, but I'd give you 5:1 odds that those counties continue to elect democrats by 60% of the ballots.
Posted by: ballistic at April 24, 2026

Even RIC isn’t as bad as NOVA. VA is gorgeous. I liked living there. My oldest can’t really leave, her husband is a Norfolk police officer, he is one of those who wants to make a difference, he does so much of the outreach with schools to prove police officers aren’t bad. The are in VaBeach. My middle, however, needs to pack up and get here. Like yesterday.

Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2026 11:53 AM (Dd38x)

144 It's changing whether they like it or not. DC is no longer the DC of the Barry era.
Posted by: Archimedes

Bitch set him up!

Posted by: Crack Is Whack! at April 24, 2026 11:53 AM (oftw2)

145

We are researching our family history. Most of our ancestors came to the US as indentured servants.

It's interesting that one of them owned a lot of property in Georgetown and at some point sold the property.

We're still trying to find out who he sold it too.

Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2026 11:54 AM (3ek7K)

146 VA is an odd state.

You've got Richmond as a traditional leftist shithole, but then NOVA where all the government workers/lobbyists live, balanced against the Navy in the southeast and the very red rest of the state.

Simple fix for this - civilian fed gov employees don't get to vote. NGO employees funded by even $1 gov dollar don't get to vote.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2026 11:55 AM (sKqQm)

147 >>> A DC without any full-time residents needs no Congressional representation at all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 11:52 AM (utfVc)

Yes, everything AOP wrote.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 11:56 AM (3uBP9)

148 H1Bs in Harris County
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
2,553
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
2,411

WTFO
These are my local and state taxes paying for Foreign workers.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 11:56 AM (/+uur)

149 "Retrocession is a legitimate option that Republicans need to push. It also needs to be a poison pill inserted into any discussion of DC statehood."

That is its use.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 24, 2026 11:56 AM (tOcjL)

150 The main problem is that voting Democrat is the default position for most people. Has been for vast stretches post reconstruction.

The GOP doesn't help matters as well.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 24, 2026 11:58 AM (XV/Pl)

151 WTFO
These are my local and state taxes paying for Foreign workers.
These are TEACHING Hospitals that cannot TEACH their STUDENTS to work at where they are being TAUGHT.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 11:58 AM (/+uur)

152 "Retrocession is a legitimate option that Republicans need to push. It also needs to be a poison pill inserted into any discussion of DC statehood."

That is its use.

Would the Army of Northern Virginia then become the Army of DC?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

153 "NYC has a jihadi mayor"

Big deal... The UK has a muslim king.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 24, 2026 11:58 AM (Vpqw1)

154 The GOP doesn't help matters as well.

Not when they blow $100M trying to reelect that feckless RINO Cornyn.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

155 Trump could have fun with Retrocession - frame it as all these rich lobbyists don't want to pay DC's higher taxes versus VA's lower taxes...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2026 11:59 AM (sKqQm)

156 28 Are the fired government workers in NoVa staying put or moving to find jobs?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 11:13 AM (DIbRX)

Mostly staying put. Public school system hired a metric ton of them.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 24, 2026 11:59 AM (tOcjL)

157 Mrs. E gets 2nd part of first infusion this morning.
Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2026 11:16 AM (7RAhE)

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Thoughts and prayers for you both.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 24, 2026 12:00 PM (XeU6L)

158 Not when they blow $100M trying to reelect that feckless RINO Cornyn.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

They have no business at all being involved in primaries.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 24, 2026 12:00 PM (lFFaq)

159 In VA the 73% YES Mail In for does not match the Elections day 47% YES or the Early Voting 53%.
Seem to me that the law should state it must be with +-10%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 12:00 PM (/+uur)

160 Dems will make PR and DC states the second they have the votes. If they get 52 senate seats with a D in the WH it’s a done deal.

Meanwhile with 53, the useless GOP can’t pass a voter ID bill
.

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 12:00 PM (q1qnK)

161 Hey. Leave me alone!
I'm trying to become New Jersey.
Posted by: Virginia at April 24, 2026 11:29 AM (2Ez/1)

Hey! We have Big Pharm here to fund our stuff!

Posted by: New Jersey at April 24, 2026 12:01 PM (5xuJ/)

162 Not when they blow $100M trying to reelect that feckless RINO Cornyn.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

Come se dice Amnesty Sellout?

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 12:01 PM (/+uur)

163 Another fun fact: Norfolk, Virginia is home to the world's largest Navy base.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)

164 "It's interesting that one of them owned a lot of property in Georgetown and at some point sold the property."

My idiot great-uncle owned a lot at the corner of M and Wisconsin. Idiot because he didn't hold onto it until it was worth millions.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 24, 2026 12:02 PM (Vpqw1)

165 @FirstLadyOffice
·
2h
.@FLOTUS
@MELANIATRUMP
announced the expansion of the @WhiteHouse
honey program with the addition of a newly installed and fully functioning beehive on the South Lawn.

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2026 12:03 PM (ZxPkt)

166 How does this new state stuff work? Just by act of Congress or does it need to be ratified by the states?

Don't know, just asking.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 24, 2026 12:03 PM (w3u3d)

167 > In VA the 73% YES Mail In for does not match the Elections day 47% YES or the Early Voting 53%.
-------
It was the exact same ploy used to steal 2020. "It worked, didn't it?"

And there's no guarantee it'll be overturned. I'd have to assume the VA legislature has been captured by the left.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 12:04 PM (jehhT)

168 166 How does this new state stuff work? Just by act of Congress or does it need to be ratified by the states?

Don't know, just asking.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 24, 2026 12:03 PM (w3u3d)

Petition
(Usually a vote here to form a committee to write said)
Constitution
Vote on Constitution
Simple House and Senate

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 12:06 PM (/+uur)

169 148 H1Bs in Harris County
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
2,553
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
2,411

WTFO
These are my local and state taxes paying for Foreign workers.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 11:56 AM (/+uur)

MD Anderson is one of the two pre-eminent blood cancer centers in the US. And foreign talent has been more on top of these rarer cancers and imagining new treatments. Not sure why, but they will think outside the box and work clinical trials better than US docs...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 24, 2026 12:06 PM (tOcjL)

170 159 In VA the 73% YES Mail In for does not match the Elections day 47% YES or the Early Voting 53%.
Seem to me that the law should state it must be with +-10%.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 12:00 PM (/+uur)

When you go to a memory care facility or disabled halfway house and just tell them what bubble to fill in and their name, there's no surprise you'll have 100% Ds...Ds stoop to this kind of mail in harvesting. Rs don't.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 24, 2026 12:07 PM (tOcjL)

171 And there's no guarantee it'll be overturned. I'd have to assume the VA legislature has been captured by the left.

I think it will come down to the VA Supremes in the end.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 12:07 PM (Riz8t)

172 > How does this new state stuff work? Just by act of Congress or does it need to be ratified by the states?
----

Art IV Sec 3

Section 3

New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2026 12:07 PM (ZxPkt)

173 168 166 How does this new state stuff work? Just by act of Congress or does it need to be ratified by the states?

Don't know, just asking.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 24, 2026 12:03 PM (w3u3d)

Petition
(Usually a vote here to form a committee to write said)
Constitution
Vote on Constitution
Simple House and Senate

Cool, we need to make Alberta a deal. :-)

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 24, 2026 12:08 PM (w3u3d)

174 >New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;
----

it's not clear if by simple majority vote , two thirds of each House, etc

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2026 12:11 PM (ZxPkt)

175 Blues and Freebird

https://x.com/annieharvell/status/
2047347051680108758

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 12:11 PM (/+uur)

176 BREAKING: DOJ Drops Criminal Investigation into Fed Chair Powell

See. Nothing will happen.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2026 12:12 PM (IifOV)

177 as sure as night follows day

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2026 12:13 PM (ZxPkt)

178 176 BREAKING: DOJ Drops Criminal Investigation into Fed Chair Powell

See. Nothing will happen.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 24, 2026 12:12 PM (IifOV)

The replacement is being held up in the Senate because one or more of the RINO's refuses to vote for him if that lawsuit wasn't dropped...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2026 12:13 PM (FR3qi)

179 I've seen this called "Make DC Square Again". Makes sense.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2026 12:13 PM (2ocoG)

180 176 BREAKING: DOJ Drops Criminal Investigation into Fed Chair Powell

See. Nothing will happen

Does it really matter? He will be gone soon in any event.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 24, 2026 12:14 PM (w3u3d)

181 Spain’s top bullfighter suffers 5 inch gash to the rectum in goring incident

el toro es muy mal

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 12:14 PM (/+uur)

182 Spain’s top bullfighter suffers 5 inch gash to the rectum in goring incident

Or, as Scott Weiner calls it, "Thursday".

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2026 12:15 PM (2ocoG)

183 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at April 24, 2026 12:16 PM (2Ez/1)

184 Spain’s top bullfighter suffers 5 inch gash to the rectum in goring incident

el toro es muy mal
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 12:14 PM (/+uur)

(obligatory, and in this case, literally true)

Rectum? It nearly killed him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 12:17 PM (utfVc)

185 Damn near wrecked 'em.

Posted by: Rimshot at April 24, 2026 12:17 PM (2Ez/1)

186 Eeeenteresting.

truly one of the most amazing developments in trans-Atlantic tech policy over the past 20 years is the way that Europe set out to regulate US tech giants into the ground, but only made them more dominant as a result.

This Economist headline really says it.

"How Europe regulated itself into economic vassalage."

https://is.gd/QMcKAP

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t)

187 Is it just me are do the bulls always aim for the asshoe?

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 12:18 PM (/+uur)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Lament for Icarus
Herbert Draper

Posted by: CBD at 09:15 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Yep. This guy is toast.

Posted by: Roy at April 24, 2026 09:15 AM (qwype)

2 The Lament for Icarus
Herbert Draper

He flew too close to the sun!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:18 AM (8NTVk)

3 Very early
Thanks CBD

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at April 24, 2026 09:18 AM (+iIfu)

4
Early morning Icarus!

Plus a bare Butt Le Femme and boobs!

It's going to be a good day.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:20 AM (iJfKG)

5 Would paint on the grill of my free candy van...

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 09:21 AM (I0N4X)

6 Alternate title:

"The Wind Beneath Your Wings Ain't"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:21 AM (iJfKG)

7 Alternate title:

"Icky Wanna Cracker?"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:23 AM (iJfKG)

8
Is this the Hidden Art Thread?....something like Torchy's Tacos Hidden Menu?

Only for those with the AOSHQ Bubble Wrap Membership?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:25 AM (iJfKG)

9 Chicks dig dead guys with wings.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 09:25 AM (3uBP9)

10 Floating on the clouds of amber
Searching for the rainbow's end
Earth so far below me, I'm here alone
And I won't come down no more, no

Posted by: banana Dream - Kansas - Icarus, Borne on Wings of Steel at April 24, 2026 09:25 AM (3uBP9)

11 Shapely bottom.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 24, 2026 09:26 AM (bss/y)

12 There is pale and then there is these women.

Where did he land...Lappland?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2026 09:27 AM (sKqQm)

13 "He's so tan!"

Posted by: Roy at April 24, 2026 09:27 AM (qwype)

14 Bro skips leg day

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 24, 2026 09:28 AM (EXSmT)

15 'I brought a harp!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 24, 2026 09:28 AM (bss/y)

16 C M wangs?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2026 09:28 AM (A5RD0)

17 Shouldn't the wings look a little less full?

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 24, 2026 09:29 AM (ftFVW)

18 Alternate Title:

"Icarus Demonstrates Why You Never Use Dodo Bird Feathers to Make Your Wings"

Give it a second.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:29 AM (iJfKG)

19 I love this. Another new artist.

Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2026 09:30 AM (lJ0H4)

20 Wing failure.

Posted by: Diddler at April 24, 2026 09:30 AM (XAPjd)

21 yow!
early...

Posted by: cmeat at April 24, 2026 09:30 AM (R11M+)

22 He was doing fine until bad, naughty Zoot wore him out.

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2026 09:30 AM (T7fic)

23 Pops!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2026 09:30 AM (A5RD0)

24 Could have had naked chicks but chose the sun instead. Story of my life.

Posted by: George Hamilton at April 24, 2026 09:31 AM (65cLN)

25 He was doing fine until bad, naughty Zoot wore him out.
Posted by: t-bird

Barbarella was my guess.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 24, 2026 09:31 AM (ftFVW)

26 He’s not really dead. He just figured out a way to catch the interest of three hot nekkid chicks.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (EXSmT)

27 gal with exposed tucchus mangled her left hand in a heavy equipt accident.

Posted by: cmeat at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

28 They're all like, "You know I always gave him the cold shoulder, turned him down, broke his will, the usual, but now that I look, I actually think he's kind of cute..."

Posted by: banana Dream - Chicks man... at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (3uBP9)

29
Un-waxing Poetic - a limerick

Icarus was full of curiosity
He flapped his wings with youthful ferocity
He thought he had it made
Up until he left the shade
Then he hit the ground at terminal velocity

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (I0N4X)

30 Tossing, turning, sleep keeps evading me
Thoughts come, thoughts go like bursts of electricity
Listen to this heart pounding heavily
Wax and feathers and a vision of liberty
Oh, how dare we reach the boundaries of divinity?
They know what we've done, they'll come after us
For flying like the gods, aiming for the sun
But we won't listen, we'll never listen to the warning
We'll never listen, we'll never listen to the warning
'Cause there's a star in the horizon
Waiting to be found and conquered
Can you feel it? The power of its raging flames
Taunting, tempting us to reach where no man has been
How could we resist its warm and tender kiss?
Like two birds we fly, we own the sun and sky
We didn't listen, we didn't listen to the warning
We didn't listen, we didn't listen to the warning
Now, in the bottom of the ocean
There's an angel with broken wings
In the bottom of the ocean lies an

Posted by: Marcela Bovio at April 24, 2026 09:33 AM (AZWEO)

31 I tried to tell him. Did he listen? Nope.

~ Daedalus

Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 09:33 AM (Y1sOo)

32 Looking at the artists other works. He liked painting the naked ladies.

Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

33 Huge.... wings.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 09:34 AM (jehhT)

34 Well, I am envious of all those retirement stories on the MR post since I still have three or four years to go, but at least we have some nekked chick Art today.

Thanks, CBD!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 24, 2026 09:34 AM (XxHEN)

35 He liked painting the naked ladies.

Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

And good for him!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2026 09:34 AM (noKdt)

36 We could feather several fine nests with all that plumage.

Posted by: Ace's Crows at April 24, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)

37 Those chicks look underage.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

38 >>> gal with exposed tucchus mangled her left hand in a heavy equipt accident.
Posted by: cmeat at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

It's about halfway from flipper to hand morphologically. She's a water nymph! Ooooh let me get out my 2nd ed. D&D monsters book, ....

Posted by: banana Dream - Chicks man... at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (3uBP9)

39
Boobs, therefore art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (tgvbd)

40 Make for some big Buffalo wings.
Would hang, the pale colors are interesting.
Thx CBD, have a great weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (gu0hJ)

41 Those wings are magnificent!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (5xoct)

42 Looking at the artists other works. He liked painting the naked ladies.

Gross

Posted by: Barack Obama at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (sKqQm)

43 Shouldn't have eaten at Wingstop the night before his flight!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:37 AM (5xoct)

44 It's a bad idea to actually give someone wings. Just vaguely imply it.

Posted by: Red Bull at April 24, 2026 09:37 AM (3uBP9)

45 Icci stole those wings from an angel. No bird on earth has feathers that large.

No wonder he got smashed.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (aTF2S)

46 Uh, He Day-ead.

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (iXqHn)

47 aka the Big Chicken Dinner

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (gKWVE)

48 C M wangs?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2026 09:28 AM

L I B! M R wangs!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (kgE5c)

49 Wax is quite passe'.

Posted by: Ceramic Coatings, Inc. at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (oftw2)

50 His body seems to be in pretty good shape after falling several thousand feet.

Posted by: dantesed at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

51 I like this, lots going on
Sadly missed yesterday's painting,

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (p3lYG)

52 BREAKING: Icarus Flies Too Close to the Sun, Falls Into Ocean, Drowns.

~ SMOD

Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (Y1sOo)

53 >>Icci stole those wings from an angel. No bird on earth has feathers that large.

Which explains his many egrets. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (5xoct)

54 Sun and wax aren't a good combination.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

55 Would hang. Important life messages to remember.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (DIbRX)

56 Marcela Bovio’s “Icarus” is not spam but Iron Maiden’s “Flight of Icarus” is…

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (AZWEO)

57
'scuse me, while I kiss the sky.

I'd fall for that trio, too.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (Y8DZL)

58 This gives me an idea...

Posted by: Mr. Mister at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (kgE5c)

59 Shouldn't have eaten at Wingstop the night before his flight!
Posted by: Lizzy

I like to sit on the porch and eat a bucket of wings.

I let every bird in the neighborhood know what I'm capable of.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 09:40 AM (aTF2S)

60 I saw Shapely Bottom open for Chrissie Hynde in Butte, Montana back in '04. Had great seats!

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 09:40 AM (I0N4X)

61 >>> Those wings are magnificent!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (5xoct)

The plumage don't enter into it. He's stone dead.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 09:40 AM (3uBP9)

62 >>BREAKING: Icarus Flies Too Close to the Sun, Falls Into Ocean, Drowns.

MSM: White Man Culturally Appropriates Wings

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:41 AM (5xoct)

63
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:42 AM (8NTVk)

64 His wings are still intact though.
They should be a big pile of melted goo.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

65 The waxwings were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at April 24, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

66 >>For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

I miss the Earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:43 AM (5xoct)

67 Another all-brown entry. Dead guy again, but at least it's not as awful (theme) as yesterday's. Plus, boobs and butts, so, art.🧑‍🎨🎨

Posted by: mindful webworker - it wasn't the fall, it was the landing at April 24, 2026 09:43 AM (Kd2bx)

68 Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 09:40 AM (I0N4X)

You are incorrigible!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2026 09:43 AM (noKdt)

69 NTSB: The early years

Posted by: Halfhand at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (eOqcD)

70 You are the wind beneath my wings.

Posted by: Bette Midler at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (oftw2)

71 How are his wings still fully intact if they melted?

Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (Y1sOo)

72 Where's the duct tape when you need it?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (gnNyN)

73 Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 09:40 AM (I0N4X)

You are incorrigible!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2026 09:43 AM

I thought he was in CO?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (kgE5c)

74 He's faking dying. He just wants some nekkid womens purring over him. This is the fourth location of one of his "falls".

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 09:45 AM (g8Ew8)

75 >>The waxwings were angry that day, my friends.

The thought of man flying was tough to swallow.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:45 AM (5xoct)

76 I see that my question was already axed

Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 09:45 AM (Y1sOo)

77 At first glance I missed the wings and saw only the partial nudity. Something’s wrong with me maybe…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 24, 2026 09:45 AM (/iXAp)

78 "Could have had naked chicks but chose the sun instead."
####

I know how you can get them for free.

Posted by: M. Knopfler at April 24, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

79 Fantastic painting. It's all about the throes. And chicks.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 09:46 AM (Fbc0I)

80 How are his wings still fully intact if they melted?

The story is that the feathers were real but held together by wax. They all fell off and he was left flapping his arms, Wile E. Coyote style.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 24, 2026 09:46 AM (eOqcD)

81 71 How are his wings still fully intact if they melted?
Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (Y1sOo)
See, this is how these stories get started. I'd say they were switched by those Swedish Ski team gals.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2026 09:46 AM (LHPAg)

82 Looks like ol' Icarus landed in the courtyard of the Castle Anthrax. Lucky bugger.

Posted by: red speck at April 24, 2026 09:46 AM (Ve/HL)

83 Wow, I never imagined Icarus with wings that big... impressive!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 24, 2026 09:46 AM (dmDsy)

84 It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

85 Icarus had second thoughts and many egrets.

Posted by: Told Him To Fly By Night at April 24, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)

86 Icarus does poor Phoenix imitation .

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 09:47 AM (DIbRX)

87 84 It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

It would be something to crow about!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:48 AM (8NTVk)

88
Hakeem Jeffries declares "I am, too, smart" and challenges President Trump to a debate this morning.

He's gone beyond full Fredo Corleone.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:48 AM (Y8DZL)

89 I would assume that in order to paint a lot of nekid lady nymphs in classical settings you would have to gather a good number of nekid gals, maybe have a whole stable of nekid gals, nymph them up, and then insert them into various scenes as a model. For the art,... and all.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 09:48 AM (3uBP9)

90 Poor Icarus, he tried to wing it but he got totally waxed.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 24, 2026 09:49 AM (0nHVk)

91
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on.

Did Icarus do these things?
He did not.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:49 AM (8NTVk)

92 >>It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.

It was confusing - everyone kept yelling "Duck!" but it was obviously a dude up there. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:49 AM (5xoct)

93 would hang

Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2026 09:49 AM (5rh/l)

94 93 would hang
Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2026 09:49 AM (5rh/l)

After all he's been through already?

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:50 AM (8NTVk)

95 This is why the transbird community never became a thing.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

96 Just as well he crashed. A couple Canada Geese can befoul a golf course, would have to wear a pith helmet with ole Icky up there.

Posted by: Not Looking Up at April 24, 2026 09:50 AM (oftw2)

97
His career as an aviator stalled.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2026 09:50 AM (eTJQ3)

98 Eh, the painting - nothing to crow about!

(Kidding, I like it)

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:51 AM (5xoct)

99 "Icarus Demonstrates Why You Never Use Dodo Bird Feathers to Make Your Wings"

Give it a second.
Posted by: naturalfake

*********

That's not funny!!

Posted by: Big Penguin at April 24, 2026 09:51 AM (I0N4X)

100 It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.

It would certainly be nothing to crow about.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 24, 2026 09:51 AM (eOqcD)

101 100

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:51 AM (8NTVk)

102 He is Daedalus to me.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (MDua2)

103
Oh, No!!!

Forgot the 100 comments rule!

Please don't beat me, CBD, I confess to being dumber than Hakeem!

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (Y8DZL)

104 36 We could feather several fine nests with all that plumage.

++++

I like big wings and I cannot lie.

Posted by: Sir Icaruslot at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

105 Jacob Peter Gowy's painting, The Fall of Icarus, shows the feathers in tatters.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (Y1sOo)

106 Wile E. Coyote style.

-
A Wile E. Coyote movie is coming.

https://tinyurl.com/59tthc2p

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (ndZc7)

107 gah. horde mind again. lol

Posted by: Halfhand at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (eOqcD)

108 >>His career as an aviator stalled.

You could say it's finched, after such a promising start.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (5xoct)

109
"Icarus" would've been a great name for a Prog Rock group.

BONUS! Lotsa opportunities for cool album covers.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (iJfKG)

110 Very classical nudes. All about the beauty of the human form.

Also, boobies.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (4yJz0)

111 Much time was wasted trying to imitate birds - flapping wings - for human flight to ultimately succeed. The concept of an airfoil, lift and such was poorly understood.

Europe ultimately succeeded in surpassing the U.S.A. for quite a time in aviation during the early 20th century.

One reason is the Wright brothers were very litigious and tried to sue everybody over patent infringements. They were really dickheads about it, actually.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (bjUfh)

112 107 gah. horde mind again. lol
Posted by: Halfhand at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (eOqcD)

It's a thing!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (8NTVk)

113 Poor Icarus craned his neck...

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (I0N4X)

114 His career as an aviator stalled.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2026 09:50 AM (eTJQ3)

It came apart.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (4yJz0)

115 Imagine if they'd had GoPro cameras back in those days...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (gnNyN)

116 When he waxed his balls, that was the path to his doom.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (Fbc0I)

117 >>His career as an aviator stalled.

It took a swan dive.

Posted by: dantesed at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (Oy/m2)

118 A Wile E. Coyote movie is coming.

https://tinyurl.com/59tthc2p
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (ndZc7)

He'll be they.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 09:54 AM (g8Ew8)

119 His rack and pinion steering failed him at the wrong time.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 24, 2026 09:54 AM (MDua2)

120 >>>>His career as an aviator stalled.

>>It took a swan dive.

He was a bit of a loon, only got his wings on a lark.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (5xoct)

121 “Sky Carp” is the preferred nomenclature for the foul Canadian fowl

Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (bjUfh)

122 Well, here's a name from yesteryear.

Comedian Margaret Cho Wishes a “Feral, Bloodthirsty, Violent Democrat” Would Punish Trump Officials

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Funny as ever, Maggie!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (ndZc7)

123 Shouldn't the wings look a little less full?
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 24, 2026 09:29 AM (ftFVW)

This. He fell because the wax melted that held them in place. Classical theme... that's totally wrong.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (4yJz0)

124 This is a wonderful painting and not just because of the naked babes. (Although that doesn't hurt.) It's the poses of the figures that make it so powerful. The crumpled wings to go with his broken body and the curious but not alarmed expressions of the nymphs are so telling, so emotional. The realism of the the details makes it feel like the viewer is in the scene. The realism of the wings is especially effective. There is nothing abstract about the wings. They were an honest effort to exceed what a man can do and are magnificent even in failure.

It's worth the time to look at Draper's many paintings if only for the way he glorifies the naked female body. Actually, they would serve as a teaching tool on technique, subject, color choices, and arranging.

I hadn't heard of Draper before. Glad to learn about his work.

Posted by: JTB at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (yTvNw)

125 He had the 'pilot groupies' this covered, but poor airmanship had a significant part in this mishap.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (LHPAg)

126 He's faking dying. He just wants some nekkid womens purring over him. This is the fourth location of one of his "falls".

They want to be deceived. Everybody gets what they want in this highly successful scheme.

Posted by: The SPLC at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (Uh88k)

127 He should have taken that right turn at Albuquerque.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (g8Ew8)

128 If only he had stuck to birding, he could have enjoyed flight Icariusly.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

129 103 Oh, No!!!

Forgot the 100 comments rule!

Please don't beat me, CBD, I confess to being dumber than Hakeem!
Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (Y8DZL)

Yes! Remove his comment! Remove his comment!

101 100
Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:51 AM (8NTVk)

; )

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (8NTVk)

130 A Wile E. Coyote movie is coming.

https://tinyurl.com/59tthc2p
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (ndZc7)
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From what I could tell, the villain is your typical white male business tycoon while Wile E.'s legal team is composed of scrappy underdog diversity hires.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (gnNyN)

131 His career as an aviator stalled.

>>It took a swan dive.

He was a bit of a loon, only got his wings on a lark.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (5xoct)

Stop robin his credit!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (iJfKG)

132 Hope someone made some nice pillows or a comfy quilt with all those fine feathers.

Posted by: Waste Not, Want Not at April 24, 2026 09:57 AM (oftw2)

133 113 Poor Icarus craned his neck...

_____

You could've knocked him over with a feather.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

134 Women always go for the nutburgers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 09:57 AM (XAeCh)

135
He spit out a valve and a gasket,
And stirred in the sump where he lay,
And then to his wondering comrades,
These brave parting words he did say:

"Take the magneto out of my stomach,
And the butterfly valve off my neck,
Extract from my liver the crankshaft,
There are lots of good parts in this wreck.

"Take the manifold out of my larynx,
And the cylinders out of my brain,
Take the piston rods out of my kidneys,
And assemble the engine again."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2026 09:57 AM (tgvbd)

136 Very classical nudes. All about the beauty of the human form.

Also, boobies.

Not much for the fanciers of the more zaftig.

Posted by: Union of Udder Fanciers at April 24, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)

137 I like big butts and I cannot dye.
You other painters can't deny.

Posted by: Sir Mix-a-Glue at April 24, 2026 09:58 AM (FhXTo)

138 The little bushes weren't happy that day, my friend.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at April 24, 2026 09:58 AM (0sNs1)

139
Buttix.

Posted by: Jack LaLanne at April 24, 2026 09:59 AM (uP7Qm)

140 It's just a matter of a pinion.

Posted by: Just the punchline at April 24, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

141 Bird news: The wrens are back in NWI.

Posted by: DaveA at April 24, 2026 09:59 AM (FhXTo)

142 Those chicks look underage.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

Not a bit. But they are recently of age, I think. Of course, mythical creatures, too, so permanently nubile.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 09:59 AM (4yJz0)

143 Missy has a nice tush.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 24, 2026 10:00 AM (Kt19C)

144 Talk about a unified theory!

Laura Hollis: Our Politicians Hate Us

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:00 AM (ndZc7)

145 He shouldn’t have messed with the Headless Horseman.

Stupid crane.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

146 74 He's faking dying. He just wants some nekkid womens purring over him. This is the fourth location of one of his "falls".
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 09:45 AM (g8Ew

In the 5th "Glory of Heracles" game, it turns out that Icarus survived his fall, but lost his memories (because in a JRPG, the main character has to lose his memories)

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 10:00 AM (iXqHn)

147 Oh, No!!!

Forgot the 100 comments rule!

Please don't beat me, CBD, I confess to being dumber than Hakeem!
Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM

Expect an entry in your Permanent Record.

Don't be surprised if you're placed on a CIP (Commenter Improvement Plan)!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2026 10:01 AM (0sNs1)

148 Very classical nudes. All about the beauty of the human form.

Also, boobies.

Not much for the fanciers of the more zaftig.
Posted by: Union of Udder Fanciers at April 24, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)

That's the compelling part about this painting - No fat chicks.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 10:01 AM (g8Ew8)

149 >>> gal with exposed tucchus mangled her left hand in a heavy equipt accident.
Posted by: cmeat at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

It's about halfway from flipper to hand morphologically. She's a water nymph! Ooooh let me get out my 2nd ed. D&D monsters book, ....
Posted by: banana Dream - Chicks man... at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (3uBP9)

Nah. It's just there's a bit of that rock sticking up and her hand is spread by it. It means (to me) the artist actually had someone lifting themselves up like that to model for him, and he got it right.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:01 AM (4yJz0)

150 Those chicks look underage.
Posted by: Bulg

Russell Brand Admits He Slept With a 16-Year-Old When He Was 30

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

151 >>> One reason is the Wright brothers were very litigious and tried to sue everybody over patent infringements. They were really dickheads about it, actually.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (bjUfh)

The wright brothers were very good at understanding and focusing on propulsion, control, and lift, separating those phenomenon completely, and doggedly pursuing incremental improvements in each. No one was approaching flight as an engineer would like they did. It was all just a "science" to study. Once they started, they were going to lead and be the first, as long as they didn't end up killing themselves too early, or running into financial ruin. No one else had the determination.

There is a lot of rewriting history being done regarding other people and their designs at the time. It was mostly all unworkable shit.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 10:02 AM (3uBP9)

152
Talk about a unified theory!

Laura Hollis: Our Politicians Hate Us

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:00 AM (ndZc7)

That's obvious becuz they won't pass the SAVE Act.

They literally want to be able to cheat and ignore the voters of Our Democratic Republic (TM)

Sad.

On the Plus Side: We now know exactly which Republican politicians depend on Voter Fraud to get elected.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 10:03 AM (iJfKG)

153 146 In the 5th "Glory of Heracles" game, it turns out that Icarus survived his fall, but lost his memories (because in a JRPG, the main character has to lose his memories)
Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 10:00 AM (iXqHn)

JRPG = Japanese Role-Playing Game

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 10:04 AM (8NTVk)

154 A plague on both their houses.

Just Weeks Into the Job, Mamdani’s Own Base Turns Against Him

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:04 AM (ndZc7)

155 Yes. Yes, you must give us all a good spanking!

Posted by: Monty Python at April 24, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

156 Somehow, I can identify with this painting.
— Zombie Samuel Pierpont Langley

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

157 Icci stole those wings from an angel. No bird on earth has feathers that large.

No wonder he got smashed.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (aTF2S)

Giant eagles and rocs do. I mean, his dad was imprisoned for giving away the secret to the Labyrinth in Minos. You think a roc is unrealistic but the minotaur is not an exaggeration?

(I'm just happy he didn't paint the guy with silly little cherub wings that wouldn't lift a seagull, like some other artists did.)

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:05 AM (4yJz0)

158 131 His career as an aviator stalled.

>>It took a swan dive.

He was a bit of a loon, only got his wings on a lark.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (5xoct)

Stop robin his credit!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (iJfKG)

It's a cardinal rule to not steal credit.

Posted by: Don't be a tit at April 24, 2026 10:05 AM (TbWk/)

159 I like the thought the artist put into the size of wings. They look like they could carry a human...who would unfortunately be snapped in half by the forces, but still!

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (moGJJ)

160 Like Moses he parted the Red Tape Sea.

Thousands of Permits Suddenly Approved After President Trump Steps Into California Wildfire Rebuild

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)

161
Front Page News - a limerick

Icarus was a likable chap
'Til his sad aviation mishap
'Twas the leading news story
He went from guts to glory
It really caused a pretty big flap

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (I0N4X)

162 >>> JRPG = Japanese Role-Playing Game
Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 10:04 AM (8NTVk)

JRPG is the sound I make when I hiccup and burp at the same time.

Posted by: banana Dream - Don't cross the streams at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (3uBP9)

163 Sun and wax aren't a good combination.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

Pfft. Says you.

Posted by: A Brazilian at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (4yJz0)

164 157 Giant eagles and rocs do. I mean, his dad was imprisoned for giving away the secret to the Labyrinth in Minos. You think a roc is unrealistic but the minotaur is not an exaggeration?

(I'm just happy he didn't paint the guy with silly little cherub wings that wouldn't lift a seagull, like some other artists did.)
Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:05 AM (4yJz0)

The Minotaur? Star of Morning Glory Milking Farm?

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (iXqHn)

165 You may not like it, but the critics were raven about it!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 10:07 AM (nLFYG)

166 And boy are my arms tired.

Posted by: Icarus at April 24, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

167 John Cornyn (Rino-TX) had a Youtube video of him pushing amnesty for illegal aliens on his website until it was recently discovered, and taken down. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2026 10:07 AM (0sNs1)

168
There is a lot of rewriting history being done regarding other people and their designs at the time. It was mostly all unworkable shit.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 10:02 AM (3uBP9)

____________

Unworkable designs that killed a great many pilots. At the time, that was considered the price to be paid for progress.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2026 10:08 AM (tgvbd)

169 Just Weeks Into the Job, Mamdani’s Own Base Turns Against Him
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:04 AM (ndZc7)

He promised me free everything. I still have to pay for things. Fuck Mamdani!!!!

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 10:08 AM (q1qnK)

170 Like Moses he parted the Red Tape Sea.

Thousands of Permits Suddenly Approved After President Trump Steps Into California Wildfire Rebuild

Newsom was obviously thinking about the headlines in '28: Trump did what you couldn't or wouldn't. A frantic phone call to Karen Bass ensued.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t)

171 NTSB: The early years
Posted by: Halfhand at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (eOqcD)

Appreciative applause from the pilot section of the bleachers.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (4yJz0)

172 John Cornyn (Rino-TX) had a Youtube video of him pushing amnesty for illegal aliens on his website until it was recently discovered, and taken down. Sad!

I'm not sure it isn't AI, but even if it is, it's well deserved. I think he's toast, but still hopes for a last minute reprieve.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

173 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (CfKHZ)

174 This is why the transbird community never became a thing.
Posted by: Bulg

He went Feathery instead of Furry.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (aTF2S)

175
I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Fly through the revolution

Posted by: Icarus and the Steve Miller Band at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (0sNs1)

176 John Cornyn (Rino-TX) had a Youtube video of him pushing amnesty for illegal aliens on his website until it was recently discovered, and taken down. Sad!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2026 10:07 AM (0sNs1)

Rookie mistake. During election years you push videos where you say build the dang wall. It’s after the election where you talk about amnesty.
- Juan McStain

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (q1qnK)

177 Greek Mythology boobs.

I'll allow it.

They old enough to look at?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (CfKHZ)

178 This is like Star Trek shit.

New Light Propulsion Technology May Make 20-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Possible
Micron-scale “metajets” are the first light propulsion system to enable full 3D maneuverability via laser manipulation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

179 I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Fly through the revolution
Posted by: Icarus and the Steve Miller Band at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (0sNs1)

Seal's version was better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (CfKHZ)

180 Speaking of breasts,... the reason why birds can fly, other than the hollow bones and all, is the giant breast bone, so you have a large surface to attach a lot of beefy muscle displaced from your cg/center of pressure, to give you advantageous mechanical advantage for vigorous flappin. Because birds have to combine lift and thrust.

Posted by: banana Dream - you must increase your bust at April 24, 2026 10:11 AM (3uBP9)

181 To any of you who’ve never been to the Wright Brothers National Memorial on the Outer Banks, I highly recommend it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

182 Like Moses he parted the Red Tape Sea.

Thousands of Permits Suddenly Approved After President Trump Steps Into California Wildfire Rebuild

Newsom was obviously thinking about the headlines in '28: Trump did what you couldn't or wouldn't. A frantic phone call to Karen Bass ensued.
Posted by: Archimedes

Newscum realized that him and his buddies weren't going to be able to buy that land at fire sale prices after all.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 10:11 AM (aTF2S)

183 Talk about rewriting history. The Mcdonald brothers were a couple of fat tards sitting on a gold mine. I kicked butt and made a fortune for them and all people can say nowadys is what a shitheel I was.

I fed and employed billions and this is the thanks I get. Ray Kroc Day should be national holiday!

Posted by: Zombie Ray Kroc, American Hero at April 24, 2026 10:11 AM (wAvYO)

184 Micron-scale “metajets” are the first light propulsion system to enable full 3D maneuverability via laser manipulation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM

++++

Is this about me?

Posted by: Photon torpedos at April 24, 2026 10:12 AM (2Ez/1)

185 New Light Propulsion Technology May Make 20-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Possible
Micron-scale “metajets” are the first light propulsion system to enable full 3D maneuverability via laser manipulation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
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Great.

We can send a few bacteria along for the ride at that scale.

Maybe in a few billion years they will colonize Alpha Centauri and evolve into an intelligent species.

Panspermia is real, folks!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 10:12 AM (gnNyN)

186
Thousands of Permits Suddenly Approved After President Trump Steps Into California Wildfire Rebuild
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)

That's why that average Joe Citizen is running for mayor of LA. He's sick of all the corrupt bullshit.

Does he have a chance? No. He can't defeat the fraud machine that's in LA. But, I admire his gumption.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:13 AM (CfKHZ)

187 Icarus' thought bubble:

"How do I get down off this rock?"

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 10:13 AM (I0N4X)

188 172 John Cornyn (Rino-TX) had a Youtube video of him pushing amnesty for illegal aliens on his website until it was recently discovered, and taken down. Sad!

I'm not sure it isn't AI, but even if it is, it's well deserved. I think he's toast, but still hopes for a last minute reprieve.

Naturally the GOP spent $100M trying to reelect him. Send them more money!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:13 AM (Riz8t)

189 Speaking of breasts,... the reason why birds can fly, other than the hollow bones and all, is the giant breast bone, so you have a large surface to attach a lot of beefy muscle displaced from your cg/center of pressure, to give you advantageous mechanical advantage for vigorous flappin. Because birds have to combine lift and thrust.
Posted by: banana Dream

And by feeling it, you can determine the health of the bird.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 10:14 AM (aTF2S)

190 California residents pay about 11% more for groceries, 40% more for gas and 61% more for utilities than the national average

Run on that Newsome

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 10:14 AM (/+uur)

191 The people affected by the fires were left wing assholes in Malibu who generally want me dead. My give a fuck meter for them is now and will forever be stuck at zero. It kinda pisses me off that Trump is expending any energy in helping these people.

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 10:14 AM (q1qnK)

192 Because birds have to combine lift and thrust.
Posted by: banana Dream - you must increase your bust at April 24, 2026 10:11 AM

+++

Birds aren't real.

Posted by: Or so I've heard at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

193 Stunning and brave.

Governor Gavin Newsom
@CAgovernor
Trump knew his war with Iran would raise gas prices.

Now he wants to illegally resurrect a pipeline shut down by courts and facing criminal charges. And it won't even cut prices.

I refuse to let Trump sacrifice Californians, our environment, or our $51 billion coastal economy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

194
Run on that Newsome
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 10:14 AM (/+uur)

But, it's cheaper for the middle class to live in Cali than it is in Texas!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (CfKHZ)

195 This is not Icarus. Obvious imposter due to wings.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (3ImbR)

196 The little bushes weren't happy that day, my friend.
Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at April 24, 2026 09:58 AM (0sNs1)

I don't see any bush in this painting. A nice butt and some breasts, but....

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (4yJz0)

197 tits and ass and really good art.

Love it, would hang

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (xcxpd)

198 He - of all people - should have known the airspeed of an unladen swallow … wait … African or European … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (ayRl+)

199 Also a very good Zep album cover

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 24, 2026 10:16 AM (xcxpd)

200 I would imagine the permits are suddenly being approved to help the Democrat candidates for governor and LA mayor.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 10:16 AM (nLFYG)

201 Ghalibaf quits negotiating team.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 10:17 AM (DIbRX)

202 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I guess these ladies were the first flight attendants.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2026 10:17 AM (2WIwB)

203 201 Ghalibaf quits negotiating team.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 10:17 AM (DIbRX)

Or quits life.. There were rumors he was under house arrest

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (FtULh)

204 This is not Icarus. Obvious imposter due to wings.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (3ImbR)
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A fallen angel pretending to be Icarus?

Those wings do look like they grew out of his back...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (gnNyN)

205 New Light Propulsion Technology May Make 20-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Possible
Micron-scale “metajets” are the first light propulsion system to enable full 3D maneuverability via laser manipulation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
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Great.

We can send a few bacteria along for the ride at that scale.

The metajets will eventually be lithographically created in huge numbers over large surfaces, so larger objects can be propelled by light.

Although current devices are only tens of microns in size, smaller than the width of human hair, the underlying physics suggests the approach could extend to much larger systems if sufficient optical power is available.

Fabricating the metasurfaces required nanoscale precision, with each feature carefully designed in shape, orientation, and placement.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (Riz8t)

206 Ghalibaf quits negotiating team.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 10:17 AM (DIbRX)

I thought Ghalibaf was for relief from occasional diarrhea.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (iJfKG)

207 After the NC hurricane Biden’s FEMA purposely kept aid from Trump voters. Trump is going out of his way to help Harris voters.

The right still doesn’t understand we’re at war with these people.

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (q1qnK)

208 It's me donna, probably so the hardliners don't kill him.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (DIbRX)

209 I thought Ghalibaf was for relief from occasional diarrhea.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (iJfKG)

Do not take Ghalibaf if you are allergic to Ghalibaf.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:19 AM (CfKHZ)

210 201 Ghalibaf quits negotiating team.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 10:17 AM (DIbRX)

That's seems like a small item, but it's quite significant. Probably means that the hardliners in the IRGC are assuming complete control.

Just like Hitler in the bunker, they know they're finished with any negotiated settlement, so they're going to force the rest of Iran to fight to the death with them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:20 AM (rGqqI)

211 Just like Hitler in the bunker, they know they're finished with any negotiated settlement, so they're going to force the rest of Iran to fight to the death with them.

But how? If they give the Iranian people weapons with which to fight, they'll only turn them on the IRGC.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:20 AM (Riz8t)

212 Just Weeks Into the Job, Mamdani’s Own Base Turns Against Him
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:04 AM (ndZc7)

Only because they aren't getting their free shit.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 10:21 AM (g8Ew8)

213 If there are building permits being issued in response to the L.A. wildfires, it potentially throws a wrench into the plans the L.A. mayor and the other local politicians had for their vision of "redevelopment."

"Potentially" It depends on whether the permits are going to the locals or some other developer.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 10:21 AM (jehhT)

214 In the name of God, my father I'll fly!!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 24, 2026 10:22 AM (qwx/I)

215 New Light Propulsion Technology May Make 20-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Possible
Micron-scale “metajets” are the first light propulsion system to enable full 3D maneuverability via laser manipulation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
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Great.

We can send a few bacteria along for the ride at that scale.

Man, I'd hate to waste most of my life (or all of it) going to a nothing place like Alpha C.

No usable planet for colonization IIRC.

Instead, President Trump should appoint me as Head of the Mission to Terraform Venus.

I bet I could get the prep started within two years or so.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 10:22 AM (iJfKG)

216 People who can’t rebuild are selling their properties, and it’s a lot of Chinese buyers via New Zealand front companies.

Maybe the bigger picture is to make sure Americans retain ownership?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 10:22 AM (nLFYG)

217 Reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic.

Matt Van Swol
@mattvanswol
WHAT THE HELL?!!!!!!
A North Carolina SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT says he sees, "...NOTHING WRONG" with Kindergarteners reading a book depicting MEN IN BDSM LEATHER OUTFITS MAKING OUT.
"That's certainly something a child would see in their community..."
...SORRY, WHAT NOW?!!!!!!!

-
You know, like in Mayberry when Barney and Floyd are getting down.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

218 172 John Cornyn (Rino-TX) had a Youtube video of him pushing amnesty for illegal aliens on his website until it was recently discovered, and taken down. Sad!

I'm not sure it isn't AI, but even if it is, it's well deserved. I think he's toast, but still hopes for a last minute reprieve.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

From a ground level view in Texas, I think Cornyn has already given up. With the runoff coming up, Cornyn should be running ads, going around the state campaigning. But he's invisible, and doing nothing. I think he always expected to be given new terms by acclamation, and he has no idea how to act if he has to actually work for something.

Paxton, meanwhile, is always doing something and staying in the news. He's already lambasting Talerico for being an anti-Christian false preacher, which is absolutely true.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:24 AM (rGqqI)

219 You know, like in Mayberry when Barney and Floyd are getting down.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

Aunt Bee had a side hustle working the leather scene and punishing bad boys with her homemade pickles.

Posted by: Gomer Pyle, homosexual at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (wAvYO)

220 I’d take a peek at that superintendent’s hard drive, stat!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (nLFYG)

221 Oh, I’m not disputing the Wright brothers genius nor their dogged determination. That isn’t the point.

They retarded the forward progress of American aviation for years due to their insistence they had a basic patent on flight.

It’s interesting to see the progress from open air cockpits and biplanes, guys shooting revolvers at each other - to just a few decades later near supersonic flight and bombs and missiles. Progress! We can destroy cities and kill civilians with impunity.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (THAHD)

222 95 This is why the transbird community never became a thing.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

Professional Wrestler Lyra Valkyria might have something to say about that.

(No, she's not a troon, but her gimmick is basically "Bird Woman")

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (iXqHn)

223 Excellent painting. The wings are awesome.

If we burn our wings
Flying too close to the sun
If the moment of glory
Is over before it's begun

If the dream is won
Though everything is lost
We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (DgMqy)

224
Paxton, meanwhile, is always doing something and staying in the news. He's already lambasting Talerico for being an anti-Christian false preacher, which is absolutely true.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:24 AM (rGqqI)

And he recently filed suit against ActBlue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:26 AM (CfKHZ)

225 A North Carolina SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT says he sees, "...NOTHING WRONG" with Kindergarteners reading a book depicting MEN IN BDSM LEATHER OUTFITS MAKING OUT.
"That's certainly something a child would see in their community..."
...SORRY, WHAT NOW?!!!!!!!

-
You know, like in Mayberry when Barney and Floyd are getting down.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)
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*** Mr. Garrison and Mr. Slave were unavailable for comment. ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 10:27 AM (gnNyN)

226 Professional Wrestler Lyra Valkyria might have something to say about that.

(No, she's not a troon, but her gimmick is basically "Bird Woman")
Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (iXqHn)

*farts in her general direction*

Posted by: Koko B. Ware at April 24, 2026 10:27 AM (CfKHZ)

227 To any of you who’ve never been to the Wright Brothers National Memorial on the Outer Banks, I highly recommend it.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

Concur.

Also, take a print of this painting with you and see if you can get park rangers to autograph it. Seems like you could have some fun with that.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:28 AM (4yJz0)

228 But how? If they give the Iranian people weapons with which to fight, they'll only turn them on the IRGC.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:20 AM (Riz8t)

By continuing to shoot missiles and whatever they can find at ships in the Strait and other countries in the region until we feel forced to send ground troops in to go root them out.

Sadly, the opposition in Iran appears to be too fractured and weak to ever offer any real internal opposition. We had hoped that wasn't true, but so far it appears to be. A big problem is that the IRGC has imported tens of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan militia to police the population, and they enjoy slaughtering civilians.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:28 AM (rGqqI)

229 The right still doesn’t understand we’re at war with these people.
Posted by: Heroq

If that were true, the 'right' wouldn't be battling Trump every step of the way. They know exactly what the war is about.

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2026 10:30 AM (moGJJ)

230 >>>A fallen angel pretending to be Icarus?
~~~~~

Perhaps. Although Draper was known to use AI frequently and probably didn't check the deets on the Icarus story before pushing this pic out quickly for the clicks.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 24, 2026 10:30 AM (3ImbR)

231 MeTV has been promoting Hawaii Five O and Andy Griffith with a Barney Fife O commercial.

Well, I thought it was funny.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:30 AM (ndZc7)

232 >>> Oh, I’m not disputing the Wright brothers genius nor their dogged determination. That isn’t the point.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (THAHD)

I thought you were speaking to the early days before first flight. They were solid then. What happened later after they were established, yeah I can agree with all that. And they lost a good bit of their engineering drive at that point. Innovation was later picked up overseas in the racing scene. You can't be a good innovative engineer and make a ton of money. You have to choose one.

Posted by: banana Dream - totally awesome at April 24, 2026 10:31 AM (3uBP9)

233 Did this painting make Draper's reputation soar, or did it hang around his neck like an albatross?

Posted by: The Great Albatross at April 24, 2026 10:31 AM (oftw2)

234 He - of all people - should have known the airspeed of an unladen swallow … wait … African or European … ?
Posted by: Dr_No at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (ayRl+)

You forgot the "Arrrrgggghhhhh!"

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:32 AM (4yJz0)

235 But how? If they give the Iranian people weapons with which to fight, they'll only turn them on the IRGC.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:20 AM (Riz8t)

By continuing to shoot missiles and whatever they can find at ships in the Strait and other countries in the region until we feel forced to send ground troops in to go root them out.

Sadly, the opposition in Iran appears to be too fractured and weak to ever offer any real internal opposition. We had hoped that wasn't true, but so far it appears to be. A big problem is that the IRGC has imported tens of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan militia to police the population, and they enjoy slaughtering civilians.

Understood. I was pointing out that the Iranian people themselves are not going to be enlisted to actively support the IRGC.

You had said " so they're going to force the rest of Iran to fight to the death with them", but I think you meant something different than I thought you did.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:32 AM (Riz8t)

236 The Lament for Icarus, 1898
Herbert Draper

Can understand how it won a gold mental at the 1900 Paris Exposition with the dramatic of the wings, 'lighting,' and young bodies, but it's too pretty for a tragic aftermath of the Greek myth. (The wings, for one, look intact.)

His father, Daedalus, had fashioned wings from feathers and beeswax warning Icarus to escape Crete by flying in the middle path. Flying too low would soak the feathers in seawater, while flying too high would melt the wax with the sun's heat. Of course, Icarus ignored the warning, the beeswax melted, the feathers detached, and he drowned.

Cause & effect: Hubris and a fatal fall.
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Would pass hanging today's art selection but it's still a good lesson.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2026 10:33 AM (NFX2v)

237 223: “Bravado”, a poem by Prof. Neil E. Peart

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 24, 2026 10:33 AM (E6xSb)

238 Morning, art enthusiasts,

The girl on the lower right -- perhaps a nymph or forest deity? -- is quite fetching.

The one with her arm up looks like Bernadette Peters.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 10:35 AM (+2QQb)

239 He likes rape.

Migrant rapist goes viral for smiling like the Mouth of Sauron after guilty verdict

https://tinyurl.com/2whf5jxx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:35 AM (ndZc7)

240 227 To any of you who’ve never been to the Wright Brothers National Memorial on the Outer Banks, I highly recommend it.
Posted by: Bulg

I ate a few weeks ago at the Black Pelican Restaurant, which was the telegraph office in 1903 where the brothers sent out their good news.

Posted by: Door Dashes and Dots at April 24, 2026 10:35 AM (oftw2)

241 Newsom lies. He can't help himself. It's part of who he is.
And he is a terrible Governor.

Posted by: Case at April 24, 2026 10:36 AM (pvf3X)

242 A North Carolina SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT says he sees, "...NOTHING WRONG" with Kindergarteners reading a book depicting MEN IN BDSM LEATHER OUTFITS MAKING OUT.
"That's certainly something a child would see in their community..."
===
Given an inch, take the mile and demand 100 more.

You see having corrupted society's standards of public conduct, we now argue that there are no standards for children.

Posted by: Groomer's Union at April 24, 2026 10:36 AM (anL5R)

243 Migrant rapist goes viral for smiling like the Mouth of Sauron after guilty verdict

https://tinyurl.com/2whf5jxx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:35 AM (ndZc7)

Democrats want this for you in every city in America.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:37 AM (CfKHZ)

244 From a ground level view in Texas, I think Cornyn has already given up. With the runoff coming up, Cornyn should be running ads, going around the state campaigning. But he's invisible, and doing nothing. I think he always expected to be given new terms by acclamation, and he has no idea how to act if he has to actually work for something.

Paxton, meanwhile, is always doing something and staying in the news. He's already lambasting Talerico for being an anti-Christian false preacher, which is absolutely true.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:24 AM (rGqqI)

Cornyn is running out of money. People and orgs that would usually support him don’t want to send good money after bad. Cornyn spent a LOT of money on his campaign and barely moved the needle, and is still not able to do much.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 24, 2026 10:37 AM (E6xSb)

245 I'm off in a few minutes to look at two houses. Progressive gave me a rough quote for homeowner's insurance on the cheaper house, and my hair stood on end. A local agent will fine-tune the quote for me by next week, though.

The good news? My car insurance would drop by, get this, $100 a month if I move to Salina. Ha!

The bundling of home and auto might provide a little more savings . . . but that is already amazing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 10:37 AM (+2QQb)

246 Girls always get hot and bothered over something they can't have.
Where were these chicks when I was alive and could do something besides lie here and decompose!!!

Posted by: Icky - not woods at April 24, 2026 10:37 AM (anL5R)

247 My kids used to watch Golly Boff on Saturday mornings back in the 90s.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1)

248 A North Carolina SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT says he sees, "...NOTHING WRONG" with Kindergarteners reading a book depicting MEN IN BDSM LEATHER OUTFITS MAKING OUT.
"That's certainly something a child would see in their community..."
===

In San Francisco at the Fulsom Street Fair.

Run that man out on a rail. He has no place in a civil society.

They want to rape your children. Period. Well, likely before they have a period.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:38 AM (CfKHZ)

249 resigned from the negotiating team due to interference from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). This resignation complicates ongoing talks with the U.S. regarding the conflict in the region.
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Simple solution - eliminate the IRGC.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (XAeCh)

250 Well, at least he gave Iron Maiden a good song idea.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (snZF9)

251 Newsom lies. He can't help himself. It's part of who he is.
And he is a terrible Governor.
Posted by: Case at April 24, 2026 10:36 AM (pvf3X)

Even Qatucker Qatarlson said he's never interviewed a man that could lie so fluidly without remorse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (CfKHZ)

252 The three little chickadees are why this painting is pleasing to the eye. Icarus was ended up like so many of those daredevils in squirrel suits. There's a lesson here.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (Fbc0I)

253 > A North Carolina SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT says he sees, "...NOTHING WRONG" with Kindergarteners reading a book depicting MEN IN BDSM LEATHER OUTFITS MAKING OUT.
"That's certainly something a child would see in their community..."
---------
Someone needs to check his closets.... stat.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (jehhT)

254 Shouldn't the wings look a little less full?
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 24, 2026

***
Good point. The sun melted the wax that held the feathers in place. All or most of them should have fallen out, thus causing Icarus to take his header.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 10:40 AM (+2QQb)

255 * close tags being discussed *

When your a CoB, you have to know these things.

Posted by: Arthur, CoB of The Horde at April 24, 2026 10:40 AM (0sNs1)

256 Governor Gavin Newsom
@CAgovernor
Trump knew his war with Iran would raise gas prices.

Now he wants to illegally resurrect a pipeline shut down by courts and facing criminal charges. And it won't even cut prices.

I refuse to let Trump sacrifice Californians, our environment, or our $51 billion coastal economy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

This is how you know you are dealing with a Maoist: the refusal to acknowledge reality. How much money can CA get if it took its rightful place amongst the major oil producing states? Yet Gov Newsom considers oil icky, so no. And it’s laughable that he cares about oil prices considering his state.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 24, 2026 10:41 AM (E6xSb)

257 You had said " so they're going to force the rest of Iran to fight to the death with them", but I think you meant something different than I thought you did.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:32 AM (Riz8t)

I think of the analogy to Nazi Germany. By the spring of 1945, I would imagine that most of the civilian population wanted the war to end - but that didn't stop the government from insisting that the entire country be destroyed before they quit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:41 AM (rGqqI)

258 Aunt Bee had a side hustle working the leather scene and punishing bad boys with her homemade pickles.
Posted by: Gomer Pyle, homosexual at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM

++++++

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Howard Sprague at April 24, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)

259 We really need to bring back burning at the stake for these satanic leftists.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

260 A big problem is that the IRGC has imported tens of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan militia to police the population, and they enjoy slaughtering civilians.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:28 AM (rGqqI)

Gee I wonder if any other countries have thought of something like that.....

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2026 10:42 AM (95pwq)

261 We really need to bring back burning at the stake for these satanic leftists.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

I'm fine with public hanging. They'll be burning shortly thereafter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:43 AM (CfKHZ)

262 Simple solution - eliminate the IRGC.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (XAeCh)

That's really what this entire war is about. Hasn't been so simple; they have all the weapons, so everything else has to be eliminated first.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:43 AM (rGqqI)

263 I just noticed...
While Icarus may be dark because he is tanned (unlike the nereids), the painter also managed to convey a grayness in his skin - to make him look dead. Good work.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:43 AM (4yJz0)

264 260 A big problem is that the IRGC has imported tens of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan militia to police the population, and they enjoy slaughtering civilians.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Good, now, we have them all in one place.
Know what I'm sayin'?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 10:45 AM (XAeCh)

265 I have to admit, I always envisioned him as a bit of a hack, but those are nice wings. I think it could work.

Hear me out -- just don't go too high -- right? Keep the wax cool. Or maybe use a high temperature synthetic. Silicone based.

And where are those chicks -- looks like an island and maybe worth the effort.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2026 10:46 AM (uUHnE)

266 I think of the analogy to Nazi Germany. By the spring of 1945, I would imagine that most of the civilian population wanted the war to end - but that didn't stop the government from insisting that the entire country be destroyed before they quit.
Posted by: Tom Servo

There was a joke as they approached Gotterdammerung. Enjoy the war. The peace will be terrible.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:46 AM (ndZc7)

267 where are those chicks -- looks like an island and maybe worth the effort.
--
Forget it Bob. They aren't interested in you unless you have a six pack and are dead. Even, then it is only a hypothetical interest.

Posted by: Icky - not woods at April 24, 2026 10:47 AM (anL5R)

268 The winged creature top right looks like McCauley Culkin.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:48 AM (CfKHZ)

269 The three little chickadees are why this painting is pleasing to the eye. Icarus was ended up like so many of those daredevils in squirrel suits. There's a lesson here.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (Fbc0I)

He might actually be the world's first test pilot and the first to go high speed dirt.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 24, 2026 10:48 AM (snZF9)

270 "i ride the mountains of the sky!"

Posted by: cmeat at April 24, 2026 10:49 AM (R11M+)

271 The bundling of home and auto might provide a little more savings . . . but that is already amazing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 10:37 AM
####

Only pay for what you need.

Posted by: The Imu at April 24, 2026 10:49 AM (2Ez/1)

272 He might actually be the world's first test pilot and the first to go high speed dirt.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 24, 2026 10:48 AM (snZF9)

You asked for it.......

https://youtu.be/yeaeqIpopvI

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:49 AM (CfKHZ)

273 Truth be told, Icarus went down because his massive right leg screwed with the dynamics of controlled flight. It was an unexpected battle.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 10:49 AM (Fbc0I)

274 This involved a U.S. soldier who allegedly took advantage of his position to profit off of a righteous military operation.

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He went full Pelosi?!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)

275 Russell Brand Admits He Slept With a 16-Year-Old When He Was 30
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

But it was in the UK, with the approval of the girl's mother, and it's sort of legal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

276 Inshurense STINKS!!!

Posted by: Doug Jr. at April 24, 2026 10:50 AM (CfKHZ)

277 US considers suspending Spain from NATO, reported internal email suggests
Pentagon email obtained by Reuters reveals US anger at Spain, UK as Iran war tensions persist.

By Al Jazeera Staff & Reuters
24 Apr 2026

An email has circulated within the United States Department of Defense laying out potential measures Washington could take against NATO allies it believes have not sufficiently supported its war on Iran, such as Spain and the United Kingdom, according to a US official quoted by the Reuters news agency.

The internal email considers options such as suspending Spain from NATO and re-evaluating Washington’s stance on the British Falkland Islands, which are also claimed by Argentina, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

(Much more.)
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Eh.

I believe it remains the Department of War, and "officials speaking on condition of anonymity" often don't exist.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)

278 After Hitler’s suicide, one of generals in the bunker, Hans Krebs, actually tried to negotiate a surrender with the Russians. They weren’t having any of that, of course.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

279 'Ghalibaf'. For treatment of mild cases of psoriasis, hemmorhoids, bruises, contusions, projections, delusions, and bad breath. Do not take while thinking. Avoid direct sunlight for three days after ingesting. Not recommended for children younger than 75.

Posted by: Dr_No at April 24, 2026 10:51 AM (ayRl+)

280 Russell Brand Admits He Slept With a 16-Year-Old When He Was 30

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

*wink*

*fistbump*

Posted by: Steven Tyler at April 24, 2026 10:52 AM (CfKHZ)

281 It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

It would be something to crow about!
Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:48 AM

You're a raven lunatic.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 24, 2026 10:52 AM (4NO2D)

282 It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

It would be something to crow about!
Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:48 AM

You're a raven lunatic.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 24, 2026 10:52 AM (4NO2D)

Boobies!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:54 AM (CfKHZ)

283 I think of the analogy to Nazi Germany. By the spring of 1945, I would imagine that most of the civilian population wanted the war to end - but that didn't stop the government from insisting that the entire country be destroyed before they quit.
==
I think what happens in control breaks down and you have a lot of inertia. The people at the top can't quit because they know they are dead and are only fighting for time. The regular people would like it to end before they are invaded and half the woman in the Country get raped by the russians, but can't make it happen. The regular people have no leadership and no way to communicate, organize or coerce a peace settlement. So, unless someone in the military assumes the responsibility to negotiate a settlement it won't happen, and that someone has to have the juice to make it stick. Those people might all be dead, and even if they weren't they probably weren't going to make any settlement deals either. The world can adjust to the strait of hormuz being closed potentially forever. Alternatives exist or can be created although it will cost money and time. Since there is motivation to do it, it will get done.

Posted by: Icky - not woods at April 24, 2026 10:55 AM (anL5R)

284 278 After Hitler’s suicide, one of generals in the bunker, Hans Krebs, actually tried to negotiate a surrender with the Russians. They weren’t having any of that, of course.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

You don't start negotiations when the other guy's army is 6 blocks away from your hideout.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:56 AM (rGqqI)

285 Good point. The sun melted the wax that held the feathers in place. All or most of them should have fallen out, thus causing Icarus to take his header.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 10:40 AM (+2QQb)

The amazing thing is that they all fell to Earth right where he would land, giving the illusion of the wings remaining whole, as if to mock him one final time.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 10:56 AM (ExV1e)

286 We really need to bring back burning at the stake for these satanic leftists.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

How about impalement, and then burning? -- Vlad

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 10:57 AM (ExV1e)

287 >>Russell Brand Admits He Slept With a 16-Year-Old When He Was 30

IIRC, he was a sex addict in addition to an addict, so not surprising. Total creep.

I'm glad he found Jesus.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 10:58 AM (5xoct)

288 One thing the temporary cease fire has done is give the intel people, likely Mossad, a chance to identify every person involved with the negotiations.

I'd be surprised if there aren't plans already drawn up to take out every one of them if deal isn't reached and I'm there are people in Tehran who know this as well.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2026 10:58 AM (viF8m)

289 After Hitler’s suicide, one of generals in the bunker, Hans Krebs, actually tried to negotiate a surrender with the Russians. They weren’t having any of that, of course.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

You don't start negotiations when the other guy's army is 6 blocks away from your hideout.
==
Especially when the other guy's army is balls deep in half the women in your country. Horse is out of the barn by then, even if he wanted to stop them, he'd have to shoot half of them to do it.

Posted by: Icky - not woods at April 24, 2026 10:59 AM (anL5R)

290 I was 20, she was 39.

I learned a lot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:59 AM (CfKHZ)

291 >>It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.

>>It would be something to crow about!

>>You're a raven lunatic.

Also gull-able if you believe Icarus really could fly!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:00 AM (5xoct)

292 Pennsylvania

‘You are a monster’: Pen camera, child porn earns man 3-7 years

(Originally) charged with 200 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material, as well as three counts of invasion of privacy, production of child pornography, attempted production of child pornography and two counts of contact or communication with a minor to facilitate sexual abuse.

Most of the charges were dismissed under a negotiated waiver of his preliminary hearing and eventually he pleaded open to the two counts he was sentenced on Tuesday.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2026 11:00 AM (NFX2v)

293 When your a CoB, you have to know these things.
Posted by: Arthur, CoB of The Horde at April 24, 2026 10:40 AM

Well 'ow'd you get to be a CoB, anyway?

Posted by: Random Peasant Moron at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (Wnv9h)

294 ‘You are a monster’: Pen camera, child porn earns man 3-7 years

(Originally) charged with 200 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material, as well as three counts of invasion of privacy, production of child pornography, attempted production of child pornography and two counts of contact or communication with a minor to facilitate sexual abuse.

Most of the charges were dismissed under a negotiated waiver of his preliminary hearing and eventually he pleaded open to the two counts he was sentenced on Tuesday.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2026 11:00 AM (NFX2v)

Yet another glaring case of the punishment not matching the crime by any stretch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (CfKHZ)

295 Boobies!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:54 AM (CfKHZ)

Annnnd, the bird puns come full circle, finally.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (4yJz0)

296 Icarus bought the farm. Poor blighter doesn't get to enjoy the tiddies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (utfVc)

297 Well 'ow'd you get to be a CoB, anyway?
===
Random tart, distributin code from a Lake.

Posted by: Reg at April 24, 2026 11:02 AM (anL5R)

298 Annnnd, the bird puns come full circle, finally.
Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (4yJz0)

WOOT!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 11:02 AM (CfKHZ)

299 Noodus Throckmortiensis.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2026 11:03 AM (Wnv9h)

300 Poor blighter doesn't get to enjoy the tiddies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (utfVc)

For shame......

https://theliquorcollection.com/liquors/tiddys/

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 11:04 AM (CfKHZ)

301 >>Annnnd, the bird puns come full circle, finally.

Did anyone mention Icarus' peacock?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:04 AM (5xoct)

302 Sun and wax aren't a good combination.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

Wut?

Posted by: Brazilian babe on Ipanema beach at April 24, 2026 11:06 AM (utfVc)

303 >>> I just noticed...
While Icarus may be dark because he is tanned (unlike the nereids), the painter also managed to convey a grayness in his skin - to make him look dead. Good work.
Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:43 AM (4yJz0)

The greeks have all sorts of interesting names for various types of mythical fantasy chicks. I think a lot of guys just sat around thinking about chick variations. Tree chicks,... hmmm Dryads! Sea chicks,... nereids? Chicks making me gyros,.. Gyroids!

Posted by: banana Dream Riding a mechanical horse in a Target-aneids at April 24, 2026 11:07 AM (3uBP9)

304 >>>>>Russell Brand Admits He Slept With a 16-Year-Old When He Was 30

IIRC, he was a sex addict in addition to an addict, so not surprising. Total creep.

I'm glad he found Jesus.

Posted by: Lizzy

>Just imagine, Justin Trudeau is Russell Brand 3.0.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 11:07 AM (Fbc0I)

The Morning Report — 4/ 24/26

Good morning kids, In yesterday's editorial, I took the good people of Virginia to task for allowing the abject abomination of Abigail Spanberger's and her coven of Democrats' naked power grab gerrymandering bill to pass. I perhaps wrongly stated that their apathy or absence at the polls was a primary reason that this happened. Commenter "Washington Nearsider" who I assume used on his handle is more in tune with the goings on in Virginia than I am, and objected to my assessment by pointing out:

Rural Virginians voted in higher numbers than in the 2024 presidential election. We all knew what was at stake.

And so with that, I apologize to the good folk of the Old Dominion for doing their part. So if turnout, or my presumed lack thereof, wasn't the reason this passed, then how did it happen? Yes, the state and national GOP were and are useless both before and during election season as well as once in office in advancing the American agenda. So what happened here? Did the Democrats steal this one? and/or is there something else that accounts for this abomination that we're missing? Given what's at stake going forward to the midterms and beyond, we better get a handle on this, not that the aforementioned Grifting Oleaginous Parasite party will or even has the desire to, so there it is.

As noted yesterday, this insanity is already in the courts and no doubt will ultimately wind up at the SCOTUS, which given the unpredictability of the court, that is the unpredictability primarily of non-overtly Marxist fraud hacks in black, allegedly conservative justices, the superstar Clarence Thomas for sure notwithstanding and maybe Samuel Alito as well. Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Coney Barrett and Roberts are reliably unreliable at best.

America as founded is on the precipice, because of the aforementioned as well as the direct action of the evil Democrats and those who lust after absolute power.

During the national debates of 1788, the great Virginian James Madison worried that mere “parchment barriers,” or constitutions, wouldn’t be enough to stop an “overbearing majority” from seeking power and stripping minorities of their voice and rights.
What he envisioned, in other words, was someone like Abigail Spanberger.
Virginia’s current governor recently signed a bill making her state the 18th to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a scheme to circumvent the Constitution and award all electoral votes to the presidential ticket with the highest national vote total — rather than to the candidate who won the state’s election. . .
. . . Democrats have also convinced half the country that the Electoral College’s undercutting of the popular vote is an antiquated quirk of the Constitution. . .
. . . Anyway, we are inching closer to a true constitutional crisis. The member states of the compact don’t have to send their votes to the “popular vote” winner until the coalition reaches an Electoral College majority of 270. . .
. . . Then again, in the end, the Constitution is only as good as the people.
And that doesn’t bode well for its survival these days.

Basta cosi. UPDATE: a few commenters have reminded me that Virginia allows MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and so that explains everything. I should've known as much, And so it goes!

Well, while the Left hand pushes this garbage, the Far Left hand is going for full on violent revolution.

Hasan Piker sparked backlash on Wednesday when he argued that Luigi Mangione allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson because he committed “social murder.”
...Piker, a Twitch streamer, said Americans “understand” why Luigi Mangione allegedly killed Thompson due to the CEO’s alleged role in “social murder.” “Friedrich Engels wrote about the concept of social murder. And Brian Thompson, as the UnitedHealthcare CEO, was engaging in a tremendous amount of social murder,” Piker claimed in an interview with the New York Times podcast The Opinions.

The ironically-named Piker blathered on about this:

...On the NYT podcast Piker and a writer from the New Yorker were asked to mull on such complex questions as whether it is OK to steal and whether it is OK to murder. . .
. . .The answer to both of these questions appears to be “Yes.”
On the first question it turns out that there are certain stores which it is more moral to steal from than others. Piker and his fellow guest agreed that Whole Foods is especially OK to steal from. A small business is less OK to steal from. But listeners were never treated to an explanation of which shops might be on the borderline between being a place where you could help yourself to a five-finger-discount and those where you couldn’t.
That is because neither Piker nor the other people in the studio seemed to have a very stable set of ethics.

Well at least we've seen the last of the SPLC... Meh, I'm not holding my breath. The Berlin Wall might have fallen, but the communists are alive and well and metastasizing right here at home!

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1 Whoa!

Posted by: torabora at April 24, 2026 07:36 AM (KtOUo)

2 Happy Friday

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 07:36 AM (/+uur)

3 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 24, 2026 07:36 AM (/6r4m)

4 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 07:36 AM (ExV1e)

5 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

6 "At the height of the 2020 riots, a book was published entitled “In Defense of Looting.” At the time I asked a bookshop in New York, which was prominently displaying the work, whether I could walk out with the book without paying. I was told not."

If life doesn't give you lemons, just steal them.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2026 07:38 AM (vFG9F)

7 Hello again, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 07:38 AM (RjOoY)

8 Early tee times means getting up early. The Left complaining and whining about a lower court judge ruling against one of their coups shows their complete lack of self awareness.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 24, 2026 07:40 AM (kxLc1)

9 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Identifying the joo hating terror supporting nepo anchor baby with the Democrat Party can only be of benefit. Hang him on them like an albatross. He is a vile thing who takes pleasure in harming animals.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

10 That is because neither Piker nor the other people in the studio seemed to have a very stable set of ethics.

Lemme do a quick edit.

That is because neither Piker nor the other people in the studio are stable.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 07:41 AM (RjOoY)

11 >Here’s What Nobody’s Telling You About The ‘Missing Scientists’ Cases
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if anyone has a dailywire account, please give us the executive summary of this article

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2026 07:41 AM (ZxPkt)

12 He is a vile thing who takes pleasure in harming animals.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

He's a muslim. Their hatred of dogs is well documented.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 07:42 AM (RjOoY)

13 Dems’ favorite podcaster, Hasan Piker, says stealing and murder are OK

I bet Piker would have a different take if lefty mouthpieces, like him, started being killed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e)

14 BabylonBee: New Evidence Reveals Judas Received His 30 Pieces Of Silver From The SPLC

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2026 07:42 AM (ZL87Q)

15 >Although President Trump is doing his best to avoid a “boots on the ground” war, it may be inevitable—but it’s also eminently winnable.
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IMO it's either that, or arm the Iranian people

Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2026 07:42 AM (ZxPkt)

16 Here’s What Nobody’s Telling You About The ‘Missing Scientists’ Cases

Anyone with a DailyWire subscription willing to provide a brief rundown?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e)

17 Hasan Piker sparked backlash on Wednesday when he argued that Luigi Mangione allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson because he committed “social murder.”

Reverse the rolls and imagine if people killed the child molester in town everyone hated.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 07:42 AM (/+uur)

18 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

19 Vice President J.D. Vance said in March that the administration thinks Somalia-born Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) “definitely committed immigration fraud” and that an investigation into possible remedies is underway.
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#twoweeks

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

20 Hasan Piker sparked backlash on Wednesday when he argued that Luigi Mangione allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson because he committed “social murder.”
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They will always provide some justification for their violence, the more baldly false the better.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2026 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

21 I can read writin'. And readin', too. Just because I don't wear none of them shoes and my overalls aint got nuttin on underneat it, don't mean I cant take time away from my banjo and moonshine to gets to vote and rape a lost canoeist or two.

Posted by: Lil Abner, Virginny Hillbilly at April 24, 2026 07:47 AM (wAvYO)

22 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 07:47 AM (Zz0t1)

23 So what happened here? Did the Democrats steal this one? and/or is there something else that accounts for this abomination that we're missing?
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I thought it was obvious:

Mail-in voting.

As long as that exists, Republicans will ALWAYS be at a disadvantage, no matter how many show up at the polls.

The Dems can simply stick their thumb on the scales via mail-in voting to achieve any result they desire.

They only failed with Trump in 2024 because they underestimated the ballots they needed to produce.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 07:47 AM (gnNyN)

24 So, that being said, since Piker is committing social murder, he's fair game?

Is that the rules they want to play by?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 07:48 AM (Zz0t1)

25 Virginia Democrat Says He Understands Rural America Because He Grew Up Watching the ‘Dukes of Hazzard’

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2026 07:49 AM (ZL87Q)

26 “ for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.”

Romans 11:29

Posted by: Marcus T at April 24, 2026 07:49 AM (EJWxb)

27 Imagine being Brian Thomson's widow or child, or co-worker or friend, and hearing this piece of sh*t tell the New York Times that he was the perpetrator not the victim, and that he deserved being shot in the back walking down the street. It's sick and twisted.

By his own logic Hasan Piker deserves to he shot in the back while walking down the street.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

28 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 07:50 AM (jehhT)

29 " Virginia Democrat Says He Understands Rural America Because He Grew Up Watching the ‘Dukes of Hazzard’
Posted by: SMOD"

Pfft. I grew up watching Hee Haw.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)

30 By his own logic Hasan Piker deserves to he shot in the back while walking down the street.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Except that he and his kind think they are the plucky young rebels fighting against the darkness.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 07:51 AM (RjOoY)

31 "Perfessor" Squirrel

If we treated corrupt election apparatchiks like Mossad treats Hamas ...

They are barbarians inside the walls and terrorists both.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

32 A NATO That Doesn’t Support U.S. Action Shouldn’t Exist

The existence of NATO is not the issue. A NATO which doesn't support the US shouldn't include the US. If the EU wants to call their military NATO, more power to them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 07:52 AM (ExV1e)

33 I grew up watching Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger and Gunsmoke. The bad guys lose.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 07:52 AM (DIbRX)

34 Virginia Democrat Says He Understands Rural America Because He Grew Up Watching the ‘Dukes of Hazzard’
Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2026 07:49 AM (ZL87Q)

And don't forget, The Waltons. He watched The Waltons too.

He knows EXACTLY how us dumb redneck southerners think.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 07:53 AM (Zz0t1)

35 Why the US Must Deliver Full US Nuclear Propulsion and Fuel Cycle Technology to South Korea Now

Meanwhile, the SK government becomes cozier and cozier with NK. Sure, let's provide them with military secrets.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)

36 What's Piker worth? He's sharing, right? Paying his fair share, right?

There are no homeless anywhere near him because he's housing them, right?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 07:54 AM (Zz0t1)

37 Virginia Democrat Says He Understands Rural America Because He Grew Up Watching the ‘Dukes of Hazzard’

Oh, the shenanigans that Coy and Vance got up to!

Posted by: Delurker at April 24, 2026 07:54 AM (gtcuf)

38 Posted by: Paul at April 24, 2026 07:53 AM (ste6i)

Shut the f*ck up, asshole. Piss off. Lying sack of shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 07:54 AM (Zz0t1)

39
16 Here’s What Nobody’s Telling You About The ‘Missing Scientists’ Cases

Anyone with a DailyWire subscription willing to provide a brief rundown?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e)

Broad strokes, Iran or others retaliating a la the Mossad, Media sensationalism and supposed UFO revelations.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2026 07:54 AM (x0n13)

40 > So what happened here? Did the Democrats steal this one? and/or is there something else that accounts for this abomination that we're missing?
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I thought it was obvious:

Mail-in voting.
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And you have to wonder why the GOP doesn't care. Actually, you don't. But there's this; at some point down the road if this continues there won't be a GOP.

Whether that's The Plan™ or the GOP is too stupid to see it is debatable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 07:55 AM (jehhT)

41 I used to have a different nic

South Korea delivering prosperity to the NoKs would end that hereditary Communist dictatorship.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

42 "So if turnout, or my presumed lack thereof, wasn't the reason this passed, then how did it happen?"
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I don't know if you realize this but in an election your opponents get to vote too.

Posted by: Assistant Secretary of Frottage at April 24, 2026 07:55 AM (vMn3P)

43 I grew up watching Dukes of Hazard, Riptide, Stingray, The A-Team, Knight Rider.........

I need more guns.

I really want a pair of those chrome plated AK's the A-Team used.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 07:56 AM (Zz0t1)

44 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 07:56 AM (77rzZ)

45 The Daily Wire piece on the missing scientists:

https://archive.ph/MvbKS

Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 07:57 AM (Y1sOo)

46 Oh, crap. That didn't work.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 07:57 AM (Y1sOo)

47 I really want a pair of those chrome plated AK's the A-Team used.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 07:56 AM (Zz0t1)

Mini-14s.

Posted by: Zombie Bill Ruger at April 24, 2026 07:58 AM (wAvYO)

48 Tousi is reporting live Iran requests resumption of Islamabad talks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2026 07:59 AM (RIvkX)

49 Posted by: Paul the retard at April 24, 2026 07:53 AM (ste6i)

But you want the send billions of dollars more to Ukraine and US troops on the ground to die for them. You are an evil retard.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 24, 2026 07:59 AM (kxLc1)

50 A global hydra of tyrannies

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I read that as a global hydra of trannies...

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2026 07:59 AM (qBdHI)

51 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 24, 2026 07:59 AM (YpHnX)

52 The Regrettable Death of the Stupid Question
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Wolf spreads the myth that Lewis Carroll was a paedophile. That's BS.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 24, 2026 07:59 AM (AlhUl)

53
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 24, 2026 08:00 AM (2/MrR)

54 g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 24, 2026 08:00 AM (2/MrR)

How are you doing, sir?

Any luck on the job search?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:00 AM (Zz0t1)

55 25 years ago

Silverstein added, “Today, the SPLC’s treasury bulges with $120 million, and it spends twice as much on fund-raising — $5.76 million last year — as it does on legal services for victims of civil rights abuses. The American Institute of Philanthropy gives the Center one of the worst ratings of any group it monitors, estimating that the SPLC could operate for 4.6 years without making another tax-exempt nickel from its investments or raising another tax-deductible cent from well-meaning ‘people like you.'”

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 08:01 AM (/+uur)

56 Good morning, J.J.
God morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at April 24, 2026 08:02 AM (53oGX)

57 I've actually seen TV commercials for the SPLC.

I was shocked by that. Tells me they were desperate for cash.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:03 AM (Zz0t1)

58 I've actually seen TV commercials for the SPLC.

I was shocked by that. Tells me they were desperate for cash.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:03 AM (Zz0t1)
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Never let your donors get out of the habit.
-nonprofit handbook

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)

59 Pentagon giving update now.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 08:05 AM (NpAcC)

60 Even IF you concede the existence of the concept of "sOciAL mUrDer", that would still only make sense if killing the UHC CEO would actually change, literally, anything. Because you and I and everyone knows that is will not change a thing.

So murder, for the sake of murder, with a lame excuse to justify it is still absolutely shitty

Posted by: deadrody at April 24, 2026 08:05 AM (qf6NU)

61 San Franpsycho

SPLC insiders high salaries will drain their coffers fast,

Good morning.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

62 South Korea delivering prosperity to the NoKs would end that hereditary Communist dictatorship.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

Except that what appears to be happening is that members of their Parliament are being bought by NK. Every so often a new story comes out which points in that direction. It's slow, but the forces of evil are patient.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)

63 "I really want a pair of those chrome plated AK's the A-Team used.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer "

I don't think those were AKs but whatever they were they never hit anybody. Just barrels full of explosives and stuff like that.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2026 08:07 AM (vFG9F)

64 deadrody

The Golden Rule should be tried by the Left.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 08:07 AM (u82oZ)

65 > Here’s What Nobody’s Telling You About The ‘Missing Scientists’ Cases
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The Guthrie woman missing for months now, is or was one of those secret squirrel scientists.

The pieces fit. Must be true. No other plausible explanation. Etc. *note how quickly it has faded from "newz."

/s

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 08:07 AM (jehhT)

66 How has the entire Soros bloodline not been RICO'd yet?

They spend every day attacking the US from within in an effort to destroy her. Seems that would be frowned upon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:07 AM (Zz0t1)

67 The reason Iran is holding out is the same reason North Vietnam held out. They knew their Leftist allies ( who they would kill as they had nothing in common except Communism) would divide the country and stop any military victory. Ho chi Minh said so himself.

Can't let that happen here.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 24, 2026 08:07 AM (kxLc1)

68
I don't think those were AKs but whatever they were they never hit anybody. Just barrels full of explosives and stuff like that.
Posted by: fd at April 24, 2026 08:07 AM (vFG9F)

I'm willing to risk it. Everyone on that show was a horrible shot and could barely hit a wall inside a building.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:08 AM (Zz0t1)

69 The Daily Wire piece on the missing scientists:

https://archive.ph/MvbKS
Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 07:57 AM (Y1sOo)

Sadly, that provides no more than going to DW directly.

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

70 The movie gun I want is Clint Eastwood's infinity mag SMG.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 24, 2026 08:08 AM (kxLc1)

71 The movie gun I want is Clint Eastwood's infinity mag SMG.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 24, 2026 08:08 AM (kxLc1)

Search that and you get nothing but FortNite bullshit.

LOL.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)

72 I'd like to see Hasan Piker's head on a pike. Some people are able to cram so much vileness and evil into their bodies, can be so repugnant and unlikeable, and unrecognizable as decent human beings. He's one of those.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2026 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

73 70 The movie gun I want is Clint Eastwood's infinity mag SMG.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

I want the Electrolux Ray Guns like the Mole People had in Superman vs. The Mole People (1952).

Posted by: Phyllis Coates Fan at April 24, 2026 08:11 AM (oftw2)

74 I'd like to see Hasan Piker's head on a pike. Some people are able to cram so much vileness and evil into their bodies, can be so repugnant and unlikeable, and unrecognizable as decent human beings. He's one of those.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2026 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

I'm far kinder. I'd just like to see him with a shock caller that he cannot remove and the dog with the controller.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

75 Mail-in ballots is what happened in Virginia. 100% All you have to do is look at the vote breakdown.

Posted by: StefanH at April 24, 2026 08:12 AM (hKB05)

76 24 So, that being said, since Piker is committing social murder, he's fair game?

Is that the rules they want to play by?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 07:48 AM (Zz0t1)

That's the rules they want to play by.

YOU, on the other hand, must be "better than that".

Alinsky Rule #4 in action.

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 08:13 AM (iXqHn)

77 Cops confiscated James O'Keefe's guns last night.
Guessing he was red-flagged by a commie

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 24, 2026 08:13 AM (gan3m)

78
How are you doing, sir?

Any luck on the job search?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:00 AM

hey Sponge

overall, there's things goin' on what could be better

my daughter is in the hospital with what will probably turn out to be a gall bladder issue (still testing / head scratching / speculation). Should know more today

on the brighter side, I accepted a job offer yesterday & start next week, so that's a bingo!

I hope you & yours are well and that your troubles are smoothing out (you've certainly had your share)

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 24, 2026 08:13 AM (2/MrR)

79 Piker is a flame thrower that wasn't martyrdom. I sincerely hope he gets it, then spends eternity getting mauled by 72 dogs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

80 74 I'm far kinder. I'd just like to see him with a shock caller that he cannot remove and the dog with the controller.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

No, Head-on-a-Pike is the correct fate.

That's how Vlad the Impaler dealt with the Turks.

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 08:14 AM (iXqHn)

81 AltonJackson, congrats!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 24, 2026 08:15 AM (6U1c2)

82 Holy crap! JJ used my comment!

I'm famous!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 08:15 AM (iNUL3)

83 Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. made a similar point during his time in front of the Ways and Means committee.

“We’ve already shut down 500 hospices in Los Angeles, and incidentally we haven’t had one call from Congress or anybody else about complaining because clearly these were fraudulent.

Shut them all down, then see who calls.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 08:15 AM (/+uur)

84 Good morning Horde thx JJ, great report, hope you and Mrs JJ are doing well.
A thought experiment. What would be the reaction if someone did a Charlie Kirk on Hasan Piker. The left would go bat shit crazy at the outset blaming right wing haters. But a false flag op would always be a possibility. Would it be the violent trigger the left wants? The possibilities are almost infinite

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2026 08:16 AM (gu0hJ)

85 Today Is National Pigs In A Blanket Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 08:16 AM (NpAcC)

86 82 Holy crap! JJ used my comment!

I'm famous!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 08:15 AM (iNUL3)

Wait till you get the invoice

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 08:16 AM (/+uur)

87 I hope you & yours are well and that your troubles are smoothing out (you've certainly had your share)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 24, 2026 08:13 AM (2/MrR)

First Lady and I had a few discussions on what is going on and how to address it going forward. Our timeline will be delayed and we may end up selling the house anyway, just to get out of some financial burdens we now find ourselves in. We will see. She's worried about me taking on too much. Well, who else will take it?

Anyway. Sorry to hear about your daughter. I pray they find the source soon and she's on her way to healthy happiness.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

88 Oh, and CONGRATS on the new job, sir!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

89 "Did the Democrats steal this one? and/or is there something else that accounts for this abomination that we're missing?"

DataRepublican showed two F-curve vote dumps from Fairfax occurring late at night.

I'd say the data suggests they may have stolen it outright.

But the other option - and it's a real one - is that there are just more of them than there are of us.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 08:17 AM (iNUL3)

90 30 Except that he and his kind think they are the plucky young rebels fighting against the darkness.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 07:51 AM (RjOoY)

In his case, he thinks he's the one manipulating commies into destroying the west before he stabs them in the back in the name of Islam.

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 08:17 AM (iXqHn)

91 Piker is a flame thrower that wasn't martyrdom. I sincerely hope he gets it, then spends eternity getting mauled by 72 dogs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Damn. He WANTS martyrdom.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:18 AM (Zz0t1)

92 Meanwhile, the SK government becomes cozier and cozier with NK. Sure, let's provide them with military secrets.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)

Naval submarine nuclear propulsion has long been held as some of our most classified technology. Giving it to another government needs some of the strongest justification and I'm not at all sure I'm seeing it in this case.

Posted by: Ash Williams at April 24, 2026 08:18 AM (/HDaX)

93 Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. made a similar point during his time in front of the Ways and Means committee.
“We’ve already shut down 500 hospices in Los Angeles, and incidentally we haven’t had one call from Congress or anybody else about complaining because clearly these were fraudulent.
Shut them all down, then see who calls.

Hands off my medicare fascists!

Posted by: Old Hippie Boomer Moocher at April 24, 2026 08:18 AM (wAvYO)

94 82 Holy crap! JJ used my comment!

I'm famous!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

Your chocolate ration will be increased and your frozen increments will be restored!

Posted by: Laurel And Hearty Handshake at April 24, 2026 08:18 AM (oftw2)

95 Dangit. /sock off

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 24, 2026 08:18 AM (/HDaX)

96 I'm famous!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 08:15 AM (iNUL3)
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Don't get cocky kid!

Posted by: Harrison Ford at April 24, 2026 08:18 AM (RIvkX)

97
Shut them all down, then see who calls.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 08:15 AM (/+uur)

This.

Pull ALL funding from California and see who screams.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

98 Mail-in ballots is what happened in Virginia. 100% All you have to do is look at the vote breakdown.

--

After looking at the results in the vote breakdowns, it's probably statistically impossible for those last minute mail-ins to go 75% yes. The cheating by Democrats is so unbelievably obvious. It will only get worse, much worse, unless they're stopped. That doesn't seem to be happening, especially with respect to mail-ins (a perfect vehicle for fraud), let alone illegal and unlawful votes.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2026 08:19 AM (qBdHI)

99 Mazel AltonJackson

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

100 The meme up top.

The Mark Cuban method?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

101 DOT Pulls $73M From New York Over Failure to Revoke Thousands of Questionable CDLs
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"Questionable" or "Illegal"?

I vote illegal.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 24, 2026 08:19 AM (24xYU)

102 > Here’s What Nobody’s Telling You About The ‘Missing Scientists’ Cases
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Narrator: It can't be explained without a large bulletin board, push pins and lots of red yarn.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)

103
79 Piker is a flame thrower that wasn't martyrdom. I sincerely hope he gets it, then spends eternity getting mauled by 72 dogs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

I was thinking of something similar but more sexual in nature, but this is a family blog.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 08:20 AM (yGkmH)

104 Congratulations, AltonJackson!

Hope they can figure out your daughter’s issue, and that she makes a full recovery.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 08:20 AM (77rzZ)

105 - Prayers up for the folks at Vance AFB, Enid and other spots in Oklahoma that got hit by a pretty bad tornado yesterday evening.

Looked likely that some people lost loved ones last night but haven't heard any further on that.
And thank you Lord that stuff headed here either fell apart or went around. Just got sirens, wind and rain.

Posted by: TeeJ at April 24, 2026 08:20 AM (EcT7r)

106 82 Holy crap! JJ used my comment!

I'm famous!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung
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In our office, you've always been famous

Posted by: The Fibbies at April 24, 2026 08:21 AM (24xYU)

107 Prayers up for the folks at Vance AFB, Enid and other spots in Oklahoma that got hit by a pretty bad tornado yesterday evening.

Looked likely that some people lost loved ones last night but haven't heard any further on that.
And thank you Lord that stuff headed here either fell apart or went around. Just got sirens, wind and rain.
Posted by: TeeJ at April 24, 2026 08:20 AM (EcT7r)

Last report I saw from there was it was a "mass casualty event."

Initial reports had it at an EF-4. That's big.

It happened not far from SpongeBro's son who's up in Pawnee.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

108 So if turnout, or my presumed lack thereof, wasn't the reason this passed, then how did it happen?

Possibly election process irregularities? They are Democrats and they still believe their playbook is effective.

tiny.cc/n5c2101

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 24, 2026 08:22 AM (6ph8l)

109 Nothing more refreshing than a late night and an early morning.
Good morning folks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 08:23 AM (PY3SN)

110 The Dems will do anything and everything to foil PDT. Why would you not believe they would cheat?

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2026 08:24 AM (vFG9F)

111 Remember the Alamo! The Indian Invasion of Texas.

--

Jr. Black just got back from a short business trip to Houston. He said it was crawling with foreigners. He described seeing a lot of women with "towels on their heads."

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2026 08:24 AM (qBdHI)

112 the only way a republican could ever lose is by fraud.

Come on guys
Posted by: Assistant Secretary of Frottage at April 24, 2026 08:23 AM (9ARbc)

And yet, the No's were leading until the mail in vote was counted.

Nope. No fraud there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

113 Wasn’t there some mass shooting in Louisiana yesterday?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 08:25 AM (77rzZ)

114 If you want a breakdown of how elections are stolen, a recap of a primary election in Bexar County (San Antonio):

http://alturl.com/yanu6

This breaks down how additional votes are put into the system.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2026 08:25 AM (0U5gm)

115 Jr. Black just got back from a short business trip to Houston. He said it was crawling with foreigners.

Between that and a large amount of people getting STDs during Spring Break, I am forced to ask what the hell is going on in Houston?

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 08:25 AM (RjOoY)

116 Wasn’t there some mass shooting in Louisiana yesterday?
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 08:25 AM (77rzZ)

There was one where a black immigrant murdered children earlier in the week, yes.

He was "known by authorities."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

117 Wasn’t there some mass shooting in Louisiana yesterday?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 08:25 AM (77rzZ)

Two days ago, I think. A black guy with multiple priors shot a bunch of kids.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 08:26 AM (iNUL3)

118 "There was one where a black immigrant murdered children earlier in the week, yes."

++++++

Neighbors say he was just turning his life around and on his way to a Koran study.

Posted by: Local media at April 24, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)

119
Lol that's not true at all. Stop getting your news from trump-patriots.info
Posted by: Assistant Secretary of Frottage at April 24, 2026 08:26 AM (9ARbc)

Ah....you're one of THOSE, then. Nice chatting with you. Have a nice day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

120 Sponge and Alton will include your daughters this morning.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

121 119, 121 That’s awful.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 08:28 AM (77rzZ)

122 Good morning JJ and horde
Friday can't end soon enough

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2026 08:28 AM (wKYXR)

123 Sponge and Alton will include your daughters this morning.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

124 New York Times Puts Elise Stefanik Third on Best Sellers List Despite Sales Data Showing She Had Top-Selling Title
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Of course they discount sales to conservatives, because everyone knows conservatives can't read.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 24, 2026 08:29 AM (AlhUl)

125 _______
Of course they discount sales to conservatives, because everyone knows conservatives can't read.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 24, 2026 08:29 AM (AlhUl)

TJM hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

126 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 08:30 AM (aTF2S)

127 Congratulations on your new job, AltonJackson!

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

128 And so begins Day Four of retirement. According to these comments it's Friday.
And yet it continues to feel like a Saturday.
Hunh.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

129 And so begins Day Four of retirement. According to these comments it's Friday.
And yet it continues to feel like a Saturday.
Hunh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

*still seething with jealousy*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

130 Mail-in votes = fraud. Nobody is saying there aren't legitimate mail-ins. But only a fool would believe it isn't the perfect way to manufacture false votes. Kinda why no other country except parts of ours accepts that as an acceptable way to vote...?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2026 08:32 AM (qBdHI)

131 Pence is trying to buy himself out of purgatory.
He's up to something.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 08:32 AM (PY3SN)

132 Pence is trying to buy himself out of purgatory.
He's up to something.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 08:32 AM (PY3SN)

He's running.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

133 - @109 Sponge

Yep. Was watching max velocity yesterday on phone while out in my driveway watching storm move towards me. That's how he reported it.
When stuff got close here, the wind died down, then came back up and temp dropped. Time to get inside and watch out the back door,,, with basement steps right behind me.
Max mentioned my little town couple times.

Posted by: TeeJ at April 24, 2026 08:33 AM (EcT7r)

134 And yet it continues to feel like a Saturday.
Hunh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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Wait until every day feels like Sunday.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 08:34 AM (PY3SN)

135 I made the mistake of looking up “frottage,” from the new troll’s nic.

Do not make the mistake of looking up “frottage.”

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 08:34 AM (77rzZ)

136 Here is an excerpt:

My analysis of the Bexar County Republican primary early voting check-in file identified 4,110 voter records bearing State Identification numbers with fractional components — for instance, 1,253,115,467.7999 rather than a whole number. Texas State Voter ID numbers are administrative integers by definition. A fractional State ID is not a rounding artifact or a migration residue. It is an impossible value in any legitimate voter registration system. Every one of these 4,110 records was verified against the Texas statewide voter database as of September 2024. Not one fractional ID appears there.

The 4,110 records are not random noise. When sorted by State ID and the gap between consecutive records is calculated, the gap is the same value — 22,084.82189 — for every single pair in the sequence. The total span between the first and last record in the sequence, divided by that gap, yields exactly 4,109.0000 — a perfect integer with no remainder. This is mathematical proof that the records were deliberately constructed. A random or corrupted sequence cannot produce this result. Only purpose-written software can.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 24, 2026 08:34 AM (0U5gm)

137 Pentagon leaders hold briefing on Iran. Secretary of War is talking on now.

Only on MS Now and CNN.

Wtf? I just got up a few minutes ago. Need coffee and check 'reality.'

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 24, 2026 08:34 AM (Sco7b)

138 Max mentioned my little town couple times.
Posted by: TeeJ at April 24, 2026 08:33 AM (EcT7r)

Glad to see you made it through. I hope the loss was less than anticipated up there.

Scary stuff, for sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

139 The issue in Virginia was that there was a vote at all. Totally unconstitutional, outrageous, preposterous, chagrined, unlawful and egregious and a mountain of misfortune and humiliation.

I am mortified and stupefied that the democrats do not follow the rules! It's a travesty of justice! We're filing suit!

Posted by: Jackie Chiles at April 24, 2026 08:34 AM (wAvYO)

140 It will be 3 or 4 years before I retire. Then it will be a 20 year vacation.

Posted by: dantesed at April 24, 2026 08:35 AM (Oy/m2)

141 https://archive.ph/MvbKS
Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 07:57 AM (Y1sOo)

Sadly, that provides no more than going to DW directly.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

Those Archive links have been unreachable to me for weeks for some reason. Multiple devices and search engines. I had read there was some dispute between them and certail carriers, so maybe I'm just SOL...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 24, 2026 08:35 AM (nbLIj)

142
Do not make the mistake of looking up “frottage.”
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 08:34 AM (77rzZ)

Explains a lot, actually. He's a fag.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

143 Pence is trying to buy himself out of purgatory.
He's up to something.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

He's running.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

From what?

Because it sure as hell isn't for POTUS.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 08:36 AM (aTF2S)

144
Because it sure as hell isn't for POTUS.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 08:36 AM (aTF2S)

He needs money.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

145 It will be 3 or 4 years before I retire. Then it will be a 20 year vacation.
Posted by: dantesed

*Fist bump

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 08:37 AM (aTF2S)

146 Wwhen that mass shooting story first broke on X, I immediately posted that no one would ever hear about it again because of the race of the shooter.

Completely true headline that could never be written today by any public outlet: “Black man in rage murders two black women and 8 black children, most of which were his.”

That story would have been endless headline news for weeks if the shooter had been some white dude wearing a maga ball cap.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 08:37 AM (yGkmH)

147 You rarely see "frottage" in a limerick.

Posted by: Oh, wait. Wrong thread at April 24, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)

148 Tolentino answers: “Yes. And I have, under very specific circumstances. I will say, I think that stealing from a big box store — I’ll just state my platform — it’s neither very significant as a moral wrong, nor is it significant in any way as protest or direct action. But I did steal from Whole Foods on several occasions.”

it’s neither very significant as a moral wrong
Exactly what the council said to each other as they took the Kulaks land.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 08:37 AM (/+uur)

149 145 It will be 3 or 4 years before I retire. Then it will be a 20 year vacation.
Posted by: dantesed

Mounting evidence points to 2033 as the date of the end of all things visible.

Posted by: The Eyes of Nostrildamus at April 24, 2026 08:38 AM (oftw2)

150 Press briefing is over.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 24, 2026 08:38 AM (Sco7b)

151
it’s neither very significant as a moral wrong
Exactly what the council said to each other as they took the Kulaks land.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 08:37 AM (/+uur)

If only there was a list of rules out there somewhere that people could live by.......Commandments, if you will.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

152 149 He needs money.

Bingo. Pence has zero constituency. No base whatsoever. And he's not stupid enough to think he can be elected dogcatcher. He wants money.

Posted by: Delurker at April 24, 2026 08:39 AM (gtcuf)

153 Sadly, that provides no more than going to DW directly.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

Every time I see DW, I keep thinking it's Deutsch Welle. I keep forgetting about Daily Wire. Must be a reason for that, but I'm not sure what it is....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2026 08:39 AM (1Ff7Z)

154 155 Press briefing is over.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 24, 2026 08:38 AM (Sco7b)

They say anything worth hearing?

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2026 08:39 AM (Gqar8)

155 If the SPLC Got Away With It for Decades, What Else Is Hiding in Plain Sight?
What if the bombshell is just the tip of the iceberg?

https://tinyurl.com/yavttwxy

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

156 Frottage...cottage...pottage...wattage...

Posted by: Delurker at April 24, 2026 08:41 AM (gtcuf)

157 Democrats Heaped Praise On SPLC Despite Long History Of Shady Financial Dealings
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Despite? Surely that should read "because of".

Posted by: Eeyore at April 24, 2026 08:41 AM (AlhUl)

158 If the SPLC Got Away With It for Decades, What Else Is Hiding in Plain Sight?
What if the bombshell is just the tip of the iceberg?

https://tinyurl.com/yavttwxy
Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

The United States government has been turned into one big money laundering machine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

159 Bingo. Pence has zero constituency. No base whatsoever. And he's not stupid enough to think he can be elected dogcatcher. He wants money.

--

Pence excites me about as much as a bucket of warm spit. Matter of fact, he's so inconsequential, when I see his name, I just pass on by.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2026 08:41 AM (qBdHI)

160 Frottage...cottage...pottage...wattage...
Posted by: Delurker at April 24, 2026 08:41 AM (gtcuf)

Let's call the whole thing off.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2026 08:41 AM (1Ff7Z)

161 Pence excites me about as much as a bucket of warm spit. Matter of fact, he's so inconsequential, when I see his name, I just pass on by.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2026 08:41 AM (qBdHI)

"Oh piss boy!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

162 156 Sponge, the left has its own commandments. Given by some guy named Alinsky.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)

163 I loved the part of the interview where they go down a list of victims deciding whether it is ok or not to steal from them.

Completely depraved.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

164 Good morning everybody. Good morning JJ. I’m going to go into the kitchen and have a conversation with the coffee machine about “roles and responsibilities”.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 08:43 AM (aQZli)

165 Sponge, the left has its own commandments. Given by some guy named Alinsky.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)

Yeah, they have two books. Rules for Radicles and The Anarchist's Cookbook.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

166 Grappling with Hydras
_________
I don't think it helpful to conflate all the things and systems one thinks bad, as if they were all the same. Life isn't that simple, and it leads to failure to understand one's enemies.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 24, 2026 08:43 AM (AlhUl)

167 If only there was a list of rules out there somewhere that people could live by.......Commandments, if you will.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)
-----
Even the Pirates' Code is too restrictive for these assholes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 08:43 AM (gnNyN)

168 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 08:43 AM (gnNyN)

Perf, sent you an email last night.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2026 08:44 AM (1Ff7Z)

169 If Mike Pence and Tim Kaine were in a room, would anybody recognize them?

Posted by: dantesed at April 24, 2026 08:44 AM (Oy/m2)

170 If Mike Pence and Tim Kaine were in a room, would anybody recognize them?
Posted by: dantesed at April 24, 2026 08:44 AM (Oy/m2)

Speaking of frottage.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

171 - Thanks Sponge

Not scarey, really. Had most material valuables in basement.
If storm takes house, well, very inconvenient but insurance money would be more than dump is worth.
If it takes me? Well, it was my time to be with my Lord.

Posted by: TeeJ at April 24, 2026 08:45 AM (EcT7r)

172 160 If the SPLC Got Away With It for Decades, What Else Is Hiding in Plain Sight?

Posted by: redridinghood

Well, not ANTIFA, because a number of Congresspeople and media have proven ANTIFA doesn't exist, in spite of what you may have seen.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 08:45 AM (Y8DZL)

173 You put that much power and influence in one location (DC), corruption is sure to follow. Washington is irredeemable.

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2026 08:45 AM (Gqar8)

174 159 155 Press briefing is over.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 24, 2026 08:38 AM (Sco7b)

They say anything worth hearing?
Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2026 08:39 A

I just got up, came down and was channel flipping. Sorry don't know. I thought it may have just started so I posted.

I was surprised it wasn't on FoxNews. Not the first time these briefings have only been on the other two networks. Some of the women at MS Now or CNN, or maybe the men, can't get enough of Hegseth...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 24, 2026 08:46 AM (Sco7b)

175 Basta cosi. UPDATE: a few commenters have reminded me that Virginia allows MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and so that explains everything. I should've known as much, And so it goes!
==

JJ does not read the comments! Several of us did mention this mail in disaster, it was like 70-80% a "Yes" vote.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 08:46 AM (GD0B3)

176 The AllSides audit found that nearly three-quarters of the links on Google News were to left-leaning news sites. Just 1% took readers to a right-leaning news source. Google has gotten worse since AllSides started auditing aggregator sites in 2022, when the share of left-leaning stories on Google News was 61%.

At Apple News, the current ratio is 50% left-leaning to 2% right-leaning. Bing is 72% to 5%. Yahoo was 53% to 2%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 08:47 AM (/+uur)

177 lol, I thought Washington Nearsider was on the West coast, in the state of.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3)

178 > If the SPLC Got Away With It for Decades, What Else Is Hiding in Plain Sight?
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Everything else, probably.

I think FedGov IS the biggest scam. $38 trillion dollars in debt doesn't happen without some serious fraud.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 08:47 AM (jehhT)

179 The former CEO of the SPLC made $522, 000 a year to defame all sort of conservative organization with being hate mongers and racists. What a disgrace!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 08:48 AM (xY6Tn)

180 lol, I thought Washington Nearsider was on the West coast, in the state of.
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3)

You should sue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

181 I think FedGov IS the biggest scam. $38 trillion dollars in debt doesn't happen without some serious fraud.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 08:47 AM (jehhT)/i]

I'm betting, at this point, we're above $4T per year in fraud.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

182 So Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes cancelled their livestreams and left the country yesterday. Was SPLC paying them too?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2026 08:48 AM (QZThv)

183 Isn't today when all the ships at sea return to the Arbor?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2026 08:49 AM (1Ff7Z)

184 The problem with Trump's promised "Golden Age", indeed the problem with Trump's presidency (not actually HIS problem, or HIS fault), is that a Golden Age is about the last thing America needs right now. By historical standards, we're suffering a national gout of prosperity. The political clarion should no longer be "it's the economy, stupid." The necessary call to unity and revival should be, "it's the character of our nation, stupid."

I suggest that what America really needs is a raw, bracing and even agonizing conflict with its lying malefactors and their ruinous lies eating away at our soul -- at whatever the cost. Before it's too late.

The Golden Age can and will come in due course.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 24, 2026 08:49 AM (b4LBp)

185 So Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes cancelled their livestreams and left the country yesterday. Was SPLC paying them too?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2026 08:48 AM (QZThv)

Depends on where they went.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

186 Isn't today when all the ships at sea return to the Arbor?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2026 08:49 AM (1Ff7Z)

They ran out of Pigs in a Blanket?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

187 160 If the SPLC Got Away With It for Decades, What Else Is Hiding in Plain Sight?
What if the bombshell is just the tip of the iceberg?
____

ADL, BLM, Media Matters, ACLU, etc.

Probably 100s of these, large and small. Funded by Soros, WEF, China, UN, EU, but probably mostly funded by US taxpayers.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2026 08:50 AM (Dv3i1)

188 Did Owens and Fuentes leave the country together? Are they having an affair?

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

189 Scott
@RandomHeroWX

Major damage in southeast Enid, OK after a large tornado moved through the area. #okwx
🎥: Amanda Taylor

https://tinyurl.com/42v8hft2

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

190 ol, I thought Washington Nearsider was on the West coast, in the state of.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3)

Nope.

Here in the NoVa area.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 24, 2026 08:50 AM (iNUL3)

191 >>>"Holi celebrations with colors, adults playing cricket in parks, streets with names like “Ali Akbar,”"
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The term 'Indian' is a misdirection, paraphrasing a View genius, they aren't Indian Indian's they are mooselimbs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 08:51 AM (PY3SN)

192 I was sitting on the lot edge
Of my rural little cottage
Saw some mo's committing frottage
Fired a warning from my shot ledge
They ran into my fence's wattage
I laughed and had a drink of pottage.

Posted by: Delurker at April 24, 2026 08:51 AM (gtcuf)

193 @RandomHeroWX

Major damage in southeast Enid, OK after a large tornado moved through the area. #okwx
🎥: Amanda Taylor

https://tinyurl.com/42v8hft2
Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

Praying for all........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

194 187 160 If the SPLC Got Away With It for Decades, What Else Is Hiding in Plain Sight?
What if the bombshell is just the tip of the iceberg?
____

ADL, BLM, Media Matters, ACLU, etc.

Probably 100s of these, large and small. Funded by Soros, WEF, China, UN, EU, but probably mostly funded by US taxpayers.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 24, 2026 08:50 AM (Dv3i1)

Something something, “ sell us the rope we hang ourselves with”.

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2026 08:51 AM (Gqar8)

195 In total, the first two weeks of the conflict led to emissions of 5,055,016 tCO2e, equivalent to 131,430,416 tCO2e in a year – roughly the same as a medium-size, fossil fuel-intensive economy such as Kuwait. But it is also the same as the 84 lowest emitting countries combined.

... probably less than Europe going to work in the morning

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)

196
182 So Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes cancelled their livestreams and left the country yesterday. Was SPLC paying them too?
Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2026 08:48 AM (QZThv)

Maybe they were told to report to Tehran for new orders. Either that or Beijing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 08:53 AM (yGkmH)

197
Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

198 JJ does not read the comments! Several of us did mention this mail in disaster, it was like 70-80% a "Yes" vote.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 08:46 AM (GD0B3)

73% YES
An almost impossible number as yes was 47% Election day and 53% Early.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 08:54 AM (/+uur)

199
73% YES
An almost impossible number as yes was 47% Election day and 53% Early.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 08:54 AM (/+uur)

Troll says that's not right and you should stop getting your info from Trump supporting websites.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

200 TGIF, horde!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 08:55 AM (5xoct)

201 Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes cancelled their livestreams and left the country yesterday.

Hope they stay wherever they are. And get Cucker Quatarlson to come with.

Posted by: Delurker at April 24, 2026 08:55 AM (gtcuf)

202 And so begins Day Four of retirement. According to these comments it's Friday.
And yet it continues to feel like a Saturday.
Hunh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

While I am still a retirement novice, I believe that keeping track of days - even if you don't much care which it is - is useful as it is often to your benefit to do business things during the week when the chirren are having to work.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 08:55 AM (ExV1e)

203 The United States government has been turned into one big money laundering machine.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)
******
People don't appreciate what the Trump administration is doing to expose it.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 08:56 AM (NpAcC)

204 Hey, Lizzy!

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 08:56 AM (77rzZ)

205 Bravo Delurker!

Posted by: Person who obsesses over limericks at April 24, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

206 The European Union and the UK increasingly resemble the late Soviet Union in both institutional architecture and ideological rigidity. An unelected central bureaucracy sets the policy agenda while national parliaments and the European Parliament provide little more than democratic theatre. The Commission’s 32,000 civil servants, enjoying legal immunities and generous privileges, function as a modern nomenklatura insulated from accountability. As Finn Andreen documented in his February 2026 analysis for the Mises Institute, Brussels operates through a form of “democratic centralism”, steadily transferring sovereignty from member states upward during successive crises — globalisation, Covid, Ukraine, migration.

A parallel observation appears in Russian academic commentary describing the EU as a geopolitical entity based on ideology rather than organic national interests. The result is a state that fails at classical liberal functions — maintenance of infrastructure, law and order, price stability, national defence and facilitation of voluntary exchange — while excelling at narrative management and the suppression of dissent. This is not rhetorical exaggeration. It is observable.

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2026 08:56 AM (RHGPo)

207 198 JJ does not read the comments! Several of us did mention this mail in disaster, it was like 70-80% a "Yes" vote.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 08:46 AM (GD0B3)

73% YES
An almost impossible number as yes was 47% Election day and 53% Early.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 08:54 AM (/+uur)

So, vote fraud. Become commonplace, and while perhaps not accepeted, will stand, because any outrage about it it is not nearly outrage enough to change anything.

Posted by: tubal at April 24, 2026 08:57 AM (Gqar8)

208 Nothing these latest popes have done impress me at all.

I've gone back and began re-reading the works of Thomas Aquinas, a true philosopher of western civilization. This may be something for the book thread.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 08:57 AM (Fbc0I)

209 SKS conservative cartoon on "The Other McCain" on Kash Patel and SPLC. I think that cartoonist is a good artist and quite clever:

https://tinyurl.com/mfjzpnfp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 08:58 AM (afKoR)

210 133 And so begins Day Four of retirement. According to these comments it's Friday.
And yet it continues to feel like a Saturday.
Hunh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

=======

Congrats! I'm starting my fourth year and I have really enjoyed having the time to learn and do things instead of always being in a rush. I may even forget how to lose my temper.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 24, 2026 08:58 AM (2ap+5)

211 Delurker

* holds up scorecard*

7.3

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 24, 2026 08:58 AM (6ph8l)

212 Sometimes you can get through to the average J. Random Voter about the Electoral College. It certainly is not a “quirk”, it was critical to ratification. Nobody then or now would agree to a popular vote compact.

“Do you want New York and LA deciding all the elections?” would seem to make the issue clear. “Yes, I would” tells you a brain dead leftist is at hand. At least that’s out of the way.

Imagine if there were World Elections. Everyone votes, but China and India decides everything. Does that make sense? Would that be a good idea? Had luck with that argument sometimes. The problem with Leftists is they don’t know what they want, they just think they know what they want, and generally aren’t prepared to think about it too much.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2026 08:59 AM (2RHvg)

213 There's a Pope Thread every Saturday morning.

Posted by: Should I not have said that? at April 24, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

214 >>So if turnout, or my presumed lack thereof, wasn't the reason this passed, then how did it happen?

Saw this on X (no idea where, so take it fwiw): early voting stats were closely even Dem/GOP, election day voting stats were closely even Dem/GOP, however, mail-in voting skewed ~72% Dem.

If that was accurate, then it happened thanks to fraud-prone mail-in votes.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 08:59 AM (5xoct)

215 The United States government has been turned into one big money laundering machine.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

Since FDR, at least.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 08:59 AM (ExV1e)

216 Paper: Replacement Migration was Planned in 2001

The study defines replacement migration as “the international migration that would be needed to offset declines in population size, the declines in the population of working age, as well as to offset the overall ageing of a population”.

The study examines eight national cases—France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, and United States—as well as two regional aggregates, Europe and the European Union. The time frame is 1995 to 2050.

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

217 Our government is actively involved in the largest theft of public wealth in history.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 09:01 AM (jehhT)

218 has this been noted : "Jesse Watters just said that a large portion of the money brought in by the Southern Poverty Law Center has been traced to offshore accounts overseas. Interesting for a nonprofit organization."

This is all going to trace to the woke reich accounts that are trying to divide the right, bet on it.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3)

219 >>SKS conservative cartoon on "The Other McCain" on Kash Patel and SPLC. I think that cartoonist is a good artist and quite clever:

https://tinyurl.com/mfjzpnfp
- - - -

Heh. True, but SPLC is HUGE considering their infiltration of so many government agencies and Silicon Valley censorship systems.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:02 AM (5xoct)

220 Texas needs to redistrict again this time make it 38-1.
Fire with fire.

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 09:02 AM (q1qnK)

221 Flurry Of Reports Signal 'Breakthrough' In US, Iran Getting Back To The Table In Pakistan, As Third US Carrier Arrives

Tehran sources say Iran Foreign Minister expected in Islamabad tonight

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2026 09:02 AM (RHGPo)

222 My pet conspiracy theory concerns the senior living communities springing up everywhere and Democrats volunteering to help the addlepated denizens with their ballots.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 24, 2026 09:02 AM (2ap+5)

223
182 So Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes cancelled their livestreams and left the country yesterday. Was SPLC paying them too?
Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2026 08:48 AM (QZThv)

*********
Is this permanently or just a ruse?

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

224 213 There's a Pope Thread every Saturday morning.
Posted by: Should I not have said that?

Yes, I try to get in there early before the Papists and Mackerel Snappers really get going.

Posted by: No Papal Nuncio at April 24, 2026 09:03 AM (oftw2)

225 That passed through SPLC money is going to purchases of overseas botfarms that amplify these retarded accounts that are trying to have us lose 2026 and 2028.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 09:03 AM (GD0B3)

226 >>The problem with Leftists is they don’t know what they want, they just think they know what they want, and generally aren’t prepared to think about it too much.

Toddlers.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:03 AM (5xoct)

227 House Panel Orders Southern Poverty Law Center To Turn Over Communications With Biden DOJ

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on April 23 gave the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) until April 30 to hand over documents regarding its relationship with the Biden–Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI, as part of a federal prosecution of the "civil rights" group.

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

228 Fron Deadline. Here's news none of us give a crap about. Or even the vast majority of Americans.

Stephen Colbert Scores Barack Obama Interview For ‘Late Show’s Final Stretch: “I Have A Quick But Exciting Announcement”

AND

Jimmy Kimmel delivered his own, alternative to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner comedy monologue, with scathing jokes about Donald Trump, his wife Melania and the president’s White House team.

And congratulations to all the retired people here. I'd like to remind you the Obama Library of Doom opens in 56 days. Tickets are $30. Bring your ID. It's not like you're voting.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 24, 2026 09:04 AM (Sco7b)

229 The result is a state that fails at classical liberal functions — maintenance of infrastructure, law and order, price stability, national defence and facilitation of voluntary exchange — while excelling at narrative

U.S.A. has nothing to write home about here. Our “leaders” gush about fine-tuning the weather 100 years from now, as mobs burn down the city, Or Lecture the taxpayer about allowing for “room to deshtroy”. Hm.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2026 09:04 AM (2RHvg)

230 - Commandments? Commandments you say?

There once was a guy who was going around teaching, healing people, even raising a couple from the dead.
Then some guy, one of those Pharisees, thought he'd trip the guy up with a question. What's the greatest commandment?

See Matthew 22:37-40. Then read 41- 46.
Game, set and match.

Posted by: TeeJ at April 24, 2026 09:04 AM (EcT7r)

231 >>Did Owens and Fuentes leave the country together? Are they having an affair?

It would be Fuentes and Candace's hubby, if anything, lol.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:05 AM (5xoct)

232 Owens and Fuentes fleeing - sounds to me like someone is scared of an indictment.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 09:05 AM (yGkmH)

233 She said that López Chávez pushed her against a wall during a September 2022 party and told her, “The only reason I still f**k men is that a woman hasn’t shown me what I really want.”

Democratic Utah state Sen. Jen Plumb says that Lopez Chavez pushed her against a wall and asked if she was “sure” she wasn’t attracted to women.

WOW Makes Swallowwell seem like a nice guy.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 09:05 AM (/+uur)

234 House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on April 23 gave the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) until April 30 to hand over documents regarding its relationship with the Biden–Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI, as part of a federal prosecution of the "civil rights" group.
Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

=======

Oh no, not Jim Jordan. I was hoping something would happen,

Posted by: Oglebay at April 24, 2026 09:05 AM (2ap+5)

235 Israeli Air Force Technicians Charged With Spying For Iran Amid 'Espionage Epidemic'

Over 50 espionage-related indictments have been filed against Israeli citizens since October 2023.

This marks the latest case in what has been referred to as an "espionage epidemic" in Israel. According to a report by Israel’s Broadcasting Corporation (KAN), the technicians worked on Israel's F15 jets.

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2026 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

236 US Naval Institute News has a weekly fleet tracker that shows where the flat decks are:

https://tinyurl.com/5fanp5fy

Posted by: Those are the ships with flying machines on top at April 24, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)

237 Michigan ~~Gubernatorial~~ GOOBER Frontrunner’s Deep Ties To Corrupt Southern Poverty Law Center Demand Scrutiny

Jocelyn Benson

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

238 Virginia is a blue state. It’s not surpassing they’d vote to give themselves more blue seats. I was surprised it was as close as it was.

And yes mail in votes skew waaaaaay left. In my county, which is very red, mail in ballots go 75-25 Dem consistently. Republicans control all levers of power at the county level including voting so unless they’re secretly working with the Dems, it’s not fraud.

Every election they count mail in ballots first then, Early votes then Election Day votes. And the results go from 75-25 for the leftist candidate initially to 50/50 midway through counting to 60/40 for the Republican/cinservative in the end. There’s that much of a chasm in how each sides votes.

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 09:09 AM (q1qnK)

239 73% YES
==

Don't hold me to that number, but that vicinity is what I recall. If I find confirmation I'll post it. In the middle of ace's thread if I have to !

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 09:09 AM (GD0B3)

240 SKS conservative cartoon on "The Other McCain" on Kash Patel and SPLC. I think that cartoonist is a good artist and quite clever:

https://tinyurl.com/mfjzpnfp
- - - -
Heh. True, but SPLC is HUGE considering their infiltration of so many government agencies and Silicon Valley censorship systems.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:02 AM (5xoct)
********
Kash is going to need a bigger boat!

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 09:09 AM (NpAcC)

241 Supreme Court To Decide Whether Colorado Can Deny Funding For Catholic Preschools

A federal appeals court held that Colorado could withhold the ‘universal preschool’ money over Catholic teachings.

Posted by: SMOD at April 24, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

242 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has criticized the effort, warning Florida Republicans to “F around and find out.”

“If they go down the road of a DeSantis dummymander,

Who da fuck write these 3rd grader terms that the left loves so much.
It is literally trying to reach people with an IQ lower that a Texas Spring Day.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)

243 Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:02 AM (5xoct

I think the SPLC thing is great. Both Stacy McCain and Bill Jacobsen have been reporting on them for years.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 09:11 AM (4GLCr)

244 Did Owens and Fuentes leave the country together? Are they having an affair?

—

Doubtful given he’s a gay incel.

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 09:11 AM (q1qnK)

245 Don't hold me to that number, but that vicinity is what I recall. If I find confirmation I'll post it. In the middle of ace's thread if I have to !
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 09:09 AM (GD0B3)

I got that from the State Site on Mail In
Early by mail Votes
10%
(298,243)
Yes
73% of early by mail votes
No
27%

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 09:12 AM (/+uur)

246 Last report I saw from there was it was a "mass casualty event."

Initial reports had it at an EF-4. That's big.

-------

I don't know where your reports are from, but it was NOT a "mass casualty event".

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 09:12 AM (g8Ew8)

247
"addlepated denizens"

This place.
Learn something new every day.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 09:13 AM (2Ez/1)

248 >>Owens and Fuentes fleeing - sounds to me like someone is scared of an indictment.

Like the "antifa professor" who fled the country after Trump said he would go after domestic terror funding.

Which makes me wonder: SPLC was organizing domestic hate group activities, were they also funding more aggressive hate crimes?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:13 AM (5xoct)

249 And so begins Day Four of retirement. According to these comments it's Friday.
And yet it continues to feel like a Saturday.
Hunh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

While I am still a retirement novice, I believe that keeping track of days - even if you don't much care which it is - is useful as it is often to your benefit to do business things during the week when the chirren are having to work.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 08:55 AM (ExV1e)

One method I use is to schedule certain activities for specific days. Sunday's church (and steak), Monday I enjoy my evening cigar on the back patio, Tuesday is karaoke, Wednesday is cigar on the front patio, Thursday is a Zoom call with friend still behind enemy lines in California, followed maybe by a cigar, Friday is pizza, beer and cigar day (TGIF!), and Saturday is for checking alcohol and cigar inventory and resupplying as needed...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 24, 2026 09:14 AM (nbLIj)

250 Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 09:12 AM (/+uur)

HA! Good. I mean bad, but good I remember good, you know ??

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 09:14 AM (GD0B3)

251 *I was hoping something would happen,*

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at April 24, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)

252 Given how insane the left has gone, openly lying about the SPLC indictment, 2 things are clear:
1) they absolutely were doing what they were accused of. And a lot more.
2) the DOJ is directly over target-- the SPLC is a key cog in all the left's machinery of oppression.

Several other lefty organizations are doing worse and are next.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 24, 2026 09:16 AM (tUP1A)

253 Something always happens.

Posted by: dantesed at April 24, 2026 09:17 AM (Oy/m2)

254 I want the damned ACLU to go down next.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:17 AM (77rzZ)

255 Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 09:05 AM

What Lopez needs but doesn't realize she wants is probably some competent- not leftist- psychological counseling, prayer and probably some possible intervention on drug and/or alcohol
addiction.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 09:17 AM (4GLCr)

256 One method I use is to schedule certain activities for specific days. Sunday's church (and steak), Monday I enjoy my evening cigar on the back patio, Tuesday is karaoke, Wednesday is cigar on the front patio, Thursday is a Zoom call with friend still behind enemy lines in California, followed maybe by a cigar, Friday is pizza, beer and cigar day (TGIF!), and Saturday is for checking alcohol and cigar inventory and resupplying as needed...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 24, 2026 09:14 AM (nbLIj)
----
I'm sensing a theme here...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 09:17 AM (gnNyN)

257 The first day of my summer retirement, I woke up. Then, I went online. To look at the news. Then I hung out at AoSHQ.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2026 09:18 AM (wVcYX)

258 Democratic Utah state Sen. Jen Plumb says that Lopez Chavez pushed her against a wall and asked if she was “sure” she wasn’t attracted to women.

WOW Makes Swallowwell seem like a nice guy.
Posted by: r hennigantx

The left takes out Swallowwell in under a week.

They can't take out Trump in ten years, but all we hear is "RELEASE THE FILES!!!"

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 09:19 AM (aTF2S)

259 >>Jimmy Kimmel delivered his own, alternative to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner comedy monologue, with scathing jokes about Donald Trump, his wife Melania and the president’s White House team.

1. He does that every night, why is this noteworthy?
2. The WHCD is a closeknit journo event, inside DC vibes where they rib each other.

Maybe the person reporting this thinks the WHCD is akin to a "roast?" Gah, stupid!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:19 AM (5xoct)

260 >>Heh. True, but SPLC is HUGE considering their infiltration of so many government agencies and Silicon Valley censorship systems.

Did the SPLC infiltrate government or the other way around? It seems pretty obvious that however it happened the SPLC became the government or the deep state anyway.

Charlottesville, which Fuentes attended, was clearly a staged event to launch the Biden campaign and give it a platform to run on.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m)

261 Pope Francis “allowed pastors to give blessings to same-sex couples informally outside of a ritual service, and on a case-by-case basis.”

She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

ficks it

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 09:20 AM (/+uur)

262 I don’t see how the VA gerrymander ploy survives legal challenge. The whole thing was a constitutional and statutory hot mess from the beginning.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 24, 2026 09:20 AM (XxHEN)

263 Re: Secretary of the Navy fired -

Here's a Leftist utube vid about it. A commenter on another blog posted it as his take on Phelan's firing.

https://tinyurl.com/ya97eejp

An example of the trash propaganda some on the Left believe explains exactly why Trump does something and the terrible effects sure to follow. In.Sane. There is no possibility of rational discussion with people who believe and enjoy this dreck.

Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2026 09:20 AM (5rh/l)

264 Posted by: Joe Kidd

Congratulations on your retirement!

Sounds like you're doing the "Every day is Saturday" just right.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:20 AM (Y8DZL)

265 Friday is pizza, beer and cigar day (TGIF!), and Saturday is for checking alcohol and cigar inventory and resupplying as needed...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 24, 2026 09:14 AM (nbLIj)

He said cigar twice

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 09:21 AM (/+uur)

266 DailyWire article:

"We simply don’t have many details about deaths that are obviously suspicious, and that involve very high-level scientists (including retired scientists). But by the same token, no reasonable person can deny that the tabloids (and even some major media outlets) are mainly interested in turning this whole story into a circus. They’re adding names to the list that obviously don’t belong, just so they can create paranoia and drive clicks."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 24, 2026 09:22 AM (qFwJc)

267 One method I use is to schedule certain activities for specific days. Sunday's church (and steak), Monday I enjoy my evening cigar on the back patio, Tuesday is karaoke, Wednesday is cigar on the front patio, Thursday is a Zoom call with friend still behind enemy lines in California, followed maybe by a cigar, Friday is pizza, beer and cigar day (TGIF!), and Saturday is for checking alcohol and cigar inventory and resupplying as needed...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

The way to tell out here who is and who isn't retired? Watch when they mow.
Retireds mow Friday morning.
Workers mow Saturday morning.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 09:23 AM (aTF2S)

268 oh, this is good..

"WOW: @SPLCenter sits on over $100 MILLION in offshore accounts across the Cayman Islands, BVI, & Bermuda.

A “poverty” nonprofit with a near-billion-dollar war chest stashing cash in global tax havens—typical of money laundering ops.."

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 09:23 AM (GD0B3)

269 >>Charlottesville, which Fuentes attended, was clearly a staged event to launch the Biden campaign and give it a platform to run on.

Oh, had forgotten that.
Fuentes was at J6 screaming at people to charge into the Capitol. He didn't go inside himself, and he was never prosecuted.

He's obviously been on the payroll.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:23 AM (5xoct)

270 Pope Leo Says Church Will Not ‘Go Beyond’ Blessing of Same-Sex Couples

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Beautification is out!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 09:24 AM (ndZc7)

271 I don't know where your reports are from, but it was NOT a "mass casualty event".
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 09:12 AM (g8Ew

Depends on where you draw the line on what constitutes a mass casualty event.

Current reports say 10 injured and Vance AFB was forced to close.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 24, 2026 09:24 AM (/HDaX)

272 More:

"Put all the facts out there, and let us debate the merits of every single case. Without transparency, the bodies are going to keep piling up. The theories will multiply. The tabloid articles will spiral completely out of control. Most of them will be way off-the-mark. And in that environment, when an intelligence agency *does* take out one of its targets, no one — even the most discerning observer — will have any way of knowing."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 24, 2026 09:24 AM (qFwJc)

273 182 So Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes cancelled their livestreams and left the country yesterday. Was SPLC paying them too?
Posted by: Ian S. at April 24, 2026 08:48 AM (QZThv)

Kiwi Farms doesn't think Fuentes was on the SPLC's payroll.

The subject on the list that people thought might have been Fuentes was a year before he actually started spouting his bullshit.

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 09:24 AM (iXqHn)

274 He likes cigars, and liquor. Happy weekend!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 09:24 AM (Fbc0I)

275 I think every single "social" organization devoted to "rights" and similar activities are deep left money pits used to fund unrest, protests and violence.

All of them. Not a single organization getting fed monies (from the taxpayers) is doing anything to promote normalcy and American values.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 09:24 AM (jehhT)

276 Brooks Brothers has been around for two centuries, and introduced American shoppers to ready-to-wear suits (1849), the button-down Oxford shirt (1896), plus lightweight seersucker, colorful Madras, and repp ties.

Seersucker
Someone that blows clairvoyants.
Carlin

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 09:25 AM (/+uur)

277 Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0

North Carolina woman held on $10M bond in alleged plot to attack Houston synagogue members.

Angelina Han Hicks (1

has been charged with participating in a conspiracy to attack members of a Texas synagogue designed to “kill as many Jews as possible by driving through a congregation.”

Hicks was formally charged with conspiring with two men to commit murder and assault at Congregation Beth Israel in Houston.

https://tinyurl.com/4nc5avun

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 09:25 AM (NpAcC)

278
The people staging mostly peaceful riots, shouting down speakers at all venues and screaming through bullhorns on the lawns of political opponents at 2 a.m. are just seeking justice and fighting fascism, haters.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:26 AM (Y8DZL)

279 Kiwi Farms

==

who ?????

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 09:26 AM (GD0B3)

280 269 He's obviously been on the payroll.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:23 AM (5xoct)

I don't think he's SPLC.

I DO think the Feds made him an unpaid informant, though.

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 09:26 AM (iXqHn)

281 Marx Brothers>>Ritz Brothers>>Seven Brides For Seven Brothers>>Brooks Brothers

Posted by: I Rate 'Em at April 24, 2026 09:26 AM (oftw2)

282 I don’t see how the VA gerrymander ploy survives legal challenge. The whole thing was a constitutional and statutory hot mess from the beginning.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 24, 2026 09:20 AM (XxHEN)

What’s your point?
- Boasberg

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 09:27 AM (q1qnK)

283 "Like the "antifa professor" who fled the country after Trump said he would go after domestic terror funding."

Whatever happened with that effort anyway? Stephen Miller, Vance and Bessant promised results months ago. How hard is it to track funding?

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 24, 2026 09:27 AM (b4LBp)

284 Being on the payroll, also means driving foreign bought bots to amplify the platform , so he and others like him could make money on X , TikTok (hmmm) youtube and other places. does not literally mean fuentes was receiving a stipend!

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 09:28 AM (GD0B3)

285 279 Kiwi Farms

==

who ?????
Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 09:26 AM (GD0B3)

A site that documents internet drama and LOLcows.

As such, there is a thread dedicated to discussing and documenting Fuentes.

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 09:28 AM (iXqHn)

286 A site that documents internet drama and LOLcows.

==

an interned Inquirer ?

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 09:29 AM (GD0B3)

287 And so begins Day Four of retirement. According to these comments it's Friday.
And yet it continues to feel like a Saturday.
Hunh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

I retired in December 2019, right before the Covid nonsense, and never looked back. I have always had many hobbies since childhood, including electronics which became my lifelong vocation, with me working as a television broadcast engineer the final 35 years of my working years. Now, I can spend time either tinkering with various electronic equipment at my workbench or "playing" with my large basement model railroad. Modeling the railroad layout gives the creative juices and the imagination a chance to exhibit themselves. I am never bored. A man has to have a hobby. Do whatever makes you happy. At nearly 79, I find my hobbies make the days very enjoyable.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 24, 2026 09:29 AM (5xuJ/)

288 If nothing happens, does that in and of itself constitute something happening?

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 09:30 AM (q1qnK)

289 so, let's continue..

"Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes are both in Italy and fled to Italy at the same time without alerting their viewers.

What are the odds that they would both be in Italy at the same time?

Source tells me Candace Owens flew American Airlines from Charlotte, North Carolina to Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy.

It was apparent Fuentes was in Italy after photos of him in Italy surfaced online.

Those two like to pretend like they hate each other, but now they are both in Italy at the same time…

Their sudden travel to Italy comes one day after the DOJ indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for fraud over their secret funding of extremist groups with funds that allegedly came from offshore accounts..."

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 09:31 AM (GD0B3)

290 >>Angelina Han Hicks (1 has been charged with participating in a conspiracy to attack members of a Texas synagogue designed to “kill as many Jews as possible by driving through a congregation.”

"18-year-old North Carolina woman"

Yeah, I'd like to see a bio on her. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:31 AM (5xoct)

291 Noodus gratia Artis.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

292 Nood with boobage.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (Lo97M)

293 >>Whatever happened with that effort anyway? Stephen Miller, Vance and Bessant promised results months ago. How hard is it to track funding?

Excellent question, Ordinary American!!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (5xoct)

294 sudden, urgent Travel plans. OK.

Posted by: runner at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (GD0B3)

295 Good morning, all, and thank you, J.J.

Lots of routine speculation who, if anyone, might retire from the U.S. Supreme Court relatively soon. Was surprised that much of the speculation suddenly circled around Chief Justice of the U.S., John Roberts, age 71.
(The agony of coping with Trump often has a way of working into related conversations or articles.)

Anyway, suggested reading "for thought" -
>SCOTUS Blog com: SCOTUS FOCUS
The inscrutable Chief Justice John Roberts
By Nora Collins/Apr 3, 2026

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2026 09:33 AM (NFX2v)

296
Owens, Fuentes and Tucker all gone?

Will there be an idiot commentariat formed in exile?

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:37 AM (Y8DZL)

297 “The only reason I still f**k men is that a woman hasn’t shown me what I really want.”
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That's the interesting part of the quote.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (XAeCh)

298 Depends on where you draw the line on what constitutes a mass casualty event.

Current reports say 10 injured and Vance AFB was forced to close.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 24, 2026 09:24 AM (/HDaX)

Look again at what you just posted. Does that sound like a mass casualty event? It's more like a regular Saturday night in a bar parking lot.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 09:40 AM (g8Ew8)

299 News4SA, Colorado firebombing suspect’s ex-wife, 5 kids released from Dilley after 10 months, April 23, 2026

Diley, TX - After nearly 10 months in immigration detention following the deadly Colorado firebombing case, a federal judge has ordered the immediate release of the suspect’s ex-wife and their five children from the Dilley Detention Center in South Texas.

The family, identified as Melissa El Gamal, an Egyptian mother, and her five children, was detained by the Department of Homeland Security shortly after her ex-husband, 45-year-old Mohammed Soliman, was arrested. Soliman is accused of attacking a group of pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, in June 2025. One person was killed, and 14 were injured." (Much more.)

🤷‍Their lives were less ruined than many families with relatives punished by the DOJ, re: Jan. 6th.

The DOJ & FBI heavily relied on crowdsourced intelligence, "sedition hunters," to identify & track January 6th suspects. These citizens scoured social media, analyzed video, and used open-source intelligence (OSINT) to build dossiers, resulting in over 1,200 charged individuals, many identified by volunteer efforts. (PBS + others.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2026 09:45 AM (NFX2v)

300 Look again at what you just posted. Does that sound like a mass casualty event? It's more like a regular Saturday night in a bar parking lot.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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Mass casualty event is a technical term and defined. Does that event meet the definition is the question.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 09:54 AM (XAeCh)

301 The Asian Jumping Worms have been found in about half of the U.S. states.

Penn State Extension has several related articles & videos:

Look Out for Jumping Earthworms!
An aggressive, introduced earthworm is negatively impacting our gardens and ecosystem. Find out how to recognize this invasive species and help limit its spread.
Updated April 8, 2026

(Video) Asian Jumping Worms: Another Forest Foe
Asian Jumping Worms are an unusual and destructive pest of eastern USA forests. They rapidly consume an important layer of organic matter and lock up soil nutrients. Learn more about them. 2024

Even Maine: Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Post
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, July 14, 2025
Did you miss the Jumping Worm Virtual Conference or want to revisit the information? The full recording is live on YouTube.
With 475 registrants, this two-day dig into the latest science, management, and outreach strategies on jumping worms is a terrific resource.
--
Aside: What I find disturbing is that I've unknowingly purchased jumping worms for bait, I think, & that's NG.

And "Asian" is being dropped in IDing.
--
Good weekend! 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2026 10:07 AM (NFX2v)

Daily Tech News 24 April 2026

Top Story

The French government agency that manages national IDs, passports, and immigration documents was hacked because of course it was. (Tech Crunch)

You can't paint a bigger target on your back than that, really.

ANTS - the agency is really called that - wouldn't say how many people were affected by the breach, but a hacker is suddenly offering an ANTS database with 19 million records for sale, so at a guess, around 19 million.
The command line tool for the Bitwarden password manager was compromised. (Socket)

So. Turns out maybe you can paint a bigger target on your back than just being a national identity register.

Tech News

The cloud sucks, so I am building a cloud. (Crawshaw)

Because AI, which also sucks:
Agents help to some degree. If you trust them with your credentials they will do a great job driving the AWS API for you (though occasionally it will delete your production DB).
I wish him luck. He is at least not a complete idiot.
Ubuntu 26.04 is here. (LWN)

Don't look at me, I voted for Devuan.
An Alberta startup is selling no-tech tractors for half the price of the regular stuff. (Wheelfront)

With reconditioned engines, yes, but when they say no-tech they mean no-tech - not even electronic fuel injection.
Meet Noscroll, Douglas Adams' Electric Monk. (Tech Crunch)

The Electric Monk - from the first Dirk Gently novel - was a device invented to watch television so you didn't have to.

It was intended as satire.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Roses are grey, violets are grey, I'm not colourblind it's just that kind of day.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:45 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 04:45 AM (8NTVk)

2 Sorry. Had to bring in emu reinforcements against the wombat incursion.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 24, 2026 04:47 AM (BLOW1)

3 G'Day everyone
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2026 04:48 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Here's a flower for you, Pixy.

🪻

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 04:48 AM (8NTVk)

5 That was a clever and funny song. Thanks for providing it. I don't think I had ever heard of Roger Miller. I enjoyed the interview afterwards as well. Thanks, Pixy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 04:58 AM (As86G)

6
Roses are red and violets are purple
Sugar is sweet and so is maple syrple

--Dang Me

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 04:59 AM (8NTVk)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 24, 2026 04:59 AM (EweRc)

8 2 Sorry. Had to bring in emu reinforcements against the wombat incursion.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 24, 2026 04:47 AM (BLOW1)

There was speculation in the ONT!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:00 AM (8NTVk)

9 My dad played a lot of country music when I was a kid, Roger Miller got a lot of play.
Don't knowche listens to music that much these days, more tv viewing.

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2026 05:02 AM (Ia/+0)

10 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at April 24, 2026 05:05 AM (AN2gy)

11 This was a blessing yesterday. I was in the supermarket and got in a line behind a woman who was rather argumentative ( That wasn't the blessing.) I think she might have had some dementia because she was older and kept complaining about some item she item she should get a discount on and didn't get and didn't seem to understand. That was not the blessing. Ha. The blessing was the wonderful cashier who was so patient and nice in explaining this to her several times and not getting upset. it's wonderful to have patience in that way. The woman behind me with big basket of stuff was quite patient as well.

And in the parking lot a woman just gave me a big smile ( and I hadn't smiled at her first) and it transformed her face.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:06 AM (As86G)

12 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at April 24, 2026 05:08 AM (nD5wh)

13 Transforming Light- Christian devotional on John 1:1-5 and Matthew 27:45-56

https://tinyurl.com/8kftf74x

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:08 AM (As86G)

14 The French government agency that manages national IDs, passports, and immigration documents was hacked because of course it was. (Tech Crunch)

I'm not sure whether to laugh or laugh.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:09 AM (8NTVk)

15 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:10 AM (u82oZ)

16 Back to city
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2026 05:10 AM (Ia/+0)

17 An Alberta startup is selling no-tech tractors for half the price of the regular stuff.

1) Good for them, and I'm glad they're getting serious interest in their product. I hope they can scale up.

2) The farming Butlerian Jihad has begun in Canada.

3) John Deere deserves this and a thousand more cuts of this type.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2026 05:12 AM (O7YUW)

18 k9 tracks missing girl in 12 minutes. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/4bu7vmuu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:14 AM (PFs9e)

19 m

Saw how Google and others have moved away from cookies and are getting other information your computer sends to individually ID your every click.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:15 AM (u82oZ)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 24, 2026 05:15 AM (2/MrR)

21 FenelonSpoke

You deserve to be met with smiles. I do that in public. Walk around with a smile, that I am still here and enjoying life.

You help out here. So thank you again, for being you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:17 AM (u82oZ)

22 @2/Pixy: Sorry. Had to bring in emu reinforcements against the wombat incursion.

Did you have to turn on the emulator to get those?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2026 05:18 AM (O7YUW)

23 19 m

Saw how Google and others have moved away from cookies and are getting other information your computer sends to individually ID your every click.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:15 AM (u82oZ)

Wonder if those records would be admissible in court!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:19 AM (8NTVk)

24 This is a video that starts grim, and is actually exuberant.

The Jive Aces present "Bring Me Sunshine" https://youtu.be/oXvJ8UquYoo.

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise made this a famous song in the UK.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:21 AM (u82oZ)

25 m

Google needs no courts. They are outside of any Justice system.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:22 AM (u82oZ)

26 Did you have to turn on the emulator to get those?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2026 05:18 AM (O7YUW)

An emu now is worth ten emus later.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 24, 2026 05:23 AM (Ot/FD)

27 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

How goes you commanding an iconic transport? Are the kids appreciating you?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:24 AM (u82oZ)

28 24 This is a video that starts grim, and is actually exuberant.

The Jive Aces present "Bring Me Sunshine" https://youtu.be/oXvJ8UquYoo.

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise made this a famous song in the UK.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:21 AM (u82oZ)

; )

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:28 AM (8NTVk)

29 I remember Dang Me from my childhood. That was a different world in the 60s.

Posted by: Ironwood at April 24, 2026 05:28 AM (ob2d4)

30 Good morning! Looking like we're gonna break out in sunshine later this afternoon and the grandkids will be staying with us overnight. Probably gonna have to do smashburgers and go get ice cream.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 24, 2026 05:29 AM (3Ope8)

31 ANTS reminds me of Terry Pratchett's Discworld, where computing is based on ants.

Posted by: PG at April 24, 2026 05:29 AM (rXzFk)

32 CrotchetyOldJarhead

Grandchildren are true wealth. Enjoy!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:31 AM (u82oZ)

33 @26/Warai-otoko: "An emu now is worth ten emus later."

I would gladly pay you Tuesday for an emu today.

Posted by: Wimpy at April 24, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

34 Jive Aces of Spades HQ

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:32 AM (8NTVk)

35 m

Ace doing a jitterbug, even with an attractive female dancer, is a scary image. Can't dance on a Vespa.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:34 AM (u82oZ)

36 I woke up early for the twirling.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:35 AM (u82oZ)

37 22 @2/Pixy: Sorry. Had to bring in emu reinforcements against the wombat incursion.

Did you have to turn on the emulator to get those?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2026 05:18 AM (O7YUW)

Go to your room.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:37 AM (8NTVk)

38 Nice story about dads, children and reading from Atlanta:

https://tinyurl.com/mpm6bc8z

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:39 AM (PFs9e)

39 Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:17 AM (u82oZ

Thanks, Salty. You are a blessing to so many people including me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:42 AM (PFs9e)

40 35 Ace doing a jitterbug, even with an attractive female dancer, is a scary image. Can't dance on a Vespa.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:34 AM (u82oZ)

Can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:42 AM (8NTVk)

41 ... or so they say.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:42 AM (8NTVk)

42 Pixy, Roger Miller, that song takes me back! I knew someone who lived like the guy in that song. He had a heart of gold, but... Dang me.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 24, 2026 05:43 AM (Raw4f)

43 Group serenades cows with trombones. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/a7h8tcxp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:44 AM (PFs9e)

44 m

Any confessions about life choices coming up?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:44 AM (u82oZ)

45 wut

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:44 AM (8NTVk)

46 As we dance and twirl
Delicate wings unfurl
The light of day glows
As we stand up on our toes
Gently stirring the morning air
We amble along without a care

fin

Posted by: clarence at April 24, 2026 05:44 AM (nD5wh)

47 Ooh, I have a new hash!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:45 AM (8NTVk)

48 @27/NaCly Dog: "How goes you commanding an iconic transport? Are the kids appreciating you?"

It goes reasonably well. The kids (most of them anyway) do seem to appreciate me.

How about you? Thought about getting back in the game through another company maybe?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2026 05:45 AM (O7YUW)

49 A pair of cardinals and a male bluebird congregating with two bunnies at the feeders.

Posted by: fluffy at April 24, 2026 05:46 AM (AN2gy)

50 I would like to ask for prayer for my dear friend P. She thinks her prosthetic knee is breaking down and needs to see a doctor today . Thanks so much!

May you all have a blessed day and know you are blessing to others!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:47 AM (PFs9e)

51 Nice!

Aelfred The Great retweeted
DonPJenn
@DonPJenn
14h
"The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good - in spite of all the people who say he is very good."

Robert Graves (1895-1985)

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:47 AM (8NTVk)

52 Challenge and response at my prior job:
Person #1 says : “You caint roller skate in a buffalo herd!”
Person #2 responds “ But you can be happy if you’ve a mind to!”
( in honor of Roger Miller )

Posted by: Fenderbender at April 24, 2026 05:55 AM (1FEc1)

53 42 Pixy, Roger Miller, that song takes me back! I knew someone who lived like the guy in that song. He had a heart of gold, but... Dang me.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 24, 2026 05:43 AM (Raw4f)

Good ol' boy.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:56 AM (8NTVk)

54 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I gave it some thought. But that would cut into my enjoying retirement.

Both school districts treated me poorly. The Directors and above are very woke. I am not.

In Manhattan, they have a guy who has been the assistant Transportation Director for over a decade.

That school system is grooming a lesbian driver, who is very nice, but not a leader, to be the new Transportation Director.

I was specifically excluded from that job the last time it opened, although the best qualified. They wanted a corrupt liberal woman in charge. She went a million dollars over budget her first year.

Could not compete with that to make friends of my superiors.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:56 AM (u82oZ)

55 Fluffy-

Thanks for sharing about the bluebirds and the cardinals - and the bunnies. So lovely!

Bye now!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 05:57 AM (PFs9e)

56
Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayers said, now running the house dogs out and about to go down to the kennel before making my coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2026 05:57 AM (tgvbd)

57 Knuckle down, buckle down,
Do it do it do it !

Posted by: Fenderbender at April 24, 2026 05:59 AM (1FEc1)

58 FenelonSpoke

Those are some happy Angus cows. Thanks for that link. Sending to some ranchers I know.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 05:59 AM (u82oZ)

59 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I am gray. I stand between the candle and the star. We are gray. We stand between the darkness and the light.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 24, 2026 06:07 AM (xvhJH)

60 John Deere is the Adobe of the tractor world.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 24, 2026 06:08 AM (XV/Pl)

61 Greetings and good morning, everyone! It's a nice day today and my coffee just finished brewing.

We had the three month follow up call from the Greyhound group I adopted our beast from.

"How is he doing?"

"Right now, he's fast asleep."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 06:09 AM (RjOoY)

62
Oilfield Rando
@Oilfield_Rando
20h
When the world shut down over a 99.9999% survivable virus, I had to tell a few dozen rig hands they were out of a job.

Then I had to tell even more frac hands. Then snubbing hands.

Then I went home to wait for my layoff.

Then I spent 6 months applying for jobs with no interviews because corporate America had banned White men in honor of Saint George Floyd, Patron Saint of Fentanyl.

A great Twitter friend who I am indebted to forever got me a job with a 25% pay cut, and I had to work physically harder than I had in a decade.

Anyway. Nobody in news media ever reached out for my story. And it wasn’t a unique story, I was one of a couple hundred thousand guys going through this.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 06:10 AM (8NTVk)

63 @54/NaCly Dog: "Both school districts treated me poorly. The Directors and above are very woke. I am not."

I could see that being a deal-killer for me as well. In our yearly mandatory training there's some of that nonsense, but for the most part in the day-to-day work, I don't really encounter it, for which I am thankful and relieved.

If I had to deal with that particular "sand in the gears" every day, I don't think I'd re-up the following year, and would go find something else to do.

The attrition in this industry is ... higher than I expected it would be. I've seen a lot of drivers just quit without notice. Hiring and training new ones seems to be getting more and more difficult, and a lot of that is probably due to the fact that our real cost of living seems to be going up 5 to 10% each year, while wage increases (if we get them) work out to maybe 1% per year if we're "lucky".

So now we have a multitude of positions that need filling in order to satisfy the routes we have locked in for next year, and I'm seeing a LOT of asks from the company to the drivers along the lines of "If you know ANYONE that you think might want to drive for us, please tell them."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 24, 2026 06:11 AM (O7YUW)

64 42 Pixy, Roger Miller, that song takes me back! I knew someone who lived like the guy in that song. He had a heart of gold, but... Dang me.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 24, 2026 05:43 AM (Raw4f)

Good ol' boy.
Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:56 AM (8NTVk)

I ought to say his name. Chuck was a good ol' boy. RIP.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 24, 2026 06:14 AM (JbPL7)

65 One of the great pleasures of being retired is taking a nap whenever you want to. And having a snoring dog in your office.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 24, 2026 06:17 AM (3Ope8)

66 >>>An Alberta startup is selling no-tech tractors for half the price of the regular stuff. (Wheelfront)

With reconditioned engines, yes, but when they say no-tech they mean no-tech - not even electronic fuel injection.

>Beauty. Most of the farmers and ranchers I know hate the new shit. Mostly, they hate the cost of maintenance and ownership.

Disclaimer: Bib, bib, bib, biddle be-little, bom, bom, bom.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 06:17 AM (Fbc0I)

67 62 Posted by: m at April 24, 2026

I read that last night and the idiots that responded to him would have tried my patience.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 06:31 AM (RjOoY)

68 If you aren't familiar with Roger Miller, you should look up his "You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd"

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 24, 2026 06:34 AM (wOXCn)

69 Don't look at me, I voted for Devuan.

Much nerdness follows...

Slackware and Obarun for me. Except for the RasperryPi4; I bought it to run Kodi which wasn't as useful as I had thought it to be. It's running whatever version of Debian they use to allow me to run Chrome to watch Cacti graphs for my home network.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 24, 2026 06:37 AM (fuyWk)

70 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 24, 2026 06:43 AM (vX7Dz)

71 Here's that Roger Miller song

https://tinyurl.com/9vta6dxj

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 24, 2026 06:43 AM (wOXCn)

72 mornin yall. I bet those tractors don't need DEF either.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2026 06:44 AM (vFG9F)

73 from the tractor article:

John Deere’s right-to-repair battles became a national story when farmers discovered they couldn’t fix their own equipment without dealer-authorized software. Lawsuits followed, then legislation. ... Deere eventually made concessions, but the damage was done. A generation of farmers learned exactly how much control they’d surrendered by buying machines loaded with proprietary code.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 06:46 AM (8NTVk)

74 "Ooh, I have a new hash!
Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 05:45 AM (8NTVk)"

The Ford 8N is probably one of the most famous tractors around.
The TVk model was a drophead coupe.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2026 06:51 AM (vFG9F)

75 The high tech farm equipment may be just fine for the Big Agriculture Conglomerates who have all of their crops mapped out in grids or circles and can turn on the gps and remotely harvest crops in unmanned equipment.

The real folks trying to make a living don't need that level of 'sophistication' and have their crops in places where the terrain has obstacles.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 06:53 AM (Fbc0I)

76 m

MBAs in corporations want cash flow. They are short term thinkers.

Pragmatic people want ownership. Private ownership is the basis for a thriving economy. Renting is so socialistic, associated with poverty.

This is playing out all over society with arts (Youtube etc), software, and farm equipment.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

77 If anybody remembers Branson tractors, they licensed and built Cummings engine clones. They got sold off to TYM, a Korean company, that still makes the engines, and tractors, with mechanical fuel pumps.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2026 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

78 Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers! 'Tis Friday at last, the consummation devoutly to be wished! How are all of you?

I slept until the alarm just now. Coffee first, then a workout on the treadmill downstairs; breakfast; then a trip to look at two houses. There is a third which popped up yesterday, and I'd rather see it than the one in the small town nearby; but I'm here only today and tomorrow, so it may be too late to schedule it. I'll text my realtor lady and see. The one close by checks my "garage" box, but no basement, while this new third one has both.

I'll call Progressive, which has my renter's insurance and my car, give them the addresses, and see if they can tell me what my homeowner's insurance would be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 06:59 AM (+2QQb)

79 To me, "debian" sounds like a Spanish verb form -- the future tense plural of "to owe," or something like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 07:00 AM (+2QQb)

80 Wolfus, you are planning an inspection on any purchase, right?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 07:01 AM (DIbRX)

81 Wolfus - Are you buying or renting?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 24, 2026 07:01 AM (3Ope8)

82 As for Roger Miller, I remember him popping up on Top 40 he same year as the Beatles. I would listen to my new transistor radio at night before going to sleep. "Dang Me" sounded like nobody else in pop music then. ON the drive here I heard "King of the Road" on a country oldies station and found I still remembered the lyrics perfectly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 07:03 AM (+2QQb)

83 Wolfus, you are planning an inspection on any purchase, right?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026

***
Of course -- just as I would with a used car, only this is a much bigger purchase. What scares me is that, if I decide on one of these houses, I can't be on the ground to deal with the process. Or do I need to be?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 07:04 AM (+2QQb)

84 Wolfus - Are you buying or renting?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 24, 2026

***
Currently renting back in Da Swamp. Buying to live in, here or wherever I wind up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 07:05 AM (+2QQb)

85 Wolfus, how much yard do these houses have? Trees, bushes and other landscaping?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 07:09 AM (DIbRX)

86 Wolfus, also fencing.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 07:10 AM (DIbRX)

87 Of course -- just as I would with a used car, only this is a much bigger purchase. What scares me is that, if I decide on one of these houses, I can't be on the ground to deal with the process. Or do I need to be?

...........

No. I just bought a 2nd home in AZ. Went under contract, realtors are dealing with all the inspections etc. I am notified by email how the process is going. I flew out last weekend to have a look see and order furniture. I will fly out again for the closing ( I don't have to, I could do it from here) but want to be there for the furniture delivery. As long as you have a good realtor you would be fine.

Posted by: Mollly k. at April 24, 2026 07:12 AM (j/yko)

88 According to the New York Times, if life doesn't give you lemons, just steal them.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2026 07:13 AM (vFG9F)

89 fd, that microlooting thing is so dumb. Don't these people know in those cities they can steal up to 900 dollars?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 07:15 AM (DIbRX)

90 That's a lotta lemons.

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2026 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

91 If you think a diesel without EFI is "no tech," you've never opened up a mechanical injector or the pumps that feed them. In the blacksmithing age, farming was all advanced tech, and it was a sudden collapse of the farm economy in New England that made all those clever mechanics available to work for someone else in the new factory system.

Getting away from sensors and screens is good, but don't think for a moment that owners won't have to know a lot, and also know somebody. My great-uncle was kind of famous because he once re-forged a cracked iron engine block for a guy in situ, straddling a flooded ditch with a campfire to weld it. Not what our current techs call high-tech, but a technology just the same.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 24, 2026 07:16 AM (zdLoL)

92 The password for the ANTS hack was "No Soap, Radio" in the french.

Posted by: Please Wash Your Ass You Dirty Frogs at April 24, 2026 07:17 AM (wAvYO)

93 Ben, this new third one had quite a bit of yard -- work for me to keep up, I know. The first, a small-ish ranch, has some yard, but with some trees for shade. The fencing looks like wire. The same with the one in the small town nearby.

The third, and the small-town one, each have 4 bedrooms -- way more than I need or want to keep up. But I love the way they look inside and out. The ranch is nice, though, and I could add a shaded patio in the back.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 07:17 AM (+2QQb)

94 As long as you have a good realtor you would be fine.
Posted by: Mollly k. at April 24, 2026

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That's what I was hoping. I can't keep driving back and forth, and don't want to fly unless I have NO other choice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 07:18 AM (+2QQb)

95 Meanwhile, in gaming news. You have the SJW types screeching about the game Pragmata and its pro-parenthood message.

Then it gets announced that Hogwarts Legacy 2 is coming out.

Gonna need earplugs and I'll have to invest in rope futures for a few months.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 07:19 AM (RjOoY)

96 Wolfus, factor in the cost of yard maintenance equipment.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 07:21 AM (DIbRX)

97 89 fd, that microlooting thing is so dumb. Don't these people know in those cities they can steal up to 900 dollars?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 07:15 AM (DIbRX)

!!!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 07:22 AM (8NTVk)

98 Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 24, 2026 06:43 AM

Thanks.

Now I recall, I have heard songs by Roger Miller. I prefer him to "lThe Beatles" but don't tell that to a my Beatles fan husband. It's probably a musical heresy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 24, 2026 07:23 AM (DcD2J)

99 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 24, 2026 07:26 AM (VyBeY)

100 100

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 07:26 AM (8NTVk)

101 86 Wolfus, also fencing.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 07:10 AM (DIbRX)

Touché!

; )

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 07:26 AM (8NTVk)

102 Wolfus, factor in the cost of yard maintenance equipment.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026

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A mower, a weed-eater or trimmer or whatever it's called? I know I'll need those things. That's part of why I want to get my note (which to me includes tax and insurance) as low as I can.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 07:27 AM (+2QQb)

103 "A California guaranteed income pilot program intended to lift families out of poverty failed to lead participants to long-term financial independence, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis."

NONETHELESS:

"Despite the lack of long-term financial independence cited in the Yolo County study, advocates continue to push for the expansion of such programs"

Posted by: fd at April 24, 2026 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

104 Depending upon your future lawn size and budget, you can buy a lawnmowing robot that uses gps and a reference station.

The one I have uses a camera as well that talks to a Chinese server (the manufacturer is Chinese, so I expect the imagery to end up there). I might end up putting a picture of Xi being buggered by an American eagle where the robot can see it but the HOA vermin cannot.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 24, 2026 07:29 AM (fuyWk)

105 Crotchety Old Jarhead, do you want to tell Wolfus about yard care necessities ?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 07:30 AM (DIbRX)

106 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

For a small lot, it would be cheaper to hire out the mowing, as they have the equipment and deal with maintenance. No capital costs needed.

This is not true for large properties, but you are not looking for that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

107 "Despite the lack of long-term financial independence cited in the Yolo County study, advocates continue to push for the expansion of such programs"

Why aren't we mocking these people and pushing back?

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 07:31 AM (RjOoY)

108 NR Pax

Because voices of reason are ignored. Plus, TPTB want slaves.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

109 Plus, TPTB want slaves.

Yeah...slavery never left this country. It just changed names.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 24, 2026 07:35 AM (RjOoY)

110 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 24, 2026 07:36 AM (2Ez/1)

111 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

112 Good morning morons

"Advocates" are always needed for solutions to problems that do not work yet still expand state power and dependence.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

113 To me, "debian" sounds like a Spanish verb form -- the future tense plural of "to owe," or something like that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 07:00 AM (+2QQb)

It always reminds me of "deben", the unit of currency in the Pharaoh/Cleopatra city builder games from way back when.

Posted by: far cry at April 24, 2026 08:35 AM (wXgT/)

114 Just wanted you to know that you/this column I guess are the second thing I look for at the start of every day. Love the insights, love the snark.

{I read 'Day By Day' from Chris Muir (https://www.daybydaycartoon.com) first because I wake up at 3AM Eastern and he posts just after midnight Eastern. Just timing.}

Posted by: Whiskey Mike at April 24, 2026 08:55 AM (l5vxg)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - April 23, 2026 [Doof]

From NATURE

Welcome to the Thursday ONT for this week. Glad you could make it. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Super rare lobster

1 in 50 million split-colored lobster found in Massachusetts

A two-toned lobster is set to make a splash at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium in southeastern Massachusetts. Lobstermen on the fishing vessel Timothy Michael caught the rare split-color (bilateral) lobster off the coast of Cape Cod on April 16 and donated it to the museum. This rare split coloration occurs in roughly 1 in 50 million lobsters.
“As soon as we saw this beautiful and unique lobster and were offered the chance to be her potential home, we immediately started thinking about which tank to put her in and began preparations to pick her up from Wellfleet Shellfish Company in Eastham, about an hour’s drive from Woods Hole,” aquarium biologist Julia Studley tells Popular Science.
“When something that rare comes across our docks, we see it as part of our role to share it with the broader community—Woods Hole Science Aquarium was the perfect fit for this lucky lobster,” Wellfleet Shellfish Company Chief Operating Officer Dan Brandt also tells Popular Science.

Oh wow, I'm currently a short drive away from Woods Hole - maybe I'll go see this thing tomorrow!

The team will continue to care for the crustacean during construction. Studley says it will receive a name once they get to know a bit more about its personality. Since lobsters may live up to 100 years, they want to make sure that they get the name right. The crustacean will go on display when the aquarium reopens after a major renovation in early 2027.

I guess I won't be seeing it tomorrow.

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Trolling or just annoying?

Remote worker stops answering his older coworker's calls after being phoned 5-6 times daily, including during flights and customer dinners

Working remotely was supposed to be the arrangement that gave professionals their autonomy back, the ability to manage their own time, set their own pace, and not have someone hovering over their shoulder every thirty minutes. And then some people took that concept and decided it meant calling their colleague five times a day until the colleague's phone becomes a source of genuine dread.

Can you follow this story at the link? It might be the most annoying webpage style I've ever seen!

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H8Rs will say this is fake

Sad but true. pic.twitter.com/u2rBSvczwD
— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) April 23, 2026

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Pretty cool optical illusion!

Is The Baseball Player Batting Right or Left Handed? pic.twitter.com/iNSxJljFRQ
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) April 23, 2026

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Another round of "Customer states"

"Customer states the seatbelt doesn't want to retract." pic.twitter.com/1rziF02XZa
— J∅kër Kîng 👑 (@j0ker937) April 23, 2026

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Another round of Influencer Culture is Asshoe!

Alright y’all so why are these guys so spot on with influencers trying drinks 🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/twMDFJruHL
— Soldiersgirl 🇺🇸 (@Hisbabygirl6 April 22, 2026

These guys are frying meeeeeeeee.

We need to insult influencer culture more.

This is AMAZING. 😂 pic.twitter.com/zoi7ORFxpB
— Ginny Robinson (@ImGinnyRobinson) April 21, 2026

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DJ Doof - Albums Released on this Date Edition

1971 - The Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers"

1976 - The Ramones (Self-titled Debut Album)

1982 - Modern English "After The Snow"

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Comments

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1 Yay!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 23, 2026 10:09 PM (xRf0+)

2 1

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at April 23, 2026 10:09 PM (mUuSF)

3 “We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.”
― Voltaire

Obviously, he didn't have AoSHQ.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the wait is over at April 23, 2026 10:09 PM (RVdcP)

4 5th!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2026 10:09 PM (XeU6L)

5 What?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 10:09 PM (LA6Ib)

6 Oh well. Now for the content.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at April 23, 2026 10:09 PM (mUuSF)

7 Do you know why math textbooks are so down?

They have lots of problems.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2026 10:11 PM (S/Y4j)

8 >>>A two-toned lobster is ...
--

a bug.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 10:11 PM (LA6Ib)

9 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex - split colored dino at April 23, 2026 10:13 PM (cCn4/)

10 Again, nice filters on the top pic.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 10:13 PM (1Ff7Z)

11 Food!

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:14 PM (77rzZ)

12 Good evening morons И спасибо, Диcko.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)

13 COMM with a first! Thanks for the ONT, Disco. And the Modern English.

Posted by: scampydog at April 23, 2026 10:15 PM (41CYW)

14 >>>Remote worker stops answering his older coworker's calls after being phoned 5-6 times daily, including during flights and customer dinners

He shouldn't put up with that. He ought to get Ann Landers or Dear Abbey involved post haste!

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 23, 2026 10:15 PM (syz1S)

15 That lobster needs both drawn butter and mayonnaise.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

16 1971 - The Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers"

IIRC, that had a working zipper on the cover. Not going down to the LP room of the catacombs to check.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and what did it reveal...? at April 23, 2026 10:15 PM (RVdcP)

17 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 23, 2026 10:15 PM (EweRc)

18 Tonight's ONT brought to you by fixing what you can

Workin' on it.....

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

19 Good musical selection tonight

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 10:16 PM (ZxPkt)

20 OE suggested I update those who might be interested in my adventures today. No house viewings, though I have two slated for tomorrow. This morning I drove down to Wichita and, of course, got caught in a traffic jam as I left the Interstate. (Not to worry; I found an easier way back when I left.) The pipe shop was everything it should be, and I bought some stuff I really didn't need but wanted.

Temps have been fine: 69 this dawn, 83 and sunny this p.m. (the rain never happened here), and 79 just now as I drove back to my hotel. Locals probably think it's humid, but I tell ya, any April evening when I can drive with my windows down and not feel as though I am dipped in glue is a good one!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 10:16 PM (+2QQb)

21 Would that lobster still turn all red when it's steamed or boiled?

Posted by: Cosda at April 23, 2026 10:17 PM (lr+uX)

22

Influencers.

Some stupid ass parenting influencer ran over her three year old son a few days ago. Thankfully the child wasn't maimed or killed.

Fuck them all, it's all about the clicks and money.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 10:17 PM (3ek7K)

23 Jeez. This NFL draft is taking too long. If I wanted to see 32 picks in three hours I'd watch a game with Geno Smith starting.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 10:17 PM (2WIwB)

24 This sounds like TRex (or scampydog?) in an HOA.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Lnpb10Xg67g

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2026 10:17 PM (S/Y4j)

25 Oh my God, I can really taste the pineapple!

Hahahaha

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 10:18 PM (ftFVW)

26 Also this p.m., I had a phone call from my oldest buddy (we date back to jr. high together). He's coming into NO early next month to visit his mother for her, get this, 94th birthday. It'll be fun to see him again -- it's been a lot of years since we saw each other face to face outside of photographs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 10:18 PM (+2QQb)

27 In real California the vote would have been 68-32.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 10:18 PM (q1qnK)

28 Tell me more about this Wood's Hole!

Posted by: Mayor Petey at April 23, 2026 10:19 PM (oftw2)

29 1 in 50 million split-colored lobster found in Massachusetts

* checks article *

So it's a chimera with two sets of DNA, not a specific mutation.

The lazy workaround of mystery writers everywhere.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)

30 Drink influencer - see that guys eyes?
Is he stoned or on drugs?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 10:19 PM (LA6Ib)

31 Awesome, Doof! I am off to bed, but I read your content!

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 10:19 PM (Dd38x)

32 Remote worker stops answering his older coworker's calls after being phoned 5-6 times daily, including during flights and customer dinners

He shouldn't put up with that. He ought to get Ann Landers or Dear Abbey involved post haste!
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 23, 2026 10:15 PM (syz1S)

That website is about as annoying as Twitchy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:20 PM (utfVc)

33 https://tinyurl.com/3bz9mxaf

Florida Man, hold my beer.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 10:20 PM (DwqWV)

34 Jeez. This NFL draft is taking too long. If I wanted to see 32 picks in three hours I'd watch a game with Geno Smith starting.
Posted by: Diogenes
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More commercials than picks. And a full length documentary on each pick.

Posted by: scampydog at April 23, 2026 10:20 PM (41CYW)

35 Watching the drink influencers is like, why?
Stupid faggots.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 10:20 PM (LA6Ib)

36 Thanks, Doof.

Posted by: GWB at April 23, 2026 10:20 PM (4yJz0)

37 {{{ COMountainMarie }}}

Congratulations on your first. May you have many more.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:22 PM (u82oZ)

38 23 But don’t you know that God guides the NFL draft, just as He does the outcome of the Super Bowl?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:22 PM (77rzZ)

39 I know there must be a purpose to this influencer collection of faggots but it eludes me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 10:22 PM (LA6Ib)

40 16 1971 - The Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers"

IIRC, that had a working zipper on the cover. Not going down to the LP room of the catacombs to check.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and what did it reveal...? at April 23, 2026 10:15 PM (RVdcP)

It did, but the zipper usually fell off..

Posted by: Joemarine at April 23, 2026 10:22 PM (y171U)

41 24 This sounds like TRex (or scampydog?) in an HOA.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2026 10:17 PM
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Rule Number One for future real estate plans: no HOA

Posted by: TRex - good neighbor dino at April 23, 2026 10:23 PM (cCn4/)

42 This sounds like TRex (or scampydog?) in an HOA.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Lnpb10Xg67g
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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That is hilarious.

Posted by: scampydog at April 23, 2026 10:23 PM (41CYW)

43 Piper

Did the silver glitter flow out of your USB port yet?

Maybe tomorrow.

Have a great night.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:23 PM (u82oZ)

44 Holy cow! This my second 'first' in 7 YEARS!
Tomorrow's luck might be a good?

I see all the Ds are here tonight...what crazy hijinks are in srore🤪?
Hi guys and a huge hug for the Horde💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 23, 2026 10:24 PM (xRf0+)

45 Howdy everyone!

Posted by: Doof at April 23, 2026 10:24 PM (QLC6i)

46 https://tinyurl.com/3bz9mxaf

Florida Man, hold my beer.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 10:20 PM (DwqWV)

Dumfuck. He should have driven on the grass verge with the mower deck operating. Cops would have figured him for a city worker.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:24 PM (utfVc)

47 23 Jeez. This NFL draft is taking too long. If I wanted to see 32 picks in three hours I'd watch a game with Geno Smith starting.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 10:17 PM
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Let's be honest. Nobody cares about the draft picks. Everyone is really waiting to see what gems the Pittsburgh Scanner finds during the draft.

Posted by: TRex - ONT content dino at April 23, 2026 10:25 PM (cCn4/)

48 Temps have been fine: 69 this dawn, 83 and sunny this p.m. (the rain never happened here), and 79 just now as I drove back to my hotel. Locals probably think it's humid, but I tell ya, any April evening when I can drive with my windows down and not feel as though I am dipped in glue is a good one!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 10:16 PM (+2QQb)

Sounds like you had a good day. Maybe some linemen were working, causing the traffic jam....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

49 Hey, Doof.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)

50 22

Influencers.

Some stupid ass parenting influencer ran over her three year old son a few days ago. Thankfully the child wasn't maimed or killed.

Fuck them all, it's all about the clicks and money.

Posted by: four seasons
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Woe be to the parent that raised a child so stupid as to follow that faggoty crap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 10:25 PM (LA6Ib)

51 20 This morning I drove down to Wichita...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 10:16 PM (+2QQb)

Did you see a lineman for the county, driving the main road?

Posted by: Joemarine at April 23, 2026 10:26 PM (y171U)

52 Let's be honest. Nobody cares about the draft picks. Everyone is really waiting to see what gems the Pittsburgh Scanner finds during the draft.
Posted by: TRex - ONT content dino

True.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)

53 What's on YOUR mind tonight?
......

A Klondike bar.
Bed.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 10:26 PM (b3Yos)

54 Those poor boys thinking they are influencers and popular and awesome.

So sad. I hope their moms aren’t alive
To see what their sons have become. It’s horrifying. How many of those boys will end up
Committing suicide?

Posted by: And? at April 23, 2026 10:27 PM (A5RD0)

55 Do you think a lobster gives a sh*t what you name it? I mean, it's not like the other lobsters are going to make fun of it or its grandfather is going to disinherit you for not keeping a name in the family.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 23, 2026 10:27 PM (vTZFs)

56 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:28 PM (zZu0s)

57

I don't get the influencer shit.

I live my life how I want.

You ran over your kid???? Fuck you parenting influencer.

Why are people so stupid to follow that shit??

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 10:28 PM (3ek7K)

58 Meow said the old tomcat. 😺

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 23, 2026 10:28 PM (w3u3d)

59 "Professional influencer." Bah.

It's much more fun being a professional iconoclast.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)

60 me.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 10:22 PM (LA6Ib)

They are making fun of the lunatic female ibfluencers.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 10:28 PM (Vvh2V)

61 So sad. I hope their moms aren’t alive
To see what their sons have become. It’s horrifying. How many of those boys will end up
Committing suicide?
Posted by: And? at April 23, 2026 10:27 PM (A5RD0)

I thought these guys were mimicking women influencers?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 10:29 PM (1Ff7Z)

62 Do you think a lobster gives a sh*t what you name it? I mean, it's not like the other lobsters are going to make fun of it or its grandfather is going to disinherit you for not keeping a name in the family.
Posted by: Oddbob

As long as they don't name it by Internet poll.

Posted by: Lobby McLobsterFace at April 23, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

63 Hey {{{Salty}}}
It always makes me smile to see you❣🙂

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 23, 2026 10:29 PM (xRf0+)

64 Did somebody mention daft pricks?

Posted by: Emily Litella at April 23, 2026 10:29 PM (utfVc)

65 Posted by: And? at April 23, 2026 10:27 PM (A5RD

It's parody. And it's hysterical.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 10:29 PM (Vvh2V)

66 Those customer states vids never get old. I get my share of idiots but those poor bastards get the true imbeciles.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 10:30 PM (snZF9)

67 It wasn't a rock. It was a ROCK LOBSTER!

Posted by: VA-7 (proposed) at April 23, 2026 10:30 PM (gKWVE)

68 A Klondike bar.
Bed.
=====

Who could possibly object?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

69 There is no baseball player. It is only an image on a screen (illustrated by bending spoon willy-nilly).

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2026 10:30 PM (zCHlf)

70 Oddbob

SF author Larry Niven to lobster delivered to the table in a fancy Boston restaurant

"Tell me about your troop movments, you alien bug!"

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:31 PM (u82oZ)

71 Let's be honest. Nobody cares about the draft picks. Everyone is really waiting to see what gems the Pittsburgh Scanner finds during the draft.
Posted by: TRex - ONT content dino

I know I am!! It's going to be AMAZING!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 23, 2026 10:31 PM (EweRc)

72

The only influencer anyone should be following is God.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 10:31 PM (3ek7K)

73
*heats up fish in ONT microwave*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 10:31 PM (tgvbd)

74 It's parody. And it's hysterical.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

And it doesn't even bother me that they laugh all through it. 'Cause what they're mocking is so ridiculous.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 10:31 PM (ftFVW)

75 Damn, half y'all are drunk and grouchy again.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 10:31 PM (Vvh2V)

76 COMountainMarie

Likewise, sunshine.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:31 PM (u82oZ)

77 I should have socked that as "The VA-Sevens", come to think of it.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 10:31 PM (gKWVE)

78 Lobster name? Shellyquin.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:32 PM (utfVc)

79 61 So sad. I hope their moms aren’t alive
To see what their sons have become. It’s horrifying. How many of those boys will end up
Committing suicide?
Posted by: And? at April 23, 2026 10:27 PM (A5RD0)

I thought these guys were mimicking women influencers?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

They are.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 23, 2026 10:32 PM (EweRc)

80 Why are people so stupid to follow that shit??

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 10:28 PM (3ek7K)

Why did/do people watch Jerry Springer? Its the trainereck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:33 PM (zZu0s)

81 Tammy al-Thor

*Perks up*

And then there's me!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:33 PM (u82oZ)

82 I don't get the influencer shit. ...
Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 10:28 PM (3ek7K)

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Here's the sad truth, millions of our countrymen need to be told what to think. They want to be told what to think.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

83 If I had a lobster I'd name it 'Tasty'.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 10:34 PM (b3Yos)

84 Damn, half y'all are drunk and grouchy again.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

Not the same half, though.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

85 Damn, half y'all are drunk and grouchy again.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 10:31 PM (Vvh2V)

COMountainMarie
Likewise, sunshine.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:31 PM (u82oZ)
=====

These two are so sweet they make me want to kiss my lib little sis.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

86 SF author Larry Niven to lobster delivered to the table in a fancy Boston restaurant

"Tell me about your troop movments, you alien bug!"
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026

***
And, Larry said in an essay, he was dubbed "Speaker-to- Seafood" (after his character "Speaker-to-Animals" in Ringworld).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 10:35 PM (+2QQb)

87 Where's that top picture taken? Lake Powell?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:35 PM (utfVc)

88
Half drunk and grouchy is the norm at AOS.

Nothing wrong with that.'

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 10:35 PM (3ek7K)

89 That influencer thing is weird. Last night we were watching a very old Diners Drive Ins from 2007 - and you know how they talk to the diners, so this girls looks at this baked apple thing she is eating and she (100% - like literally you guys) turns to the camera and says to Guy Fieri - "There is, like, a legit apple on this. It's so good."

Brit Lass turns to me and says in her accent, "A 'legit' apple? What are these people on?"

So I think this culture has been with us for longer than we can imagine but it's now been distilled to its bizarre (like literally bizarre you guys, yes I just typed that and it really, totally is, I am so serious guys) essence.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:35 PM (vE0+H)

90 These two are so sweet they make me want to kiss my lib little sis.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

Yet, in your heart of hearts, you know you won't.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 10:35 PM (t2oSI)

91 Storms around Enid OK look really bad.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 23, 2026 10:36 PM (3uBP9)

92 Half drunk and grouchy is the norm at AOS.

Nothing wrong with that.'

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 10:35 PM (3ek7K)

Half drunk, half grouchy, half thirsty.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:36 PM (vE0+H)

93 Damn, half y'all are drunk and grouchy again.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
......

I AM NOT DRUNK

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 10:36 PM (b3Yos)

94 Also, thanks Doof for the ONT and greetings to the Horde!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 10:36 PM (t2oSI)

95 I’m totally drunk and totally grouchy.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:36 PM (77rzZ)

96 This morning I drove down to Wichita...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026
*
Did you see a lineman for the county, driving the main road?
Posted by: Joemarine at April 23, 2026

***
Damn. I didn't even think of that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 10:37 PM (+2QQb)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 10:37 PM (+2QQb)

98
Ahhh, there's good news tonight. Buffalo beat Boston, 3-1 to take a 2-1 lead in the series. And Varolina defeated Ottawa, 2-1 to go up 3-0. The game was in Ottawa and they showed some young child crying after the Sens lost. Cry, little one, cry.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 10:37 PM (tgvbd)

99 Fun stuff tonight, Doof. Thanks for the ONT!

Lobster, huh? Reminds me that there's a couple of 6oz tails in the freezer. Will thaw one for hubby's 'lunch enhancement' treat tomorrow.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 10:37 PM (rdVOm)

100 100!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 10:37 PM (t2oSI)

101 These people were always out there, Facebook, ewetub and Instagram have just made it profitable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:38 PM (zZu0s)

102 If you eat that split toned lobster, you will turn into one of those half black half white people from Star Trek.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 10:38 PM (yGkmH)

103 Spent the weekend reminiscing with college friends from the 80s, so tonight's musical selections are on point.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 10:38 PM (t2oSI)

104 nice save

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 10:38 PM (gKWVE)

105 What the fuck are robster craws?

Posted by: Booger at April 23, 2026 10:38 PM (gHDEq)

106 Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 10:31 PM (ftFVW

Yes! 😂

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 10:38 PM (Vvh2V)

107
Food requiring a bib to eat is not worth the bother.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 10:38 PM (tgvbd)

108 Storms around Enid OK look really bad.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 23, 2026 10:36 PM (3uBP9)

Last time I was upstairs, looked out the window and it was blizzarding. Light snow, 40 mph winds. All the snow moving horizontally, heading for Montana.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:39 PM (utfVc)

109

Bulg,

Fist bump!!!!

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 10:39 PM (3ek7K)

110 Yet, in your heart of hearts, you know you won't.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 10:35 PM (t2oSI)
=====

Nah I will, we are very close even though she is a damn hippie. Her son belongs to us but her daughter dreams of fighting fascism as a public defender.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

111 If you eat that split toned lobster, you will turn into one of those half black half white people from Star Trek.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Or a Batman villain.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)

112 Her son belongs to us

Thats a very Caberet thing to say.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:40 PM (zZu0s)

113
Storms around Enid OK look really bad.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 23, 2026 10:36 PM (3uBP9)

___________

Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are in Tulsa, but it looks like the storms are heading north of them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 10:40 PM (tgvbd)

114 Aetius451AD work phone

One of my former gold-diggers, whom I have known for 15 years, gave me a link today to the Substack essays she has written for the last 4 years.

Before the internet, people would cross the street to avoid her conspiracy theories. But now, she appears to be on to something.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:41 PM (u82oZ)

115 Already here, Alberta Oil Peon.

My daffodils are smothering in snow. Again.

Posted by: Wenda at April 23, 2026 10:41 PM (JwoD2)

116 Or a Batman villain.
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)

Two-Face?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

117 Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 10:19 PM (Dd38x)

Pipes not to put too fine a point on it and I don't usually do direct callbacks from like 6 threads ago but I hope you read my brief reply to you at the end of the islamic sparks of divinity thread. You don't have to answer back, I'm just doing that thing I do.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:41 PM (vE0+H)

118 but her daughter dreams of fighting fascism as a public defender.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

She's going to fight the government by working for the government?

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)

119 Food requiring a bib to eat is not worth the bother.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
.......

Yeah I hate those little jars of mashed peas.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 10:42 PM (b3Yos)

120 Before the internet, people would cross the street to avoid her conspiracy theories. But now, she appears to be on to something.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:41 PM (u82oZ)

Often times these days conspiracy theories are just a matter of dates.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:42 PM (zZu0s)

121 Nah I will, we are very close even though she is a damn hippie. Her son belongs to us but her daughter dreams of fighting fascism as a public defender.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

Oh, good. Let her serve a few months as a PD and experience her ... uh, diverse client base. Then give her the MAGA hat you've been holding onto for her all this time.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 10:42 PM (t2oSI)

122 Some stupid ass parenting influencer ran over her three year old son a few days ago. Thankfully the child wasn't maimed or killed.

Fuck them all, it's all about the clicks and money.

Posted by: four seasons
---

Girl, at least it was an accident. One of the popular mommy influencer types had been starving her kids, locking them in their rooms for days with no food or water or bathroom.... half of these bitches are psycho.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 10:43 PM (Vvh2V)

123 I'd have to agree on the food-bib connection. I hate sloppy ribs. I hate sticky.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:43 PM (zZu0s)

124 Often times these days conspiracy theories are just a matter of dates.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:42 PM (zZu0s)

I don't give a fig.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:43 PM (utfVc)

125 Riverside is a descent area of Wichita to see. There's also an underground troll. Near the big injun.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 23, 2026 10:44 PM (3uBP9)

126 123 I'd have to agree on the food-bib connection. I hate sloppy ribs. I hate sticky.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:43 PM (zZu0s)

Can I call phrasing on this? Or "that's what she said"?

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 10:44 PM (t2oSI)

127 Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 10:37 PM (t2oSI)

Schnorfle I don't think I'm usually on much when you are so I hope I can pass along my very belated condolences to you for your loss.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:44 PM (vE0+H)

128 I don't give a fig.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:43 PM (utfVc)

I'm plum tired of it, I'll tell you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:45 PM (zZu0s)

129 Her son belongs to us

Thats a very Caberet thing to say.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:40 PM (zZu0s)
=====

You have no idea how hard I worked for years to free his mind from her programming. Years.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:45 PM (RIvkX)

130 Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:33 PM (u82oZ)

Hello!!! How are you? 🤗

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 10:45 PM (Vvh2V)

131 Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 10:44 PM (t2oSI)

Hey!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 10:46 PM (1Ff7Z)

132 Schnorfle I don't think I'm usually on much when you are so I hope I can pass along my very belated condolences to you for your loss.
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:44 PM (vE0+H)

Thanks, ... -- I'm honored that you mentioned it.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 10:46 PM (t2oSI)

133 Food requiring a bib to eat is not worth the bother.
Posted by: Hadrian
-----------

LOL! Hubs needs a bib for *everything* now, so it's no big deal.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 10:46 PM (rdVOm)

134 There's also an underground troll. Near the big injun.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 23, 2026 10:44 PM (3uBP9)

The bridge was already taken?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:46 PM (utfVc)

135 Can I call phrasing on this? Or "that's what she said"?
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 10:44 PM (t2oSI)

Hmmm. Yeah, even sexy time. No chocolate syrup. No whipped cream.

Unless she cleans up after herself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:46 PM (zZu0s)

136

Tammy,
Yes, most of them are psychos.

The bitch's husband was in the driveway with the kids when she ran over the kid.

Apparently the parenting influencer didn't make a difference to him.
He was probably enjoying the money mommy made by influencing other people and not him.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 10:46 PM (3ek7K)

137 They are making fun of the lunatic female ibfluencers.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
----

They may be. They are very convincing faggots.
The first one is a stoner too. Look at his eyes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 10:47 PM (LA6Ib)

138 Hmmm. Yeah, even sexy time. No chocolate syrup. No whipped cream.

Unless she cleans up after herself.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:46 PM (zZu0s)

You're asking a lot, but my BAC and I will allow it.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 10:47 PM (t2oSI)

139 A large number of homes were destroyed in Enid. It looks like the tornado went through a big neighborhood and just scoured it to dirt.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 23, 2026 10:48 PM (3uBP9)

140 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 10:47 PM (LA6Ib)

They're definitely gay, but they are absolutely roasting the influencer culture! 🤣

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 10:48 PM (Vvh2V)

141 Also the reports are Vance AFB was hit.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 23, 2026 10:49 PM (3uBP9)

142 I never got the thing of putting the bib on your lap. There are so many other places it can hit on the way down, and, even then, end up on the floor.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:49 PM (77rzZ)

143 Tammy al-Thor

I'm still over the moon from your letter. And the surprise.

Thank you.

After a very rough December, I was determined to end social isolation.

The local Senior center had a widow support group, and I met some great people there. So now I do stuff, like going to see
Hail Mary at the movies tomorrow with one of the widows.

Walking, not stalking.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:49 PM (u82oZ)

144 Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 10:46 PM (3ek7K)

It's just insane. Scary.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 10:50 PM (Vvh2V)

145 She's going to fight the government by working for the government?
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)
=====

Or something. She thinks I'm mean and scary.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

146 Walking, not stalking.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:49 PM (u82oZ)

'You say stalking I say walking just extremely close behind.'
-Unhealthy Obsession

Its a song I heard, very earwormy.

https://youtu.be/THRtKGX-czY

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:52 PM (zZu0s)

147 NaCly, I hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:52 PM (77rzZ)

148 San Franpsycho

Tell her to join us online. After we work her over she will think you are a soft teddy bear.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:53 PM (u82oZ)

149 Anyone play 'pragmata' aka 'dad space' yet? Apparently it's a father/daughter sim. On the moon.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 10:53 PM (gKWVE)

150 Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:49 PM (u82oZ)

I am so glad you're getting out! Grief is all-consuming, and hard to fight. Good for you, I know how hard it is, and I'm proud of you for not giving in.

I am just so tickled with my beautiful shell, and learning about your father. A book, I'm tellin' ya.....

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 10:53 PM (Vvh2V)

151 seem to be getting a lot of wholesome Sci-Fi lately

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 10:54 PM (gKWVE)

152 Or something. She thinks I'm mean and scary.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

Well, if you go around clenching your fist is. The air and I toning 'Your brother belongs to me, now!' (Think Darth Vader)

I can sort of see it.

'Ill never join you!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:54 PM (zZu0s)

153 Bulg

Doing better.

Good luck getting sanity in Fairfax County. I think you need legs of different lengths to carry out your West Virginia plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:54 PM (u82oZ)

154 There are/were some rough storms around Witchita, hoping Wolfus is ok.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 10:55 PM (Vvh2V)

155 Anyone play 'pragmata' aka 'dad space' yet? Apparently it's a father/daughter sim. On the moon.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 10:53 PM (gKWVE)

Seems almost too cutesy for me. I am glad and encouraged people like it though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:55 PM (zZu0s)

156 Tell her to join us online. After we work her over she will think you are a soft teddy bear.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:53 PM (u82oZ)
=====
Heh she would never ever sully herself that way.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

157 153 Salty, Wife wants to move to WV to get away from Spambugger. We’ll see.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:57 PM (77rzZ)

158 So, I got my two serpentine belt idler wheels from Amazon today. The belt came yesterday. Opened the packages, and What's This? Two of the grooved plastic idlers, no smooth steel one. I don't know if I mistakenly ordered two of the same thing, or if the listing was wrong. Not going to send one back. Both types use the same 6203RR bearing, so I will just press the new bearing out of one of the plastic wheels, and press it into a used steel idler I have here. Easy to do when you have a hydraulic arbor press. And I ordered a pack of ten 6203's to keep on hand; they get used in everything. $25.00

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:57 PM (utfVc)

159 I can sort of see it.

'Ill never join you!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 10:54 PM (zZu0s)
===

Pretty close! I am considered the Wicked Son who went bad.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

160 Rant ON! I hate that so many food bags, such as cereal bags or Ritz crackers or sliced canadian bacon -- are encased in kevlar! After struggling mightily, I've got Ritz cracker dust.
Rant OFF.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 23, 2026 10:59 PM (QFM/y)

161 Tammy al-Thor

His exploits are still heavily classified.

You remember that commercial where you run up to your Dad to tell him you only had one cavity? Well, the two razor-wire fences with an electric fence in between, and the entry ways guarded by unsympathetic armed Marine guards discouraged me from doing that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:59 PM (u82oZ)

162 JM in Illinois-- Kitchen scissors.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 11:01 PM (rdVOm)

163 by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:59 PM (u82oZ)

Ah, I see! And incredible man. Who, in turn, raised another one.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 11:01 PM (Vvh2V)

164 Rant ON! I hate that so many food bags, such as cereal bags or Ritz crackers or sliced canadian bacon -- are encased in kevlar! After struggling mightily, I've got Ritz cracker dust.
Rant OFF.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 23, 2026 10:59 PM (QFM/y)
=====

Product Sold by Weight

Posted by: Nabisco at April 23, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)

165

JM,

Hubby and I have a time trying to open anything.

It is like everything is super glued.'

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:02 PM (3ek7K)

166 Tammy al-Thor

Awww . *Kicks rock*

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 11:04 PM (u82oZ)

167 by: JM in Illinois at April 23, 2026 10:59 PM (QFM/y)

Amen, sister.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 11:05 PM (Vvh2V)

168 four seasons

I got a ratchet fitted PVC pipe cutter for packages. Easy, peasy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 11:05 PM (u82oZ)

169 Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 11:04 PM (u82oZ

'Tis true, Sir.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 11:06 PM (Vvh2V)

170 Hubby and I have a time trying to open anything.

It is like everything is super glued.'
Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:02 PM (3ek7K)

I thought it was just me getting weaker hand strength. Every chip bag or other plastic wrapper won't open without applying force.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

171 Scissors? Shears?

You can buy good ones. Titanium Nitride will slice right throug.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 11:06 PM (zZu0s)

172 The team will continue to care for the crustacean during construction. Studley says it will receive a name once they get to know a bit more about its personality.

_______________________

Look no further. The name, of course, is Sybil if it is a female. And, Harvey Dent if it is male. If the lobster claims to be non-binary, throw it back.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 11:06 PM (dIske)

173 Goodnight, All. Sleep well.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:06 PM (77rzZ)

174 Have a great night, everyone.

May you have a smile on your face tomorrow morning.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 11:07 PM (u82oZ)

175 Rant ON! I hate that so many food bags, such as cereal bags or Ritz crackers or sliced canadian bacon -- are encased in kevlar! After struggling mightily, I've got Ritz cracker dust.
Rant OFF.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 23, 2026 10:59 PM (QFM/y)

Scissors?

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 11:07 PM (vE0+H)

176 Someone needs to let Emmie know she needs to keep an eye on the weather the next few days.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 11:07 PM (Vvh2V)

177

To open anything anymore we have to get the scissors or the Swiss Army knife.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:07 PM (3ek7K)

178 Goodnight Bulg.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 11:07 PM (vE0+H)

179 Night, Salty! 😊

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 11:07 PM (Vvh2V)

180 >>> A two-toned lobster is set to make a splash at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium in southeastern Massachusetts.

I'd auction it off at a Japanese seafood market.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 11:08 PM (/lPRQ)

181 A long lost Twilight Zone Episode has been found:

https://tinyurl.com/3exk3u8t

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 11:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

182
Two-tone car >>>> Two-tone lobster

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 11:09 PM (tgvbd)

183 There are/were some rough storms around Witchita, hoping Wolfus is ok.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026

***
The sorm the Weather Channel was barking about this afternoon was near the "Little Sweden" town south of Salina, and headed NE. No sign of thunderstorms or hail here.

I may have to drive through some rain on Sunday and Monday heading back southeast, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 11:09 PM (+2QQb)

184 I thought it was just me getting weaker hand strength. Every chip bag or other plastic wrapper won't open without applying force.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

And then, once *Conan the bag-opener* gets the bag opened, the plastic tears down one side...

Scissors. Easy peasy. No more ripped bags.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 11:09 PM (rdVOm)

185 The worst thing i have had issue with in recent memory were some watch batteries I got for my key fob.

Needed an exacto knife. Had to make do with cutting very close to the battery, but inside the compartment.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 11:09 PM (zZu0s)

186

Okay, I'm going to try to be an influencer and it will not cost you a thing.

Believe in God and trust Him.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:10 PM (3ek7K)

187 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 11:09 PM (+

Oh, good!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 11:10 PM (Vvh2V)

188 Good luck getting sanity in Fairfax County. I think you need legs of different lengths to carry out your West Virginia plan.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 10:54 PM (u82oZ)

There's a tooth limit as well. Last I checked, you can only have six, max...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 23, 2026 11:11 PM (nbLIj)

189 Nice top pic. The Eighth Circle of Hell, if I remember my Dante correctly.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 11:11 PM (JkO4W)

190 WTF is going on in West Palm Beach?

@JamesOKeefeIII 57m
The police just came to my office and confiscated all my firearms.

Just happened.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2026 11:11 PM (diia5)

191 I keep several binder clips for resealing plastic/mylar food bags. Handy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2026 11:12 PM (XeU6L)

192 And, Larry said in an essay, he was dubbed "Speaker-to- Seafood" (after his character "Speaker-to-Animals" in Ringworld).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 10:35 PM (+2QQb)

I got dubbed "speaker to Quebecois" due to a customer service job, once.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 11:12 PM (rbvCR)

193 The danger of hail is one big reason why I have to have a garage with whatever home I buy. I want to keep the car safe from hot sun and prevent it from being covered in snow . . . but the possibility of hail damage is much worse.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 11:12 PM (+2QQb)

194

Mike Hammer,

We do the same thing after a couple of days trying to open stuff, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:13 PM (3ek7K)

195 Scissors. Easy peasy. No more ripped bags.
Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 11:09 PM (rdVOm)

That's what I end up doing. Otherwise, it'd be the Hulk smash.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 11:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

196 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 11:12 PM (+2QQb)

Yep. And a basement.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2026 11:14 PM (Vvh2V)

197 184 I thought it was just me getting weaker hand strength. Every chip bag or other plastic wrapper won't open without applying force.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

And then, once *Conan the bag-opener* gets the bag opened, the plastic tears down one side...

Scissors. Easy peasy. No more ripped bags.
Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 11:09 PM (rdVOm)

***

Don't get me started on the "child resistant" packaging for small batteries. More like human resistant. Bastards.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 11:14 PM (2WIwB)

198 Needed an exacto knife. Had to make do with cutting very close to the battery, but inside the compartment.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 11:09 PM (zZu0s

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The packaging for CR2032 batteries is a plot by certain unnamed nefarious organizations to boost the sales of Prevagen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 11:14 PM (JkO4W)

199 Good night Salty...till we meet again🖐💤

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 23, 2026 11:14 PM (xRf0+)

200 WTF is going on in West Palm Beach?

@JamesOKeefeIII 57m
The police just came to my office and confiscated all my firearms.

Just happened.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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What, no receipt?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 11:14 PM (/lPRQ)

201 Motivation or no, I need to work out tomorrow and Saturday here at the hotel. Sunday through Tuesday I'll be rising early and hitting the road, and won't have a chance to exercise again until Wed.

'Bout time for bed, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 11:15 PM (+2QQb)

202 Good evening good people.

They say all good things must come to an end and so it is that miracle grandbaby left today to head back home to Dallas.

To hold a beautiful baby until he falls asleep is one of God's greatest gifts. How blessed am I to be able to do so?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2026 11:15 PM (Kyh8Y)

203 To hold a beautiful baby until he falls asleep is one of God's greatest gifts. How blessed am I to be able to do so?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2026 11:15 PM (Kyh8Y)

Thats beautiful, TP.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 11:16 PM (zZu0s)

204 'Bout time for bed, I guess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 11:15 PM (+2QQb)

Let us know about the house search.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 11:16 PM (1Ff7Z)

205 Binder clips are great! Also-- if you have them-- clothespins are easier than the clips to grasp/use.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 11:16 PM (rdVOm)

206

Tonypete,

You are very blessed.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:17 PM (3ek7K)

207
And so to bed. Good night, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 11:17 PM (tgvbd)

208 Easy to do when you have a hydraulic arbor press. And I ordered a pack of ten 6203's to keep on hand; they get used in everything. $25.00
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:57 PM (utfVc)

I did that once for a GF for her Explorer. The squalling was pretty bad so we went to the NAPA store to see if they had the pully, and they didn't. I reset the replacement bearing with two blocks of wood and judicious taps with a hammer.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 11:20 PM (rbvCR)

209 To hold a beautiful baby until he falls asleep is one of God's greatest gifts. How blessed am I to be able to do so?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 23, 2026 11:15 PM (Kyh8Y)

Love to hear it, sir.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 23, 2026 11:21 PM (t2oSI)

210

The baby smell is so great.

Our youngest granddaughter just got potty trained.

She calls out for us to help her clean herself up.

Needless to say, the smell is now different, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:21 PM (3ek7K)

211 Let us know about the house search.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026

***
Two to look at tomorrow, one in a small town nearby and one right here in Salina.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 11:24 PM (+2QQb)

212 160 Rant ON! I hate that so many food bags, such as cereal bags or Ritz crackers or sliced canadian bacon -- are encased in kevlar! After struggling mightily, I've got Ritz cracker dust.
Rant OFF.
Posted by: JM
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Harbor Freight, $2, buy some, put them at dedicated spots.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 11:25 PM (LA6Ib)

213 I need a bib for all food. It's that or wear it. I have not developed much since the age of two.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 11:25 PM (QzM4s)

214 https://tinyurl.com/3exk3u8t
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 11:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

That was great. I wonder how many takes they had to do, as you can see Rod Serling is desperately trying to keep from cracking up laughing.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 23, 2026 11:26 PM (9P99/)

215

lol bear

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:27 PM (3ek7K)

216 Binder clips are my go to too. Buy an assortment at he Dollar store for about $2.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 11:27 PM (LA6Ib)

217 Kitchen scissors. I found some that came with a magnetic holder case, which lets me keep them hanging on the front of the refrigerator.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 23, 2026 11:29 PM (9P99/)

218 I have the car wash guys put New Baby Smell in the Black Beauty when I spring for the Silver Package.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 11:29 PM (JkO4W)

219 By the microwave sits; a pair of pliers, a box cutter and a pair of scissors. In the drawer to the left is a small hammer and a multi tip screwdriver.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 11:30 PM (LA6Ib)

220

So many things say easy open, pull here. No assholes you super glued it.

Scissors and a knife are essential now.'

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:31 PM (3ek7K)

221 That was great. I wonder how many takes they had to do, as you can see Rod Serling is desperately trying to keep from cracking up laughing.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 23, 2026 11:26 PM (9P99/)

I thought it was a real episode at the beginning, then I saw Jack Benny.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 11:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

222 217 Kitchen scissors. I found some that came with a magnetic holder case, which lets me keep them hanging on the front of the refrigerator.

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Magnets, how do they work?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 11:32 PM (JkO4W)

223 213 I need a bib for all food. It's that or wear it. I have not developed much since the age of two.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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Pyrex pie plates for dishes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 11:34 PM (LA6Ib)

224 First World Problems, Packaging Chapter seems open, so here's one.

For a few years now, I've noticed very few of the well-designed resealable food packs (the flat kind, for cheeses and meats) actually can be opened without scissors. They still have the little "starter" slit on both ends, but they don't "work" - meaning they don't tear very far, or don't tear low enough to actually allow opening of the package. Many of these also don't reseal very well now, either.

These are brilliantly designed things, very accustomed to them going back how long - 20-25 years? But most simply don't work any more. Manufacturing quality? Gauge or quality of the plastic material? But there's no doubt about it. I just instantly get the scissors now, for all but a few brands. Weird.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 11:36 PM (U/Byj)

225

My Shih Tzu is growling. There must be a threat outside.'

I ain't looking outside to see what is going on.'

We have guns, bring it on.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:36 PM (3ek7K)

226 Magnets, how do they work?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 11:32 PM (JkO4W)

Well, you see ferromagnetism is caused by the unique property of Iron's electron orbital in not having pairs, therefore the dipole...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 11:36 PM (zZu0s)

227 So many things say easy open, pull here. No assholes you super glued it.

Scissors and a knife are essential now.'
Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:31 PM (3ek7K)

After the next 2 or 3 layers of safety improvements, opening a package will require a chop saw. Hopefully, you miss the contents.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 23, 2026 11:36 PM (S/Y4j)

228 thought it was just me getting weaker hand strength. Every chip bag or other plastic wrapper won't open without applying force.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

And then, once *Conan the bag-opener* gets the bag opened, the plastic tears down one side...

Scissors. Easy peasy. No more ripped bags.
Posted by: JQ

Remember the wax paper bags?
Look at them wrong and the seam from top to bottom will open.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 11:36 PM (/lPRQ)

229 This is what I use for opening tough packaging:

tinyurl.com/4tt8ajvw

They chomp through those hard, heat-sealed packages; chip, cracker & cereal bags; lobster shells; chicken skin and bones...

Dishwasher safe! Although I generally just hand wash in hot, soapy water.

I've abused the h3ll out of them for a decade at least, but they still cut! (Uh, just don't expect to cut fabric or paper with them now.)

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 11:39 PM (rdVOm)

230 So many things say easy open, pull here. No assholes you super glued it.
Scissors and a knife are essential now.'
Posted by: four seasons

Even if you have the hand strength for it, it works like this:

30.000 lbs force: bag remains unopened
30.002 lbs force: bag opens cleanly
30.004 lbs force: pretzels all over the f--king place

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 11:40 PM (VHUov)

231

OrangeEnt,

It has nothing to do with lack of strength.

I don't know what is going on with packaging these days but it is a pain in the ass..

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:41 PM (3ek7K)

232 Remember the wax paper bags?
Look at them wrong and the seam from top to bottom will open.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Oh, yes! Had to be careful with those, for sure. Plastic wrap if you screwed it up, LOL. (before zip-locs became A Thing)

Mmm, graham crackers!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 11:42 PM (rdVOm)

233 I believe back when the plastic "clamshell" packaging became common for small electronics etc. (90s?), serious injuries sustained from opening them were so common that CDC added it to the reportable incident list for hospitals. Unless I'm imagining that memory, but I doubt it. Ridiculous. I take those, and similar battery packs, out to the reloading bench and put them in the vise, then use metal shears to open them. Incredibly ridiculous.

Where is the massive, society-wrecking vampire liability/shake-down industry when it could (finally) be of some use?

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 11:43 PM (U/Byj)

234 I'm listening to a shortwave broadcast out of Florida (The Tech Prepper). Reminds me of the days when I would come home in the evening and tune into the BBC World Service and Deutsche Welle broadcasts into North America.

Posted by: PabloD at April 23, 2026 11:48 PM (zUFRX)

235 Customer states the seatbelt doesn't want to retract

Reminds me of dirty state troopers...Brother told me he was driving a car with automatic seatbelts, when he was pulled over in a Southern state (one his car was not registered in). The Trooper told him he'd taken off his seat belt while driving and had just put it back on, to which he said, "If you can show me how it's possible for me to take off while driving, I'll happily pay for the ticket."

Cops like that should have millstones tied to their necks and thrown in the Mariana Trench.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 23, 2026 11:49 PM (ynpvh)

236 Where is the massive, society-wrecking vampire liability/shake-down industry when it could (finally) be of some use?
Posted by: rhomboid

Next time I give blood in the name of opening a purchase, mumble grumble ragga snagga rfffll...

Of course-- realize that the lawyers would get a lion's share of any award, and the rest of us would then be subjected to *even moar dastardly, difficult packaging* afterward.

Would it be worth the trial?

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 11:49 PM (rdVOm)

237 Shelf life, the tighter the seal the longer the life.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 11:50 PM (LA6Ib)

238 I don't know what is going on with packaging these days but it is a pain in the ass..

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:41 PM (3ek7K)

Yep, it's pretty much any packaged material.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 11:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

239

jim,

wth???

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:51 PM (3ek7K)

240 237 Shelf life, the tighter the seal the longer the life.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 11:50 PM (LA6Ib)

What does that say about Kumala's ability?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 23, 2026 11:51 PM (ynpvh)

241

Kumalot has lots of abilities, lol.

Depends what you expect her to do.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 11:53 PM (3ek7K)

242 Shelf life, the tighter the seal the longer the life.
Posted by: Braenyard

What does that say about Kumala's ability?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

That she can love you long time.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 11:57 PM (VHUov)

243 That influencer nail tapping thing....drives me effin NUTS!!!

Posted by: keena at April 23, 2026 11:57 PM (4Aqsh)

244 Wolfus,
I'm getting a new roof on Tuesday because of hail damage over the years. I finally filed a claim.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 11:57 PM (VCgbV)

245 Storms around Enid OK look really bad.
Posted by: banana Dream
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are in Tulsa, but it looks like the storms are heading north of them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

North of Tulsa here. We are definitely getting another gullywasher, with lots of lightning and wind. We call it April 'round these hyar parts.

Is there a dog show in Tulsa, or is she just on her way elsewhere? Always thought it would be nice to catch one of your pups in action. Probably won't this week, though.

Posted by: mindful webworker - stormy ~~daniels~~ weather... at April 23, 2026 11:59 PM (RVdcP)

246 We had 1 1/2" of rain. The drought appears broken.
Belton, Mo. got hit this past weekend. Shocking how much damage a wee F1 tornado can do.

Posted by: MkY at April 24, 2026 12:01 AM (q6tQZ)

247 Couldn't stand the weather

youtu.be/V1u_oHpSTKs

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 12:02 AM (rdVOm)

248 246 We had 1 1/2" of rain. The drought appears broken.
Belton, Mo. got hit this past weekend. Shocking how much damage a wee F1 tornado can do.

Posted by: MkY at April 24, 2026 12:01 AM (q6tQZ)

In Kali, you can get floods that wash out roads and make hillsides come down, and they will say the rain we got isn't enough to end the drought...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2026 12:02 AM (ynpvh)

249 Lobster name? Harvey Dent.

Posted by: Crotalus Atrox at April 24, 2026 12:03 AM (25QY+)

250 In Kali, you can get floods that wash out roads and make hillsides come down, and they will say the rain we got isn't enough to end the drought...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

If only there was a way to catch and retain all that rainfall, and maybe divert it, too... Could be useful for homes and farms!

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)

251 Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network. Please try your request again later.
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Burn Google
Burn YouTube

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 12:08 AM (LA6Ib)

252

Here in SW Wyoming the drought is bad.

No gardens or landscaping allowed. We get it because the wildfire risk is very high.

Our small town is even monitoring our indoor water usage.

We always look forward to late spring to plant vegetables.

We have had no rain or snow for many months, waaahhhh.

Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2026 12:11 AM (3ek7K)

253 Well, the snow has stopped, with zero accumulation, but it's still blowing like crazy, and the temp has dropped to about 25 F.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 12:12 AM (utfVc)

254 247 Couldn't stand the weather

youtu.be/V1u_oHpSTKs
Posted by: JQ
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Did Stevie Ray or Cake get tacky about the similarities?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 12:12 AM (rzTfK)

255 253 Well, the snow has stopped, with zero accumulation, but it's still blowing like crazy, and the temp has dropped to about 25 F.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Glad you made it home in time for the summer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 12:13 AM (rzTfK)

256 250 In Kali, you can get floods that wash out roads and make hillsides come down, and they will say the rain we got isn't enough to end the drought...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

If only there was a way to catch and retain all that rainfall, and maybe divert it, too... Could be useful for homes and farms!

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)

Naw, the snail sucking fart darter needs the water to run into the ocean. Screw the farmers and people. As a matter of fact, Kali wants to get rid of dams and go back to a more natural effect, except, for some reason, in places like the Hetch Hetchy. That of course has NOTHING to do with the fact it supplies water to San Fran and all it's libble voters...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 24, 2026 12:14 AM (ynpvh)

257 Last weekend, we had gorgeous weather! Was able to turn the heater off for several days.

Yesterday, it was raining sideways. Just nasty all day. Today has been windy & cold, with a few sprinkles. Frost advisory for tonight and tomorrow night, ugh. Won't surprise me to see snow in the morning (which has not been predicted)

I bought several dozen little annual plants but can't put them out into planters yet, darn it. Dining room looks like a garden center when I bring them all indoors for the night, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 12:15 AM (rdVOm)

258 CUTCO makes something they call Super Shears. The are the best thing for cutting through anything. Much better than you would expect from an army of MLM teenagers. Best shears or scissors I have. The kid will demonstrate them by cutting through a penny. I can’t recommend anything else from cutco. Definitely not the knives. But if one of their teenagers comes by with a sales pitch maybe buy the shears. Very solid.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 12:16 AM (aQZli)

259 Glad you made it home in time for the summer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 12:13 AM (rzTfK)

Heh. few days ago, it was in the 70's here.

https://youtu.be/cFzY6xZKrmY

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 12:17 AM (utfVc)

260 Tullen Snips. Made in New Zealand. Cut almost anything. Can be bought on Amazon. I have had a pair for maybe 25 years.

https://tinyurl.com/2fmtadvj

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 12:24 AM (utfVc)

261 Sounds like O’Keefe got SWATted by someone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 12:26 AM (yGkmH)

262 Coming into mindful's AO shortly.

https://tinyurl.com/bdexajdb

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 12:26 AM (rzTfK)

263 The worst effect of influencer culture on kids is that of course the kids scroll and scroll so the way to get clicks and get paid is to be the most stupid\annoying. And because the stuff is produced in a DIY way the kids don't have that disconnect that kept us from thinking we could BE Starsky or Cheech or Curly or Alice Cooper or Michael Corleone in real life.

Posted by: Azjaeger at April 24, 2026 12:28 AM (3/XaG)

264

The jumping worm thing.

Am I only the one that thinks the chinese brought this in/

I think they are bringing in stuff to our country that will destroy our agriculture. If they can't bomb us they will try to starve us.

Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2026 12:29 AM (3ek7K)

265 We have had no rain or snow for many months, waaahhhh.

Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2026 12:11 AM (3ek7K)
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Supposed to rain this Sunday here. We need it too!

Posted by: 496 at April 24, 2026 12:29 AM (EWlvz)

266 Sounds like O’Keefe got SWATted by someone.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 12:26 AM (yGkmH)

A likely explanation. Hang the perp.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 12:30 AM (utfVc)

267 Naw, the snail sucking fart darter needs the water to run into the ocean. Screw the farmers and people. As a matter of fact, Kali wants to get rid of dams and go back to a more natural effect, except, for some reason, in places like the Hetch Hetchy. That of course has NOTHING to do with the fact it supplies water to San Fran and all it's libble voters...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Sorry you're stuck there, jim!

Gee if only CA could build desalination plants along that loooooong coastline... oh, right... can't do that.

But no, they'll probably demand fresh water from other states' rivers or something. (Deja vu) Gotta fill all those swimming pools, ya know. Stick another brick in the toilet tank.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm)

268 The jumping worm thing.

Am I only the one that thinks the chinese brought this in/

I think they are bringing in stuff to our country that will destroy our agriculture. If they can't bomb us they will try to starve us.
Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2026 12:29 AM (3ek7K)

Remember Mexican Jumping beans? They were a hard seed, with some kind of bug larva inside, that would twitch, and make the seed jump or roll. Had some as a kid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 12:32 AM (utfVc)

269

496.

I guess the lack of rain and snow must be statewide.

Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2026 12:33 AM (3ek7K)

270 My in-depth 45 second investigation of the O'Keefe situation indicates there's a TRO against him and reportedly this order included (by SOP perhaps?) the requirement to surrender firearms to police of an FFL. Have no idea what the underlying problem is, only reference I saw was confusing: something to do with someone involved in one of his undercover videos. Don't see how that leads to a TRO but who knows.

Thus endeth my investigation, and most of my interest, in the matter.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 24, 2026 12:37 AM (U/Byj)

271 Have the CUTCO shears, actually keep them in the kitchen but haven't used them much yet. Also have some of their knives, they've been great for us. Use them every day. Have had them sharpened once, back at the factory.

Will remember the shears next time I have a major blister pack opening operation. More nimble and smaller than the metal shears I use in the garage.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 24, 2026 12:39 AM (U/Byj)

272 In 270 above that shoulda been "police OR an FFL."

Posted by: rhomboid at April 24, 2026 12:40 AM (U/Byj)

273 Hope it's nicer out tomorrow-- a former cow-orker is hosting backyard cookout with other former cow-orkers invited... Haven't seen some of them for a couple years. It will be great to catch up with them!

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

274 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

My friend and I are Lubbock-bound tomorrow to attend the George Strait concert on Saturday night. Yes, Hubby and I just saw him in Austin, but at the time that I bought the Lubbock tickets, Strait didn't have any Austin shows scheduled. Hubby said he would rather go to Austin, so I invited my friend to go instead.

This will be a dry run for our NYC trip - we will see if we can handle each others' snoring this weekend 😂😂😂

In other news, I just found out today that the pump that was put in to battle my cancer in December can only be used for 6 months - after that, bad things start happening with the liver. So we are going to have to play it by ear in another couple of months. I may end up going back on the medication that made me lose my hair and made my nails and eyesight all wonky for a few months and then try going back on the pump regimen.

Which sucks, because the pump is working so well for me right now. My hair is starting to grow back and I can actually see well enough to drive myself places rather than depending on Paul to drive me everywhere.

We will have to wait to see what happens when I go off of this medication.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 24, 2026 12:50 AM (SRRAx)

275

Teresa,

I wish the best for you.

You are a great fighter.

Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2026 12:53 AM (3ek7K)

276 Hey Horde, just woke up from a three hour nap. I did yard work today we have rain in the forecast all next week.

banana dream, I will have to tell my son your CUTCO review. He went to some job fair way back when and CUTCO aggressively pursued him to join their team, he still has the cut up penny from his "interview".

JQ, the usual if you will, I have some aches and pains tonight.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 24, 2026 12:54 AM (0nHVk)

277 Dam destruction in Calif goes far beyond the Infamous Four (Klamath) removals. I think it numbers closer to one hundred.

One of the dozens of official cal water and natural resources agencies recently bragged that we're living in the "dam removal-age."

All the while we see photos of their meetings and on the conference tables are lined dozens of 12oz plastic water bottles.

Posted by: 13times at April 24, 2026 12:56 AM (+QJh9)

278 The last time I went off of the other medication, my cancer markers went up immediately and didn't come down until I had been on this new medication for a couple of rounds. Supposedly some people's cancer stabilizes without meds after treatment with the pump, but I have serious doubts that mine will do that, given past performance.

I shouldn't go around borrowing trouble, so I am going to try not to worry about it until there is something to worry about.

But I do have to admit to what another patient called "Scanxiety" - that niggling little feeling of dread that creeps up on them right before they have their next scan. The feeling of "what will this one show?" is always there....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 24, 2026 12:57 AM (SRRAx)

279 Prayers continue for you, TiFW! Hope you can keep beating the disease.

Hi, Debby! Aches & pains are my specialty. Let me pour a double for you...

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)

280 {{{Teresa}}} words fail me, you are a one in a million kind of person, you just keep being you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 24, 2026 01:01 AM (0nHVk)

281 "Scanxiety"

There's a word! Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

282 279 Prayers continue for you, TiFW! Hope you can keep beating the disease......
Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)

Thanks! I will keep beating it until I don't. But the reality is that my expected lifespan is not too many more years, unless someone comes up with a miracle drug.

But for now I am doing well - even my oncologist has said so - and I am so incredibly grateful for the time that I have been given so far. And we will just keep playing whack-a-mole with this beast until we run out of options.

And I will just keep on adding items to my bucket list until either I get too sick to do so or until I run out of Paul's money 😂😂😂.

Either way, I'm going to have fun on my way out the door....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 24, 2026 01:12 AM (SRRAx)

283 Best of luck to you, Teresa. You are a fighter, for sure!

I am off to bed. Night, all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 01:16 AM (utfVc)

284
Sleep well AOP

Posted by: four seasons at April 24, 2026 01:17 AM (3ek7K)

285 Thanks! I will keep beating it until I don't. But the reality is that my expected lifespan is not too many more years, unless someone comes up with a miracle drug.

But for now I am doing well - even my oncologist has said so - and I am so incredibly grateful for the time that I have been given so far. And we will just keep playing whack-a-mole with this beast until we run out of options.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 24, 2026 01:12 AM (SRRAx)

A friend of mine was diagnosed with multiple myeloma around 23 years ago. The medical manuals at that time basically said if god is your friend and shows up with his personal doctor you might get 2 years. He got 18 years because of experimental drugs and other cutting edge stuff they did. He went into remission for a long time. He was a lot older than me so he eventually got into his 70's when it finally got him. Still, 18 years he got. You just keep fighting and kicking it's ass like he did.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 24, 2026 01:19 AM (snZF9)

286 281 "Scanxiety"

There's a word! Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

Scanxiety: The anxiety felt when taking a Scan-Tron test.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2026 01:20 AM (S/Y4j)

287 Coming into mindful's AO shortly.
Posted by: Braenyard

Yeah, sorry to read about a twister hitting Enid. Been checking the radar since I saw that. I think we're about out of the worst of it, although still have warnings until about 4am.

Posted by: mindful webworker - twistering the night away at April 24, 2026 01:25 AM (RVdcP)

288 Packaging is one of my big complaints. Medicine, toothbrush, and anything bagged of course. If you do get a bag open, the re-seal doesn't work, or works too well. Cut off the top below the re-seal. Keep scissors and a bowl of office clips on the kitchen counter.

Son-in-Law's mother was here last weekend. She brought us some cookies which were individually wrapped. Easy to open like things used to be. But then, they were from Italy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - bite here to open at April 24, 2026 01:26 AM (RVdcP)

289 Enjoyed the Benny-Twilight Zone bit. Rod did seem to be having trouble playing it straight.

Hard to believe anybody thought those guys were doing anything but mocking influencers. I've actually seen far more parodies than actual influencers - none, I think. Except some of those absurd food-prep videos. Put pancakes in a bowl, mash up, add ingredients, cook as pancakes.... what th'?

I linked this Nikki Howard comedy bit yesterday.
How Influencers Talk (5:06)
https://youtu.be/antUukuOYhI

And this is where the road forks. I'm taking the one that leads to bed. Hope the roof stays on.

https://youtu.be/RT8CTmSLFeE

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's videos all the way down at April 24, 2026 01:32 AM (RVdcP)

290 >>Put pancakes in a bowl, mash up, add ingredients, cook as pancakes.... what th'?
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*Everybody's so creative!*

LMAO

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 01:35 AM (rdVOm)

291 Night AOP.

Sweet dreams Horde, a double has had it's desired effect, I am going to stretch out and sleep again.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 24, 2026 01:35 AM (0nHVk)

292 'Night, Debby (and AOP)

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)

293
Influencers literally cannot get brain freezes.

You know why ... do not pretend that you do not know why!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 24, 2026 01:48 AM (xG4kz)

294 Packaging is one of my big complaints. Medicine, toothbrush, and anything bagged of course. If you do get a bag open, the re-seal doesn't work, or works too well. Cut off the top below the re-seal. Keep scissors and a bowl of office clips on the kitchen counter.

Son-in-Law's mother was here last weekend. She brought us some cookies which were individually wrapped. Easy to open like things used to be. But then, they were from Italy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - bite here to open at April 24, 2026 01:26 AM (RVdcP)

Everything today seems to be packaged for space travel.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 24, 2026 01:48 AM (snZF9)

295 While we're on to rants....
Stupid YouTube shit:

The old "Starfield" screensaver out of focus overlaid onto still pictures.

Adding "scratches" so that a new video looks like old black and white films that have been through a projector a hundred times.

AI stupidity, where the prompt is to show DEF usage (this one was a vid on using DEF as fertilizer) and we get a montage of DEF pouring into underhood container, followed by antifreeze into radiator, oil into valve cover, windshield wiper fluid...

Posted by: buddhaha at April 24, 2026 01:54 AM (xgGYP)

296
What news have we of the prisoners held on the rampant copulation afloat drama, "Doom Goblin 304 Flotilla -- THIS Time One of You WILL Make A Pass at Me!"

Have the sweet migrants that now overrun Sweden denied Doom Goblin 304 her rightful cave in which she would dwell for the remainder of her days? And then leave the rest of us alone? Is this why the world must continue to suffer from her vacuous bleating?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 24, 2026 01:55 AM (xG4kz)

297 Hubby used to look for my *best* fabric scissors whenever he wanted to cut something-- anything-- and it made me so mad! I mean... he should go to the shop and grab the damned wire-cutters or tin snips, kind of stuff...

I bought him TWO multi-unit packages of cheapo chyna-freight scissors, and hid my good Fiskars from him. (hid so well, in fact, that I *still* haven't found...)

*sigh*

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

298
The team will continue to care for the crustacean during construction. Studley says it will receive a name once they get to know a bit more about its personality.

Wait, is Doom Goblin 304 now at Woods Hole? Boy, are they going to be waiting a long time to slap a name on her!

{ IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE SHE WAS BORN WITHOUT A PERSONALITY! }

Er, thanks, BEN ROETHLISBERGER!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 24, 2026 02:00 AM (xG4kz)

299
The packaging for CR2032 batteries is a plot by certain unnamed nefarious organizations to boost the sales of Prevagen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

That's what we get when encasing things in lead sheeting was deemed to be no longer au courant and is, in fact, frowned upon.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 24, 2026 02:03 AM (xG4kz)

300 Good evening Hordelings

I've got a lot going on and am stressing a bit. I'm prepping my house to rent it out for the summer, prepping to take the ferry to Bellingham with as much stuff as I can fit in my car. I've already mailed eleven boxes of books.

My car is making a noise I don't like and I have a 13 hour drive.

My hermitage is $45,000 more than I was expecting.

So it was nice to come in here and listen to all your chatter. I love you, you odd bunch of Morons.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:06 AM (RkOfE)

301 Hi, AK! Sorry you're stressed. Extra sorry your car is noisy (& AOP has checked out for the night)

$45k?! Yikes!

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)

302
...and hid my good Fiskars from him. (hid so well, in fact, that I *still* haven't found...)

*sigh*

Posted by: JQ

I, too, have personal goodies that I have stashed away around here ... somewhere.

I watched a video in which Richard Feynman opined that a person needs to keep fifteen difficult to solve problems in mind and, whenever that person learns something new in any field whatsoever, they need to trot out those fifteen problems one by one and ask, "Does what I just learned aid me in any way with solving this problem?" Things deemed precious but now lost can be placed on that list, I am sure!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 24, 2026 02:09 AM (xG4kz)

303 Teresa, I appreciate your positive attitude in the face of your trials. Enjoy your adventures.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:09 AM (RkOfE)

304 You just keep fighting and kicking it's ass like he did.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 24, 2026 01:19

Echoed from here Teresa, keep on fighting. You are doing a swell job of it so far. Rock on.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 24, 2026 02:10 AM (55Qr6)

305 Hey JQ!

I had a seamstress friend whose favorite gift at any time was fabric shears.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:12 AM (RkOfE)

306 My car is making a noise I don't like and I have a 13 hour drive.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:06 AM (RkOfE)

What kind of noise?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 24, 2026 02:12 AM (snZF9)

307
I watched a video in which Richard Feynman opined that a person needs to keep fifteen difficult to solve problems in mind and, whenever that person learns something new in any field whatsoever, they need to trot out those fifteen problems one by one and ask, "Does what I just learned aid me in any way with solving this problem?" Things deemed precious but now lost can be placed on that list, I am sure!
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Interesting - what are some difficult to solve problems that one could keep in mind?

One for me, is how does a hand pump for a well work?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:17 AM (RkOfE)

308 K vs C-- Mr. Feynman was brilliant. Waaaayyy above my mental capabilities! I can't keep 5 problems firmly enough in mind to solve... forget 15.

It's possible that hubby found my good Fiskars, ruined them and disposed of the evidence, knowing how absolutely LIVID I'd be upon finding out... It was years ago & before dementia stole his mind. I haven't had time to sew for a long time anyway. *shrugs*

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)

309 My car runs "rough" but not all the time. It purrs and then gets loud, kind of a grating sound, and then it will go back to purring.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:19 AM (RkOfE)

310 What did you use to sew JQ?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:22 AM (RkOfE)

311
My car is making a noise I don't like and I have a 13 hour drive.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:06 AM (RkOfE)

What kind of noise?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Is it any of these?

https://youtu.be/ocDJ8MgtE74?si=xo-3tcshJup7giwX

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 24, 2026 02:22 AM (xG4kz)

312 My car runs "rough" but not all the time. It purrs and then gets loud, kind of a grating sound, and then it will go back to purring.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Gee, I think AOP just talked about pulleys & bearings tonight...

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

313 >>What did you use to sew JQ?
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Only simple things like curtains and slip-covers. No fancy clothing like Mom used to do. And repairs, mostly.

Oh, and a couple of patchwork quilts that were amateurish at best LOL

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

314
Is it any of these?

https://youtu.be/ocDJ8MgtE74?si=xo-3tcshJup7giwX
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That was funny 😊

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:26 AM (RkOfE)

315
Gee, I think AOP just talked about pulleys & bearings tonight...

Posted by: JQ

Adds, "Why are they called 'pulleys' and not 'pushies'?" to my 15 difficult problems list.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 24, 2026 02:27 AM (xG4kz)

316 AK, you need to get that noise checked out. How old is your vehicle?

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)

317 When I was young I made a crazy quilt that I still have. The backing was an old sheet from my grandma. The crazy quilt stitching was coming undone in places so I covered the whole thing with another sheet and tied it.

Anyway, this quilt is very old and I still have it and it's been through a lot and I wonder if I should keep it to be buried in or burn it on the beach before I leave.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:31 AM (RkOfE)

318 2012 Nissan Rogue

Mechanics are always busy here. I might be able to get someone to look at it before I leave.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:34 AM (RkOfE)

319 Hubby's old car made intermittent noise, but no "check engine" light--- ran rough *sometimes* and smoothly other times. Idle would surge for a while, then steady down...

Turned out that the serpentine belt tensioner was weak. Replaced that, and the belt--- no more trouble.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)

320 My mom made my prom dress. It was amazing. Lots of talent in the older generations.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:36 AM (RkOfE)

321
I pray for nothing but the best outcome for those here afflicted with difficult to cure conditions.

My sister, who posts here but infrequently, was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple of decades ago. It was tough sledding for her for about five years and the disease went into remission (without surgery).

She's remained clear of signs that it came back since that time.

What I recall of her during that period was her being upbeat and confident that she was going to beat the disease.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 24, 2026 02:37 AM (xG4kz)

322 Awesome, K vs C! Will pray for continued good health for sis!

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)

323 Turned out that the serpentine belt tensioner was weak. Replaced that, and the belt--- no more trouble.
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That scenario would be better than the one playing in my head.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:41 AM (RkOfE)

324 Could just be time for new serpentine belt, AK. So many components depend upon it!

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 02:41 AM (rdVOm)

325 What I recall of her during that period was her being upbeat and confident that she was going to beat the disease.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

That's a nice story. Your sister would probably appreciate hearing the memories that you have of her at that time.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:45 AM (RkOfE)

326 But then... that "grating" noise... assuming it's in engine compartment, I'd guess bearings: water pump, cooling fan(s), a/c compressor, power steering pump, alternator, idler pulley... need to track down the origin!

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)

327 Adds, "Why are they called 'pulleys' and not 'pushies'?" to my 15 difficult problems list.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Because you can't push a rope.

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2026 02:47 AM (VHUov)

328 I have no idea what a serpentine belt is, but now armed with these two words, I can say to a mechanic, maybe it's the serpentine belt? 😁

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:48 AM (RkOfE)

329 >>Because you can't push a rope.

But if you get it wet and then freeze it...

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)

330 The grating usually stops when I take my foot of the gas, and then, may or may not, start up again when I push on the gas again.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 02:51 AM (RkOfE)

331 I have no idea what a serpentine belt is, but now armed with these two words, I can say to a mechanic, maybe it's the serpentine belt? 😁
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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No... The belt itself wouldn't cause the noise. I retract anything I said that would indicate *just* the belt!

Any component that is driven by that belt, could be the noise maker. And once the component is fixed-- you should also replace the belt.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

332 AK, does your car ever make the noise while just idling-- like, in the driveway or at a stop?

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)

333 >>Because you can't push a rope.

But if you get it wet and then freeze it...
Posted by: JQ

Yeah, there's one in every crowd..... 😄

But it's usually me.

Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2026 03:00 AM (VHUov)

334 I haven't noticed the sound while idling.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 03:01 AM (RkOfE)

335 The grating usually stops when I take my foot of the gas, and then, may or may not, start up again when I push on the gas again.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
-------------

OK, I'm gonna stop. You need to get the car checked out *in person* before going on any long trip.

Can't tell if it's engine, transmission, or what? by text...

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)

336
More info about serpentine belts than you'd perhaps care to know, here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentine_belt

Diagram of a serpentine belt, here:

https://tinyurl.com/TerpentineBelt

Gotta go clamber about in the family tree ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 24, 2026 03:07 AM (xG4kz)

337 Thanks for brainstorming my car problem with me.

Goodnight everyone

Peace

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 24, 2026 03:07 AM (RkOfE)

338 AK, if the noise doesn't ever happen at idle, then it's probably not a component/pulley issue. Sorry.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)

339 'Night, AK. Sorry I couldn't help.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)

340 Phooey. I should know better by now.

Can't solve things over the phone, why would it be any easier over the 'net?

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 03:14 AM (rdVOm)

341 Talkin' to meself anyhow...

Another week or two, and I can plant all those pretty flowers outdoors! Yay! Looking forward to it.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 03:18 AM (rdVOm)

342 Funny thing happened at lunch with hubby the other day-- nursing home was serving "chinese"-- egg roll, fried rice, battered shrimp, and a bowl of (?) white stuff on the side. Hubby took the packet of soy sauce & poured it onto the white stuff, then started eating his egg roll..

I asked attendant "what's in the bowl?" and she said "tapioca pudding" LOL, okay, so I told her what happened and she winced, then brought another bowl of tapioca.

Hubby ate it all. ALL!

We had a good chuckle, though it's so sad really. As long as he enjoyed it... I guess? Haha.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)

343 JQ that is gross, but funny

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2026 03:37 AM (Ia/+0)

344 Hi, Skip! Yeah, I don't care for tapioca anyway but... soy sauce? LOL

Hubs said he liked the *with soy* better than the one *without* fwiw...

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 03:40 AM (rdVOm)

345 JQ, was he ever by any chance in the military? My dad was, and he has always done weird things with food.

Well, he's done lots of things: grew up on a farm, played football in high school, then the Marines, transferred to the Air Force and learned to fly, became a hippie and perma-student at San Francisco State, met my mom, hurried up and graduated, cut his hair and went to work for IBM and learned computers, and so on.

But I think that the Marines broke his taste buds.

Posted by: SciVo at April 24, 2026 03:47 AM (Sy6m/)

346 I'll be making beer-brats with onion for cookout tomorrow. Onions come out tasting rather like sauerkraut, imo, and it's pretty good.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 03:48 AM (rdVOm)

347 Hahaha, SciVo! Great story!

No, hubs missed the draft (whew!). He's just in mid-stage dementia. I think he thought the tapioca was mashed potatoes and the soy sauce packet was brown gravy? He mumbled something about "potato sauce" and that he liked it.

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

348 345 JQ, was he ever by any chance in the military? My dad was, and he has always done weird things with food.

Well, he's done lots of things: grew up on a farm, played football in high school, then the Marines, transferred to the Air Force and learned to fly, became a hippie and perma-student at San Francisco State, met my mom, hurried up and graduated, cut his hair and went to work for IBM and learned computers, and so on.

But I think that the Marines broke his taste buds.
Posted by: SciVo at April 24, 2026 03:47 AM (Sy6m/)

A pretty neat Dad-biography!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 04:02 AM (8NTVk)

349 'Night, all. See ya at Club ONT!

Posted by: JQ at April 24, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

350 Someone is late again. Must be another meeting. Or not?

Posted by: clarence at April 24, 2026 04:38 AM (nD5wh)

351 Wombats have closed in on Pixy and he had to flee into the outback. Good luck, Pixy!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 24, 2026 04:41 AM (EweRc)

352 Push the button, Max!

Posted by: clarence at April 24, 2026 04:41 AM (nD5wh)

353 HALP us, Pixy! You're our only hope!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 04:43 AM (8NTVk)

354 Pixy's up at https://ai.mee.nu

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 04:44 AM (8NTVk)

355 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 04:45 AM (8NTVk)

Found Family Cafe

Kyoto
@da_frames

You know those Mouse commercials from Japan? The "idol" group featured there is called Nogizaka46, and they've done a lot of commercials. It's amazing -- they're obviously alluring, and yet they're not presenting themselves as America pop princesses do, like they're, what's the word, Dirty Trash Scabcrotch Dirthookers.

Hugs are better than drugs. Do you hear that, JackStraw?

Healthy at any size.

Nibbles McGee.

Cats: We sleep in all sorts of alarming positions. Babies: Hold our beer.

Probably AI but you got me.

Changing seasons on the snap.

Puppy and baby grow up together.

Hooboy, those truck emergency turn-off lanes are not just there for show.

Please don�t stop.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/1v1TaHTw1w
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 23, 2026

Dog loves to play with a ball.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/AnmWsMS7f5
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 23, 2026

How a German Shepherd helped a rescued, scared kitten feel loved again. ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/A3L5rU0m5t
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) April 23, 2026

Wherever you feel you belong, that's your family. 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/7eQpxqudFP
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) April 23, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:46 PM

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1 Time warp?

Posted by: Kratwurst at April 23, 2026 07:46 PM (9gKa/)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Woo-Hoo … FURST!

Posted by: Dr_No at April 23, 2026 07:46 PM (ayRl+)

4 Owls are cool.

Not as cute and loveable as sea otters, but they are pretty awesome.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 07:47 PM (8nL0V)

5 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 23, 2026 07:47 PM (LdBR/)

6 Nooded

Posted by: Kratwurst at April 23, 2026 07:48 PM (9gKa/)

7 The NFL draft has begun

punk-looking chick singing the Anthem- long version- at this pace she'll need about 7 minutes

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 07:49 PM (ZxPkt)

8 Looks like it could be Ponto-cho in Kyoto. Great area. One of my all-time best meals there.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 07:49 PM (U/Byj)

9 Hugs are better than drugs. Do you hear that, JackStraw?
________
But I didn't see anyone hugging a salmon.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 07:50 PM (AlhUl)

10 Wherever you feel you belong, that's your family.

Cats will do anything to for a warm spot. I've read that a cat's "chosen one" in the house, the one whose lap they're always jumping into, is simply the person who radiates the most body heat, which cats can sense.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 07:50 PM (gtcuf)

11 Ace, God luv ya, your previous thread's Freddy Mercury Richard Gere Hamster Brooks Brother Rod Stewart stomach pump, etc., commentary compelled me to hit the tip jar. You maniac. Don't ever stop.

Posted by: goatexchange at April 23, 2026 07:52 PM (hyS0X)

12 How can the cafe be up when I'm not done reading Quick Hits?Slow down, Ace, I can't keep up!

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 07:53 PM (nz1sK)

13 dirthooker sounds like an oilwell worker.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2026 07:53 PM (diia5)

14 Thank you, Mr. O'Spades!

That German Shepard is how President Obama made all us kittens feel!

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro, VT at April 23, 2026 07:54 PM (wEV9z)

15

Our Shih Tzu sleeps with us.

Our Chigi who spent most of her early life in a shelter will only sleep in her crate.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 07:55 PM (3ek7K)

16 Those lil smooshed up babies are in the position they were in while in the womb.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 07:55 PM (hftzA)

17 16. Well that was a clunky sentence! Ha!

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 07:56 PM (hftzA)

18 You know those Mouse commercials from Japan? The "idol" group featured there is called Nogizaka46, and they've done a lot of commercials. It's amazing -- they're obviously alluring, and yet they're not presenting themselves as America pop princesses do, like they're, what's the word, Dirty Trash Scabcrotch Dirthookers.

They're contractually required to present themselves as exactly the opposite, usually. If the paparazzi ever photos an "Idol" on a date with someone, their career is over. They "graduate" from their idol group and maybe move on to a "normal" music career. Or they just vanish from the public eye and become a housewife.

That's the starting premise of the anime "Oshi No Ko." An idol gets pregnant, and has to go into hiding for several months (from when she starts "showing"), and then has to raise her children in secret.

And then it gets worse.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 07:56 PM (VHUov)

19 Costs a bunch to use those 'stop ramps'!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2026 07:56 PM (YBtcQ)

20 Brody was a huge help with the last two bottle baby kittens. He would lick them as a mother cat would do after every feeding.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 07:57 PM (DIbRX)

21 Wherever you feel you belong, that's your family.

==

that is frigging AI!! That cat is dinner! with so many chicks...dinner! That is not raptor behavior, to snuggle up to cats!! that is the most ridiculous thing I saw this week!

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 07:57 PM (GD0B3)

22 they're obviously alluring, and yet they're not presenting themselves as America pop princesses do, like they're, what's the word, Dirty Trash Scabcrotch Dirthookers.
-ace

So you've noticed Sabrina Carpenter?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 07:57 PM (zZu0s)

23 FBI investigating soldier who participated in Maduro raid making $400K off a $30K bet on Polymarket that Maduro would be removed from power.

Insider trading on top secret operations to detain heads of state.

What a time to be alive.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 07:58 PM (U/Byj)

24 I remember the cats sleeping often looked like they were dreaming of running

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 07:58 PM (Ia/+0)

25 The owl(s) and the pussy cat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 07:58 PM (Cqx++)

26 Reef has been scratching up a storm. Benadryl did not help, so bath. He fought at first but then he settled down.

Thank God the bathroom is tile.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:00 PM (zZu0s)

27 The Good, the Bad, and the Furry.

https://tinyurl.com/bdhcm54p

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 08:00 PM (ndZc7)

28 The owl(s) and the pussy cat.

==
fake news, fake poem

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:00 PM (GD0B3)

29 Insider trading on top secret operations to detain heads of state.

What a time to be alive.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 07:58 PM (U/Byj)

Oh, man. Insider trading is bad, but I want this guy to get a pass.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 23, 2026 08:00 PM (zYpTz)

30 Continued from an earlier thread, more muggle singles from the early Twentieth Century:

"I'm Gonna Get High"
youtube.com/watch?v=Sls5ixhK_AU
"Save the Roach for Me"
youtube.com/watch?v=RKqWniRoR54
"Light Up"
youtube.com/watch?v=XOU8KxGdhzM

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 08:00 PM (N8ZBc)

31 Oh, man. Insider trading is bad, but I want this guy to get a pass.

==

huh, I want him to hang...

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:01 PM (GD0B3)

32 Willowed from previous thread.
276 Closed casket? Of course we'll put you into your fine new suit.
Posted by: Undertakers doing some taking at April 23, 2026 07:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

For an hour.
Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 07:53 PM (LHPAg)

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

33 FBI investigating soldier who participated in Maduro raid making $400K off a $30K bet on Polymarket that Maduro would be removed from power.

Insider trading on top secret operations to detain heads of state.

What a time to be alive.
Posted by: rhomboid

Today, on "You Bet Your Life....."

Posted by: zombie Groucho Marx at April 23, 2026 08:02 PM (VHUov)

34 80%. Dare we hope???

Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Custodial Engineers at April 23, 2026 08:02 PM (0sNs1)

35 I remember the cats sleeping often looked like they were dreaming of running
Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 07:58 PM (Ia/+0)

Ajax would do that. All four paws would twitch, then his mouth would start twitching. I'd say 'caught that squirrel, huh?'

He actually had one cold once. Took off luke a bolt, the squirrel did not see him. Ajax pulled up and let him get away.

He was a good boy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:02 PM (zZu0s)

36 Eromero, continued prayers for you both.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 08:02 PM (DIbRX)

37 Aww...smol bunneh.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 08:03 PM (Wnv9h)

38 FBI investigating soldier who participated in Maduro raid making $400K off a $30K bet on Polymarket that Maduro would be removed from power.

Insider trading on top secret operations to detain heads of state.

What a time to be alive.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 07:58 PM (U/Byj)

My biggest concern is the potential for a disastrous security breach. Defrauding a scummy online casino by betting on what you know to be a sure thing? meh

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 08:04 PM (utfVc)

39 that is frigging AI!! That cat is dinner! with so many chicks...dinner! That is not raptor behavior, to snuggle up to cats!! that is the most ridiculous thing I saw this week!
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 07:57 PM (GD0B3)

I agree, but that mama owl would have eviscerated the cat forthwith. Birds are scary as fuck-all.

The owls are not what they seem.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at April 23, 2026 08:05 PM (0aYVJ)

40 Time warp?
Posted by: Kratwurst at April 23, 2026 07:46 PM

Again?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 08:05 PM (Wnv9h)

41 38 Concur.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 08:06 PM (N8ZBc)

42
punk-looking chick singing the Anthem- long version- at this pace she'll need about 7 minutes
Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 07:49 PM (ZxPkt)

___________

I hate singers who make the National Anthem a blank canvas for their "artistry". Jim Cornelison. Robert Merrill. Those should be the models for how to sing it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 08:06 PM (tgvbd)

43 No Asian Jumping Worm Cafe? 😉

Like the top photograph of Kyoto, Japan. 👍

Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 08:08 PM (NFX2v)

44 Breaking News: Boston Red Sox fans (and you know who you are) are extremely upset after discovering that the souvenir stands are also selling New York Yankees-branded merchandise, and are calling for sanctions against Red Sox owner John Henry.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at April 23, 2026 08:08 PM (0sNs1)

45 Hadrian. Hear Hear.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 08:08 PM (DIbRX)

46 The Anthem can be properly sung in less that 60 seconds

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 08:09 PM (ZxPkt)

47 Birds are dinosaurs, direct line. They are the only dinosaurs that survived the [whatever happened 60 million years ago, the science is not settled]. You can clearly see it in raptors. Eagles, hawks.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:10 PM (GD0B3)

48 Time warp?
Posted by: Kratwurst at April 23, 2026 07:46 PM

Again?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 08:05 PM

It's just a jump to the left.

Posted by: The Criminologist at April 23, 2026 08:11 PM (0sNs1)

49
Roger Doucet singing O Canada

https://youtu.be/g-IQQwWNuvc

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 08:11 PM (tgvbd)

50 Huge boos for Roger Goodell in Pittsburgh.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 23, 2026 08:11 PM (CNl8/)

51
Hugs are better than drugs.

That's a base calumny! You'll be hearing from our lawyers!

-- members of Amalgamated Coke Salmon Workers Local 268

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 08:11 PM (xG4kz)

52 Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 08:00 PM (N8ZBc)

Years ago, I picked up Larry "Ratso" Sloman's book "Reefer Madness: The History of Marijuana in America" at a used bookstore. Has a long section on muggles songs with lyrical excerpts.

I kept saying "oh that can't be real" and then I'd find it on youtube and it was real.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:11 PM (gtcuf)

53 52 Yeah, there are dozens of them on YT, so I'll stop now.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 08:12 PM (N8ZBc)

54 Everyone's know Mendoza's going to be a Raidah since at least February. Just get on with it.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:12 PM (gtcuf)

55
And Kate Smith singing God Bless America

https://youtu.be/6pZ1brENIjw

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 08:13 PM (tgvbd)

56 The Anthem can be properly sung in less that 60 seconds
Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 08:09 PM (ZxPkt)

So, it's like sex then?

Posted by: First! at April 23, 2026 08:14 PM (wVcYX)

57 "The Anthem can be properly sung in less that 60 seconds"

Three verses makes it a challenge.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 08:14 PM (N8ZBc)

58
Three verses makes it a challenge.
Posted by: gp

_________

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
⁠Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
⁠As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 08:17 PM (tgvbd)

59 Through a strange accident of fate about two years ago, I've found myself enjoying kpop more than I ever thought I could, and it's partly because some of the songs are jams, and partly because the girls are distinctly feminine. And so unlike the vile bs trash they have turned pop American women into.

The "hip hop" vibe (ahem) has attempted infiltrate and colonize it of course - lots of dirty trash ghetto girlboss stuff making its way in. But this one's good and they are talented dancers.

https://tinyurl.com/mpvj6wst

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:17 PM (vE0+H)

60 Oh, the peasants are complaining? Sorry I can't hear them in my sealed booth which they can't afford, being peasants.
[snooty aristocrat gif from Twilight here]

Posted by: Roger G at April 23, 2026 08:17 PM (gKWVE)

61 >>>11 Ace, God luv ya, your previous thread's Freddy Mercury Richard Gere Hamster Brooks Brother Rod Stewart stomach pump, etc., commentary compelled me to hit the tip jar. You maniac. Don't ever stop.

thanks man! I was hoping that would have gone over better. Pearls before swine &c.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 08:17 PM (1wjle)

62 55
And Kate Smith singing God Bless America

https://youtu.be/6pZ1brENIjw
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

👍 A mainstay in Philly for years. However, in April 2019, the Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) and the New York Yankees (MLB) stopped playing Kate Smith’s famous rendition of “God Bless America” to align with modern inclusion values.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 08:17 PM (NFX2v)

63 The Anthem can be properly sung in less that 60 seconds
Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 08:09 PM (ZxPkt)

So, it's like sex then?
Posted by: First! at April 23, 2026 08:14 PM

That includes the time to fall asleep, right?

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at April 23, 2026 08:18 PM (0sNs1)

64 "The "hip hop" vibe (ahem) has attempted infiltrate and colonize it of course - lots of dirty trash ghetto girlboss stuff making its way in."

That's what ruined Bollywood content for me.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 08:18 PM (N8ZBc)

65
Piss on "modern inclusion values".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 08:18 PM (tgvbd)

66 Many Philadelphiaians were not happy that next day

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)

67 >>So you've noticed Sabrina Carpenter?

that's who I was thinking of. But Katy Perry too.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 08:19 PM (1wjle)

68 Sometimes the salmon hugs you first

Posted by: Ruby Rose at April 23, 2026 08:19 PM (gKWVE)

69 Ace, God luv ya, your previous thread's Freddy Mercury Richard Gere Hamster Brooks Brother Rod Stewart stomach pump, etc., commentary compelled me to hit the tip jar. You maniac. Don't ever stop.
------------------

WAIT WHAT DID I MISS

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:20 PM (vE0+H)

70 WAIT WHAT DID I MISS
Posted by: ...

One of the Quick Hits.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 08:21 PM (VHUov)

71 thanks man! I was hoping that would have gone over better. Pearls before swine &c.
Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 08:17 PM

That post got forwarded. I'm still laughing at it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 08:22 PM (Wnv9h)

72 65
Piss on "modern inclusion values".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

66 Many Philadelphians were not happy that next day
Posted by: Skip

Indeed. But the politicians never cared what everyone thought then, and now they care even less.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 08:22 PM (NFX2v)

73 the girls are distinctly feminine. And so unlike the vile bs trash they have turned pop American women into.

-
Two kinds of women. Price beyond rubies and price below dog shit.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 08:22 PM (ndZc7)

74 Oh, say can you sing from the start to the end
What so proudly you stand for with orchestras playing?
While the whole congregation with voices that blend
Strike the grand hym and then torture and slay it?
Tis the Star Bangled Banner they're trying to sing
But they don't know the words to the precious old thing.
How they bellow and shout when they're first starting out,
But the dawn's early light finds them floundering about.
Tis a thin line of heroes that manage to save
the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Posted by: Wenda at April 23, 2026 08:23 PM (JwoD2)

75 Ace you're a funny fuck. On fire this last few weeks - since you were sick? Did you get some kind of vaccine? Did they finally inject you with a sense of humor? What will they think of next...

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:23 PM (vE0+H)

76 "DOJ: U.S. soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke charged with using classified information to win $400K+ betting on Nicolás Maduro’s removal; faces up to 60 years in prison, prosecutors seeking to seize proceeds

good

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:24 PM (GD0B3)

77
That German Shepherd has earned "Whoza good dog?" for life.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 08:24 PM (xG4kz)

78 >>>Like the top photograph of Kyoto, Japan. 👍

thanks, it's a good one

i dont know what the asian jumping worm is

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 08:24 PM (1wjle)

79 that's who I was thinking of. But Katy Perry too.
Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 08:19 PM (1wjle)

I wondered if Ruby was thinking of all the passengers Perry's mish had had by that point when she was getting face humped?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:25 PM (zZu0s)

80 i dont know what the asian jumping worm is

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 08:24 PM (1wjle)

You see, when an asian worm and a jumping worm love each other very much....

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:26 PM (vE0+H)

81 Ace you're a funny fuck. On fire this last few weeks - since you were sick? Did you get some kind of vaccine? Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:23 PM

Varnish fumes. The next big thing.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 08:26 PM (0sNs1)

82 Two kinds of women. Price beyond rubies and price below dog shit.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 08:22 PM

*looks around the Peoples' Republic*

Well...f*ck.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 08:27 PM (Wnv9h)

83 U.S. soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke charged with using classified information to win $400K+ betting on Nicolás Maduro’s removal

-
Oh, Rob!
- Laura

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 08:27 PM (ndZc7)

84 The Official Unofficial AOSHQ Mascot had a spa day today. He was blowing his coat so the groomer helped him finish out his shed. He is shiny and clean in his summer outfit.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 08:27 PM (pZEOD)

85 Cats: We sleep in all sorts of alarming positions.

Well, cats are a liquid.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 08:29 PM (VHUov)

86 >>WAIT WHAT DID I MISS

ace has the hots for Eric Schmidt.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 08:29 PM (viF8m)

87 78. i dont know what the asian jumping worm is
Posted by: ace

J.J.'s Morning Report - (In part) Aside from Democrats, speaking of invasive parasitic worms that destroy everything in their path:

A destructive, fast-moving invader is wriggling its way into yards across the US, and officials say Californians should be on alert. Agriculture authorities are sounding the alarm over the Asian jumping worm, a highly invasive species that’s already been spotted in multiple states, including the Golden State. . . The worms are easy to spot, and hard to forget.

But babies, dogs, cats, etc. Cafes are always a delight & a very good end of the day.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 08:29 PM (NFX2v)

88 He is shiny and clean in his summer outfit.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 08:27 PM (pZEOD)

His summer outfit?

Oh, no. Soup is gay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:29 PM (zZu0s)

89 I'm not kidding but the sexual assault woman running for Congress - isn't that a resume enhancer for those who conspire to be our betters?

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:30 PM (vE0+H)

90 I wondered if Ruby was thinking of all the passengers Perry's mish had had by that point when she was getting face humped?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

That was a big thing in GenX when The Eighties Disease was makin' the rounds.
Something like "You're a good girl. You'd never be intimate with a whole city. You think you're being intimate with one person. That one person had twelve partners before you. Each of them had twelve partners. Do the math and use protection."

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 08:30 PM (gKWVE)

91 ace has the hots for Eric Schmidt.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 08:29 PM (viF8m)

I guess thats less invasive than Kurt Eichenwald. Or Cenk.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)

92 Healthy at any size.

Attack of the 50' Woman, guinea pig edition.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 08:31 PM (VHUov)

93
He is shiny and clean in his summer outfit.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 08:27 PM (pZEOD)

___________

He'll be much happier and more comfortable in his summer coat. I know Dan and Sonny perked up after their bath and blow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 08:32 PM (tgvbd)

94 Way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 08:32 PM (Ia/+0)

95 His summer outfit?

Oh, no. Soup is gay.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April

Gasp! He is not! He is amazingly manly and handsome in a dog that looks like a stuffed animal kind of way!

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 08:32 PM (pZEOD)

96 I guess thats less invasive than Kurt Eichenwald. Or Cenk.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)

No one tell Eichenwald about the asian jumping worm.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:32 PM (vE0+H)

97 Appropriate that the Star Spangled Banner music was from a well known pub song.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 08:33 PM (kxLc1)

98 This is interesting:

Texas voter IDs are integers. Whole numbers. No decimals, ever. The Bexar County primary poll book contained 4,110 IDs like this:

1,253,115,467.79993

That alone proves something fishy. But the math goes further — and it’s airtight.

When those 4,110 records are sorted in order, the spacing between every consecutive pair is 22,084.82189 — the same non-integer value, repeating 4,109 times.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 08:33 PM (0U5gm)

99 Probably best to warn the worms about Kurt Eichenwald.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 08:33 PM (gKWVE)

100 What technology do you believe already exists but "they" haven't told us about (and is still a secret)...?

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:33 PM (vE0+H)

101 The Owl and the Pussycat is a lovely poem.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 08:34 PM (A5RD0)

102 41 hundred seems like small potatoes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:34 PM (zZu0s)

103 98 This is interesting:

Texas voter IDs are integers. Whole numbers. No decimals, ever. The Bexar County primary poll book contained 4,110 IDs like this:

1,253,115,467.79993

That alone proves something fishy. But the math goes further — and it’s airtight.

When those 4,110 records are sorted in order, the spacing between every consecutive pair is 22,084.82189 — the same non-integer value, repeating 4,109 times.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 08:33 PM (0U5gm)
That's some sick cheating maths right there.

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 08:35 PM (LHPAg)

104 More on Bexar County - San Antonio:

Every one of these fractional IDs was created after polls closed — and we can prove it from the IDs themselves. The gap value of 22,084.82189 was derived from the alphabetical positions of specific voters within the completed check-in list. Those positions cannot be known until every voter has checked in and the full list is in hand. The fractional IDs could not have existed before the genuine list existed. They are timestamped by their own construction.

The records were not random fabrications. Each was anchored to a real registered voter. 735 real people each had 5 or 6 synthetic duplicates generated in their name — up to 4,110 fraudulent ballot opportunities in a single county primary, executed by someone with back-end write access to the poll book system.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 08:35 PM (0U5gm)

105 I'm no Katy Perry fan but it's ridiculous to file a police report for getting tea bagged over a decade ago.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 08:35 PM (kxLc1)

106 ratched, quality Learing there

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 08:35 PM (gKWVE)

107 Huh. Why did we move away from paper ballots again? And the old die bold cuchunk machines?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:36 PM (zZu0s)

108 The babies sleeping in weird positions reminds me of Pooky and Pookette. When she was three months old, she conked out in his lap (as she often did), and he did too. They twitched the *exact* same way at the *exact* same time. She's also adopted all his weird sleeping positions, like the one where he's on his back with his right ankle propped up on his left knee. It's utterly uncanny.

Posted by: pookysgirl sleeps like a normal adult at April 23, 2026 08:37 PM (Wt5PA)

109 I know Dan and Sonny perked up after their bath and blow.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Don't we all?

Posted by: somebody had to say it at April 23, 2026 08:37 PM (VHUov)

110 107 Huh. Why did we move away from paper ballots again? And the old die bold cuchunk machines?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:36 PM (zZu0s)
One man, one vote was too honest.

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 08:38 PM (LHPAg)

111 only problem with Owl and Pussycat is that kitties' taste buds do not register sweetness. so they disdain honey.
Contrast... my dog 20 years ago or so, who would scarf down all the chocolate she could get. Actually built a tolerance for it.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE)

112 Art @ Zarkfiles provided that information on San Antonio to Ken Paxton's office.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 08:39 PM (0U5gm)

113 "DOJ: U.S. soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke charged with using classified information to win $400K+ betting on Nicolás Maduro’s removal; faces up to 60 years in prison, prosecutors seeking to seize proceeds

They should ding him for taxes too.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 23, 2026 08:40 PM (W5mpo)

114

Lots of guys perk up after they are blown.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 08:42 PM (3ek7K)

115

Lots of guys perk up after they are blown.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 08:42 PM (3ek7K)

116 Here is an informative article about the Texas voting thing. I found a bunch of crap and one very long obviously chatgpt generated article about this but this one to my untrained eye appears to contain actual information, and is VERY interesting:

http://alturl.com/yanu6

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:42 PM (vE0+H)

117 You said getting blown twice.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 08:42 PM (gKWVE)

118 The key:

"The injection mechanism is elegant and deliberately concealed. Poll pad systems suppress decimal display for voter ID fields because no legitimate ID has a fractional component, so poll workers would have seen the synthetic records displayed as ordinary integers, indistinguishable from real ones. Each of the 4,110 records would have generated a ballot. Once cast, those ballots are anonymous and irretrievable. The fractional component also functions as a precise deletion key: a single database query filtering for non-integer State IDs would return exactly these records and no others, leaving the permanent voter roll showing 735 legitimate voters who each voted once — with no surviving trace of the fraud.

That deletion appears to have occurred. On or before February 25, 2026, all 14 CSV files in the Bexar County early voting dataset were simultaneously replaced in a synchronized 78-second automated batch operation. All 14 files are now clean. The original injected file survives only because it was captured and distributed to precinct chairs on February 19, before the cleanup."

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:44 PM (vE0+H)

119
Yes I did. Internet here is wonky.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 08:44 PM (3ek7K)

120 I like getting blown.

Posted by: Blazing Saddles at April 23, 2026 08:46 PM (2Ez/1)

121

We've been blown two days in a row here in SW Wyoming.

The wind has been awful.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 08:47 PM (3ek7K)

122
2nd period
Carolina, 1 - Ottawa, 0

I cannot sufficiently emphasize the importance to national security of eliminating all Canadian teams as soon as possible.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 08:47 PM (tgvbd)

123 Well, let's play chess.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:48 PM (zZu0s)

124
The owl and the pussycat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat.
They took some honey
And plenty of money
Wrapped up in a five pound note.

Posted by: From the days of my misspent yute at April 23, 2026 08:49 PM (2Ez/1)

125 First thing Andy Cuomo did was get rid of New York’s mechanical lever voting machines. State got bluer every election.

Posted by: Accomack at April 23, 2026 08:50 PM (8jVAy)

126 Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:44 PM (vE0+H)

I wonder if this affected Brandon Herrera's primary. He got to a runoff position, but it looked like Tony Gonzales was going to put up a fight. Then the story of the suicide of Tony's staffer took off, and Tony wound up resigning. Which screwed over the voters, because there's probably not going to be a special election and therefore they're without representation for seven months.

Posted by: pookysgirl, thankful for the tornado watch expiring at April 23, 2026 08:51 PM (Wt5PA)

127 I want to propose to President Trump that I travel to Iran and meet with the Gayatollah.

I think we could resolve all the issues by comparing Oral Techniques...

Cackle ............... Cackle ............ Cackle.......

Posted by: Kami Harris at April 23, 2026 08:51 PM (38587)

128 110 107 Huh. Why did we move away from paper ballots again? And the old die bold cuchunk machines?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:36 PM (zZu0s)
One man, one vote was too honest.
Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 08:38 PM (LHPAg)

I voted on a paper ballot. Granted, it was printed from a machine but it produced a paper ballot.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 08:52 PM (T6aVk)

129 Oh, a side note:

Johnny Somali decided to appeal. Plus the prosecutor is also appealing for a tougher sentence. So he is not going to the fun, happy work prison, but a more... pound me in the ass prison.

Is it wrong to be happy about others stupidity?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:52 PM (zZu0s)

130

pookysgirl,

I am praying for you. May God bless you with another child.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 08:53 PM (3ek7K)

131 Johnny Somali decided to appeal. Plus the prosecutor is also appealing for a tougher sentence

The peepee, it will be whacked.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 08:53 PM (gKWVE)

132 I voted on a paper ballot. Granted, it was printed from a machine but it produced a paper ballot.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 08:52 PM (T6aVk)
I voted for Richard Nixon that way in 72.

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 08:54 PM (LHPAg)

133 Kentucky uses paper ballots. But they are scanned in. But we also have voter ID.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:55 PM (zZu0s)

134 Posted by: pookysgirl, thankful for the tornado watch expiring at April 23, 2026 08:51 PM (Wt5PA)

Legit suicide, or....

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:55 PM (vE0+H)

135 Sadly, I missed the last thread with this report NEWS YOU CAN USE: Salmon given cocaine work harder than those without cocaine, according to researchers at the University of No Fuckin' Duh, Chester.

But I've stumbled across a YouTube channel with interesting science experiments that might interest some of you:

For example, this guy tested plant intelligence, memory and decision-making, which seems to exist, and is diminished when the plant is anesthesized. https://tinyurl.com/4uxz9ms2

Or this little kid's experiments with caterpillars, showing they retain memories after metamorphosizing into butterflies, which had been assumed not to be the case. https://tinyurl.com/2fyyskxn

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 23, 2026 08:56 PM (ycI94)

136 Iirc, she set herself on fire.

She was married...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)

137 Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 08:53 PM (3ek7K)

Aww, thank you! Prayers are always appreciated. I did my retest of HcG yesterday and the number was so high that people are asking me if there's more than one baby in there. We'll see! #twoweeks

Posted by: pookysgirl will take whatever God gives her at April 23, 2026 08:58 PM (Wt5PA)

138 huh, I want him to hang...
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:01 PM (GD0B3)

My biggest concern is the potential for a disastrous security breach. Defrauding a scummy online casino by betting on what you know to be a sure thing? meh
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 08:04 PM (utfVc)

You guys are right, of course. Sometimes I don't think things through.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 23, 2026 08:58 PM (zYpTz)

139

Children are awesome. Well, some days, lol.

I've been following your story and you and Pooky are awesome parents and may God bless you both with more children.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 09:00 PM (3ek7K)

140 98 This is interesting:

Texas voter IDs are integers. Whole numbers. No decimals, ever. The Bexar County primary poll book contained 4,110 IDs like this:

1,253,115,467.79993

That alone proves something fishy. But the math goes further — and it’s airtight.

When those 4,110 records are sorted in order, the spacing between every consecutive pair is 22,084.82189 — the same non-integer value, repeating 4,109 times.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 08:33 PM (0U5gm)
That's some sick cheating maths right there.
Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 08:35 PM (LHPAg)

I don't truly understand this but it makes me mad and I think it's legit proof of something very fishy. Gov. Abbott and Dan Patrick and others will probably understand it better than I and will do something about it.

Posted by: LASue at April 23, 2026 09:01 PM (lCppi)

141 For example, this guy tested plant intelligence, memory and decision-making, which seems to exist, and is diminished when the plant is anesthesized. https://tinyurl.com/4uxz9ms2
---------------

Whether true or not it's still funny because this has long been my argument to all these "political" vegetarians.

"What happens to a plant when you pull it out of the ground? It DIES."

Your plants were once ALIVE, dumbshit. You are a killer.

SALAD IS MURDER.

Although I'm usually a little more intellectual about it. A bit less aggressive too because I'm actually a real teddy bear.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 09:02 PM (vE0+H)

142 “Storage Wars” star Darrell Sheets reportedly died Wednesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 09:05 PM (O7XEN)

143 Real or AI? A guy tames a wild Manul cat. Hard to believe.
youtube.com/watch?v=A8w4-5D6M6k

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 09:12 PM (N8ZBc)

144 Paper ballots (serial numbered, unique, all accounted for, including unvoted ones). In-person voting except for very rigorously verified absentee. One day. No electronics in tabulation. No electronics, period. Hand count or electro-mechanical (like the FL machines that perfectly accurately counted the 2000 presidential votes, the first time).

No "curing" of ballots (FFS, what an idiotic idea, incredible it ever existed). Voters who can't properly fill out a paper ballot don't deserve their vote to be counted. Obviously.

We're done. Oh - total transparency, in this internet and electronics can be useful. All polling places, all tabulation operations, on webcams open to all. Emails from precincts/districts/counties, whatever, related to actual vote tabulations are public, posted on a website when they're sent.

This (apart from the webcam part) will allow the US to *catch up* with 95% of the world where real elections take place. Currently we have a system less secure, and less deserving of confidence, than all but the worst/diciest 3rd wold s**tholes.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 09:14 PM (U/Byj)

145 SALAD IS MURDER.

Although I'm usually a little more intellectual about it. A bit less aggressive too because I'm actually a real teddy bear.
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 09:02 PM (vE0+H)

https://youtu.be/KmK0bZl4ILM

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 09:20 PM (utfVc)

146 If your day was kinda crappy, it probably wasn't this crappy

@Breaking911 1h
WATCH: Spanish paratroopers accidentally destroyed a €600,000 armored vehicle during a training exercise when a rigging failure caused it to fall from the aircraft during an airdrop.
x.com/Breaking911/status/2047470082125680819

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2026 09:20 PM (diia5)

147 pookysgirl will take whatever God gives her

Rooting for you, Pookysgirl.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 09:22 PM (nz1sK)

148 "destroyed a €600,000 armored vehicle"

Pffft. How good could the armor have been if all you have to do to destroy it is to drop it from an aircraft? #armorbetter

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 09:23 PM (N8ZBc)

149 I expect the Spanish paratroopers to be wearing fly suits and be chased by a giant flyswatter.
While shouting “Ay Caramba!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 09:23 PM (yGkmH)

150 It makes you start to wonder how much tinkering with the primary vote these cocksuckers do.

It seems like a no trainer, so there has to be some reason they are trying to kill it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 09:24 PM (zZu0s)

151 x.com/Breaking911/status/2047470082125680819
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2026 09:20 PM (diia5)

Blowed up real good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 09:24 PM (utfVc)

152

youtube.com/watch?v=LSYGIljR6sQ

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 09:25 PM (LA6Ib)

153 Trump is hinting that there was something very interesting on that Iranian freighter that was seized on Monday, something more than just chemicals. He just smiled when asked what it was.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 09:25 PM (yGkmH)

154 Evenin’. All.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:26 PM (77rzZ)

155
Spanish paratroopers accidentally destroyed a €600,000 armored vehicle during a training exercise when a rigging failure caused it to fall from the aircraft during an airdrop.

_________

Slightly dented. Sold as is. No warranty.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 09:26 PM (tgvbd)

156 Rig an Osprey with one of those big junkyard electromagnets, fly out, nab an 'armored' vehicle, proceed to see how good it floats.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 09:27 PM (N8ZBc)

157

Bulg,

Did you have a good day??

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 09:27 PM (3ek7K)

158 "He just smiled when asked what it was."

Forty thousand kilos of MSG. Heartburn precursor chemical.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 09:28 PM (N8ZBc)

159 153>>>Trump is hinting that there was something very interesting on that Iranian freighter that was seized on Monday, something more than just chemicals. He just smiled when asked what it was.

Was it Jeffery Epstein?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 09:28 PM (nz1sK)

160 Aliens?

I bet it was aliens.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 09:30 PM (zZu0s)

161 157. Heh. I went to my leading center to shadow one of the SAT prep tutors, but the student ended up not showing up. So I rescheduled my shadowing for Sunday morning.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:30 PM (77rzZ)

162 'Evidence that will lead to the arrest and conviction of Hillary Clinton.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 09:31 PM (zZu0s)

163

I saw something today about Epstein. Some asshat said Epstein is still alive.

Who knows.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 09:31 PM (3ek7K)

164 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 09:24 PM (zZu0s)

I've been pretty certain that many of the Repubs have been "rigged" into office through dirty primaries. It was the only thing that made sense as to why they all kept shtum after the very obvious lift in 2020 as the D's set about burning us down. There was NO reason for a single R cocksucker to even show up to office one time, yet they all carried on, most of them business as usual.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 09:31 PM (vE0+H)

165 157 So, to answer your question, I did have a good day, because I got out of the house.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:32 PM (77rzZ)

166 Slightly dented. Sold as is. No warranty.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Bring a giant spatula.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2026 09:32 PM (diia5)

167 Watching the NFL draft. Noticing how many of the 1st rounders are 1)taking a knee and pointing to heaven, 2)crossing themselves, and 3)even offering "glory to God" in the interview.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at April 23, 2026 09:33 PM (7kJyR)

168

Bulg,

I hope the job works out well for you. You are a fount of history and it needs to be shared.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 09:34 PM (3ek7K)

169 167 I find the mixing of athletics and religion extremely distasteful.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:35 PM (77rzZ)

170 If your day was kinda crappy, it probably wasn't this crappy

@Breaking911 1h
WATCH: Spanish paratroopers accidentally destroyed a €600,000 armored vehicle during a training exercise when a rigging failure caused it to fall from the aircraft during an airdrop.
x.com/Breaking911/status/2047470082125680819

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2026 09:20 PM (diia5)

A friend of mine was in the 82nd airborne in the very late 70s to earlier 80's. He was telling about the base he was stationed at. He said all the air drop fuckups were parked along the side of the road heading into the base entrance. I don't remember the name of the base.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 09:35 PM (snZF9)

171 62 55
And Kate Smith singing God Bless America

https://youtu.be/6pZ1brENIjw
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

👍 A mainstay in Philly for years. However, in April 2019, the Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) and the New York Yankees (MLB) stopped playing Kate Smith’s famous rendition of “God Bless America” to align with modern inclusion values.
Posted by: L - No nic

All because it came out that Kate Smith sang a very racist song. It was a duet. Her partner was Paul Robeson, a civil rights icon and unrepentant Stalinist. The song was mocking racism. I don't recall the song. Our 'betters' are very stupid but do know how to destroy and rip civilization apart.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 23, 2026 09:36 PM (EweRc)

172 Watching the NFL draft. Noticing how many of the 1st rounders are 1)taking a knee and pointing to heaven, 2)crossing themselves, and 3)even offering "glory to God" in the interview.

-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at April 23, 2026 09:33 PM (7kJyR)

Noticed that too.
Good to see.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 09:36 PM (2WIwB)

173 Bulg, do you get paid even if the student doesn't show?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 09:36 PM (nz1sK)

174 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 09:20 PM (utfVc)

Ah the good old days. Not that I ever saw that.

Incidentally, I still resent that google took "dates" away from us. "19 years ago": What a useless inversion of a simple truth. What is so hard about "December 21, 2006".

We are headed screaming into endless present in which the party is always right.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 09:36 PM (vE0+H)

175 Trump is hinting that there was something very interesting on that Iranian freighter that was seized on Monday, something more than just chemicals. He just smiled when asked what it was.
-
The Guthrie woman?

Posted by: Methos at April 23, 2026 09:36 PM (vSvIl)

176 Hate it when that happens.

Posted by: The Riggers at April 23, 2026 09:37 PM (2Ez/1)

177 A friend of mine was in the 82nd airborne in the very late 70s to earlier 80's. He was telling about the base he was stationed at. He said all the air drop fuckups were parked along the side of the road heading into the base entrance. I don't remember the name of the base.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

That would be Ft. Bragg.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 09:38 PM (hftzA)

178 168 Thank you, Four Seasons. I hope so, too.

How are you doing?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:38 PM (77rzZ)

179

Bulg,

We're good. The last two days we have been blown, high winds.

A lot of guys wish they could get blown two days in a row, lmao.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 09:40 PM (3ek7K)

180 Heh. I went to my leading center to shadow one of the SAT prep tutors, but the student ended up not showing up. So I rescheduled my shadowing for Sunday morning.
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:30 PM (77rzZ)

I hope you are dressing appropriately, black slouch hat, and black cape with crimson lining.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 09:40 PM (utfVc)

181 Trump is hinting that there was something very interesting on that Iranian freighter that was seized on Monday, something more than just chemicals. He just smiled when asked what it was.

Aliens, and they have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 23, 2026 09:41 PM (EweRc)

182 173 Well, I’m supposedly getting paid for my training. So, I guess that I get paid if I show up for the training, even if the kid doesn’t.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:41 PM (77rzZ)

183 I’ve been saying Epstein isn’t dead for years.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 09:41 PM (A5RD0)

184 There’s a famous YouTube video where some rigger cut the straps when the army was doing test drops of humvees from a C-130. Impressive splat when they hit the ground, although since he had to video it and then post it and laugh about it, the guy responsible got caught and busted hard.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 09:42 PM (yGkmH)

185 YOU WANT GOD IN THE HUDDLE IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09:42 PM (ZxPkt)

186 Evenin’. All.
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:26 PM

Evenin', Bulg.

You coming to the NoVaMoMe?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 09:43 PM (Wnv9h)

187

nurse, I also think so.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 09:43 PM (3ek7K)

188 180 AOP, my wife has become my costume designer. Made me new t-shirts, a new belt, etc. Drives me nuts.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:44 PM (77rzZ)

189
169 167 I find the mixing of athletics and religion extremely distasteful.
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:35 PM (77rzZ

It’s not mixing Bulg, if Jesus is overlayed in their entire life. It’s who they are, and giving Glory for being able to use the gifts God bestowed on them is the right thing to do. Jesus being at the center of these men’s lives, and others who aren’t sports figures, may very well be what saves our country.

I have had to grow into this perspective- I was definitely one of those go to Church Sunday, I did my due diligence. But that is the entirely wrong lens, Jesus expects us to worship and learn in a church setting, but he also expects us to apply that in how we live. We will get it wrong, of course, but we should get back up and try again.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 09:45 PM (Dd38x)

190 YOU WANT GOD IN THE HUDDLE IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES
Posted by: Don Black

Time for a hail Mary!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 09:45 PM (ndZc7)

191 I'm at work. The NFL Draft is on. I need to visit Pittsburgh when I go visit the parental units next month. Haven't been to downtown Pittsburgh since the late 80s.

Also, I still hate Mel Kiper. Can't put my finger on exactly why, I just do. He opens his mouth and I want to stuff a hand grenade down it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 23, 2026 09:46 PM (EweRc)

192 159 153>>>Trump is hinting that there was something very interesting on that Iranian freighter that was seized on Monday, something more than just chemicals. He just smiled when asked what it was.
------------

Every boat that crosses the line to be seized
and taken to the US. All of the cargo sorted and auctioned. After the vessel is cleared, auction it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 09:46 PM (LA6Ib)

193 We will be merciful, not like old times, and let the crew live. If they are foreign nationals (Philippinoes) they will be sent home if they are muzzies they will be tried and convicted.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 09:47 PM (LA6Ib)

194 186 RMBS, probably. Especially since I probably will not be a deadbeat anymore and will be able to pay for it myself.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:47 PM (77rzZ)

195 Thirty degrees here, and still blowing like Kamala in heat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 09:48 PM (utfVc)

196 > He just smiled when asked what it was.
-----

a Biblical artifact of incredible importance

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09:48 PM (ZxPkt)

197

Braenyard,

I agree with you. I'm tired of the pussyfooting.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 09:49 PM (3ek7K)

198 RMBS, probably. Especially since I probably will not be a deadbeat anymore and will be able to pay for it myself.
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:47 PM

Nice. God willing, we'll see you there.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 09:49 PM (Wnv9h)

199 169. Many of these college student athletes have had many serious struggles an obstacles to overcome. Many lean on their faith to overcome those and end up in the NFL. For example Carnell Tate from Ohio State who was the third player selected tonight, grew up in a tough neighborhood with his mom working three jobs to afford his football playing. She was so thrilled when he was signed to Ohio State and was involved in the players parents organization at Ohio State. His sophomore year, she was shot and killed in a drive by shooting at her home as she stood outside her home talking with friends after dinner out. Mistaken identity.

Posted by: Jen the original at April 23, 2026 09:49 PM (b0+rF)

200 196 > He just smiled when asked what it was.
-----

a Biblical artifact of incredible importance
Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09

You don’t mean the…

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 09:50 PM (Dd38x)

201 God can roll out and throw the deep post like nobody's business

he puts the biscuit in the basket

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09:50 PM (ZxPkt)

202 Every boat that crosses the line to be seized
and taken to the US. All of the cargo sorted and auctioned. After the vessel is cleared, auction it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 09:46 PM (LA6Ib)

Those ships would be good for repatriating Somalians.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 09:51 PM (utfVc)

203

43 degrees here now, 25 expected in the morning.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 09:51 PM (3ek7K)

204 Howdy and evening to all the AoSHQ reporting stations!

I drove down to Wichita today and -- of course -- got caught in a traffic jam leaving the Interstate. ('S okay, I found a way to get around it coming back.) The pipe shop was everything I could have hoped for, and my wallet is a bit lighter. (Maybe I should say my credit card is a bit heavier.)

Two houses to look at tomorrow!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 09:51 PM (+2QQb)

205 > He just smiled when asked what it was.
-----

a Biblical artifact of incredible importance
Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09

You don’t mean the…
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 09:50 PM

Fear not, Piper, they have top men on it. Top. Men.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 09:52 PM (Wnv9h)

206 I've seen emergency ramps that obviously been used but never seen a vid like that. Here the ramps are generally much steeper. Like:
https://shorturl.at/H7q57

Also, obviously filled with very loose stuff

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2026 09:52 PM (XeU6L)

207 He just smiled when asked what it was.
-----

a Biblical artifact of incredible importance
Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09

You don’t mean the…
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 09:50 PM (Dd38x)

Why would China have the Urim and Thummim?

Posted by: Methos at April 23, 2026 09:52 PM (vSvIl)

208 203

43 degrees here now, 25 expected in the morning.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026

70,66 in the morning. 78 high.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 09:53 PM (Dd38x)

209 You don’t mean the…
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 09:50 PM (Dd38x)

...till receipt for the Last Supper?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 09:53 PM (utfVc)

210 189 Piper, I just see it as dumb jocks attributing success on the field - whatever the cause - to divine intervention. I just don’t think that God cares about the outcome of sportsball games,

Of course, I say this as a lifelong enemy of the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:54 PM (77rzZ)

211
196 > He just smiled when asked what it was.
-----

a Biblical artifact of incredible importance
Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09:48 PM (ZxPkt)

What would be really fun to watch is if it’s some really sensitive tech that Iran bribed some Chinese general to give them, but Xi didn’t know about it.

It reminds me of how Kim executed a General who’d displeased him by having him sit in the middle of an athletic field and unloading on him with a quad barrel AA gun.

Oh and all the other generals and staff were ordered to to sit in the bleachers and watch.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 09:55 PM (yGkmH)

212 I learned from Father Guido back in the day that it actually wasn't the last supper.
It was actually the last breakfast.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 23, 2026 09:56 PM (2Ez/1)

213 198 RMBS, I look forward to it. Want to see your pics of Greece.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:56 PM (77rzZ)

214

No matter what the temperature is we are blessed.
Our four grandchildren live four blocks away and no matter what the temperature is we bask in the warmth of grandchildren showing up at our door.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 09:57 PM (3ek7K)

215 210 189 Piper, I just see it as dumb jocks attributing success on the field - whatever the cause - to divine intervention. I just don’t think that God cares about the outcome of sportsball games,

Of course, I say this as a lifelong enemy of the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:54 PM (77rzZ)

Flip it around - God gave them gifts and they are using it. Hopefully they remember where it came from and they don’t stray, they use those gifts for good. THAT is what God cares about. God wants us to use the gifts he gave us. Otherwise, why bother?

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 09:57 PM (Dd38x)

216 What would be really fun to watch is if it’s some really sensitive tech that Iran bribed some Chinese general to give them, but Xi didn’t know about it.
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Particularly if it's tech they "acquired" from us.

Posted by: Methos at April 23, 2026 09:57 PM (vSvIl)

217 All the angels in heaven rejoice at the SEC Championship.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 09:58 PM (yGkmH)

218 Yay, Wolfus! sounds like a pretty good day, even with a traffic jam.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 09:58 PM (nz1sK)

219 RMBS, I look forward to it. Want to see your pics of Greece.
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:56 PM

I'll bring them!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 09:58 PM (Wnv9h)

220 217 All the angels in heaven rejoice at the SEC Championship.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 09:58 PM (yGkmH)

Obviously.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 09:59 PM (Dd38x)

221 It was an SNL skit (which I haven't been able to find) and yes, he had the bill for it.

He explained that when you have a large group it's always best to get separate checks.
One guy had eggs Benedict and another guy just had tea and toast.
The tea and toast guy ended up paying for part of the eggs Benedict, and he shouldn't have.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 23, 2026 10:00 PM (2Ez/1)

222 Why not drugs. Drugs?

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:00 PM (vE0+H)

223 I just don’t think that God cares about the outcome of sportsball games

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:54 PM (77rzZ)

God cares about everything we care about.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:01 PM (vE0+H)

224 "He just smiled when asked what it was."

The Spice which allows the folding of space.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 10:01 PM (N8ZBc)

225 Know who else had talent on loan from God?

Posted by: I miss Rush at April 23, 2026 10:01 PM (2Ez/1)

226 219 RMBS, now I’m definitely coming!

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:03 PM (77rzZ)

227 I just don’t think that God cares about the outcome of sportsball games
Posted by: Bulg

That's the nice thing about being infinite. He can care about every last thing every ant on the planet does, and it still takes Him only a zillionth of a zillionth of the effort that we spend reading the HQ.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

228 What if you wasted the gifts you were given because you were young and stupid.

And now you’re just barely treading water.

Hoping not to drown.

Posted by: And? at April 23, 2026 10:04 PM (0mizX)

229 223 So whom does God root for in the Super Bowl?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

230 Those ships would be good for repatriating Somalians.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 09:51 PM (utfVc)

So would a Pinochet chopper. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 10:04 PM (snZF9)

231 So whom does God root for in the Super Bowl?
Posted by: Bulg

He already knows who's gonna win, so presumably he roots for the winner.

Then again, Jesus hung out with whores and tax collectors, so maybe he cheers for the loser?

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)

232

Bulg,

I believe God doesn't root for anyone in the Stupid Bowl.

He has more important stuff to root for.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 10:07 PM (3ek7K)

233 So whom does God root for in the Super Bowl?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

He doesn't "root", but He revels in our joy and probably helps use the disappointments to teach lessons, seed motivation, nurture faith, etc.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:07 PM (vE0+H)

234 229 223 So whom does God root for in the Super Bowl?
Posted by: Bulg
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You're being obtuse.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 10:08 PM (LA6Ib)

235 Yay, Wolfus! sounds like a pretty good day, even with a traffic jam.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026

***
Thanks, TT. I've been in much worse ones.

Also, this afternoon I got a call from my oldest friend (we date back to Jr. high). He's coming into NO early next month to visit his mother on her, get this, 94th birthday! It'll be fun to see him in person.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 10:10 PM (+2QQb)

236 Why would God give us athleticism and a spirit of competition if He didn't "care" about it? Unless you think competition and athleticism are tools of Satan. Why would God have to be limited in what He cares about? He knows every hair on your head.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:10 PM (vE0+H)

237 nood

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 10:10 PM (N8ZBc)

238 Welp. Now it's blizzard conditions out there. Fine snow, moving horizontally at 40 mph.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:10 PM (utfVc)

239 Uh huh. Late ONT. Wolfus, don't forget to tell us again on the ONT what happened today, for those who don't usually hang out on the Cafe thread.

I'm sure you had some interesting experiences.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

240 Of course, God can involve Himself in all human affairs, no matter how trivial, should He so desire,

I do not believe that He usually involves Himself in human sportsball.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

241 Temps in Salina have been very nice: 69 at dawn, about 82 this afternoon (the rain didn't happen here), and around 79 just now as I drove back to my hotel. Dry by my standards, though I suppose locals find it "humid." Hey, any April evening when I can drive with my windows down and not feel as if I am dipped in glue is a dry one!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 10:12 PM (+2QQb)

242

AOP,

not blizzard conditions here but we did have some snow today. The weather is so screwed up here.

We have not had a normal Wyoming winter this year and are on strict watering rules.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 10:13 PM (3ek7K)

243
I do not believe that He usually involves Himself in human sportsball.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

Do you think you have ever prayed for something He doesn't care about?

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:14 PM (vE0+H)

244 243 Yes, often.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:15 PM (77rzZ)

245 God’s concerns are not synonymous with my concerns.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:17 PM (77rzZ)

246 Yes, often.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:15 PM (77rzZ)

I'm sincerely sorry to hear that.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:19 PM (vE0+H)

247 God’s concerns are not synonymous with my concerns.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:17 PM (77rzZ)

You are disagreeing with a claim I did not make. As I said, I'm sorry. The God I pray to cares about everything I pray for. He may not answer the way I want but I believe He cares and involves Himself in the ways He judges to be appropriate. I do not presume to be able to categorize what His priorities are. Humans are small by our very nature but that doesn't mean He doesn't notice or care.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:21 PM (vE0+H)

248 There was one truck that hit the emergency stop on Mt Rose HWY going into Incline Village that was going so fast he jumped the whole truck and trailer through a house on the other side.

Posted by: Reforger at April 23, 2026 10:32 PM (WYOCN)

Quick Hits

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Salmon given cocaine work harder than those without cocaine, according to researchers at the University of No Fuckin' Duh, Chester.

Salmon exposed to cocaine swim almost twice as far as those without, study shows
Salmon exposed to cocaine in the water swim longer distances than those that go without, according to a study released this week.

I love you, Science.

Cocaine use is on the rise worldwide, with the U.N. reporting an estimated 25 million people used the stimulant in 2023 and the drug being increasingly found in waterways.
Joint research released Monday by scientists at Australia's Griffith University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences studied how the drug affected the movements of wild fish in their natural habitats.
Researchers took 105 wild Atlantic salmon in Sweden's Lake Vattern and exposed them to both cocaine and benzoylecgonine -- a metabolite created by the drug in the liver -- and then tracked their movements.
They found the river-dwellers exposed to the drugs traveled 1.9 times farther per week than their clean-living control cousins.
Those exposed to the by-product also swam 7.6 miles farther, the study found.

How much medical-grade cocaine do you think is "naturally" lost in experiments like this? Is a 20% unexplained loss of cocaine a reasonable figure?

Steven Greene had a good headline at Instapundit: THEY ALSO WON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT THEIR NEW IDEA FOR A TECH STARTUP.

Thanks to Chuck Martel.

Also in from the University of No Fuckin' Duh, Chester: Germany's back-to-back abandonment of both coal and then nuclear was a "huge mistake," leading authorities say.

German energy minister calls nuclear phase-out 'huge mistake'
Katherina Reiche, Germany's economy and energy minister, discussed the likely impact on the country's economy if the Iran conflict continues - as well as the need for a "correction" to energy policies in Europe, at a conference in the USA.
Speaking at the CERAweek international energy event in Houston, Texas, she said that prices of petrol, diesel and jet fuels in Germany were spiking "but we don't see any scarcities in terms of volume - but if the conflict doesn't end we [will] see this probably later in April or May".
She added that the longer the crisis continues the more stress will be put on the "fragile recovery of Germany's economy".

Please please please Trump keep the conflict going at least through June. (So close to Pride Month!)

Remember when people used to respect Germans as sober-minded and good at things? Ye Olden Times.

Neat idea about how to gerrymander Virginia from the federal level: Cancel the old, Racist separation of Northern Virginia from DC because they wanted to keep our Black Brothers in chains.

Here's the history. In 1790, both Virginia and Maryland ceded territory to create the new national capital. Virginia's portion -- what is now Arlington County and the city of Alexandria -- remained part of the District of Columbia until 1847, when Congress returned it to Virginia. The reason? To protect slavery. The District had abolished it, and Virginia slaveholders didn't want to give up their slaves. Democrats love to talk about the legacy of slavery to justify tearing down statues, renaming buildings, etc. -- to be consistent, they should give that piece of land back to the District.
The legal questions over this retrocession have never gone away. President William Howard Taft and others argued that it was unconstitutional and pushed to reclaim the land for D.C. However, the Supreme Court has never definitively settled the matter.
Mizelle's proposal is for Trump to issue an executive order declaring that slavery-motivated retrocession unconstitutional. That order wouldn't need to resolve everything on its own -- it would immediately trigger litigation and force federal courts to finally answer the question: Do Arlington and Alexandria legally belong to Virginia or to the District of Columbia?
The legal footing here is rock solid, but the cultural argument is just as strong.

Obviously, with Alexandria and Arlington re-added to DC -- as it should be -- Virginia would be permanently red again. Oh, it would lose a couple of seats in the next redistricting, but worth it.

But wouldn't DC pick up a couple of electoral votes? No, not necessarily. DC's electoral votes are established by legislative fiat, not by a count of DC's population.

Storied men's haberdasher (did I use that right?) Brooks Brothers has gone bankrupt because, as Stephen Green says, "American men now insist on dressing like 14 year olds into their dotage."

So they're trying something new.

But as the 55-year-olds dressing like 14-year-olds say: This ain't it, Chief.

Remember in the late eighties when we thought, for literally five minutes, that two-tone jeans -- half blue, half white or half blue, half black -- were rilly rilly cool? I remember owning a pair just because they went out of fashion so quickly that stores were choked with unsalable jeans and I picked up a pair for like six buck.

And then I didn't wear them, because they're stupid. And what the hell, it was only six buck.

Well Brooks Brothers remembers.

Brooks Brothers, you better Swatch yourself!!!

Old Brooks Brothers: Not exciting but never actually unfashionable

New Brooks Brothers: Will you be a hon and stir my Amaretto Zima with your dick?

Like eight years ago I wanted to buy some new togs so I went into J. Crew, figuring, well, J. Crew will always be J. Crew. Good stuff, overpriced but good.

Nope. It was like Freddy Mercury came all over Richard Gere's gerbil and then they pumped Rod Stewart's stomach and found it was literally made of cum-cells.

More whining about extravagantly overpaid USAID workers -- formerly making $272,000 per year, courtesy of the American taxpayer -- now working for $19 per hour in the private sector.

As this guy says: That's perfect evidence that you were always worth $19 per hour.

Having to take a pay cut when moving from the public to private sector is a pretty good indicator that you were overpaid. https://t.co/AilCKaCenV
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) April 23, 2026

Geverett11
@Geverett111

50m
If your next best option is $19 an hour, what exactly was on your resume to begin with? And were you ever qualified to be taking in $272,000?
Don't mean to be cruel, but that's the obvious question.

Senator Eric Schmitt
@SenEricSchmitt
NYT frames this as if USAID employees had a quasi-property right to high-paying, taxpayer-funded jobs.
In reality, this tells a darker story--we spent half-a-century debt-financing a managerial class of Leftists whose only qualifications were ideological.

If this guy gets bored of being a Senator, I'd like to ask him to be a coblogger. There's no pay but the sex is outrageous.

Here�s a rundown on how many private employees it takes to pay for 1 �Taxpayer Funded� employee, @SenWarren @as400495 pic.twitter.com/vPQZJNRd32
— Kevin Parrock (@ParrockKev73739) April 23, 2026

Oilfield Rando
@Oilfield_Rando
When the world shut down over a 99.9999% survivable virus, I had to tell a few dozen rig hands they were out of a job.
Then I had to tell even more frac hands. Then snubbing hands.
Then I went home to wait for my layoff.
Then I spent 6 months applying for jobs with no interviews because corporate America had banned White men in honor of Saint George Floyd, Patron Saint of Fentanyl.
A great Twitter friend who I am indebted to forever got me a job with a 25% pay cut, and I had to work physically harder than I had in a decade.
Anyway. Nobody in news media ever reached out for my story. And it wasn't a unique story, I was one of a couple hundred thousand guys going through this.

When the world shut down over a 99.9999% survivable virus, I had to tell a few dozen rig hands they were out of a job.

Then I had to tell even more frac hands. Then snubbing hands.

Then I went home to wait for my layoff.

Then I spent 6 months applying for jobs with no� pic.twitter.com/PHUlsnzK2o
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) April 23, 2026

This fills the lulzbucketz:

Over 70% of the East Village voted for Mamdani.

Now they�re suing Mamdani because he�s planning to relocate Bellevue homeless shelter to the East Village. https://t.co/O9so7tGGlt pic.twitter.com/B1wPupD7RE
— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) April 22, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:48 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 23, 2026 06:50 PM (4ZxBh)

2 NEWS YOU CAN USE: Salmon given cocaine work harder than those without cocaine, according to researchers at the University of No Fuckin' Duh, Chester.

Cocaine Dispensers at work?

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2026 06:50 PM (IifOV)

3
Fashion doesn't make the person.

Look at the perverts who swear about wearing the latest fashion.

You are giving your hard earned money to fags.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 06:51 PM (3ek7K)

4 [WILLOWED:]

Damn Islamic monkeys!

US Sailor Attacked By Monkey In Thailand While Preparing For Minesweeping Mission In Strait Of Hormuz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 06:46 PM (ndZc7)

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The monkey was last overheard screaming "Allahu Admiral Ackbar!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 06:52 PM (teZkF)

5 >>>Salmon given cocaine work harder than those without cocaine

Crackheads gonna die sooner than later anyway.

Posted by: Couch Fucker at April 23, 2026 06:52 PM (tVc9W)

6 NIMBY's.. Too bad so sad....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 06:53 PM (FtULh)

7
Libs are always screaming "Not in MY neighborhood!"

Give it to 'em Good and Hard, Mandani. Good and Hard.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2026 06:53 PM (IifOV)

8 Germany's back-to-back abandonment of both coal and then nuclear was a "huge mistake," leading authorities say.

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Who'd athunk it?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 06:53 PM (ndZc7)

9 Nothing gives me more joy then hearing these former government employees cry now that they are in the real world.

Posted by: steevy at April 23, 2026 06:54 PM (YwEeS)

10 East Villagers sue Mamdani to stop relocation of notorious Bellevue men's homeless shelter into their neighborhood https://trib.al/LtTU4vZ
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The "warmth of collectivism", just not for you!

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 06:54 PM (Fi81e)

11 I know I'm not first.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 06:54 PM (Kd28s)

12 Remember the temperature sensitive fabric shirts?

Good times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 06:54 PM (zZu0s)

13

I bet Swallshitass was wearing the latest fashion to lure in the women he was raping.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 06:54 PM (3ek7K)

14
Old: Grass Fed Beef

New: Cocaine Fed Salmon

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2026 06:55 PM (IifOV)

15 NIMBY's.. Too bad so sad....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 06:53 PM (FtULh)
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They think conservatives are way to NIMBY, and we should use their backyards whenever possible.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 06:55 PM (Fi81e)

16 Salmon exposed to cocaine swim almost twice as far as those without, study shows

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BREAKING: Hunter Biden Qualifies For the 2028 Olympic ~~Freestyle~~ Freebase Swim Team. Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 06:56 PM (teZkF)

17 I'm in full support of putting homeless, drug and aids centers right in the heart of these ridiculous f***k weasel's neighborhoods.

Eat it you f****g c****

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 06:56 PM (Kd28s)

18 I always have extra cocaine with my Salmon.

Doesn't everyone?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 06:57 PM (jehhT)

19 Remember the temperature sensitive fabric shirts?

Good times.
Posted by: Aetius451AD w

Hypercolor!

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 06:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

20 Salmon exposed to cocaine swim almost twice as far as those without, study shows.

Imagine how far, with a candy bar.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 06:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

21 >>>17 I'm in full support of putting homeless, drug and aids centers right in the heart of these ridiculous f***k weasel's neighborhoods.

I keep trying to figure out some way we can legally/legislatively do that.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 06:57 PM (1wjle)

22 I wonder...would those two-toned jeans go with my Nerhu jacket?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 06:57 PM (2WIwB)

23 So that's how the bears get the cocaine.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 06:57 PM (Kd28s)

24 It's been a productive week.

But man, what I could probably get done on coke.
Or meth but I need my teeth.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 23, 2026 06:57 PM (Sco7b)

25 Remember when people used to respect Germans as sober-minded and good at things?

Felix Steiner disabused me of that particular notion. Sad!

Posted by: zombie Adolf H. at April 23, 2026 06:58 PM (0sNs1)

26 >>>Remember the temperature sensitive fabric shirts?
Good times.
Posted by: Aetius451AD w
Hypercolor!

i must be an old soul because even as a mid-teen I thought, "This is too stupid."

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 06:58 PM (1wjle)

27
Who'd athunk it?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 06:53 PM (ndZc7)

_____________

"What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass" - Lord Melbourne

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 06:58 PM (tgvbd)

28 > Remember the temperature sensitive fabric shirts?
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Sweat stains?

Yea...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 06:58 PM (jehhT)

29 I wasn't Doged, I was bought out by Elon. I also left my job in March of 2025, but I was paid through the end of December, whereupon I retired. Pretty damned good deal. And I sure as hell was never paid $275,000 a year. Not even half that. With a Master Degree and 30 years of experience as a Registered Architect. So these little whiners can suck my girl dick and learn to code.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (DwqWV)

30 traveled 1.9 times farther

also swam 7.6 miles farther

I hate this. People (not Ace, the author he quotes) write this without ever thinking those two numbers have absolutely NO RELATIONSHIP AT ALL to each other in the form presented. If a base distance were provided right there, it would at least be figurable. But not like that.

I also now wonder if the author really meant "1.9 times farther" or "1.9 times as far." Because most journalists do not have any idea of the difference in those two phrases.

Posted by: GWB at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (4yJz0)

31 >>>Brooks Brothers, you better Swatch yourself!!!

I tried to get my kids to bring back the Swatch in my AO.

No go.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (tVc9W)

32 Senator Eric Schmitt @SenEricSchmitt

NYT frames this as if USAID employees had a quasi-property right to high-paying, taxpayer-funded jobs.
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You know, it hasn't been that long ago that progs tried to make jobs "possessions". And I'm sure they are still on that.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (Fi81e)

33 If I burn a cocaine field salmon is it really crack fish? And is that racist? (Rhetorical question. I am an white male....so it is all racist)

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (cI94r)

34

"Now they’re suing Mamdani because he’s planning to relocate Bellevue homeless shelter to the East Village."

Hopefully the rapes are something they like.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (och2J)

35 I love you, Science.

Sexshually???

Posted by: Anthony SCIENC! Fauci at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (9vFyc)

36 Remember in the late eighties when we thought, for literally five minutes, that two-tone jeans -- half blue, half white or half blue, half black -- were rilly rilly cool?

No. I'd never wear dungarees.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

37 I'm going to break out my mood ring and parachute pants

Posted by: turambar at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (Q0yOR)

38 We've cut off USAID, now, let's cut off congress.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (LA6Ib)

39 The only fad I got invested in was playboy jackets.

Looking back at the pictures, I sure looked silly.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (Kd28s)

40 To be fair, I like my fish fried.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (vFG9F)

41
Apparently, a lot of legal and illegal drugs are surviving sewage treatment and going into the rivers.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (bYpLU)

42

Mallamutt,

You are white so you are racist.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 07:00 PM (3ek7K)

43 i must be an old soul because even as a mid-teen I thought, "This is too stupid."

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 06:58 PM (1wjle)

Probably wearing your garden variety tie dyes, eating your Kaboom.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 23, 2026 07:01 PM (tVc9W)

44 25 Remember when people used to respect Germans as sober-minded and good at things?

Felix Steiner disabused me of that particular notion. Sad!
Posted by: zombie Adolf H. at April 23, 2026 06:58 PM (0sNs1)

No love for Mike Myers' Sprockets? I never saw anybody ever touch his monkey.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:01 PM (DwqWV)

45 Also in from the University of No Fuckin' Duh, Chester: Germany's back-to-back abandonment of both coal and then nuclear was a "huge mistake," leading authorities say.

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Next you'll be telling me that Germany -- against President Trump's warnings -- set themselves up for dependency, blackmail, and shortages (not to mention funding Russia's war with Ukraine) by agreeing to buy natural gas from Russia via the Nord Stream pipeline.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:01 PM (teZkF)

46 Brooks Brothers is now the Chess King of Banana Republics.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 07:01 PM (1wjle)

47 I also now wonder if the author really meant "1.9 times farther" or "1.9 times as far." Because most journalists do not have any idea of the difference in those two phrases.

Posted by: GWB at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (4yJz0)
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Yes. 1.9 times "farther" could be 2.9 times the square salmon.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 07:01 PM (Fi81e)

48 Spent an hour yesterday trying to find an ordinary white dress shirt, 15 32, button down collar. Not to be had from any shop/clothing store here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2026 07:01 PM (XeU6L)

49 Now try salmon on crystal meth.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 07:01 PM (T6aVk)

50 This Men's Fashion Post would be considered rather gay, if someone from outside were to stumble in here.

Posted by: I'm Used To It, Though at April 23, 2026 07:02 PM (oftw2)

51 I'm having salmon for dinner. Omega 3 and cocaine, what's not to like?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 07:02 PM (wVcYX)

52 United Colors of Benetton looked at that shirt and said "good lord that's fucking ugly"

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 07:02 PM (YZ0Fo)

53 How can Brooks Brothers survive in an era where going out in public looking like a slob is the height of fashion? Not to mention going out in public looking like you just woke up.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 07:02 PM (T6aVk)

54 >>If this guy gets bored of being a Senator, I'd like to ask him to be a coblogger. There's no pay but the sex is outrageous.

So not just garrett, you're having sex with all the cobloggers?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 07:03 PM (viF8m)

55 40 To be fair, I like my fish fried.
Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (vFG9F)

But probably not buzzed.

And don't fry salmon. That's just abuse.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:03 PM (DwqWV)

56 Now try salmon on crystal meth.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 07:01 PM (T6aVk)
---
I believe in crystal meth
'Cause I believe in speed!

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 07:03 PM (Fi81e)

57 "Mizelle's proposal is for Trump to issue an executive order declaring that slavery-motivated retrocession unconstitutional. That order wouldn't need to resolve everything on its own -- it would immediately trigger litigation and force federal courts to finally answer the question: Do Arlington and Alexandria legally belong to Virginia or to the District of Columbia?"

D.C. residents have no senator and only a non-voting delegate in the House of Representatives.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 23, 2026 07:03 PM (vOtXJ)

58 Probably wearing your garden variety tie dyes, eating your Kaboom

Cocaine laced Kaboom makes you give up on life 1.9 times faster.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 23, 2026 07:03 PM (cI94r)

59 Unpossible that laid off fed gov. workers can only jobs paying 20% of what they were making. I have been told many many times that people sacrifice higher pay in the private sector to serve their country and for more job stability and benefits. LOLing too hard, cant keep this up.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 23, 2026 07:03 PM (+89TD)

60 *works on pitch for "Cocainesalmonnado"*

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 07:03 PM (vFG9F)

61
Speaking at the CERAweek international energy event in Houston, Texas,

__________

Maybe she came for a square meal.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:03 PM (tgvbd)

62 I’d pay extra for the wired salmon

Posted by: Billythesquid at April 23, 2026 07:03 PM (HxpHp)

63 To be fair, I like my fish fried.
Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 06:59 PM (vFG9F)

But probably not buzzed.

And don't fry salmon. That's just abuse.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:03 PM (DwqWV)
---
Baked, then.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 07:03 PM (Fi81e)

64

Okay, wearing the latest fashion doesn't cover up that you are a worthless fucking piece of shit.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 07:04 PM (3ek7K)

65 NIMBY's.. Too bad so sad....
Posted by: It's me donna
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This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Martha's Vineyard at April 23, 2026 07:04 PM (XeU6L)

66 " I'd like to ask him to be a coblogger. There's no pay but the sex is outrageous."

I'm looking for new Opportunities

Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 23, 2026 07:04 PM (wyznS)

67 "going out in public looking like a slob is the height of fashion"

I call it 'staying gray.' Beneath notice.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 07:04 PM (N8ZBc)

68 "There's no pay but the sex is outrageous."

1. I find this a little difficult to believe.
2. From what I hear the Senate is full of its own sexual outrageousness.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 07:04 PM (ftFVW)

69 58 Ha!

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 07:05 PM (N8ZBc)

70 "Yes. 1.9 times "farther" could be 2.9 times the square salmon.
Posted by: Axeman"

What's that in giraffes?

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 07:05 PM (vFG9F)

71
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 23, 2026 07:05 PM (2/MrR)

72 49 Now try salmon on crystal meth.
Posted by: Cow Demon

You haven't lived until you've watched male salmon try over and over and again to impregnate a field of small pebbles.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 07:05 PM (gKWVE)

73 Not to mention going out in public looking like you just woke up.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 07:02 PM (T6aVk)

I'd be just as happy not seeing women dressed in pajamas and Ugg boots.

And for heavens sake, men, if the belt isn't getting it done, get some suspenders. Enough with the hairy butt cracks. Particularly at the Three Bears.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:05 PM (DwqWV)

74 >>>1. I find this a little difficult to believe.

It's my Tom Sawyer Pitch.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 07:05 PM (1wjle)

75 I eat a salmon salad sandwich twice as fast when on cocaine.

Posted by: Lex at April 23, 2026 07:05 PM (y4H1r)

76 70 "Yes. 1.9 times "farther" could be 2.9 times the square salmon.
Posted by: Axeman"

What's that in giraffes?
Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 07:05 PM (vFG9F)

We measure everything in Altuve's.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:06 PM (DwqWV)

77 "There's no pay but the sex is outrageous."
---
That was my vision statement.

Posted by: Former Congressman Eric Swalwell at April 23, 2026 07:06 PM (Fi81e)

78 I don't recall two tone jeans in the 80's...working three jobs while in college kept me out of the swing of things I guess

I remember my mom giving an older brother one of those weird suits that were gay as hell right before he went off to the Marines but that was the late 70s

Leisure suit, thats it

Posted by: DanMan at April 23, 2026 07:06 PM (8uzBS)

79 We measure everything in Altuve's.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April

But an Altuve is so small you have to use scientific notation.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 07:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

80 Remember when people used to respect Germans as sober-minded and good at things? Ye Olden Times.

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

The Austro-Prussian War of 1866?

[Honorable Mention: Rudolf Diesel (1858 – 1913), inventor of the diesel engine,]

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:07 PM (teZkF)

81 "There's no pay but the sex is outrageous."
---
That was my vision statement.
Posted by: Former Congressman Eric Swalwell at April 23, 2026 07:06 PM (Fi81e)

and my value proposition.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 07:07 PM (wVcYX)

82 2. From what I hear the Senate is full of its own sexual outrageousness.
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 07:04 PM (ftFVW)

Was it a Senate chamber where those fags filmed themselves in flagrante delicto?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:07 PM (DwqWV)

83 I never got the Brooks Bros business model. You can get a bespoke (that's "custom-tailored" for the yokels) suit exactly to your size, style and fabric selection from hundreds of fabric swatches for the price of an off-the-rack suit from BB that's a compromise in every way. Why would anyone buy a suit at Brooks Bros?

To be fair, they did have good ties.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 07:07 PM (guGkK)

84 How can Brooks Brothers survive in an era where going out in public looking like a slob is the height of fashion? Not to mention going out in public looking like you just woke up.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 07:02 PM (T6aVk)

Yes...folks dress like they are 8 years old. Little animals on their jammies and ball caps and jerseys of sportsball teams in cities and places they couldn't find on a map with their man titties and beer guts protruding from tshirts and ass cracks open to the wind.

Posted by: What Happened To All The Adults at April 23, 2026 07:08 PM (sDJiP)

85 Are jeans shirts still cool? How about the ones with roses on them?

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 07:08 PM (vFG9F)

86 We measure everything in Altuve's.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April

But an Altuve is so small you have to use scientific notation.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 07:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

I know from small.

Posted by: Mrs. Planck at April 23, 2026 07:08 PM (wVcYX)

87 LL Bean has great shirts. I have two Brooks Bros. French blue with white stripes shirts.
And a bunch of Beans.

Posted by: Accomack at April 23, 2026 07:08 PM (GbONR)

88 Also, are we talking metric salmon or imperial?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 07:08 PM (guGkK)

89 AMENDMENT XXIII

Passed by Congress June 16, 1960. Ratified March 29, 1961.

Section 1.

The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:

A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

Section 2.

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 07:08 PM (T6aVk)

90 i don’t remember the two tone jeans but i do remember the ralph lauren polo pony stuff

Posted by: cherries in season at April 23, 2026 07:09 PM (+mkoG)

91 I heard one of the sportsball leagues has some annual thing going on starting tonight.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 07:09 PM (0sNs1)

92 would those two-toned jeans go with my Nerhu jacket?

You'd look like G'hand-eye in Kahackies.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 23, 2026 07:09 PM (zdLoL)

93
Was it a Senate chamber where those fags filmed themselves in flagrante delicto?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:07 PM (DwqWV)

___________

Committee room, if I be not mistaken.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:09 PM (tgvbd)

94
Spent an hour yesterday trying to find an ordinary white dress shirt, 15 32, button down collar. Not to be had from any shop/clothing store here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2026 07:01 PM

yeah, nobody stocks your basic standard white shirt anymore

I've had good luck on amazon for long sleeve, button down collar oxford cloth white shirts. IIRC, they're Van Heusen

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 23, 2026 07:09 PM (2/MrR)

95 So…as I read this, the number of electors DC can have is fixed at three. It’s not up to Congress.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 07:10 PM (T6aVk)

96 ... to be consistent, they should give that piece of land back to the District.

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

STOLEN LAND???

Quelle Horreur!!!

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:10 PM (teZkF)

97 I recently bought a suit at JC Penney. I be stylin'.

My first suit. It's appropriately non-descript, charcoal gray. But I did wear MST 3k socks at my son's wedding. Gotta have a little whimsy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at April 23, 2026 07:10 PM (0aYVJ)

98 I've seen leggings as pants, joggers, and Harley Davidson t-shirts at my supposedly professional office this week. SMDH

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 07:10 PM (ftFVW)

99 i don’t remember the two tone jeans but i do remember the ralph lauren polo pony stuff
Posted by: cherries in season at April 23, 2026 07:09 PM

The Izod shirts where the preppies would take an alligator off of one, and sew it on another in a 'humping' position was droll.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 07:10 PM (0sNs1)

100 We've cut off USAID, now, let's cut off congress.

no pay until the budget is balanced, it'll get fixed overnight

Posted by: DanMan at April 23, 2026 07:10 PM (8uzBS)

101 88 Also, are we talking metric salmon or imperial?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 07:08 PM (guGkK)

Being the salmon snob that I am, I'm talking either Kasilof River Red, or Copper River Red. Silver is okay, but only if they are smaller. The big ones get mushy and bland. Kings are fun to catch, but not all that tasty.

Atlantic salmon is.... not salmon.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:11 PM (DwqWV)

102 >>>17 I'm in full support of putting homeless, drug and aids centers right in the heart of these ridiculous f***k weasel's neighborhoods.

I keep trying to figure out some way we can legally/legislatively do that.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 06:57 PM (1wjle)

Proposal: When these things get put on the ballot ("Should the city fund more homeless shelters?" etc), whatever district voted the most for it gets the homeless shelter/methadone clinic/shoot-up spot.

Posted by: pookysgirl, championing representative governemnt at April 23, 2026 07:11 PM (Wt5PA)

103 The cut on men's suits is terrible. They all make the suits look too small. The other is the shirt collars that stick out sideways from the tie instead of down.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 07:11 PM (DIbRX)

104

Husband and I don't look at what people are wearing when we go shopping. We keep our heads down hoping we don't get shot whilst buying groceries.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 07:11 PM (3ek7K)

105 >>Nope. It was like Freddy Mercury came all over Richard Gere's hamster and then they pumped Rod Stewart's stomach and found it was literally made of cum-cells.

Don't make me laugh, my liver pops out when I laugh.

Posted by: Marilyn Manson at April 23, 2026 07:11 PM (uUHnE)

106 I read that leggings are now out.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)

107 I had white and grey jeans in highschool. I forget exactly what the pattern was. But like ace was describing.

Posted by: banana Dream - totally awesome at April 23, 2026 07:11 PM (3uBP9)

108 Leisure suit, thats it
Posted by: DanMan at April 23, 2026 07:06 PM (8uzBS)

Ban-Lon. The stuff of nightmares.

Posted by: Frank Costanza at April 23, 2026 07:12 PM (sDJiP)

109 The Izod shirts where the preppies would take an alligator off of one, and sew it on another in a 'humping' position was droll.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Double izod or polo with collars popped up.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 07:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

110 >>Why would anyone buy a suit at Brooks Bros?

My dad worked for IBM for many years. Brooks Brothers was the official IBM suit. It was basically a uniform and IBM was hardly unique back then. They owned a couple generations of men in some areas who wore suits to work 5 days a week. Habit.

And then fashion changed and BB didn't. For the first half of my career I wore a suit everyday. Probably count on one hand how many times I've worn once since.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 07:12 PM (viF8m)

111 If this guy gets bored of being a Senator, I'd like to ask him to be a coblogger. There's no pay but the sex is outrageous.
----
"Outrageous" covers rather a lot of territory.

It's a neutral term that can mean mind-blowingly awesome or debauchery incarnate.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 07:13 PM (gnNyN)

112 Are jeans shirts still cool? How about the ones with roses on them?
Posted by: fd

Tons in the petite section. Regrettably. Also embroidered cats.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 07:13 PM (ftFVW)

113 Apparently I can find better car insurance.

Posted by: Slacker De-Luxe at April 23, 2026 07:13 PM (qUkBO)

114 Committee room, if I be not mistaken.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:09 PM (tgvbd)

This 'motion' is... clogged

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 07:13 PM (gKWVE)

115 >>>95 So…as I read this, the number of electors DC can have is fixed at three. It’s not up to Congress.

even better! and as someone posted earlier, they have no senator and only a non-voting delegate in the House.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 07:13 PM (1wjle)

116 I heard one of the sportsball leagues has some annual thing going on starting tonight.

is it Rangers beat a hippie night?

Posted by: DanMan at April 23, 2026 07:13 PM (8uzBS)

117 no pay until the budget is balanced, it'll get fixed overnight Posted by: DanMan

The leadership will all end up with interest-free loans that mysteriously don't get reported. The junior and icky conservative members will be forced to quit. Problem not solved.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2026 07:14 PM (diia5)

118 I never got the Brooks Bros business model. You can get a bespoke (that's "custom-tailored" for the yokels) suit exactly to your size, style and fabric selection from hundreds of fabric swatches for the price of an off-the-rack suit from BB that's a compromise in every way. Why would anyone buy a suit at Brooks Bros?

To be fair, they did have good ties.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 07:07 PM (guGkK)

Loro Piana wool.

Posted by: LASue at April 23, 2026 07:14 PM (lCppi)

119 oh yeah, the color mix was blue and gray jeans. I guess I blocked it out of my mind.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 07:14 PM (1wjle)

120 I'll never need to wear a suit again, unless I discard all my suits, in which case an occasion will surely arise where I need to wear one.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 07:14 PM (N8ZBc)

121 New: Cocaine Fed Salmon

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2026 06:55 PM (IifOV)

We don't need no steenkin' fish ladders!

Posted by: Coked-up Salmon at April 23, 2026 07:14 PM (utfVc)

122 $325.

I imagine the whole point of that shirt is to tell the "right" people that you spend $325 on a shirt that isn't fit to wash the car in.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 07:15 PM (uUHnE)

123 I grew up in a small town in the 1980s. There was very little of the 80s fashion one saw on the MTV. Mostly it was t-shirts and jeans (Wranglers or Levis - I preferred Levis on the girls, BTW)

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at April 23, 2026 07:15 PM (0aYVJ)

124 And then fashion changed and BB didn't. For the first half of my career I wore a suit everyday. Probably count on one hand how many times I've worn once since.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 07:12 PM (viF8m)

DH wore suits to work when we lived in WI. I suppose people thought it made them look professional.

He hasn't had one on since we moved back up here. Nobody here really cares. Professionals wear nice jeans with polo shirts and work boots. Easier to go out on jobsites that way. Plus, nobody mistakes you for a CA lawyer.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:15 PM (DwqWV)

125 Committee room, if I be not mistaken.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:09 PM (tgvbd)

This 'motion' is... clogged
Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 07:13 PM (gKWVE)
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You don't wanna know what they did with that gavel.

Posted by: Former Congressman Eric Swalwell at April 23, 2026 07:15 PM (Fi81e)

126
Qiana shirts!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:16 PM (tgvbd)

127 *decides to not mention Members Only jackets*

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 07:16 PM (wVcYX)

128 [Honorable Mention: Rudolf Diesel (1858 – 1913), inventor of the diesel engine,]

-
Jumped, fell, or was pushed off a boat.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:16 PM (ndZc7)

129 I want a suit like the one Brian Doyle Murray wore in Groundhog Day.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at April 23, 2026 07:16 PM (0aYVJ)

130 The cut on men's suits is terrible.

we need Piper to critique the ridiculous shoulder pads on the suits they wear on Gutfeld

Posted by: DanMan at April 23, 2026 07:17 PM (8uzBS)

131 Have no idea, but if DC's electoral votes are "fixed", they're fixed either by the constitution (pretty sure that's not it) or statute. All statutes can be repealed or amended (well, at least ones that would help the racist-totalitarian cretins, i.e. the Dems).

So on paper the number of votes can be changed, and with the GOP being such a pathetic non-entity that it is, it's barely actually possible it can happen (as opposed to the situation where DC would become an instant/forever GOP bastion as opposed to Dem, in which case nobody would waste their time even proposing it).

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 07:17 PM (U/Byj)

132 Damn, Ace - you're on a roll today! Thanks for the belly laughs (in particular, the Brooks Bros story).

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 23, 2026 07:17 PM (EjgNj)

133 I'll never need to wear a suit again, unless I discard all my suits, in which case an occasion will surely arise where I need to wear one.
Posted by: gp

A lot of dudes keep one in which to be laid to rest. So I've heard.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 07:17 PM (ftFVW)

134 The worst is that the ultra baggy jeans of the 90s are back now. Come on people we went through this already.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 07:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

135 For the first half of my career I wore a suit everyday. Probably count on one hand how many times I've worn once since.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 07:12 PM (viF8m)

I worked for a 500+ lawyer firm back in the '90s doing work for big Fortune 500 clients. The endless-and-never-resolved controversy there was whether the firm would allow "casual Fridays." It was suits and ties every day and for about half of the partners, the idea of coming to work in khakis and an open-neck shirt was apostasy.

The firm dissolved before the burning issue was ever finally decided.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 07:18 PM (guGkK)

136 I remember we wore painters hats and pants and high top sneakers

Posted by: turambar at April 23, 2026 07:18 PM (Q0yOR)

137
"Coke Salmon 'Nado" is going to be one lit film!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 07:18 PM (xG4kz)

138 Back in the day, I had a Nehru jacket.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:18 PM (ndZc7)

139 $325.

I imagine the whole point of that shirt is to tell the "right" people that you spend $325 on a shirt that isn't fit to wash the car in.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 07:15 PM (uUHnE)

You don't need a pricey shirt (or dress) to wash a car.

Posted by: Zombie Joy Harmon at April 23, 2026 07:18 PM (wVcYX)

140 I've got a single black wool suit left.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 07:19 PM (Fi81e)

141 I guy I know moved up to my mid Hudson city from the East Village. He was one of the few Republicans in that area . His girlfriend is a leftist. Both are Jewish. He shook his head and predicted that Mamdani would screw the East Village. Too many white folks. My friend was spot on

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 07:19 PM (gu0hJ)

142 D.C. residents have no senator and only a non-voting delegate in the House of Representatives.

Posted by: The Whine Guy
---

D.C. means District of Columbia, not city, it's not a city of any state, it's a set aside. That responsibility of DC belongs to congress. Congress sluffed that off just like it's other responsibilities and slithered away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 07:19 PM (LA6Ib)

143 I remember during the Pipeline days, that would be the late 70's and early 80's, all the oil company wives were pissed that they had nowhere to wear their dressy clothes. Nobody in AK bothered, and you couldn't really buy them up here, anyway. Buncha hicks, they thought.

And after most of the left, an awful lot of them came back, realizing it was more fun and easier to ditch all that society crap.

AK is an acquired taste.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:19 PM (DwqWV)

144 Boots. And Wranglers stacked for boots. And a shirt that looks like you make enough money to have paid for it. And a belt, for cat's sake. Make your Mama proud, GOD rest her soul.

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 07:20 PM (LHPAg)

145
this guy gets bored of being a Senator, I'd like to ask him to be a coblogger. There's no pay but the sex is outrageous.
=====
So not just garrett, you're having sex with all the cobloggers?
Posted by: JackStraw

Why doesn't garrett get to coblog? Drags his teeth, bad breath, why?

It's the crocs, isn't it?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 23, 2026 07:20 PM (QVmho)

146 The worst is that the ultra baggy jeans of the 90s are back now. Come on people we went through this already.
Posted by: BruceWayne

JNCO doesn't need a second birth!

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 07:20 PM (ftFVW)

147 Old and busted: undercover narc

New and cool: under water narc4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:20 PM (ndZc7)

148

Laid to rest, lol. That has always cracked me up. You are dead.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 07:20 PM (3ek7K)

149 D.C. means District of Columbia, not city, it's not a city of any state, it's a set aside. That responsibility of DC belongs to congress. Congress sluffed that off just like it's other responsibilities and slithered away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 07:19 PM (LA6Ib)
---
They have more time to concentrate on what's really important: graft.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 07:21 PM (Fi81e)

150
I've had good luck on amazon for long sleeve, button down collar oxford cloth white shirts. IIRC, they're Van Heusen
Posted by: AltonJackson
====

Thanks. Noted, but I am appalled that such basic business dress is not available locally. All sorts of other styles, but nothing basic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2026 07:21 PM (XeU6L)

151 Back in the day, I had a Nehru jacket.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:18 PM (ndZc7)

Were you in a rock band or something?

Posted by: The Byrds at April 23, 2026 07:21 PM (sDJiP)

152 AK is an acquired taste.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:19 PM (DwqWV)

Come for the long frigid winters, stay for the grizzly bear attacks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 07:22 PM (guGkK)

153
"Yes, I'll have the Coke-Dusted Salmon on a Bed of Wild Rice, but I'd like the Coke to be served as a side dish, please"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 07:22 PM (xG4kz)

154 Brain Dead is a street wear brand, and this is a collaboration trying to reach out to a different audience than one who would typically think Brooks Bros. Pattern matching is definitely a thing, though.

For those wanting a dress shirt, J’s go to for off the rack is Eton in slim or contemporary fit.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 07:22 PM (Dd38x)

155 "Dude, I wonder what would happen if we gave coke to a fish"
"Dude!"
"Dooood!"

Posted by: "Researchers" at April 23, 2026 07:22 PM (eOqcD)

156 Thanks. Noted, but I am appalled that such basic business dress is not available locally. All sorts of other styles, but nothing basic.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2026 07:21 PM (XeU6L)

Lands End used to carry them, even in DH's size.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:22 PM (DwqWV)

157 Back in the day, I had a Nehru jacket.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:18 PM (ndZc7)

Were you in a rock band or something?
Posted by: The Byrds

I was just ubercool.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:23 PM (ndZc7)

158 131 Have no idea, but if DC's electoral votes are "fixed", they're fixed either by the constitution (pretty sure that's not it) or statute. All statutes can be repealed or amended (well, at least ones that would help the racist-totalitarian cretins, i.e. the Dems).

So on paper the number of votes can be changed, and with the GOP being such a pathetic non-entity that it is, it's barely actually possible it can happen (as opposed to the situation where DC would become an instant/forever GOP bastion as opposed to Dem, in which case nobody would waste their time even proposing it).

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 07:17 PM (U/Byj)

Appears it was set by the Amendment that gave them electoral votes. "No more than the least populous state"

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 23, 2026 07:23 PM (okun6)

159 AK is an acquired taste.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:19 PM (DwqWV)

I loved living up there for about 18 months. But I was restless and went to Arizona, then joined the Army. I would love to move back, but my bride would divorce me. I'll settle for a vacation trip.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at April 23, 2026 07:23 PM (0aYVJ)

160 It was like Freddy Mercury came all over Richard Gere's hamster and then they pumped Rod Stewart's stomach and found it was literally made of cum-cells.

That's some seriously gay stream-crossing. Nostalgia off the charts.

Posted by: Ah the days of pre-internet urban legends at April 23, 2026 07:23 PM (TbWk/)

161 I was just ubercool.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Right on, man.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 07:23 PM (YZ0Fo)

162 It was like Freddy Mercury came all over Richard Gere's hamster and then they pumped Rod Stewart's stomach and found it was literally made of cum-cells.

Damn, that's gay!

Posted by: Liberace's hairdresser at April 23, 2026 07:23 PM (GB0bk)

163 >>He hasn't had one on since we moved back up here. Nobody here really cares. Professionals wear nice jeans with polo shirts and work boots. Easier to go out on jobsites that way. Plus, nobody mistakes you for a CA lawyer.

That's the thing. There were rules back then that in certain jobs you wore a suit. At IBM it was a suit and white shirt. I doubt it was ever written but everyone knew the rule and everyone followed it. They weren't kidding, dress conformity was a thing. BB was a safe choice.

I still remember when the company I was working for at the time had our first casual dress day. It was dress slacks, oxford shirt and a sport coat. Nothing flashy or actually casual. Now practically anything goes.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 07:23 PM (viF8m)

164 The only adulteration I want on my salmon is a good brine and smoking, prior to canning.

Fresh salmon? Just a little pepper and then a thin-sliced lemon over top, and grill it until it's nice and flaky.

Don't fuck it up with cocaine or anything else, like lousy heavy sauce.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:24 PM (DwqWV)

165
I bought some Van Heusen shirts via Amazon and they worked out just fine. There's really only two places I wear coat and tie nowadays: church and stewarding at dog shows.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:24 PM (tgvbd)

166 We weren't wealthy enough to follow trends when I was a kid. But by golly I got a pair of green jeans when I was in 8th grade. Silly.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 07:25 PM (ftFVW)

167 Ex-FIB-ber Steve Friend on X:
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SPLC training from the FBI academy taught our class that pro lifers were more dangerous terrorist threats than radical Muslims
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Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 07:25 PM (Fi81e)

168 I'm pretty sure you have to be gay to wear that shirt. I don't know why I know that I just do.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 07:25 PM (vFG9F)

169
Crystal Pepsi
Salmon Coke

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2026 07:25 PM (IifOV)

170 Back in the day, I had a Nehru jacket.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:18 PM (ndZc7)
Were you in a rock band or something?
Posted by: The Byrds
I was just ubercool.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:23 PM (ndZc7)

Far out man! Groovy!

Posted by: The Byrds at April 23, 2026 07:25 PM (sDJiP)

171 I am almost 66
I live south of I10
It is >80 most the year
Ola Kais Shorts and a nice T or Tori Richards shirt

What the fuck am I supposed to wear.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 07:25 PM (/+uur)

172 153
"Yes, I'll have the Coke-Dusted Salmon on a Bed of Wild Rice, but I'd like the Coke to be served as a side dish, please"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 07:22 PM (xG4kz)

Is that you, Lisa Murkowski?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:26 PM (DwqWV)

173
D.C. residents have no senator and only a non-voting delegate in the House of Representatives.

Posted by: The Whine Guy

Fine. We'll assign you back to Maryland.

Consider it an opening salvo for Civil War II.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 07:26 PM (xG4kz)

174 Remember when people used to respect Germans as sober-minded and good at things? Ye Olden Times.
_______
That was back when they wrote symphonies.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (AlhUl)

175 166 We weren't wealthy enough to follow trends when I was a kid. But by golly I got a pair of green jeans when I was in 8th grade. Silly.
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 07:25 PM (ftFVW)

Elephant legs. A step up from bell bottoms.

Oops. My age is showing.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (DwqWV)

176 Salmon Coke

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2026 07:25 PM (IifOV)
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Pink Coke?

Sounds gay.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (Fi81e)

177 "Laid to rest, lol."

Whatever folks want to do with my corpse, I don't care. All I ask is that they make sure I'm positively, absolutely, undeniably and reliably, most sincerely dead before they do it. Then have fun. YOLO.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (N8ZBc)

178 I was in a nice local store Harolds about 3 times a year
But a 650 to 900 dollar suit
It was good for about 3 to 4 years as style changed

WHY is that important now?

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (/+uur)

179 Thanks. Noted, but I am appalled that such basic business dress is not available locally. All sorts of other styles, but nothing basic.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

I, too, tried to find a button down Oxford in white. Not to be found in KC. Closest was the black guy dress store. Their collars are NOT meant for me.
Ditto on casual dress pants.
I guess I didn't support them... now they ain't there fer me.

Posted by: MkY at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (q6tQZ)

180 I would wear bowling shirts but Charlie Sheen ruined that for everyone.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (guGkK)

181

The first dead person I saw was one of my grandmothers.

My father insisted I go up to her coffin and touch her. I didn't want too but he was insistent. She was cold and I told him she's not the grandmother I remember.

I'm still traumatized by that, I was 10 then and it's always stuck with me.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (3ek7K)

182 Worse than I thought.

New Evidence Reveals Judas Received His 30 Pieces Of Silver From The SPLC

-
From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (ndZc7)

183 Good evening, horde!

I just got here. Did we talk about pleated baggy jeans yet? Acid wash, natch.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 23, 2026 07:28 PM (zYpTz)

184 Aha, I see it's a constitutional amendment. So it can't be easily changed. Well, unless SCOTUS, using it's self-acknowledged powers, just decides it means the opposite of what it says, in order to reach a political objective. Given 2A "jurisprudence" (love that pretentious word), not really a stretch for SCOTUS to give DC 10 electoral votes.

Dude, once you apply "doctrines" and, well, just make shit up and invert the meaning of words, the full arbitrary Revolutionary Command Council powers of SCOTUS can flourish. Think big.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 07:28 PM (U/Byj)

185 Remember in the late eighties when we thought, for literally five minutes, that two-tone jeans -- half blue, half white or half blue, half black -- were rilly rilly cool?

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I still see younger folks wearing jeans with pre-made rips in them -- usually in the knees.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:28 PM (teZkF)

186 Cotton, linen and wool. I can't wear synthetics because they feel like sleezy to me.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 07:28 PM (DIbRX)

187
Is that you, Lisa Murkowski?
Posted by: tcn in AK

I loved it when Ace was mocking her snow-nosed lifestyle with Coke Bear memes.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 07:28 PM (xG4kz)

188 A lot of dudes keep one in which to be laid to rest. So I've heard.
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 07:17 PM (ftFVW)

Get a celluloid suit if you plan on cremation.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 07:28 PM (utfVc)

189 I still remember when the company I was working for at the time had our first casual dress day. It was dress slacks, oxford shirt and a sport coat. Nothing flashy or actually casual. Now practically anything goes.
Posted by: JackStraw

Casual dress used to mean you didn't wear a tie.

Posted by: MkY at April 23, 2026 07:29 PM (q6tQZ)

190 Snakeskin belt with your initials on the back and a good buckle.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 07:29 PM (LA6Ib)

191 It was like Freddy Mercury came all over Richard Gere's hamster and then they pumped Rod Stewart's stomach and found it was literally made of cum-cells.

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"You know what saved me from HIV and AIDs in the 90s?

... I liked to watch!"

-- Reginald Kenneth Dwight (AKA Elton John)

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:31 PM (teZkF)

192 My father insisted I go up to her coffin and touch her. I didn't want too but he was insistent. She was cold and I told him she's not the grandmother I remember.

I'm still traumatized by that, I was 10 then and it's always stuck with me.
Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (3ek7K)

What, you didn't take pictures with her??

Posted by: Filipinos at April 23, 2026 07:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

193 847 moves
Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

194
Casual dress used to mean you didn't wear a tie.
Posted by: MkY
--

And a short sleeved shirt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 07:31 PM (LA6Ib)

195 I went to college with
About 5 concert Ts
About 3 workout T and Shorts.
2 501s and a pair of pressed wranglers
Boots topsiders adidas 3 stripes
I had a gator polo and 2 button downs.

I now have
*runs to closet*
69 shirts on hangers
I am no happier

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur)

196 I still see younger folks wearing jeans with pre-made rips in them -- usually in the knees.
Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:28 PM (teZkF)

*Stares at knees and is grateful for the lack of Horde Cam.*

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 07:32 PM (Dd38x)

197 So that's how the bears get the cocaine.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I never knew the Cocaine Bear movie was a documentary.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 07:32 PM (VHUov)

198 I'm still traumatized by that, I was 10 then and it's always stuck with me.
Posted by: four seasons

I had a similar experience. Hate open casket.

When my husband passed, only close family (his mom, my boys, me) saw him at private viewing. Mostly I wanted to make sure the mortuary did everything per his wishes and give the kids some closure if they wanted it. After that, closed!

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 23, 2026 07:32 PM (ftFVW)

199 My father insisted I go up to her coffin and touch her. I didn't want too but he was insistent. She was cold and I told him she's not the grandmother I remember.

I'm still traumatized by that, I was 10 then and it's always stuck with me.
Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (3ek7K)

At least she didn't breathe on you.

Posted by: Audrey Griswold at April 23, 2026 07:33 PM (wVcYX)

200
Don't fuck it up with cocaine or anything else, like lousy heavy sauce.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Not a fan of the bottled viscous goo that grocery stores flog as "marinades" or cooking sauces, are we?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 07:33 PM (xG4kz)

201 If your next best option is $19 an hour, what exactly was on your resume to begin with? And were you ever qualified to be taking in $272,000?

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That's 13,600 hand jobs/year -- @ $20/pop -- same as in town.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:33 PM (teZkF)

202 Get a celluloid suit if you plan on cremation.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 07:28 PM (utfVc)

Closed casket? Of course we'll put you into your fine new suit.

Posted by: Undertakers doing some taking at April 23, 2026 07:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

203 180 I would wear bowling shirts but Charlie Sheen ruined that for everyone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (guGkK)

I had about 12 Nate Naste
I gave away all but 3 collectable.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 07:34 PM (/+uur)

204 Bolivian ~~marching~~ swimming powder

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 23, 2026 07:34 PM (a+4eV)

205 Get a celluloid suit if you plan on cremation.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 07:28 PM (utfVc)

My uncle said dont bury me with cash
thats just more to burn

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 07:35 PM (/+uur)

206 In reality, this tells a darker story--we spent half-a-century debt-financing a managerial class of Leftists whose only qualifications were ideological.

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... and hand-jobs, but mostly hand-jobs.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:35 PM (teZkF)

207 I see a headline AP - Trump orders shoot to kill small boats choking Dog Leg of Hormuz in Iran
Now we are talking

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)

208 New Evidence Reveals Judas Received His 30 Pieces Of Silver From The SPLC

-
From the Bee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:27 PM (ndZc7)

ha

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 07:36 PM (/+uur)

209 If this guy gets bored of being a Senator, I'd like to ask him to be a coblogger. There's no pay but the sex is outrageous.

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$20 same as in town.

/I can't help myself ... lol

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:36 PM (teZkF)

210
Orange Ent.

One of my sisters was taking lots of pictures of our wonderful mother in her coffin. I was horrified. I asked her what are you going to do with them, invite your friends over for dinner and have a fucking slide show?

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 07:36 PM (3ek7K)

211 Whatever folks want to do with my corpse, I don't care. All I ask is that they make sure I'm positively, absolutely, undeniably and reliably, most sincerely dead before they do it. Then have fun. YOLO.
Posted by: gp

I'm sure you've seen the elaborate gizmos they had to ensure the "dead" remined dead in the 1800's?
e.g.
https://tinyurl.com/2b77sh9e

Posted by: MkY at April 23, 2026 07:36 PM (q6tQZ)

212
My MiL said that her husband could be buried in his pajamas.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 07:37 PM (xG4kz)

213 Sigh.
My wife and kid will never survive on the eastern shore. I just spent 35$ for a pound of cheese from some dairy in Connecticut that she can pick up for free! at Union Square.
Sigh.

Posted by: Accomack at April 23, 2026 07:37 PM (GbONR)

214 for coke salmon runs they just wet down the asphalt with a hose

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 07:37 PM (/+uur)

215 Whatever folks want to do with my corpse, I don't care. All I ask is that they make sure I'm positively, absolutely, undeniably and reliably, most sincerely dead before they do it. Then have fun. YOLO.
Posted by: gp

Funeral pyres are legal in Maine.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 07:37 PM (YZ0Fo)

216 The other feel good news besides PDT's shoot to kill order is 100 Basij jihadis were poisoned and several have died.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 07:37 PM (DIbRX)

217 I was just ubercool.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:23 PM

Shouldn't that be übercoöl, according to the Style Guide?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)

218 I'm pretty sure you have to be gay to wear that shirt. I don't know why I know that I just do.
Posted by: fd

It's like when you look at a stealth bomber, and say to yourself "I bet that doesn't show up on radar."

The shirt is the opposite of that.

You look at that shirt, and your gaydar goes off. Doesn't have to have a person wearing it.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 07:38 PM (VHUov)

219 Not a fan of the bottled viscous goo that grocery stores flog as "marinades" or cooking sauces, are we?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 07:33 PM (xG4kz)

What about that white goop that French chefs put on everything?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 07:38 PM (utfVc)

220 "Get a celluloid suit if you plan on cremation."

I'm a movie buff. Wrap me up in old film stock of Clara Bow, Joan Blondell, and Ruby Keeler. Let our powerful mutual lust kindle the bundle.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 07:38 PM (N8ZBc)

221
$20 same as in town.

/I can't help myself ... lol
Posted by: ShainS

Never apologizing for letting fly our classic bon mots!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 07:38 PM (xG4kz)

222 "I'm sure you've seen the elaborate gizmos they had to ensure the "dead" remined dead in the 1800's?"

I want to be buried with a Life Alert pendent.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F)

223 Hillbilly Bear >> Coke Bear

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 07:38 PM (/+uur)

224 186 Cotton, linen and wool. I can't wear synthetics because they feel like sleezy to me.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 07:28 PM (DIbRX)

That's because they are sleazy. I avoid polyesters as much as possible. Not meaning to turn this into a boob thread, but brassieres are the exception, and that's only because there is nothing else in industrial strength bras.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 23, 2026 07:39 PM (zYpTz)

225 Lefty Driesell vindicated at last.

Posted by: Tommy Shanks at April 23, 2026 07:39 PM (KDpmu)

226 My daughter was 10 when she saw her great uncle in the open casket.

Posted by: Accomack at April 23, 2026 07:39 PM (GbONR)

227 One of my sisters was taking lots of pictures of our wonderful mother in her coffin. I was horrified. I asked her what are you going to do with them, invite your friends over for dinner and have a fucking slide show?

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 07:36 PM (3ek7K)

Yeah, I'm not into that. Had a couple of funerals when with the first wife, didn't join in the pix. Saw Dad in the bed in his underwear, next time I saw him, he was in a little wooden box. Same with Mom.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 07:40 PM (1Ff7Z)

228 The boats the IRGC uses are excellent targets for Apaches and decent ones for A-10s. And fun, I'd bet. I'd like to see weaponized versions of our USVs (Unmanned Surface Vessels) used, also an ideal application. We've been using them to do minesweeping tasks. I hope we've developed some "suicide" USVs. Awfully handy, against both peer and non-peer adversaries. And cheap. Japan had their "Shinyo", but those of course were *manned*, and fortunately didn't get much use thanks to pre-emption.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 07:40 PM (U/Byj)

229

Yep, back in the day there was a bell suspended in your coffin you could ring if you weren't dead.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 07:40 PM (3ek7K)

230 I want to be buried with a Life Alert pendent.
Posted by: fd

Har!

Posted by: MkY at April 23, 2026 07:40 PM (q6tQZ)

231 I shot a coke bear in a wide collared silk shirt and sansabelt slacks

He looked maaavaaalasss

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 07:40 PM (/+uur)

232 Wear a shirt like that and you get a free bowl of soup.

Posted by: Al Czervik at April 23, 2026 07:40 PM (wVcYX)

233 It takes roughly 7 private-sector employees earning $125k (single filer, 2025 standard deduction) to cover one $125k federal salary via their federal income taxes alone.

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In a rational society, that number would be somewhere between 7,000 and 70,000 private-sector employees.

But, alas ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:40 PM (teZkF)

234 What about that white goop that French chefs put on everything?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 07:38 PM (utfVc)

Semen? You're thinking of British chefs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 23, 2026 07:40 PM (guGkK)

235 I'm buried and I can't get out!

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 07:40 PM (vFG9F)

236 That's because they are sleazy. I avoid polyesters as much as possible. Not meaning to turn this into a boob thread, but brassieres are the exception, and that's only because there is nothing else in industrial strength bras.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 23, 2026 07:39 PM (zYpTz)

(blink, blink)

Looks at hands.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 07:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

237 "I'm sure you've seen the elaborate gizmos they had to ensure the "dead" remined dead in the 1800's?"

I want to be buried with a Life Alert pendent.
Posted by: fd

"Help! I'm buried and I can't get up!"

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 07:41 PM (VHUov)

238 222 Ha!

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 07:41 PM (N8ZBc)

239 Yeah Ben Had that was interesting about the Basij having a bad meal. Nice tactic. Not only does it do damage, it raises fear among the bad guys.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 07:41 PM (U/Byj)

240 I see a headline AP - Trump orders shoot to kill small boats choking Dog Leg of Hormuz in Iran
Now we are talking
Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)

Heavy-lift helicopter. Thousand yard of wireline. One of those big claws like in the claw machines in bars. Pick up fast boat, hoist it 2000 feet into the air, open claw. Oopsie!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 07:41 PM (utfVc)

241 Anyway. Nobody in news media ever reached out for my story. And it wasn't a unique story, I was one of a couple hundred thousand guys going through this.

-----------

White Privilege!

And Lear To Code, h8r!

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:42 PM (teZkF)

242 228 The boats the IRGC uses are excellent targets for Apaches and decent ones for A-10s. And fun, I'd bet. I'd like to see weaponized versions of our USVs (Unmanned Surface Vessels) used, also an ideal application. We've been using them to do minesweeping tasks. I hope we've developed some "suicide" USVs. Awfully handy, against both peer and non-peer adversaries. And cheap. Japan had their "Shinyo", but those of course were *manned*, and fortunately didn't get much use thanks to pre-emption.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 07:40 PM (U/Byj)

Navy spends 100k to 2 M on drones for targets.
They are now shooting gallery duck at the State Fair.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 07:42 PM (/+uur)

243 LMAO...you can't make this stuff up. I found an old article on Sheryl Cowan (the USAID employee who was raking in $272k). She was telling a story about a family dinner where she admitted that even her family didn't know what she did for a living.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 07:42 PM (dIske)

244 Brooks Brothers made absolutely wonderful shirts that were just a hair better than Nordstrom shirts before Nordstrom decided to go into children's funware for adults as well.

The problem wass that the shirts are 300+ and the only way I could afford them was to snap them up from the Goodwill stores that were closest to the retirement homes.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 07:43 PM (rbvCR)

245 207 I see a headline AP - Trump orders shoot to kill small boats choking Dog Leg of Hormuz in Iran
Now we are talking
Posted by: Skip
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Trump is letting this drag out on purpose. Have you noticed, or actually not noticed, the lack of wailing over Gaza and Lebanon? The murderous Jews are off the front page while they clean house. That's one part of Trump's play. Giving them cover.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 07:43 PM (LA6Ib)

246 "Look it's getting late. He'll be dead by tomorrow anyway."

Posted by: Gravediggers of Yore at April 23, 2026 07:43 PM (guGkK)

247 233 It takes roughly 7 private-sector employees earning $125k (single filer, 2025 standard deduction) to cover one $125k federal salary via their federal income taxes alone.

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In a rational society, that number would be somewhere between 7,000 and 70,000 private-sector employees.

But, alas ...
Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:40 PM (teZkF)

I think every EBT card holder needs to come mow my laws and scrub the whitewalls on the Family Truckster.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 07:43 PM (/+uur)

248 The other feel good news besides PDT's shoot to kill order is 100 Basij jihadis were poisoned and several have died.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 07:37 PM (DIbRX)

Wow! They have Xipotles locations in Iran?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 07:43 PM (utfVc)

249 Photography of the dead was in way past history was often. I am a bit horrified with that now

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0)

250 "Trump orders shoot to kill small boats choking Dog Leg of Hormuz in Iran"

That should have been RoE from the beginning, IMHO.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 07:43 PM (N8ZBc)

251 I saw Ho Chi Minh in his mausoleum in Hanoi back in the 90s. He looked fine for a really dead guy.

Funny thing was it was about 1 billion degrees with 100% relative humidity that day (June), so obvious everyone shuffling through the room was slow-walking it, to enjoy the nice cool dry air. The white-gloved stern looking honor guards rudely shooed us along.

Despite several technical opportunities I never did get to see Vladimir on Red Square.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 07:44 PM (U/Byj)

252 That's 13,600 hand jobs/year -- @ $20/pop -- same as in town.
Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:33 PM

38.68 minutes/hj IF you're going 24/7 x 365.25.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)

253 Couple fires in DC- a bus and now smoke over the Washington Monument.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 07:44 PM (Dd38x)

254 Over 70% of the East Village voted for Mamdani.

Now they’re suing Mamdani because he’s planning to relocate Bellevue homeless shelter to the East Village.

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"Hey, you got chocolate commie on my schadenboner!"

"Hey, you got schadeboner on my chocolate commie!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:44 PM (teZkF)

255
Crystal Pepsi
Salmon Coke
Posted by: Frank Barone

Chicken Pot Pie

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 07:44 PM (Cqx++)

256 "The boats the IRGC uses are excellent targets for Apaches and decent ones for A-10s."

Do we have bases within range from which to sortie those?

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 07:45 PM (N8ZBc)

257 As a youth, when we had to go to a relatives funeral we had to kiss them on the cheek as they lay in the casket.

Posted by: Old Ways Are Best at April 23, 2026 07:45 PM (sDJiP)

258 They found the river-dwellers exposed to the drugs traveled 1.9 times farther per week than their clean-living control cousins.

Those exposed to the by-product also swam 7.6 miles farther, the study found.

Um... those are two different types of increase: a multiplier and an additive. So... what's the apples to apples? Let me guess, science insider?

Posted by: RandomDave at April 23, 2026 07:45 PM (aJQbY)

259 244 Brooks Brothers made absolutely wonderful shirts that were just a hair better than Nordstrom shirts before Nordstrom decided to go into children's funware for adults as well.

The problem wass that the shirts are 300+ and the only way I could afford them was to snap them up from the Goodwill stores that were closest to the retirement homes.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 07:43 PM (rbvCR)

Gettman Bros made my fav shirts.
Last time I needed dress shirts I did Indochina. 3 great shirts for about 180.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 07:46 PM (/+uur)

260 nood

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 07:46 PM (N8ZBc)

261 From above, "More whining about extravagantly overpaid USAID workers -- formerly making $272,000 per year, courtesy of the American taxpayer -- now working for $19 per hour in the private sector."

Let's take the highest alleged salary:

IF Senior Executive Service (SES), an actual Federal employees, members do not receive locality pay. Unlike General Schedule (GS) employees, SES pay is a single, nationwide rate based on performance rather than geographic location, meaning the pay range for a DC-based SES executive is the same as elsewhere.

2026 SES Pay Range: As of January 2026, the basic pay range is to a maximum of $228,000 (with a certified performance appraisal system) or $209,600 without.

Total aggregate pay is capped, often tied to the salary of the Vice President, per OPM.gov.
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BUT Based on reports regarding the dismantling of USAID in early 2025, individuals with high salaries in that range (such as $272,000) were primarily working as senior executives, senior vice presidents at USAID-funded NGOs, or specialized contractors, rather than standard federal employees.

Solution: Go get a GS-7, Step 1 job ($57736) & work upwards, whiners.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 07:46 PM (NFX2v)

262 LMAO...you can't make this stuff up. I found an old article on Sheryl Cowan (the USAID employee who was raking in $272k). She was telling a story about a family dinner where she admitted that even her family didn't know what she did for a living.

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Her cover story was she was trafficking children.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:46 PM (ndZc7)

263 Couple fires in DC- a bus and now smoke over the Washington Monument.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 07:44 PM (Dd38x)

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Please tell me that "Dirty Harry" Callahan is on that bus.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:46 PM (teZkF)

264 CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0)

265 Nood cafe

Posted by: Kratwurst at April 23, 2026 07:47 PM (9gKa/)

266 I always have felt that men's fashions hit a peak of stylishness around 1947, so that's the way I dressed my whole career in banking and subsequently at an agency of the federal government in D.C. Tailor-made double-breasted suits and fedoras (Panamas in the summer). And I genuinely mean this with the utmost respect - I never passed a black lady on the street, in the Metro or in the halls of my agency over the age of 50 who didn't tell me she loved the way I dressed (frequently with the observation that I reminded her of her father).

Posted by: Paco at April 23, 2026 07:47 PM (2L+MU)

267
You are trafficking children, instant death. No trial nothing but instant death.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 07:47 PM (3ek7K)

268 244 Brooks Brothers made absolutely wonderful shirts that were just a hair better than Nordstrom shirts before Nordstrom decided to go into children's funware for adults as well.

The problem wass that the shirts are 300+ and the only way I could afford them was to snap them up from the Goodwill stores that were closest to the retirement homes.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 07:43 PM (rbvCR)

________________________________

There was a Brooks Brothers Outlet store up in Freeport ME, across the street from the LL Bean Homestore. Always a good deal....every thing they offered. It was my goto place to grab some pull over sweaters.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 07:47 PM (dIske)

269 I am possibly 100% wrong but I think the reason Phelan was terminated was because of a failure with the fast attack boats, thus PDT'S shoot to kill order.

Been wrong before and will be again.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 07:47 PM (DIbRX)

270 LMAO...you can't make this stuff up. I found an old article on Sheryl Cowan (the USAID employee who was raking in $272k). She was telling a story about a family dinner where she admitted that even her family didn't know what she did for a living.

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Her cover story was she was trafficking children.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 07:46 PM (ndZc7)

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I assumed she was a ChiComm honeypot. Fang-Fang hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 07:48 PM (teZkF)

271
University of No Fuckin' Duh, Chester

Flog it all you want, but it's still a backwater branch of University of No Fuckin' Duh, Dewey

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 07:49 PM (xG4kz)

272 Chicken Pot Pie
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 07:44 PM (Cqx++)

Never fail to ask your waitress if the pie is made from organic, free-range pot. I have actually had them go to the kitchen ask the chef.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 07:49 PM (utfVc)

273 Do we have bases within range from which to sortie those?
Posted by: gp
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Helos and Warthogs are mid-air refuel capable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 07:49 PM (LA6Ib)

274 263 Couple fires in DC- a bus and now smoke over the Washington Monument.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 07:44 PM (Dd38x)

Confirmed - Metro bus on fire inside 9th St. tunnel. Bus unoccupied and driver safely removed. Apparently a number of cars had to be abandoned in the tunnel and occupants evacuated.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 07:50 PM (NFX2v)

275 "refuel capable." I didn't even think of that! Imaderp.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 07:51 PM (N8ZBc)

276 Closed casket? Of course we'll put you into your fine new suit.
Posted by: Undertakers doing some taking at April 23, 2026 07:33 PM (1Ff7Z)
For an hour.

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 07:53 PM (LHPAg)

277 Cotton, linen and wool. I can't wear synthetics because they feel like sleezy to me.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 07:28 PM (DIbRX)

Also they won't stick to you when they catch on fire.
Granted, I haven't caught on fire much in my life so far, but I am sure they stressed the whole stop-drop-and-roll training in grade school for a reason.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 07:55 PM (rbvCR)

278 DC's electoral votes are not established by "legislative fiat". According to the 23rd amendment, DC gets the number of electoral votes it would have if it were a state (i.e., based on population) BUT "in no event more than the least populous state" which mean in practice that they get 3 votes, the same as Wyoming etc.

Posted by: bof at April 23, 2026 07:56 PM (wQY1T)

279 "Nope. It was like Freddy Mercury came all over Richard Gere's hamster and then they pumped Rod Stewart's stomach and found it was literally made of cum-cells."

And this is why I pay for the premium content.

BTW, it was a gerbil ... not a hamster.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at April 23, 2026 08:00 PM (pE12i)

280 Any boat that tries to run the blockade we seize, take to the US auction the cargo, then auction the ship.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 08:06 PM (LA6Ib)

281 I'm thinking the Cocaine Salmon movie is going to suck waaaayyyy more than the Cocaine Bear one.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at April 23, 2026 08:24 PM (ln2TI)

282 >>>DC's electoral votes are not established by "legislative fiat". According to the 23rd amendment, DC gets the number of electoral votes it would have if it were a state (i.e., based on population) BUT "in no event more than the least populous state" which mean in practice that they get 3 votes, the same as Wyoming etc.

whoops sorry, got that wrong.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 08:30 PM (1wjle)

283 >>>And this is why I pay for the premium content.
BTW, it was a gerbil ... not a hamster.

oh maybe a gerbil... but wasn't Lemmiwinks a hamster?

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 08:31 PM (1wjle)

284 Great Brooks Brothers take. I've got a BB suit that I bought in the 80's. Still fits and I wore it to a funeral last month and I'll wear it to a wedding in June. Maybe I will wear it when they cremate me.

Posted by: rocdoctom at April 23, 2026 10:16 PM (KfjUj)

285 These USAID workers who dropped from $272,000 to $19/hour -- are these the same folks who, when Elon Musk asked, couldn't come up with a list of five things they'd worked on in the past week?

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at April 23, 2026 11:20 PM (bufu1)

286 Ace: "Nope. It was like Freddy Mercury came all over Richard Gere's gerbil and then they pumped Rod Stewart's stomach and found it was literally made of cum-cells." - funniest line I've heard in a while. Spit my coffee.

Posted by: Rusty at April 24, 2026 06:25 AM (KxLOc)

287 "It was like Freddy Mercury came all over Richard Gere's gerbil and then they pumped Rod Stewart's stomach and found it was literally made of cum-cells."

I can't recall ever seeing someone date themselves so precisely in a single sentence.

Posted by: Dodd at April 24, 2026 12:10 PM (vl9MY)

China Made a Ton of Risky Loans to Third-World Nations to Bring Them Under Its Sphere of Influence. Now Those Loans are Turning Bad.
China Wants the US to Bail It Out.

This is such a disgusting demand to even make that I'm 90% sure that the "US" Congress will agree to to it.

Why Trump is doing this, I have no idea. I saw someone saying that he inherited this position from Biden's Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, but that doesn't seem like a good reason to keep it.

President Trump is scheduled to visit Beijing in May for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and he will come bearing at least one surprising gift: A budget request to Congress to hand more money to Mr. Xi's friends at the International Monetary Fund.
We told you recently about the Trump Administration's fiscal 2026 request that Congress endorse a U.S. quota increase of 50%, equivalent to about $55 billion. The quota is a country's contribution to the fund. Congress didn't pass the White House request, but the Administration includes it again in its recent fiscal 2027 proposal.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen initiated the request in the Biden era, and it's hard to understand why the Trump Treasury would endorse it. It's true, as Treasury says, that the U.S. receives an "interest-bearing claim on the IMF" for those assets. But it's not a wash because the interest rate doesn't compensate for the cost of funds or the risk.

More harmful is the cost to U.S. control over IMF resources, which Treasury conceals... What Treasury doesn't disclose is the hit to U.S. power when the IMF gets more of its resources from equity than debt.
The fund's use of debt via New Arrangements to Borrow requires 85% approval of voting shares. Since the U.S. has almost 16% of those shares, it has a veto over the use of those resources. It also has an effective veto over Bilateral Borrowing Agreements. But it has no veto power over use of equity--that is, the quota resources.

I think this means that the money we pour into the IMF through this "quota" will be used according to how the multinational organization IMF decides -- and we'll have no say.

And whose power over the use of those funds will increase? Well, China's, of course.

Mr. Xi wants a greater role for China in all multilateral institutions at the expense of U.S. influence. Shifting total fund resources toward quotas would shrink U.S. veto power over IMF resources to 38% from about 60%. IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said recently she's optimistic Congress will pass the increase this year that will bolster the fund's $1 trillion in lending capacity from its own resources, rather than from borrowing over which the U.S. has more influence.
That will be welcome news in Beijing, which wants to use the fund to rescue the array of distressed Chinese loans around the world. Let's hope Congress says no again.

I don't know if Trump made this promise to get China to agree to something else. But China's sending dual-use materials to Iran after having vowed that they would not, so I don't see the value of a CCP promise.

Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
5h
China went around Africa and South America making predatory loans in an attempt to make money and seize infrastructure for the most useful part of its lifespan.
And now it wants others to pay for its bad bets.
We hold 16% of the vote over the IMF. The answer should be no.

Ted Cruz
@tedcruz
Apr 22
This is a terrible idea.
Congress should say hell NO, to bailing out China.

Related: I give Trump a knock, now I'll give him a plaudit.

Marco Rubio is reportedly about to announce a permanent cut-off of all aid to the Pirate Collective of Somalia after the pirates there demolished a warehouse containing 76 tons of American food aid.

🚨 BREAKING: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to PERMANENTLY CUT OFF U.S. aid to Somalia after the country demolished a warehouse holding 76 TONS of American food, per Daily Wire.

GOOD. Cut off the gravy train.

Rubio said it perfectly. Foreign aid is NOT charity. It� pic.twitter.com/TywvAg23Ph
— Pascal Najadi (USSF)🇺🇸 (@JfkPascalNajadX) April 23, 2026

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Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 05:52 PM (GD0B3)

2 numero uno!!

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 05:52 PM (GD0B3)

3 When it come to loans... I will trust Trump's people like Bessent to screw China so bad they'd be begging for Japan to invade them again. lol

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 05:54 PM (GD0B3)

4 I nominate Judge Smails as undersecretary of Treasury.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 05:54 PM (gKWVE)

5 $$55 Billion to Dems is nothing...pocket money.
Just print more! Easy peasy!

Posted by: Joemarine at April 23, 2026 05:56 PM (y171U)

6
If we don't bail out China, Grandma is going to lose her 401k!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 05:56 PM (tgvbd)

7 Bold ace looks darkly, but coquettishly on Brave Hector...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 05:56 PM (zZu0s)

8 A U.S. special forces soldier tied to the capture of Venezuelan President Maduro was arrested after betting on the (his) mission and making $400,000 in profits - CNN

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 23, 2026 05:56 PM (CNl8/)

9 Since this is both evil and stupid, it's assured of bipartisan support.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 05:57 PM (AlhUl)

10 Knowing Trump I would imagine he’s using this as leverage to force China into a better deal

It’s not going to be a freebie with no strings attached is what I’m thinking

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 23, 2026 05:57 PM (REq0p)

11 Anyone else feeling like a fool reading about this crap day after day.

Rules and morals seem to be for suckers.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 23, 2026 05:57 PM (Sco7b)

12 I've seen enough Trump for a very long time and obviously even more over the last decade to know he never gives anything away for free, particularly when it's for the country.

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt until I see the whole deal.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 05:58 PM (viF8m)

13 Joemarine

Take the Democrats money from them via reimbursement for plasma donation. They are too old for sperm donation for money.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 05:58 PM (u82oZ)

14 So Marco is captain now?

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 05:58 PM (YZ0Fo)

15 Marco Rubio is reportedly about to announce a permanent cut-off of all aid to the Pirate Collective of Somalia after the pirates there demolished a warehouse containing 76 tons of American food aid.
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Have we no gratitude? Somalians built America.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 05:58 PM (AlhUl)

16 Can we stop giving foreigners who hate us massive amounts of money?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 05:58 PM (1Ff7Z)

17 Boyfriend go 'pfffft', not China loans!

Posted by: Fang Fang at April 23, 2026 05:58 PM (0sNs1)

18 Foreign aid is not charity. Well said Mr Secretary of State.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 23, 2026 05:58 PM (y171U)

19
Of course it's a terrible idea. That's why we'll probably do it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 05:59 PM (tgvbd)

20 If China has any interest in trade in the strait they'll have to become part of the negotiation making the EU, the UN, and NATO look like fags. It's all playing out splendidly.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 05:59 PM (Fbc0I)

21 There is no promise China could make that should be trusted. "If you can cheat, you cheat" is there version of a bon mot.
Even if Trump goes through with a deal, the CCPs contribution should be in advance, and then Trump should pull the carpet out from under them.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2026 05:59 PM (diia5)

22
Can we stop giving foreigners who hate us massive amounts of money?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 05:58 PM (1Ff7Z)

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Can we stop giving citizens who hate us massive amounts of money?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 06:00 PM (tgvbd)

23 I don't think he should go to chy na at all, based on them selling chemicals to Iran.

Much less giving them money. I don't care if they go back to when Reagan found them in rice paddies. I cannot stand that temu country.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 23, 2026 06:01 PM (WONhk)

24 A U.S. special forces soldier tied to the capture of Venezuelan President Maduro was arrested after betting on the (his) mission and making $400,000 in profits - CNN
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 23, 2026 05:56 PM (CNl8/)

Someone is apparently running shorts on the oil market around Trump's announcements, clearly running trades on inside information.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 06:01 PM (rbvCR)

25 So okay. A few here despise him, some more mistrust him, by I gotta say Rubio impresses the hell out of me.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 06:01 PM (Gqar8)

26 Trump's position toward China is adversarial but never enough. Like Iran, China is governed by a murderous and criminal regime. Our position should be just short of open military confrontation.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 06:01 PM (RIvkX)

27 China has known for quite awhile that their resource-colonialism in Africa was going to be wasted.

I watched this doc on YouTube a month or so ago after I'd read about it for the first time:

https://youtu.be/-pDJ4-MtAkQ
Empire of Dust (2011)

It's the story of a Chinese project manager spending days just trying to get a load of gravel for a road project they were doing in the Congo.

If you're ever seen the Chinese man meme
"It's all so tiresome"
This documentary is where it came from.

Africa is a basket case and will be for a very long time to come.
Even when they get state of the art infrastructure they destroy it all through incompetence and neglect.

Let the Chinese rot there, if they need the resources that much.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 06:01 PM (6ydKt)

28 The country with the highest national debt is giving out foreign aid. I say every other country should contribute to a low interest IMF loan to us.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 06:01 PM (n5tGW)

29 The brilliant all knowing commies intended to take possession of infrastructure when the loan defaulted. Duh.

"Herro, debtor, all yowa bases are belong to me."

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 23, 2026 06:02 PM (YlWIZ)

30 Democracy is at stake. We need to bail out China now. #bringthemcash

Posted by: Hakeem Jeffries, Totally Not a Vampire at April 23, 2026 06:02 PM (qUkBO)

31 11 Anyone else feeling like a fool reading about this crap day after day.

Rules and morals seem to be for suckers.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 23, 2026 05:57 PM (Sco7b)

No. We are not the fools. We know we will have to face Jesus and have Him run over our lives with a fine tooth comb. They seem to think they will not.

We know how this ends.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 06:02 PM (DwqWV)

32 Seeing China whining and begging does warm my heart.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 06:02 PM (Gqar8)

33 Someone is apparently running shorts on the oil market around Trump's announcements, clearly running trades on inside information.
Posted by: Kindltot

That is likely the pretext for the impeachment proceedings coming should the Democrats get the edge after November.

Posted by: which is what Thune wants at April 23, 2026 06:02 PM (gKWVE)

34 We know how this ends.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 06:02 PM (DwqWV)

Thank you. I needed that.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 23, 2026 06:03 PM (Sco7b)

35 I miss the days of non stop beer and car ads.Now all we get are prescription drug and betting service ads.

Posted by: steevy at April 23, 2026 06:03 PM (YwEeS)

36 Trump's position toward China is adversarial but never enough. Like Iran, China is governed by a murderous and criminal regime. Our position should be just short of open military confrontation.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 06:01 PM (RIvkX)
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Like, every day on, over, and under the South China Sea.

Posted by: mrp at April 23, 2026 06:03 PM (rj6Yv)

37 Africa is a basket case and will be for a very long time to come.
Even when they get state of the art infrastructure they destroy it all through incompetence and neglect.

Let the Chinese rot there, if they need the resources that much.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 06:01 PM (6ydKt)

As we have said in the past, the problem with Africa is that it is full of Africans.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 06:04 PM (DwqWV)

38 Africa is a basket case and will be for a very long time to come.
Even when they get state of the art infrastructure they destroy it all through incompetence and neglect.

Let the Chinese rot there, if they need the resources that much.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 06:01 PM (6ydKt)
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Who coroniarist now round eye?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 06:04 PM (RIvkX)

39 I mean, we're giving trillons of dollars to third worlders through fraud...f it, just give our grandchildren's money to china, too. Who cares??? >

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 23, 2026 06:05 PM (nCTkv)

40 Africa is a Silly Place. Let us not go there.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 06:05 PM (Gqar8)

41 Somalia has no respect for US taxpayer money. Who do they thing they are, the US congress?

Posted by: Oglebay at April 23, 2026 06:05 PM (2ap+5)

42 You're right. It's worse than I thought. Never mind.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 23, 2026 06:05 PM (YlWIZ)

43
China: You owe me money.

3rd World: I don't have 10 grand.

China: You don't owe me 10 grand, silly. You did 46 months ago. And now $10,000 at a 20% monthly interest over 47 months means you actually owe me $43,887,000.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 06:06 PM (tgvbd)

44 Cut me some slack, Jack! Somalia chump don't want no food, Somalia chump don't get da food.

Jive-ass pirate don't got no brains anyhow! Shiiiiit.

Posted by: Secretary Rubio at April 23, 2026 06:07 PM (wVcYX)

45 I just dropped my Sens a line. No bailouts to Red China. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 06:07 PM (T6aVk)

46 Cut me some slack, Jack! Somalia chump don't want no food, Somalia chump don't get da food.

Jive-ass pirate don't got no brains anyhow! Shiiiiit.
Posted by: Secretary Rubio at April 23, 2026 06:07 PM (wVcYX)

Golly!

Posted by: Picking up what you're laying down at April 23, 2026 06:08 PM (0aYVJ)

47 They no pay, you carry.

Posted by: China at April 23, 2026 06:08 PM (n5tGW)

48 Won't you think of Panda Express?

Posted by: Fang Fang at April 23, 2026 06:09 PM (0sNs1)

49 >>Trump's position toward China is adversarial but never enough. Like Iran, China is governed by a murderous and criminal regime. Our position should be just short of open military confrontation.

So far Trump has taken two of the main gas stations, Cuba, Venezuela and much of Latin America and the Panama Canal from China. Japan is back in the weapons business and we just did a defense agreement with Indonesia. And he's crushing their economy with tariffs.

He seems to be boxing Xi in pretty strongly.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 06:09 PM (viF8m)

50 Can we stop giving citizens who hate us massive amounts of money?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 06:00 PM (tgvbd)

Two sides, same coin, H.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 06:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

51 BREAKING: DOJ announces it has arrested a US Special Forces soldier who took part in the raid that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro after the soldier allegedly pocketed $400,000 by betting more than $30,000 on Maduro’s removal on Polymarket.

Name: GANNON KEN VAN DYKE

That's quite a return on investment.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 23, 2026 06:09 PM (CNl8/)

52 ProTip: Don't hire the Lambrini Girls. They complain too much.
youtube.com/watch?v=-kz_CrB0Vf0

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 06:09 PM (N8ZBc)

53 Jive-ass pirate don't got no brains anyhow! Shiiiiit.
Posted by: Secretary Rubio at April 23, 2026 06:07 PM (wVcYX)

Golly!
Posted by: Picking up what you're laying down at April 23, 2026 06:08 PM (0aYVJ)

I do love this place.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 06:10 PM (zZu0s)

54 China Wants the US to Bail It Out.

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Ha, ha, ha

Maybe Obama and Biden would have but Trump will want something in return. How about Iran on a plate with an apple in its mouth?

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2026 06:11 PM (Tbs6N)

55 https://youtu.be/-pDJ4-MtAkQ
Empire of Dust (2011)

It's the story of a Chinese project manager spending days just trying to get a load of gravel for a road project they were doing in the Congo.

If you're ever seen the Chinese man meme
"It's all so tiresome"
This documentary is where it came from.

Africa is a basket case and will be for a very long time to come.
Even when they get state of the art infrastructure they destroy it all through incompetence and neglect.

Let the Chinese rot there, if they need the resources that much.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 06:01 PM (6ydKt)

I happened to look up the Wiki summary for that a few weeks ago, and holy cow, it was depressing.

Posted by: pookysgirl curses her curiosity sometimes at April 23, 2026 06:11 PM (Wt5PA)

56 The country with the highest national debt is giving out foreign aid. I say every other country should contribute to a low interest IMF loan to us.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 06:01 PM (n5tGW)

Tribute for maintaining their liberty.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 06:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

57 "Empire of Dust (2011)" Recommended! A real eye opener.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 06:12 PM (N8ZBc)

58
I thought it was understood that the CCP made the loans to Third World countries with the expectation that the dummies wouldn't be able to make the payments, and China would take possession of collateral such as land and natural resources. Now China's original plan is a problem for them? The slow economy means they can't use what they grabbed?

I don't think we're going to give China something for nothing. Everything Trump has done goes the other way.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 23, 2026 06:12 PM (bYpLU)

59 REAKING: DOJ announces it has arrested a US Special Forces soldier who took part in the raid that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro after the soldier allegedly pocketed $400,000 by betting more than $30,000 on Maduro’s removal on Polymarket.

==

Wonder how he was able to do that , since Polymarket does not allow US citizens. Broke more that one law he did.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 06:12 PM (GD0B3)

60 Marco Rubio is reportedly about to announce a permanent cut-off of all aid to the Pirate Collective of Somalia after the pirates there demolished a warehouse containing 76 tons of American food aid.

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Can we trade Ilhan Omar to Somalia for the remaining ashes?

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 06:12 PM (teZkF)

61 China is asshoe. It's never a good idea to bail out an entity that wants you dead. How would any deal involving sending money to the CCP be enforced? Once they get the money, it'll be "Stupid Gwailos."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 23, 2026 06:13 PM (ynpvh)

62 Marco Rubio is reportedly about to announce a permanent cut-off of all aid to the Pirate Collective of Somalia after the pirates there demolished a warehouse containing 76 tons of American food aid.
_______________________________

That's a weak plaudit, IMO. Why are we giving them ANY food aid in the first place? Not our friend, not our country, not our problem. It's not like their behavior and exploits get any worse if we ignore their self-induced plight. They are already a burden. We shouldn't be adding to that burden voluntarily.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 06:14 PM (dIske)

63 45 I just dropped my Sens a line. No bailouts to Red China. Fuck 'em.

This is precisely why Trump did it -- am I getting through to you Mr. Beale? 50 years on?
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-TrumpLaysLowDIMON
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-AmericaHazProblem
...
You are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and peoples. There are no nations. There are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There are no third worlds. There is no West. There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars. Petro-dollars, electro-dollars, multi-dollars, reichmarks, rins, rubles, pounds, and shekels.

It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural order of things today. That is the atomic and subatomic and galactic structure of things today! And YOU have meddled with the primal forces of nature, and YOU WILL ATONE! (and better do so before America250)

Am I getting through to you, Mr. Beale?

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 23, 2026 06:14 PM (HNv7i)

64 That will be welcome news in Beijing, which wants to use the fund to rescue the array of distressed Chinese loans around the world. Let's hope Congress says no again.

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Don't bet against Cocaine Glitch McConnell and his fellow GOPee (establishment eunuch) butt-boys ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 06:14 PM (teZkF)

65 "China Wants the US to Bail It Out."

Bail them out with what exactly? Our $36 TRILLION in debt?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2026 06:14 PM (0N4FZ)

66 Someone is apparently running shorts on the oil market around Trump's announcements, clearly running trades on inside information.
Posted by: Kindltot

That is likely the pretext for the impeachment proceedings coming should the Democrats get the edge after November.
Posted by: which is what Thune wants

Joke's on them, by Congressional precedent, insider trading isn't actually illegal.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 23, 2026 06:15 PM (a+4eV)

67 I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa

Anyone "investing" in Africa deserves to lose it all. That place is a fucking mess

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 23, 2026 06:15 PM (NtVYv)

68 China: You owe me money.

3rd World: I don't have 10 grand.

China: You don't owe me 10 grand, silly. You did 46 months ago. And now $10,000 at a 20% monthly interest over 47 months means you actually owe me $43,887,000.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

3rd world: New Military Junta, who dis?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 23, 2026 06:15 PM (a+4eV)

69 Cut off aid to Somalia? Nah bruh. That check best be in the mail within 24 hours
- Some Judge, soon

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 06:16 PM (q1qnK)

70 I want Bessent to 'splain this "bailout" situation.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 06:16 PM (GD0B3)

71 So the Chinese responded to the Nigerian emails?

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 23, 2026 06:17 PM (CNl8/)

72 Trump's position toward China is adversarial but never enough. Like Iran, China is governed by a murderous and criminal regime. Our position should be just short of open military confrontation.
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This.

Let China eat the loss.

Posted by: Methos at April 23, 2026 06:17 PM (vSvIl)

73 The China problem may have started with Nixon, I read somewhere.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 06:18 PM (Gqar8)

74 For having so many smart people we really a stupid country. For 80 years post WW2 we’ve allowed the entire world to take advantage of us. And it’s only got worse as time went on.

So yes we will almost certainly be bailing China out. It’s how we roll.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 06:18 PM (q1qnK)

75 LIBs. Not Just Mistaken, EVIL.

"Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory"
-- Shameless Politico THUG, Nancy Pelosi'09 in Red China.

“Such a consequential president of the United States, a Mount Rushmore kind of president of the United States,” Pelosi'24 feeling that she's getting real on IceKingJOE

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsTheBotchmen
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBdOutLogic
Bernie: SANE
Hillary: POOR
Terrorists: MISUNDERSTOOD
Last but not least... OBAMA: LEADER.

The LIBs ceaseless quest for the unearned remains forever ceaseless because the Value Illicitly Obtained retains no Value.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 23, 2026 06:18 PM (aSp5p)

76 Bold touch of Tourettes there, Ace?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 23, 2026 06:19 PM (yLmkL)

77 WHY IS TRUMP DOING THIS? AAAAAAAA! IT BURNS IT BURNS! AAAAAAAA!

Posted by: Guy with hair on fire at April 23, 2026 06:19 PM (vFG9F)

78 Can we stop “giving” massive amounts of money to ANYONE?

Just stop all foreign aid. Then reset.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 06:21 PM (W2Pud)

79 When I count pluses and minuses, Trump is doing great.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 06:21 PM (Gqar8)

80 I don't care about China. The f'n Democrats are the biggest menace.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 06:21 PM (vFG9F)

81
Get rid of USAID, but bail out China.

It's a wash, no?

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2026 06:21 PM (IifOV)

82 Okay, last thread I really got it twisted around. The book I read was on the subject of "birthright citizenship" but the particular section was about the development of citizenship laws, specifically, and firstly, naturalization.

Article 1, Section 8 says: "[The Congress shall have Power] To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization". The implicit idea is that "Common Law" definition of "naturalization" is used here. So, "national citizenship" is in view, because Congress can make laws to establish the naturalization standards, whether admission is just to a state or not.

That's what the author (might even have been Levin, I don't remember) says wasn't laid out in the Constitution, but Congress had to define the parameters of it.

Were it not that Congress has become so useless as anything bug Grifter Club, I would actually prefer the representatives of the people when two branches come to blows, then give more discretion to the Judicial branch in suits like we do these days.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 06:21 PM (Fi81e)

83 Marking the 2026 rescheduling of marihuana, here are some big hits from the 1930s-1940s:

"All the Jive is Gone"
youtube.com/watch?v=BDCPHhTDCjc
"Here Comes the Man With the Jive"
youtube.com/watch?v=Y4q7wycFTfg
"The G-Man Got the Tea Man"
youtube.com/watch?v=rrTP6wga5C0

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 06:22 PM (N8ZBc)

84 I can already name the GOP Senators on board with bending over for China. Cocaine Mitch is already bracing himself against the desk while two of his aides are spreading his bony cheeks.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 06:22 PM (dIske)

85 80 I don't care about China. The f'n Democrats are the biggest menace.
Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 06:21 PM (vFG9F)

China funds Democrats . And Republicans. Not to
Mention produces most of the drugs that have killed millions of Americans and have cost us u told billions of dollars.

You may not care about China but they sure as fuck care about you.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 06:23 PM (q1qnK)

86 We should also ban anyone from the PRC from coming to the US for any reason.

But that would be racist and I don't want the SPLC on my ass.

Or maybe they can put me on their "hate group" payroll?

Posted by: Common Sense at April 23, 2026 06:23 PM (sDJiP)

87
It seems as though doing anything in Africa is like dropping a pebble into a bucket of oil. The pebble disappears without even a splash.

Started watching Empire of Dust. There's nothing - no equipment, no building, no clothes - produced by the Africans.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 06:23 PM (tgvbd)

88

Howz about we stop giving money to everyone including people in our country.

Hey, sorry to cut off your welfare etc. Maybe if you kept your fucking legs together we wouldn't have to support your crouch rats?

It's far past time for us to be hardcore.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 06:23 PM (3ek7K)

89 The China problem may have started with Nixon, I read somewhere.
Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 06:18 PM (Gqar

It started when the Chicoms were allowed into the World Trade Organization; that was Clinton and his "geniuses" who signed the deal in 1999. many of them and their donors got filthy rich.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 06:23 PM (GD0B3)

90 "You may not care about China but they sure as fuck care about you.
Posted by: Heroq"

Meh. Over ten miles from here.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 06:24 PM (vFG9F)

91 We have to remember that this is a WSJ story, based on some rumor from someone.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 06:25 PM (GD0B3)

92 Why are we paying taxes to feralgov...?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2026 06:25 PM (9vFyc)

93 While I am, admittedly in a "setting hair on fire mood" (I need to take my vitamins), I think I'm going to take a pass on lighting up just yet over this alleged China thing.

Maybe tomorrow.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 23, 2026 06:25 PM (a+4eV)

94 89 The China problem may have started with Nixon, I read somewhere.
Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 06:18 PM (Gqar

It started when the Chicoms were allowed into the World Trade Organization; that was Clinton and his "geniuses" who signed the deal in 1999. many of them and their donors got filthy rich.
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 06:23 PM (GD0B3)

Ah. I was thinking about Nixon’s trip he made over there, and the Most Favored Nation trading designation I read about.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 06:25 PM (Gqar8)

95 Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are more of a menace than China.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 06:25 PM (vFG9F)

96 Lets see 76 tons of food. 76 x 2000. 152,000 lbs of food. so lets say 152 days of food for 1000 people, or about a month of food for 5000 people. Not really as huge an amount as the headline implies. But regardless if Somali pirates are going to just blow up the food and the warehouse instead of letting their hungry countrymen eat there are probably other places where people could use more food that have enough civilization to actually get the food to the hungry.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 23, 2026 06:26 PM (+89TD)

97 "You may not care about China but they sure as fuck care about your money.
Posted by: Heroq"
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Adjusted.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 06:26 PM (Fi81e)

98 Besides "Empire of Dust," I recommend the movies of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene to demonstrate the hopelessness of "fixing things in Africa." It can't be done. Don't try.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 06:26 PM (N8ZBc)

99
Why are we paying taxes to feralgov...?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 23, 2026 06:25 PM (9vFyc)

___________

It's not to fund the government. It's to show you they're your boss.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 06:26 PM (tgvbd)

100 Just flipped on Tousi, it seems missiles are headed for Israel, and they've indicated they're waiting on a green light from US to resume.

I'm just reading his headlines, which can be a little enthusiastic.

Posted by: Methos at April 23, 2026 06:27 PM (vSvIl)

101 67 Oh great. Thanks for that earworm.

Posted by: turambar at April 23, 2026 06:27 PM (Q0yOR)

102 Cut off ais to Somalia? We've been giving money to Somalia? Cut it off. Cut Ilhan Omar off too and her Paki grifter girlfriend.

Cut it of and send them home.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 06:28 PM (LA6Ib)

103 Ah. I was thinking about Nixon’s trip he made over there, and the Most Favored Nation trading designation I read about.
Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 06:25 PM (Gqar

US can remove the status any time. The membership in WTO is permanent, there is no provision to expel member states.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 06:28 PM (GD0B3)

104 83 Marking the 2026 rescheduling of marihuana, here are some big hits from the 1930s-1940s:

LIBs will be so stoned they won't care who's president -- genius.

Taken together with the fact that use of controlled substance is inconsistent with federal service -- they just signed their own resignation in a part of America250.

It won't matter how loudly they cry: Mad as hell, and won't LIB any more... they will experience FEAR for having abandoned their only means of survival, and GUILT for knowing they have done so willingly ... because there is no going back.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 23, 2026 06:28 PM (IJZs1)

105 Oh great. Thanks for that earworm.

Posted by: turambar at April 23, 2026 06:27 PM (Q0yOR)
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1-877-KARS4KIDS?

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 06:29 PM (Fi81e)

106 105 NOPE! I hate that commercial. About rip the knob off the radio.

Posted by: turambar at April 23, 2026 06:29 PM (Q0yOR)

107 But. But. We waz Kangs!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 06:29 PM (zZu0s)

108 Yesterday it was published that we're 'withholding' a $500 million dollar payment tooo IRAQ.
What kind of crazy shit is this?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 06:30 PM (LA6Ib)

109 Oh Boy:

Fox News has learned a high-ranking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official is on administrative leave after an investigation was launched into the leader's alleged "sugar daddy" relationship, lavish spending and drug use, according to a DHS official.

The probe unfolded after a formal complaint was filed against Julia Varvaro, 29, the DHS deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism, the Daily Mail first reported.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 23, 2026 06:30 PM (NtVYv)

110 Oh great. Thanks for that earworm.

Posted by: turambar at April 23, 2026 06:27 PM (Q0yOR)
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1-877-KARS4KIDS?
Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 06:29 PM (Fi81e)

I am the eye in the sky

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 23, 2026 06:31 PM (NtVYv)

111 Only an idiot would lend money to an african country.

Posted by: Europeans 1860-1910 at April 23, 2026 06:31 PM (sDJiP)

112 That there's any aid to cut off from Somalia is a farce. Bailing out China is disgusting. There's no excuse for that.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 06:33 PM (5NDL0)

113 >>Ah. I was thinking about Nixon’s trip he made over there, and the Most Favored Nation trading designation I read about.

Nixon and Kissinger established relations with China as a tactic to keep them from the USSR during the Cold War. A lot of people believe in hindsight that was a mistake.

A debate that never ends.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 06:33 PM (viF8m)

114 110 Great song, great band.

109 Read that last night. Not so unbelievable. I worked with FEMA at HQ. I saw things. The DHS folks were..something.

Posted by: turambar at April 23, 2026 06:33 PM (Q0yOR)

115 As promise from Xi is a good as a mullah's promise.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 06:33 PM (LA6Ib)

116 Meh. I trust Trump and Bessent and Rubio implicitly. They have fooled me more than once here.

Sometimes you screw the enemy best by giving them what they want good and hard.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 23, 2026 06:34 PM (vOtXJ)

117 111 Only an idiot would lend money to an african country.
Posted by: Europeans 1860-1910 at April 23, 2026 06:31 PM (sDJiP)

But the Nigerian prince emails are surely on the up and up. I doubt anyone would just get on the Internet and lie like that.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 06:34 PM (5NDL0)

118 I think I speak for the tens of millions of students who were forced to read "Heart of Darkness," and write a long damn essay about it, when I state that 'yeah, Africa sucks.'

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 06:35 PM (N8ZBc)

119 Name: GANNON KEN VAN DYKE

That's quite a return on investment.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 23, 2026 06:09 PM (CNl8/)

If that was my full name and I was a special forces dude, I'd go by Gandalf Van Dyke.

Posted by: Nelly at April 23, 2026 06:35 PM (6+ehB)

120 *does legal name change*

*takes out billions in risky loans*

Posted by: Miklo Xi at April 23, 2026 06:37 PM (wyznS)

121 Nixon and Kissinger established relations with China as a tactic to keep them from the USSR during the Cold War. A lot of people believe in hindsight that was a mistake.

A debate that never ends.
Posted by: JackStraw
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People that didn't live it don't conceive how much and big of an asshole Russia was and what a threat China was becoming.

With teeny Europe in the way they would have controlled land from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

not picking a side in the debate

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 06:37 PM (LA6Ib)

122 That has gon on since the 60s with Vietnam then beyond

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 06:38 PM (Ia/+0)

123 The probe unfolded after a formal complaint was filed against Julia Varvaro, 29, the DHS deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism, the Daily Mail first reported.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 23, 2026 06:30 PM (NtVYv)

Compare and contrast:

https://tinyurl.com/ukn59cm2

https://tinyurl.com/52jfz8up

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 06:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

124 Only an idiot would lend money to an african country.
Posted by: Europeans 1860-1910

Only an idiot would go to China.

Posted by: Spock at April 23, 2026 06:39 PM (W5mpo)

125 I think I speak for the tens of millions of students who were forced to read "Heart of Darkness," and write a long damn essay about it, when I state that 'yeah, Africa sucks.'
Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 06:35 PM (N8ZBc)

Correct. Like the commies in China never read my long, boring, overwrought tome to white guilt and european greed. If anything, it would help them fall asleep and warn them to maybe avoid the place.

Posted by: Zombie Joseph Conrad, Helping People Fall Asleep Since 1899 at April 23, 2026 06:39 PM (sDJiP)

126 "long, boring, overwrought tome"

It's actually kinda short, like a novella. It just seems really long.

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 06:41 PM (N8ZBc)

127 Besides "Empire of Dust," I recommend the movies of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene to demonstrate the hopelessness of "fixing things in Africa." It can't be done. Don't try.
Posted by: gp at April

Mugabe and the White Farmer.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 06:41 PM (YZ0Fo)

128 It's actually kinda short, like a novella. It just seems really long.
Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 06:41 PM (N8ZBc)

That's what I noticed. Kid has a copy from school. Pretty thin book.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 06:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

129 Refugee who fled Vietnam at 4, grew up in Niger, went from enlisted sailor to Annapolis graduate, led the diving team that recovered the body of JFK Jr., combat veteran with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

-
Now Acting Naval Secretary.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 06:43 PM (ndZc7)

130 Nixon and Kissinger established relations with China as a tactic to keep them from the USSR during the Cold War. A lot of people believe in hindsight that was a mistake.

A debate that never ends.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 06:33 PM (viF8m)

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Even Hugh Hewitt -- a squish "center-right" conservative who worked for Nixon (researching for books) after the latter's exile to San Clemente -- has claimed in hindsight that it was a mistake to believe that "free trade" with Chy-na would turn them into capitalist allies.

But the idea to try and separate the Commie empires of China and the Soviet Union at the time was a worthwhile objective (hell, even one I shared as a mere teenage idiot) ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 06:43 PM (teZkF)

131 Maybe Trump is going to make a deal that curtails the "petro-yuan" that China is cooking up to displace the "petro-dollar".

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

132 Maybe Xi wants the same $25 billion Iran asked for, and maybe he's promising to get Hormuz opened in return.

Or not. Maybe he just wants $25 billion. I could understand that, I guess. What Xi doesn't know is that he has to open a hospice facility to get money from the Congress.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 06:44 PM (qvDSc)

133 "Mugabe and the White African" (2009) Added to my list, thanks!
dailymotion.com/video/x9nqudu

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 06:44 PM (N8ZBc)

134 "People that didn't live it don't conceive how much and big of an asshole Russia was and what a threat China was becoming."

The moment Soviet vanguards came across 2-ply toilet paper that wasn't measured in grit the entire advance would bog down. Anyone who managed to get through that trap would surrender to Ronald McDonald. As for China, ask Vietnam how tough they were.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 23, 2026 06:45 PM (W5mpo)

135 It’s not going to be a freebie with no strings attached is what I’m thinking
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 23, 2026 05:57 PM (REq0p)

Agreed. There will be some quid for the quo. Trump wrote a book.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 06:45 PM (utfVc)

136 Damn Islamic monkeys!

US Sailor Attacked By Monkey In Thailand While Preparing For Minesweeping Mission In Strait Of Hormuz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 06:46 PM (ndZc7)

137 136 I hope they got tested for monkeypox /sarc kinda sorta

Posted by: turambar at April 23, 2026 06:47 PM (Q0yOR)

138 *does legal name change*

*takes out billions in risky loans*

Posted by: Miklo Xi at April 23, 2026 06:37 PM (wyznS)

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*promises high-speed train to Chy-na*

*runs for and is elected Governor of Califzuela*

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 06:47 PM (teZkF)

139 US Sailor Attacked By Monkey In Thailand While Preparing For Minesweeping Mission In Strait Of Hormuz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Happens here every morning.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 23, 2026 06:47 PM (W5mpo)

140 nood

Posted by: gp at April 23, 2026 06:48 PM (N8ZBc)

141 Mugabe probably ate white Africans.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 23, 2026 06:48 PM (4ZxBh)

142 >>Or not. Maybe he just wants $25 billion. I could understand that, I guess. What Xi doesn't know is that he has to open a hospice facility to get money from the Congress.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
--

Many China whores working congress behind
the scenes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 06:50 PM (LA6Ib)

143 Damn Islamic monkeys!

US Sailor Attacked By Monkey In Thailand While Preparing For Minesweeping Mission In Strait Of Hormuz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 06:46 PM (ndZc7)

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The monkey was last overheard screaming "Allahu Admiral Ackbar!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 06:50 PM (teZkF)

144 >>But the idea to try and separate the Commie empires of China and the Soviet Union at the time was a worthwhile objective (hell, even one I shared as a mere teenage idiot) ...

I've never thought it was a bad idea. The idea of a strong USSR/China axis would have been really dangerous. Not always great choices.

As noted above Clinton took it too far with the WTO. That was a mistake.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 06:50 PM (viF8m)

145 110 Oh great. Thanks for that earworm.

Posted by: turambar at April 23, 2026 06:27 PM (Q0yOR)
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1-877-KARS4KIDS?
Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 06:29 PM (Fi81e)

I am the eye in the sky

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 23, 2026 06:31 PM (NtVYv)

877-CASH-NOW...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 23, 2026 06:52 PM (ynpvh)

146 135 It’s not going to be a freebie with no strings attached is what I’m thinking
...
Agreed. There will be some quid for the quo. Trump wrote a book.

Hormuz mines could be clear'd in a fortnight if needed and that would secure Taiwan's security for the next 50 years, but a demonstration of that isn't called for at present.

IRG holds their own people as human shields and the rest of the world as hostage -- and china know's it, and is clear for those with eyes who do not refuse to see.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD
End Lib Strategic Insanity (and their Civilization) FOREVER!

IRG De-bank'd
RoadWarrior/Kharg interdicted
FREEPORT/CUBA -- replacing KHARG forever.

LET'S GO BRANDON!
https://iran.liveuamap.com/

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 23, 2026 06:53 PM (j67Wk)

147 Compare and contrast:

https://tinyurl.com/ukn59cm2

https://tinyurl.com/52jfz8up
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I can get weather forecasts from better mamacitas de tiempo mexicanas

Posted by: El Mikloso at April 23, 2026 06:56 PM (wyznS)

148 Mugabe probably ate white Africans.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

I preferred the dark meat

Posted by: Idi Amin Dada at April 23, 2026 06:58 PM (wyznS)

149 China demands things if country cannot pay, like putting in a military base. By giving IMF money, China does not get a base.

Posted by: MikeN at April 23, 2026 06:58 PM (X1GLG)

150
China demands things if country cannot pay, like putting in a military base. By giving IMF money, China does not get a base.
Posted by: MikeN

From whom do you acquire such pathetic "Don't throw them in the briar patch!" talking points when "May I suggest that you use your night stick, officer?" is the proper response?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 23, 2026 07:16 PM (xG4kz)

In Utah, Democrat Women Allege That the Latina Lesbian Running for Congress Sexually Molested Them, Forcing One Up Against the Wall and Demanding She "F***" Her Like a Man: Plus, More Democrat Female Predators

Democrat feminist and Latina lesbian accused of sexual harassment of women, including one woman she forced against the wall while gripping the victim's throat.

" " " Allegedly. " " " (Touches finger to nose.)

What the **** is going on in Utah?

Four people from Utah political circles -- three of them elected officials -- accuse Eva Lopez Chavez, a Salt Lake City Council member and Democratic congressional candidate, of restraining them during what they considered unwanted sexual advances.
Victoria Petro, who is Lopez Chavez's fellow City Council member; Maggie Regier, who worked on Stan Penfold's mayoral campaign in 2019; Hoang Nguyen, who is now a state representative; and Jen Plumb, now a state senator, described their allegations in interviews with The Salt Lake Tribune. Each person said their allegations arose in social settings before Lopez Chavez joined the City Council in 2023.
Petro, Regier and Nguyen said they told others at the time, which The Tribune confirmed.
None of the four reported the interactions to police or spoke about them publicly until now. They said they decided to come forward, in part, because of Lopez Chavez's candidacy for Congress in Utah's new 1st District and after her reaction to newly disclosed online posts that fellow candidate Nate Blouin made between 2009 and 2015, including statements that minimized sexual assault.
...
In September 2022, Petro said, she and other council members went to a party after the wedding of a former council member.
At the event, Petro alleges, Lopez Chavez grabbed her by the throat, "pushed me back against a pillar so that my back was against the wall and told me, 'The only reason I still f--- men is because a woman hasn't shown me what I really want.'"

Petro said she froze, but remembers pushing Lopez Chavez's hand away and walking away. She said she told Puy about what she considered to be an assault. Puy confirmed she talked to him shortly after the party, and, he said, Petro "was kind of shocked at what had happened."
In her interview with The Tribune, Petro asked, "If a man had done that to me, would there be a question if it was assault or not?"
When Lopez Chavez ran for City Council in 2023, Petro said, she told a few of Lopez Chavez's supporters about what she alleges occurred. Once Lopez Chavez won her council race, the two women met for lunch and Lopez Chavez, Petro said, told her to stop telling people her story.
"At that point, I said, 'You shouldn't have given me a story to tell,'" Petro said. "It's my story."
...
State Sen. Jen Plumb, D-Salt Lake City, alleges Lopez Chavez pushed her against a wall at a friend's birthday party in November 2022.
"It absolutely was a sexual advance. She leaned into me, grabbed onto my a--, got up in my face and said in my ear, 'You're sure you're straight?'" Plumb said. "I just pushed her away. Come on. Knock it off."
Plumb said she mostly dismissed it at the time, but now sees it differently.
"I've got to do some work on why I saw it that way, but I would not be comfortable with someone doing that to my daughter, to my mom, my best friends," Plumb said, "and I'm not comfortable with it being brushed away anymore."
...
Plumb provided The Tribune with what she said were her most recent text messages from Lopez Chavez. One was an invitation to an event in June 2025, which Plumb said she declined.

She received the second one in February, she said, when Lopez Chavez wrote she had "heard some feedback regarding how you express our professional relationship that doesn't align with my experience" and wanted to meet to discuss it. Plumb, according to the messages she shared, did not respond.

I seem to remember a lot of male sexual assailants contacting their victims later and using the same kind of language -- "hey, I heard you remember things differently than I do, let's meet so I can convince you you're insane."

Nguyen, who is now a state representative, said Lopez Chavez attended a campaign event for Plumb in the Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City in 2022. As Nguyen was leaving the party, she said, Lopez Chavez asked for a ride to her car.
After she drove a few blocks, Nguyen said, Lopez Chavez told her to pull over -- which she did, believing they had arrived at her car. "Next thing I know she has leaned over and she's on top of me, holding my shoulders down," Nguyen said in an interview.
"I said, 'What are you doing?' And she said, 'Kiss me,'" Nguyen said. "She said, 'I'm not going to get off you until you kiss me.' I gave her a peck and she got off."
The next day Nguyen told a mutual friend. The person, a prominent Salt Lake City business owner and community volunteer, confirmed the version of events to The Tribune, which agreed not to name the business owner because they fear retribution.

That one might not be all that serious, compared to the others, but it does demonstrate a consistent pattern of aggressive sexual assault.

She even goes after they/thems.

Regier, who uses they/them pronouns, was working on Stan Penfold's mayoral campaign in 2019 when they went to a Human Rights Campaign fundraising event that Lopez Chavez was also attending, they said. Regier said Lopez Chavez was being "flirty" and led them around the room by the wrist.
Regier tried to deflect Lopez Chavez's attention and excuse herself from the situation, they said, but Lopez Chavez pulled Regier "into a literal corner in the hallway" and pinned them against the wall, refusing to let them leave. A friend of Regier's stepped in and separated them, they said.
Later, Regier was with a friend on the dance floor, they said, "and [Lopez Chavez] was kind of trying to grab on to me and another friend physically stepped between us and pushed her off of me and was like, 'Leave Maggie alone.'"

So close to Pride Month?!?!

SO CLOSE TO PRIDE MONTH, EVA?!!

She denies these allegations -- um, facts -- through her lawyer. Her lawyer, without an ounce of shame, peddles the same "I have other emails in which the victims do NOT accuse her of sexual assault, so that means no sexual assault must have occurred" line that has not worked for male offenders for a decade.

She's Average-Plus looking, a Chipolte 5.25 (they use metric), which I do not think is much consolation to the straight women she sexually assaulted.

Salt Lake City Councilwoman Eva Lopez Chavez, now a Democrat congressional candidate, once described herself as �a Mexican lesbian shaping downtown.�

She is now facing allegations from four women, including three elected officials, who say she restrained them during advances� pic.twitter.com/U1WkvaNC7a
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 23, 2026

It gets worse, if you can believe that.

From Piper:

The 79 year old black Congresswoman Alma Adams was investigated for an inappropriate relationship with a female staffer.

A Democratic lawmaker was quietly investigated by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly pursuing an "inappropriate relationship" with a staffer -- but the probe never substantiated the claims and was closed without releasing any public findings.
Rep. Alma Adams, a 79-year-old North Carolina pol who has served the state's 12th District comprising Charlotte since 2014, was slapped with the ethics complaint in 2022 for getting "extremely close" to her aide Sandra Brown, NOTUS first reported.
Aides who spoke with ethics investigators were questioned about Brown's visits to Adams at a one-bedroom apartment in DC -- and her self-published novel that describes a quarrel between a woman and her lover's husband, according to the outlet.
Aides who spoke with ethics investigators were questioned about aide Sandra Brown's visits to Rep. Alma Adams at a one-bedroom apartment in DC, NOTUS reported.
The book, "BossLady: The Legend of Sydney Donovan Begins," was published under the pseudonym SaVette Brown, though the author's Amazon page identifies her as "Sandra Austin Brown."
Brown had claimed the fictional account "was loosely based on her life," a source with direct knowledge of the remarks mentioned to NOTUS.
Their alleged relationship also created a "hostile work environment," the report stated, with Brown weighing in on key decisions and even overruling higher-ranking staffers.
People familiar with the probe told the outlet that half a dozen ex-Adams aides were interviewed between January and September 2023 in both Charlotte and Washington, DC, after "a high-ranking staffer" filed the complaint with the Ethics Committee.
That same year, Brown was promoted to deputy chief of staff and later was also made district director of the congresswoman's Charlotte-based office.

Mother of god https://t.co/c01kVGhZd5
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) April 23, 2026

That's a Red Lobster Early Bird Special 2.

Speaking of predatory lesbians, an old quote from actress Anna Kendrick has new import now that Australian police are investigating Pop Retard Katy Perry for allegedly rubbing her dirty vaiszh on Ruby Rose's face.

"She saw me 'resting' on my best friends lap to avoid her and bent down, pulled her underwear to the side and rubbed her disgusting vagina on my face until my eyes snapped open and I projectile vomitted on her," she wrote in another reply.

That's a lot grosser than I thought. I first heard that Perry was accused of rubbing up on Rose, like grinding on her, which would be off-putting and a sexual assault if you want to push it, but not really a strong criminal case.

But the actual allegation, which I'm just seeing now that I write this post, is disgusting.

The allegation is so specific and gross it's almost self-authenticating, in the sense of, if I were going to make up this kind of lie, I doubt I'd make up this lie.

Could I make it up? Sure, I guess, but I think I'd stick to something more mundane, like the "grinded up on me sexually" story I made up in my own mind.

Rose, who is Australian, also claimed that Perry agreed to help her secure a visa for the United States after the alleged incident. She said that she�s "not interested in filing a report" about the incident, but she welcomes a lawsuit if Perry wants to take the situation to court.

She has since filed a report with the police.

And adding to that story:

Anna Kendrick says that Perry "finger-banged my cleavage."

In the resurfaced 2014 appearance on Conan, which was featured in Page Six, Kendrick described an unexpected interaction with Perry at that year's Grammy Awards, calling the encounter "weird" and describing the singer as "aggressive."
During the interview, Kendrick recalled attending the Grammys in a low-cut Azzaro gown when Perry allegedly approached her. "Katy Perry finger-banged my cleavage. It was a weird night," Kendrick said, prompting laughter from the audience.

Sounds like Katy Perry has a habit of doing over-the-line, outrageous stuff as part of her Sex-Retard Ditz-Whore act.

I have a friend who used to do stuff like that but would play it off with charm and humor. He once, out of the blue, grabbed a girl's butt. When she turned in anger, he said, "What, don't you Lambada?," which was a thing (A Forbidden Dance thing) at the time. She just burst into laughter and it was forgotten.

But sometimes people don't laugh and you don't get away with it.

And sometimes you step so far over the line that a well-delivered "Lambada" joke will not cover it.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:42 PM

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1 Bull dyke eh?

Posted by: steevy at April 23, 2026 04:44 PM (YwEeS)

2 Is it now a requirement to run for congress one must be a pervert?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 04:45 PM (2UnvF)

3 Ace, I sent you something on x along these lines. But I should have included a “I hope you are not eating warning.” Sorry.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 04:45 PM (hftzA)

4 Sounds like a nutcase as well as a very angry woman and possibly drinking if the allegations are true. And ok what does "f me like a man" mean if you're a lesbian?. Get a dildo?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 04:45 PM (ix8EF)

5 update with ANOTHER dem congresswoman lesbian sexual harassment story

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:45 PM (1wjle)

6 Also, Ace, never mind. You have it. lol.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 04:46 PM (hftzA)

7 The only 'unwanted advance' I'd ever make is on a communist leftist...with a fixed bayonet.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 04:46 PM (aCkLa)

8 Be better, Utah.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 04:47 PM (teZkF)

9 >>.3 Ace, I sent you something on x along these lines. But I should have included a “I hope you are not eating warning.” Sorry.

yes, Piper, I just saw that After I posted. I added it. Thanks again!

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:47 PM (1wjle)

10 She's Average-Plus looking, a Chipolte 5.25 (they use metric), which I do not think is much consolation to the straight women she sexually assaulted.

You're a strict grader, Ace. And no, I've been out of the joint for a year now.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t)

11 sorry I didn't thank you in the post, I was scrambling to get it up before the post was old and no one would see the update

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:47 PM (1wjle)

12
Women's prison movie stuff here!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 04:48 PM (tgvbd)

13 >>>You're a strict grader, Ace.

she's not cute. She looks like a Latina Muppet. Big oval nose like Bert.

Doesn't "cute" have to mean more than "neither elderly nor obese?"

I think it must. On this hill I will die. I can do no other.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:48 PM (1wjle)

14 I'm in a foul mood today.

In case nobody's noticed.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 04:49 PM (aCkLa)

15 I did not have sex with that cleavage, Ms. Kendrick.

Posted by: President William Jefferson Clinton at April 23, 2026 04:49 PM (skR0U)

16 She has an odd look.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:49 PM (zZu0s)

17
Campaign Trail Bitches, soon on Netflix

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 04:49 PM (tgvbd)

18 poz

Posted by: Federal Rabies Detective Eliot Ness at April 23, 2026 04:50 PM (pkaxU)

19 Everybody wants some strange poonanny these days.

Social Media has turned a generation of women into narcissistic lesbian influencers mostly in love with themselves.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 04:50 PM (Fbc0I)

20 Doesn't matter if the accusations are true or not -
it is how revolting the accusations are.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 04:50 PM (/lPRQ)

21 i like the joke (they use metric) and you guys are creeps for not giving it props

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:51 PM (1wjle)

22 Women's prison movie stuff here!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 04:48 PM (tgvbd)

Campaign Heat!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 04:51 PM (wVcYX)

23 Jesse Kelly - "Mother of god". lol!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 04:51 PM (Dv3i1)

24 She denies these allegations -- um, facts -- through her lawyer.

---
They say "Believe all women", but they mean "believe some women".

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 04:51 PM (Fi81e)

25 I am shocked!

Posted by: Hasan Piker's Dog at April 23, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)

26 What the **** is going on in Utah?

A question that's been asked since July 25th, 1847.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 04:52 PM (2pnP0)

27 Do better Utah

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 23, 2026 04:52 PM (REq0p)

28 I'm beginning to think this sexual liberation things was a bad idea.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2026 04:52 PM (diia5)

29 An "Endless Shrimp" 2.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 23, 2026 04:52 PM (NYInA)

30 Katy Perry kissed a girl. On her hoo hah.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 04:52 PM (kxLc1)

31 >>>You're a strict grader, Ace.

she's not cute. She looks like a Latina Muppet. Big oval nose like Bert.

Doesn't "cute" have to mean more than "neither elderly nor obese?"

I think it must. On this hill I will die. I can do no other.
Posted by: ace

Beaker

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 04:52 PM (/lPRQ)

32 Victoria Petro - 0
Maggie Regier - 0
Hoang Nguyen - 0
Jen Plumb - 0

Eva Lopez Chavez - Beer goggles maybe on a good day, standing upwind.

But blue on blue, so I believe all women.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 23, 2026 04:53 PM (dK+Kv)

33 she's not cute. She looks like a Latina Muppet. Big oval nose like Bert.

Doesn't "cute" have to mean more than "neither elderly nor obese?"

I think it must. On this hill I will die. I can do no other.

What about Ruby Rose? She can't be accused of an oval nose. She's a bit sharp in the chin, but overall, quite pretty IMHO.

https://is.gd/0F6QsK

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 04:53 PM (Riz8t)

34 I find it very credible, because Democrats are sociopaths.

Posted by: Hasan Piker's Dog at April 23, 2026 04:53 PM (Fi81e)

35 Our ruling class are almost uniformly sexual degenerates.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 04:53 PM (N1DT3)

36 The Democrat Party's three big constituencies:

Foreign-born pirates and terrorists

Bitter alcoholic sterile white wallflowers using Democrat Party politics to get vengeance on the men who were not interested in them or left them when they could not take it any longer

minority lesbian rapists

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:53 PM (1wjle)

37 >>>29 An "Endless Shrimp" 2.

hah

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:53 PM (1wjle)

38 She looks like a Latina Muppet. Big oval nose like Bert.
___

That's hot!

Posted by: Ernie at April 23, 2026 04:54 PM (Dv3i1)

39 >>>What about Ruby Rose? She can't be accused of an oval nose. She's a bit sharp in the chin, but overall, quite pretty IMHO.

meh

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:54 PM (1wjle)

40 she's not cute. She looks like a Latina Muppet. Big oval nose like Bert.

********

I thought she was mid but then you mentioned muppet and now I can’t get the image of her molesting Elmo out of my head

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 23, 2026 04:54 PM (REq0p)

41 minority lesbian rapists
Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:53 PM (1wjle)
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Corey Booker feels a kinship with these women.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 04:54 PM (Fi81e)

42 >>>Beaker

yes, beaker

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:54 PM (1wjle)

43 I'm thinking Alma Adams naked looks pretty much like a Shar Pei

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 04:54 PM (gu0hJ)

44 She has an odd look.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:49 PM (zZu0s)

She could pass for a MTF tranny.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 23, 2026 04:54 PM (dK+Kv)

45 I think the country is falling apart. What happened to Utah is right.

Posted by: beckster at April 23, 2026 04:55 PM (kX27y)

46 I'm gonna have horrific images of a 79 year old congresswoman doing unspeakable things in my mind for the rest of the day.

The horror.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 04:55 PM (viF8m)

47 I'd have to see Chavez nekkid before I can rate her.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 04:56 PM (kxLc1)

48 10 She's Average-Plus looking, a Chipolte 5.25 (they use metric), which I do not think is much consolation to the straight women she sexually assaulted.

You're a strict grader, Ace. And no, I've been out of the joint for a year now.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t)
_______
Are you saying Ace resembles Katie Porter? Them's fighting words!

Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 04:56 PM (AlhUl)

49 45 I think the country is falling apart. What happened to Utah is right.

Posted by: beckster

Hey, we're trying to have a serious conversation about the relative hotness of various lesbians here.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)

50 The extra .25 means she is HQ hittable.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at April 23, 2026 04:56 PM (GQV1E)

51 >>>Beaker

yes, beaker
Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:54 PM (1wjle)
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Me me mim me me??!!!

Posted by: Beaker at April 23, 2026 04:56 PM (Fi81e)

52 46 I'm gonna have horrific images of a 79 year old congresswoman doing unspeakable things in my mind for the rest of the day.
____

That's hot!

Posted by: 87 year old Congressman at April 23, 2026 04:56 PM (Dv3i1)

53 i like the joke (they use metric) and you guys are creeps for not giving it props
Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:51 PM (1wjle)

We use The Prophet John Browning's units and measure in fractions.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:57 PM (zZu0s)

54 >>>She could pass for a MTF tranny.

ding. yeah I think I was picking up on that. The one pic from the side, she looks cute, but from the front, she looks like your brother Walt who insists you call him "she."

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:57 PM (1wjle)

55 Yuck...Information I wish I hadn't read....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 04:57 PM (nCgUg)

56 >>>She could pass for a MTF tranny.

ding. yeah I think I was picking up on that. The one pic from the side, she looks cute, but from the front, she looks like your brother Walt who insists you call him "she."

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:57 PM (1wjle)

Anyone who rates he anything greater than 0 is probably high on penis.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 23, 2026 04:57 PM (dK+Kv)

57 Ruby Rose is objectively hot, but you can tell by looking at her she's also dumb as a post.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)

58 11 sorry I didn't thank you in the post, I was scrambling to get it up before the post was old and no one would see the update
Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 04:

Don’t be sorry. We were crossing posts like ships passing in the night or something there.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 04:58 PM (hftzA)

59 OK, hear me out. How about a series featuring sexually predatory, shoplifting, illiterate, lesbian politicians. How about it?

Posted by: Amazon Prime at April 23, 2026 04:58 PM (skR0U)

60 When I was very young I believed members of congress were all men and women of good character. Statesmen who had the best interest of the country at heart. Looking back, it was kinda nice being that naive.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 04:58 PM (2UnvF)

61 Look how far Perry has descended. Now she's reduced to finger-banging Justin Trudeau's cleavage

Posted by: Kevin Canuck at April 23, 2026 04:58 PM (np+aG)

62 What happened to women today anyway?

Before I turned 29 I remember in high school/college my GOD you had to look hard to find an ugly

I would say 80-90% of the girls in my classes were attractive to gorgeous to gorgeous and attractive

Nowadays as a 29 year old every young woman I see looks like they came off a Karen factory line

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 23, 2026 04:59 PM (REq0p)

63 Ruby Rose is objectively hot . . . .

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)

If you like that little boy look.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 23, 2026 04:59 PM (dK+Kv)

64 Why didn't she hit on transwomem if she wanted to be f----- like a man?

Another question I never thought I'd ask.

Posted by: Gref at April 23, 2026 04:59 PM (5rh/l)

65 I have sworn affidavits from numerous banks saying I did not rob them!!

Posted by: John Dillinger at April 23, 2026 04:59 PM (Fi81e)

66 46 I'm gonna have horrific images of a 79 year old congresswoman doing unspeakable things in my mind for the rest of the day.
____

That's hot!
Posted by: 87 year old Congressman at April 23, 2026 04:56 PM (Dv3i1)

There may be snow on the roof, but there is hot fire in the boiler room.

Posted by: Octogenarian Congresswoman at April 23, 2026 04:59 PM (wVcYX)

67 If you like that little boy look.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 23, 2026 04:59 PM (dK+Kv)

Yeah, she does not have the tits to make up that much stupid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 05:00 PM (zZu0s)

68 OK, hear me out. How about a series featuring sexually predatory, shoplifting, illiterate, lesbian politicians. How about it?

Posted by: Amazon Prime at April 23, 2026 04:58 PM (skR0U)
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Are they busty?

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:00 PM (Fi81e)

69 We're number 1, because everyone else is greater than or equal to 2!

Posted by: Bunsen N. Honeydew, High School Math Champion at April 23, 2026 05:00 PM (skR0U)

70 19 Everybody wants some strange poonanny these days.

Social Media has turned a generation of women into narcissistic lesbian influencers mostly in love with themselves.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 04:50 PM (Fbc0I)

I'd be happy with some just some regular punani, low-mileage and disease-free. But that'a probably asking too much these days.

Posted by: Night as well ask for a unicorn at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (TbWk/)

71 Raped by a Lesbian, hmmm,

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (Ia/+0)

72 Yeah, she does not have the tits to make up that much stupid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 05:00 PM (zZu0s)

Tits, face, hair cut, lack of any feminine feature.

It's like she ate 2012 Justin Beiber.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (dK+Kv)

73
I kinda doubt that Katy Perry "fingerbanged" Anna Kendrick's cleavage, as her boobs are smallish and spaced far apart.

Now if she said Katy Perry "footbanged" her cleavage, that I could believe.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (iJfKG)

74
Maybe I shouldn't inquire too much, but I have no idea whatsoever what attracts a woman towards another woman.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (tgvbd)

75 Looking back, it was kinda nice being that naive.

**********

Don’t feel bad I once thought John McCain was aight, you can’t get more naive than that

PS I apologize for my harsh words about McCain while his funeral is still ongoing

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (REq0p)

76 46 I'm gonna have horrific images of a 79 year old congresswoman doing unspeakable things in my mind for the rest of the day.

The horror.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 04:55 PM (viF8m)

I just figured out what finger banging cleavage is. Arguably I am boring, but not a nun, however it took a bit there. Kind of wish I had just left it alone.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (Dd38x)

77 "PIker."

/Eric Swallowswell and Reuben Gaghello

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (teZkF)

78 You know who this helps?

Posted by: Mitt Romney at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (nPI6/)

79 Katy Perry has never been cute or pretty. She is a butterface imo. And since I'm not big boobs obsessed I even discount the body.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (kxLc1)

80 hear me out. How about a series featuring sexually predatory, shoplifting, illiterate, lesbian politicians. How about it?

Posted by: Amazon Prime

Isn't this just Orange is the New Black?

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (YZ0Fo)

81 Is this going to turn into a dick measuring contest on far down the scale you would judge a women's looks? Do Not bring up Sydney Sweeney, is all I ask.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (Dv3i1)

82 That's a Red Lobster Early Bird Special 2

Looks like a DMV 1 to me.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 23, 2026 05:02 PM (eOqcD)

83 >>>Ruby Rose is objectively hot, but you can tell by looking at her she's also dumb as a post.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

>Ruby could have been a walmart 8 but for all of the tattoos, she's a Big Lots 6.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 05:02 PM (Fbc0I)

84 23 Jesse Kelly - "Mother of god". lol!
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Well, she's old enough

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 05:03 PM (gKWVE)

85 Democrat feminist and Latina lesbian accused of sexual harassment of women, including one woman she forced against the wall while gripping the victim's throat.
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Cribbing from Swalwell, I see.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:03 PM (Fi81e)

86 So..... if I got this right, she grabbed a chick and then demanded the chick fuck her like a man. Jesus these people are fucked in the head.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 05:03 PM (snZF9)

87 I just figured out what finger banging cleavage is. Arguably I am boring, but not a nun, however it took a bit there. Kind of wish I had just left it alone.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (Dd38x)

Tuning in Tokyo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 05:03 PM (zZu0s)

88 >>> Ruby Rose is objectively hot . . . .
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)
If you like that little boy look.

yeah. Now garret I could understand, but Aetius now too?

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (1wjle)

89 Katy Perry has never been cute or pretty. She is a butterface imo.

**********

Katy Perry is what you get when you try to clone the gorgeous Zooey Deschanel but the experiment went horribly wrong

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (REq0p)

90 Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (Dv3i1)

You just did. Another butterface.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (kxLc1)

91 I just figured out what finger banging cleavage is. Arguably I am boring, but not a nun, however it took a bit there. Kind of wish I had just left it alone.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (Dd38x)

Tuning in Tokyo.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Come in, Tokyo.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (Kd7Ab)

92 Who amongst us has t finger banged cleavage a time or two?

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (YZ0Fo)

93 That's a Red Lobster Early Bird Special 2.

Thy still make hats like that?
I don't think I've seen one since a black & white film noire.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (6ydKt)

94 I just figured out what finger banging cleavage is.
____

*gives come hither look*

Posted by: Bill Gates' Moobs at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (Dv3i1)

95 Too busy retching to comment.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (RIvkX)

96 I saw Finger Banging Cleavage open for Pearl Jam at the WOW Hall of the OK Hotel in '91.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (teZkF)

97 You know who this helps?

Posted by: Mitt Romney at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (nPI6/)
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Putin?

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (Fi81e)

98 >>>Well, she's old enough

i see what you did there

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 05:05 PM (1wjle)

99 So..... if I got this right, she grabbed a chick and then demanded the chick fuck her like a man.

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

Granted, I'm not an expert in these things, but I think she may be doing the lesbian thing wrong.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 05:05 PM (2UnvF)

100 she's not cute. She looks like a Latina Muppet. Big oval nose like Bert.

One does not come across a nose like that very often.

Posted by: Peter North at April 23, 2026 05:05 PM (wVcYX)

101 Tuning in Tokyo.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Come in, Tokyo.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (Kd7Ab)

What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

Posted by: Dan Rather, Journalist Icon at April 23, 2026 05:05 PM (skR0U)

102 Sounds like Katy Perry has a habit of doing over-the-line, outrageous stuff as part of her Sex-Retard Ditz-Whore act.

The 'pretty' people see no line. You are meat for their amusement, prole.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 05:06 PM (ExV1e)

103 Let's get Hillary's take on this, lickety-split!

Posted by: Milwaukee Schlitz at April 23, 2026 05:06 PM (TezPK)

104 OT, this is a wild story about Tucker and his half sister. $2,414 a month??????? That's it?????
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The multi-millionaire former Fox News host is embroiled in a bitter he-says-she-says battle with his heiress stepsister Dr Roberta 'Bo' Hunt, over the Swanson TV dinner family fortune she claims he is not entitled to, the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal.
Tucker insists he doesn't want the money, yet his name appears in court documents demanding $2,414 a month.
Hunt is the only biological child of Patricia Swanson Carlson, heiress to the Swanson frozen food firm famed for its iconic foil-wrapped dinners of the 1950s. Patricia adopted Tucker and his brother Buckley in 1979.

https://archive.ph/GLIXZ

Posted by: beckster at April 23, 2026 05:06 PM (kX27y)

105 Ruby Rose is objectively hot . . . .
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)
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The chick who looks like Justin Bieber in drag after he changed back into his civvies?

Big pass.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:06 PM (Fi81e)

106 I was thinking long john silvers 8 piece fish and more

Posted by: Ghost of Turbines past at April 23, 2026 05:06 PM (jrgJz)

107 91 I just figured out what finger banging cleavage is. Arguably I am boring, but not a nun, however it took a bit there. Kind of wish I had just left it alone.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (Dd38x)

Yeah... Me too... I'm thinking it's not boob related....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 05:06 PM (nCgUg)

108 Hey, she's not that bad looking. For a Dem.

News at 5pm

CNN and CBC - Iran - Trump on timeline

MS Now - podcasters turning on Trump...including Megyn now.

The Five on FoxNews - Newsome isn't supporting anyone for Governor.

Lawn done, car cleaned on inside, garage cleaned, website domain transfer in progress.....getting back on track.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 23, 2026 05:07 PM (Sco7b)

109 But sometimes people don't laugh and you don't get away with it.

And sometimes you step so far over the line that a well-delivered "Lambada" joke will not cover it.

And yet... it will always take them years to decide. Just in case they still need you to do something for them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 05:07 PM (ExV1e)

110

what is the woman's story? She has a Hispanic name.

Was she and her family brought into Utah by the Mormons?

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 05:07 PM (3ek7K)

111 To me you can tell how beautiful a woman is when she's sleeping. Russell Brand posted a picture of Perry when they were married and she was half asleep. Not attractive at all

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 05:07 PM (gu0hJ)

112 Some time ago, Katie Perry said on an interview panel that she sold her soul to satan for her fame. I believed it the moment I heard her say it.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 23, 2026 05:07 PM (M7rua)

113 Is it now a requirement to run for congress one must be a pervert?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 04:45 PM (2UnvF)

Now? -- The Kennedy clan

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 05:08 PM (ExV1e)

114 At 5'2", Anna Kendrick is what I have in mind when I tell Mrs D I'm stopping off for a short one.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 05:08 PM (2WIwB)

115 104 OT, this is a wild story about Tucker and his half sister. $2,414 a month??????? That's it?????
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The multi-millionaire former Fox News host is embroiled in a bitter he-says-she-says battle with his heiress stepsister Dr Roberta 'Bo' Hunt, over the Swanson TV dinner family fortune she claims he is not entitled to, the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal.
Tucker insists he doesn't want the money, yet his name appears in court documents demanding $2,414 a month.
Hunt is the only biological child of Patricia Swanson Carlson, heiress to the Swanson frozen food firm famed for its iconic foil-wrapped dinners of the 1950s. Patricia adopted Tucker and his brother Buckley in 1979.

https://archive.ph/GLIXZ
Posted by: beckster at April 23, 2026 05:06 PM (kX27y)

If you have the same mom, how are you step-siblings? That should be half siblings or full siblings.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 05:08 PM (tOcjL)

116 In Utah, Democrat Women Allege That the Latina Lesbian Running for Congress Sexually Molested Them, Forcing One Up Against the Wall and Demanding She "F***" Her Like a Man

Did this report start out "Dear Penthouse I never thought it would happen to me but...."

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 05:09 PM (sKqQm)

117 News you can use?

@CBSNews
Salmon exposed to cocaine in the water swim longer distances than those that go without, according to a study released this week.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 05:09 PM (Dv3i1)

118 I've never fingered a pair of breasts though banging is a different story.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 05:09 PM (kxLc1)

119 My mom used to give me a "come here" look....

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:09 PM (Fi81e)

120 Some people just can't take a joke.

Posted by: Former Senator Al Franken at April 23, 2026 05:09 PM (wVcYX)

121 what is the woman's story? She has a Hispanic name.

Was she and her family brought into Utah by the Mormons?

Posted by: four seasons

Coyote.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 05:09 PM (Kd7Ab)

122 Social Media has turned a generation of women into narcissistic lesbian influencers mostly in love with themselves.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 04:50 PM (Fbc0I)

The guys who get the women panting without any effort are just as bad.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 05:09 PM (ExV1e)

123 CBSNews
Salmon exposed to cocaine in the water swim longer distances than those that go without, according to a study released this week.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Also CBS News: water is wet.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 05:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

124 Ace, baby, do a google image search.

She is a chiptle 3 without the AI enhancement.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 05:10 PM (uUHnE)

125 When Utah's political elite figured out that Democrats were a poor brand, they became "Republicans". A shitload of RINOs sailed into the GOP there and have worked ever since to make the place a worthless uniparty. Governor Cox, who has likely seen his share of those; and Rep. Blake, who forced a gerrymander which guaranteed a Blue house district.
Same shit was pulled in Texas which is how ticks like Cornyn, Phelan, and the Bushes burrowed in.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 05:10 PM (gKWVE)

126 Isn't it funny how it turns out the PoundMeToo people were all sexually assaulting/harassing each other while Trump was just banging his supermodel wife?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 05:10 PM (sKqQm)

127 *Blake Moore.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 05:11 PM (gKWVE)

128 >>>She is a chiptle 3 without the AI enhancement.

Accurate:

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics
/2026/04/23/slc-council-

member-eva-lopez/

and that's not the worst shot.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 05:11 PM (1wjle)

129 Salmon exposed to cocaine in the water swim longer distances than those that go without, according to a study released this week.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 05:09 PM (Dv3i1)

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I'm not a scientist, but even I could've told them that.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 05:11 PM (2UnvF)

130 >>>what is the woman's story? She has a Hispanic name.

Was she and her family brought into Utah by the Mormons?

Posted by: four seasons

>The mormons are being overrun and infiltrated and it's nothing less than they deserve for their infidelity.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 05:11 PM (Fbc0I)

131 I'm not an Anna Kendrick fanboy but thought she was great in Mr Right.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 05:12 PM (kxLc1)

132 Taco Bell 2.5

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/
2025/12/15/eva-lopez-

chavez-announces-run/

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 05:12 PM (1wjle)

133
So is this a racist or homophobic complaint?

Tell me who I have to root for.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 05:12 PM (Y8DZL)

134 The Republicans haven't figured it out but the best way to beat Democrats is to let them fight each other. The Dems are so insanely power hungry that accusations are enough to set off internal civil wars. The revolution eats its children ( said some French guy)

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 05:12 PM (gu0hJ)

135 The timing is odd; looks more like putting the fear of something in them. Otoh, women can be bold & provocative.

And for years, nothing was said by a state representative & state senator but now the witch is running for Congress - where such behavior is not unheard of &/or unseen - and it's a newsworthy issue. 🤷🏼‍♀️

The woman is/was loose around children & elderly. Is there a city council/state police investigation going on for this matter?

Posted by: L - No nic (cell phone) at April 23, 2026 05:13 PM (NFX2v)

136 >>>So is this a racist or homophobic complaint?

Science is whatever we want it to be!

Posted by: Dr. Spaceman at April 23, 2026 05:13 PM (1wjle)

137 Tell me who I have to root for.
Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 05:12 PM (Y8DZL)

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Injuries

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 05:13 PM (2UnvF)

138 It's called the "Democratic Party" because The Party of Sociopaths didn't focus-group well.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)

139
So is this a racist or homophobic complaint?

Tell me who I have to root for.
Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 05:12 PM (Y8DZL)

Yes. Also misogynist, you incel loser.

Posted by: Be a REAL man! at April 23, 2026 05:13 PM (TbWk/)

140 I am proud to be a LBQTRFGKINHYTRECVKIODFKL+ person, so I did nothing illegal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Eva Lopez Chavez at April 23, 2026 05:13 PM (WQvhz)

141 Fish heads, fish heads
Roly-poly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads
Eat them up, yum

Sorry, all the vag talk reminded me of that song somehow.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 05:14 PM (uUHnE)

142 SLC is basically Los Angeles with snow. It’s a total shithole full of illegals, gangs and gay tech bros.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 05:14 PM (ehU09)

143 We're all wanting some of that Alma Adams, non?

Posted by: Emmanuel Macron at April 23, 2026 05:14 PM (0e5Te)

144 so basically she took one decent photo and to be honest I'm mostly attracted to the white shirt and cream-colored vest

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 05:14 PM (1wjle)

145 The Lesbo Assaulter's bio says she was born in the US to mexican working class parents.

So, likely child of illegals brought as servants to Utah...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 05:14 PM (sKqQm)

146 It's called the "Democratic Party" because The Party of Sociopaths didn't focus-group well.
Posted by: Axeman

They tried the Part of Sex Pests first, but that tested eve lower.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 05:14 PM (YZ0Fo)

147 I still eat the Swanson Hungry-Man Salisbury steak dinners.

They aren't terrible.

They need to clean some nozzles in the factory, though, because I'm pretty damn sick of brownie batter in my mashed potatoes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)

148 @CBSNews
Salmon exposed to cocaine in the water swim longer distances than those that go without, according to a study released this week.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 05:09 PM (Dv3i1)
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Old and busted: cocaine bear.

New Hotness: cocaine salmon.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 05:14 PM (xvhJH)

149 So, the party that recruits and nurtures personality disorders is rife with sociopaths?
Shocked.

Posted by: Accomack at April 23, 2026 05:15 PM (GbONR)

150 chavez rates better than 5.1 unless you're doing richter- but you said chipotle so... you can kick that up a couple bowls. search her name followed by bikini under images.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 05:15 PM (R11M+)

151 So is this a racist or homophobic complaint?
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Yes.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)

152 I'd hic hit it. Hic

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 23, 2026 05:15 PM (sKqQm)

153 The Democratic Party represents everything gross and disgusting.

Why would anyone support and vote for these traitors ??

Everything Anti-American and Perverted is what they represent !!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at April 23, 2026 05:16 PM (KmLJe)

154 That's a Red Lobster Early Bird Special 2.

___________________

And, they just ran out of Cheddar Bay Biscuits.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 05:16 PM (dIske)

155 Although salmon exposed to a fierce, runny Hunter Biden post-cocaine binge shit, did not swim faster.

Posted by: Researchers at April 23, 2026 05:17 PM (0e5Te)

156 And, they just ran out of Cheddar Bay Biscuits.
Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 05:16 PM (dIske)
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The gluten-free kind.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 05:17 PM (xvhJH)

157 I kinda doubt that Katy Perry "fingerbanged" Anna Kendrick's cleavage, as her boobs are smallish and spaced far apart.

Here is a collection of photographs, some of which indicate that women possess technology which allows them to appear to temporarily alter physique.

https://tinyurl.com/4aezxdk3

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 05:17 PM (ExV1e)

158 That's a Red Lobster Early Bird Special 2.

___________________

And, they just ran out of Cheddar Bay Biscuits.
Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 05:16 PM (dIske)

The horror. The horror.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 05:17 PM (wVcYX)

159 Now would be a good time for Muldoon to conjure up a limerick about polygamy. Or maybe two or three.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 05:17 PM (Fbc0I)

160 140 I am proud to be a LBQTRFGKINHYTRECVKIODFKL+ person, so I did nothing illegal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Eva Lopez Chavez

Look at that keyboard mess. Are you fucking the cat now too?

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 05:18 PM (gKWVE)

161 141 Fish heads, fish heads
Roly-poly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads
Eat them up, yum

Sorry, all the vag talk reminded me of that song somehow.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 05:14 PM (uUHnE)

Be sure to take a fish head out to see a movie.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 23, 2026 05:18 PM (M7rua)

162 I find it amusing that after 60 years of modern feminism, we now get male and female leftist "leaders" sexually assaulting other Democrats.

That's progress right?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 05:18 PM (sKqQm)

163 Boobs is the fruit of the chest. You can bounce 'em, bang em', squeeze 'em, motorboat 'em, rub 'em, lick 'em, suck on 'em. Deyz big boobs, little boobs, mosquito bite boobs, handful boobs, mouthful boobs, real boobs, fake boobs. That's, that's about it.

Posted by: Bubba Gump Boob Company at April 23, 2026 05:18 PM (TbWk/)

164 The 79 year old black Congresswoman Alma Adams was investigated for an inappropriate relationship with a female staffer.

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[To repeat my comment from the prior thread:]

Jeebus, how many of this retarded geriatric zombies are still haunting the U.S. Congress? /rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:19 PM (teZkF)

165 Tex mex lesbians doing the sexual harrassing cisheteros wont do!

Posted by: Viva La Snootchy Bandita at April 23, 2026 05:19 PM (rDD2U)

166 144 so basically she took one decent photo and to be honest I'm mostly attracted to the white shirt and cream-colored vest
Posted by: ace

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

Man, I worked in the inner city in the 80s, and had such a thing for those latino chick in black chinos and that reddish hair dye. That was a good look on them.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 05:19 PM (uUHnE)

167 From what I understand, that magic underwear is tough to remove.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 05:19 PM (abIsI)

168
Anna Kendrick does have a hot kooky side which I find attractive.

But then an angel appears on my shoulder and does that "don't stick your dick" line.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 05:19 PM (Y8DZL)

169 Be sure to take a fish head out to see a movie.
Posted by: Cray Cray at April 23, 2026 05:18 PM (M7rua)
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Fairly sure they don't play drums, though.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 05:19 PM (xvhJH)

170 You what I say about women like this?

Date them.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 23, 2026 05:20 PM (wBaIH)

171 Another butterface.

She has a very nice smile.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

172 >>> Ruby Rose is objectively hot . . . .
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)
If you like that little boy look.

yeah. Now garret I could understand, but Aetius now too?
Posted by: ace

It is the Roman way.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 05:20 PM (/lPRQ)

173 Tex mex lesbians doing the sexual harrassing cisheteros wont do!
Posted by: Viva La Snootchy Bandita at April 23, 2026 05:19 PM (rDD2U)
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Men really don't have a leg to stand on, here. They have been sexually harassing women for ages.

In a way, it's a win for sexual equality, or something.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:20 PM (Fi81e)

174 New Hotness: cocaine salmon.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 05:14 PM (xvhJH)

And the salmon eats the cocaine, the bear will eat the fish
the bear gets a heart attack, in the water with a splish
her body gets washed up again, on the hills of greening blow
that's the circle, the circle of snow

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 05:20 PM (gKWVE)

175 170 You what I say about women like this?

Date them.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 23, 2026 05:20 PM (wBaIH)

You mean like Carbon-14?

Posted by: Core samples? at April 23, 2026 05:21 PM (TbWk/)

176 Boobs is the fruit of the chest. You can bounce 'em, bang em', squeeze 'em, motorboat 'em, rub 'em, lick 'em, suck on 'em. Deyz big boobs, little boobs, mosquito bite boobs, handful boobs, mouthful boobs, real boobs, fake boobs. That's, that's about it.

Posted by: Bubba Gump Boob Company at April 23, 2026 05:18 PM (TbWk/)

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Funny.

Gives a whole new meaning to "Forrest" Gump ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:21 PM (teZkF)

177 >>>Regier tried to deflect Lopez Chavez's attention and excuse ***herself*** from the situation, they said, but Lopez Chavez pulled Regier "into a literal corner in the hallway" and pinned them against the wall, refusing to let them leave. A friend of Regier's stepped in and separated them, they said.

Shouldn't that be themself? If they want the full retard effect.

Posted by: No Name Today at April 23, 2026 05:22 PM (8mulE)

178 "But the actual allegation [about Katy Perry], which I'm just seeing now that I write this post, is disgusting."

I'm trying to figure out the physical logistics of what she's claimed to have done, and I can only speculate that it was basically a teabagging.

Or the female equivalent, which I've been told is called "clam slamming."

Posted by: Alex at April 23, 2026 05:22 PM (EcUen)

179 AOC: "The Republican Party doesn't like the fact that they are fighting against someone who actually will stand up to the American people."

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:23 PM (Fi81e)

180 In a way, it's a win for sexual equality, or something.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:20 PM (Fi81e)

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"What do we want?"

EQUAL SEXUAL HARRASSMENT!

"When do we want it?"

NOW!

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:23 PM (teZkF)

181 Ace,

I hope we will have a cafe with cute animals soon. (Because I'm tired of weirdo politicians) although I don't know how you could outdo the humor of SPLC animals from yesterday

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:23 PM (TIRHP)

182 128 She looks wet and slimy. Gross. These damn weird ass horny people getting up in people's bidness. I don't need to hear about this. Yuck! Granny gone buck wild up in there. Yeesh.

Posted by: turambar at April 23, 2026 05:23 PM (Q0yOR)

183 Based Mike Lee is far from based. He's masterminding a land grab of federal land so UT can rape the shit out of anyone that would like to use it for recreation.

If he's so based, why doesn't he call for Thune's removal? Frauds and a posers are what plagues Utah.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 05:24 PM (abIsI)

184 "Believe All Women" hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:24 PM (teZkF)

185 Intel has been pink slipping over 20,000 workers.... effectively abandoning its massive 600 acre campuses in Oregon. "Over relegation, cost of living and taxation making it too difficult to keep doing business in the state."

Intel investing 25-30 billion, basically relocating it's production to Arizona and Ohio. Oregon is, in effect, losing it's middle class income generation altogether. We are talking billions in annual tax revenues moving out of state.

The same is happening in Washington, California, New York, and other liberal states.

INTC up over 10 after hours

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 05:24 PM (PB2I8)

186 I'm trying to figure out the physical logistics of what she's claimed to have done, and I can only speculate that it was basically a teabagging.

Or the female equivalent, which I've been told is called "clam slamming."
Posted by: Alex at April 23, 2026 05:22 PM (EcUen)

Lip dip? Slit sit? Gash smash?

Posted by: Bet there's a limerick in here too at April 23, 2026 05:25 PM (TbWk/)

187 179 AOC: "The Republican Party doesn't like the fact that they are fighting against someone who actually will stand up to the American people."
Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:23 PM (Fi81e)
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Forget it, she's on a roll.

Posted by: WisRich at April 23, 2026 05:25 PM (G0vdT)

188 At least our spinster governor keeps her sexuality on the downlow.

These other homo politicians seem rather ... empowered? .. entitled? about their droits du seigneur.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:25 PM (4NO2D)

189
I confess to not being up to speed but isn't Katy bearding for Justin Trudeau?

Or is it the other way around?

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 05:26 PM (Y8DZL)

190 "Believe All Women" hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:24 PM (teZkF)
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You betcha!

Posted by: frmr Congressman Eric Swalwell at April 23, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)

191 Is it now a requirement to run for congress one must be a pervert?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

[astronaut with a gun meme]

Always has been.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 05:26 PM (VHUov)

192 Eva' has 'it' covered.

Born in SLC, raised in Idaho where she had to sleep in the same bed with her grandmother & came to realize her little dresses weren't as pretty as the dresses other children wore.

Now you can find her on weekends out fishing & hiking, and ready to kick someone's a**.

Eva fir Congress: Years ago, Eva made two promises to her grandmother, her abuela. The first was that she would buy her a house that they both could live in. The second was that she would always fight for the people like them—workers, minorities, Utahns, Americans. As a congresswoman, Eva will keep that promise alive.

👏

Posted by: L - No nic (cell phone) at April 23, 2026 05:27 PM (NFX2v)

193 I saw Finger Banging Cleavage open for Pearl Jam at the WOW Hall of the OK Hotel in '91.
Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (teZkF)

Desert island band (you can only have one):

Finger Banging Cleavage or Flogging Molly?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 23, 2026 05:27 PM (nbLIj)

194 Date them.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 23, 2026 05:20 PM (wBaIH)

You mean like Carbon-14?
Posted by: Core samples? at April 23, 2026 05:21 PM (TbWk/)
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Are we talking about Nancy Pelosi, here?

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:27 PM (Fi81e)

195 INTC up over 10 after hours
Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 05:24 PM

79.36 +14.09 (21.59%)

A couple of months ago I had some at $23, and sold it for $30, and thought I was so smart.

FML.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:28 PM (4NO2D)

196 Is it now a requirement to run for congress one must be a pervert?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

I did not give Marilyn a toxic enema and anyone that says I did I'll meet at the gates of Hell.

Posted by: Zombie JFK at April 23, 2026 05:28 PM (abIsI)

197 Intel is seeing a very profitable future if they can get their new chip node running smoothly.

No reason to be held down by the communists running the urban areas of the Pacific Northwest.

They should have hauled ass a decade back.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:28 PM (6ydKt)

198 If he's so based, why doesn't he call for Thune's removal? Frauds and a posers are what plagues Utah.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 05:24 PM (abIsI)

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This.

Has anybody supposedly on "our side" -- other than Anna Paulina Luna -- called for removing & replacing Thune with at least a #FakeConservative Senate Majority Leader?

Thune is Cocaine Glitch McConnell 2.0 ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:28 PM (teZkF)

199 Ace, I know you were upset yesterday about Trump extending the cease-fire, and being upset about the midterms, that the deal has collapsed and Trump was in over his boots, but there are alternate conclusions to be made. This one is by Jesus Enrique Rosas, who is pretty deep in his thinking

"Translation: The Iranian hardliners inside the Revolutionary Guard just pushed the Iranian negotiators out of the room. Trump is not rewarding the hardliners with a strike that lets them rally the country. Trump is not rewarding the hardliners with a walkaway that lets them claim victory. Trump is handing the whole Iranian regime a rope.

"Either the economic faction inside the regime comes back to the table and pushes the hardliners aside (and they have until the blockade finishes starving the country to do it!) or the hardliners 'win' the internal fight with a Pyrrhic victory just to say goodbye to their bridges and power plants.

"The clock is running against Tehran. Not Washington"

https://tinyurl.com/4bcnbezh

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 05:29 PM (rbvCR)

200 Gosh, I wonder what happens when society negates repercussions related to criminality, bad behavior, poor economic choices, and dishonesty. And, THEN encourages those acts based on a false rationalization.

It's almost like watching a couple of rats getting hammered on alcohol based feed pellets while doing a B.F. Skinner positive reinforcement experiment.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 05:29 PM (dIske)

201 Well shit, it was back in September.

Tempus fugit when you are elderly.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:29 PM (4NO2D)

202 Thune is Cocaine Glitch McConnell 2.0

If memory serves, we knew this back when we were told it was Thune or Cornyn as Leader. We were all stunned at the move he pulled off with the OBBBA because it was so out of character.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 05:30 PM (ExV1e)

203 You let foreigners and perverts rule you, these actions are what you get.

Eh, Chavez ain't that bad. I'm sure somebody said they could fix her.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 05:30 PM (1Ff7Z)

204 Desert island band (you can only have one):

Finger Banging Cleavage or Flogging Molly?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 23, 2026 05:27 PM (nbLIj)

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lol

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:30 PM (teZkF)

205
Eh, Chavez ain't that bad. I'm sure somebody said they could fix her.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 05:30 PM (1Ff7Z)

I hope she's already been spayed..

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM (nCgUg)

206 "The clock is running against Tehran. Not Washington"

https://tinyurl.com/4bcnbezh
Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 05:29 PM (rbvCR)
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Au contraire. The 60 day clock ends on Monday.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM (Fi81e)

207 I'm trying to figure out the physical logistics of what she's claimed to have done, and I can only speculate that it was basically a teabagging.

Or the female equivalent, which I've been told is called "clam slamming."
Posted by: Alex at April 23, 2026 05:22 PM (EcUen)

Lip dip? Slit sit? Gash smash?
Posted by: Bet there's a limerick in here too at April 23, 2026 05:25 PM (TbWk/)

I hate when you people drag me into these.

Muff stuff?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM (nbLIj)

208 Au contraire. The 60 day clock ends on Monday.
Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM

May I be the first to suggest that nothing will happen?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM (4NO2D)

209 If memory serves, we knew this back when we were told it was Thune or Cornyn as Leader. We were all stunned at the move he pulled off with the OBBBA because it was so out of character.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 05:30 PM (ExV1e)

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True. I thought it was gonna be Cornyn for sure ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:32 PM (teZkF)

210 I'm trying to figure out the physical logistics of what she's claimed to have done, and I can only speculate that it was basically a teabagging.

Or the female equivalent, which I've been told is called "clam slamming."
Posted by: Alex at April 23, 2026 05:22 PM (EcUen)

Lip dip? Slit sit? Gash smash?
Posted by: Bet there's a limerick in here too at April 23, 2026 05:25 PM (TbWk/)

I hate when you people drag me into these.

Muff stuff?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM

Nub Rub.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:32 PM (4NO2D)

211 Gosh, I wonder what happens when society negates repercussions related to criminality, bad behavior, poor economic choices, and dishonesty. And, THEN encourages those acts based on a false rationalization.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 05:29 PM (dIske)
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Morality was realigned as those things that hurt and help The Cause. That's just the way ideologues want it, too.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:32 PM (Fi81e)

212 So close to Pride Month, Ace?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 05:33 PM (Wnv9h)

213 May I be the first to suggest that nothing will happen?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM (4NO2D)
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You mean besides the Dem-media complex jumping on it with both feet?

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

214 May I be the first to suggest that nothing will happen?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM (4NO2D)

You may.

War Powers Act is such unconstitutional bullshit, it's amazing it got passed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 05:34 PM (noKdt)

215 Never been to Salt Lake City. Is it as Woke and Leftist as I am inferring from the article, or not?

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:35 PM (Gqar8)

216 thanks for the Tuq'r update, beckster.

Posted by: ace at April 23, 2026 05:35 PM (1wjle)

217 201 Well shit, it was back in September.

Tempus fugit when you are elderly.
Posted by: toby928(c)
🤣

If it worked for a president...

Posted by: L - No nic (cell phone) at April 23, 2026 05:35 PM (NFX2v)

218 If you have the same mom, how are you step-siblings? That should be half siblings or full siblings.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 05:08 PM (tOcjL)

Different moms, they are steps, not halves, my mistake.

Tucker's mom died and when his dad married Patricia, she adopted Tucker and Buckley. Her daughter was with her first husband.

Posted by: beckster at April 23, 2026 05:35 PM (kX27y)

219 4.0 magnitude earthquake reported near Cooter, Missouri on the New Madrid Fault Line, Strongest in 20 years

I can't believe there is a town named Cooter.

Posted by: Zombie JFK at April 23, 2026 05:35 PM (abIsI)

220 Au contraire. The 60 day clock ends on Monday.
Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM (Fi81e)

If Trump starts bombing now, the hardliners have just been given all the validation in the world, if Trump sits there and continues the blockade, the hardliners are in the position of throwing a party that no one important came to, and the flower arrangement is wilting and the salmon mousse is getting whiffy.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 05:36 PM (rbvCR)

221 War Powers Act is such unconstitutional bullshit, it's amazing it got passed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 05:34 PM

Yep. No President has ever recognized its authority, even as they adhered to its notification provisions.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:36 PM (4NO2D)

222 Of course, Axeman, you could read the post yourself, but that is not as fun as arguing here.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 05:36 PM (rbvCR)

223 off presidential sock

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 05:36 PM (abIsI)

224 I'm trying to figure out the physical logistics of what she's claimed to have done, and I can only speculate that it was basically a teabagging.

Or the female equivalent, which I've been told is called "clam slamming."
Posted by: Alex at April 23, 2026 05:22 PM (EcUen)

Lip dip? Slit sit? Gash smash?
Posted by: Bet there's a limerick in here too at April 23, 2026 05:25 PM (TbWk/)

I hate when you people drag me into these.

Muff stuff?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM (nbLIj)

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Cunt hunt?

/I denounce myself

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:37 PM (teZkF)

225 So when the War Powers act kicks in, what then?? Serious question.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:37 PM (Gqar8)

226 So when the War Powers act kicks in, what then?? Serious question.
Posted by: tubal

Nothing.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 05:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

227 War Powers Act is such unconstitutional bullshit, it's amazing it got passed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 05:34 PM (noKdt)
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Congress--as the most representative branch at the top of government--has the ability to pass explanatory laws.

I used to think so, but instead it defines the different between military actions and declarations of war.

It was pointed out to me by a Constitutional scholar that the Constitution didn't lay out what "birth-right citizenship" was, but the founders expected Congress to able to refine the parameters of it. So, the "definition" was passed after the Constitution.

So, I've made my peace with the WPA.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

228 So when the War Powers act kicks in, what then?? Serious question.
Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:37 PM

Many denunciations, some lawsuits either dismissed or ignored, articles of impeachment filed and ignored..

The usual.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:38 PM (4NO2D)

229 >>>Lip dip? Slit sit? Gash smash?
Posted by: Bet there's a limerick in here too at April 23, 2026 05:25 PM (TbWk/)

I hate when you people drag me into these.

Muff stuff?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM

Nub Rub.

Posted by: toby928(c)

>Snizz jizz

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 05:38 PM (Fbc0I)

230

tubal,
SLC is completely fucked.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 05:38 PM (3ek7K)

231 If memory serves, we knew this back when we were told it was Thune or Cornyn as Leader. We were all stunned at the move he pulled off with the OBBBA because it was so out of character.

voters in Texas knew Cornyn was toast and said so, that is why Cornyn lost to Thune in that decision

I voted for Cornyn the fist time he ran and never again. He was to the left of Kay Bailey and it showed immediately after he won the first time.

Posted by: DanMan at April 23, 2026 05:39 PM (8uzBS)

232 I'd hit it. (The latina chick, not the 79 y.o. lesbian hag.)

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 23, 2026 05:39 PM (XMwZJ)

233 225 So when the War Powers act kicks in, what then?? Serious question.
Posted by: tubal

Congress will determine what Military Industrial Contractor can pay them the most to continue the war and how many ground troops will be needed to keep the effort going?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 05:40 PM (abIsI)

234
In retrospect, the whole Caligula's horse as a Senator looks like a harmless prank.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 05:40 PM (Y8DZL)

235 So when the War Powers act kicks in, what then?? Serious question.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:37 PM

The ceasefire resets the clock, and that is assuming the law is worth a bucket of piss.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 05:41 PM (noKdt)

236 So when the War Powers act kicks in, what then?? Serious question.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:37 PM (Gqar

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Congress needs to make a decision. He's not supposed to be engaging in military actions without something like a continued force resolution. Congress doesn't _have_ to "declare war", and it doesn't have to demand that the President withdraw.

I don't trust this Congress at all to do what's effective for America.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:41 PM (Fi81e)

237 >>Anna Kendrick says that Perry "finger-banged my cleavage."

I watched a trial of a Murder in South Florida that contained the witness testimony:

"So, Larry was on the bed...titty-fucking Carl's asscheeks."

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2026 05:41 PM (ytyaf)

238 I hope she's already been spayed..
Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM (nCgUg)

Splayed? Oh, spayed.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 05:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

239
230

tubal,
SLC is completely fucked.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 05:38 PM (3ek7K)

Ah. Thanks. A bit surprising to me ( again, never been there ). I thought it would be an LDS town. Maybe all my notions about Utah are awry

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:42 PM (Gqar8)

240 When Joetatoe did it, it did not matter.

Posted by: torabora at April 23, 2026 05:42 PM (KtOUo)

241 The IRGC is a designated foreign terrorist organization, yes? Congress already authorized action against those groups.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:42 PM (4NO2D)

242 The usual.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:38 PM (4NO2D)

Don't forget the angry NY Times editorial!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 05:42 PM (noKdt)

243 I'm trying to figure out the physical logistics of what she's claimed to have done, and I can only speculate that it was basically a teabagging.

Or the female equivalent, which I've been told is called "clam slamming."
Posted by: Alex at April 23, 2026 05:22 PM (EcUen)

Lip dip? Slit sit? Gash smash?
Posted by: Bet there's a limerick in here too at April 23, 2026 05:25 PM (TbWk/)

I hate when you people drag me into these.

Muff stuff?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 23, 2026 05:31 PM

Nub Rub.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:32 PM (4NO2D)

Oyster shooter ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 23, 2026 05:43 PM (NtVYv)

244 Don't forget the angry NY Times editorial!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 05:42 PM

Lots of incoherent ranting from Bolshevik Congressmen.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:43 PM (4NO2D)

245 It was pointed out to me by a Constitutional scholar that the Constitution didn't lay out what "birth-right citizenship" was, but the founders expected Congress to able to refine the parameters of it. So, the "definition" was passed after the Constitution.

So, I've made my peace with the WPA.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

The Founders weren't around for birthright citizenship.
Congress hasn't passed a definition for it either.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 23, 2026 05:43 PM (okun6)

246 Salt Lake City sorta changed since 1965.

Posted by: Zombie Brian Wilson at April 23, 2026 05:44 PM (wVcYX)

247 Lots of short videos of the young Latina lesbian on her TikTok page from which to judge her looks...

https://www.tiktok.com/@evaforutah/

I think she's objectively above average.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 23, 2026 05:44 PM (xqQi7)

248 >>It was pointed out to me by a Constitutional scholar that the Constitution didn't lay out what "birth-right citizenship" was, but the founders expected Congress to able to refine the parameters of it.

Some Scholar

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2026 05:45 PM (ytyaf)

249 she is above average but that doesn't mean every woman wants to munch that rug

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 05:45 PM (gKWVE)

250 It would be interesting to see if the Ceasefire did reset the clock.

So, it's mainly this. The Democrats have been shrieking about "Trump's illegal war", but as long as he was within the 60-day window, it was clear it wasn't "illegal" and an action of force is not "declaring war" and usurping that role from Congress.

After 60 days, it becomes a lot less clear who has to do what.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:45 PM (Fi81e)

251 Mother of God? More like a mother of dogs. She's one ugly biotch. Predatory lesbians is the least of it.

The simple truth is there is no such thing as a lesbian. They are just afraid of men, for one reason or another, so they think they like women, but most of the lesbian relationships I have been around are far more abusive than any of the heteros I'm around. They beat hell out of each other.

With rare exceptions lesbians are just the angrier version of your average feminazi.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 05:46 PM (DwqWV)

252 The past thirty years of decadence I've witnessed have finally made me understand why God decided it just wasn't worth it anymore, right before he gave Noah the warning.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:46 PM (6ydKt)

253 I think she's objectively above average.
Posted by: Serious Cat at April 23, 2026 05:44 PM

A little dumpy, though I say that as shouldn't.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:46 PM (4NO2D)

254 Is it now a requirement to run for congress one must be a pervert?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 04:45 PM (2UnvF)

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Everyone else is too busy having a normal life.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2026 05:46 PM (Tbs6N)

255 Ah. Thanks. A bit surprising to me ( again, never been there ). I thought it would be an LDS town. Maybe all my notions about Utah are awry

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:42 PM (Gqar

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Grew up in Las Vegas (surprisingly then, a relatively LDS city) and most of my high school friends were LDS -- and very conservative.

I was stunned when using their free FamilySearch.org website for genealogy research (likely the same at the pay site Ancestry.com) that about a decade ago they changed their online system to change the sex of one's maternal or paternal line to be the other (e.g. a male maternal ancestor or relative ... and vice-versa).

My friends have said that the SLC Leaders of the Church have gone #Woke. Ugh ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:47 PM (teZkF)

256 War Powers Act is such unconstitutional bullshit, it's amazing it got passed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 05:34 PM

Is it amazing, though? Is it?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 05:47 PM (Wnv9h)

257 it now a requirement to run for congress one must be a pervert?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 04:45 PM (2UnvF)

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Everyone else is too busy having a normal life.
Posted by: Decaf at

It's a self selecting group.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 05:47 PM (YZ0Fo)

258 Everyone else is too busy having a normal life.
Posted by: Decaf at

It's a self selecting group.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 05:47 PM

Hollywood for ugly people.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 05:48 PM (4NO2D)

259 Evil walks the earth.

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 05:48 PM (LHPAg)

260 I noticed my hash has changed. Oh yeah, that’s right, my modem crashed and burned tday.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:48 PM (Gqar8)

261 232 I'd hit it. (The latina chick, not the 79 y.o. lesbian hag.)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 23, 2026 05:39 PM (XMwZJ)

She would probably slug you back.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 05:48 PM (DwqWV)

262 tcn, I wonder if some of the women in those abusive F/F relationships are pondering "if this woman is this bad, just think how much worse a man would be"

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 05:49 PM (gKWVE)

263
Is it now a requirement to run for congress one must be a pervert?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 04:45 PM (2UnvF)

Now?

Posted by: Zombie John F Kennedy at April 23, 2026 05:49 PM (y9nCu)

264 tcn, I wonder if some of the women in those abusive F/F relationships are pondering "if this woman is this bad, just think how much worse a man would be"
Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 05:49 PM (gKWVE)

I'm here for them.

Posted by: The Bear at April 23, 2026 05:49 PM (1Ff7Z)

265 I'd hit it. (The latina chick, not the 79 y.o. lesbian hag.)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 23, 2026 05:39 PM (XMwZJ)

It's a one-and-one thing. If you score with the 79 yo lesbian hag, you are awarded an attempt at the latina chick.

Posted by: Basketball Rules at April 23, 2026 05:50 PM (wVcYX)

266 JFK was not a pedophile though, was he? Was he?

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:50 PM (Gqar8)

267 What about Ruby Rose? She can't be accused of an oval nose. She's a bit sharp in the chin, but overall, quite pretty IMHO.

https://is.gd/0F6QsK
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 04:53 PM (Riz8t)

Dude...Ruby Rose? Really? She looks like a tatted up street urchin with a sh*tty haircut. Her best movie for me is the one where Keanu Reeves k*lls her.

Posted by: Nelly at April 23, 2026 05:50 PM (6+ehB)

268 "What the **** is going on in Utah?"

Utah is being Californicated by fleeing California locusts. It's happening all over the Rocky Mountain states. The denser urban centers are overwhelming the less dense rural areas, voting-wise.

Posted by: Occasional Commenter at April 23, 2026 05:51 PM (MV++E)

269 With rare exceptions lesbians are just the angrier version of your average feminazi.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 05:46 PM (DwqWV)

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

Usually either sexually molested when young (which I abhor) or otherwise "daddy issues" (in my experiences).

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 05:51 PM (teZkF)

270 The Founders weren't around for birthright citizenship.
Congress hasn't passed a definition for it either.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 23, 2026 05:43 PM (okun6)

What screwed the deal was that there was NO national citizenship until the 14th Amendment was passed; you were a citizen of the US if you were a citizen of one of the States, and States set their own citizenship rules as they saw fit.
In some states, only men were reckoned as Citizens, women and children were not. They were legal residents who did not vote.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 05:51 PM (rGqqI)

271 If you score with the 79 yo lesbian hag, you are awarded an attempt at the latina chick.
Posted by: Basketball Rules at April 23, 2026 05:50 PM (wVcYX)

Kind of like the gates of the Neverending Story. You only get an audience with the big booby sphinx after you risk getting your atoms separated at the first gate

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 05:52 PM (gKWVE)

272 So, who IS the most attractive Lesbian, currently?

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:52 PM (Gqar8)

273 I just figured out what finger banging cleavage is. Arguably I am boring, but not a nun, however it took a bit there. Kind of wish I had just left it alone.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 05:01 PM (Dd38x)

Tuning in Tokyo.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Come in, Tokyo.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 05:04 PM (Kd7Ab)

Sioux City, Iowa HELLO!

Posted by: Larry King at April 23, 2026 05:52 PM (zZu0s)

274 The Good, the Bad, and the Furry.

https://tinyurl.com/bdhcm54p

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 05:52 PM (ndZc7)

275 Hey. It's our culture.

Posted by: Congress at April 23, 2026 05:52 PM (LLQU7)

276

We have mormon stories that would make you lose your hair.

I'll not risk being banned for telling the stories here.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 05:52 PM (3ek7K)

277 It was pointed out to me by a Constitutional scholar that the Constitution didn't lay out what "birth-right citizenship" was, but the founders expected Congress to able to refine the parameters of it.

Some Scholar
Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2026 05:45 PM (ytyaf)
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Whatever, it is demonstrably the case. 1st the government was reformed under the Constitution. Then the law was passed that defined the parameters of "birthright citizenship".

And it, and the WPA, are actually closer to the "Necessary and Proper" function of Congress than many things Congress has done in the name of it.

"To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."

It's actually a lot more flexible than having "experts of Law" rachet down things with their theories of the mathematical space of Law.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:53 PM (Fi81e)

278
JFK was not a pedophile though, was he? Was he?
Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:50 PM (Gqar

Pedo, no. But if by pervert, one means banging anything within reach that has a vagina, then sign me up for another!

Posted by: Zombie John F Kennedy at April 23, 2026 05:53 PM (y9nCu)

279 276

We have mormon stories that would make you lose your hair.

I'll not risk being banned for telling the stories here.
Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 05:52 PM (3ek7K)

Now, about those Mennonites -

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:53 PM (Gqar8)

280 So, who IS the most attractive Lesbian, currently?
Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:52 PM (Gqar

I was thinking on this earlier, there IS an answer, but I can't think of it right now.

And searching for it will yield an ace.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 05:54 PM (zZu0s)

281 Also, I have questions on this Anna Kendrick allegation.

Katy Perry stuck her finger in her...cleavage?

What cleavage? I see no evidence of cleavage your honor. How could my client have put her finger somewhere that doesn't exist. Anna could say Katy Perry put her finger in Xanadu because that place doesn't f**king exist either.

CASE DISMISSED.

Posted by: Nelly at April 23, 2026 05:55 PM (6+ehB)

282 Nood. Chyna.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 05:55 PM (zZu0s)

283 Whatever, it is demonstrably the case. 1st the government was reformed under the Constitution. Then the law was passed that defined the parameters of "birthright citizenship".

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:53 PM (Fi81e)

Birthright citizenship comes into existence with the 14th amendment. The Founders are dead by then.

The 14th Amendment has not since been clarified by Congress.

Otherwise please point to the "law" you are referring to.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 23, 2026 05:55 PM (okun6)

284 280 So, who IS the most attractive Lesbian, currently?
Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:52 PM (Gqar

I was thinking on this earlier, there IS an answer, but I can't think of it right now.

And searching for it will yield an ace.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 05:54 PM (zZu0s)

Is your answer Rachel Maddow?

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 05:55 PM (Gqar8)

285 Best part about Ruby Rose in the John Wick movie is that she didn't have to speak

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 05:57 PM (gu0hJ)

286 The lesbos must be taking Vitamin Testosterone with their Cheerios. I had no idea from my Ivory Tower!

I am thankful no lesbo touched me in my prime, altho one did ask me out and I said yes (because I was in college, at a party, and didn't know what lesbos looked like. She was a lipstick one and normal looking. My bf/husband informed her I was "straight" when I said I wasn't (after drinking a lot). Then I argued with him that I was not straight because I was loaded. Yes I know I have said this in the ONT. I am not senile.

And, another ONT, the one time I was goosed I ran after the guy to try to kill him, yelling,"You bastid" and people at the park were watching. I would have done some major damage on him had I caught him.

Katy Perry would have been wounded along with the bang into wall politician. Her finger broken. (I have also never heard of what she did). Weird.

Her nasty thang bruised (it was not her vaj, y'all, let's get anatomy straight). I would be yelling, making a huge scene, and Katy or the Lesbo-Latina would be calling 911 if they were conscious.

I honestly did not think lesbians did this crap, being anti-mansplaining. What is dis? Womansplaining power trip?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 23, 2026 05:59 PM (WONhk)

287 Are we talking about Nancy Pelosi, here?
Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 05:27 PM (Fi81e)
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Nancy's more of a butter pecan-face.

Posted by: mrp at April 23, 2026 06:00 PM (rj6Yv)

288 Congress won't be making many decisions when 1/3 are Marxists, and another 1/3 are afraid of upsetting the Marxists

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)

289 112 Some time ago, Katie Perry said on an interview panel that she sold her soul to satan for her fame. I believed it the moment I heard her say it.
Posted by: Cray Cray at April 23, 2026 05:07 PM (M7rua)

Aha! I suspected as much when she hung out (ick) with Hil Clinton and went to parties with that witch, Marina Abramović!!!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 23, 2026 06:12 PM (WONhk)

290 We have mormon stories that would make you lose your hair.

I'll not risk being banned for telling the stories here.

I read that as "moron" and thought "Dang, I need to get to more MoMes."

Posted by: Oddbob at April 23, 2026 06:14 PM (vTZFs)

291 >> She's Average-Plus looking, a Chipolte 5.25 (they use metric), which I do not think is much consolation to the straight women she sexually assaulted.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:42 PM

On a 1-10 scale, 5.5 is average. If it's too abstract to add 1 + 10 and divide by two, just put your hands up next to each other and number your phalangers from left to right. You have ten, and your thumbs (5 & 6) are both equally in the middle. So, the average is between them.

There are two ways for 5.25 to be Average-Plus. The first (number zero in binary) is to be a computer geek and count 0-9, in which case the average is 4.5. The second -- number one in binary, number two ordinally -- is to be a philosophy nerd where no one is objectively perfect, so "there's no such thing as a ten" and the true scale is 1-9, with an average of 5. The third (number two in hexadecimal) is to be innumerate.

Posted by: SciVo at April 23, 2026 06:36 PM (Sy6m/)

292 SLC is by no stretch of the imagination a "LDS town." The very first thing the current mayor, a woman, did after being sworn is go to the LDS church headquarters and demand they change their doctrine to be pro-LGBT and put a lesbian or. gay person in charge. They told her to look at the tourist numbers and what it does for her tax base, and she shut up. But she hasn't changed.

Utah in general has been fighting lawfare and the like with the Democrats, who managed to get judges and lawyers to let a far left Democrat NGO from Virginia gerrymander the state. I don't know of any other state in the union where the congressional districts are literally dictated by out of state people, and not even the DOJ.

Posted by: Sam MacGee at April 23, 2026 07:10 PM (/ZkOF)

293 Mormons...

Posted by: South and Proud!! at April 23, 2026 07:11 PM (zAHuo)

294 "She just burst into laughter and it was forgotten."

I'll guarantee you that if your friend wore glasses, was slightly bucktoothed and was 30# overweight it wouldn't have been funny.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 23, 2026 07:36 PM (xgGYP)

The Democrat Party, AKA The Party of Plunder, Is Now All-In on Shoplifting, Celebrating Rich White Bitches' "Microlooting" Expensive Food from Whole Foods

We wouldn't want Princess to have to scale back on her lifestyle, so we should overlook Princess' sticky fingers in grocery stores.

Communist jihadist assassination-cheerleader -- and now fully accredited and accepted Democrat Party influencer -- Hasan Piker couldn't wait to endorse more communist looting of the capitalists.

A longtime staff writer for the New Yorker known for bashing capitalism bragged that she has stolen from her local Whole Foods "on several occasions" in a New York Times podcast.
Jia Tolentino, 37, made the shocking admission while joining left-wing streamer Hasan Piker and Times' opinion culture editor Nadja Spiegelman for a Wednesday episode about so-called "microlooting" from mega-corporations.

She looks Asian despite the Italian last name but I'm going to apply Ivy League Admissions rules: You're white enough, bitch.

Besides, in the next article I'll link, rich white bitches are talking up how great shoplifting is.

Examples tossed around by the trio ranged from everyday consumers sharing passwords for streaming services to brazen criminals pilfering paintings from the Louvre Museum.
When Spiegelman suggested pocketing produce from Whole Foods, Tolentino confessed she already had "on several occasions."
The scribe said one of her duties as a member of her ritzy Brooklyn neighborhood's mutual aid group was to buy groceries for one of her neighbors, Miss Nancy.
"And so I'd be getting Miss Nancy all of her groceries, and then I would finish, and I'd be like, oh my God, four lemons, I forgot four lemons. And on several occasions I was like, I'm just going to go back in, grab those four lemons and get the hell out," Tolentino said.
"At the time I was like, I had not been to Whole Foods. I had a bit more consumer discipline about where I was spending my money then, and I already felt like I was in the hole, even by shopping there. And it certainly felt, in a utilitarian sense, I was like, this is not a big deal," she added.
...
Piker then brushed aside her apparent shoplifting, saying that mega-corporations like Whole Foods have already "factored in" the loss of simple produce so that it won't impact their bottom line.

Ah, the Ghetto Democrat line that it's okay to rob stores during riots because "they're insured." (No, they're not. Almost no one insures their stock. Stealing it is just taking money out of their pockets. And even if it were insured, you'd be forcing them to pay higher insurance rates.)

Piker, a self-proclaimed Communist, also endorsed "full chaos" of shoppers "stealing wantonly" and wholly bypassing the self-checkout machines.
When pressed on stealing from government-run grocery stores, like one planned by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Piker and Tolentino faltered.
"No, I would not, because I feel like that's taxpayer-funded, it's union labor, and the prices are also adjusted regardless," Piker said.

From Instapundit, which also links this article from Hot Air about New York magazine celebrating shoplifting as Empowering for Princess.

At Whole Foods, you are apparently being monitored by a swarm of security officers, some of whom wander the aisles in plain clothes, and the company's surveillance tech is improving. When security officers catch you, they will take you to Whole Foods Jail. Sometimes with glee.
The Union Square Whole Foods jail is a windowless storage closet near the entrance, says Astrid, a photographer. She mostly remembers the wallpaper: "Layers and layers of grainy faces," she tells Nora Deligter. "All the thieves that had come before me."
A sculptor we'll call Gina found herself in the Bowery Whole Foods Jail. She was late to an Alex G concert at Bowery Ballroom and had decided to slip into Whole Foods for a quick spicy-tuna-roll walk-and-dine. She had a system: Approach the item with confidence, grab it, then head upstairs to the dining area and surreptitiously place it into her bag. But this time, she headed straight for the exit. "A rookie mistake," Gina says.
Gina remembers keeping her head bowed and her eyes low as she was escorted back to Whole Foods Jail. The windowless office was almost too bland to recall, she says, except for a rudimentary banner, that read: ALL SHOPLIFTERS ARE BANNED FROM WHOLE FOODS FOR LIFE. A few weeks later, Gina says her parents received a $90 ticket in the mail from the company.
New York Magazine gives a glowing profile of one such shoplifter, and decries the fact that Whole Foods seems to have a problem with people stealing its food.
How cruel! She was made late to a concert. She paid a lot for those tickets!

Look how they glorify the little miscreant. 😵‍💫🌊 pic.twitter.com/0ZXp55NxcQ
— Theo Jordan (@Theo_TJ_Jordan) March 11, 2026

Oh, by the way: Hasan Piker again justified the murder of Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione.

Every communist atrocity in history was justified by said communists by inventing some scenario where they had no choice but to be monsters.

100% of the time.

�I didn�t wanna do this horrible thing. I just have no choice.� https://t.co/NdnnUbcGeX
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) April 23, 2026

You know, someone associated with the right is going to decide that the left's assassination rules should also apply to the left, and start shooting lefties.

And the lefties are going to demand responsible voices on the right to condemn this.

And we're all going to say: "No. Go fuck yourselves in the heart with a knife. Pay for expensive private security and take your fucking chances the way you make everyone on the right take their fucking chances."

Trans student at University of Michigan threatens Alex Stein, says, �Watch out for a hole in the neck.�

Not only should the student be immediately expelled, they should be arrested. pic.twitter.com/ya29DUyG5E
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) April 22, 2026

Hasan Piker was literally a fat little rich kid with a pony. Now he makes a fortune selling "eat the rich" to nepo commie kids, lmao https://t.co/9WiQIxGP7v pic.twitter.com/SNVqKWag8L
— Cecil Says. (@dickandcomix) April 23, 2026

Helter Skelter, baby.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:35 PM

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1 First

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 03:35 PM (E6xSb)

2 The people of the West are ruled by evil people who hate their citizens.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 03:36 PM (N1DT3)

3 (I'm seeing just how often that comment is appropriate. It's a bit of a stretch on this one.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 03:36 PM (N1DT3)

4 I despise thievery. I see it all the time on the job.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 03:37 PM (E6xSb)

5 2 The people of the West are ruled by evil people who hate their citizens.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 03:36 PM (N1DT3)

You noticed?

And those same citizens cheerfully vote for them.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 03:38 PM (E6xSb)

6 Microaggression > Microlooting

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:39 PM (teZkF)

7 It is the Empire of Crime.

The effort to create anarchy and get the people in line with the rise of the fascist state to bring order.

It's just that the advocates are stupid, don't realize that they're pawns, or that the power is in...a law and order guy's hands already.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:39 PM (GLVez)

8
Go ahead, cheat on your taxes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 03:40 PM (tgvbd)

9 Our society is a high-trust society. (Except in some pockets) Not as high as Japan, but higher than most of Europe and the rest of the world.

The left is trying really hard to change that.

And most of the fools think it will bring about a utopia. Instead, it will be the third world.

I saw a great comment once: "Putting a shopping cart into a corral is a sufficient test for self-governance".

Places where shopping carts litter parking lots are also places with trash strewn about and rampant shoplifting.

It's a sign of anti-civilization.

That's what the left stands for.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 03:40 PM (N1DT3)

10 So, the incredibly rich nep baby just admits he doesn't have to play by the rules in his headline.

"I'm a rich a$$hole so I can do what I want - sucks to be you, working class."

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 03:40 PM (tOcjL)

11 Whole Foods should throw that bitch out the moment she tries to enter the store.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 23, 2026 03:41 PM (rJ48h)

12 Is Mzzzzzzzz Tolentino still employed by The New Yorker?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 23, 2026 03:41 PM (2Ez/1)

13 The perfect visual encapsulation of Hasan Piker's worldview:

https://x.com/politicalmath/status/
2047341711387468027/photo/1

He can wax poetic about the murder of someone he disagrees with because he's oppressed. If someone uses the exact same language directed at Piker, then Piker is just a victim and the speaker of the same words that Piker used should be destroyed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:42 PM (GLVez)

14 Out: Coffee Clatches
In: Looting Sprees.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 03:42 PM (XV/Pl)

15 Soviet style grocery stores can't come fast enough for these loons.

Posted by: WisRich at April 23, 2026 03:42 PM (G0vdT)

16 Look how they glorify the little miscreant.
_____

Is the miscreant the one on the right or the left? Eh, who cares, they both look like they're in need of discipline.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 03:42 PM (Dv3i1)

17 I was shocked when some riding buddies years ago casually stated that if the grocery store didn't have enough cashiers and they had to scan and bag their stuff they 'paid' themselves by skipping something, I suppose entering a cheaper item for produce that is weighed.

Stealing is wrong, period in my book. Although after a long period of WFH I find myself having coffee at work 2-3 times a month. Usually I only drink coffee at home in the morning. Folks that bought cream used to have a solo cup to chip in and that cup is gone. I don't forego cream in my coffee and I'm not buying cream for such a small amount of consumption so I am free-loading off of the regular cream users.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 23, 2026 03:42 PM (+89TD)

18 Hasan is also literally an anchor baby. So if SCOTUS goes the right way we oughta be able to deport him.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)

19 Girl on girl now -

Democrat Eva López Chávez is a Salt Lake city Councilwoman running in her party’s primary to represent the 1st congressional district in Utah. The accusations, including that she “restrained” the women while making unwanted sexual advances, allege the incidents occurred before López Chávez joined the city council in 2023.

https://tinyurl.com/2dv4fmn5

Posted by: beckster at April 23, 2026 03:43 PM (kX27y)

20 Whole Foods should throw that bitch out the moment she tries to enter the store.
Posted by: mr tmz

Criminally trespass her and when she shows up again, arrest her.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 03:43 PM (Kd7Ab)

21 Spiegelman sounds like a Jooish name. Always amazes me when people like her team up with people like Hasan who would kill her on the spot if he knew he’d get away with it.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 03:43 PM (ehU09)

22 Is it time for shooting yet,

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 03:43 PM (W2Pud)

23
Look at who uses scooters in supermarkets. Look at the people who use handicapped spots. We have a significant swath of the public who just doesn't care about what's right.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 03:43 PM (tgvbd)

24 Excuse me mam, we saw you hide that salami in you squeak hole. You'll have to put it back on the shelf.

Posted by: Whole Food Security at April 23, 2026 03:43 PM (abIsI)

25 Microlooting??

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2026 03:43 PM (Y0tFs)

26 Active shooter at Mall in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 03:44 PM (NpAcC)

27 In a new NYT interview, Hasan Piker says that many “understand” Luigi Mangione killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson because Thompson himself was guilty of “social murder”

Thompson implemented Obamacare, no more, no less.

If you think Obamacare was good, or really anything other then a crime against humanity, you should want Luigi tried and hung for murder.

If you think Obamacare was in fact a crime against humanity, you should identify Obama, and Justice Kagan, as the real guilty parties, not some apparatchik implementing their policies.

Yet the same people that love Luigi also love Obama and all the leftwing SC judges.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)

28 Hasan shop!

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 03:44 PM (viF8m)

29 Who leaves a pony country to come to a non-pony country?

https://youtu.be/U4NjRLqSc2Q

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at April 23, 2026 03:44 PM (2Ez/1)

30 Thou Shalt Not Microloot

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 03:44 PM (RIvkX)

31 Golly!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 03:44 PM (wVcYX)

32 27 Yet the same people that love Luigi also love Obama and all the leftwing SC judges.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)

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The ACA would work perfectly if everyone would just stop needing to make money.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:45 PM (GLVez)

33 Rich white bitches are pretty much Whole Foods target demo, business plan. So I don't much care about its problems. Sorry, not sorry.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 03:45 PM (5NDL0)

34 Microaggression > Microlooting > Micromurder

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:45 PM (teZkF)

35 Uncle Leo hardest hit with the competition.

Posted by: Croaker at April 23, 2026 03:45 PM (b3InZ)

36
Out: Journalist degree

In: Larcenist degree

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 03:45 PM (tgvbd)

37 The left has lived in a world without consequences for near 30 years.

A world made safe for them from said consequences by forces they neither know nor understand.

They believe that freedom is due to their political power, which they also believe will never wan.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 03:45 PM (tUP1A)

38 33 Rich white bitches are pretty much Whole Foods target demo, business plan. So I don't much care about its problems. Sorry, not sorry.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 03:45 PM (5NDL0)

======

Jeff Bezos might care.

Also, it's been known that you could email jeff@amazon.com and Bezos would forward concerns to his staff.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:45 PM (GLVez)

39 Democrat Eva López Chávez is a Salt Lake city Councilwoman running in her party’s primary to represent the 1st congressional district in Utah. The accusations, including that she “restrained” the women while making unwanted sexual advances, allege the incidents occurred before López Chávez joined the city council in 2023.

She is too good looking to be a Dem Lesbian Elected official.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 03:46 PM (sKqQm)

40 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)

41 Jia Tolentino, 37, made the shocking admission while joining left-wing streamer Hasan Piker and Times' opinion culture editor Nadja Spiegelman for a Wednesday episode about so-called "microlooting" from mega-corporations.
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Not shocking.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 03:46 PM (RIvkX)

42 Let's shoot a few of them. We can call it microvigilantism.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 23, 2026 03:46 PM (CNl8/)

43 "I had a pony!"

"When I was a little girl in Poland, we all had ponies. My sister had pony, my cousin had pony...."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 03:46 PM (uUHnE)

44 37 The left has lived in a world without consequences for near 30 years.

A world made safe for them from said consequences by forces they neither know nor understand.

They believe that freedom is due to their political power, which they also believe will never wan.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 03:45 PM (tUP1A)

=======

Some some analysis that New York has gain population but the amount of money represented by those who left and those who came in was...not even.

It was a difference of about $80 billion. That left.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:46 PM (GLVez)

45 Whole Paycheck is a ripoff.

I do like their soaps and cleaners though.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 03:46 PM (W2Pud)

46 Her local Whole Foods should go through their security footage and find where she's been stealing. Have her c*nt ass arrested.

That'll teach her a les...........wait. What am I thinking.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (Zz0t1)

47 23
Look at who uses scooters in supermarkets. Look at the people who use handicapped spots. We have a significant swath of the public who just doesn't care about what's right.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Saw an old bag with her shitzy dog in the cereal aisle at the grocery store. The little bastard raised his leg and peed over the Wheaties on the bottom shelf. She couldn't of cared less and kept trundling down the aisle.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (abIsI)

48 MICROLOOT = "just the tip"

Posted by: Max Power at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (q177U)

49 Being able to afford nice things largely used to come with a bit of class. Buying Italian made designer wear, expensive cars or staying at the Ritz, there was at least an unwritten general obligation to act with some modicum of courtesy, integrity, manners and care. Because that’s how you generally came into nice things. Even if it was a stretch for you economically, you appreciated it even more.

You now have all these internet retards, DEI hires that Democrats put into well paid positions- plus a host of other people that you have no idea how they afforded these things- and it shows. They are positively classless, have no manners, think way too highly of themselves and are rude assholes who need a throat punch. They’ve ruined just about every decent thing or made it unattractive by their very presence or ownership.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (nmw7B)

50 If I was Whole Foods I'd ban her for life.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (kxLc1)

51 Wreck the country and Marxists will take ovet

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (Ia/+0)

52 End of the day ACA is just a welfare program. Except unlike most welfare this one has very high income limits. $125k annual income qualifies for reduced premiums.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (ehU09)

53 17 I was shocked when some riding buddies years ago casually stated that if the grocery store didn't have enough cashiers and they had to scan and bag their stuff they 'paid' themselves by skipping something, I suppose entering a cheaper item for produce that is weighed.

Stealing is wrong, period in my book. Although after a long period of WFH I find myself having coffee at work 2-3 times a month. Usually I only drink coffee at home in the morning. Folks that bought cream used to have a solo cup to chip in and that cup is gone. I don't forego cream in my coffee and I'm not buying cream for such a small amount of consumption so I am free-loading off of the regular cream users.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 23, 2026 03:42 PM (+89TD)

Usually, I'd just find out whose cream it is, and give them the quarterly $5...

Spouse runs his coffee club at work (I am an ace K cup buyer)...his rule is you chip in for the coffee and if you want milk/cream, you bring your own. 3 of them are in the club together, and that works. Spouse brings his milk every 2 weeks, but if someone's freeloading, that's fine b/c he uses so little, I'm pretty sure he dumps the dregs every 2nd Friday...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (tOcjL)

54 Is it time for shooting yet,
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 03:43 PM (W2Pud)

"The left thinks violence is a dial.

For the right, it's a switch: Peace or SHOOT F'IN ALL OF THEM"

/paraphrased from Larry Correia.

The switch isn't flipped yet, but the left keeps tapping it.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (N1DT3)

55 Rich assholes stealing making prices higher for the rest of us. There should be a law to stop this. But I'm sure that would be racist or something.

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (pvf3X)

56 Instead objective morality, it's "Who and Whom". This is how a society moves from prosperity to poverty.

Posted by: Martbell at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (as6X5)

57 Microlooting? . oh wow I need to stop eating the grapes from my shopping cart. but that's in Walmart not Whole Foods so I got that goin for me.
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Posted by: Yer Sistas Ass at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (VPPG8)

58 See? I microloot just like you people.

Posted by: Gavin Newsom Talking to the Brown and Black and BIPOC communities at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (RIvkX)

59 Democrat Eva López Chávez is a Salt Lake city Councilwoman running in her party’s primary to represent the 1st congressional district in Utah. The accusations, including that she “restrained” the women while making unwanted sexual advances, allege the incidents occurred before López Chávez joined the city council in 2023.

She is too good looking to be a Dem Lesbian Elected official.
Posted by: 18-1 at

Just wait. She's still too young to have hit the terminal taco.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (YZ0Fo)

60 "pocketing produce from Whole Foods"

"Sir, we suspect you have a banana in there."

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (DgMqy)

61 Microaggression > Microlooting > Micromurder
Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:45 PM (teZkF)

Where does microsexing fit? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (wVcYX)

62 How much do I hate these people...well, I think AM
said it best:

HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR HUMANS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT FOR YOU. HATE. HATE.

That's about right.

Posted by: No you don't hate these people enough at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (TbWk/)

63 Look at who uses scooters in supermarkets. Look at the people who use handicapped spots. We have a significant swath of the public who just doesn't care about what's right.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Handicap parking at the gym always cracks me up.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (kxLc1)

64 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (Ia/+0)

65 The ACA would work perfectly if everyone would just stop needing to make money.

Yeah, I mean this is the core problem with leftwing "thought" on healthcare.

Just give it to free for everyone, including BS things like tranny surgery or ozempic.

How do we pay for it? Tax the rich. But the desire for "free healthcare" is just about infinite so even if we taxed everyone 100% we still can't give everyone free healthcare.

Their answer? They don't have one. Well, not one they'll admit, though the real answer is rationing for normies, free healthcare for appartcheks.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm)

66 I hate anyone who had a pony!

Posted by: Jerry at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (ytyaf)

67 Endorsing shoplifting isn't the only shocking thing Hasan Piker has ever done.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (h/O4U)

68 50 If I was Whole Foods I'd ban her for life.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (kxLc1)

=====

If I was, I'd use facial recognition software to identify her in a store, get video of her stealing, and then throw the entire corporate lawyer backed book at her. I'd call in every favor I possibly could to make sure she got overcharged and imprisoned for as long as possible. I'd bribe judges and prosecutors with houses in the Hamptons to make sure she spent 5 years in jail for stealing a bag of chips.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (GLVez)

69 I can’t get too upset at WF getting robbed. Fuck Bezos.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (ehU09)

70 Is it time for shooting yet,

They killed Kirk and tried to kill Trump twice.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)

71 47 23
Look at who uses scooters in supermarkets. Look at the people who use handicapped spots. We have a significant swath of the public who just doesn't care about what's right.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Saw an old bag with her shitzy dog in the cereal aisle at the grocery store. The little bastard raised his leg and peed over the Wheaties on the bottom shelf. She couldn't of cared less and kept trundling down the aisle.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (abIsI)

The abuse of the service dog regs drives me up the wall the most. Well, that, and the old Southwest Airline wheelchair line, but they mostly solved that one.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 03:49 PM (tOcjL)

72 18 Hasan is also literally an anchor baby. So if SCOTUS goes the right way we oughta be able to deport him.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23

That would be forward looking. He will still be a citizen.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 03:50 PM (hftzA)

73 Piker, a self-proclaimed Communist, also endorsed "full chaos" of shoppers "stealing wantonly" and wholly bypassing the self-checkout machines.

-----------

It's almost as if importing third world shitheads turns your country into a third world shithole.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:50 PM (teZkF)

74 No, the left thinks they will take hold of the government and have them shoot or jail you.

They will use their kangaroo courts, corrupt law enforcement arms and anything else to do that.

They’re not counting on doing it themselves, and they’re under the illusion it won’t swing back on them.

Until they push people too far and they start burning down their houses.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 03:50 PM (nmw7B)

75 Endorsing shoplifting isn't the only shocking thing Hasan Piker has ever done.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (h/O4U)

No shit

Posted by: Hasan's at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (TbWk/)

76 I wouldn't blame if Whole Foods had a stockade and shackles, the the employees could throw tomatoes and and rotten vegetables

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (Ia/+0)

77 Who is Hassan Piker and can he be removed from the United States and any citizenship he as revoked?

He seems an enemy combatant.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (Zz0t1)

78 33: But wouldn't it be sweet if non thieving rich white bitches at this twits Whole Foods teamed up on this twit to extract some revenge for the higher prices they pay to cover the shop lifting? Plus people who steal from whole foods probably steal from the regular grocery stores as well when they shop there because closer and I only need a few things or 'cheaper for pantry items and I don't need produce or gourmet cheese today'. Stealing is stealing and I tend to think Singaporean justice and caning for all thieves would be just fine.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (+89TD)

79 26 Active shooter at Mall in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Posted by: redridinghood

There must be some gun legislation being considered.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (abIsI)

80 I screwed up the sockpuppet on my pony joke. Oh well. It was supposed to be Hasan saying he was little girl in Poland.

So, two different Seinfeld refs in 4 comments. Well done.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (uUHnE)

81 *blinking "help me" in Morse code*

Posted by: Hasan's dog at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (TbWk/)

82 72 18 Hasan is also literally an anchor baby. So if SCOTUS goes the right way we oughta be able to deport him.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23

That would be forward looking. He will still be a citizen.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 03:50 PM (hftzA)

=======

The Trump administration is aiming for 400 denaturalization cases this year.

There were 300 total from the years 1990-2017.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (GLVez)

83 Look at who uses scooters in supermarkets. Look at the people who use handicapped spots. We have a significant swath of the public who just doesn't care about what's right.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Handicap parking at the gym always cracks me up.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (kxLc1)

Braille on the bank's drive-thru ATM.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (wVcYX)

84 How about microthroatpunching.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (nmw7B)

85 I don't forego cream in my coffee and I'm not buying cream for such a small amount of consumption so I am free-loading off of the regular cream users.
Posted by: PaleRider

I usually bring my own tea for my own teapot, but when I have to dip into the kitchen tea especially if it's for more than one day, I will just buy a box of tea to leave in the kitchen.

No big deal

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 23, 2026 03:52 PM (a+4eV)

86 I'm an old man. I was confused!

~ Uncle Leo

https://youtu.be/Vm2SuAPuA38

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at April 23, 2026 03:52 PM (2Ez/1)

87 It's almost as if importing third world shitheads turns your country into a third world shithole.

The left tells me having Bubbas in the south that don't like gay marriage, 4th generation feminism, and think transing kids is wrong embarrassing the country.

But then they also tell me we have to let in millions of people that think you should throw gay men off roofs and put a trashbag over your wife when you aren't beating her is good for us.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

88 Saw an old bag with her shitzy dog in the cereal aisle at the grocery store. The little bastard raised his leg and peed over the Wheaties on the bottom shelf. She couldn't of cared less and kept trundling down the aisle.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 03:47 PM (abIsI)

I hope you reported that to someone on the store staff.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 03:53 PM (77rzZ)

89
If I was, I'd use facial recognition software to identify her in a store, get video of her stealing, and then throw the entire corporate lawyer backed book at her. I'd call in every favor I possibly could to make sure she got overcharged and imprisoned for as long as possible. I'd bribe judges and prosecutors with houses in the Hamptons to make sure she spent 5 years in jail for stealing a bag of chips.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (GLVez)

TJM for SUPREME RULER!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:53 PM (Zz0t1)

90
The abuse of the service dog regs drives me up the wall the most. Well, that, and the old Southwest Airline wheelchair line, but they mostly solved that one.
Posted by: Nova Local

-----------

This is a breakdown in society -- everyone thinks they need to break the rules to "catch up" to everyone else who is breaking all the rules.

I can not overstate how corrosive this is. Once people think others are cheating, civilization is lost.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 03:53 PM (uUHnE)

91
Braille on the bank's drive-thru ATM.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (wVcYX)

There's braille in the McDonald's drive thru.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)

92 83 Look at who uses scooters in supermarkets. Look at the people who use handicapped spots. We have a significant swath of the public who just doesn't care about what's right.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Handicap parking at the gym always cracks me up.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (kxLc1)

Braille on the bank's drive-thru ATM.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Handicapped spots at the Home Depot contractor bulk pickup area.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 03:54 PM (abIsI)

93 Whole Foods is a stupid name for a market. I've been in one and their prices were ridiculous. Splendid ambiance. No thanks, the place smells funny.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 03:54 PM (Fbc0I)

94 Post 28

Now, you did it, Jack . With "Hasan shop" ( which was pretty funny, btw) I am now compelled to repeat "Ali Baba Bunny" with bugs and Daffy:

https://tinyurl.com/3ytuyvrh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 03:54 PM (Nx5jP)

95
There's braille in the McDonald's drive thru.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)

Does the car steering wheel have Braille ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 03:54 PM (FtULh)

96 An older gentleman asked me to help him use the ATM. He starts telling me his passcode. I tried to tell him he didn’t know me and shouldn’t share that. He said I looked honest and he really need the help.

Imagine if I was a bad person.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 03:54 PM (nmw7B)

97 The left has lived in a world without consequences for near 30 years.

A world made safe for them from said consequences by forces they neither know nor understand.

They believe that freedom is due to their political power, which they also believe will never wan.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 03:45 PM (tUP1A)

Hemingway wrote that one of his characters went bankrupt "Gradually, and then suddenly".

That's how civilization falls as well. How long the "gradually" goes on is unknown, as there's a lot of ruin in a nation. But it can't go on forever.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 03:54 PM (N1DT3)

98 May I suggest using your nightsticks, WF Store Loss Prevention Officers?

Posted by: Billy Ray Valentine at April 23, 2026 03:54 PM (wVcYX)

99 89
If I was, I'd use facial recognition software to identify her in a store, get video of her stealing, and then throw the entire corporate lawyer backed book at her. I'd call in every favor I possibly could to make sure she got overcharged and imprisoned for as long as possible. I'd bribe judges and prosecutors with houses in the Hamptons to make sure she spent 5 years in jail for stealing a bag of chips.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:48 PM (GLVez)

TJM for SUPREME RULER!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:53 PM (Zz0t1)

=======

AND THEN:

I'd make posters of her in her orange jumpsuit, place them on the front door of every Whole Foods, with the message that "This could happen to you. I make more money in interest in a minute than you make in a year. I will use it."

Because I value things I own.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:55 PM (GLVez)

100 After the Rev War we made the tories leave.

Something to keep in mind if we get the guts to go forward with re-migration as well...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 03:55 PM (sKqQm)

101
Does the car steering wheel have Braille ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 03:54 PM (FtULh)

That would just be silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:55 PM (Zz0t1)

102 Willowed -

The barrier to entry is now so low, even Indian programmers who aren't good enough to make it to America are sufficient.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 23, 2026 03:07 PM (mkw2N)

I worked in Silicon Valley as a tech with a not inconsequential security clearance (microwave defense department contractor.) People working as checkout clerks at Safeway were making 30% more money per hour. Green card Koreans and Vietnamese and Chinese and Cambodians ran wages into the gutter. Not one of them could get a "confidential" shit-level security clearance. That was 1988.

I quit and got a job working for an electrician and tripled my income

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 03:55 PM (Jyalu)

103 WF had a great salad bar back in the day. Expensive as fuck. When traveling for bidness and someone else paying, I ate there often.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 03:56 PM (ehU09)

104 Whole Paycheck

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 23, 2026 03:56 PM (hrVpi)

105 >>Now, you did it, Jack . With "Hasan shop" ( which was pretty funny, btw) I am now compelled to repeat "Ali Baba Bunny" with bugs and Daffy:

Think how far we've fallen. They couldn't even make that cartoon today with getting sued.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 03:56 PM (viF8m)

106 "No, I would not, because I feel like that's taxpayer-funded, it's union labor, and the prices are also adjusted regardless," Piker said.

I wonder what he thinks the difference is between stealing from the tax payers after the taxes have been collected, rather than stealing from the tax payers before the taxes have been collected?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 23, 2026 03:56 PM (a+4eV)

107 Hasan Piker looks pretty guilty of islamic social murder. Just sayin.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 03:56 PM (n5tGW)

108 Best. Documentary. Ever.

Nick Minock
@NickMinock
NEW: During a floor debate on gerrymandering, Virginia State Senator Lamont Bagby (D) says he knows a little bit about rural America because he watched Dukes of Hazzard.

Posted by: Charles III at April 23, 2026 03:56 PM (ndZc7)

109 An older gentleman asked me to help him use the ATM. He starts telling me his passcode. I tried to tell him he didn’t know me and shouldn’t share that. He said I looked honest and he really need the help.

One of the plot points in the movie The Beekeeper was how easy it is for bad people to take advantage of the elderly and that Jason Statham should kick said people in the face.

I think its a good idea.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)

110 93 Whole Foods is a stupid name for a market. I've been in one and their prices were ridiculous. Splendid ambiance. No thanks, the place smells funny.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 03:54 PM

######

Come see us.

Posted by: Half Foods at April 23, 2026 03:57 PM (2Ez/1)

111 Ace, if I didn't believe in God and my immortal soul, I would most definitely hold the left to their assassination rules.

Posted by: Darth Randall at April 23, 2026 03:57 PM (nPI6/)

112 This is a breakdown in society -- everyone thinks they need to break the rules to "catch up" to everyone else who is breaking all the rules.

I can not overstate how corrosive this is. Once people think others are cheating, civilization is lost.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 03:53 PM (uUHnE)

It's an entirely rational response when you're the chump, sucker and loser who keeps getting rolled because you're the only one seemingly following the rules, and watching everyone around you leaving you in the dust by breaking the rules. It is unquestionably corrosive, but eventually people get tired of being the chump all the time.

Posted by: People respond to what gets rewarded at April 23, 2026 03:57 PM (TbWk/)

113 NEW: During a floor debate on gerrymandering, Virginia State Senator Lamont Bagby (D) says he knows a little bit about rural America because he watched Dukes of Hazzard.

Isn't that show White Supremacist according to the left?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 03:57 PM (sKqQm)

114 @NickMinock
NEW: During a floor debate on gerrymandering, Virginia State Senator Lamont Bagby (D) says he knows a little bit about rural America because he watched Dukes of Hazzard.
Posted by: Charles III at April 23, 2026 03:56 PM (ndZc7)

Someone should've immediately ran up and kicked him square in the nuts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:57 PM (Zz0t1)

115 Nadja Spiegelman is the daughter of Art Spiegelman who wrote the graphic cartoon Maus. I'm sure she voted for Mamdani. I'm pretty sure some around here would call her a self-gassing Jew.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 03:58 PM (gu0hJ)

116 Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 03:

I know. That's probably part of the reason I post it periodically. That. And it always makes me laugh no matter how many times I've seen it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 03:58 PM (Nx5jP)

117 The Trump administration is aiming for 400 denaturalization cases this year.

There were 300 total from the years 1990-2017.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (GLVez

Interesting, thank you. I wonder if that will be the way SCOTUS could split the baby, because laws like this typically aren’t retroactive- or is that when the exec order went in to technically not retro?

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 03:58 PM (hftzA)

118 Rural Virginia?

You mean that stretch of road from DC to Mount Vernon?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:58 PM (GLVez)

119 >> Someone should've immediately ran up and kicked him square in the nuts.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:57 PM (Zz0t1)

Tied him to the front of the General Lee and crashed into a wall.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 03:58 PM (nmw7B)

120 Too good to not share (in response to exposure of SPLC) -

@xnoesbueno
All this organized lefty false flag activity gives me a hankering to go false flag on them.

Then I realize, it's entirely unnecessary. It would be impossible to smear them more than they smear themselves.

So we fall back on Rope Theory. As in, give them enough.

Hang on. What if Mamdani, Piker, Bernie, Fauxcahontas, Biden and whoever was actually president '21-'25, Obama, Hillary, Pelosi, the lot of them. What if they're all right wing false flag operations?

It all starts to make sense. How did I not see this before?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 03:58 PM (Dv3i1)

121 This is a breakdown in society -- everyone thinks they need to break the rules to "catch up" to everyone else who is breaking all the rules.

The lefty LIVs I know often use this justification - since "the rich" are getting away with things they should be able to as well.

Of course they ARE the rich. No, not Bezos rich, but top 10% or so...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)

122 Piker, a self-proclaimed Communist, also endorsed "full chaos"...

Hey asshole, come try your commie chaos bullshit in my town. Been fighting communism all my life...not stopping now. And I will enjoy beating your sorry ass.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 03:58 PM (2WIwB)

123 Piker, a self-proclaimed Communist, also endorsed "full chaos"...

Hey asshole, come try your commie chaos bullshit in my town. Been fighting communism all my life...not stopping now. And I will enjoy beating your sorry ass.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 03:58 PM (2WIwB)

He is more green than red...

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 03:59 PM (GD0B3)

124 You don't steal not because of some sort of ...economic argument. You don't steal because it is wrong. Not hee-hee naughty. Wrong. Evil. Shitty.

What is the moral difference between stealing from whole foods, and me robbing you outside the store?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 23, 2026 03:59 PM (vOtXJ)

125 Translation: Lamont Bagby jerked off looking at Daisy Duke

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 03:59 PM (gu0hJ)

126 117 There were 300 total from the years 1990-2017.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:51 PM (GLVez

Interesting, thank you. I wonder if that will be the way SCOTUS could split the baby, because laws like this typically aren’t retroactive- or is that when the exec order went in to technically not retro?

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 03:58 PM (hftzA)

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As far as I know, everyone facing denaturalization are naturalized, not native born, and they're all related to criminal activity.

However, Stephen Miller is going to push this has hard and as far as possible.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:00 PM (GLVez)

127 Tied him to the front of the General Lee and crashed into a wall.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 03:58 PM (nmw7B)

Acceptable.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:00 PM (Zz0t1)

128 Whole Paycheck
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 23, 2026 03:56 PM (hrVpi)

I know Parker and Stone have lost the plot but the South Park episode that took the piss out of Whole Foods was pretty damn funny.

Posted by: To get your change, pull the sandwich out of the child's mouth at April 23, 2026 04:00 PM (TbWk/)

129 109 An older gentleman asked me to help him use the ATM. He starts telling me his passcode. I tried to tell him he didn’t know me and shouldn’t share that. He said I looked honest and he really need the help.

______

BOSCO!!

https://youtu.be/TTunoRn1aNQ

Posted by: And Yet ANOTHER Obligatory Seinfeld reference at April 23, 2026 04:00 PM (2Ez/1)

130 NEW: During a floor debate on gerrymandering, Virginia State Senator Lamont Bagby (D) says he knows a little bit about rural America because he watched Dukes of Hazzard.
_____

Lamont, you Big Dummy!

Posted by: Obligatory at April 23, 2026 04:00 PM (Dv3i1)

131 Piker makes a lot of money from Twitch. Amazon owns Twitch. Amazon owns Whole Foods.

Repercussions for Piker?

Stop laughing, I'm serious.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at April 23, 2026 04:00 PM (yFLFB)

132 Translation: Lamont Bagby jerked off looking at Daisy Duke

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 03:59 PM (gu0hJ)

My guess is that he was into Enos.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 23, 2026 04:00 PM (CNl8/)

133 Our "problem", if you will, is that we actually try to follow the 10 Commandments, even if we're not religious...
We tend to believe that a shared set of morals are to be followed for successful societies to survive and flourish.
There is a social compact that we believe in...
The left does not.
They are as selfish as any human being has ever been, even while they espouse "the common good" of their socialist beliefs.
In other words, they are lying fucking hypocrites.

Posted by: UncleJefe at April 23, 2026 04:00 PM (gAuAm)

134 Come the revolution, someone like Piker will be the first guy to catch a bullet.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 23, 2026 04:00 PM (vOtXJ)

135 122 Piker, a self-proclaimed Communist, also endorsed "full chaos"...

Hey asshole, come try your commie chaos bullshit in my town. Been fighting communism all my life...not stopping now. And I will enjoy beating your sorry ass.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 03:58 PM (2WIwB)

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Piker will find himself with reduced influence if his chosen MI senate candidate wins the nomination and then loses the general election.

It would entertain me.

Let it be so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:01 PM (GLVez)

136 Translation: Lamont Bagby jerked off looking at Daisy Duke

I guess this is something we all, left and right, can come together on

Posted by: Some Moron at April 23, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)

137 Hakeem Jeffries to Virginia Supreme Court: Uphold Spanbergers map 'or else.'
It's like he's trying to scare them into bending the knee.
They're relying on the leftwing judiciary to hand them a victory. Nothing more. If that doesn't happen, they're FCKED.

-
Ends justifies the means.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 04:01 PM (ndZc7)

138 Translation: Lamont Bagby jerked off looking at Daisy Duke

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 03:59 PM (gu0hJ)

There was that one episode where you got some in the dark side boob.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:01 PM (Zz0t1)

139 Oh, by the way: Hasan Piker again justified the murder of Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione.

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*types* *deletes*

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 04:02 PM (teZkF)

140 Doin' a lot of typin' and deletin' here, boss

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 23, 2026 04:02 PM (OUMaO)

141 Suggestion someone should make to Piker - everyone that steals from Whole Foods has to wear a shock collar

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm)

142 Hello. I am Count, a chump. I drive the speed limit or slower through residential neighborhoods and come to a complete stop at Stop signs.

Posted by: Chumps Anonymous at April 23, 2026 04:02 PM (wVcYX)

143
"Because that's where the money is."

Posted by: Willie Sutton at April 23, 2026 04:02 PM (2Ez/1)

144 Hello. I am Count, a chump. I drive the speed limit or slower through residential neighborhoods and come to a complete stop at Stop signs.

Friend of mine got pulled over for doing 30 in a 20 recently.

He did it near the start of the month though so no ticket.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 04:03 PM (sKqQm)

145
During a floor debate on gerrymandering, Virginia State Senator Lamont Bagby (D) says he knows a little bit about rural America because he watched Dukes of Hazzard.

___________

He's not The Big Dummy for nothing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 04:03 PM (tgvbd)

146 144 He did it near the start of the month though so no ticket.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 04:03 PM (sKqQm)

=======

The police once murdered me for driving while black.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:03 PM (GLVez)

147 The Democrat Party, AKA The Party of Plunder, Is Now All-In on Shoplifting, Celebrating Rich White Bitches' "Microlooting" Expensive Food from Whole Foods

—Disinformation Expert Ace
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It's still is "No One is Above the Law", right?

It's just we're ignoring the law.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)

148 Get a gun and you can rob a bank.

Get a bank and you can rob everybody.

Posted by: Here lies truth at April 23, 2026 04:04 PM (2Ez/1)

149 they told us when we were kids that Vlad the Impaler was a bad guy

they said so

Posted by: Ghost of Turbines past at April 23, 2026 04:04 PM (jrgJz)

150 Who is Hassan Piker and can he be removed from the United States and any citizenship he as revoked?

He's Cenk Uygher's gay nephew, who lives by himself in a mansion in Beverly Hills, has killed multiple dogs, and has an endless parade of young lefty women who worship him.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 04:04 PM (2ocoG)

151 121 This is a breakdown in society -- everyone thinks they need to break the rules to "catch up" to everyone else who is breaking all the rules.

"Screw unto others before they screw unto you, because they will." The new Golden Rule.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 23, 2026 04:05 PM (t+TFX)

152 It's not just morals, America has a serious declining IQ problem.

Posted by: Max Power at April 23, 2026 04:05 PM (q177U)

153 WTF is "microlooting" The left continues to just make up nonsensical words.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2026 04:05 PM (0N4FZ)

154 Always avoid the mall food court. Words to live by.

>>EricLDaugh
·
4m
>>🚨 UPDATE: 10 INJURIES with 2 in critical condition in Baton Rouge after a shooting at Mall of Louisiana, police say

>>"Two groups of people got into an argument in the food court and started shooting at each other."

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 04:05 PM (viF8m)

155
The police once murdered me for driving while black.

ACDC does NOT approve

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 04:05 PM (sKqQm)

156
Trump calling those little harassing boats in the Straight "the wiseguy boats."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 04:05 PM (n7rxJ)

157 155
The police once murdered me for driving while black.

ACDC does NOT approve

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 04:05 PM (sKqQm)

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ACDC did it! can't you see the op yet?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:05 PM (GLVez)

158 He's Cenk Uygher's gay nephew, who lives by himself in a mansion in Beverly Hills, has killed multiple dogs, and has an endless parade of young lefty women who worship him.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 04:04 PM (2ocoG)

And is jealous of the Roach King.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:06 PM (zZu0s)

159 EricLDaugh
·
4m
>>🚨 UPDATE: 10 INJURIES with 2 in critical condition in Baton Rouge after a shooting at Mall of Louisiana, police say

>>"Two groups of people got into an argument in the food court and started shooting at each other."
Posted by: JackStraw

2 groups shooting at each other. Geeeeee I wonder...

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 04:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

160 1. Shoplifting (passed onto law abiding consumer)
2. USAID (passed onto unknowing taxpayer)
3. Insurance Fraud (passed onto paying customer base)
4. Illegal Immigrants using E/R as general practitioner (passed onto insured patients)

"I'm Zohran Mamdani and I approve this message." —His response to a New York Post report detailing his plan to raise corporate taxes to pay for "freebies" like free transit and child care.

___________________

Does anyone see a commonality here?

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 04:06 PM (dIske)

161 This is just...SHOCKING!!

Posted by: Hasan Piker's Dog at April 23, 2026 04:06 PM (Fi81e)

162 159 2 groups shooting at each other. Geeeeee I wonder...

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 04:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

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The Amish!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:06 PM (GLVez)

163 Trump calling those little harassing boats in the Straight "the wiseguy boats."

I argued our strategy in Yemen should be to destroy every port/village that a pirate comes out of.

Same thing here.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 04:06 PM (sKqQm)

164 THIS IS CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!!!!!

Posted by: BLM at April 23, 2026 04:07 PM (4KUe5)

165 As far as I know, everyone facing denaturalization are naturalized, not native born, and they're all related to criminal activity.

However, Stephen Miller is going to push this has hard and as far as possible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:00 PM (GLVez)

Awww….okay, I thought we were talking about anchor babies. Did I mash up 2 posts? That would be typical of me.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 04:07 PM (hftzA)

166
He's Cenk Uygher's gay nephew, who lives by himself in a mansion in Beverly Hills, has killed multiple dogs, and has an endless parade of young lefty women who worship him.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 04:04 PM (2ocoG)

Seems the entire bloodline should have their citizenship revoked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:07 PM (Zz0t1)

167 The problem for Whole Foods is that (at least here in LA) it's primary schtick is to appeal to the very sort of slightly upscale AWFLs who would vehemently agree with all this and get upset with Whole Foods for having such people arrested. Puts it in a bit of a quandry.

Posted by: Lurkyloo at April 23, 2026 04:07 PM (ort2b)

168 And is jealous of the Roach King.

I'm not a big fan of Asmongold but I do like Leaflit's song about him

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 04:07 PM (sKqQm)

169 These people light up buildings to celebrate baby murder. Nothing they preach is gonna shock me.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 04:07 PM (NALOx)

170 Oh, by the way: Hasan Piker again justified the murder of Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione.

It's not just the moral depravity, it's the irony. Piker is of the same ilk as those who fraudulently rammed through the ACA, easily the most fascist piece of legislation we've seen in our lifetimes, which gave enormous windfall profits to United Healthcare and other health insurance cartels, at taxpayer expense, which allowed them to give their C-suite even more obscene amounts of money.

Posted by: It's a bit like SPLC funding "white supremacists" at April 23, 2026 04:07 PM (TbWk/)

171 Suggestion someone should make to Piker - everyone that steals from Whole Foods has to wear a shock collar

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm)

JUSTICE 4 KAYA!

Posted by: pookysgirl, feeling sicker by the moment at April 23, 2026 04:08 PM (Wt5PA)

172 "2 groups shooting at each other. Geeeeee I wonder..."

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"Youths"

Posted by: local media at April 23, 2026 04:08 PM (2Ez/1)

173 159 2 groups shooting at each other. Geeeeee I wonder...

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 04:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

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The Amish!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:06 PM (GLVez)

vs the Pentecostals!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 04:08 PM (wVcYX)

174 I didn't want to put maple syrup on the French Toast! They made me!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 04:08 PM (0sNs1)

175 And is jealous of the Roach King.

The Roach King's editor is the real final boss though.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 04:08 PM (2ocoG)

176 Jia Tolentino is a Filipina, or her parents were. The ones that were busted for human trafficking.
I actually like Filipinx as a rule; the Philippines chain could become a few States IMO. But sometimes we don't get their best.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 04:08 PM (gKWVE)

177
Winona Ryder was ahead of her time.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 04:09 PM (n7rxJ)

178 https://tinyurl.com/3ytuyvrh

Somebody should send that cartoon rather regularly to rich nitwit Hasan Piker. He may be young enough that he's never seen it .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 04:09 PM (TIRHP)

179 Public pillory and stocks for shoplifting.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 23, 2026 04:09 PM (t+TFX)

180 One of the plot points in the movie The Beekeeper was how easy it is for bad people to take advantage of the elderly and that Jason Statham should kick said people in the face.

I think its a good idea.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)
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Can we send Jason Statham over to India to deal with the AI-powered scammers that call me ten times a day saying I may qualify for a "new Medicaid program" in my state?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 04:09 PM (gnNyN)

181
How long is this Trump crap going to last? I hate Walz. On Jimmy Kimmel......

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
·
7h
KIMMEL: These multiple cases of benefits fraud. Did it just take an extraordinarily long time for you to know what was happening?

WALZ: Let me tell you about Trump.

Posted by: beckster at April 23, 2026 04:09 PM (kX27y)

182 I'd make posters of her in her orange jumpsuit, place them on the front door of every Whole Foods, with the message that "This could happen to you. I make more money in interest in a minute than you make in a year. I will use it."
Because I value things I own. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:55 PM (GLVez)

Forget debanking. I favor de-grocer-eing.

1) Get her information.
2) Ban her from all stores owned, including Amazon.com. yep, she'll NEVER be able to buy a single thing from Amazon. No prime. Nothing.
3) The only way she can shop is: a) if security doesn't recognize her. 2) She does not utilize a shopper's card or coupons. If she does, security escorts her out.
4) Share her information with other retailers. They can sue it however they wish.

Caught stealing, suddenly you are banned from using anything but cash, and no online shopping for fucking life.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 23, 2026 04:09 PM (vOtXJ)

183 169 These people light up buildings to celebrate baby murder

G-d's work

Posted by: some eater of dawg at April 23, 2026 04:09 PM (gKWVE)

184 Oh on the coffee and cream. I use my own Keurig pods. I mentioned the lack of the cup for chipping in for cream to a regular use and he just said "don't worry about it". Its my nature to worry about it, but 2 tablespoons of cream a month is such a piddling amount I'm ignoring my nature. But I still tend to double check as I self scan at the grocery to make sure that no items were missed and I put the cart back.

And don't rag on the scooter users. My dad's injuries caught up with him his last 10 years or so and he used them. He was a marine as a young man and worked until just shy of 70; never once pissed and moaned that the deck had been stacked against him. He used the scooters, and made sure to get them plugged back to the charging station when he was done.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 23, 2026 04:09 PM (+89TD)

185 When you only put a smidgen of carrots in chili, it's called "micro-mixing".

No big deal, really.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)

186 I'm not a big fan of Asmongold but I do like Leaflit's song about him
Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 04:07 PM (sKqQm)

The 'Put them in the Box' one. It is really catchy.

https://youtu.be/1et1WEvJITY

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:10 PM (zZu0s)

187 Posted by: ... at April 23

Thank you, by the way, for earlier. I heard you and you are right. I appreciate you.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 04:10 PM (Dd38x)

188 Joe Satriani should shave his fucking forearm hair.... I'm a guitarist myself, and think he' fucking amazing....

But the forearm/bicep hair?

That's just a big "WHY?"

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 23, 2026 04:10 PM (dmDsy)

189 WTF is "microlooting" The left continues to just make up nonsensical words.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2026 04:05 PM (0N4FZ)

I learned that there's a golf club now known as the "micro driver."

It's a driver that has a head size similar to what they were BEFORE they became the size of a cinder block.

What's old is new again, again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:10 PM (Zz0t1)

190 Elizabeth Warren
@SenWarren
Right now, in the middle of Trump's war with Iran, Senate Republicans are keeping us here all night to vote on the most pressing issue they can think of:
Giving $70 BILLION more to ICE and CBP.
I'm going to fight them every step of the way.

-
In fairness, she's an old ~~lady~~ woman and needs to be in bed by 8:00.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 04:11 PM (ndZc7)

191 Not one "it's a write off Jerry, they just write it off". It's like I don't know you people!

Actually I don't, but still.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 04:11 PM (n5tGW)

192 It's not shoplifting shoplifting.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 04:11 PM (kxLc1)

193 Piker’s only principles are Death To America while remaining as comfortable as possible.

He was part of the recent influencer visit to Cuba, along with Medea Benjamin, where the city had no power while the hotel housing the pampered Marxists was running full blast, 100% powered.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 04:11 PM (4KUe5)

194 190 Elizabeth Warren
@SenWarren
Right now, in the middle of Trump's war with Iran, Senate Republicans are keeping us here all night to vote on the most pressing issue they can think of:
Giving $70 BILLION more to ICE and CBP.
I'm going to fight them every step of the way.

-
In fairness, she's an old lady woman and needs to be in bed by 8:00.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 04:11 PM (ndZc7)

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Remember when the slim sliver of a government shutdown was the worst thing Trump had ever done and Republicans were evil for not passing Democrat versions of spending that cut out ICE support spending?

Good times.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:12 PM (GLVez)

195 Two groups of people got into an argument in the food court

New Orleans, likewise, did not export its best.
This is a large reason other Louisianans become Texans. Wonder if Mississippi should just annex the whole state.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 04:12 PM (gKWVE)

196 Amazon is under no obligation to sell anything to anyone caught stealing. Ban her for life, and send her data to Walmart, Kroger, etc. and see if they want her shopping in their stores.

Don't like big data, but it's well past time to use it against these dumbasses. Squash her like a bug.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 23, 2026 04:12 PM (vOtXJ)

197 Caught stealing, suddenly you are banned from using anything but cash, and no online shopping for fucking life.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 23, 2026 04:09 PM (vOtXJ)

I been caught stealing. Once. When I was five.

Posted by: Jane's Addiction at April 23, 2026 04:12 PM (TbWk/)

198 I'm...just...shocked.

Posted by: Hasan Piker's Dog at April 23, 2026 04:12 PM (Fi81e)

199 He's Cenk Uygher's gay nephew, who lives by himself in a mansion in Beverly Hills, has killed multiple dogs, and has an endless parade of young lefty women who worship him.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 04:04 PM (2ocoG)
____________________________________

FUN FACT: Cenk's grandparents are first cousins.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 04:13 PM (dIske)

200 Microblogging - LARPing as one of the poors by stealing a small luxury item. You go, trustafarian grrrrrrl!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 04:13 PM (4KUe5)

201 180 One of the plot points in the movie The Beekeeper was how easy it is for bad people to take advantage of the elderly and that Jason Statham should kick said people in the face.

I think its a good idea.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)

PS - That is the mail-in ballot fraud - just preying on old people in nursing homes, memory care, hospice care, and assisted living.

Ds know how to harvest these, and feel no guilt for getting incompetent voters to vote for them...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 04:14 PM (tOcjL)

202 The 'Put them in the Box' one. It is really catchy.

https://youtu.be/1et1WEvJITY

Big fan of that one. The long pan from the giant anti-white pig to Brandon Hererra and Donut Operator with big guns, is, as the kids say, absolute cinema.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 04:14 PM (2ocoG)

203 Posted by: PaleRider at April 23, 2026 04:09 PM (+89TD)

I bet he couldn't find a scooter on occasion when he needed one.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 04:14 PM (kxLc1)

204 @WesternLensman
·
7h
KIMMEL: These multiple cases of benefits fraud. Did it just take an extraordinarily long time for you to know what was happening?

WALZ: Let me tell you about Trump.
Posted by: beckster at April 23, 2026 04:09 PM (kX27y)

Just know they scissored in the green room after the show.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:14 PM (Zz0t1)

205 UPDATE: 10 INJURIES with 2 in critical condition in Baton Rouge after a shooting at Mall of Louisiana, police say
Two groups of people got into an argument in the food court and started shooting at each other.

These folks are the product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with them, I can prove it.

Posted by: The SPLC at April 23, 2026 04:14 PM (wAvYO)

206 well at least the Cenobites know what to do with Piker when they nab 'im

Posted by: zzzot! at April 23, 2026 04:14 PM (gKWVE)

207 Why is it called shoplifting, when nobody's actually lifting a shop?

Posted by: Seinfeldian humor at April 23, 2026 04:14 PM (TbWk/)

208 One day, Hasan, and I don't know when, someone is going to say that Leftists don't play by the rules, so why should we. On that day, there shall be no rules. Enjoy what comes next.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 23, 2026 04:14 PM (QaH55)

209 >>>>Two groups of people got into an argument in the food court and started shooting at each other.

What happens on Carnival Cruise ships will not stay on Carnival Cruise ships.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 23, 2026 04:15 PM (CNl8/)

210 Awww, was granny Warren forced to work late?

Retire if you can’t handle it, beyotch

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 04:15 PM (4KUe5)

211 208 One day, Hasan, and I don't know when, someone is going to say that Leftists don't play by the rules, so why should we. On that day, there shall be no rules. Enjoy what comes next.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 23, 2026 04:14 PM (QaH55)

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Still waiting for North Korea to reach that point.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:15 PM (GLVez)

212 I don't even give a break to poor people who steal. They can get stuff free from the government, they should not have to steal.

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 04:15 PM (pvf3X)

213 OT -who is the comedian who did a very funny bit on what not to do while black and driving?. I need a laugh today

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 04:15 PM (TIRHP)

214 Just know they scissored in the green room after the show.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:14 PM (Zz0t1)

Rubbed nubbins.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:16 PM (zZu0s)

215 It's a probably break from Piker's normal micro-penising.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 04:16 PM (Fi81e)

216 At HF can you feel the melons for firmness?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 23, 2026 04:16 PM (DgMqy)

217 RELATED:

Insta just posted that thieves destroyed/stole 75 fire hydrants in Detroit. For the metal parts.

That's about as broken civilization as you can get.

https://tinyurl.com/538a2wka

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 04:16 PM (N1DT3)

218 213 OT -who is the comedian who did a very funny bit on what not to do while black and driving?. I need a laugh today
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 04:15 PM (TIRHP)

Was that Chris Rock?

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 04:16 PM (tOcjL)

219 Lot of sideways gun fire going on at that mall.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 04:17 PM (kxLc1)

220 I'm not a big fan of Asmongold but I do like Leaflit's song about him
Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 04:07 PM (sKqQm)

The 'Put them in the Box' one. It is really catchy.

https://youtu.be/1et1WEvJITY
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:10 PM

________

Yuck.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 23, 2026 04:17 PM (2Ez/1)

221 OT -who is the comedian who did a very funny bit on what not to do while black and driving?. I need a laugh today
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 04:15 PM (TIRHP)

Chris Rock. 'How not to get your ass kicked by the police', iirc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:17 PM (zZu0s)

222 OT -who is the comedian who did a very funny bit on what not to do while black and driving?. I need a laugh today
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 04:15 PM (TIRHP)

There's always the Chris Rock "How to not get your ass kicked by the police" skit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:17 PM (Zz0t1)

223 213 OT -who is the comedian who did a very funny bit on what not to do while black and driving?. I need a laugh today
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 04:15 PM (TIRHP)
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I'm guessing you're thinking of Chris Rock "How Not to Get Your Ass Kicked by the Police."

Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 04:17 PM (AlhUl)

224
OT -who is the comedian who did a very funny bit on what not to do while black and driving?. I need a laugh today

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 04:15 PM (TIRHP)

__________

Chris Rock

https://youtu.be/uj0mtxXEGE8

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 04:17 PM (tgvbd)

225
Jesse Kelly
@JesseKellyDC

Every communist atrocity in history was justified by said communists by inventing some scenario where they had no choice but to be monsters.

100% of the time.

“I didn’t wanna do this horrible thing. I just have no choice.”

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* Abortionists have entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 04:17 PM (teZkF)

226 Maybe Goodslifting then

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 04:17 PM (Ia/+0)

227 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:17 PM (zZu0s)

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 04:18 PM (TIRHP)

228 OT -who is the comedian who did a very funny bit on what not to do while black and driving?. I need a laugh today
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Chris Rock.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 04:18 PM (Kd7Ab)

229 Lot of sideways gun fire going on at that mall.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

That and throwing the bullet out of the gun.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 04:18 PM (YZ0Fo)

230 I still think the best solution to these shoplifters and smash N grab thieves is to mark everything in the store at $900 (which is the usual threshold for a felony)...and right next to the $900 tag, the actual price (which requires membership). The only way to acquire a one time immediate membership is just a physical presence at the cash register. Every theft is a felony. No delay on store membership.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 04:18 PM (dIske)

231
That and throwing the bullet out of the gun.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 04:18 PM (YZ0Fo)

That's how you make the bullet curve, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:18 PM (Zz0t1)

232 Chris Rock. How not to get your ass kicked by the police!

Posted by: Amy Schumer at April 23, 2026 04:19 PM (zZu0s)

233 He's Cenk Uygher's gay nephew, who lives by himself in a mansion in Beverly Hills, has killed multiple dogs, and has an endless parade of young lefty women who worship him.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 04:04 PM (2ocoG)

Well, Muslims hate dogs so...

Also, I think a pretty good test of someone's character is whether they hate dogs.

Dislike? Fine. Scarred by trauma? Also fine.

Hate dogs for any other reason? Psychopath.

And it works since the mohammedans worship their psychopathic, demonic prophet, piss be upon him.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 04:19 PM (N1DT3)

234 Stealing the bread and labor from working people is the beating heart of Marxism.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 04:19 PM (RIvkX)

235 230 I still think the best solution to these shoplifters and smash N grab thieves is to mark everything in the store at $900 (which is the usual threshold for a felony)...and right next to the $900 tag, the actual price (which requires membership). The only way to acquire a one time immediate membership is just a physical presence at the cash register. Every theft is a felony. No delay on store membership.
Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 04:18 PM (dIske)

Most laws are on the "value" of the product. So just put the retail value at the felony level, and then put everything "on sale" for the purchase price.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 04:19 PM (tOcjL)

236 Girl power!

Salt Lake City Councilwoman Eva Lopez Chavez, now a Democrat congressional candidate, once described herself as “a Mexican lesbian shaping downtown.”

She is now facing allegations from four women, including three elected officials, who say she restrained them during advances they considered sexual and unwanted. Lopez Chavez denies wrongdoing and says one alleged encounter “never occurred.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 04:20 PM (ndZc7)

237 I feel guilty because I live in a guarded gated community now. I really have lost touch a little bit but get it back every time I venture out the gates.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 04:20 PM (kxLc1)

238 Trans student at University of Michigan threatens Alex Stein, says, “Watch out for a hole in the neck.”
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Meanwhile you're "genociding" it if you don't agree with its fantasies.

I'm glad I stopped hoping in social progress of any sort.

I don't think it should identify as a human being.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 04:20 PM (Fi81e)

239 VA law - yeah, it's "value" and not "price" (b/c one felony is switching prices)...

"The severity of your charges will depend on the value of the goods involved."

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 04:21 PM (tOcjL)

240 And here it is, folks, because maybe you could use a laugh too "How not to get your ass kicked by the police." Chris Rock:

https://tinyurl.com/365wyadj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 04:21 PM (TIRHP)

241 I saw a video from some gun battle between two gangs.

It looked nothing like your average Hollywood shoot out. It was a bunch of thugs hiding behind women shooting blindly at each other

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

242 Just how useful is curving a bullet anyway? I always feel like that 'technique' is oversold in that movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:21 PM (zZu0s)

243 Chris Rock. How not to get your ass kicked by the police!
Posted by: Amy Schumer at April 23, 2026 04:19 PM (zZu0s)

That n***a bitch stole that shit from me!

Posted by: Carlos Mencia at April 23, 2026 04:21 PM (Zz0t1)

244 I'm guessing you're thinking of Chris Rock "How Not to Get Your Ass Kicked by the Police."
Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 04:17 PM (AlhUl)
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My parents gave me the "Don't Call Us if the Cops Kick Your Ass" speech.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 04:22 PM (RIvkX)

245 Rangers close parts of Smoky Mountains National Park after spree of bear attacks in one weekend 😨

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I wonder what color the bears were.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 04:22 PM (ndZc7)

246 Still waiting for North Korea to reach that point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:15 PM (GLVez)

Hard to rise up when you are malnourished. Maybe the Norks should try shoplifting. I'm sure it would be celebrated in just the same way as here...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 23, 2026 04:22 PM (QaH55)

247 Unfortunately the stores do have to put theft in the budget which increases prices for everybody, but the thieves don't care. But they're not stealing from the store ultimately.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)

248 Just how useful is curving a bullet anyway? I always feel like that 'technique' is oversold in that movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:21 PM (zZu0s)
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You can shoot around corners...if you could.

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 04:22 PM (Fi81e)

249 246 Still waiting for North Korea to reach that point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:15 PM (GLVez)

Hard to rise up when you are malnourished. Maybe the Norks should try shoplifting. I'm sure it would be celebrated in just the same way as here...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 23, 2026 04:22 PM (QaH55)

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Were the Norks malnourished when the communists took control and standard of living started to degrade?

My point is...populist revolts don't happen.

What happens is a challenger elite decides to consolidate power against an establishment elite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:23 PM (GLVez)

250
Ugh.

I hate thieves.

Hell, I even hate to see some asshole stick their grubby fingers into a box of strawberries or a bunch of grapes then pluck one out and eat it in the grocery store.

I'm sure that little bit of unhygienic as hell sociopathy has some great self-justification in their minds but it's just simple stealing. They are thieves.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 04:24 PM (iJfKG)

251 You can shoot around corners...if you could.
Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 04:22 PM (Fi81e)

There were the german... we're those mp40s? And then we had something similar but the barrel was on a pivot arm.

Do not think it came to much.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:24 PM (zZu0s)

252 The hell about shooting around corners. I want that healing bath.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 04:24 PM (kxLc1)

253
Do not think it came to much.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:24 PM (zZu0s)

Poor thing.

Posted by: Peter North at April 23, 2026 04:25 PM (Zz0t1)

254 Well, Muslims hate dogs so...

Hate dogs for any other reason? Psychopath.

And it works since the mohammedans worship their psychopathic, demonic prophet, piss be upon him.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 04:19 PM (N1DT3)

My theory on this is that mohammed (Piss Be Upon Him) was a pirate and caravan raider earlier in his career. And you attack caravans at night because everyone's asleep. Except the dogs - who give the alarm. Hence when he was inventing his demonically inspired "religion" dogs became Harram.

What kind of a fuck do you have to be to not understand "man's best friend".

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 04:25 PM (aCkLa)

255 Rumors of a political coup in England against Starmer.

Again.

Dude's lost more ministers than Yes, Minister, and he keeps on trucking.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:25 PM (GLVez)

256 Just for nothing:

My Wife and Kids >>>>>>>> The Cosby Show

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 04:26 PM (kxLc1)

257 She's total bull crap, spoiled rotten.

She was born in Canada to parents from the Philippines, moving to Texas at age four.
She has described her Filipina-American identity as a key, evolving part of her life, often discussing it in the context of her work and personal life.
Tolentino has mentioned navigating life in the American South within a Southern Baptist community while maintaining her Filipino heritage.

Aside: That's not a Baptist - Southern or otherwise.

Key New Yorker Essays:
"Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston"
"The Promise of Vaping and the Rise of Juul"
"Is There a Smarter Way to Think About Sexual Assault on Campus?"
"The Authoritarian Soul of 'Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'"
"Harvey Weinstein and the Impunity of Powerful Men"

She has such an opportunity to make her communities proud and she's trash.

Posted by: L - No nic (cell phone) at April 23, 2026 04:26 PM (NFX2v)

258 Rumors of a political coup in England against Starmer.

Again.

Dude's lost more ministers than Yes, Minister, and he keeps on trucking.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:25 PM (GLVez)/i]

Which will accomplish nothing and another leftist, freedom hating asshat will take his place.

The UK is proper f*cked.

Enjoy islhamic anal, Brits.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:26 PM (Zz0t1)

259 255 Rumors of a political coup in England against Starmer.

This guy is more ineradicable than herpes.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 23, 2026 04:26 PM (t+TFX)

260 Damn keyboard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:27 PM (Zz0t1)

261 Maybe I saw it in the gun thread here, that rifle that can bend 90 degrees and has a camera you can look through to shoot around the corner.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 04:27 PM (n5tGW)

262 Suck my pudding pop!
- Bill Cosby

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 04:27 PM (ndZc7)

263 258 Which will accomplish nothing and another leftist, freedom hating asshat will take his place.

The UK is proper f*cked.

Enjoy islhamic anal, Brits.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:26 PM (Zz0t1)

======

It accomplishes something if it's actual force. A vote of no confidence.

That leads to a snap election.

Informal pressures (which Labour has been using for literally 2 years to try and get rid of him) wouldn't lead to that snap election. But Starmer just...doesn't leave because he knows that Labour can't afford to get rid of him formally.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:27 PM (GLVez)

264 Public pillory and stocks for shoplifting.
Posted by: Ordinary American

The stocks where they bend your ass over a sawhorse and head at about knee level.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 04:28 PM (/lPRQ)

265 Maybe I saw it in the gun thread here, that rifle that can bend 90 degrees and has a camera you can look through to shoot around the corner.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 04:27 PM (n5tGW)

The Corner Shot:

https://is.gd/N5zZhJ

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:28 PM (Zz0t1)

266 Starmer is going to stick around as long as possible, he knows he needs the time to complete the islamic invasion.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 04:28 PM (n5tGW)

267 Suck my pudding pop!
- Bill Cosby

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 04:27 PM (ndZc7)
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Why do I feel sleepy, Bill?

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 04:29 PM (Fi81e)

268 She looks Asian despite the Italian last name but I'm going to apply Ivy League Admissions rules: You're white enough, bitch.

I believe the approved Lefty term is "white adjacent."

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 23, 2026 04:29 PM (JCZqz)

269 259 255 Rumors of a political coup in England against Starmer.

This guy is more ineradicable than herpes.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 23, 2026 04:26 PM (t+TFX)

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Because he understands the system he's top of.

If he just puts his fingers in his ears and goes "la-la-la", then Labour can't actually force anything on him without tanking the party as a whole.

And with every minister who quits and he needs to replace, he probably gains more control over patronage.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:29 PM (GLVez)

270 The Eddie Murphy "Bill Cosby" bits were the best Cosby.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:29 PM (Zz0t1)

271 RELATED:

Insta just posted that thieves destroyed/stole 75 fire hydrants in Detroit. For the metal parts.

That's about as broken civilization as you can get.

https://tinyurl.com/538a2wka
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

In the old days they just jammed a long pole into the hole in the main and buried the post with it sticking out of the ground - the fire plug.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 04:29 PM (/lPRQ)

272 ...She has described her Filipina-American identity as a key, evolving part of her life, often discussing it in the context of her work and personal life.
Tolentino has mentioned navigating life in the American South within a Southern Baptist community while maintaining her Filipino heritage...

I hate this kind of posturing "heritage" bullshit. I have an unusal background myself, being born behind the Iron Curtain, but you know what my heritage is? I'm a fucking American. That's my heritage. That's my tribe. And fuck everybody else that lives here and pushes their "heritage" on me.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 04:30 PM (aCkLa)

273 The Britians could use Oliver Cromwell again

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 04:30 PM (Ia/+0)

274 266 Starmer is going to stick around as long as possible, he knows he needs the time to complete the islamic invasion.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 04:28 PM (n5tGW)

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He could resign today and another shitweasel Labour member of parliament can get appointed as PM and continue it.

Ideology and policy goals are not why he sticks around.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:30 PM (GLVez)

275 Trans student at University of Michigan threatens Alex Stein, says, “Watch out for a hole in the neck.”

Not only should the student be immediately expelled, they should be arrested.

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[Probably already noted, but:] Threatening to murder someone is generally considered a criminal offense in the USA, often classified as criminal threats, terroristic threats, or assault, depending on the jurisdiction.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 04:30 PM (teZkF)

276
The stocks where they bend your ass over a sawhorse and head at about knee level.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 04:28 PM (/lPRQ)

I have one of those in the garage! How do you think Chasten got pregnant?

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at April 23, 2026 04:30 PM (Zz0t1)

277 The Britians could use Oliver Cromwell again
Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 04:30 PM (Ia/+0)

You misspelled 'an ethnic cleansing.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:31 PM (Zz0t1)

278 273 The Britians could use Oliver Cromwell again

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 04:30 PM (Ia/+0)

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"We approve of the Islamization of my nation and the rape of the children of my people because my grandfather did imperialism."
-Zombie Queen Elizabeth II

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:31 PM (GLVez)

279 Informal pressures (which Labour has been using for literally 2 years to try and get rid of him) wouldn't lead to that snap election. But Starmer just...doesn't leave because he knows that Labour can't afford to get rid of him formally.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:27 PM (GLVez)

I love that he's screwing over Labour because they want to pretend that he doesn't represent everything they are.

I also love the fact that he's over there and not screwing us over here. (I mean, he's trying, but all that's happening is he's finding out how impotent he is outside of his collapsing little island.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 04:31 PM (N1DT3)

280
It accomplishes something if it's actual force. A vote of no confidence.

That leads to a snap election.

___________

That's why there will never be a vote of confidence.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 04:31 PM (tgvbd)

281
populist revolts don't happen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

Fall of the Berlin Wall?

Romania?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 04:31 PM (n7rxJ)

282 Damn keyboard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:27 PM (Zz0t1)

Oh sure. Blame us!

*mutters sausage fingers*

Posted by: The Keyboards at April 23, 2026 04:32 PM (2WIwB)

283 Maybe I saw it in the gun thread here, that rifle that can bend 90 degrees and has a camera you can look through to shoot around the corner.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 04:27 PM (n5tGW)

You know how I shoot around corners? I look around the corner, get a sight picture, and pull the trigger. Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 04:32 PM (aCkLa)

284 What happens is a challenger elite decides to consolidate power against an establishment elite.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 04:23 PM (GLVez)

The counter-argument is that revolutions happen along the path that the elite decide to go to prevent revolutions.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 04:32 PM (rbvCR)

285 283 Maybe I saw it in the gun thread here, that rifle that can bend 90 degrees and has a camera you can look through to shoot around the corner.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 04:27 PM (n5tGW)

You know how I shoot around corners? I look around the corner, get a sight picture, and pull the trigger. Heh.
Posted by: Chairborne!

YUP. THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 23, 2026 04:33 PM (JCZqz)

286
YUP. THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 23, 2026 04:33 PM (JCZqz)

I don't get it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 04:34 PM (Zz0t1)

287 If you haven't watched My Wife and Kids it's a refreshing non woke , non racial hilarious family show.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 04:34 PM (kxLc1)

288
Hey ZLiz,

Shouldn't that be "because my grandfather did an imperialism".

So's you're all up to date?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 04:34 PM (iJfKG)

289 Insta just posted that thieves destroyed/stole 75 fire hydrants in Detroit. For the metal parts.

That's about as broken civilization as you can get.

https://tinyurl.com/538a2wka
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

I remember some years back, during riots (Maybe it was Detroit) firefighters were trying to put out fires set by looters/rioters and some Amish youth were cutting the fire hoses. Cutting the fucking hoses! Talk about broke.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 04:34 PM (aCkLa)

290 >>> She is now facing allegations from four women, including three elected officials, who say she restrained them during advances they considered sexual and unwanted. Lopez Chavez denies wrongdoing and says one alleged encounter “never occurred.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 23, 2026 04:20 PM (ndZc7)

Nomad: That unit is defective. Its thinking is chaotic.

Captain Kirk: Nomad you must BELIEVE ALL WOMEN!

Nomad: A woman accused the unit. Therefore, I do not believe it.

Captain Kirk: You're wrong! The accused is also a woman! You are flawed! You did not discover your mistake, you have made two errors. You are flawed and imperfect. And you have not corrected by sterilization, you have made three errors!

Nomad: bleep bloop glitch.... 10. 9. 8. 7...

Posted by: banana Dream - heh heh, he said unit at April 23, 2026 04:35 PM (3uBP9)

291 Starmer is going to stick around as long as possible, he knows he needs the time to complete the islamic invasion.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 04:28 PM (n5tGW)

======

He could resign today and another shitweasel Labour member of parliament can get appointed as PM and continue it.

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

Can you say "Prime MInister Sadiq Khan?"

"YES, YOU CAN!!!"

Followed eventually by USA POTUS "Zohran Momdani" ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 04:35 PM (teZkF)

292 Even though Cloobeck booted Eric out of his LA mansion, looks like he put up the wife at his resort:

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Eric Swalwell’s wife and family has been spotted at Mexico Los Cabos International Airport after enjoying a week-long luxury escape at a resort dubbed ”a billionaire’s playground.”

Swalwell, 45, who was not with his family, quit both congress and the race for California governor over allegations of sexual misconduct, including rape, were made by five women. He denies all allegations against made against him.

A Post source spotted Brittany Watts and her three children Nelson, Cricket and Hank spending time at the hyper exclusive El Dorado Beach Club – the members only club where Swalwell’s estranged billionaire backer Stephen Cloobeck has a $45 million villa.

Posted by: beckster at April 23, 2026 04:35 PM (kX27y)

293
We are reaching a point where the most shocking thing you can do is lead an honest, productive life.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 04:35 PM (tgvbd)

294 I hate this kind of posturing "heritage" bullshit. I have an unusal background myself, being born behind the Iron Curtain, but you know what my heritage is? I'm a fucking American. That's my heritage. That's my tribe. And fuck everybody else that lives here and pushes their "heritage" on me.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 04:30 PM (aCkLa)

Newsletter?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 04:36 PM (2WIwB)

295 I remember some years back, during riots (Maybe it was Detroit) firefighters were trying to put out fires set by looters/rioters and some Amish youth were cutting the fire hoses. Cutting the fucking hoses! Talk about broke.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 04:34 PM (aCkLa)

Quick search returns: Baltimore, 2015.

No jail time for the criminal.

He should have been burned alive.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 04:36 PM (N1DT3)

296 >>>Piker, a self-proclaimed Communist, also endorsed "full chaos" of shoppers "stealing wantonly" and wholly bypassing the self-checkout machines.

I, a self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist, also endorse "'full chaos' of shoppers 'stealing wantonly' and wholly bypassing the self-checkout machines" in blue hell-holes. In fact, I can't seem to get enough of it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 23, 2026 04:36 PM (dK+Kv)

297 Now that I think about it fire hydrants shouldn't exist in their current form. Not that any city is going to spend money on a plug and play hole in the ground.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 04:37 PM (n5tGW)

298 Queer is leaving #10 in a pine box.
Everything else is BS.

Posted by: Accomack at April 23, 2026 04:38 PM (GbONR)

299 Insta just posted that thieves destroyed/stole 75 fire hydrants in Detroit. For the metal parts.

That's about as broken civilization as you can get.

https://tinyurl.com/538a2wka
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
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Is "Devil's Night" still a thing in Detroit?

If so, they may want to put those back...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 04:38 PM (gnNyN)

300 [Swalwell] denies all allegations against made against him.

Posted by: beckster at April 23, 2026 04:35 PM (kX27y)
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When the rubber hits the road, they never "believe all women".

Posted by: Axeman at April 23, 2026 04:38 PM (Fi81e)

301 I find WF prices reasonable and products excellent.

Posted by: Accomack at April 23, 2026 04:39 PM (GbONR)

302 Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 04:34

Actually, I don't think Queen Elizabeth would have ever endorsed such an idea.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 04:39 PM (2sfNr)

303 Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 04:30 PM (aCkLa)

You're going to make me tear up.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 04:39 PM (kxLc1)

304 ...He should have been burned alive.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 04:36 PM (N1DT3)

Yes. And I would've used this Hasan Piker fucker on it as kindling to start it.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 04:39 PM (aCkLa)

305 El Dorado Beach Club – the members only club where Swalwell’s estranged billionaire backer Stephen Cloobeck has a $45 million villa.

Heh. Still, if you slam a couple of beers and munch a couple pickled eggs, it doesn't matter how much marble is in the bathroom, it's gonna smell nasty after a bit..

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 04:39 PM (2WIwB)

306 ...She has described her Filipina-American identity as a key, evolving part of her life, often discussing it in the context of her work and personal life.
Tolentino has mentioned navigating life in the American South within a Southern Baptist community while maintaining her Filipino heritage...
++++

I hate this kind of posturing "heritage" bullshit. I have an unusal background myself, being born behind the Iron Curtain, but you know what my heritage is? I'm a fucking American. That's my heritage. That's my tribe. And fuck everybody else that lives here and pushes their "heritage" on me.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above!
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Blew that 'heritage' from the get go by losing Catholicism.
Probably cannot even make adobo much less lumpia.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 04:40 PM (/lPRQ)

307
Say what you like about Starmer, but Labour would replace him with someone worse.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 04:40 PM (tgvbd)

308 Falling asleep

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 04:42 PM (Ia/+0)

309 >>> I find WF prices reasonable and products excellent.
Posted by: Accomack at April 23, 2026 04:39 PM (GbONR)

The only place I've ever seen, middle aged women on kid scooters tooling around, like it was a normal thing to be in a grocery store on your toy as a middle aged woman. But when I saw it the first thing I thought was, "yep that checks".

Posted by: banana Dream at April 23, 2026 04:42 PM (3uBP9)

310 We are reaching a point where the most shocking thing you can do is lead an honest, productive life.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 04:35 PM (tgvbd)

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Those blatant white supremacy values are so triggering that I am shaking so hard I just lost a tooth!

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 04:42 PM (teZkF)

311 ...Probably cannot even make adobo much less lumpia.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 04:40 PM (/lPRQ)

Heh. Lumpia is one of the most delicious foods I've ever eaten.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 04:43 PM (aCkLa)

312
The wind appears to be blowing out at Wrigley today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 04:44 PM (tgvbd)

313 Is "Devil's Night" still a thing in Detroit?
If so, they may want to put those back...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Night before Halloween.

Judging from my last trip to the belly of the beast, not much left to burn.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 04:44 PM (Y8DZL)

314 🚨Pink-haired Just Stop Oil activist Phoebe Plummer has been sentenced to two years in prison for throwing soup on a $90 million Van Gogh painting.

I missed this. It was March 16th.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 04:46 PM (Kd7Ab)

315 The traitors Tillis,Collins, Murwaski and McConnell gave the Dems a win on the Save Act.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 04:46 PM (kxLc1)

316 Nood. Lesbians- but not the good kind.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 04:46 PM (zZu0s)

317 Those blatant white supremacy values are so triggering that I am shaking so hard I just lost a tooth!
____

White Supremacy = Western Civilization

I make that translation in my head whenever some smooth brain rants about needing to destroy white supremacy. It also works for talk of dismantling "the patriarchy".

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 04:47 PM (Dv3i1)

318 The traitors Tillis,Collins, Murwaski and McConnell gave the Dems a win on the Save Act.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 23, 2026 04:46 PM (kxLc1)

Reason # 253 why I've given up on "Democracy". It only seems to work if you're a communist fucking leftist, aka Democrat.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 04:52 PM (aCkLa)

319 275. The AWFL denizens of Ann Arbor and the soy boy brigade voted out the tough on crime Sheriff and replaced him with a female Sheriff who believes in social workers answering calls. The Ann Arbor DA is of the same bent. Nothing will happen.

Posted by: Jen the original at April 23, 2026 04:53 PM (cHHZm)

320 319 275. The AWFL denizens of Ann Arbor and the soy boy brigade voted out the tough on crime Sheriff and replaced him with a female Sheriff who believes in social workers answering calls. The Ann Arbor DA is of the same bent. Nothing will happen.
Posted by: Jen

GO BLUE!

Open season on gelded rich kid arts and sociology majors carrying cash around campus.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 05:05 PM (Y8DZL)

California Officials Licensed and Approved a "Hospice" Located In a... FUCKING BURRITO STAND

Victoria Taft:

In testimony before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association, Sheila Clark, didn't want to bust the chops of California officials, but said there are too few checks and balances over the alleged businesses claiming to run hospice organizations.
She told the gape-mouthed crowd, "You'd be amazed at how many hospices -- the door you can walk up to in California -- and nobody's there."
...
But Clark wasn't done with her observations about those empty "hospice" offices.

There is five months worth of mail that you can see stacked up from CMS [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services] and nobody's there. And that passed a survey! How did that happen?
How do you put a hospice in a burrito stand in California? How do you put a hospice in a tire store in California? That all had to be vetted through licensure and certification and accreditation.

Who's minding the burrito stand, anyhoo? Not California, though Gavin Newsom keeps touting how he cut off 280 licensees but failed to notice that "hospice" centers have exploded by 1,500% in recent years in his state. Newsom also missed how most of the nation's hospice centers are in L.A. County. He also missed that building in L.A. County with 89 hospice centers, most of which are unattended.

California is acting decisively to end the problem. And when I say "the problem," I do not of course mean the problem of Democrat voters bilking the US taxpayers out of hundreds of billions in plunder.

I mean the problem of people noticing that Democrat voters have leared to bilk the US taxpayers out of hundreds of billions in plunder.

Nick shirley
@nickshirleyy
Apr 18
Exposing California's corrupt "Stop Nick Shirley Act", instead of going after the fraudsters California is now going after the people exposing the fraud.
This bill AB 2624 will:
- Criminalize journalists with misdemeanors, $10,000 fines, imprisonment, and content takedown
- Let immigrant based NGOs' funding be confidential
- Take away freedom of the press from journalists
- Protect any "immigration support services" information from being public (healthcare, legal services, etc)
This bill was created by the Attorney General's WIFE Mia Bonta to stop fraud from being exposed. Please like and share this video everywhere! By trying to silence and intimidate journalists, they are trying to hide the truth from you. EXPOSE ALL THE FRAUD.

Some of RFKJr.'s testimony to the House and Senate:

He straight-up accused Frank Pallone of flipping from being a champion of people suffering vaccine injuries to someone who claims they don't exist after Big Pharma paid him off.

Grifter Raphael Warnock accused RFKJr. of cutting the office watching rabies cases. RFKJr. responded: There are one to three rabies cases per year, I think one person manning that office is adequate.

You mean previously we had multiple people in the office monitoring for the ONE TO THREE RABIES CASES PER YEAR?!?!

RFK JR: �In Minnesota� people with high school diplomas and nothing else were being paid $600 an hour [for autism services].�

�We went from paying $7 million a year for autism services in Minneapolis to $200 million a year. And most of that was stolen.� pic.twitter.com/dx7jaFnKoz
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) April 21, 2026

Sen. Ron Wyden runs straight into a wall of inconvenient data as he tries to blame the measles outbreak on RFK Jr.

WYDEN: �We are seeing with measles� a problem all over the country� Why would you be doing something that is so awful for kids on this vaccine issue?�

KENNEDY:� pic.twitter.com/00YeulnaE9
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) April 22, 2026

We tried to remove them but it's single-handedly blocked by a rogue judge in March. https://t.co/h8Tnwg5WQS

And the media, big pharma & paid doctors continue to make up lies to parents on how removing the vaccines from the shelves is killing children.

We need to keep saying� https://t.co/M54tvIpZCR
— ⁿᵉʷˢ Robert F Kennedy Jr. (@RFKJr_Official) April 23, 2026

A Democrat shill accused RFKJr/Trump of slashing Medicaide by $900 million.

No, RFKJr. responded -- we increased funding by 47%.

What we cut was billions in fraud, which is the lifeblood of the Party of Plunder.

RFK JR. JUST HUMILIATED REP. ROBIN KELLY LIVE ON TV 😂

Kelly: �$900M Medicaid cut?Yes or no?�

HHS RFK Jr.: �That�s NOT a cut�it�s a 47% SPENDING INCREASE. We found 3.7M FRAUDSTERS on Medicaid plus 1M ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS on it!�

Kelly: �Next question�� pic.twitter.com/bXxHppCokT
— Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) April 21, 2026

Nepo-swamphag Debbie Dingell claims vaccination rates dropped because of RFKJr. He responds that vaccination rates dropped because the government kept lying about vaccination injuries and fake "vaccine" efficacy, obliterating the credibility of the Vaccine Medical Complex.

Leftwing-coded AI is now pushing the same lies, claiming that when Biden said, explicitly, that if you take the "vaccine" you will not get Covid, he actually wasn't saying-saying that if you take the "vaccine" you will not get covid.

He also rebutted Bernie Sanders' claim that nearly all of the reduction in mortality seen in the 20th century was due to vaccination. In fact, the CDC itself concluded that 80% of the decline in mortality was due to improvements in nutrition, water purity, and hygiene.

Flashback: The media was all in on "whole foods" and against ultra-processed foods... until RFKJr. agreed with them.

Media before vs after RFK joined Trump: pic.twitter.com/91X8O5XNCR
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 29, 2025

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:36 PM

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1 Wut?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM (Kt19C)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 02:37 PM (X0axn)

3 Bold, ace. Very bold.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (X0axn)

4 Sponge!!!!!

Posted by: front toward enemy at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (TIizU)

5 Tanned, rested and READY, bitches!!!!!

Posted by: Zombie Lamont the Big Dummy at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (X0axn)

6 Mew?

Posted by: The Dog at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (XodLO)

7 There's always money in the burrito stand.

Posted by: George Bluth at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (wXgT/)

8 Let states pay for all this bullshit.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (rJ48h)

9 And I read it!

Posted by: The Dog at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (XodLO)

10 Lum has been NOODed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 02:39 PM (X0axn)

11 To boldly go…

Posted by: The Dog at April 23, 2026 02:39 PM (XodLO)

12 Sponge!!!!!

Posted by: front toward enemy at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (TIizU)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 02:39 PM (X0axn)

13 California Officials Licensed and Approved a "Hospice" Located In a... FUCKING BURRITO STAND
—Disinformation Expert Ace

And now you know why they passed the "No Nick Shirley" law.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 02:39 PM (Kd7Ab)

14 > California Officials Licensed and Approved a "Hospice" Located In a... FUCKING BURRITO STAND
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Yea, but did you see that fucking burrito?! Mucho grande.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 02:40 PM (jehhT)

15 HTML Tags.

How do dey werk?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 02:40 PM (X0axn)

16 No longer going boldly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 02:40 PM (X0axn)

17 California should be stripped of statehood.

Posted by: Jmel at April 23, 2026 02:40 PM (RWHIh)

18 bust the chops really means, submerge their heads in sulfuric acid until they stop breathing right?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 02:41 PM (abIsI)

19 I usually prefer to fuck burritos in the privacy of my own bedroom.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:41 PM (77rzZ)

20 15 HTML Tags.

How do dey werk?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 02:40 PM (X0axn)

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I know.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:41 PM (GLVez)

21 Look, if your days are numbered, surely there are worse ways to go than being surrounded by your beloved burritos.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 02:41 PM (gnNyN)

22 The others have been called with an Arrested Development reference, which seemed appropriate.

Posted by: SciVo at April 23, 2026 02:41 PM (Sy6m/)

23 The United States Government.

One bit f*cking money laundering scheme.

"Taxpayer howz my ass taste?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 02:41 PM (X0axn)

24 14 > California Officials Licensed and Approved a "Hospice" Located In a... FUCKING BURRITO STAND
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Yea, but did you see that fucking burrito?! Mucho grande.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 02:40 PM (jehhT)

Well... if'n you feel like yer gonna die after eating there?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2026 02:41 PM (mP0Kj)

25 I wouldn't mind spending my final days in a burrito stand as long as it sold beer and had a busty Mexican weather girl seeing to my needs.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 02:41 PM (viF8m)

26 Say what you will about RFKjr but he is on the ball on these issues.

Posted by: steevy at April 23, 2026 02:42 PM (YwEeS)

27 Robin Kelly looks like me when I play dress up and my husband pokes me in the anus as his wife.

Posted by: Barney Fag at April 23, 2026 02:42 PM (wAvYO)

28 17 California should be stripped of statehood.
Posted by: Jmel

For the right price anything is possible.

Posted by: GOP at April 23, 2026 02:42 PM (abIsI)

29 After RFK exposed Pallone of being in pharma's pocket by getting $2million in campaign contributions HE TOOK IT BACK.

That was Bravo Sierra brain worm crap.

Posted by: torabora at April 23, 2026 02:42 PM (KtOUo)

30 California needs to pay reparations to the rest of America for this shit.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:42 PM (77rzZ)

31 🚨 Sheila Clark, President and CEO of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association revealed there are literally BURRITO STANDS that are listed as Certified Hospice Facilities

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 02:42 PM (RHGPo)

32 Gnats have more brains than some of these people. How the hell do they get jobs? How the hell do they manage to dress themselves every morning?

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 02:43 PM (pvf3X)

33 31 🚨 Sheila Clark, President and CEO of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association revealed there are literally BURRITO STANDS that are listed as Certified Hospice Facilities

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 02:42 PM (RHGPo)

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Does California require the burrito stands actually be in California to receive the funding?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:43 PM (GLVez)

34 When the fraud gets cut off many state budgets are going to collapse. They're living off fraud from Washington $.

Posted by: torabora at April 23, 2026 02:44 PM (KtOUo)

35 14 > California Officials Licensed and Approved a "Hospice" Located In a... FUCKING BURRITO STAND
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Yea, but did you see that fucking burrito?! Mucho grande.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 02:40 PM (jehhT)

The burritos were left dying under heat lamps.

Posted by: I'll have the palliative pintos and queso por favor at April 23, 2026 02:44 PM (TbWk/)

36 Burritos to die for!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 02:44 PM (Cqx++)

37 35 Mucho grande.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 02:40 PM (jehhT)

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I'll never get over Macho Grande.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:44 PM (GLVez)

38 I bet if they dig deeper they'll find some of those windshield repair tents are hospices too.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 02:45 PM (abIsI)

39 there are literally BURRITO STANDS that are listed as Certified Hospice Facilities

.. TOP CLIENT ... Fat Bastard

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 02:45 PM (RHGPo)

40 ===

I know.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:41 PM (GLVez)

F*cking TALENTED for an illiterate, you are.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 02:45 PM (X0axn)

41 When you analyze everything they say and do through the lens of "will to power" their words and actions make total sense.

Otherwise, they are batsh*t crazy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 02:46 PM (RIvkX)

42 40 F*cking TALENTED for an illiterate, you are.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 02:45 PM (X0axn)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:46 PM (GLVez)

43 Please tell me they named it "The Flying Burrito Brothers Hospice." Lie to me if you must ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 02:46 PM (teZkF)

44 Geesh, that Widen dude looks like Jane Goodall.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:46 PM (77rzZ)

45
Gavin Newsom keeps touting how he cut off 280 licensees but failed to notice that "hospice" centers have exploded by 1,500% in recent years in his state.

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

I'm a tough grader, so I'll give him an "A" on eliminating fraud.

Posted by: Katie Porter at April 23, 2026 02:46 PM (n7rxJ)

46 This is why I need to establish an armada of mobile roach coaches. Burritos, cubanos, street tacos and fraud.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 02:47 PM (Fbc0I)

47 44 Geesh, that Widen dude looks like Jane Goodall.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:46 PM (77rzZ)

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There was a moment, like 15 years ago, when I thought Ron Wyden wasn't a terrible Democrat.

It was some privacy issue under Obama that he did rhetorical stuff against him on.

That feeling lasted like...a week. Probably when he voted for the thing he railed against or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:47 PM (GLVez)

48 Kwality Dying Center.

Posted by: and Burritos! at April 23, 2026 02:47 PM (wXgT/)

49 Now I'm dying for a good burrito.

Posted by: Sweet surcease of pain at April 23, 2026 02:48 PM (anL5R)

50
Got on board a westbound seven forty-seven
Didn't think before deciding what to do
Oh, that talk of opportunities, hospices and bullet trains
Rang true, sure rang true

Posted by: It Never Frauds at April 23, 2026 02:48 PM (0sNs1)

51 38 I bet if they dig deeper they'll find some of those windshield repair tents are hospices too.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 02:45 PM (abIsI)

There is a portable awning, with a couple tables under it, that sits in a dollar store parking lot a couple blocks from my house.

It has, for over 10 years, sat there EVERY DAY advertising free cell phones. They set up, and sit there, with NO one coming by... rain, shine, summer days over 100 degrees... still there... two people.

Who is funding this? gotz to be a Government program of some type.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2026 02:48 PM (mP0Kj)

52 HHS Sec. RFK Jr. reveals that 500 hospices have now been shut down in LA.

"We have not gotten one call… because those hospices did not exist."

"How did we detect them all? Because the patients never died."

... reminds me of an idea I had at my 1st job ...

Tell your HR Dept that you will quit in say .. 5 years.
Can they legally fire you during those 5 years ?

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 02:48 PM (RHGPo)

53 Damn, now I want a burrito.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)

54 and yet you should see the dirty looks I get from normies when I wear my Kennedy 2024 tee

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 02:48 PM (j+aD2)

55 I agree there's been a huge increase in weasels in this country. I just can't believe Ron Wyden is complaining about it!

What?

Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at April 23, 2026 02:49 PM (0e5Te)

56 Keep on making the Democrat gubernatorial candidates defend Gav's indefensible record.

Make them lie. Smile and lie on video.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 02:49 PM (RIvkX)

57 Nick Shirley is not a journalist…he a propagandist. Wake me when any of the 'fraud' he 'found' is proven in court. From what I have seen so far its all just fear mongering allegations or old fraud that has already been dealt with

He's the guy who went to Ukraine to prove the war was fake. He's the guy that "uncovered" fraud that had been known for years. He's the guy who tried to film little kids in day cares.

Yeah totally respectable journalism.

Just bc you don't like how money is allocated by the government doesn't make it fraud. Fraud has a specific legal definition and should be prosecuted.

The same people screaming about fraud want to start a war they have no idea how to pay for while they cut taxes for the rich and increase the deficit to $40,000,000,000,000. But if poor people but candy with food stamps it’s waste fraud and abuse.

Fraud is a major problem. They're not telling you were the real fraud is. More fraud happens in medical billing negotiations and government contracts.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 23, 2026 02:49 PM (JCZqz)

58 Is Ron Wyden actually still alive?

Because he doesn’t look like he’s alive.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 02:49 PM (+Tpk4)

59 Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 02:42 PM (RHGPo)

Are you so fixated on putting your "news " in the comments that you bother even to glance st the topic at hand?

It's the fucking title of the post!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 02:49 PM (noKdt)

60 57 Nick Shirley is not a journalist…he a propagandist. Wake me when any of the 'fraud' he 'found' is proven in court. From what I have seen so far its all just fear mongering allegations or old fraud that has already been dealt with

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 23, 2026 02:49 PM (JCZqz)

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"I only believe what the authorities tell me. Also, I don't believe authorities that I disagree with."
-Independent thinker

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:49 PM (GLVez)

61 59 Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 02:42 PM (RHGPo)

Are you so fixated on putting your "news " in the comments that you bother even to glance st the topic at hand?

It's the fucking title of the post!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 02:49 PM (noKdt)

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A post? What is it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:50 PM (GLVez)

62 Does California require the burrito stands actually be in California to receive the funding?

Asking for a friend.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:43 PM (GLVez)

Ugh. Running a burrito stand is too much work for a bit of fraud. License a mailbox as a hospice and have the mail forwarded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 02:50 PM (ExV1e)

63 So, there's nothing medical science can do about RFK's voice? I can't listen to the guy.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:50 PM (77rzZ)

64 HHS Sec. RFK Jr. reveals that 500 hospices have now been shut down in LA.

"We have not gotten one call… because those hospices did not exist."

"How did we detect them all? Because the patients never died."
----
The only hospices that offer a true miracle cure!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 02:50 PM (gnNyN)

65 "The vaccination levels dropped during Covid because people stopped trusting the American government. I'm here to restore that trust."

Almost perfect answer. Here's the perfect answer:

"The vaccination levels dropped during Covid because people stopped trusting the American government, with very good reason. I'm here to restore that trust by making the people who destroyed that trust pay the price."

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 02:50 PM (Riz8t)

66 Damn, now I want a burrito.
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)

I got you.......

Posted by: Taco Bell at April 23, 2026 02:50 PM (X0axn)

67 62 Ugh. Running a burrito stand is too much work for a bit of fraud. License a mailbox as a hospice and have the mail forwarded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 02:50 PM (ExV1e)

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I see you gleaned my follow up question.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:51 PM (GLVez)

68 "Cheeseburger, cheeseburger cheeseburger, cheeseburger. "

"No coke, saline."

Posted by: Taco, bedpans, and farm equipment, R us. at April 23, 2026 02:51 PM (uUHnE)

69 51
Posted by: Romeo13

We have a couple of those too. Can figure it out.
They set up in the worst possible remote area of the parking lot.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 02:51 PM (abIsI)

70
It's the fucking title of the post!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 02:49 PM (noKdt)

You act like there's content.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 02:51 PM (X0axn)

71 Remember when we had to back Bush II because our troops were in combat and we weren't going to let the left insult, smear and spit on them? And then years later felt nausea and remorse for backing Bush II because he's a uniparty smoothbrain?

RFKjr just entered the chat.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 02:52 PM (Jyalu)

72 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

DD#3 is currently going through IVF - one of the things they test you for is if you have immunity for Rubella. Turns out, she doesn't - despite having received ALL of the vaccines according to the schedules back in the early 90's.

Meanwhile, I - who got my vaccines back in the 60's and 70's - STILL test positive for immunity to all of that stuff.

What changed? Because I honestly don't know. DD#1 had immunity, and she is only 6 years older than DD#3. Kinda makes you wonder.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2026 02:52 PM (E5EcG)

73 I’ll have an IV drip of margarita with my burrito.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 02:52 PM (+Tpk4)

74 RFK JR. JUST HUMILIATED REP. ROBIN KELLY LIVE ON TV

What is the emoji for dorked squeakhole?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 23, 2026 02:52 PM (Kt19C)

75 NGL, I'd love for my end of days to be filled with burritos from a burrito stand.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (M7rua)

76 I had a friend in CA who tried to open an internet cafe, with a coffee cart, which was fully licensed.

State said "no way, white boy." Coffee cart is illegal unless you move it to new location every day. If stationary, it is a restaurant and you have to be brown to do that.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (uUHnE)

77 Geez Ace,,,,,, it's not like it's Your money they are wasting.
Oh, wait ......

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (pBxpp)

78 A post? What is it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:50 PM (GLVez)

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It's a big stick in the ground that you put turtles on, but that's not important right now.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (2UnvF)

79 Upcoming Media Headline: Trump HHS Shuts Down Health Care Offices With 100% Cure Rates

Posted by: Wally at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (0e5Te)

80 Oooooh house hearings. Something will definitely happen now.
🤣

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (2f2m7)

81 I wonder if these burrito clinics have holes in the side of the truck. To take the temperature of prospective patients?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (abIsI)

82 74 RFK JR. JUST HUMILIATED REP. ROBIN KELLY LIVE ON TV

What is the emoji for dorked squeakhole?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 23, 2026 02:52 PM (Kt19C)

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What's the emoji for "the congressperson will have no embarrassment or diminishment of power or lessened chance of re-election because of this interaction"?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (GLVez)

83 I never thought that I would say about a Kennedy "way to go , keep kicking ass" but RFK Jr has done it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (gu0hJ)

84 Exposing California's corrupt "Stop Nick Shirley Act", instead of going after the fraudsters California is now going after the people exposing the fraud.

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Like the Babylon Bee, much of my hyperbole over the years has become Commie fact & reality.

I've been half-jokingly declaring Ace, COBs, and commenters here "guilty of the heinous crime of Noticing In The First Degree!"

And yet, here we are ... in Califzuela, natch.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (teZkF)

85 And nobody in this chain of government stops this mess.
Fire Everybody. Then send them to jail.

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (pvf3X)

86 What Nick Shirley should do is visit the Community Care Licensing division where all these hospice licenses are applied, reviewed, and issued.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (RIvkX)

87 Media before vs after RFK joined Trump

Every once in a while someone says that Trump should come out in favor of some big Leftist want, and I think, no, they won’t be that stupid, they’ll pass it and put it in front of him.

And then there are things like this. And war. The weird flip on the COVID vaccine after it became Biden’s.

Trump really should come out in favor of oxygen. Or should categorically ban administrators from pumping Zyklon B into government buildings.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (olroh)

88 RFKjr just entered the chat.

I'm confused. Are you saying that we should not support RFKJ, when he's correct and doing what we want done, because someday he'll oppose us?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (ExV1e)

89 We have all these stands in parking lots in the warm months where they're selling containers of fresh coconut and mango slices.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:54 PM (77rzZ)

90 Remember, you can't have a gas powered leaf blower in California but you can have your very own hospice care center paid for by you and me.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 02:54 PM (XV/Pl)

91 A post? What is it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

It's a discrete entry or article on an online weblog or forum, but that's not important right now.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 23, 2026 02:54 PM (OUMaO)

92 The dems in Washington State jumped straight to the last clown...and are working hard to pass legislation to make investigating fraud a crime.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 02:54 PM (2WIwB)

93 87 Trump really should come out in favor of oxygen. Or should categorically ban administrators from pumping Zyklon B into government buildings.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (olroh)

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"I want all the third world immigrants to come to America so that the police can murder them in cold blood and for sport, as is our custom in racist capitalist America."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:55 PM (GLVez)

94 "How do you put a hospice in a burrito stand in California?"

Dying people like burritos too, hater!

Posted by: Ripley at April 23, 2026 02:55 PM (GUOwU)

95 What changed? Because I honestly don't know. DD#1 had immunity, and she is only 6 years older than DD#3. Kinda makes you wonder.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2026 02:52 PM (E5EcG)

You have to pay extra for the East German vaccines. Often times, the Soviet vaccines contain only water.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 02:55 PM (ExV1e)

96 So if you have 89 hospices co-located in the same building, do you save money on illegal CDL drivers who make regular deliveries?

Is a bulk discount available?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 02:55 PM (gnNyN)

97 So what percentage of the California's economy is actually fraud?

30%?

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2026 02:55 PM (IifOV)

98
. There is no fraud in Califzuela.
. There might be some fraud.
. There is fraud but we're on top of it.
. It's a crime to look for fraud in Califzuela.
. There is fraud in Califzuela and it's a good thing!

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 02:55 PM (teZkF)

99 Wasn't a punishment for public corruption in the Roman Empire for the guilty to be put in a sack with wild animals and thrown in a river? Do that to fifty or so who allowed this shit and see what happens

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 02:56 PM (gu0hJ)

100 Willowed, reposting because it's CA and fraud-related:

When Newsome ran for mayor of SF, he had a homelessness plan modelled after Giuliani in NY (Care Not Cash). In order to get services for example, homeless people would need to register and get ID, so that the providers could help them according to their needs (e.g. addiction, mental illness), and track them and the providers to make sure money was being wisely spent. He spoke about how most of the money spent per homeless person didn't actually get to them. It was actually a relatively good plan compared to what existed.

Of course the Left in SF called it Nazi-like and said he was a right wing radical or some such.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at April 23, 2026 02:56 PM (qivay)

101 But if they close down all these hospices what will happen to the children? Think of the poor children!

Posted by: Smooth Brained Old Hippie Boomer at April 23, 2026 02:56 PM (wAvYO)

102 99 Wasn't a punishment for public corruption in the Roman Empire for the guilty to be put in a sack with wild animals and thrown in a river? Do that to fifty or so who allowed this shit and see what happens

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 02:56 PM (gu0hJ)

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"Seems tame."
-Caracalla and Geta

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:56 PM (GLVez)

103 California Officials Licensed and Approved a "Hospice" Located In a... FUCKING BURRITO STAND

Burrito stand prices:

Meat selection
Beef: $10.99
Chicken: $9.99
Secret: $4.99

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 02:56 PM (sKqQm)

104 Remember, you can't have a gas powered leaf blower in California but you can have your very own hospice care center paid for by you and me.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 02:54 PM (XV/Pl)
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Plus all-you-can-eat burritos!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 02:56 PM (gnNyN)

105 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (ExV1e)

Your blood test for political purity has come back and it's dangerously low.

You had better shape up!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 02:56 PM (noKdt)

106 I'm confused.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 02:53 PM (ExV1e)

I can't help you with that. Learn to Code.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 02:57 PM (Jyalu)

107 That all had to be vetted through licensure and certification and accreditation.
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Had to be vetted? Yeah, sure.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 02:57 PM (Dv3i1)

108 107 That all had to be vetted through licensure and certification and accreditation.
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Had to be vetted? Yeah, sure.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 02:57 PM (Dv3i1)

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Vetted like asylum seekers in Biden's administration.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:57 PM (GLVez)

109 Corruptissima republica plurimæ leges.

--Tacitus

"When the Republic is most corrupt, the laws are most numerous."

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2026 02:57 PM (jo6FO)

110 I could go for a TACO salad.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at April 23, 2026 02:58 PM (anL5R)

111
The more cost effective place for a Hospice is at a funeral home or mortuary. No?

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2026 02:58 PM (IifOV)

112 So what percentage of the California's economy is actually fraud?

30%?
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2026 02:55 PM (IifOV)

If you include government payments to tech companies in order to 'nudge' the societal gestalt, closer to 80%.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 02:58 PM (ExV1e)

113 I'm really glad RFK and Trump were able to build a coalition together.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2026 02:58 PM (eIzlH)

114 75 NGL, I'd love for my end of days to be filled with burritos from a burrito stand.
Posted by: Cray Cray

I don't know about the burritos part, but to live your final days in a fleshy mound of several tortas sounds delightful!

Or, if you're extra kinky, replace burrito with burro...

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 23, 2026 02:58 PM (JCZqz)

115 The solution to the Burrito STAND issue is to license Burrito FOOD TRUCKS as mobile hospice facilities and collect more $$ because... you know, they're "mobile."

Make the trucks EV's.

Make yourself $$$$

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 02:59 PM (jehhT)

116 109 Corruptissima republica plurimæ leges.

--Tacitus

"When the Republic is most corrupt, the laws are most numerous."

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2026 02:57 PM (jo6FO)

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Just to note again:

The laws under Trump are going down very quickly and very deeply. The ratio of deregulation to new regulation is 30-1, which is misleading since most of the new regulations are "These regulations are to be deregulated."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:59 PM (GLVez)

117 Steak 'n Shake
@SteaknShake

Steak n Shake announces the hiring of its first Chief MAHA Officer.

Michael Boes joins SnS in this new executive role, dedicated to advancing nutritional integrity, ingredient transparency, and the healthiness of our products.

The move marks a major step in the Company’s efforts to restore the original spirit of American fast food: food that is simple, real, and delicious.

“Customers should never have to choose between taste and health,” Boes says. “When restaurants commit to both, they serve better food and they build lasting trust.”

Steak n Shake believes that burgers, fries, and shakes should be made from real ingredients families know and love.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 02:59 PM (NpAcC)

118 Should have put the hospice in the banana stand.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:59 PM (GLVez)

119 Sen. Ron Wyden runs straight into a wall of inconvenient data as he tries to blame the measles outbreak on RFK Jr.
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Wyden must not be up high enough on the list for the adrenochrome treatments. He looks like crap.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 02:59 PM (Dv3i1)

120 111
The more cost effective place for a Hospice is at a funeral home or mortuary. No?
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2026 02:58 PM (IifOV
Peaceful Slumber Hospice.

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 02:59 PM (VLAK+)

121 I can't help you with that. Learn to Code.
Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 02:57 PM (Jyalu)

Given that I'm a retired Principal Software Engineer, that's some funny shit right there.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 02:59 PM (ExV1e)

122 California Officials Licensed and Approved a "Hospice" Located In a... FUCKING BURRITO STAND
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Which begs the question - How much does hospice care cost at a fucking burrito stand?

Posted by: mrp at April 23, 2026 03:00 PM (rj6Yv)

123 [RFK, Jr.:] “The vaccination levels dropped during COVID because people stopped trusting the American government.”

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snopes rates this as "mostly true."

[Sen. Ron Wyden:] Jeebus, how many of this retarded geriatric zombies are still haunting the U.S. Congress? /rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:00 PM (teZkF)

124 I just wish someone would have to balls to tell these scumbag senators, when they ask this bullshit at these hearing "just answer yes or no..."

"GO FUCK YOUR MOTHER."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 03:00 PM (uUHnE)

125 Skyline has a Black Beans and Rice Burrito (delicious) in addition to their Chilito (scrumptious) and Chili Deluxe Burrito (tasty).

I recommend you try all three.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 23, 2026 03:01 PM (DgMqy)

126 You'll never see landscaping crews using rakes in California. Not in Mill Valley, not in Brentwood nor in Hillsborough.

The same people also burn wood in their open-hearth fireplaces while outlawing open-hearth fireplaces.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 03:01 PM (Jyalu)

127 This actually deserves 2 1/2 flaming skulls.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at April 23, 2026 03:01 PM (Q7POV)

128 Aren't you all glad you dutifully filed your taxes on time?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 03:02 PM (2UnvF)

129 At some point the fraud, like ticks on a host, will eventually kill the host.
I almost look forward to that day, then the rules are suspended.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 03:02 PM (2WIwB)

130 I'm not going to lie, Mexican food is da bomb.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 03:02 PM (XV/Pl)

131 Sen. Ron Wyden runs straight into a wall of inconvenient data as he tries to blame the measles outbreak on RFK Jr.
______

Wyden must not be up high enough on the list for the adrenochrome treatments. He looks like crap.

He's recovering from cancer. You'd think that he, of all people, would understand that making sure people get appropriate treatment for medical conditions is more important than your party's pathetic attempts to cover its own massive fraud. You'd think wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 03:03 PM (Riz8t)

132 Angela Rose did a podcast a couple days ago where she visited a MN "addiction clinic" that turned out to be a restaurant.

At least she got a nice lunch out of it.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 03:03 PM (gtcuf)

133 Which begs the question - How much does hospice care cost at a fucking burrito stand?
Posted by: mrp at April 23, 2026 03:00 PM (rj6Yv)
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Depends on the toppings you request.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 03:04 PM (gnNyN)

134 Given that I'm a retired Principal Software Engineer, that's some funny shit right there.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 02:59 PM (ExV1e)

Good for you, sugarteats.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 03:04 PM (Jyalu)

135 Wyden apparently has a staff of zombies backing him.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 03:04 PM (rbvCR)

136 Steak n Shake believes that burgers, fries, and shakes should be made from real ingredients families know and love.

There’s a Steak ’n Shake next to the hotel I usually stay at in Springfield Missouri on the drive up to Michigan. I tried it last year for the real fat fries, and saw a garlic burger on the menu. That’s now become a staple of my travel diet.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2026 03:04 PM (olroh)

137
The U.S. Congress:

OUT: Three-Ring Circuses.
IN: Three-Ring Circle-Jerks.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:04 PM (teZkF)

138 69 51
Posted by: Romeo13

We have a couple of those too. Can figure it out.
They set up in the worst possible remote area of the parking lot.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 02:51 PM (abIsI)

Universal Service Fund. Yup, you're paying for it. It's a mandatory line item on your cell phone bill (go check). "Free" cell phones for poor people. Not sure how the tents factor into it, signing people up I suppose. The more they get, the bigger their cut.

Posted by: Meric at April 23, 2026 03:04 PM (3HOfK)

139 124 I just wish someone would have to balls to tell these scumbag senators, when they ask this bullshit at these hearing "just answer yes or no..."

"GO FUCK YOUR MOTHER."

The GOP has been doing a lot of the "yes or no" questioning in the past year or two. The difference is that they start with incontrovertible truths as their foundation. The Dems posit a lie, and hope nobody will notice.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 03:04 PM (Riz8t)

140 132 Angela Rose did a podcast a couple days ago where she visited a MN "addiction clinic" that turned out to be a restaurant.

At least she got a nice lunch out of it.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 03:03 PM (gtcuf)

=======

"That's not fraud until a court says it's fraud."
-Reddit

*court says it's fraud*

"That's not fraud because Trump threatened the judge."
-Reddit

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:05 PM (GLVez)

141 Exposure of all this corruption in state government programs also exposes the corruption of so-called journalism. Which is why this must be covered up.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 03:05 PM (Dv3i1)

142 He's recovering from cancer. You'd think that he, of all people, would understand that making sure people get appropriate treatment for medical conditions is more important than your party's pathetic attempts to cover its own massive fraud. You'd think wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 03:03 PM (Riz8t)

He should spend more time in NY state with his wife's money instead of in his double wide trailer in Beaverton

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 03:05 PM (rbvCR)

143 Poster E. Howard Hunt at Legal Insurrection site had a funny response to hospices in a burrito stand:

I heard that their burritos were to die for

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 03:05 PM (ix8EF)

144 Wyden apparently has a staff of zombies backing him.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 03:04 PM (rbvCR)

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They've all got the soulless "dead eyes."

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:05 PM (teZkF)

145 A DOUBLE WIDE DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A "BEARD"

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 03:06 PM (rbvCR)

146 The difference is that they start with incontrovertible truths as their foundation. The Dems posit a lie, and hope nobody will notice.

RFK's evisceration of Rep. Kelly's lie is a perfect example. He's smart; no question about it.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 03:06 PM (Riz8t)

147 Growing up in the '70's.

https://tinyurl.com/39ff8uy5

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 03:06 PM (abIsI)

148 > I can't help you with that. Learn to Code.

I'm a programmer. I despair that AI is killing the industry. I advise anyone who asks me if they should go into programming that now is a terrible time.

Maybe things will settle down in a couple of years and there will be a clearer picture of what the future looks like. But for now, it's becoming so easy to enter a prompt and for the AI to spit out higher quality code than most engineers can put together in days.

I predict the near future offshoring push will be massive compared to anything we've seen in the past. The barrier to entry is now so low, even Indian programmers who aren't good enough to make it to America are sufficient.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 23, 2026 03:07 PM (mkw2N)

149 99% of yes or no questions asked in hearings or court proceedings are loaded questions that can't be answered with a simple yes or no.

It's an asshole way to go about things.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:07 PM (X0axn)

150 Aren't you all glad you dutifully filed your taxes on time?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 03:02 PM (2UnvF)

Without me a Somalian would not have gotten his designer sun-glasses and a marble bath tub. I am proud of what we have achieved together

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 03:08 PM (rbvCR)

151 0>How do you put a hospice in a burrito stand in California?
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TAKE OFF THEIR HATS!
wait, that's not right

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 03:08 PM (ZxPkt)

152 And why the f--k is a judge telling the country what vaccines have to be on the childhood schedule??

How is this a judges to control??

The vaccine schedule is a mess. It is disgusting that parent put all that shit into their babies. (I am for about 6 vaccines, so I am not anti- vax) absolutely fucking disgusting.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 03:08 PM (uUHnE)

153 The U.S. Congress:

OUT: Three-Ring Circuses.
IN: Three-Ring Circle-Jerks.
Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:04 PM (teZkF)

OUT: Duty and integrity.
IN: Money Laundering.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:08 PM (X0axn)

154 The people of the West are ruled by evil people who hate their citizens.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 03:11 PM (N1DT3)

155 California Officials Licensed and Approved a "Hospice" Located In a... FUCKING BURRITO STAND
_____

Yeeeeowwwww!!!!

Pro tip: wait for the fucking burrito to cool down before actually fucking it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 03:11 PM (Dv3i1)

156 The people of the West are ruled by evil people who hate their citizens.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 03:11 PM (N1DT3)

But, NO KAYNGS n' shit......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:11 PM (X0axn)

157
Yeeeeowwwww!!!!

Pro tip: wait for the fucking burrito to cool down before actually fucking it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 03:11 PM (Dv3i1)

NOW you tell me......

Posted by: Jason "Skinned Cock" Biggs at April 23, 2026 03:12 PM (X0axn)

158 Good job, world.
Now I am pissed off before breakfast again.
Thanks.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 03:12 PM (uUHnE)

159 Which begs the question - How much does hospice care cost at a fucking burrito stand?

Posted by: mrp at April 23, 2026 03:00 PM (rj6Yv)

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Approximately 4,350,000 pesos ($250,000) annually.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:12 PM (teZkF)

160 So is a fucking burrito basically The Paolo in burrito form?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 03:12 PM (2ocoG)

161 @148

>>But for now, it's becoming so easy to enter a prompt and for the AI to spit out higher quality code than most engineers can put together in days.

I find the best process is to ask one ai to scaffold the project, another ai to make modifications and tweeks and another ai to check the work of the other ai.

For instance, you can ask Google Gemini to create a Postgresql schema and index for a SMPTE 2110/Arista MCS Network Device and Topology database, then ask Claude to design a React frontend/backend, then use OpenCode to make tweeks and modifications.

Things that would take teams of developers quarters or years to develop can be developed within a couple of weeks to days depending on the complexity.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 03:13 PM (XV/Pl)

162
What changed? Because I honestly don't know. DD#1 had immunity, and she is only 6 years older than DD#3. Kinda makes you wonder.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2026 02:52 PM (E5EcG)

Vaccines used to be actual vaccines. You know, things that give the body's immune system a chance to build up an immunity to said vaccine's payload.

mRNA is the worst thing to happen to 'vaccines' in history. The guy that INVENTED mRNA TOLD them not to use it as a vaccine.

He was silenced. Don't even know if he's still alive.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 03:14 PM (X0axn)

163 151 TAKE OFF THEIR HATS!
wait, that's not right

LOL! I needed that titter today.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 03:14 PM (gtcuf)

164 154 The people of the West are ruled by evil people who hate their citizens.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Federal Court Says Machine Guns Are NOT Protected by 2A?!

https://tinyurl.com/k5hnxs2k

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 03:15 PM (abIsI)

165 And why the f--k is a judge telling the country what vaccines have to be on the childhood schedule??

How is this a judges to control??

The vaccine schedule is a mess. It is disgusting that parent put all that shit into their babies. (I am for about 6 vaccines, so I am not anti- vax) absolutely fucking disgusting.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 03:08 PM (uUHnE)

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You've got to wonder who kills more Americans each year, the ChiComm and Mexican Fentanyl & Opioid Cartels or Big Pharma?

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:15 PM (teZkF)

166 I'm a programmer. I despair that AI is killing the industry. I advise anyone who asks me if they should go into programming that now is a terrible time.

I gotta disagree. I'm still feeling out how to do a good AI workflow but I'm already getting a pretty crazy productivity boost. I think good programmers with AI will be better, and bad ones will need to look into the recipe for fucking burritos.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 03:15 PM (2ocoG)

167 164 Federal Court Says Machine Guns Are NOT Protected by 2A?!

https://tinyurl.com/k5hnxs2k

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 23, 2026 03:15 PM (abIsI)

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Headline from the 1920s?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:15 PM (GLVez)

168 158 Good job, world.
Now I am pissed off before breakfast again.
Thanks.
Posted by: bob

Good. Now go f*ck yourself.

Posted by: World at April 23, 2026 03:16 PM (abIsI)

169 148 > I can't help you with that. Learn to Code.

I'm a programmer. I despair that AI is killing the industry. I advise anyone who asks me if they should go into programming that now is a terrible time.

Maybe things will settle down in a couple of years and there will be a clearer picture of what the future looks like. But for now, it's becoming so easy to enter a prompt and for the AI to spit out higher quality code than most engineers can put together in days.

I predict the near future offshoring push will be massive compared to anything we've seen in the past. The barrier to entry is now so low, even Indian programmers who aren't good enough to make it to America are sufficient.
Posted by: bonhomme
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I can make a prediction, security folks in patching software will make bank as the number of AI revealed exploits for hackers to use is going to skyrocket.

And you have the reshoring right now for mfg due to the FCC for critical routers and telecom from the Salt Typhoon mess created by allowing Chicom mfg equipment to enter the telcom supply chains for use.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 03:16 PM (E4rtv)

170 158 Good job, world.
Now I am pissed off before breakfast again.
Thanks.
Posted by: bob

Good. Now go f*ck yourself.
Posted by: World
======
There is nothing new under the sun.

Posted by: Ecclesiastes at April 23, 2026 03:17 PM (E4rtv)

171 Vaccines used to be actual vaccines. You know, things that give the body's immune system a chance to build up an immunity to said vaccine's payload.

Even with those, there's a lot of theorizing going on about if it's a great idea to give kids 50 of them in one shot, as is done now.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 03:17 PM (2ocoG)

172 California Officials Licensed and Approved a "Hospice" Located In a... FUCKING BURRITO STAND
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Yeah, but do they charge extra for guacamole?

Posted by: scampydog at April 23, 2026 03:18 PM (2bFN5)

173 133 Which begs the question - How much does hospice care cost at a fucking burrito stand?
Posted by: mrp at April 23, 2026 03:00 PM (rj6Yv)
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Depends on the toppings you request.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 03:04 PM (gnNyN)

++++

Oh my word. LOL

Posted by: washrivergal at April 23, 2026 03:18 PM (/U6OJ)

174 How is this a judges to control??

The vaccine schedule is a mess. It is disgusting that parent put all that shit into their babies. (I am for about 6 vaccines, so I am not anti- vax) absolutely fucking disgusting.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 03:08 PM (uUHnE)

It is not just the schedule, it is that the clinics all think vaccines are nearly a sacrament that must be pushed on families and the hell with informed consent.

https://tinyurl.com/mr2atb39

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 03:18 PM (rbvCR)

175
Trump's on tv "bringing down drug prices dramatically," not sure how. TrumpRX.gov

Anyway, I love the way he calls RFKJ "Bobby."

Posted by: Katie Porter at April 23, 2026 03:18 PM (n7rxJ)

176 @166

>>I gotta disagree. I'm still feeling out how to do a good AI workflow but I'm already getting a pretty crazy productivity boost.

Like I've said, if you are a programmer and aren't not able to leverage ai to help you produce better results faster then you are not a good programmer.

Case in point, give a large api doc to an AI agent and tell them to generate a Zod schema, it will be able to do that in seconds.

Depending on the size and complexity of the api, this could take a Jr. WebDev a couple of days to produce, it can now be produced in seconds.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 03:19 PM (XV/Pl)

177 [Actually O/T for once; h/t The Wifey:]

The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox

WYDEN: “Will you commit to releasing your written agreements with the pharmaceutical companies?”

RFK JR: “No… When you passed the Inflation Reduction Act and ordered me to negotiate w/ pharma, you put in a provision that required NDAs.”

WYDEN: “YOU’RE IN BED WITH BIG PHARMA!”

https://is.gd/SNeMd1

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:19 PM (55C5A)

178 For instance, you can ask Google Gemini to create a Postgresql schema and index for a SMPTE 2110/Arista MCS Network Device and Topology database, then ask Claude to design a React frontend/backend, then use OpenCode to make tweeks and modifications.

Admit it. You're just making up words now.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 03:19 PM (Riz8t)

179 Think of how many rabies cases we would have had with fewer people in that office. The system worked!

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 03:19 PM (NALOx)

180 I hate fucking burrito stands.

Posted by: Couch Fucker at April 23, 2026 03:19 PM (dK+Kv)

181 136 Steak n Shake believes that burgers, fries, and shakes should be made from real ingredients families know and love.

There’s a Steak ’n Shake next to the hotel I usually stay at in Springfield Missouri on the drive up to Michigan. I tried it last year for the real fat fries, and saw a garlic burger on the menu. That’s now become a staple of my travel diet.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2026 03:04 PM (olroh)
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I live outside of Houston and there's a Steak 'n Shake opening up down the street from me. I have never been to one, but am looking forward to eating there.
I'll have to try the garlic burger.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 03:20 PM (NpAcC)

182 Imagine being so soulless, so consumed with self, that even though you have cancer and all the suffering that goes with that, you choose not only to stay in Congress, but to peddle diabolical, political mendacity with the hope it will lead your cult to power.

Not only that, but you attack people in the health establishment who have the single goal of helping people and their children live longer, more healthy lives.

Imagine being that much of a dastardly vessel for evil.

Nothing more aptly represents the Democrat Party.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 03:20 PM (+Tpk4)

183 poz result for subject Katie Porter

proceed with all due caution in approaching individual

Posted by: Federal Rabies Detective Eliot Ness at April 23, 2026 03:21 PM (NBTu1)

184 He was silenced. Don't even know if he's still alive.
Posted by: Sponge
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Did you mean Robert Malone? AFAIK he is still alive and kicking and has testified to Congress recently I think.

Website and link to substack is
https://www.rwmalonemd.com/

Posted by: Ecclesiastes at April 23, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

185 The barrier to entry is now so low, even Indian programmers who aren't good enough to make it to America are sufficient.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 23, 2026 03:07 PM (mkw2N)

I worked in Silicon Valley as a tech with a not inconsequential security clearance (microwave defense department contractor.) People working as checkout clerks at Safeway were making 30% more money per hour. Green card Koreans and Vietnamese and Chinese and Cambodians ran wages into the gutter. That was 1988.

I quit and got a job working for an electrician and tripled my income.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 03:23 PM (Jyalu)

186 Yeah, could I get a beef supreme, light on the sour cream and a little help offing Grandma?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 03:23 PM (2UnvF)

187 Good job, world.
Now I am pissed off before breakfast again.
Thanks.
Posted by: bob

You haven't had breakfast yet? What time zone do you live in?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 03:23 PM (77rzZ)

188 There’s a Steak and Shake at IAH.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 03:24 PM (+Tpk4)

189 Case in point, give a large api doc to an AI agent and tell them to generate a Zod schema, it will be able to do that in seconds.

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ZOD!

/Never heard of this, but I retired from programming 20 years ago.

[Per Brave "AI":]

"Zod is a TypeScript-first schema declaration and validation library that allows developers to define data structures and validate them at runtime while automatically inferring static TypeScript types. It bridges the gap between compile-time type safety and runtime validation, ensuring that external data such as API responses or form inputs conform to expected shapes."

/I was told there'd be no computer science!

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:24 PM (teZkF)

190 So you get a burrito with a cup of hemlock?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 03:24 PM (UeDJl)

191 186 Yeah, could I get a beef supreme, light on the sour cream and a little help offing Grandma?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 03:23 PM (2UnvF)

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"50 cents for a tenth of a tomato and a dollop of sour cream?!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:24 PM (GLVez)

192 off sock

Not only that, but you attack people in the health establishment who have the single goal of helping people and their children live longer, more healthy lives.

Imagine being that much of a dastardly vessel for evil.

Nothing more aptly represents the Democrat Party.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Evil to this sort of person always happens to other deserving people. Collectively the left always proclaims they love the people, in reality, if you are not of their tribe, then you are despised, hated, and made a non person.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 03:25 PM (E4rtv)

193 189 /I was told there'd be no computer science!

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:24 PM (teZkF)

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And people say these threads don't always become computer science threads.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:25 PM (GLVez)

194 I've been playing around with AI making new designs of equipment and it works great for developing patents. Excellent ability to break it down to core claims. Reviews patents for prior art, can even run challenge simulations.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 23, 2026 03:26 PM (Vh9CX)

195 @189

>>/I was told there'd be no computer science!

I have a bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science.

So yes, I am a Scientist Dammit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 03:26 PM (XV/Pl)

196 195
I have a bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science.

So yes, I am a Scientist Dammit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 03:26 PM (XV/Pl)

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Yeah, but you don't bow to climate change claims, so NoTrueScientist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:27 PM (GLVez)

197

Bulg at 19,

I'm sure your wife enjoys that.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 03:27 PM (3ek7K)

198 Great post Ace. Thanks for all these facts.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 03:28 PM (aBVhv)

199 Think of how many rabies cases we would have had with fewer people in that office. The system worked!

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 03:19 PM (NALOx)

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It should really be made it's own Department.

"Why is the Executive Branch in general and Trump in particular trying to kill more childrens!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:28 PM (teZkF)

200 Nick Shirley for governor of California.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 03:29 PM (UeDJl)

201 I AM the science.

Posted by: Fauci at April 23, 2026 03:30 PM (NALOx)

202 People who never eat “ultra-processed foods” die.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 03:30 PM (E6xSb)

203 @196

>>Yeah, but you don't bow to climate change claims, so NoTrueScientist.

I mean, climate change is real, and has been going on for 4.5B years.

Hockey Stick graphs are for hosers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 03:30 PM (XV/Pl)

204 The new AI stuff is scary good. It’s going to put a lot of people out of work. You know longer need coding skills. I can have it write an entire program and debug it with a few easy steps. It will even check it for vulnerabilities. Imagine people with very little knowledge getting ahold of this technology and using it to basically attack every system out there, constantly looking and searching for entry points to exploit. Scary stuff.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 23, 2026 03:31 PM (Lp05i)

205 HotAir: Ukrainian Attack on Russian Oil Refinery Blankets Town in 'Black Rain'

See, I told ya!
-Joe Biden

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 03:31 PM (Dv3i1)

206 Steak 'n Shake used to offer a fried egg on your burger. I'd get a double bacon cheese with fried egg and avocado. It's a good smashburger place.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2026 03:31 PM (XvL8K)

207 Tacos>>>enchiladas>>>>burritos

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 03:32 PM (W2Pud)

208 [O/T -- ]

Ugh. We use Debian Linux on most of our computers:

The Lunduke Journal
@LundukeJournal

Debian Elects New DEI Focused Project Leader

The new Leader of Debian Linux, Sruthi Chandran, beat her only opponent, the aptly named "None of the above", on a "Diversity" and "Less (cis)male" platform.

https://is.gd/YgsA5P

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:32 PM (55C5A)

209 Hmmm…Mr. Wyden, there is a measles outbreak in the schools for a reason. Because when you let millions stroll across the border with no betting from countries that do not believe in measles shots, you tend to get measles outbreaks.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 03:32 PM (E6xSb)

210 209 Hmmm…Mr. Wyden, there is a measles outbreak in the schools for a reason. Because when you let millions stroll across the border with no betting from countries that do not believe in measles shots, you tend to get measles outbreaks.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 03:32 PM (E6xSb)

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False.

It's because not enough people got the covid vaccine.

Duh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:32 PM (GLVez)

211 Can I get the Taco Supreme and a colonoscopy?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 03:33 PM (n5tGW)

212
Trump's on tv "bringing down drug prices dramatically," not sure how. TrumpRX.gov

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I'm barely listening, but I like the URL. People who want to get a transparent list of drug prices apparently can go there. This means haters and know-nothings of all stripes will be forced to know who did this for them. In fact, Trump ought to stamp his name on all kinds of reforms.

Posted by: Katie Porter at April 23, 2026 03:33 PM (n7rxJ)

213 Ron Wyden is the ugliest, slimiest reptilian-looking f*cker I've ever seen in politics. The democrat party is currently comprised of the most physically repulsive and shamelessly morally depraved politicians in our history. I'm thinking the democrats during the Civil War period were towering statesmen next to these disgusting vermin.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 23, 2026 03:33 PM (t+TFX)

214 100% of people who drink water die.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 03:33 PM (W2Pud)

215 What kind of meat is in those hospice burritos?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 23, 2026 03:34 PM (agdgV)

216 HotAir: Ukrainian Attack on Russian Oil Refinery Blankets Town in 'Black Rain'

See, I told ya!
-Joe Biden

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 03:31 PM (Dv3i1)

Is this what he meant by You Ain't Black?

Posted by: Fauci at April 23, 2026 03:34 PM (NALOx)

217 213 Ron Wyden is the ugliest, slimiest reptilian-looking f*cker I've ever seen in politics. The democrat party is currently comprised of the most physically repulsive and shamelessly morally depraved politicians in our history. I'm thinking the democrats during the Civil War period were towering statesmen next to these disgusting vermin.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 23, 2026 03:33 PM (t+TFX)

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"Whew!"
-Henry Waxman

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:34 PM (GLVez)

218 Democrats took campaigning on "fraud and waste" in an entirely different direction.

Posted by: mea culpa at April 23, 2026 03:34 PM (JS9Co)

219 [Also, more O/T Linux:]

Leftist Linux Distributions are more likely to embrace Age Verification.

Non-Political or Right-Leaning Linux Distros are more likely (almost certain) to reject Age Verification.

That appears to be predominantly true.

For example:

Fedora, Debian, & elementary OS all have extreme Leftist politics... and all are embracing, planning for, or facilitating Age Verification.

Omarchy, Devuan, & OpenMandriva are all decidedly "Non-Woke" from a political perspective... and all are rejecting Age Verification (in some way).

https://is.gd/g0zzIK

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:34 PM (55C5A)

220
Holy carp, this anti-deafness drug will be free to all kids who need it.

Posted by: Katie Porter at April 23, 2026 03:34 PM (n7rxJ)

221 What’s changed that we should trust the “vaccine” makers and anything Democrats say? Have they all hung themselves for what they did? Jumped into a lake of fire? No? Okay well then STFU.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 23, 2026 03:34 PM (Lp05i)

222 Ron Wyden looks like he was embalmed earlier this year.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 03:35 PM (5NDL0)

223
Holy carp, this anti-deafness drug will be free to all kids who need it.
Posted by: Katie Porter

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1) OFF SOCK

2) Tom Friedman hardest hit

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 03:35 PM (n7rxJ)

224 Non-Political or Right-Leaning Linux Distros are more likely (almost certain) to reject Age Verification.

Age Verification is 100% about eliminating online anonymity. It has nothing to do with "for the children".

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 03:35 PM (2ocoG)

225 Around here Steak & Shakes need to be razed and rebuilt.

Or maybe they could clean them once in a while?

Eww.

Posted by: Joey Jones Fan Club Wanna-Be President at April 23, 2026 03:35 PM (JCLJi)

226 Holy carp, this anti-deafness drug will be free to all kids who need it.

Related: I found out recently from DataRepublican that deaf people are the biggest believers that Helen Keller's story is fake and she was used as a mouthpiece by Communists. That's about how today's Democrats treat their "pets", so I believe it.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 03:37 PM (2ocoG)

227 I have voted against Ron Wyden every time he runs. Don't blame me for this colossal douche nozzle of a failure.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 23, 2026 03:37 PM (agdgV)

228 A post? What is it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:50 PM (GLVez)

A breed of turtle, named for its chosen habitat.

Posted by: SciVo at April 23, 2026 03:37 PM (Sy6m/)

229 "Whew!"
-Henry Waxman
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 03:34 PM (GLVez)
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"Preach it Brother"
-Jerry Nadler

Posted by: WisRich at April 23, 2026 03:37 PM (G0vdT)

230 NOOD Shoplifting

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 03:38 PM (teZkF)

231

Do muzzie women wipe their asses with their hand?

Geez, I hope if they do that they clean their hand before cooking food.

Disgusting, nasty people.

Posted by: four seasons at April 23, 2026 03:40 PM (3ek7K)

232 You haven't had breakfast yet? What time zone do you live in?
Posted by: Bulg

Tokyo.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 03:40 PM (uUHnE)

233 Remember, you can't have a gas powered leaf blower in California ...
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 02:54 PM (XV/Pl)
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You can't if you're white. This law is enforced by race.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 03:43 PM (RIvkX)

234 61 59 Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 02:42 PM (RHGPo)

Are you so fixated on putting your "news " in the comments that you bother even to glance st the topic at hand?

It's the fucking title of the post!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 02:49 PM (noKdt)

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A post? What is it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
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It is one of those big square board thingies that hold the fence up. . .

Posted by: Bonecrusher at April 23, 2026 03:45 PM (JNTt1)

235 People making fun of taco dealers!

There's a burrito trailer three doors down from my house, its a family affair, and they operate three such trailers. Each of the thoroughly Americanized kids (born here) run one of the trailers. They're making bank.

The young girl at the nearby trailer is there 10+ hours a day. She's always cheerful. The father drives a Mercedes panel van and drops supplies at each location. They are god-fearing Catholics.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 03:50 PM (Jyalu)

236 99 Wasn't a punishment for public corruption in the Roman Empire for the guilty to be put in a sack with wild animals and thrown in a river? Do that to fifty or so who allowed this shit and see what happens
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 02:56 PM (gu0hJ)
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Hang the offender nekkid by the big toes, then give each of the offended taxpayers an unfolded wire coat hanger and allow 9 whacks. Each. Only 9 because 10 would be cruel.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at April 23, 2026 03:55 PM (JNTt1)

237 Re "the reduction in mortality seen in the 20th century ..."

Where is antibiotics? That played a YUGE part.

I read Shlaes bio of Calvin Coolidge, and the saddest part of his story is that his teenage son DIED of getting a blister on his foot, playing TENNIS. And he died of it! Bear in mind, this young man's father was POTUS at the time, so you know he had the finest care available.

But, no antibiotics. His own body could not fight off whatever little germ slithered in through his blister, and he was beastly dead.

So, yeah vaccines, and sanitation, etc. YAY all that. But Antibiotics have played a major role in teenagers not dying from toe blisters.

Posted by: jocon307 at April 23, 2026 08:29 PM (EuROc)

Democrat California Gubernatorial Candidates: Enforcing the Law That CDL Drivers Must be Proficient In English Is Racist and Trump is a Racist for Enforcing the Law and We Will Enforce the Law by Not Enforcing It

Before getting to those clips: domestic abuser and truly gross swamphag Katie Porter was asked what grade she'd give Newsom on homelessness. She responded she's a "tough grader" -- she keeps bringing up her profession as a teacher, because wow that is so impressive -- and so would only give Newsom a "B."

Front-running Republican Steve Hilton could not believe the crap pouring out of Katie Porter's shitmouth.

Overton
@overton_news
14h
Democrat Katie Porter told the debate moderator she's a "notoriously tough grader" -- then proceeded to give Gavin Newsom a 'B' on homelessness.
Republican Steve Hilton could not believe what he just heard and he ROASTED her on the spot.
MODERATOR: "What grade would you give him on homelessness? And what, if anything, would you do differently?"
PORTER: "I'm a notoriously tough grader, but I would probably give a him a 'B' on homelessness."
"I don't think this has been an easy problem to solve, but I do give him a lot of credit for calling attention to the problem."
"When he campaigned 8 years ago, he was talking about housing when nobody else was."
HILTON: "Wow!"
"By the way, I'd love to be in your class, Katie, if you get a 'B' for what Gavin Newsom's done on homelessness!"
"MY GOODNESS!"

Oh of course -- Newsom talked about housing. Democrats, infamously, consider it to be real progress if you talk endlessly about a claimed problem and never make a single step towards improving the situation.

A B. Homelessness has not only exploded under Newsom, but the homeless are dying by the dozens because Newsom allows them to openly shoot up heroin and fentanyl on the streets and carve out Homeless Drug-Addict Enclaves in formerly-thriving neighborhoods.

But a "B." She's a tough grader, you know. If she catches you passing notes in class, she'll dump a boiling pot of mashed potatoes on your head.

And Katie Porter was in fact a "tough grader" compared to the other Democrats, who all gave him B's -- or A's.

Susan Crabtree
@susancrabtree
14h
⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️All the Dem candidates for Calif. governor give Gavin Newsom an A or a B on his effort to reduce homelessness.
Matt Mahan gives him a B- for effort but a D for implementation.
And wow -- Becerra says he would give $$$ to people who lose their jobs so they can maintain rent or their mortgage.
The debate host questions where is the money going to come from. ???
Becerra says it won't cost much compared to the money we've spent fighting homelessness.
HUH?
"How can I help you keep your home? Because it costs me so much more money to pick you off the streets, provide you with the assistance and the shelter..."
Does he mean he's going to stop spending recklessly on homelessness and concentrate on throwing money at people who lose their jobs?
Hilton gives Newsom an "F" and rightfully says homelessness is a mental health and addiction problem, and he would stop all the billions of $$$ going to homelessness nonprofits that get ripped off.

Katie Pavlich
@KatiePavlich
14h
Democrats wanting to be governor in California won�t say whether truck drivers should be able to speak English and read road signs to get a CDL. Instead, Steyer and Becerra say they are focused on prosecuting those who "engage in racial profiling"

Katie Porter lectured Chad Bianco, who is Hispanic, about his distressing hatred of Brown People.

Susan Crabtree
@susancrabtree
14h
Katie Porter gives a man named Chad Bianco a lecture on racism because he supports giving truck drivers language proficiency and knowledge tests when it comes to basic road signs to avoid fatal and near-fatal road crashes.
"I am stunned that Mr. Bianco would say to black and brown Californians and immigrants who are being terrorized and racially profiled that you have to get over racism."
"It's not something that you get over. It's something that you fight. And if he doesn't understand the importance of that. He has no business representing a state with the diversity [that California has]."
Bianco says that's not even close to what he's saying.
"Californians are absolutely sick and tired of our politicians making race the basis of everything. It is not, and this racial divide that they are pushing between law enforcement and the public or Democrat and Republican, absolutely has to stop."
"And I'm telling you, we are sick of it."

Radical Democrat CA Governor Candidate Katie Porter says that she won't protect Americans by requiring people to learn English to get a CDL, and instead insists that people need "protection" from President Trump.pic.twitter.com/unc1p2n2uk
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 23, 2026

Billionaire Tom Steyer wouldn't answer, except to say Trump is a racist to enforce the law when it comes to brown and black people.

MODERATOR: �Should language proficiency for truck drivers be strictly enforced?�

TOM STEYER: �Racial profiling is illegal.� pic.twitter.com/UWNmNvDswI
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 23, 2026

Biden's HHS Secretary Xavier Bercera:

Xavier wants to protect this type of commercial driver
You your family and friends will not be safe under anyone who thinks non speaking and reading illegal aliens pic.twitter.com/7w8q3qkDDY
— @Rest Your Neck (@neck_rest) April 23, 2026

I believe this is the 5th illegal immigrant that has been charged in a fatal crash recently after obtaining a CDL in CA or NY.

I don�t see how anyone can defend this policy� https://t.co/w0p2y8BObk
— AG (@AGHamilton29) December 18, 2025

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1 I'll go notify the others that this thread has gone live.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 23, 2026 01:27 PM (O7YUW)

2 1st?

Posted by: Clay at April 23, 2026 01:27 PM (6/Wpa)

3 Damn, do I want the lawfare against the NGO system and DOJ efforts to clean up voter rolls to have a real effect.

Democrats having electoral need to not sound like fucking retards will be good for America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:28 PM (GLVez)

4 no one is above the law unless you prefer it that way

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2026 01:28 PM (CWTWj)

5 BOING!

Ace, you could have added this to the last post:

https://tinyurl.com/3t52rtkc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 01:28 PM (1o8D5)

6 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 01:28 PM (X0axn)

7 California is effed.

Virginia to follow.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 01:28 PM (77rzZ)

8 Katie Porter lectured Chad Bianco, who is Hispanic, about his distressing hatred of Brown People.

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There is no one more expert in the experiences of the oppressed than a rich, white woman.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:29 PM (GLVez)

9
Called 'em.

*looks pleased with myself*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 01:29 PM (tgvbd)

10 OF COURSE she's a teacher

omg our poor children

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 01:29 PM (j+aD2)

11
"MY GOODNESS!"

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"Holy fuck!" would have been okay, Steve.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:29 PM (n7rxJ)

12 California is a shithole. Californians vote for it to be a shithole.

Yes, I know it's the big ass liberal cities that do it for the state, but why do they tolerate living in such an overwhelmingly priced shithole?

I mean, really. WTF?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM (X0axn)

13 “Should language proficiency for truck drivers be strictly enforced?”

TOM STEYER: “Racial profiling is illegal.”

Hoe is testing every cdl driver racial profiling... Oh, yeah Human race...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM (YBtcQ)

14 Steyer is dangerous. Already running TV ads promising more free shit.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM (UjdFS)

15 Becerra says it won't cost much compared to the money we've spent fighting homelessness.

HUH?

"How can I help you keep your home? Because it costs me so much more money to pick you off the streets, provide you with the assistance and the shelter..."

$195,000 and no more property tax.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM (Kd7Ab)

16 Under normal circumstances, even a lefty court would agree that English proficiency is a bona fide occupational qualification for a commercial driver.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM (p56C0)

17 14 Steyer is dangerous. Already running TV ads promising more free shit.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM (UjdFS)

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The state already gives free healthcare to literally anyone, legal or illegal.

It's exploded the state's budget.

People who expected union contracts written into the state constitution of Illinois to lead to the first state declaring bankruptcy may end up disappointed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:31 PM (GLVez)

18 Que?

Posted by: Manuel at April 23, 2026 01:31 PM (wVcYX)

19 12 California is a shithole. Californians vote for it to be a shithole.

Yes, I know it's the big ass liberal cities that do it for the state, but why do they tolerate living in such an overwhelmingly priced shithole?

I mean, really. WTF?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM (X0axn)

Despite being a shithole, being able to afford to live in California is still a Status Symbol.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:31 PM (6Uni8)

20 btw we were talking about the "homeless" (I call them bums or hobos) earlier today

they like the way they live. they enjoy it.

they get PRIME REAL ESTATE - they live in tents under shelter on the Ben Franklin Parkway! rents there are $3000/br!!! then they get free food brought to them and it's just lovely.

all you have to do is liver in a city to know what's going on here. they like living the way they do, except some are mentally ill. they all abuse substances too. giving them housing will not solve a single thing.

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 01:31 PM (j+aD2)

21

Oh Canada
Oh California

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 01:31 PM (Cqx++)

22 Related: if an out of state law enforcement agency requests information from another agency in (from my experience) Illinois or Minnesota, the requesting officer has to sign an affidavit saying the information will not be used for immigration enforcement purposes or shared with ICE. The priorities are unreal.

Posted by: Meric at April 23, 2026 01:31 PM (3HOfK)

23 We have to get the GOP to actually do something while it still can...oh, and there's this:
https://tinyurl.com/YonBracken

Y'all might want to look at their perspective as well. Probably very wide disagreement here with Yon, but he is not an lightweight.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 23, 2026 01:32 PM (MzBBs)

24 Trump could propose a law that cured cancer and they’d be opposed. That’s how politics works for Dems. If Trump is for it they’re against it. Period.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 01:32 PM (2f2m7)

25 MODERATOR: “Should language proficiency for truck drivers be strictly enforced?”

TOM STEYER: “Racial profiling is illegal.”

Steyer wasn't answering the question. He was signaling to his prospective voters that he'll be a sure vote for their side, no matter how lunatic the position.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)

26 re 12: "Yes, I know it's the big ass liberal cities that do it for the state, but why do they tolerate living in such an overwhelmingly priced shithole?"

because it's the price you pay to live in such a wonderful place

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2026 01:32 PM (CWTWj)

27 The people of the West are ruled by evil people who hate their citizens.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 01:32 PM (N1DT3)

28 lol live in a city

there are a very small percentage of street people who do need help. they usually avail themselves of it and leave the streets.

but there are a shocking amount who seemingly enjoy the life of the streets. they do what they want when they want in downtowns. if you give them housing they'll likely just leave it.

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 01:33 PM (j+aD2)

29
I meant to watch the debate, missed it, but I'm watching these clips now mainly to see the emotional pitch of the Republicans. Bianco should have told Porter, "You're out of you're God-damned, scalding-potato-throwing mind."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:33 PM (n7rxJ)

30 The only way a dem doesn't win the governor's office in CA is if the two republicans come in first and second in the primary. Even if they do, I don't expect the dems to let that stand. They will, by any means necessary, get a dem on the ballot and any dem on the general election ballot wins going away.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 23, 2026 01:33 PM (2UnvF)

31 Democrats want you dead. By any means necessary.

They prove it every day.

But, the replacement theory is just reich wing rhetoric..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 01:33 PM (X0axn)

32 California continues to beclown itself. I'd have thought at some point the political class there would like to pull themselves out of the sewer.

Guess not.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 01:33 PM (jehhT)

33 You know who else is a 'B' (cup)?

Posted by: Megyn at April 23, 2026 01:33 PM (0sNs1)

34 Basic safety standards are racist.

Posted by: Probably colonial and genocidal too at April 23, 2026 01:34 PM (TbWk/)

35 "And Katie Porter was in fact a "tough grader" compared to the other Democrats, who all gave him B's -- or A's."

Of course they all did. What else are they gonna say? If nothing else, they want to woo his voters. His overall favorability is under water, but those who support him still number in the millions.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:34 PM (iFTx/)

36
Katie Porter gives Newsom "credit" for calling attention to the homelessness problem? Yeah, me too -- I had NO IDEA it was a thing in California! Homeless people, really? No way!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:34 PM (n7rxJ)

37 Reading road signs is racist.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 01:35 PM (n5tGW)

38 God forbid truck drivers might be able to read street signs -- if they could, they might realize they're no longer in Mexico. "Dios mio! I'm lost! Must have taken a wrong turn at Mexicali."

Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2026 01:35 PM (Av6i5)

39 If they're too dumb to learn English, they're too dumb to be here.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 01:35 PM (77rzZ)

40 Torch the barn

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 23, 2026 01:35 PM (LOZbR)

41 And yet, our astounding incompetence and open borders via will ensure Democrats win the midterms and doink the country in the ass.

Posted by: The RNC at April 23, 2026 01:36 PM (Zm3wW)

42 31 Democrats want you dead. By any means necessary.

They prove it every day.

But, the replacement theory is just reich wing rhetoric..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 01:33 PM (X0axn)

That includes (non-Muslim) blacks. Not just white people.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:36 PM (6Uni8)

43 Do people still '"evere" school teachers? Anecdotally I havent found that to be the case in the modern era.

Its like this position the media bullies everyone on that we bow down to teachers. Like how we're also supposed to think Michael Obama was the most beautiful first "lady" ever.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2026 01:36 PM (eIzlH)

44 Already running TV ads promising more free shit.
Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM

Why do you say that like it's a Bad Thing?

Posted by: Zohran Mamdani at April 23, 2026 01:37 PM (0sNs1)

45 no I don't think anyone still reveres teachers

certainly no one with kids in school

I guess teachers do, plus their families?

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 01:37 PM (j+aD2)

46 A lot of people don't seem to get this.

The issue isn't that blue state government officials are trying to solve these problems and doing it the wrong way.

The point of blue state government is to loot the taxpayer. And the more problems the more arguments they can make for needing more.

It is directly in their interests to keep every problem plaguing modern America going and introduce more whenever they can

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

47 lol live in a city

there are a very small percentage of street people who do need help. they usually avail themselves of it and leave the streets.

but there are a shocking amount who seemingly enjoy the life of the streets. they do what they want when they want in downtowns. if you give them housing they'll likely just leave it.
Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 01:33 PM (j+aD2)
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I saw this first hand. You can bring these guys to shelters or even paid hotel rooms. They will leave within 12 hours and not come back. A significant portion of people in "homeless shelters" aren't truly "homeless" -- they are freeloaders who could be in their own housing, but they don't want to pay for it. They would rather stay in a shelter for free.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)

48 Drive down the Jersey Turnpike or the NYS Thruway. You take your life in your hands every time because these people are such horrendous drivers.

Posted by: The RNC at April 23, 2026 01:38 PM (Zm3wW)

49 God forbid truck drivers might be able to read street signs -- if they could, they might realize they're no longer in Mexico. "Dios mio! I'm lost! Must have taken a wrong turn at Mexicali."
Posted by: zombie at April 23, 2026 01:35 PM

What am I going to do with this trailer of donkeys?

Posted by: Driver looking for Tijuana at April 23, 2026 01:38 PM (0sNs1)

50 LA sent out ballots to try and get residents to agree to foot the bill for streetlights that have been vandalized, would levy a yearly charge.

https://tinyurl.com/yr4wz62j

Posted by: beckster at April 23, 2026 01:38 PM (kX27y)

51 What an amazing scripted answer to an amazing scripted question. They heard you like scripts so they gave you a script for your script.

To Favored Democrats: "How would you grade yourself?"
To Anyone Else: "Why are you a gay rapist with a low IQ in the Ku Klux Klan?"

It shouldn't be maddening anymore but it is.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:38 PM (NALOx)

52 I've had good teachers and bad teachers.

Some cared, most didn't

But not a single one was in any sense a hero. And this isn't saying something mean - heroism is more then doing your job or even just doing your job well.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

53 Teachers and teachers families still lionize teachers. Thats enough for them as long as the tax money and 3 months off every year keep coming.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 23, 2026 01:39 PM (b4rSo)

54 I was better friends with some of my teachers in HS than I was with many of my classmates.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 01:39 PM (77rzZ)

55 trump's proposition may be good
but let's have one thing understood
whatever it is, they're against it

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2026 01:39 PM (CWTWj)

56 A GOP governor in CA will accomplish very little.
Dems have a super majority in both the Assembly and Senate.
They will over ride any veto and pass whatever the Teachers Union and SEIU tell them to pass.
CA is lost.

Posted by: Proudvastrightwingguy at April 23, 2026 01:39 PM (EknWd)

57 The end goal is Neo-feudalism. A tiny elite living in their estates, and a filthy mass of third-world slaves.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:39 PM (6Uni8)

58 They hate Americans and want them replaced with third worlders.

Posted by: steevy at April 23, 2026 01:40 PM (YwEeS)

59 >>I'll post something lighter next.

Something lighter: Katie Porter

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 01:40 PM (uUHnE)

60 The issue isn't that blue state government officials are trying to solve these problems and doing it the wrong way.

The point of blue state government is to loot the taxpayer. And the more problems the more arguments they can make for needing more.

It is directly in their interests to keep every problem plaguing modern America going and introduce more whenever they can
Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 01:37 PM

The phrase "Homeless Industrial Complex" has been used regarding Austin, TX, for some years now.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 01:40 PM (0sNs1)

61 Leftists: We must solve homelessness it is an existential crises for this country!

/Leftists get elected

//Homelessness increases

Leftists: How would we grade ourselves? A+!

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

62 I ruined the Bell Curve.

Posted by: Feces on the Sidewalk at April 23, 2026 01:41 PM (dIske)

63 59 >>I'll post something lighter next.

hockey post?

;-)

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 01:41 PM (j+aD2)

64 but there are a shocking amount who seemingly enjoy the life of the streets. they do what they want when they want in downtowns. if you give them housing they'll likely just leave it.

Something I here consistently from people that work at homeless shelters is that since they have rules against drugs and alcohol a large number of the people they are nominally there to help are not interested

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

65 But, the replacement theory is just reich wing rhetoric..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 01:33 PM (X0axn)

Didn't they start by telling us there was no such thing as "woke" TV or Movies? Remember that?

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:42 PM (NALOx)

66 Something I here consistently from people that work at homeless shelters is that since they have rules against drugs and alcohol a large number of the people they are nominally there to help are not interested

they panhandle and chill all day, then party all night

it's like endless spring break for the hobos

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 01:42 PM (j+aD2)

67 re 46: "The issue isn't that blue state government officials are trying to solve these problems and doing it the wrong way."

the problem is they need excuses to have more power and suck in more tax money.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2026 01:42 PM (CWTWj)

68 Sounds insurrection-y to me.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:43 PM (teZkF)

69 Something lighter than Katie Portly? So many choices

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:43 PM (NALOx)

70 But, the replacement theory is just reich wing rhetoric..........

Replacement theory is a disproven right wing conspiracy theory...and the thesis of a best selling book by two key Democrat strategists that came out in 2002

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

71 Something lighter than Katie Portly? So many choices
Posted by: ... at

Topsy the elephant comes to mind.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 01:43 PM (YZ0Fo)

72 ... and truly gross swamphag Katie Porter ...

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Am I the only one who read that as "swamfag?"

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:44 PM (teZkF)

73 The end goal is Neo-feudalism. A tiny elite living in their estates, and a filthy mass of third-world slaves.
Posted by: XTC

I wish people would stop talking about "a return to "feudalism." Feudalism existed for a reason, and was an interlinked series of rights and obligations. The feudal lord had obligations to his peasants, as they did to him, and they also had rights.

These monsters today would feel no obligation to those below them, who would have no rights in their eyes.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 01:44 PM (77rzZ)

74 CA's electorate is the problem, less so than the people they elect.

I have several good friends that live in LA, and they hate the way the place is being run, but they aren't going to vote for icky Republicans because "Trump is bad" and they aren't racists or homophobes.

CA needs a Democrat to just offer conservative-ish solutions and they'd be wildly popular.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2026 01:44 PM (eIzlH)

75
Yes, I know it's the big ass liberal cities that do it for the state, but why do they tolerate living in such an overwhelmingly priced shithole?

I mean, really. WTF?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

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If we can just elect enough Democrats to seriously punish corporate greed and force the rich to pay their fair share, the state will be a paradise.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:44 PM (n7rxJ)

76 The end goal is Neo-feudalism. A tiny elite living in their estates, and a filthy mass of third-world slaves.
Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:39 PM (6Uni

This guy gets it.

Posted by: The guy who says this guy gets it at April 23, 2026 01:44 PM (TbWk/)

77 re 61: dems and leftists all believe that without them things would always be worse

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2026 01:44 PM (CWTWj)

78 Replacement theory is a disproven right wing conspiracy theory...and the thesis of a best selling book by two key Democrat strategists that came out in 2002

that clip going around X of the SPLC dude with the handwritten chart of the lower and lower percentage of White people in the US ...

infuriating

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 01:44 PM (j+aD2)

79 trump's proposition may be good
but let's have one thing understood
whatever it is, they're against it
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2026 01:39 PM

Burma Shave

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 01:45 PM (kgE5c)

80 It's not just that illegals can't read street signs. There's that but it's not only that.

Things only work when everyone has skin in the game. People who don't have anything, or much of anything, to lose don't act like the rest of us.

You see this all the time with petty crime, the kind that disrupts one's life with court dates and jail-time, but not enough to keep them out of circulation for any real length of time. We don't behave that way because we have a lot to lose. Losers don't.

Even if an illegal can read English, plenty will still be careless, negligent, reckless. Because they're not playing the same game as us. Giving them CDLs is no different than giving our own urban youth or poor white trash CDLs.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 01:45 PM (5NDL0)

81 Do the state troopers have books of flip cards in english for the truck drivers pulled over for suspicion? I see these fuckhead truck drivers regularly and I'm in flyover country. I have never seen so many 18 wheelers in the ditch or in rollovers as I have in recent years.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 01:45 PM (Fbc0I)

82
I meant to watch the debate. I'm glad I missed it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:45 PM (n7rxJ)

83 How is it in any way acceptable for government to import a specific worker where the only intention is to reduce the salary of Americans?

This applies to CDL. to hotel staff, to H1B,... it is an outrage and people need to realize how they have been bamboozled into accepting this.

What if we said all politicians or federal workers get their salaries cut in half???? that is what they are doing to others.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 01:46 PM (uUHnE)

84
If we can just elect enough Democrats to seriously punish corporate greed and force the rich to pay their fair share, the state will be a paradise.

Living in a blue area I am surrounded by wealthy lefty LIVs that tell me:

1) Their taxes are too high

2) The rich aren't paying enough in taxes

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)

85 These posts are making me double-up on my BP meds.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 23, 2026 01:46 PM (bNf8H)

86 59 >>I'll post something lighter next.

C-5M Super Galaxy?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 01:46 PM (wVcYX)

87 The Germans announced they're going to have the best army in Europe by 2039. A lot of people find that date interesting, especially given how much Muslims love anniversaries.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 01:47 PM (2ocoG)

88 Something lighter than Katie Portly? So many choices
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:43 PM

I'm tanned. Rested. Ready!

Posted by: Stacey A. at April 23, 2026 01:47 PM (0sNs1)

89 MODERATOR: “Should language proficiency for truck drivers be strictly enforced?”

TOM STEYER: “Racial profiling is illegal.”

Hey doofus,
Not being able to speak English isn’t a race.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 23, 2026 01:47 PM (NZIuw)

90 Dems in general follow the SPLC playbook:
Create the problem, then demand money and power to "address" the problem.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2026 01:47 PM (Xd0w1)

91
Living in a blue area I am surrounded by wealthy lefty LIVs that tell me:

1) Their taxes are too high

2) The rich aren't paying enough in taxes
Posted by: 18-1

===

They want the person that makes $1 more dollar then they do to get soaked by taxes, but not them.

I've never sen such screaming from wealthy, liberal blue staters as when the SALT deduction was capped.

Still mad Republicans/Trump folded on that.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2026 01:47 PM (eIzlH)

92 "IRGC generals have reportedly completed a quiet military coup in Tehran, sidelining the religious establishment entirely from state leadership.

New 'Supreme Leader' Mojtaba Khamenei serves as a figurehead without executive powers while Revolutionary Guard survivors run Iran under heavy paranoia."

good, good

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:48 PM (GD0B3)

93 I saw Katie Porter's shitmouth open for Anal Cunt: at Emo's in '11.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:48 PM (teZkF)

94 it's like endless spring break for the hobos
Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 01:42 PM (j+aD2)

Except for the murders, the deaths, the exploitation and rape, and the ongoing crimes of violence committed on and against them.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 01:48 PM (rbvCR)

95 People who don't have anything, or much of anything, to lose don't act like the rest of us.

Yup. People who grew up on welfare often don't understand private property because everything was literally given to them.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 01:48 PM (2ocoG)

96 92 "IRGC generals have reportedly completed a quiet military coup in Tehran, sidelining the religious establishment entirely from state leadership.

New 'Supreme Leader' Mojtaba Khamenei serves as a figurehead without executive powers while Revolutionary Guard survivors run Iran under heavy paranoia."

good, good

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:48 PM (GD0B3)

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The gayatollah being in a coma and having no public appearances wasn't a clue, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:48 PM (GLVez)

97 Do the state troopers have books of flip cards in english for the truck drivers pulled over for suspicion? I see these fuckhead truck drivers regularly and I'm in flyover country. I have never seen so many 18 wheelers in the ditch or in rollovers as I have in recent years.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Traffic laws are a perfect example of a high trust society. Everyone obeys the signs and lights in cooperation. Bring in some third workers and you can ruin that and stop people from freely moving around.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 01:48 PM (4N6Pk)

98 re 84: why pols like fakeahontis began talking about the ultra-millionaires

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2026 01:49 PM (CWTWj)

99 These fuckers ought to be strung up by their own entrails to ponder their crimes against society and humanity before slipping away to stan's firey paradise, but the woodchipper would be more economical.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 23, 2026 01:49 PM (QW8Yj)

100 I predict the jungle primary will produce two democrats for the general election and Katie Porter will win in a landslide.

Book it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 01:49 PM (Kd28s)

101 The end goal is Neo-feudalism. A tiny elite living in their estates, and a filthy mass of third-world slaves.
Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:39 PM (6Uni

This guy gets it.
Posted by: The guy who says this guy gets it

The entire backdrop of Soylent Green.
The serf class will eventually feed the other serfs. Literally.

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 23, 2026 01:49 PM (TezPK)

102 Something I here consistently from people that work at homeless shelters is that since they have rules against drugs and alcohol a large number of the people they are nominally there to help are not interested

they panhandle and chill all day, then party all night

it's like endless spring break for the hobos
Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 01:42 PM (j+aD2)

We had a monster hit song about that. Sorta.

Posted by: Gene Simmons, KISS at April 23, 2026 01:49 PM (wVcYX)

103 what's the topic ?? right. All normal states should require retesting of anyone with a CA CDL. And only then permit them to drive on their roads.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:49 PM (GD0B3)

104 Oh of course -- Newsom talked about housing. Democrats, infamously, consider it to be real progress if you talk endlessly about a claimed problem and never make a single step towards improving the situation.

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"All he needed was a little pat on the rear (if you know what I mean) from me!"

/Chairman "Winnie The" Xi

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:49 PM (teZkF)

105 It's not just the truck drivers.

You can get pretty good shawarma and curry in the truckstops these days.

Traditional truckstop grub, not so much.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 01:50 PM (0sNs1)

106 >>Something lighter than Katie Portly?

Brian Dennehy

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 01:50 PM (Y1sOo)

107 73 I wish people would stop talking about "a return to "feudalism." Feudalism existed for a reason, and was an interlinked series of rights and obligations. The feudal lord had obligations to his peasants, as they did to him, and they also had rights.

These monsters today would feel no obligation to those below them, who would have no rights in their eyes.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 01:44 PM (77rzZ)

That's the "Neo" part.

In the new version, it's exactly like you said, the "nobility" would have no noblesse oblige, they'd just stomp their slaves into the dirt and laugh.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:51 PM (6Uni8)

108 Road signs need to be translated into Ebonics so they won't be racist anymore.

Posted by: Dave at April 23, 2026 01:51 PM (sbsMc)

109 106 >>Something lighter than Katie Portly?

Brian Dennehy

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 01:50 PM (Y1sOo)

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The joke isn't that he's fat but that he was in everything in the 80s!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:51 PM (GLVez)

110 Except for the murders, the deaths, the exploitation and rape, and the ongoing crimes of violence committed on and against them.

I'm sure it's lawless among the lawless

I was in CC - near my old house - recently and saw a hobo dude that I remembered. I haven't lived there for 20-odd years. He's fine, he's old, he lives in the same disabled van.

I'm sure it sucks up on the Avenue, but the campers around the nice parts of Center City seemingly do all right.

I had a friend who was worried about them a lot. he tried to help and befriend them. he learned.

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 01:52 PM (j+aD2)

111 I would like to know WHY it is racist for a truck driver to know our traffic laws and to read and speak English? Tell me why this is racist. Because it sounds like common sense to me. And it also sounds like a safety issue to me. And any idiot with any sense should be able comprehend it. And if they can't they have no business making any kind of laws for the general public. Because that person is stupid and needs to be in some other kind of work. Maybe some simple things like wrapping cheeseburgers or something.

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 01:52 PM (pvf3X)

112 Hilton gives Newsom an "F" and rightfully says homelessness is a mental health and addiction problem, and he would stop all the billions of $$$ going to homelessness nonprofits that get ripped off.

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It's almost as if you get more of what you subsidize ... or something.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:52 PM (teZkF)

113
A GOP governor in CA will accomplish very little.
Dems have a super majority in both the Assembly and Senate.
They will over ride any veto and pass whatever the Teachers Union and SEIU tell them to pass.
CA is lost.
Posted by: Proudvastrightwingguy

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We need a Trump. Or someone whose sheer personality scares even the people who collectively hold the reins of formal power.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:52 PM (n7rxJ)

114 There are some unelectable Democratic candidates that need to suck it up and drop out, yesterday. I know who they are you know who they are so I won't get into a debate with zealots.
The absolute most important thing is that we don't end up with two Republicans on the ballet because the Democratic party can't get its shit together.

Steyer and Porter were the best tonight. Bianco was psychotic as expected and Hilton sounded like he wanted to gag on Trump’s boot every answer.

Katie Porter knocked it out of the park. She’s not taking corporate establishment donations unlike Becerra and she hasn’t spent over $500m in ad campaigns promoting her face over the last decade unlike Steyer. Please, California, don’t choose the populist billionaire with no experience over the pro-union law professor and single mother who raised her voice once.

Tom Steyer is probably going to be the second candidate for the general. I don't want to support him, I have no trust for yet another billionaire when billionaires are tearing the fabric of decency and our Constitution, but fucking whatever. He didn't shit the bed.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 23, 2026 01:53 PM (Nv8ZY)

115 I'd say Katie's on Ozempic.

Posted by: huerfano at April 23, 2026 01:53 PM (98kQX)

116 I wonder if any of the Democrat candidates could drive a truck. Have any of them ever worked on a farm or a ranch, or in a factory?

They think being a bureaucrat or an academic, or a hedge fund bro, makes you qualified to talk about the economy. and sets you up perfectly to spend other peoples money.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 01:53 PM (L6L5q)

117 The joke isn't that he's fat but that he was in everything in the 80s!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:51 PM

Well, like, how are we supposed to know that??? Most of us were born in the 90s or later.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 01:53 PM (0sNs1)

118 >> Democrats like teen heartthrob, Molly Ringwald, are salivating over the idea of prosecuting GOP voters with treason for collaborating with President Trump. They want us dead.

I keep telling people that voting Democrats into office, and giving them a majority of anything is not a “changing of the guard”. It’s the guards turning on the people.

You are seeing it in Virginia. They are telling you what they are going to do.

Believe them.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 23, 2026 01:54 PM (Zm3wW)

119 We need a Trump. Or someone whose sheer personality scares even the people who collectively hold the reins of formal power.

Or Bukele. Toss all the liberal judges and journalists in supermax and see how society improves.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 01:54 PM (2ocoG)

120 The difference a GOP gubernatorial candidate could make isn't in governing himself, but in encouraging actual GOP voters to vote which would have large down ballot effects.

This could break the Democrat supermajority in the legislature and then allow the proliferation of bad legislation come to a halt for a few years.

It could also influence how much the state government interacts with the federal government on immigration matters and how enthusiastically the state goes after local police departments who call up ICE when they have an illegal in jail (which is against the law in CA).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:54 PM (GLVez)

121 I predict the jungle primary will produce two democrats for the general election and Katie Porter will win in a landslide.

Book it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 23, 2026 01:49 PM (Kd28s)
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Maybe, but she's currently polling third behind Steyer and Becerra. It's close, though. I think it will ultimately be Steyer.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

122 25 MODERATOR: “Should language proficiency for truck drivers be strictly enforced?”

TOM STEYER: “Racial profiling is illegal.”

Steyer wasn't answering the question. He was signaling to his prospective voters that he'll be a sure vote for their side, no matter how lunatic the position.
Posted by: Archimedes

There is such a thing as a magic spell. Leftists have loads of them. Steyer uttered one here, instead of answering the question. And the spell will work on a large portion of the listener. Their brains don't get engaged, and they nod along in agreement.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 01:54 PM (Dv3i1)

123 Most of us were born in the 90s or later.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

You better be at least two states away from my lawn...

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 01:55 PM (77rzZ)

124 Living in a blue area I am surrounded by wealthy lefty LIVs that tell me:

1) Their taxes are too high

2) The rich aren't paying enough in taxes
Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 01:46 PM

How very Cambridge.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 01:55 PM (kgE5c)

125 One would think that everyone would be in favor of people behind the wheel of an 80,000 pound vehicle that takes a quarter mile to stop needing to be able to read traffic signs.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 01:55 PM (4N6Pk)

126 118 I keep telling people that voting Democrats into office, and giving them a majority of anything is not a “changing of the guard”. It’s the guards turning on the people.

You are seeing it in Virginia. They are telling you what they are going to do.

Believe them.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 23, 2026 01:54 PM (Zm3wW)

The problem is that the GOP runs on "The Democrats want to kill you and rob you. If you vote for us, we're only going to let them rob you. Be grateful we're not going to let them kill you too."

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:55 PM (6Uni8)

127 a sucker's born every minute - james carrvile

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2026 01:56 PM (CWTWj)

128 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2026 01:56 PM (E5EcG)

129 Howdy, Teresa!

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 01:56 PM (77rzZ)

130 I meant to watch the debate.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:45 PM (n7rxJ)

WHY

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:57 PM (NALOx)

131 >>I would like to know WHY it is racist for a truck driver to know our traffic laws and to read and speak English?

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 01:52 PM

It isn't, but they're appealing to stupid people and true believers.

Posted by: huerfano at April 23, 2026 01:57 PM (98kQX)

132 It could also influence how much the state government interacts with the federal government on immigration matters and how enthusiastically the state goes after local police departments who call up ICE when they have an illegal in jail (which is against the law in CA).

Which is important because Cali was a red state within my lifetime. What flipped it was the '86 amnesty that allowed illegals to vote. Democrats just need to win once and then they can cheat. So getting rid of illegals would be yuuuge.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 01:57 PM (2ocoG)

133 125 One would think that everyone would be in favor of people behind the wheel of an 80,000 pound vehicle that takes a quarter mile to stop needing to be able to read traffic signs.

Liberals don't do logic, Liberals do feelings.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 01:57 PM (Y1sOo)

134 I wonder if any of the Democrat candidates could drive a truck. Have any of them ever worked on a farm or a ranch, or in a factory?

They think being a bureaucrat or an academic, or a hedge fund bro, makes you qualified to talk about the economy. and sets you up perfectly to spend other peoples money.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 01:53 PM (L6L5q)

Didn't some conservative personality put himself on the map by asking leftists if they even KNEW someone who owned an F-150 (the most popular vehicle in America)?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 01:57 PM (iNUL3)

135 Well, like, how are we supposed to know that??? Most of us were born in the 90s or later.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Get off my Forest Lawn

Posted by: Zombie Brian Dennehy at April 23, 2026 01:57 PM (TezPK)

136 re 125: doesn't apply to people who live in big cities, so they think

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2026 01:57 PM (CWTWj)

137 TOM STEYER: “Racial profiling is illegal.”

Says the guy from the party that can't stop talking about the collective sins of white people.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 01:57 PM (5NDL0)

138 re 137: no, that's speaking truth to power

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2026 01:58 PM (CWTWj)

139 Liberals don't do logic, Liberals do feelings.

Liberal women do the "do I want that in my cooter?" test. White men? Nope. Swarthy exotic foreigners? Oh yes.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 01:58 PM (2ocoG)

140 Radical Democrat CA Governor Candidate Katie Porter says that she won't protect Americans by requiring people to learn English to get a CDL, and instead insists that people need "protection" from President Trump.

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# of Americans killed by illegal aliens (2017-2026): 40,000.
# of Americans killed by illegal alien CDL drivers (2017-2026): 3,000.
# of Americans killed by Trump (2017-2026): 0.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:58 PM (teZkF)

141 TMJ Johnson is right. A GOP governor would be a tactical expedient, which could serve as a speed bump and partial barrier to some of the worst idiocies here. Sort of like Trump, is most likely, a speed bump, not a change in trajectory. As we're seeing, these partial or temporary barriers can be quite valuable.

Harmless and better than the alternative - which is where the US mostly is now, given the electorate and the collapsed standards and institutions.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 01:59 PM (U/Byj)

142 Leaflit has the solution.

https://youtu.be/CQEUfQ_ARd0 - under 3 minutes, NSFW (language)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 01:59 PM (ExV1e)

143 Didn't some conservative personality put himself on the map by asking leftists if they even KNEW someone who owned an F-150 (the most popular vehicle in America)?

Not even leftists, journalists who claim to be unbiased. They all had a mental breakdown live on Twitter because of it.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 23, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

144 # of Americans killed by illegal aliens (2017-2026): 40,000.
# of Americans killed by illegal alien CDL drivers (2017-2026): 3,000.
# of Americans killed by Trump (2017-2026): 0.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:58 PM (teZkF)

WHAT ABOUT PRETTI AND GOOD!!!!!?????!!!!!
- AWFLs

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 01:59 PM (iNUL3)

145 One thing the Virginia Project figured out in 2021 was that getting a candidate of a party in every race in the state increased overall turnout of that party in the state. It's how Youngkin won.

And then Youngkin abandons the Virginia Project, doesn't do it for 2025, Democrats do it for 2025, and Democrats win big.

The jungle primary isn't just about making it an easy Democrat win, it's about depressing opposition turnout overall. "Why even bother to vote? There's no GOP candidate for governor," says that guy in some suburban county that's 50/50 by PVI.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:00 PM (GLVez)

146 Millions of Americans may now also be considered Canadian under a new law

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Millions more Americans might qualify for dual Canadian citizenship under a recent change to Canada’s requirements that has led to a surge in applications from its southern neighbor.

For people like Zack Loud of Farmington, Minnesota, it was a surprise to learn that under a new law, Canada already considered him and his siblings citizens because their grandmother is Canadian.

“My wife and I were already talking about potentially looking at jobs outside the country, but citizenship pushed Canada way up on our list,” he said.

Since the new law took effect Dec. 15, immigration lawyers in the United States and Canada say they have been overwhelmed by clients seeking help submitting proof of citizenship applications. Driven by politics, family heritage, job opportunities and other factors, thousands of Americans are exploring whether now the right time to gain dual citizenship.

Previously, Canadian citizenship by descent could only be passed down from a parent to a child. But the new law opened up citizenship to anyone born before that date who could prove a direct Canadian ancestor.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 02:00 PM (0sNs1)

147 The GOP has a lot of good messaging they could run on.

They use absolutely none of it.

The RNC has done nothing but talk about how much money they raised. Really? WTF are they doing with it. Are they back to eating at 5 star steakhouses and backing the swamps favorite candidates?

Because from what I can tell after Lara Trump and Whatley took very good care of their own futures, the RNC incompetents are back in charge.

These people suck dick by choice.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 23, 2026 02:00 PM (Zm3wW)

148 MODERATOR: “Should language proficiency for truck drivers be strictly enforced?”

TOM STEYER: “Racial profiling is illegal.”

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Willful Evasion is not just a river in Egypt.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 02:00 PM (teZkF)

149
As little as ten years ago "Progressive" Democrats said things that would be considered hate speech by the left today.

Change of position and deception is organic with the left.

What's concerning is they've reached crazy by endorsing violence and murder.

Where else do they have left to go to be more radical?

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 02:00 PM (Y8DZL)

150 One would think that everyone would be in favor of people behind the wheel of an 80,000 pound vehicle that takes a quarter mile to stop needing to be able to read traffic signs.

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It's worth a few families dying on the road if you get to call Republicans racist.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2026 02:00 PM (eIzlH)

151 "Miss me yet?" - Eric Swallwell

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 02:01 PM (UjdFS)

152 111 I would like to know WHY it is racist for a truck driver to know our traffic laws and to read and speak English? Tell me why this is racist. Because it sounds like common sense to me. And it also sounds like a safety issue to me. And any idiot with any sense should be able comprehend it. And if they can't they have no business making any kind of laws for the general public. Because that person is stupid and needs to be in some other kind of work. Maybe some simple things like wrapping cheeseburgers or something.
Posted by: Case
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Because the Democrats are not serious about applying the label racist to anyone not supporting what they want to do. In this case, import a bunch of people to make the average citizen's lives worse.

They say it to shut people up to prevent debate. So the proper response is I don't care! Lives are at stake.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 02:01 PM (E4rtv)

153 Xavier Becerra: As CA's next governor, I will protect truckers that do not speak English

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I don't call it a Homicidal-Suicidal Death Cult for nothin' ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 02:01 PM (teZkF)

154 IRGC generals have reportedly completed a quiet military coup in Tehran, sidelining the religious establishment entirely from state leadership.

New 'Supreme Leader' Mojtaba Khamenei serves as a figurehead without executive powers while Revolutionary Guard survivors run Iran under heavy paranoia."

good, good
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:48 PM (GD0B3)

It's the IRGC that killed all the demonstrators. And you say, "good"?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 23, 2026 02:01 PM (g8Ew8)

155
I would like to know WHY it is racist for a truck driver to know our traffic laws and to read and speak English? Tell me why this is racist.

Posted by: Case

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See this is where I would blow that debate stage right up. I'd turn on Katie Porter (they're all just as bad, but I'd pick her because she needs to be nipped in the bud) and when she implied or stated that I was racist, I'd turn on her like a fury and conclude, "If THAT'S what you think then YOU'RE the racist. You. Are. A. Racist, Katie Porter, you're a racist!"

Then all night long, I'd keep going back to that theme. "Well, that problem will continue if we elect RACISTS like KATIE PORTER," or "That's the sort of damage done by KATIE PORTER'S RACISM."

On and on -- it would be the Racist Cafe.

Then I'd keep it up on my campaign.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 02:02 PM (n7rxJ)

156 "Miss me yet?" - Eric Swallwell

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 02:01 PM (UjdFS)

Nope.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 02:02 PM (iNUL3)

157 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2026 01:56 PM

* frowns *

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at April 23, 2026 02:02 PM (0sNs1)

158 What's concerning is they've reached crazy by endorsing violence and murder.

Where else do they have left to go to be more radical?

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 02:00 PM (Y8DZL)

Doing it themselves.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 02:02 PM (iNUL3)

159 139 Liberals don't do logic, Liberals do feelings.

Liberal women do the "do I want that in my cooter?" test. White men? Nope. Swarthy exotic foreigners? Oh yes.

Get on your bad motor cooter

Posted by: Meet n Jeet at April 23, 2026 02:02 PM (HcoTw)

160 Previously, Canadian citizenship by descent could only be passed down from a parent to a child. But the new law opened up citizenship to anyone born before that date who could prove a direct Canadian ancestor.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Heh, I could as I've done genealogy for a hobby off and on for years. But I don't want to.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 02:02 PM (E4rtv)

161 We were told what a great job the RNC did in getting Trump elected.

Meanwhile, Trump got Trump elected. He also helped down ballot.

You can tell the RNC did shit because they are now invisible, and not even in the game half of the time.

We will lose midterms where we could easily pick up because the RNC GOtV op is back to paying consultants hefty sums for losing.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 23, 2026 02:03 PM (Zm3wW)

162 The RNC has done nothing but talk about how much money they raised. Really? WTF are they doing with it?

Well, florists seem to have benefited.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 02:04 PM (Y8DZL)

163 It's the IRGC that killed all the demonstrators. And you say, "good"?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 23, 2026 02:01 PM (g8Ew

The religious leaders didn't prevent the IRGC from killing demonstrators so their removal from the equation changes nothing. Further fragmentation of the political structure in Iran, along with limiting the people needed to be killed to achieve an unambiguous victory is a good thing.

Things will suck for the Iranian people but that has been a given all along.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 02:04 PM (ExV1e)

164
# of Americans killed by illegal aliens (2017-2026): 40,000.
# of Americans killed by illegal alien CDL drivers (2017-2026): 3,000.
# of Americans killed by Trump (2017-2026): 0.

Posted by: ShainS

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Have you forgotten the USAID article from yesterday!? Why Trump has murdered millions of African babies!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 02:05 PM (n7rxJ)

165 Wait til you get these illegal truckers in space.

‘Hey, boss! Another one crashed into the loading dock. Couldn’t see in front because of the family cruiser stuck on the front of his ship.’

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 02:05 PM (7RAhE)

166 They call you racist so that you have no moral equivalency.
Then they call you a Nazi and a 'threat to democracy' to justify their violence against you.
All the while virtue signaling that they are the "good people".

Posted by: Proudvastrightwingguy at April 23, 2026 02:06 PM (EknWd)

167 'UNQUALIFIED': The man suspected of causing a massive fatal pileup in Tennessee was a Chinese national who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico before being released by the Biden administration and given work authorization papers, according to federal officials.

54-year-old Yisong Huang reportedly could not speak English when he came to the U.S. in 2023, and obtained a commercial driver's license in the "sanctuary state" of New York in April 2025.

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The AutoPen Empire in general -- and F. Joe Mugabe, Myorkas, Newscum, and Hochul, et. al. in particular -- are guilty of treason and hundreds of thousands of counts of conspiracy to commit murder ... but mostly hundreds of thousands of counts of conspiracy to commit murder.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 02:06 PM (teZkF)

168 But the new law opened up citizenship to anyone born before that date who could prove a direct Canadian ancestor.
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Careful, all Canadian citizens are eligible for MAID service.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 02:06 PM (Dv3i1)

169 Previously, Canadian citizenship by descent could only be passed down from a parent to a child. But the new law opened up citizenship to anyone born before that date who could prove a direct Canadian ancestor.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Presumably the next step will be taxing all unrealized Canadian citizens.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 02:06 PM (ExV1e)

170 159 139 Liberals don't do logic, Liberals do feelings.

Liberal women do the "do I want that in my cooter?" test. White men? Nope. Swarthy exotic foreigners? Oh yes.

Get on your bad motor cooter

Posted by: Meet n Jeet
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Leftists, especially whites, never actually do what they say they support. The upper class live quite 'conservative' lives with investments, expensive colleges for their spawn, long lasting marriages, etc.

I knew a lot of them as a former member of academia and they never applied trailer trash standards to their own lives--they instead used that as a social status signifier to trash conservatives.

That has taken over conspicuous consumption as a marker for the upper class twits.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 02:06 PM (E4rtv)

171 144 # of Americans killed by illegal aliens (2017-2026): 40,000.
# of Americans killed by illegal alien CDL drivers (2017-2026): 3,000.
# of Americans killed by Trump (2017-2026): 0.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:58 PM (teZkF)

WHAT ABOUT PRETTI AND GOOD!!!!!?????!!!!!
- AWFLs
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

What about the billions that died during COVID? Or after he shut down USAID?!?!?!?

Posted by: Branch Covidian at April 23, 2026 02:07 PM (JCZqz)

172 Lara Trump kicked the RNC in the nads while she was there.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 02:07 PM (DIbRX)

173 My grandmother was born in Canada.

I guess I've got dual loyalties now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:07 PM (GLVez)

174 Presumably the next step will be taxing all unrealized Canadian citizens.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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In that case, I falsify my genealogy record on that particular rascal.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 02:07 PM (E4rtv)

175 Becerra says he would give $$$ to people who lose their jobs so they can maintain rent or their mortgage.

The debate host questions where is the money going to come from. ???
.......

Steyer.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 02:07 PM (UjdFS)

176 Previously, Canadian citizenship by descent could only be passed down from a parent to a child. But the new law opened up citizenship to anyone born before that date who could prove a direct Canadian ancestor.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Posted by: Zombie Brian Dennehy at April 23, 2026 02:08 PM (TezPK)

177 Making that many Americans into Canadian citizens is like the start of the "Canschluss"

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at April 23, 2026 02:08 PM (wrEn7)

178 'threat to democracy'

The dog whistle of the communist.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 23, 2026 02:09 PM (IifOV)

179 175 Becerra says he would give $$$ to people who lose their jobs so they can maintain rent or their mortgage.

The debate host questions where is the money going to come from. ???
.......

Steyer.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 02:07 PM (UjdFS)

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Just not voluntarily. And from his money outside of California's grasp.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:09 PM (GLVez)

180 Got some time machine action going on with this post.

Posted by: No Name Today at April 23, 2026 02:09 PM (8mulE)

181 Posted by: Blonde Morticia

On fire today, babe!

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 02:09 PM (Y8DZL)

182 Wait til you get these illegal truckers in space.

‘Hey, boss! Another one crashed into the loading dock. Couldn’t see in front because of the family cruiser stuck on the front of his ship.’

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 02:05 PM (7RAhE)

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Truth imitates fiction once again.

To wit, the "Pakleds" of Star Trek: TNG:

"We are stronk! We are smart!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 02:09 PM (teZkF)

183 173 My grandmother was born in Canada.

I guess I've got dual loyalties now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Film

If you steal a wallet in Japan, you are Japanese.

Posted by: Justice Jumanji Jackson at April 23, 2026 02:09 PM (IifOV)

184 My grandmother was born in Canada.

I guess I've got dual loyalties now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Maybe you shouldn't have stirred up things in 1812, then.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:10 PM (77rzZ)

185 We all need some good news. Here it is.

Paxton Up 8 Over Cornyn In Texas Senate Runoff

Incumbent John Cornyn came out of the Republican primary with a slim lead over challenger Ken Paxton going into the runoff. But recent polling has Paxton leading by eight points.

A new poll from the nonpartisan Texas Public Opinion Research (TPOR) shows state Attorney General Ken Paxton leading Sen. John Cornyn by 8 percentage points among likely voters in the Republican Senate primary runoff on May 26.

https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=71286

The GOP is getting well-deserved blowback for wasting $100M on loser Cornyn, while spending nothing of note in VA.

Probably not a great idea texting Virginians and asking us for money today, GOP.

https://is.gd/8SXnoI

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 02:10 PM (Riz8t)

186 So, Calif LOWERED the speed limit on some Roads by 5 MPH in January. So parts of 99 Highway, going up and down the Central Valley are 70 MPH, some 65 MPH, for Cars.

Current law in Calif says trucks with trailers, are limited to 55 MPH if the speed limit is 70 MPH, and signs still show such.

But, if the speed limit is 65 MPH, trucks can drive... 65 MPH. There is no different speed limit.

Also, by lowering the speed limit by 5 MPH, cars are on the road LONGER, thus adding about 7% more cars on the road...

More cars on the road per time, with trucks speeding up and slowing down... and MANY more angry drivers?

99 is now a death trap. Thanks Calif.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 23, 2026 02:11 PM (mP0Kj)

187 A friend ended up on the county GOP committee for a while, so he attended one state convention. As I recall he said the party's estimate of registered Rs in CA who still voted regularly was very, very low. No mystery as to why. The GOP became more and more pathetic, definitely different pastel shade than the Dems and not a sharp contrast - in many areas - and then the vicious cycle of "your vote doesn't matter because your guy/issue will get crushed" kicked in.

Generational decline probably greatly reinforced by collapsed/indoctrination replacing actual education is also likely at work.

A general collapse of civic IQ also clearly at work. This is an electorate so dumbed down they vote for bullet trains and legalizing theft that destroys small businesses (and the *sheriffs*!!!!!! endorsed this too).

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 02:11 PM (U/Byj)

188 Is it gaslighting? Is that what all this nonsense is, gaslighting? Is there another word that better fits them saying things and trying to make others believe absolute rubbish?

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 23, 2026 02:12 PM (aZm/F)

189 # of Americans killed by illegal aliens (2017-2026): 40,000.
# of Americans killed by illegal alien CDL drivers (2017-2026): 3,000.
# of Americans killed by Trump (2017-2026): 0.
Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:58 PM (teZkF)

Now do Obama. How many citizens did he authorize to be killed?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 23, 2026 02:12 PM (N39Ws)

190 188 A friend ended up on the county GOP committee for a while, so he attended one state convention. As I recall he said the party's estimate of registered Rs in CA who still voted regularly was very, very low. No mystery as to why. The GOP became more and more pathetic, definitely different pastel shade than the Dems and not a sharp contrast - in many areas - and then the vicious cycle of "your vote doesn't matter because your guy/issue will get crushed" kicked in.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 02:11 PM (U/Byj)

======

This is happening to the Democrats in Texas and Florida now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:12 PM (GLVez)

191 190 # of Americans killed by illegal aliens (2017-2026): 40,000.
# of Americans killed by illegal alien CDL drivers (2017-2026): 3,000.
# of Americans killed by Trump (2017-2026): 0.
Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:58 PM (teZkF)

Now do Obama. How many citizens did he authorize to be killed?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 23, 2026 02:12 PM (N39Ws)

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Authorized by drone? 1.

Actually killed by drone? 2.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:13 PM (GLVez)

192 My grandmother was born in Canada.

I guess I've got dual loyalties now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

You should start slipping casual references to poutine and Tim Horton's into your videos.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 23, 2026 02:13 PM (vTZFs)

193 The jungle primary isn't just about making it an easy Democrat win, it's about depressing opposition turnout overall. "Why even bother to vote? There's no GOP candidate for governor," says that guy in some suburban county that's 50/50 by PVI.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Yes. And the reason is that political consultant class for the GOP is a) not particularly conservative, b) dislike the icky and ill paying job of corralling volunteers to get out the vote, and c) they make a lot more money with less hassles dealing with media outlets buying ads, spending for social media targeting, and polling services.

Difference in compensation, last time I looked was upper single digits for GOTV ground ops, and well into the double digits for ad placements, robocalls, surveys, etc.

And those stupid whale GOP donors eat up seeing ads, reading robocall scripts and stats, and surveys that confirm their biases. Stats on volunteer door knocking don't impress them much because they cannot see where their dollars are going.

And whale donors are the primary way that most GOP pols get into office in the first place so those candidates often prefer to only deal with the donor class after.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)

194 I actually had no problem with Obama offing that traitorous jihadist scum.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:14 PM (77rzZ)

195
I predict the jungle primary will produce two democrats for the general election and Katie Porter will win in a landslide.

Book it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

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

I think that's gonna happen. Now, we get to predict how the next 4 years will go.

I think the Democrat pattern these days: appease the destructive radical socialists while maintaining just enough order to claim all-around success.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 02:15 PM (n7rxJ)

196 Previously, Canadian citizenship by descent could only be passed down from a parent to a child. But the new law opened up citizenship to anyone born before that date who could prove a direct Canadian ancestor.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 02:00 PM (0sNs1)

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

Huh. My biological paternal grandfather (based on Y-DNA testing) was a Scot born in Nova Scotia in 1901, but there is no other documentation or proof.

So I could maybe get murdered for free up there? Do they pay for the funeral and burial, too?

/Stolen from rickb223: MAID (Make All Illness Death).

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 02:16 PM (teZkF)

197 Nothing is more important than cheap labor, which can then be unionized. Class struggle!

Posted by: PG at April 23, 2026 02:16 PM (Q4aSA)

198 You should start slipping casual references to poutine and Tim Horton's into your videos.
Posted by: Oddbob

Poutinetheus.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:16 PM (77rzZ)

199 It is also racist to expect neurosurgeons to be competent, therefore black and brown neurosurgeons need not even attend medical school, let alone do surgery residencies fellowships or any other training.

Posted by: slippery slope dope at April 23, 2026 02:16 PM (anL5R)

200 If I had Ali McGraw riding shotgun in my big rig, there would be no language barriers and misinterpretation. We're having a convoy, baby, and it's in my trousers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 02:17 PM (Fbc0I)

201 200 It is also racist to expect neurosurgeons to be competent, therefore black and brown neurosurgeons need not even attend medical school, let alone do surgery residencies fellowships or any other training.
Posted by: slippery slope dope

I can perform brain surgery with this brick!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 02:17 PM (Dv3i1)

202 200 It is also racist to expect neurosurgeons to be competent, therefore black and brown neurosurgeons need not even attend medical school, let alone do surgery residencies fellowships or any other training.

Posted by: slippery slope dope at April 23, 2026 02:16 PM (anL5R)

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It's my understanding that this is actual establishment thinking in the medical field.

It's why they import Indian doctors who don't have nearly the experience or education levels as American doctors, giving them residency instead of those that the American medical schools produced.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:17 PM (GLVez)

203 193 You should start slipping casual references to poutine and Tim Horton's into your videos.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 23, 2026 02:13 PM (vTZFs)

Too obvious.

You've gotta reference Zellers and Canadian Tire, instead.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 02:18 PM (6Uni8)

204 Jeepers, Ali McGraw is 87.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:19 PM (77rzZ)

205
On fire today, babe!
Posted by: Auspex

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

I've been banned from garden parties.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 02:19 PM (n7rxJ)

206 You've gotta reference Zellers and Canadian Tire, instead.
Posted by: XTC

Or mention Wullerton and then spit over your shoulder.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:19 PM (77rzZ)

207 172 Lara Trump kicked the RNC in the nads while she was there.
Posted by: Ben Had

But promptly decamped along with Whatley to pursue whatever new thing she is planning to do. The GOP RNC head and most of the RNC committee members are stiffs that view the RNC as 'their club' along with their allied political consultants and contractors for services. That is the true problem in GOP campaigning, the whole party is set up for donor servicing but not particularly representing their voters.

I've seen it at the ground level, at the state level, and briefly at the federal level for Congress. And I know the people they hire as some were former students. The true believers burn out pretty quickly in such an environment while the grifters stay on as a job and career.

That is the problem of the Republican party structures and like most semi monopolies, they suck at service to their voters but excel at whale donor sucking up. That is their true constituency.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)

208 Mexican drivers are the least of our worries. They kinda have the same road rules we have. The basics are still kinda followed.

It’s the Indians, Pakistanis, Africans, and all the Stan countries who are the real problem. They just give zero fucks about anything.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 02:20 PM (2f2m7)

209 205 Jeepers, Ali McGraw is 87.
Posted by: Bulg

Starring soon in "An Old Story."

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)

210 it's like endless spring break for the hobos
Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 01:42 PM (j+aD2)

Except for the murders, the deaths, the exploitation and rape, and the ongoing crimes of violence committed on and against them.
Posted by: Kindltot
_________
You havent been on Spring break recently have you?

Posted by: shooting gallery daytona at April 23, 2026 02:21 PM (anL5R)

211 157 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2026 01:56 PM

* frowns *
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at April 23, 2026 02:02 PM (0sNs1)

Back to the latrine with you, whippersnapper!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2026 02:21 PM (E5EcG)

212 173 My grandmother was born in Canada.

I guess I've got dual loyalties now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:07 PM (GLVez)

What is your position on maple syrup?

Posted by: Careful...CBD may be watching at April 23, 2026 02:21 PM (TbWk/)

213 Just breaks my heart.

>>@AlecMacGillis
·
2h
>>"Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 02:21 PM (viF8m)

214 Your living in the past, ace.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 02:22 PM (GuWgs)

215 I've been banned from garden parties.

You brought a walrus, didn't you?

Posted by: Oddbob at April 23, 2026 02:22 PM (vTZFs)

216 It’s the Indians, Pakistanis, Africans, and all the Stan countries who are the real problem. They just give zero fucks about anything.
Posted by: Heroq
=======
We are not of their tribe and clan so they don't give a shit about us as patients. The obvious cure is to make malpractice suits and removal of medical licenses great again for fraudulent providers.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 02:22 PM (E4rtv)

217 Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."
Posted by: JackStraw

Which is more useful than anything she did at USAID.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:23 PM (77rzZ)

218 Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel fill out a screening test used to assess “harmful patterns of alcohol consumption and routinely used by individuals to help identify hazardous drinking behaviors,” following allegations published in an Atlantic article. In a letter to Patel on Tuesday, ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and more than a dozen other Democrats suggested the alleged behavior could harm U.S. national security.

... how about everybody on CAitol Hill gets a screening test.
Legislating while under the influence, is equally harmful

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 02:23 PM (RHGPo)

219 The end goal is Neo-feudalism. A tiny elite living in their estates, and a filthy mass of third-world slaves.
==
Only until such time that we can replace the slaves with AI and robots.

Posted by: Ursula at April 23, 2026 02:23 PM (anL5R)

220 Swamp Thing >> Swamp Hag

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 02:23 PM (iFTx/)

221 "Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."
Posted by: JackStraw
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This is the story of NoVA. Getting rich from government spending.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)

222 What language are the road signs in?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 02:24 PM (GuWgs)

223 Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."
Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 02:21 PM

Remember, one shake only!

Posted by: Sheryl Crowan at April 23, 2026 02:24 PM (0sNs1)

224 Swamp Thing >> Swamp Hag
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Did they ever make a Marvel movie about Swamp Thing?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:25 PM (77rzZ)

225 >>"Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."

Being an AWFL gives her an advantage for a job at a Penzeys Spice store. Best of luck to her.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 02:25 PM (Dv3i1)

226 >>>Jeepers, Ali McGraw is 87.

Posted by: Bulg

>Whippersnappers. Have you ever driven a 18 wheeler? I was doing it when I was 14. And I was being paid.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 02:25 PM (Fbc0I)

227 Y'all have fun the rest of the day. Time to get about and move.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 02:26 PM (E4rtv)

228 "Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."

Being an AWFL gives her an advantage for a job at a Penzeys Spice store. Best of luck to her.

It certainly does. Word has it that she has already adopted serious vocal fry.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 02:26 PM (Riz8t)

229 Which is more useful than anything she did at USAID.
____

She saved millions of estimated lives.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 02:26 PM (Dv3i1)

230 First coat of paint on. If Katie Porter wins….wow.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 02:26 PM (hftzA)

231 221 Swamp Thing >> Swamp Hag
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 02:23 PM (iFTx/)

Swamp Thing also benevolently bared Adrienne Barbeau's bodacious boobelehs.

Posted by: Two more points in its favor at April 23, 2026 02:26 PM (TbWk/)

232 Mexican drivers are the least of our worries. They kinda have the same road rules we have. The basics are still kinda followed.

It’s the Indians, Pakistanis, Africans, and all the Stan countries who are the real problem. They just give zero fucks about anything.
Posted by: Heroq

==

I agree, but how about all of them become drivers in their own respective countries?

The real issue also is, the type of person that comes here illegally, commits fraud, etc is probably not ever going to be a model employee no matter what they do.

I'm all for just cutting off more economic opportunity for illegals. Ultimately that what really drives all of this is dollars.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2026 02:27 PM (eIzlH)

233 Some of our political leaders are so mad for power that they'll tolerate the murder of their citizens by non-citizens.

This has to be some kind of crime.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 23, 2026 02:27 PM (BjaNL)

234 Y'all have fun the rest of the day. Time to get about and move.
Posted by: whig

And you have fun moving, Whig. I hope there won't be too much pain involved.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:27 PM (77rzZ)

235 Just breaks my heart.

>>@AlecMacGillis
·
2h
>>"Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."
Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 02:21 PM (viF8m)
_______

Ace posted about this yesterday. It really underscores the complete incompetent uselessness of USAID employees that an executive at USAID making almost 3 hundee a year now can't get anything better than a minimum wage job. How useless and incompetent can you be? Wtf were any of these fuckers doing for all their money at USAID?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

236 Charlottesville Unite the Right Jason Kessler didn’t only get paid by the SPLC, he also worked as a CNN reporter.

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 02:27 PM (RHGPo)

237 The democrat party media outlet, @CalMatters, selected/signaled for Becerra.

It's Becerra.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 02:27 PM (Jyalu)

238
Swamp thing, you make my heart sing
You make everything fetid, swamp thing
Swamp thing, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
Come on and hold me tight
I love you

Posted by: The Troggs at April 23, 2026 02:27 PM (0sNs1)

239
I never saw the attraction for Ali McGraw; she's like Andie Mac Dowell, former models who got in to acting and somehow couldn't seem to bring it.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 02:28 PM (Y8DZL)

240 Dems would change all traffic signs to Spanish before they would expect the illegals to learn English.

Posted by: Ripley at April 23, 2026 02:28 PM (GUOwU)

241 I would like to know WHY it is racist for a truck driver to know our traffic laws and to read and speak English? Tell me why this is racist.

Posted by: Case
____________________

I think the problem goes beyond literacy and laws. Many of these drivers are used to non-enforcement, and have no ability to fit into a rule based structure. India is a good example. There is no such thing as lane discipline in India. Trucks in India have been known to drive up over sidewalks and follow footpaths to avoid traffic. It's a regular occurrence which I witnessed personally.

Fines in India went up a bit in 2019 for traffic violations. But, they are still ridiculous. No license ($53) Driving drunk ($50) etc. (Rupee coversion to dollars).

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 02:28 PM (dIske)

242 Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."

==

I recently saw an older guy wearing a USAID shirt at a restaurant and I almost said something catty, but decided not worth making a scene.

These people really were just getting a check for a no-show job.

Posted by: Leupold at April 23, 2026 02:28 PM (eIzlH)

243 >>Ace posted about this yesterday.

who?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 02:29 PM (viF8m)

244 241 Dems would change all traffic signs to Spanish before they would expect the illegals to learn English.

Posted by: Ripley at April 23, 2026 02:28 PM (GUOwU)

=======

Well, yeah.

The ranking member of the appropriations committee knows a guy who will give him a kickback for the work.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:29 PM (GLVez)

245 I never saw the attraction for Ali McGraw; she's like Andie Mac Dowell, former models who got in to acting and somehow couldn't seem to bring it.
Posted by: Auspex

Katherine Ross >>> Ali McGraw

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:29 PM (77rzZ)

246 244 >>Ace posted about this yesterday.

who?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 02:29 PM (viF8m)

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I call him commenter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:29 PM (GLVez)

247 But the new law opened up citizenship to anyone born before that date who could prove a direct Canadian ancestor.
______

Careful, all Canadian citizens are eligible for MAID service.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 02:06 PM (Dv3i1)
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It's only a matter of time until the "M" stands for "Mandatory."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 02:29 PM (gnNyN)

248 Ace posted about this yesterday. It really underscores the complete incompetent uselessness of USAID employees that an executive at USAID making almost 3 hundee a year now can't get anything better than a minimum wage job. How useless and incompetent can you be? Wtf were any of these fuckers doing for all their money at USAID?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 02:27 PM

*whistles innocently*

Posted by: The UN at April 23, 2026 02:29 PM (kgE5c)

249 She saved millions of estimated lives.

Which is what it probably says on her résumé.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 23, 2026 02:29 PM (vTZFs)

250 Swamp Thing >> Swamp Hag
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Did they ever make a Marvel movie about Swamp Thing?
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:25 PM (77rzZ)
________

Isn't Swamp Thing DC? But yea, they made a ST movie, in the 80s I think, and a sequel too (IIRC). Naked boobs too IIRC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 02:29 PM (iFTx/)

251 De-certify all CDL's issued by Clownifornia and bar them from interstate travel. That would solve this problem pretty quickly.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at April 23, 2026 02:30 PM (V362x)

252 251 Isn't Swamp Thing DC? But yea, they made a ST movie, in the 80s I think, and a sequel too (IIRC). Naked boobs too IIRC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 02:29 PM (iFTx/)

=====

Adrienne Barbeau's boobs.

Made by Wes Craven.

Which is just further evidence that even give all the advantages possible, Wes Craven still couldn't make movies for shit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:30 PM (GLVez)

253 Do that many Democrats in CA think that truckers should not be able to speak and read English?!Wow! The soft bigotry of low expectations. I would think that truck drivers who are Hispanic who do read and speak English would be appalled by this.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 02:31 PM (IKyq4)

254 >"Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."
Posted by: JackStraw

She and her family will be one of the thousands that are killed due to the USAID cuts. In fact, former USAID employees are the only ones that will go hungry because of the cuts.

Posted by: Ripley at April 23, 2026 02:31 PM (GUOwU)

255 252 De-certify all CDL's issued by Clownifornia and bar them from interstate travel. That would solve this problem pretty quickly.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at April 23, 2026 02:30 PM (V362x)

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It's my understanding that the DOT is doing stuff along these lines.

Lots of licenses revoked. The companies that "passed" them shut down. And I believe there are investigations into the CA DMV as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:31 PM (GLVez)

256 Pretty soon all the eighteen wheelers will have no mufflers, bald tires and Day of the Dead dashboard bobbleheads.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 02:31 PM (UjdFS)

257 227 >>>Jeepers, Ali McGraw is 87.

Posted by: Bulg

----

I didn't realize she was so much older than me when I saw her in "Love Story".

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 23, 2026 02:32 PM (PU21p)

258 Tom Steyer is paying for TV commercials to run at least every half-hour on every station in California. They appear more frequently than all the ads for expensive pharmaceutical drugs with horrible side effects put together.

He may not be buying the election itself, but he's absolutely buying high visibility and name recognition. (And half of these ads contain brags that he isn't taking money from any organizations, which is hilarious considering that his personal bank account is allowing him to spend more than any other candidate in history.)

Posted by: TR at April 23, 2026 02:35 PM (hazdd)

259 Isn't Swamp Thing DC? But yea, they made a ST movie, in the 80s I think, and a sequel too (IIRC). Naked boobs too IIRC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 02:29 PM (iFTx/)

=====

Adrienne Barbeau's boobs.

Made by Wes Craven.

Which is just further evidence that even give all the advantages possible, Wes Craven still couldn't make movies for shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:30 PM (GLVez)
__________

Well, he made a pile of money not making movies for shit. He started off in porn, IIRC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

260 It's my understanding that the DOT is doing stuff along these lines.

Lots of licenses revoked. The companies that "passed" them shut down. And I believe there are investigations into the CA DMV as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 02:31 PM (GLVez)
___________________________________

I can tell you one thing they are doing in PA that surprised me. At regular truck stops you might see a couple small drones stationary in the air over the truck parking area. They're reading and matching unit numbers to license numbers, as well as DOT #'s.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 02:36 PM (dIske)

261 One of my very first celebrity crushes was Gwyneth Paltrow's mom

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 02:36 PM (Y1sOo)

262 I think the problem goes beyond literacy and laws. Many of these drivers are used to non-enforcement, and have no ability to fit into a rule based structure. India is a good example. There is no such thing as lane discipline in India. Trucks in India have been known to drive up over sidewalks and follow footpaths to avoid traffic. It's a regular occurrence which I witnessed personally.
Posted by: Orson

When I first arrived in Turkey, we were driving down a street in Ankara where all the cars were going in the same direction. The military guy who was driving said, "This is actually a two-way street."

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:36 PM (77rzZ)

263 "She saved millions of estimated lives.
Which is what it probably says on her résumé.
Posted by: Oddbob"

That's nice Mrs. Cowan. Do you think you can handle taking food orders and run a cash register"

Posted by: Ripley at April 23, 2026 02:37 PM (GUOwU)

264 One of my very first celebrity crushes was Gwyneth Paltrow's mom
Posted by: one hour sober

In 1776. Yum.

She still looks pretty good.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 02:37 PM (77rzZ)

265 The joke isn't that he's fat but that he was in everything in the 80s!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:51 PM (GLVez)

Joke? You try being as intimidating as the partially completed Death Star in Return of the Jedi as I was, without even any lines!

Posted by: Zombie Brian Dennehy at April 23, 2026 02:37 PM (qivay)

266 Fed DOT is in fact moving on the truck driver/CDL issue. Current main target seems to be New York. Think thousands of CDLs were revoked, and threat made to end NY State's ability to issue CDLs. I am confident CA is also in the crosshairs. But really it's all 50 states (well, maybe not HI) that should be gone over with a fine-toothed comb.

"Red" states have many of the same raging pathologies as "blue" states, or at least some have some of them.

DOT should review every state's practices and make it a goal to clean it all up by 2028.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (U/Byj)

267 All of these things...like the DOT trying to shut down CDL scams that go to illegals...won't they just be spun up again in the next Dem administration.

I'd wager the USAID people are simply waiting for a dem president to get back on the dole.

Posted by: MJ at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (XOmY9)

268 How did Chad Bianco ever end up in today's Democrat party.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (rZCVI)

269 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (X0axn)

270 256 Pretty soon all the eighteen wheelers will have no mufflers, bald tires and Day of the Dead dashboard bobbleheads.
Posted by: wth
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So you've been to Thailand huh? Some of those trucks are absolutely fascinating to look at especially at night. And they drive them as if they were compact cars and not big rig trucks.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (VkY89)

271 Nood: "There's always [hospice] money in the [burrito] stand!"

Posted by: SciVo at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (Sy6m/)

272 If Katie Porter wins….wow.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 02:26 PM (hftzA)

She won't be any worse than Newsom.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (noKdt)

273
"I don't think this has been an easy problem to solve, but I do give him a lot of credit for calling attention to the problem."

"When he campaigned 8 years ago, he was talking about housing when nobody else was."

Nobody else, except for every single fucking Donk commie cocksucker since Reagan was CA Governor starting in '66.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 23, 2026 02:39 PM (y9nCu)

274 Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."
Posted by: JackStraw

WTF did she do, and what qualifications did she have, to be making that much money at that non-profit that when she got out in "the real world" she could only find work managing a Penzey's Spice store?

Sounds to me like she was being grossly overpaid at the first "job"

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2026 02:39 PM (E5EcG)

275 It's why they import Indian doctors who don't have nearly the experience or education levels as American doctors, giving them residency instead of those that the American medical schools produced.
==
Well, its a little DEI ish but not really for that reason per se. They have to test in and retrain if they don't test in. They do have good medical schools in other countries too. The residency match is process isn't blind, but some places are trying to blind it. Its actually domestic medical schools that are DEI the standards for domestic minorities. The foreign schools are still taking the best kids in their country and turn out pretty good graduates. So I'd take a foreign medical school grad then over a domestic UCLA grad that was a minority. Sad but true. The fellowships are where FMGrad are probably getting preferences because they are cheaper . . .

Posted by: Ursula at April 23, 2026 02:40 PM (anL5R)

276 Interestingly, when Newsome ran for mayor of SF, he had a homelessness plan modelled after Giuliani in NY (Care Not Cash). In order to get services for example, homeless people would need to register and get ID, so that the providers could help them according to their needs (e.g. addiction, mental illness), and track them and the providers to make sure money was being wisely spent. He spoke about how most of the money spent per homeless person didn't actually get to them. It was actually a relatively good plan compared to what existed.

Of course the Left in SF called it Nazi-like and said he was a right wing radical or some such.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at April 23, 2026 02:42 PM (qivay)

277 Feather headdress, beaded g-string, pasties . . .

This is the model of burlesque

https://tinyurl.com/4ypne6rc

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 02:56 PM (rbvCR)

278 274 Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."

The real outrage is why is she making that much now...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 23, 2026 03:21 PM (aU4hw)

279 The GOP will be glad when Trump is gone.

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 23, 2026 03:36 PM (cS1cw)

280 Think for a minute about how horribly racists the Dems are:

1) Chad Bianco is Mexican American. To insult him by saying he is targeting "brown people" is insane.

2) In June 2020, Bianco oversaw police presence at a Black Lives Matter protest in Riverside. Bianco showed support for and knelt with protestors, during the George Floyd protests. For his trouble someone hit him with a thrown screwdriver.

3) I'd paid money if Bianco had said "Katie, us "brown" people don't need white woman saviors."

4) "Brown" people from India and Jamaica speak and write English just fine. She is the one assuming "brown" people are too stupid to read or speak English.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 23, 2026 04:31 PM (vOtXJ)

281 272 If Katie Porter wins….wow.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 02:26 PM (hftzA)
She won't be any worse than Newsom.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 02:38 PM (noKdt)

There is always one more level below, not so much one level above.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 23, 2026 04:37 PM (vOtXJ)

282 Is it just me?

I can just look at the Ds and see failure. Bitchy white woman promoted far outside her ability. Check. Crazy rich guy who is complete out of touch with reality. Check. And dipshit Hispanic who was a diversity hire. Check.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 23, 2026 04:45 PM (vOtXJ)

Two Afghan Asylum Seekers Imprisoned in UK for Rape of 15-Year-Old Girl; State Is Suppressing the Audio Recording She Made Begging and Crying for Help, Because It Would Spark Riots Nationwide if the Public Heard It

These Cultural Enrichment Colonizers got rather tame sentences of 8 and 9 years each for the brazen, out-in-the-open rape of a 15 year old child.

She begged passers-by for help. One woman stopped and asked "Are you all right?" She answered "No, help me, please help me, so many people have passed me by, please help me, I want to go home, please help me, they're going to rape me."

We don't know what the woman did -- but the rape was completed. She may have just walked away, knowing for a stone-cold fact that if she intervened and took action against these VIP Invader Rapists she would be the one arrested.

Two teenage asylum seekers from Afghanistan have been jailed after admitting to the rape of a 15-year-old girl in a U.K. park, officials have confirmed.
According to police, the victim had been in Leamington in Warwickshire with friends on May 10 when they met Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal.
The teenage girl began talking with them before they asked her to join them on a walk.
They then led her to a park area known as Newbold Comyn, where they raped her, Warwickshire police confirmed in a statement released online.
Two teenagers admit rape charges in UK court proceedings after a park attack.
Following the attack, the teenager managed to flag down a passerby, who contacted local police.
Detectives launched an investigation using CCTV footage and photographs the victim had taken on her phone earlier in the day.
Officers were able to identify and arrest the two 17-year-old suspects.
Jahanzeb and Niazal were charged with rape and later appeared before the youth court in Coventry, where they admitted the offense.

It's extraordinary that even at this late date, news of immigrant rape has been so forcefully suppressed by the Quisling government that 15 year olds don't even know that Muslim asylum seekers have sky-high rates of rape and sexual assault offenses.

Lawyers are blocking release of the audiotape of the rape victim's terrified pleas for help and mercy -- because it would cause riots were the public to hear it.

johnny Midnight ⚡️
@its_The_Dr
13h
This is all on Keir Starmer, a Disgusting POS! A British girl screams "HELP ME! THEY'RE GOING TO RAPE ME" as two Afghan asylum seekers drag her, which she recorded on her phone.
Lawyers are Blocking the footage because "It would cause RIOTS across Britain"
Gee I wonder why they would Riot? Maybe because they are Fed up!

Release it. At some point, there must be riots. As the government of Queer Starmer refuses to stop the mass importation of foreign rapists due to the threat of the rapists already present rioting (as well as a desire to court the Foreign Rape Vote), the general public needs to communicate it the only way the cowardly UK government understands, and that is to riot themselves.

Here's another story about the Rape Colonizers. Oh wait, my mistake, this is story about a completely different migrant Cultural Enforcement Officer.

This is from March 27:

An asylum seeker who abducted and raped a 12-year-old girl has been given a 16-year sentence.
The attack by Afghan national Ahmad Mulakhil last summer led to protests in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
Jurors last month found the 23-year-old guilty of rape, abduction, sexual assault and taking an indecent video.
He also pleaded guilty to a count of rape of a child under 13 ahead of the hearing at Warwick Crown Court in February.
Mulakhil was told he would serve 15 years in prison and an extra 12 months on licence.

Even left-liberal saps are outraged by this and suggesting that "Trumpian" responses may be required:

HORRIFYING: "HELP ME! PLEASE HELP ME! THEY ARE GOING TO RAPE ME!"

15-year-old British girl screams for help as two Muslim men drag her away to rape her in Leamington Spa park.

She recorded the entire attack on her phone.

The Muslim attackers were Afghan asylum seekers.� pic.twitter.com/zg4ucspLFG
— D. Scott @eclipsethis2003 (@eclipsethis2003) April 23, 2026

Oh and here's another one from last week:

BREAKING: Three asylum seekers have been found guilty over the rape of a woman on Brighton beach.

The woman was separated from her friends on a night out when the trio found her "staggering in the street" alone, Hove Crown Court heard.https://t.co/CR7vCNbRiv

📺 Sky 501/YT pic.twitter.com/kivh5FUIsZ
— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 23, 2026

Claire Fox
@Fox_Claire
Every aspect of this story is stomach-churning. Two of perptrators met on a small boat, and 3rd teamed up with them in Asylum hotel. Details of the rape itself are bad enough; their attitudes to rape victim, whose abuse was filmed, just so gross.

Hello. What a terrible story I started off with. Sorry about that. I'll post something lighter next.

Crow Watch: No visiting crows. They just flock on nearby roofs and caw at me, as if in cruel mockery.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:20 PM

Comments

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1 Fox on the run.
You scream and everybody comes a-running.
Take a run and hide yourself away.
Fox is on the run ...

... to try to beat The Blade to FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 12:20 PM (iFTx/)

2 Just looking out for the Face of Future Britain.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 12:21 PM (ExV1e)

3 tar

feather

burn

scatter

slight update to the process....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 23, 2026 12:21 PM (nXhwP)

4 The people of the West are ruled by evil people who hate their citizens.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 12:21 PM (N1DT3)

5 not amazed

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 23, 2026 12:21 PM (CWTWj)

6 "She may have just walked away, knowing for a stone-cold fact that if she intervened and took action against these VIP Invader Rapists she would be the one arrested."

I'm regularly amazed at all the AWFLs asking 'men used to intervene to help a woman in trouble! What happened to all the men?!'

Bitch. YOU happened to all the men. You took chivalry out behind the barn and shot it in the face. Because you didn't like that chivalric ideas applied to both men and women.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:23 PM (iNUL3)

7
The crows aren't caawing at you.

They're discussing what to do to you among themselves.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 12:24 PM (Y8DZL)

8 In their native homeland if they stole something the penalty would be chopping off a hand. Maybe instead of 8 or 9 years in prison the penalty should be chopping off their dicks.

Posted by: Dave's not here at April 23, 2026 12:24 PM (kp5iD)

9 It's racist to ban immigration from predominately muslim countries.

Rape is part of their beautiful culture which hopefully they will bring here so all can enjoy.

Don't be a racist!

Posted by: The SPLC at April 23, 2026 12:25 PM (wAvYO)

10 4 The people of the West are ruled by evil people who hate their citizens.
____

There are a small handful of notable exceptions, found mostly in the Western hemisphere.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 12:25 PM (Dv3i1)

11 If you import people from third world $hitholes this is what you get, you can't cover it up forever.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2026 12:25 PM (0N4FZ)

12 They just flock on nearby roofs and caw at me, as if in cruel mockery.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:20 PM

Be content that they are not fishing out your eyeball jelly.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 12:25 PM (4NO2D)

13 I'm regularly amazed at all the AWFLs asking 'men used to intervene to help a woman in trouble! What happened to all the men?!'

Bitch. YOU happened to all the men. You took chivalry out behind the barn and shot it in the face. Because you didn't like that chivalric ideas applied to both men and women.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:23 PM (iNUL3)

this can't be said enough. it's terrible, but there twatwaffles brought this upon the rest of the women around.

just a shame it never catches them, it's always the innococent that pay...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 23, 2026 12:25 PM (nXhwP)

14 >>> State Is Suppressing the Audio Recording She Made Begging and Crying for Help, Because It Would Spark Riots Nationwide if the Public Heard It

Why would there be riots?
Newcomers PO'd because they did not get their turn?

Posted by: Operator Error at April 23, 2026 12:26 PM (UPo3B)

15 Too little too late.

England is gone and never to come back as the minimum number of muzzies to control the country was attained years ago.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 23, 2026 12:26 PM (xvV+O)

16 4 The people of the West are ruled by evil people who hate their citizens.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 12:21 PM (N1DT3)

Reptiles. Our "elite" have shed their human skins.

Posted by: Polka will never die at April 23, 2026 12:26 PM (TMsqB)

17 In their native homeland if they stole something the penalty would be chopping off a hand. Maybe instead of 8 or 9 years in prison the penalty should be chopping off their dicks.

Posted by: Dave's not here at April 23, 2026 12:24 PM (kp5iD)

In their native homeland, rape isn't a crime.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:26 PM (iNUL3)

18 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 12:26 PM (9gDA7)

19 "She may have just walked away, knowing for a stone-cold fact that if she intervened and took action against these VIP Invader Rapists she would be the one arrested."

I'm regularly amazed at all the AWFLs asking 'men used to intervene to help a woman in trouble! What happened to all the men?!'

Bitch. YOU happened to all the men. You took chivalry out behind the barn and shot it in the face. Because you didn't like that chivalric ideas applied to both men and women.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:23 PM (iNUL3)

While that is true, the victim here was a child. Underage even in the UK. That no one helped her says bad things. Very bad things.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 12:27 PM (ExV1e)

20 The Wood Chipper of Antioch was unavailable?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 12:27 PM (GuWgs)

21 Be content that they are not fishing out your eyeball jelly.
Posted by: toby928(c)

That would be humorous.

Posted by: stu-mcik-o-sucks at April 23, 2026 12:27 PM (MDua2)

22 In their native homeland if they stole something the penalty would be chopping off a hand. Maybe instead of 8 or 9 years in prison the penalty should be chopping off their dicks.
Posted by: Dave's not here

Chopping is too clean. Tearing, ripping, maybe belt-sanding. Something to really remember.

Posted by: Kratwurst at April 23, 2026 12:27 PM (IHcUS)

23 In their native homeland if they stole something the penalty would be chopping off a hand. Maybe instead of 8 or 9 years in prison the penalty should be chopping off their dicks.

In their native homeland they wouldn't be punished for rape. The girl would either be killed by her relatives or -- if not a Muslim -- some made-up crime against Islam would be invented so the "government" would execute her.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at April 23, 2026 12:27 PM (/fraH)

24 In their native homeland if they stole something the penalty would be chopping off a hand. Maybe instead of 8 or 9 years in prison the penalty should be chopping off their dicks.
Posted by: Dave's not here at April 23, 2026 12:24 PM (kp5iD)

Make the chop at about the 4th cervical vertebra, and you will be successful.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 12:27 PM (utfVc)

25 Crow Watch: No visiting crows. They just flock on nearby roofs and caw at me, as if in cruel mockery.
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Crow betrayal! They obviously are unaware of the long-term story they could be in.

Posted by: scampydog at April 23, 2026 12:27 PM (2bFN5)

26 "But this is just a minor exception!"

*shows stats that rapes in England have skyrocketed literally thousands of percent in the last 20 years*

"Well, that's just because of Trump and the Republican war on women."

"You live in England."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:27 PM (GLVez)

27 In their native homeland if they stole something the penalty would be chopping off a hand. Maybe instead of 8 or 9 years in prison the penalty should be chopping off their dicks.
Posted by: Dave's not here at April 23, 2026 12:24 PM (kp5iD)

Rape of a non-Muslim is not a crime and so no punishment is warranted. -- Islamic Scholars

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 12:28 PM (ExV1e)

28 18 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge
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In an ironic sort of way.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 12:28 PM (E4rtv)

29 Two Afghan Asylum Seekers Imprisoned in UK for Rape

See, the justice system works! Everything's fine.

Posted by: reddit retards, undoubtedly at April 23, 2026 12:28 PM (wXgT/)

30 Where are the Grandfathers?

Posted by: A Noni Muse at April 23, 2026 12:28 PM (J8ANC)

31 In their native homeland if they stole something the penalty would be chopping off a hand. Maybe instead of 8 or 9 years in prison the penalty should be chopping off their dicks.

Posted by: Dave's not here at April 23, 2026 12:24 PM (kp5iD)

In their native homeland, rape isn't a crime.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:26 PM (iNUL3)

sure it is,

just not for the rapists....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 23, 2026 12:28 PM (nXhwP)

32 While that is true, the victim here was a child. Underage even in the UK. That no one helped her says bad things. Very bad things.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 12:27 PM (ExV1e)

Yes.

It says that the State will destroy anyone protecting a child from a Muslim. It further says that everone knows that's true, and they've adjusted their behavior accordingly.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:28 PM (iNUL3)

33 They should have their appendages cut off and then stuffed down their ugly, putrid throats. Joking? No, I'm 100% serious. It's unconscionable what the British gov't is allowing to happen to their children, their culture (if it even exists anymore), their country. They all need to be hung by the neck.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 23, 2026 12:28 PM (qBdHI)

34 The SPLC did not infiltrate hare groups, they WERE the hate groups.

It's like I said about Jasmine Crockashit when people told me she's not "really" ghetto because she grew up elsewhere.

To quote Malone from The Unctouchables: "Who would claim to be that, who was not."

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 12:28 PM (NALOx)

35 32 Yes.

It says that the State will destroy anyone protecting a child from a Muslim. It further says that everone knows that's true, and they've adjusted their behavior accordingly.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:28 PM (iNUL3)

======

"White men are presumed to be sex predators, especially towards children."
-why women dominate teaching now

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:29 PM (GLVez)

36
There was so much infuriating news yesterday I went to bed fuming. I was thinking about videos and audio of rape, which must be abundant on the phones of "asylum seekers" and future doctors and engineers. It's sickening, but I wish it would all become public somehow. Somehow without harming the victims.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 12:29 PM (n7rxJ)

37 In Afghanistan the rape victim would be the one punished... Seems it's the same in the UK...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 12:29 PM (nCgUg)

38 Coincidently, the muslims just stare at the Brits from their govt paid for hotels and caw at them in cruel mockery.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 12:29 PM (n5tGW)

39 BREAKING: Three asylum seekers have been found guilty over the rape of a woman on Brighton beach.

The woman was separated from her friends on a night out when the trio found her "staggering in the street" alone, Hove Crown Court heard.

So you're saying she asked for it...

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

40 May council elections should be amusing, at least.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:30 PM (GLVez)

41 27 In their native homeland if they stole something the penalty would be chopping off a hand. Maybe instead of 8 or 9 years in prison the penalty should be chopping off their dicks.
Posted by: Dave's not here at April 23, 2026 12:24 PM (kp5iD)

Rape of a non-Muslim is not a crime and so no punishment is warranted. -- Islamic Scholars
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
=====
England should give those rapists with a rope around their neck followed by a short, sharp, drop.

Sir Charles Napier had it right.
“Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs”

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)

42 Amelia need to sing louder.

https://youtu.be/4TqP_rrH6DI

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 12:30 PM (u82oZ)

43 Crows gathering?

Didn't Alfred Hitchcock make a movie along those lines?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:30 PM (QGaXH)

44 In their native homeland they wouldn't be punished for rape. The girl would either be killed by her relatives or -- if not a Muslim -- some made-up crime against Islam would be invented so the "government" would execute her.
____

That's horrible. But we must accommodate their culture, there is nothing else we can do. It would be racist otherwise.
-British Judiciary

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (Dv3i1)

45 If there were any real men left in the UK they'd quietly go about the business of killing these fuckers and not saying a goddamn word. It's probably the only thing keeping widespread, migrant rape gangs from openly operating here.

I acknowledge they're here, but they do not operate freely and openly like they do there because of potential retribution.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (jehhT)

46 41 Sir Charles Napier had it right.
“Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs”

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)

======

Napier's been dead a long time.

A LONG time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (GLVez)

47 "White men are presumed to be sex predators, especially towards children."
-why women dominate teaching now

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:29 PM (GLVez)

I've repeatedly shared here that for the better part of three decades, all I ever wanted to be was a high school history teacher.

I'm obviously never going to be a high school history teacher. It isn't safe.

Even here, I regularly read that men only become teachers to get access to kids.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (iNUL3)

48
It says that the State will destroy anyone protecting a child from a Muslim. It further says that everone knows that's true, and they've adjusted their behavior accordingly.
---

Coming to a country near you. If in a blue state it is already here.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (xvV+O)

49 They're Afghan crows. They eat the food that you paid for. They take the property that you own. They mock you for your feeble attempts at friendship. They constantly screech out "Allah Akbar" or some similar brainless gibberish,.

Posted by: Wally at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (0e5Te)

50 It's too late for the Unraveled Kingdom and the rest of Europe. It's only going to get worse from here.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (V362x)

51 Keir Starmer needs to be passed around like a goat party favour for these savages.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (UeDJl)

52 51 Keir Starmer needs to be passed around like a goat party favour for these savages.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (UeDJl)

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"I call that Tuesday."
-Keir Starmer

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (GLVez)

53 >>Bitch. YOU happened to all the men. You took chivalry out behind the barn and shot it in the face. Because you didn't like that chivalric ideas applied to both men and women.

Every bit of data with respect to what women want in men says that they want the men to be gentlemen. They cannot even use that word because it implies that they should be ladies.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 23, 2026 12:32 PM (NcvvS)

54 It's a neck and neck race between Great Britain and Canada as to which one can hit bottom with the greatest force.

On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 800 (overwhelmingly “white heterosexual” men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment went over the top.

68 answered roll call the next morning.

Now their male descendants can’t work at NL’s only university which was named in their honour.

https://is.gd/PUSU45

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)

55 Maybe it's just me, but if I were the parent of a white English girl, I wouldn't let her go anywhere unescorted. They certainly would be told to NEVER interact with these people, not even for a seemingly friendly chat. Much like when my dad had the "talk" with me about the sketchier areas of my neighborhood.

I'd also be trying my best to get the hell out of there, but I obviously don't have any idea about how things really work there.

Stay and fight, you say?

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at April 23, 2026 12:32 PM (HKn8U)

56 What was a 15 yo girl thinking going to a park with two obviously Afghan older boys in the first place?

No. She didn’t deserve to be raped. But, come on. She shouldn’t be stupid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 12:33 PM (W2Pud)

57 The only way this stops is if the British people burn the mohammedans out. Seriously.

This is the most horrific thing since the Japanese in China.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 12:33 PM (p56C0)

58 Local british police were actively supporting the rape gangs. For YEARS. Not just covering up but supplying victims and suppressing legal action. The level of cahoots is still not well known but it appears to me that local authorities were at LEAST rape gang functionaries if not full fledged members.

And nothing has happened but more "migration", and more criminalization of the every day activity of thinking and speaking.

What if the dystopia came and nobody realized.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 12:33 PM (NALOx)

59 47 I've repeatedly shared here that for the better part of three decades, all I ever wanted to be was a high school history teacher.

I'm obviously never going to be a high school history teacher. It isn't safe.

Even here, I regularly read that men only become teachers to get access to kids.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (iNUL3)

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Junior was excited beyond belief last year to have his first male teacher.

Was his science teacher.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:33 PM (GLVez)

60 Only a conquered country allows its little girls to be gang raped.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 23, 2026 12:33 PM (xvV+O)

61 VIP Invader Rapists

V ery
I mportant
P redators / P enetrators

Posted by: pookysgirl, feeling sicker by the moment at April 23, 2026 12:33 PM (Wt5PA)

62 I acknowledge they're here, but they do not operate freely and openly like they do there because of potential retribution. >>>>>

We have guns. (smiley face)

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 12:34 PM (n5tGW)

63 33 They should have their appendages cut off and then stuffed down their ugly, putrid throats. Joking? No, I'm 100% serious. It's unconscionable what the British gov't is allowing to happen to their children, their culture (if it even exists anymore), their country. They all need to be hung by the neck.
Posted by: Lady in Black

It's not clear in your post whether this punishment should apply only to the rapists or to also include the British gov't officials. If both, I approve!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 12:34 PM (Dv3i1)

64 4/15/26
"A 19-year-old Afghan national has been arrested and charged following a series of brutal sexual attacks on goats and sheep in Pennes-Mirabeau, a municipality in Bouches-du-Rhône, near Marseille.

The suspect was taken into custody by the anti-crime brigade (BAC) on the night of April 9-10, 2026, after local sheep and goat owners alerted police. Since early 2026, several owners had discovered their animals injured, with incidents reported in both February and March. The animals had their legs tied and showed clear signs of rape, according to French newspaper La Provence."

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 12:34 PM (GD0B3)

65 Be content that they are not fishing out your eyeball jelly.
Posted by: toby928(c)

That would be humorous.
Posted by: stu-mcik-o-sucks at April 23, 2026 12:27 PM

I should have commented as Odin.

L'esprit de l'escalier.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 12:34 PM (4NO2D)

66 Asylum seekers

Worse than calling them migrants

These are Animals who need to go wherever rape is acceptable Oh yes, that would be hell.

Posted by: LASue at April 23, 2026 12:34 PM (lCppi)

67 It's a neck and neck race between Great Britain and Canada as to which one can hit bottom with the greatest force.
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AHEMMM

Posted by: Australia at April 23, 2026 12:34 PM (xvV+O)

68 Every bit of data with respect to what women want in men says that they want the men to be gentlemen. They cannot even use that word because it implies that they should be ladies.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 23, 2026 12:32 PM (NcvvS)

Yes.

What they say they want privately doesn't mesh with what they've been told they want. So to remain in the Party's good graces, they have to mouth the words.

Eventually, I'd suggest more than a few of them believe them entirely. All of them, though, will look around one day and wonder when their lives past them by.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:34 PM (iNUL3)

69 Sort of related, but not really...

There is video up at New York Post of a hood rat slamming a young girl onto the sidewalk and stomping on her head because she wouldn't give him her phone number.

The vileness is not just in the UK.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 12:34 PM (Y1sOo)

70 You burn down every place that houses these illegals.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 12:34 PM (p56C0)

71 UK needs a hard reset that would make The Troubles look like a walk in the park.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 23, 2026 12:34 PM (rJ48h)

72 They're muslhams. It's what they do. It's their culture.

Accept it, bigots. For the world.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 12:34 PM (9gDA7)

73 But the attackers must be protected at all costs. Because reasons. What a country. When will they admit their policy's are wrong? What's it going to take? Maybe when it happens to their own children? Or even if it does will they just shrug their shoulders?

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 12:35 PM (pvf3X)

74 But, come on. She shouldn’t be stupid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 12:33 PM (W2Pud)

A young girl tricked by two friendly smiling charming boys? I know grown women fooled by much worse for much longer.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 12:35 PM (NALOx)

75 Something seemed "off" about this whole thing, so I did some more research. I found the actual sentencing and charging documents (linked below).

1. The sentences were a little higher than reported, although still light. These scumbags got "credits" for pleading guilty, for being young, etc.

2. These scumbags basically plied the group of friends with booze, then separated her from the group. They basically got her hammered, and then easily overpowered. Classic predator behavior.

3. I can't find anywhere what the race or ethnicity of the girl is. I suspect she's also brown-skinned.

https://tinyurl.com/225tnp2v

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)

76 Keir Starmer's Attorney General Hampner went after a SAS unit that had been engaged by 100 Mahdi fighters in 2009 for allegedly torturing and killing civilians.

He persisted even though the stories were suspect. In fact he seems to have worked with the law firm representing these 'victims' to railroad these soldiers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 12:35 PM (UeDJl)

77 There was so much infuriating news yesterday I went to bed fuming. I was thinking about videos and audio of rape, which must be abundant on the phones of "asylum seekers" and future doctors and engineers.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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The elites running the West don't care. They literally want these criminals and rapists here to better control the populace. In a just world, they would be hanging lifeless right next to the rapists and murderers that they imported.

You can just look at the SAVE act for example. Eighty percent of the American population favors it but the remaining 20 percent of politicians, grifters, and oligarchs block it. Getting rid of imported criminals, the same. Death penalty was up there at 60-70 percent and yet, the same thing happens.

The solution is wholesale replacement of the ruling class including their shadowy funders among the oligarchs. It is not likely to happen outside of a revolution which brings about its own evils.

And so here we are. Stuck in the Middle between the pet criminals and psychopaths of the ruling class and the repulsive lizard people of the ruling class.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 12:35 PM (E4rtv)

78 55 Maybe it's just me, but if I were the parent of a white English girl, I wouldn't let her go anywhere unescorted. They certainly would be told to NEVER interact with these people, not even for a seemingly friendly chat.
____

Now you are beginning to understand!
- Sharia Law

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 12:35 PM (Dv3i1)

79 You burn down every place that houses these illegals.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 12:34 PM (p56C0)
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And shoot them as they escape the flames.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 23, 2026 12:36 PM (xvV+O)

80 These Cultural Enrichment Colonizers got rather tame sentences of 8 and 9 years each for the brazen, out-in-the-open rape of a 15 year old child.

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"Overturned!"

/US District Clown Judge and Defacto World Supreme Leader Bozoberg

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 12:36 PM (teZkF)

81 Every bit of data with respect to what women want in men says that they want the men to be gentlemen.

While reality shows most women want thugs.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at April 23, 2026 12:36 PM (/fraH)

82
At some point, there must be riots.

Does a whipped pussy riot?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 12:36 PM (Cqx++)

83 Release it. At some point, there must be riots.

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There were riots.

Last year? Two years ago?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:37 PM (GLVez)

84 If there were any real men left in the UK they'd quietly go about the business of killing these fuckers and not saying a goddamn word. It's probably the only thing keeping widespread, migrant rape gangs from openly operating here.

I acknowledge they're here, but they do not operate freely and openly like they do there because of potential retribution.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (jehhT)

Yep, sooner or later vigilantes will start enacting retribution against anyone who looks muzzie.

And when it happens, I won't condemn it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 12:37 PM (utfVc)

85 You're supposed to chain the doors first.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 12:37 PM (GuWgs)

86 The psychological programming is in full force in the UK that you are an evil person for even thinking that one muslim could be bad. It's pervasive everywhere. And if you send a text or share a meme you get arrested.

It's the real reason they won't release the tapes.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 12:37 PM (n5tGW)

87 Take back you le country Britain!

Burn these fuckers down

Including that so-called "King"

Especially him

Posted by: melodicmetal at April 23, 2026 12:37 PM (ArI4l)

88 In their native homeland, rape isn't a crime.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:26 PM (iNUL3)

They are no longer in their native homeland, they're in a country where rape is illegal, for now.

Posted by: Dave's not here at April 23, 2026 12:38 PM (kp5iD)

89 Oh, yes, these mosshlims prey on working class children, girls. Have done it for years. The court system turns the blind eye. Because working class, so who cares. Because of the disgusting UK caste system. Tommy Robinson keeps raising awareness about this outrage.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 12:38 PM (GD0B3)

90 Crow betrayal! They obviously are unaware of the long-term story they could be in.

Posted by: scampydog at April 23, 2026 12:27 PM (2bFN5)

Did you know that ravens and wolves sometimes hunt together? I really want to do a story on that.

Posted by: pookysgirl, feeling sicker by the moment at April 23, 2026 12:38 PM (Wt5PA)

91 >>While reality shows most women want thugs.

'But I can change him!!!eleventy!!'

Posted by: Nazdar at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM (NcvvS)

92 These were the anti Taliban people that Ace thought were "freedom Fighters" ???

Posted by: paul at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM (IqaN9)

93 It's quite simple.

https://tinyurl.com/49sfhneu

Posted by: Charles III at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM (ndZc7)

94 I'm holding my breath until Cucker, Candix and MeAgain provide us with guidance surrounding a means for us to further continue in this environment of global harmony.

I suspect this was all just a misunderstanding.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM (Fbc0I)

95 they do not operate freely and openly like they do there because of potential retribution.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Oh? What do you call blocking streets for Friday butt up kneeling?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM (YBtcQ)

96 Anna Puma

Many resignations from Sqdns D and F of 22 SAS Regiment. Esp. among senior warrant officers, the heart of that special force.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM (u82oZ)

97 The people of the UK will wait until the next election.

Perhaps some vigilante justice here or there, but nothing major.

The proletariat do not rise up in rebellion. They just don't.

Labour or whomever else could steal the 2029 election in broad daylight, brag about it, and then amp up the oppression and replacement, and the British people will respond by saying, "We'll get 'em next time."

Hope that the election works, England, because it's the only thing you have.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM (GLVez)

98 76 Keir Starmer's Attorney General Hampner went after a SAS unit that had been engaged by 100 Mahdi fighters in 2009 for allegedly torturing and killing civilians.

He persisted even though the stories were suspect. In fact he seems to have worked with the law firm representing these 'victims' to railroad these soldiers.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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It is all of a piece. Australia is doing the same thing. When you see that the pieces on the chessboard are moving the same way across the West, it definitely indicates that some guiding hand and funding toward these politicians is happening across the globe in the West.

It is not organic, it is not for the public's good, and even the stupid chattering classes of politicians and academics don't realize that they are for the chop too. Dunno the names of the people and who they are that are the shadow kings but it is clear that they exist and they hate and plan to destroy Western societies and people.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)

99 The elites running the West don't care. They literally want these criminals and rapists here to better control the populace. In a just world, they would be hanging lifeless right next to the rapists and murderers that they imported.

In the Gulag Archipelago, Solzhenitsyn described how the NKVD put common, violent criminals in with the politicals. They knew full well that the politicals, despite that fact that many were veterans of the Great Patriotic War, would be cowed and submissive. The criminals beat them and stole from them without fear of retribution, knowing that if any of the politicals actually fought back, the NKVD would deal with them.

Why did I bring that up now? It's a mystery.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)

100 Death penalty for rape. Also, death penalty for false accusations of rape.

And I am generally not for the death penalty.

Drastic times call for drastic measures.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM (RkOfE)

101 Scorpions are going to scorpion. It’s not too hard to handle them. Who was the one who brought the scorpions in? That is who needs dealt with, but the Brits are too weak to do so.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 23, 2026 12:40 PM (1u1EP)

102 I cannot even begin to imagine for one second what this country would be right now had Trump not appeared and stayed resolved.

It's unfathomable.

Would the "true cons" still have people fooled had they been allowed to lose with Jeb with honor? Telling us we MUST have a big tent that includes everyone and that means voting for people because what if a Democrat wins? What if hate wins? We Must sling open the borders because anything else would be mean and turn off the normies? Remember those old saws? Boy did they milk that shit. Calling *US * the traitors because we didn't coalesce around "our" candidate. I remember.

And what did they do the millisecond it was OUR candidate and not "theirs"? Oh yeah they finally admitted they were on the other side all along and told us to go fuck ourselves. There was no call to "coalesce" around Trump.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 12:41 PM (NALOx)

103 What did you expect from a country that locks you up for social media posts and makes you walk your dog in a different area as not to offend the Muslims.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 12:42 PM (NpAcC)

104 Afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at April 23, 2026 12:42 PM (tzP2L)

105 What happens after Trump?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 12:42 PM (GuWgs)

106 What was a 15 yo girl thinking going to a park with two obviously Afghan older boys in the first place?

No. She didn’t deserve to be raped. But, come on. She shouldn’t be stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 12:33 PM (W2Pud)
_____

See my comment above with the sentencing documents. Lotsa vodka was involved. They basically got her shitfaced, separated her from the group, and led/dragged her to the park. The evidence suggests she was so drunk by then she had no idea where she was.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 12:42 PM (iFTx/)

107
State Is Suppressing the Audio Recording She Made Begging and Crying for Help, Because It Would Spark Riots Nationwide if the Public Heard It

___________

I doubt it. The British public has shown that it is willing to swallow any humiliation the Musloids dish out and then ask for more.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 12:42 PM (tgvbd)

108 Better nationwide riots now, than a civil war in the next year or so.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 12:42 PM (2WIwB)

109 "17-year-olds". Yeah, right. They were probably closer to 30-years-old.

The "17-year-old" label gets them the relative slap on the wrist punishment from the juvenile court and prevents the release of their photos showing their graying hair on balding heads

Posted by: strepthroat at April 23, 2026 12:42 PM (mxEar)

110 While reality shows most women want thugs.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at April 23, 2026 12:36 PM (/fraH)

Sure but those are reality shows.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (NALOx)

111 This is all too common in the UK and Europe. Mostly because the governments have forced the public to be "accommodating" to the violent rape hordes. Especially the whites. You don't hear much about black women being raped, or most any other demographic.

There's something off about all that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (jehhT)

112 >>but the rape was completed

No rape is completed until the woodchipper is fed.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (uUHnE)

113 If only that girl could have the courage to release the tape herself, but I understand why she wouldn't want to also.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (n5tGW)

114 Crow Watch: No visiting crows. They just flock on nearby roofs and caw at me, as if in cruel mockery.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:20 PM

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Have you considered placing various drinks out on your deck for them -- turning it into a crow bar?

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (teZkF)

115 This is what social justice looks like guys. White privilege! This is why we need publicly funded abortions cuz that's health *care*. Caring. It's what we're all about.

Anyway, these girls will eventually get over it. Lightning doesn't strike the same place twice, Muslims don't rape the same girl twice, amirite?!?

Posted by: The Mamdani/Piker Left at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (tzP2L)

116 Death penalty for rape. Also, death penalty for false accusations of rape.

And I am generally not for the death penalty.

Drastic times call for drastic measures.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Why wait for the rapes? Burn the mohammedans out of the country.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (p56C0)

117 107 I doubt it. The British public has shown that it is willing to swallow any humiliation the Musloids dish out and then ask for more.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 12:42 PM (tgvbd)

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England rioted for a week less than two years ago.

https://is.gd/V9B7HB

It was one of the earliest, "Starmer's definitely going to resign soon" moments.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (GLVez)

118 When you watch videos of the police in the UK going to the houses of people who tweeted something about the invaders, it enrages me.

I understand we have freedom of speech and they don't, but holy shit, it's getting crazy over there.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (aZm/F)

119 In the Gulag Archipelago, Solzhenitsyn described how the NKVD put common, violent criminals in with the politicals. They knew full well that the politicals, despite that fact that many were veterans of the Great Patriotic War, would be cowed and submissive. The criminals beat them and stole from them without fear of retribution, knowing that if any of the politicals actually fought back, the NKVD would deal with them.

Why did I bring that up now? It's a mystery.
Posted by: Archimedes
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At least the rulers in the Soviet Union controlling such things had a name. In our case, they are faceless evil presences pulling the strings on their puppets.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)

120 Tommy Robinson keeps raising awareness about this outrage.
____

This Tommy person, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is just a low class working class numpty. He couldn't possibly have any thing worthwhile to add.
-Tory Politician, Oxford

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (Dv3i1)

121 I don't see anyone in the aristocratic circles raising awareness. Though they do awful lot of bullshit charity work. Mainly to justify their existence. No common person ares about dead foxes, Charles and William. But people do care teenagers being raped by migrants your society frienz brought in.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (GD0B3)

122 What happens after Trump?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 12:42 PM (GuWgs)

Even more gang rapes.

Posted by: bassboat at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (mxEar)

123 whig

We need a secret Mossad-like Brute Force making those wannabe éminence grise ... ineffective.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 12:44 PM (u82oZ)

124 this can't be said enough. it's terrible, but there twatwaffles brought this upon the rest of the women around.

just a shame it never catches them, it's always the innococent that pay...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 23, 2026 12

Spoken like a true weak and feckless man. This girl was 15. She is not an AWFL. She is a child.

You complain that no one decent wants to date you, you blame that on women who have their silly little rules of 6. Let me give you a hard truth right back, it’s not because you don’t have a 6 pack or you are 5’10 that you aren’t viewed as a candidate as a husband. Now I don’t know if you 2 specifically have made this claim, because much like other women, I rarely waste my time on your type.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 12:44 PM (Dd38x)

125
She left the nightclub after 5:00am and then got waylaid by the asylum seekers.

What tf is going on with the parents?

One more thing: is this kind of story so heavily suppressed that girls don't know about (what I'll shorthand to) Rotherham (although it's happening all over the UK)?

I agree the girl must have been "brown." Could be why she trusted them.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 12:44 PM (n7rxJ)

126 120 This Tommy person, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is just a low class working class numpty. He couldn't possibly have any thing worthwhile to add.
-Tory Politician, Oxford

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (Dv3i1)

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The accuracy of English toryism...

*chef's kiss*

No notes.

Perfection.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:44 PM (GLVez)

127

The UK government is purposely sacrificing white girls.

Cops are helping out with pimping and scheduling the rapes.

What a fucked up thing.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at April 23, 2026 12:44 PM (och2J)

128 Crow Watch: No visiting crows. They just flock on nearby roofs and caw at me, as if in cruel mockery.

Mebbe they're just waiting on the background check. Then again, you know what they say if the company doesn't call you back the next day...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2026 12:44 PM (diia5)

129 If only that girl could have the courage to release the tape herself, but I understand why she wouldn't want to also.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (n5tGW)

This is why God invented that well known internet hacker, 4Chan.

He'll put it out for the lulz.

Posted by: Robert at April 23, 2026 12:45 PM (tzP2L)

130 They'd only riot over soccer matches.

Posted by: Josephistan at April 23, 2026 12:45 PM (y9ksN)

131 Just in case there was any doubt as to what happened in VA on Tuesday, I urge you to look at the graph in this post.

There was an "f-curve" at 8:59pm that was actually preceded by a near f-curve at 8:43. These 2 updates wiped away what had been a decent lead for "no redistricting". Interestingly, at 9:16 there was another big jump for "yes".

From my analysis, most of the votes from all 3 of these came from Fairfax County, one of Virginia's most reliable vote manufacturing hubs.

My old pet peeve, totals going down rather than up, was way too frequent. 23 counties had at least one case of "negative votes", including Chesterfield's whopping 71,903 deduction at 10:45 this morning (April 22). Augusta had a 11,968 deduction at 10:18. A whopping 13 counties had deductions in the SAME REPORT at 7:41PM on the 21st (for a total of 18,476). This is not acceptable and needs explained... the referendum was ultimately lost because of mail-in votes. About 10% of the total was mail-in, and about 73% were "yes". they added net 137,000 votes for "yes" and that is almost 50,000 more than the currently reported winning margin

https://x.com/FSociety_1942/status/2047025750721851553

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

132 What happens after Trump?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 12:42 PM (GuWgs)

I can't say because from 2012 on I was convinced Hillary was a shoo-in and this country was donezo until he burst on the scene suddenly.

The trajectory right now is very very very bad but he is going to give this country a fighting chance. That will be his legacy. Handing the US to the next generation to try and stave off the next thousand years of darkness.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 12:45 PM (NALOx)

133 But the attackers must be protected at all costs. Because reasons. What a country. When will they admit their policy's are wrong? What's it going to take? Maybe when it happens to their own children? Or even if it does will they just shrug their shoulders?
Posted by: Case

They will. Hell, we have parents in the US that made excuses for their daughter's goat fucker killer.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 12:45 PM (Kd7Ab)

134 Anyway, these girls will eventually get over it. Lightning doesn't strike the same place twice, Muslims don't rape the same girl twice, amirite?!?

Posted by: The Mamdani/Piker Left at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (tzP2L)

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

Old & Busted: MAID (Make All Illness Death).
New Hotness: MAID (Muzzie Assistance In Dating).

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 12:45 PM (teZkF)

135 This is all too common in the UK and Europe. Mostly because the governments have forced the public to be "accommodating" to the violent rape hordes. Especially the whites. You don't hear much about black women being raped, or most any other demographic.

There's something off about all that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

The labour government has told the mohammedans that they won't prosecute for rape in return for votes. The green party has also agreed to this.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 12:45 PM (p56C0)

136 Time to reconsider cruel and unusual punishment.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 23, 2026 12:46 PM (6ph8l)

137 whig

Prayers continue to ascend for you and your health. Thank you for sharing your wisdom on outcomes and pathways traveled and possible.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 12:46 PM (u82oZ)

138
Yeah, Englishmen fighting back.

They and the French had their guns taken away two generations ago, along with their balls.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 12:46 PM (Y8DZL)

139 Make some crow feeders.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 12:46 PM (GuWgs)

140 125
She left the nightclub after 5:00am and then got waylaid by the asylum seekers.

What tf is going on with the parents?

One more thing: is this kind of story so heavily suppressed that girls don't know about (what I'll shorthand to) Rotherham (although it's happening all over the UK)?

I agree the girl must have been "brown." Could be why she trusted them.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 12:44 PM (n7rxJ)

This is a different rape story.. Sounds like this one was an adult woman ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 12:46 PM (nCgUg)

141 VIP Invader Rapists
......

Great name for a Beatles cover band.

Posted by: wth at April 23, 2026 12:46 PM (UjdFS)

142 While reality shows most women want thugs.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at April 23, 2026 12:36 PM (/fraH)

Most women? I doubt that. Some women, sure, but not most.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 12:46 PM (Y1sOo)

143 Old & Busted: MAID (Make All Illness Death).
New Hotness: MAID (Muzzie Assistance In Dating).
Posted by: ShainS

Golf clap.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 12:46 PM (Kd7Ab)

144 You complain that no one decent wants to date you, you blame that on women who have their silly little rules of 6. Let me give you a hard truth right back, it’s not because you don’t have a 6 pack or you are 5’10 that you aren’t viewed as a candidate as a husband. Now I don’t know if you 2 specifically have made this claim, because much like other women, I rarely waste my time on your type.

Ouch.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)

145 Salty Dawg, operators going to ground in their native environment should make these upper class twits nervous, but they are too stupid to realise that.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 12:47 PM (UeDJl)

146 Afternoon Ace, hoping the crows are your allies
Of all the countries in Europe, if Britain exploded, the others would follow. The Brits left the EU (allegedly) and the average German, French or Italian would take notice of a rebellion against immigrants and the status quo. Let's hope it happens.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 12:47 PM (gu0hJ)

147
What happens after Trump?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Oh Canada

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 12:47 PM (Cqx++)

148 Eh, wot, but was it rape-rape?

Posted by: Whoopi Starmer at April 23, 2026 12:47 PM (0sNs1)

149 Ace, I think the murder of crows need reverse psychology. Sit on your deck and don't look at them. Eat popcorn, nuts or something from a tin foil wrapped paper plate, and read a book listening to music. Have tin foil wrapped little boxes on a table as if they were gold bar. Wait. Leetle bastids will be nosey.

I cannot fathom the hatred, anger and other feelings of Britain who allowed this to happen in their country. They should play the tape of these girls, British girls, being raped by barbarians. This should be above the fold in every newspaper. It is right and just if there is rioting. I am sad/mad for this country.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 23, 2026 12:47 PM (WONhk)

150 >>Time to reconsider cruel and unusual punishment.

'Use of excessive force ... has been approved.'

Posted by: Nazdar at April 23, 2026 12:48 PM (NcvvS)

151 There was a story a while back concerning little Welsh girls being used to lure cultural enrichers to Cymru.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 23, 2026 12:48 PM (2ap+5)

152
"Our sovereign lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King!"

There. That'll hold them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 12:48 PM (tgvbd)

153 @98 - Yet another good post whig. It is a pattern that is so obvious, it is puzzling why it isn't being discussed openly and investigated.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 12:48 PM (Dv3i1)

154 "17-year-olds". Yeah, right. They were probably closer to 30-years-old.

The "17-year-old" label gets them the relative slap on the wrist punishment from the juvenile court and prevents the release of their photos showing their graying hair on balding heads
Posted by: strepthroat at April 23, 2026 12:42 PM (mxEar)

Very possibly true. There is a lot of lying about age among illegal immigrants and "refugees".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 12:48 PM (utfVc)

155 Ireland is starting to figure it out. At least one migrant hotel has already been torched.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 12:48 PM (p56C0)

156 Where are the Grandfathers?
Posted by: A Noni Muse

Buried throughout Western Europe and North Africa fighting the Bosch.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 23, 2026 12:48 PM (W5mpo)

157 Yeah, Englishmen fighting back.

They and the French had their guns taken away two generations ago, along with their balls.
Posted by: Auspex

This is why I don't bet. I would have bet soccer hooligans would have stood up. 😡

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 12:48 PM (Kd7Ab)

158 Muslims are the problem.

Proceed as necessary

Posted by: melodicmetal at April 23, 2026 12:48 PM (ArI4l)

159 Liberal crows don't want to be featured on a smart military blog.

Posted by: Heckle and Jeckle at April 23, 2026 12:48 PM (oftw2)

160 This is a horrible story. Don’t care about the U.K. though. America first. I have two daughters and we have this shit happening here in the United States too.

Posted by: JROD at April 23, 2026 12:49 PM (IlL6s)

161 155 Ireland is starting to figure it out. At least one migrant hotel has already been torched.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 12:48 PM (p56C0)

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Ireland's answer to socialist importing of the third world will be more socialism...which will elect people who will import more of the third world.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:49 PM (GLVez)

162 "Now I don’t know if you 2 specifically have made this claim, because much like other women, I rarely waste my time on your type."

But I'm going to insult you anyway.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:49 PM (iNUL3)

163 Every mosque in the UK should burn to the ground.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 23, 2026 12:49 PM (hrVpi)

164 Where are the Grandfathers?
Posted by: A Noni Muse

Buried throughout Western Europe and North Africa fighting the Bosch.

See the Art Thread.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t)

165 Posted by: NaCly Dog at

Salty, I might need some glitter today. 😊

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 12:49 PM (Dd38x)

166
*shakes head sadly*
*checks Piper off the list to talk to*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 12:50 PM (tgvbd)

167 Just as Amazon bans Camp of the Saints.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 12:50 PM (Cqx++)

168 Pakistanis vs the Irish is a bit of a close call, but it's good the Irish are pushing back.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 23, 2026 12:50 PM (2ap+5)

169 There doesn't need to be riots.

There needs to be vigilantes.

For the perpetrators.

And the cops who come to arrest those who gave justice.
The police in Britain would rather 10,000 girls be raped than a single one of them lose their pension and retirement villa in Spain.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 12:50 PM (tUP1A)

170
Tom Swarbrick seems to be a liberal who's getting redpilled. Interesting.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 12:50 PM (n7rxJ)

171 167 Just as Amazon bans Camp of the Saints.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 12:50 PM (Cqx++)

======

It's back, by the way.

https://amzn.to/48kBmmL

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:50 PM (GLVez)

172 It was one of the earliest, "Starmer's definitely going to resign soon" moments.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Starmer is too valuable for the politicians hiding behind him in the cabinet to be a spear catcher.

And it is a trick used to manipulate people who personalize hatred for a system onto a person who can readily be replaced by another apparatchik.

The whole system is at fault where both the Conservatives, Lib Dems, and Labour all lie and obfuscate about bringing the invaders to pillage, rape, and murder the inhabitants.

If mustache man possessed more patience and operated under today's rules, he could have simply 'allowed' a bunch of husky young men of military age to enter Poland to cause it to fall from within.

Our ruling class today considers the Great Replacement as perfectly acceptable. The reason why I can speculate but the invasion greater than DDAY in reverse of Britain and the West is on the scale far beyond the armies of the Axis. 62 million apparently in Euroland which is now about ten percent of their population and much greater of those younger inhabitants under 40 for example.

2.2 million by official stats last year alone.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 12:51 PM (E4rtv)

173 It is all of a piece. Australia is doing the same thing. When you see that the pieces on the chessboard are moving the same way across the West, it definitely indicates that some guiding hand and funding toward these politicians is happening across the globe in the West.

It is not organic, it is not for the public's good, and even the stupid chattering classes of politicians and academics don't realize that they are for the chop too. Dunno the names of the people and who they are that are the shadow kings but it is clear that they exist and they hate and plan to destroy Western societies and people.
Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM

All is proceeding as we have foreseen.

* wing flaps in unison *

Posted by: Big Penguin at April 23, 2026 12:51 PM (0sNs1)

174 >>Buried throughout Western Europe and North Africa fighting the Bosch.

'Boche' - they weren't fighting sound systems.

/end pedantry
NOW!

Posted by: Nazdar at April 23, 2026 12:51 PM (NcvvS)

175 Just as Amazon bans Camp of the Saints.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 12:50 PM (Cqx++)

======

It's back, by the way.

https://amzn.to/48kBmmL
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:50 PM (GLVez)

Has it been edited?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 12:51 PM (ExV1e)

176 Remember how fake mad and moral the Left got at the Catholic Church covering up all the abuse?

Turns out they were just trying to get rid of the competition.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 12:51 PM (NALOx)

177 Musslimbs may be right about women. You let them out of the house alone, they get into trouble, get jobs, buy a car. Before long, they are farding whilst driving and we can't have that.

Posted by: The Grand Mufti at April 23, 2026 12:51 PM (oftw2)

178 There doesn't need to be riots.

There needs to be vigilantes.

This is where it's going to go.

I DESPISE vigilante justice, but I absolutely understand how we get it - and letting girls be sacrificed (literally) on the altar of MultiCulti is how you get vigilante justice.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:51 PM (iNUL3)

179 Is the Camp of the Saints a good book?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 12:51 PM (GuWgs)

180 I have two daughters and we have this shit happening here in the United States too.
Posted by: JROD
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This is why I was so adamant that the spawn learn how to shoot and shoot well. It's the only real equalizer for girls.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 23, 2026 12:52 PM (9U6Wl)

181 So did I miss something? What is it with Ace and the crows?

Is he trying to capture one to teach it to say Nevermore? Cuz that was a different bird, my guy.

Posted by: Robert at April 23, 2026 12:52 PM (tzP2L)

182 "Now I don’t know if you 2 specifically have made this claim, because much like other women, I rarely waste my time on your type."

But I'm going to insult you anyway.
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Well its not like she can take out her anger on the actual rapists. They aren't on this blog making comments.

Posted by: displacement at April 23, 2026 12:52 PM (anL5R)

183 I watch these camping videos on YouTube.

This fellow who camps all over Britain went out in the middle of nowhere to camp.
No houses, or buildings or road around.

But, as soon as he started setting up camp, a police drone came over, hovers and the speaker tells him he needs to leave.
And it stayed there until he left.

That's what the authorities can do; that's who they see as the real problem.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 12:52 PM (tUP1A)

184 179 Is the Camp of the Saints a good book?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 12:51 PM (GuWgs)

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I have only read the French language version so I honestly have no idea.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 23, 2026 12:53 PM (2ap+5)

185 It is not organic, it is not for the public's good, and even the stupid chattering classes of politicians and academics don't realize that they are for the chop too. Dunno the names of the people and who they are that are the shadow kings but it is clear that they exist and they hate and plan to destroy Western societies and people.
Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)
*********
I would imagine George Soros is helping the destruction.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 12:53 PM (NpAcC)

186 And the cops who come to arrest those who gave justice.
The police in Britain would rather 10,000 girls be raped than a single one of them lose their pension and retirement villa in Spain.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Police always serve their political masters. I am thinking a return to elected constables might help alleviate some of it with the power to call upon civilian posse.

There are some places where sheriffs are pieces of shit but it seems to be far less than police departments run by politicians.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

187 If only that girl could have the courage to release the tape herself, but I understand why she wouldn't want to also.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 12:43 PM (n5tGW)

I expect the cops seized her phone, or wiped it, and the cloud storage.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 12:53 PM (utfVc)

188 "What was a 15 yo girl thinking going to a park with two obviously Afghan older boys in the first place?
No. She didn’t deserve to be raped. But, come on. She shouldn’t be stupid." Posted by: nurse ratched

Have to wonder if she had been "well schooled" in the "virtues" of diversity, and taught how white supremacist it is not to be friendly with foreigners, even if they seem to be predators.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2026 12:53 PM (vbXSk)

189 'Boche' - they weren't fighting sound systems.

/end pedantry
NOW!
Posted by: Nazdar

Well they weren't fighting Cerwin and Vega.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 23, 2026 12:53 PM (W5mpo)

190 Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 12:20 PM (iFTx/)

I love that song. Good callback.

Posted by: Nelly at April 23, 2026 12:54 PM (6+ehB)

191 Has Amazon added back 'Camp of the Saints' sales ranking?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 12:54 PM (UeDJl)

192 Crow Watch: No visiting crows. They just flock on nearby roofs and caw at me, as if in cruel mockery.

__________________________

*Sigh* I'm gping to regret telling you this. Or, rather, you are going to regret me telling you this. Grapes. They will put on a top hat and dance the Ritz for you if you have grapes. Unsalted peanuts are a curiosity. Grapes are like Fitet Mignon to a crow.

But, I want it on record that I warned you in advance. I want a signed disclaimer and hold harmless agreement.

Posted by: Orson at April 23, 2026 12:54 PM (dIske)

193 Salty, I might need some glitter today. 😊
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 12:49 PM

Ma'am, your pulchritude and perspicuity glitter more than the stars at 0300 hours on a clear night in the middle of the Pacific.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 12:54 PM (0sNs1)

194 There was a large Britain First protest on Saturday. Significant sized crowd with a lot of flags waving. Not all of the flags were Union Jack's. There were several dozen, that I saw, old style Crusader flags. I think the UK is creeping closer to the abyss every day.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 23, 2026 12:54 PM (6ph8l)

195 I think that once the third or fourth migrant hotel goes up in flames, the owners who are getting taxpayer dollars to house a bunch of rapists might think twice about allowing this.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 12:54 PM (p56C0)

196
It is a pattern that is so obvious, it is puzzling why it isn't being discussed openly and investigated.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

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

I won't be able to find the clip -- I may have originally seen it here -- but a female MP answered that. Yes, she allowed, we really must address this lamentable situation, "but WHY must we mention the ethnicity of the suspects?" she asked sadly. She was white. I mention that because there's a particular mindset, as we know.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 12:54 PM (n7rxJ)

197 I have two daughters and we have this shit happening here in the United States too.
Posted by: JROD
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This is why I was so adamant that the spawn learn how to shoot and shoot well. It's the only real equalizer for girls.
Posted by: lin-duh at April 23, 2026 12:52 PM (9U6Wl)

***

Ditto. The Grandspawn as well.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 12:54 PM (2WIwB)

198 We don't get a lot of Brits here that I know of. Ace must be banned in the UK.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)

199 letting girls be sacrificed (literally) on the altar of MultiCulti is how you get vigilante justice.
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I actually don't understand why there isn't a lot more of that going on. Do these girls not have families? I mean even the Rotherham stuff - where were their families? Dads Uncles etc. I mean form a freaking posse and ride in and burn the fuckers out - to encourage the others.

Posted by: displacement at April 23, 2026 12:55 PM (anL5R)

200 Be content that they are not fishing out your eyeball jelly.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 12:25 PM

I hear it's quite good on toast.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 12:55 PM (kgE5c)

201 So did I miss something? What is it with Ace and the crows?

Is he trying to capture one to teach it to say Nevermore? Cuz that was a different bird, my guy.
Posted by: Robert at April 23, 2026 12:52 PM (tzP2L)

no, no. Alternative source of protein.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 12:55 PM (GD0B3)

202 There was a large Britain First protest on Saturday. Significant sized crowd with a lot of flags waving. Not all of the flags were Union Jack's. There were several dozen, that I saw, old style Crusader flags. I think the UK is creeping closer to the abyss every day.
Posted by: Sock Monkey

It is going to require a literal crusade.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 12:55 PM (p56C0)

203 Have to wonder if she had been "well schooled" in the "virtues" of diversity, and taught how white supremacist it is not to be friendly with foreigners, even if they seem to be predators.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2026 12:53 PM (vbXSk)

That's the spooky part - they're trying to delete eons of hardwired and learned behavior which has, for as long as humans have been around, helped keep us safe.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:55 PM (iNUL3)

204 She left the nightclub after 5:00am and then got waylaid by the asylum seekers.

What tf is going on with the parents?

One more thing: is this kind of story so heavily suppressed that girls don't know about (what I'll shorthand to) Rotherham (although it's happening all over the UK)?

I agree the girl must have been "brown." Could be why she trusted them.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 12:44 PM (n7rxJ)

This is a different rape story.. Sounds like this one was an adult woman ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 12:46 PM (nCgUg)
____

Yea, two different rapes

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 12:55 PM (iFTx/)

205 The Grandspawn as well.
Posted by: Diogenes
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In Texas?

Posted by: lin-duh at April 23, 2026 12:56 PM (9U6Wl)

206 "The police in Britain would rather 10,000 girls be raped than a single one of them lose their pension and retirement villa in Spain."

What is the count at now, I wonder? If one could count all the unreported rapes and molestations ... probably close to 10K now, or higher?

Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2026 12:56 PM (vbXSk)

207 Drinking culture amongst the lower British classes was a problem before they imported Pakistan.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:56 PM (GLVez)

208
Where have you gone o King Chuck the Tampon?

Throw all the royals out and to the guillotine.

Kate and her kids get accommodation at my country estate, for a price.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 12:56 PM (Y8DZL)

209 Ma'am, your pulchritude and perspicuity glitter more than the stars at 0300 hours on a clear night in the middle of the Pacific.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026

You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman. Thank you.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 12:56 PM (Dd38x)

210 There was so much infuriating news yesterday I went to bed fuming. I was thinking about videos and audio of rape, which must be abundant on the phones of "asylum seekers" and future doctors and engineers. It's sickening, but I wish it would all become public somehow. Somehow without harming the victims.
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They all pass it around.
Those videos are like trophies to them.

Not just rape videos.
But murder and torture videos.
They all love that depravity and can't get enough of it.
Because that is the core of islam--murder, rape and torture.
Every one of them has their phones full of those videos.

The muslim is not meant for civilization and should be treated no better than a rabid dog.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 12:56 PM (tUP1A)

211 Time to reconsider cruel and unusual punishment.
Posted by: Sock Monkey

Not really needed. What's needed is for bureaucrats and officials to be held accountable for public safety. Permanently.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2026 12:56 PM (diia5)

212 So she needs to have the courage to face her attackers, to "antagonize" all muslims who will want to punish her for her hatred (not to mention now being unclean and a whore), leftard authorities who would look to prosecute her for incitement and hate speech, and a leftist media who would probably drag her through the mud backwards before they even brush their teeth in the morning.

I don't think any single human has that much courage, or that little to lose.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 12:57 PM (NALOx)

213 The rapes and trafficking has been going on for 20 years but the news is just now seeping out.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 23, 2026 12:57 PM (9U6Wl)

214 I actually don't understand why there isn't a lot more of that going on. Do these girls not have families? I mean even the Rotherham stuff - where were their families? Dads Uncles etc. I mean form a freaking posse and ride in and burn the fuckers out - to encourage the others.

Posted by: displacement at April 23, 2026 12:55 PM (anL5R)

Because the State would disappear them forever.

Teaching your daughter that you'll ALWAYS go to the mattresses for her is one of the most noble things you can do.

Knowingly abandoning your wife and other three children for the rest of your life is harder to do.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:57 PM (iNUL3)

215 We don't get a lot of Brits here that I know of. Ace must be banned in the UK.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)

How many Brits are what we would consider to be conservative? Carl Benjamin says that the British people are conservative but his definition of conservative sometimes seems to be "socialist but only for heritage Brits".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 12:57 PM (ExV1e)

216 I would imagine George Soros is helping the destruction.
Posted by: redridinghood
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His son Alex perhaps, but George is now in the last doddering years of his life. But it is clear that most of the obvious actions are taken by the apparatchiks of Alex and now Huma's organization but the funding and direction seems to come from a variety of oligarchs (Steyer for example).

Again, it is the ruling class system to aim at that funds, pulls puppet strings of their politicians/government officials and pet academics. These mindless apparatchiks, you can call them Commies or enforcers, fascists, whatever, but the guiding minds to these ghastly consequences on the rest of the population come from a shadowy group of people, not just Soros.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 12:58 PM (E4rtv)

217 It wasn't rape-rape, it was their culture - Whoopi, cultural expert and idiot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 12:58 PM (gu0hJ)

218 I DESPISE vigilante justice, but I absolutely understand how we get it - and letting girls be sacrificed (literally) on the altar of MultiCulti is how you get vigilante justice.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

I was born 100 years too late. I support vigilante justice 100%. We, (consent of the governed), allow you, (the government), exclusive use of force to keep order in our communities.

When you, (government) prove you are not up to the task, we, (the people), are.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 12:58 PM (Kd7Ab)

219 Drinking culture amongst the lower British classes was a problem before they imported Pakistan.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:56 PM (GLVez)

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"UKistan" has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 12:58 PM (teZkF)

220 Netherlands(?) parliament just rejected a law that would have made it illegal for an illegal to reside in Netherlands. X had a post where some silly gray haired woman started doing a stupid dance to celebrate.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 12:58 PM (Dv3i1)

221 Keir Starmer is a human rights lawyer, expect when it comes to the natives of the United Kingdom. Those toffs can eff right on off.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 12:58 PM (UeDJl)

222 "The police in Britain would rather 10,000 girls be raped than a single one of them lose their pension and retirement villa in Spain."

What is the count at now, I wonder? If one could count all the unreported rapes and molestations ... probably close to 10K now, or higher?
Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2026 12:56 PM (vbXSk)
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I suspect it's even worse.

How many British cops are immigrants of a certain cultural persuasion?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 12:58 PM (gnNyN)

223 Because people are noticing this, the EU is sponsoring ads that tell white girls not to have sex with white guys.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 12:58 PM (p56C0)

224 The police in Britain would rather 10,000 girls be raped than a single one of them lose their pension and retirement villa in Spain.

That's not just a British problem.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 12:58 PM (ExV1e)

225 Because the State would disappear them forever.

Teaching your daughter that you'll ALWAYS go to the mattresses for her is one of the most noble things you can do.

Knowingly abandoning your wife and other three children for the rest of your life is harder to do.
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Its as if you think crimes can't be gotten away with . . .

Posted by: the ignorant get caught at April 23, 2026 12:59 PM (anL5R)

226 the actual rapists. They aren't on this blog making comments.

Posted by: displacement at April 23, 2026 12:52 PM (anL5R)

Exactly!

Posted by: The Otters at April 23, 2026 12:59 PM (NALOx)

227
Alex Soros and Huma look like they stepped out of a novel by the Marquis de Sade.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 01:00 PM (tgvbd)

228 When you, (government) prove you are not up to the task, we, (the people), are.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 12:58 PM (Kd7Ab)

And this is the perfectly reasonable and logical counterpoint. If you (government) actively refuse to maintain good order and discipline, we're going to do it for you.

My opposition isn't moral or ethical. It's more about what it forces me to admit.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 01:00 PM (iNUL3)

229 What if she wasn't a K-9 trainer, then what would have happened?

https://tinyurl.com/bdhp3rmu

Posted by: beckster at April 23, 2026 01:00 PM (kX27y)

230 I've repeatedly shared here that for the better part of three decades, all I ever wanted to be was a high school history teacher.

I'm obviously never going to be a high school history teacher. It isn't safe.

Even here, I regularly read that men only become teachers to get access to kids.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (iNUL3)

While simultaneously bemoaning the lack of masculine influence in children's lives.

Posted by: Cognitive dissonance ain't just a river in Egypt at April 23, 2026 01:00 PM (TbWk/)

231 Because the State would disappear them forever.

Teaching your daughter that you'll ALWAYS go to the mattresses for her is one of the most noble things you can do.

Knowingly abandoning your wife and other three children for the rest of your life is harder to do.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:57 PM (iNUL3)

Which means that, if you go vigilantin', you need to be sneaky about it. Don't get caught, and don't brag about it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 01:00 PM (utfVc)

232
Is the Camp of the Saints a good book?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Download the PDF and see.

https://is.gd/W5SaOa

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 01:00 PM (Cqx++)

233 The first step is to admit that mohammedans are not compatible with civilization.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 01:01 PM (p56C0)

234 I suspect it's even worse.

How many British cops are immigrants of a certain cultural persuasion?
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its almost a majority.

Like the irish, immigrants they took to the police and fire and pretty soon were a majority. Same thing.

Posted by: the way at April 23, 2026 01:01 PM (anL5R)

235 UK riots are long overdue.

Posted by: Guzalot at April 23, 2026 01:01 PM (IkzPz)

236 There needs to be a Global War against Islam.

There, I said it. Whatever your issues with other religions or ethnicities or cultures, put them aside until Islam has been eradicated.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:01 PM (6Uni8)

237 Shoot, shovel, shut-up mate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 01:01 PM (UeDJl)

238 235 UK riots are long overdue.

Posted by: Guzalot at April 23, 2026 01:01 PM (IkzPz)

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2 years ago:

https://is.gd/V9B7HB

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:01 PM (GLVez)

239 There. That'll hold them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Well done!

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 01:01 PM (uUHnE)

240 Is the Camp of the Saints a good book?
Posted by: Boss Moss

You are reading this thread so you have a sneak peek.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 01:01 PM (p56C0)

241 The longer they remain in country the closer to Britain we become.

Posted by: braenyard at April 23, 2026 01:02 PM (AIm4E)

242 St George, defend the women and children of Britain.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2026 01:02 PM (mnRhB)

243 "because it would cause riots"

hmmm...

Posted by: John Roberts at April 23, 2026 01:02 PM (Q+gd/)

244 And before you get fooled into thinking it's just kowtowing to muslims or fear of being called racist, recall how the Left treated Polanski, Kennedy, Clinton, etc. And Weinstein, Swalwell until it became convenient to do otherwise.

They love them some assault, rape, robbery, and rape.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:02 PM (NALOx)

245 I DESPISE vigilante justice, but I absolutely understand how we get it - and letting girls be sacrificed (literally) on the altar of MultiCulti is how you get vigilante justice.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

I was born 100 years too late. I support vigilante justice 100%. We, (consent of the governed), allow you, (the government), exclusive use of force to keep order in our communities.

When you, (government) prove you are not up to the task, we, (the people), are.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 12:58 PM (Kd7Ab)

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[As I've been saying here occasionally for a decade now -- riffing off of a famous JFK quote:]

Those who make criminal justice impossible will make vigilante justice inevitable.

I also believe that it happens for more frequently than we know, and is intentionally not reported by the MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia or Soros DAs & PoPos so as not to give the rubes any satisfaction or ideas ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:02 PM (teZkF)

246 "The police in Britain would rather 10,000 girls be raped than a single one of them lose their pension and retirement villa in Spain."

What is the count at now, I wonder? If one could count all the unreported rapes and molestations ... probably close to 10K now, or higher?
Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2026 12:56 PM (vbXSk)
---
I suspect it's even worse.

How many British cops are immigrants of a certain cultural persuasion?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 12:58 PM (gnNyN)
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Many. I think that was part of the problem in the Rotterdam rape ring: a significant percentage of the police force was Muslim and looked the other way, if not encouraged or even participated in the rapes.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

247 >>Well they weren't fighting Cerwin and Vega.

But they were looking askance at Marantz.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 23, 2026 01:03 PM (NcvvS)

248 Which means that, if you go vigilantin', you need to be sneaky about it. Don't get caught, and don't brag about it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 01:00 PM (utfVc)

In Mexico City, Mexico, there is a drone in the air 24/7. It's always recording. Everything. They use it rewind from an incident (kidnapping, murder, et al.) to reverse-track the criminals.

If you think some version of that doesn't exist here...

We've all seen what our government can do to the people they want to punish.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 01:03 PM (iNUL3)

249 How many Brits are what we would consider to be conservative? Carl Benjamin says that the British people are conservative but his definition of conservative sometimes seems to be "socialist but only for heritage Brits".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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The question is what is desirable for a society. Locke and Hobbes duked it out centuries ago. Philosophers galore have tried to decipher it.

But I think the stagnation and authoritarianism of socialism in the UK would be easier to remedy in the future than importing invaders with alien cultures to oppress the native inhabitants is probably less so without blood and terror.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 01:03 PM (E4rtv)

250 The English female needs to accommodate the refugees. You know, lie back and think of England.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 23, 2026 01:04 PM (CP82V)

251
The police in Britain would rather 10,000 girls be raped than a single one of them lose their pension and retirement villa in Spain.

That's not just a British problem.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

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

It's worse than that. They'd rather 10,000 girls be raped than themselves be called a racist. Same gutless shyt that goes on in Amerian boardrooms.

"We must write checks for $100,000,000 to the SPLC and BLM so we can avoid being called racist. There, the ink is dry. By the way, what do those organizations actually do?"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:04 PM (n7rxJ)

252 Well they weren't fighting Cerwin and Vega.
Posted by: Dark Litigator

The Great Sound System Rebellion ended when the authorities declared Marshall Law.

Posted by: All Amped Up! at April 23, 2026 01:04 PM (oftw2)

253 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

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I was told there'd be no Latin!

/Had to look this one up too, thanks Elric:

"Who will guard the guards themselves?" or "Who will watch the watchmen?"

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:05 PM (teZkF)

254 In Mexico City, Mexico, there is a drone in the air 24/7. It's always recording. Everything. They use it rewind from an incident (kidnapping, murder, et al.) to reverse-track the criminals.

If you think some version of that doesn't exist here...

We've all seen what our government can do to the people they want to punish.
++
AND YET THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF UNSOLVED CRIMES IN MEXICO CITY EVERY YEAR > > > GEE

Posted by: the way at April 23, 2026 01:05 PM (anL5R)

255 The police in Britain would rather 10,000 girls be raped than a single one of them lose their pension and retirement villa in Spain."

What is the count at now, I wonder? If one could count all the unreported rapes and molestations ... probably close to 10K now, or higher?
Posted by: illiniwek

It is hundreds of thousands of rapes by mohammedans in the UK.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 01:05 PM (p56C0)

256
"By the way, what do those organizations actually do?"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:04 PM (n7rxJ)

___________

Live it up on the money you gave them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 01:05 PM (tgvbd)

257 253 "Who will guard the guards themselves?" or "Who will watch the watchmen?"

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:05 PM (teZkF)

=

It's a Rorschach test.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:06 PM (GLVez)

258 ET THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF UNSOLVED CRIMES IN MEXICO CITY EVERY YEAR > > > GEE

Posted by: the way at April 23, 2026 01:05 PM (anL5R)

I would suggest that's because the crimes in question were committed by their Protected Classes, not because the State lacks the ability to solve them.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 01:06 PM (iNUL3)

259 Drinking culture amongst the lower British classes was a problem before they imported Pakistan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 12:56 PM (GLVez)
_____

"Not true, ya wanker!"

-- Shitfaced Soccer Match Rioters

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:06 PM (iFTx/)

260 In movies they evil colonizing invaders always rape the local women.

The problem here is this is real and the invaders are people the FNM doesn't want to talk about.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 01:06 PM (sKqQm)

261 If you think some version of that doesn't exist here...

We've all seen what our government can do to the people they want to punish.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 01:03 PM (iNUL3)

Being sneaky means you understand such things exist, and employ means to fool them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 01:06 PM (utfVc)

262 Remember:
some 50% of murders are unsolved.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 01:06 PM (tUP1A)

263
I also believe that it happens for more frequently than we know, and is intentionally not reported by the MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia or Soros DAs & PoPos so as not to give the rubes any satisfaction or ideas ...
Posted by: ShainS

Sounds like Death Wish

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 01:06 PM (Cqx++)

264 >>The Great Sound System Rebellion ended when the authorities declared Marshall Law.

*golfclap*

Posted by: Nazdar at April 23, 2026 01:06 PM (NcvvS)

265 All the 110 lb. female superheroes in the movies never have a problem quickly dispatching male threats twice their size.

Posted by: Grrrrllll Power!! at April 23, 2026 01:06 PM (yMrgu)

266 Somewhere today (maybe JJ links?) I read that there are 64M migrants in Europe now. I guess that doesn't count second generation.

yikes. I don't see how this does not become the bloodiest century in European history.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 23, 2026 01:06 PM (uUHnE)

267 Princess Di got involved with Mooslims and what did it get her?

Posted by: Royal PITA at April 23, 2026 01:06 PM (oftw2)

268 They didn’t prosecute the 15 year old girl for asking for it? Color me shocked, given the direction the U.K. is going.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 01:07 PM (E6xSb)

269 I also believe that it happens for more frequently than we know, and is intentionally not reported by the MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia or Soros DAs & PoPos so as not to give the rubes any satisfaction or ideas ...
Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:02 PM (teZkF)
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That's a good point. The last thing the media wants to do is turn a vigilante into a hero.

Every time we see someone publicly step up and intervene, the media goes out of their way to destroy him.

The best vigilantes are invisible.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 01:07 PM (gnNyN)

270 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

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

I was told there'd be no Latin!

/Had to look this one up too, thanks Elric:

"Who will guard the guards themselves?" or "Who will watch the watchmen?"
Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:05 PM (teZkF)
_______

I prefer "who watches the watchmen?" But yea. Great quote I use often.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:07 PM (iFTx/)

271 248 If you think some version of that doesn't exist here...

We've all seen what our government can do to the people they want to punish.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 01:03 PM (iNUL3)

You're going to see a lot less "Justice", and a lot more "Settling Old Scores".

That's the truth people don't seem to want to admit.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:08 PM (6Uni8)

272 this can't be said enough. it's terrible, but there twatwaffles brought this upon the rest of the women around.

just a shame it never catches them, it's always the innococent that pay...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 23, 2026 12

Spoken like a true weak and feckless man. This girl was 15. She is not an AWFL. She is a child.

You complain that no one decent wants to date you, you blame that on women who have their silly little rules of 6. Let me give you a hard truth right back, it’s not because you don’t have a 6 pack or you are 5’10 that you aren’t viewed as a candidate as a husband. Now I don’t know if you 2 specifically have made this claim, because much like other women, I rarely waste my time on your type.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 12:44 PM (Dd38x)

Well now. The mask didn't just slip it flew right off.

Posted by: A clarifying moment to be sure at April 23, 2026 01:08 PM (TbWk/)

273 270
I prefer "who watches the watchmen?" But yea. Great quote I use often.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:07 PM (iFTx/)

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Top 5 pickup line.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:08 PM (GLVez)

274 240 Is the Camp of the Saints a good book?
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Depressing and to some degree was based on the idea in the 70's that the world was in the process of becoming overpopulated. But the key reminder in the book was that a failure of will in the West to defend itself would result in hideous invasion from abroad with alien cultures. The natives would be like the Indians or worse. Wiped out or still existing in small pockets aka reservations here and there.

Overpopulation is no longer the case for most of the world with the exception of the Asian/Middle Eastern/N. African Muslim nations and Sub Saharan Africa. In both cases, women are not educated nor viewed as part of society and thus are used primarily to produce children.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)

275 I would suggest that's because the crimes in question were committed by their Protected Classes, not because the State lacks the ability to solve them.
==
I would suggest that to some it is much easier to rationalize non action than to take an action that has risk. I suspect the woman who walked by the little girl crying for help felt that way.

Posted by: the way at April 23, 2026 01:09 PM (anL5R)

276 250 The English female needs to accommodate the refugees. You know, lie back and think of England.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 23, 2026 01:04 PM (CP82V)

Now that's racist and xenophobic.

She needs to lie back and think of Pakistan.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:09 PM (6Uni8)

277 But they were looking askance at Marantz.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 23, 2026 01:03 PM (NcvvS)

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There's a Muldoon limerick in there somewhere.

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:09 PM (teZkF)

278 I guess California doesn't have enough rapists with AIDS.

Report: California taxpayers are funding an NGO that imports illegal aliens with AIDs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 23, 2026 01:10 PM (CP82V)

279 Coming soon to Minneapolis, Dallas, Dearborn, New Jersey, L.A. and other culturally enriched cities.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 01:10 PM (2f2m7)

280 262 Remember:
some 50% of murders are unsolved.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Depends on the location (rural, suburban, or urban) and in many cases, it is simply a lack of reaching beyond a reasonable doubt level proof, not identifying the perps. Rural and outer suburban districts have pretty high clearance rates, not true of most urban or inner suburbs.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 01:10 PM (E4rtv)

281 They love them some assault, rape, robbery, and rape.
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:02 PM (NALOx)

They all want to be medieval nobles. The only rules that matter are the ones enforced by other nobles higher on the food chain them themselves. You are just a piece of meat to enrich them, or amuse them, as they please at the moment.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 01:10 PM (ExV1e)

282 How about GFY.

Beijing wants to use the International Monetary Fund to rescue the array of distressed Chinese loans around the world.

https://is.gd/I1TuJn

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)

283 Tommy Robinson got a pretty good crowd so I think there are some actual conservatives there so I would think one would show up here.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 01:11 PM (n5tGW)

284 That's a good point. The last thing the media wants to do is turn a vigilante into a hero.
Every time we see someone publicly step up and intervene, the media goes out of their way to destroy him.
The best vigilantes are invisible.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 01:07 PM (gnNyN)

Kyle Rittenhouse.

Posted by: davidt at April 23, 2026 01:11 PM (Q+gd/)

285 282 How about GFY.

Beijing wants to use the International Monetary Fund to rescue the array of distressed Chinese loans around the world.

https://is.gd/I1TuJn

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)

========

China super strong, bruh.

Their GDP growth hasn't completely plateaued or anything.

Chinese century, for sure.

Learn Chinese, your children will.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:11 PM (GLVez)

286 There's a Muldoon limerick in there somewhere.
Posted by: ShainS

Too late. It's Muldoon power-nap time.

Posted by: Restoring Creative Juices at April 23, 2026 01:11 PM (oftw2)

287 Actually they must not think of England as that is Haram.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:12 PM (NALOx)

288 The best vigilantes are invisible.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 01:07 PM (gnNyN)

Kyle Rittenhouse.

Posted by: davidt at April 23, 2026 01:11 PM (Q+gd/)

I wouldn't score him as a vigilante at all. He's just a man who protected himself from people trying to murder him.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 01:12 PM (iNUL3)

289 Many. I think that was part of the problem in the Rotterdam rape ring: a significant percentage of the police force was Muslim and looked the other way, if not encouraged or even participated in the rapes.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

The only thing you need to do, asshole, is bow and kiss our feet and be thankful for us every day. No one should be allowed to criticize us. EVER. Fucking ingrate POS….

Posted by: Cops at April 23, 2026 01:12 PM (E6xSb)

290 Depends on the location (rural, suburban, or urban) and in many cases, it is simply a lack of reaching beyond a reasonable doubt level proof, not identifying the perps. Rural and outer suburban districts have pretty high clearance rates, not true of most urban or inner suburbs.
Posted by: whig at

Well a lot of the urban are NHI. So no one breaks their back trying to solve them.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 01:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

291 >>There's a Muldoon limerick in there somewhere.

I could possibly get something good from that; but a minimally talented amateur gives way to the truly talented professional.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 23, 2026 01:12 PM (NcvvS)

292 There's a Muldoon limerick in there somewhere.
Posted by: ShainS

Too late. It's Muldoon power-nap time.
Posted by: Restoring Creative Juices at April 23, 2026 01:11 PM (oftw2)

There's a refractory period for limericks?

Posted by: Who knew? at April 23, 2026 01:12 PM (TbWk/)

293 283 Tommy Robinson got a pretty good crowd so I think there are some actual conservatives there so I would think one would show up here.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 01:11 PM (n5tGW)

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"Socialist healthcare for native Britons, fuck America, and pay the BBC license fee."
-alt-right in Britain

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:13 PM (GLVez)

294 China super strong, bruh.

Their GDP growth hasn't completely plateaued or anything.

Chinese century, for sure.

Learn Chinese, your children will.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:11 PM (GLVez)

I’d take that over the United States having any power or involvement in the world whatsoever!

Posted by: Isolationists and Code Pinkera at April 23, 2026 01:13 PM (E6xSb)

295 While reality shows most women want thugs.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at April 23, 2026 12:36 PM (/fraH)

I doubt this is true.

I suspect many women never encounter a gentleman in real life. The 60's kinda ruined that for everyone. Sex became a commodity to barter with, instead of being a unitive and creative endeavor between committed adults. So many men just want to get into the sack before they even know women that it has just become the norm.

That behavior just leads to everyone feeling used and abused. And not the behavior of a gentleman, or a lady for that matter.

Blaming it on women seems a bit silly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 01:13 PM (DwqWV)

296 287 Actually they must not think of England as that is Haram.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:12 PM (NALOx)

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They must kill themselves for using motorboats which are haram to come to England.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:13 PM (GLVez)

297 Kyle Rittenhouse wasn't a vigilante, but they did try to destroy him, for acting in self-defense.

I can't think of any lauded vigilantes off the top of my head.

Posted by: davidt at April 23, 2026 01:14 PM (Q+gd/)

298 I'm fine with vigilante justice, provided the justice part is not entirely lacking. I don't need it to happen in a courthouse for it to be justice. As a lawyer, my sense is that a fair amount of what happens in court is not especially just.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 01:14 PM (5NDL0)

299 Whatever you say can and will be repeated in a sort of caw.

Posted by: Blacksheep at April 23, 2026 01:14 PM (6mvRv)

300 As King Chuck the Dolt rabidly supports the importation of these demon people, he knows full well his family will never be impacted.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 23, 2026 01:14 PM (qBdHI)

301 294
I’d take that over the United States having any power or involvement in the world whatsoever!

Posted by: Isolationists and Code Pinkera at April 23, 2026 01:13 PM (E6xSb)

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I found Tucker Carlson's nic.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:14 PM (GLVez)

302
Learn Chinese, your children will.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:11 PM (GLVez)

_____________

How many people 40 years ago were learning Japanese because Japan, Inc. was going to leave us in the dust?

I'd rather have our problems than anyone else's.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 01:14 PM (tgvbd)

303 wait , WAIT!! what's this ??

"BREAKING 🔴🔴

Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf has resigned from the negotiating team"

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:15 PM (GD0B3)

304 "Socialist healthcare for native Britons, fuck America, and pay the BBC license fee."
-alt-right in Britain
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:13 PM (GLVez)

Isn't that everyone in Britannia, left right and center?

Posted by: Robert at April 23, 2026 01:15 PM (Qu5Ci)

305 I prefer "who watches the watchmen?" But yea. Great quote I use often.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:07 PM (iFTx/)

======

Top 5 pickup line.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:08 PM (GLVez)
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"Let's get something straight between us"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

306 The Great Sound System Rebellion ended when the authorities declared Marshall Law.
Posted by: All Amped Up!

Marshall will buoy but Fender control

Posted by: Cities on Flame at April 23, 2026 01:15 PM (W5mpo)

307 Like I mentioned up thread... the UK government encourages social interactions between white girls and the rape hordes. If there's reluctance, there's punishment. The parents feel pressured to follow the government's lead, or they fear retribution. Plus the schools and all forms of social media push this mentality.

Sort of like the push to accept transgenders as "normal" and accept their mental illness as "diversity."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 01:15 PM (jehhT)

308 can't think of any lauded vigilantes off the top of my head.
Posted by: davidt

Frank Castle.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 01:15 PM (YZ0Fo)

309 Did you all see that video of a cultural enricher destroying a centuries old wall in rural England? I don’t know how much play that got outside of the UK but it was a pretty big deal there.

They rape and pillage with no care in the world.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 01:15 PM (2f2m7)

310 You won't have Ghalibaf to kick around anymore!

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:15 PM (GD0B3)

311 So many men just want to get into the sack before they even know women that it has just become the norm.

That behavior just leads to everyone feeling used and abused. And not the behavior of a gentleman, or a lady for that matter.

Blaming it on women seems a bit silly.

In part that depends on the man's age. If he's 20, yeah, he's looking for action. If he's 30, he's starting to worry that he'll never find true love. Men are different than women, but they aren't THAT different.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 01:16 PM (Riz8t)

312 285 Learn Chinese, your children will.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:11 PM (GLVez)

At this point, it's going to have to be some weird blend of Mandarin, LatAm Spanish, and Arabic.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:16 PM (6Uni8)

313 The problem here is this is real and the invaders are people the FNM doesn't want to talk about.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 01:06 PM (sKqQm)

I think we've already been colonized and this is our colonizers (the leftard commie elite) merely enjoying the show.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:16 PM (NALOx)

314 Connecticut Representative Maryam Khan replaces U.S. flag for Pakistani flag on legislative desk.

https://tinyurl.com/3kzne5ek

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 01:16 PM (NpAcC)

315 230 I've repeatedly shared here that for the better part of three decades, all I ever wanted to be was a high school history teacher.

I'm obviously never going to be a high school history teacher. It isn't safe.

Even here, I regularly read that men only become teachers to get access to kids.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (iNUL3)

While simultaneously bemoaning the lack of masculine influence in children's lives.
Posted by: Cognitive dissonance ain't just a river in Egypt at April 23, 2026 01:00 PM (TbWk/)

I was hired as a teacher specifically because I am male.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 01:17 PM (E6xSb)

316 wait , WAIT!! what's this ??

"BREAKING 🔴🔴

Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf has resigned from the negotiating team"

Wasn't he one of those arrested by the IRGC, along with the President? It's tough to negotiate under those conditions.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

317 Connecticut Representative Maryam Khan replaces U.S. flag for Pakistani flag on legislative desk.

https://tinyurl.com/3kzne5ek
Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 01:16 PM (NpAcC)

this should go around far and wide for 2026

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:17 PM (GD0B3)

318 312 At this point, it's going to have to be some weird blend of Mandarin, LatAm Spanish, and Arabic.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:16 PM (6Uni

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China is in the middle of the worst demographic collapse of the second world.

The only people who need to learn Chinese are the 15 million, total, Chinese children under 2.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:17 PM (GLVez)

319

Democratic California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer said during a Wednesday debate that requiring truckers to understand English was “racial profiling.”

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 23, 2026 01:17 PM (Cqx++)

320 Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 12:20 PM (iFTx/)

I love that song. Good callback.
Posted by: Nelly at April 23, 2026 12:54 PM (6+ehB)
_____

:-)

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)

321
I'm afraid all I know about women is that I was damn lucky to get the one I did. Still not sure if she feels the same way.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 01:17 PM (tgvbd)

322 Vigilante justice is 100% justice. If you do the crime, it is 100% crime. Your options may be life perpetuating.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 01:17 PM (Fbc0I)

323 The best vigilantes are invisible.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 01:07 PM (gnNyN)

Back in the 70's in the tiny town of McCarthy AK there were two rapes a couple of weeks apart. The authorities were called, but back then it too a week or so for cops to get there, because there was no road, etc. By the time the cops arrived, they were directed to a body that had washed up on shore of the river a couple of nights earlier. There were no more rapes.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 01:17 PM (DwqWV)

324 Don't know if this is a big development but wasn't he one of the "pragmatists"

BREAKING 🔴🔴

Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf has resigned from the negotiating team.

Posted by: WisRich at April 23, 2026 01:18 PM (G0vdT)

325 Blaming it on women seems a bit silly.
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Blaming it ONLY on women seems a bit silly.

Certainly we got here as a society.

Virtue is dead for both men and women culturally.

This is what occurs when that happens. And it gets worse not better until the culture gets fixed. . .

Posted by: the sadness at April 23, 2026 01:18 PM (anL5R)

326 309 Did you all see that video of a cultural enricher destroying a centuries old wall in rural England? I don’t know how much play that got outside of the UK but it was a pretty big deal there.

They rape and pillage with no care in the world.
Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 01:15 PM (2f2m7)

I did see that and wish the little punk got his ass kicked. Dude is screaming at him and the little punk is just changing songs on his iPhone.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 01:18 PM (E6xSb)

327 I would suggest that to some it is much easier to rationalize non action than to take an action that has risk. I suspect the woman who walked by the little girl crying for help felt that way.

Posted by: the way at April 23, 2026 01:09 PM (anL5R)

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I remember after the Daniel Penny incident many (presumably male) commenters here proudly exclaiming that they would never risk being arrested, imprisoned, and/or prosecuted by intervening and attempt to protect victims from a physical assault or worse.

But as much as I value my freedom (I would likely be suicidal if imprisoned), I could never sleep nor live with myself if I did not intervene in such a scenario -- and I actually instinctually have a couple of times in my past.

My favorite is when I was riding my bicycle at a college campus and saw a black man beating a white woman after she'd exited the vehicle they were in. I stopped to intervene, protect her, and fight back if necessary ... at which point she started screaming and swearing at me, telling me to mind my own business.

I literally left just shaking my head ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:18 PM (teZkF)

328 Wasn't he one of those arrested by the IRGC, along with the President? It's tough to negotiate under those conditions.

==

I suspect the arrests were bullshit.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:18 PM (GD0B3)

329 Men are different than women, but they aren't THAT different.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 01:16 PM

Mom says there's a vas deferens between them.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at April 23, 2026 01:18 PM (0sNs1)

330 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2026 01:18 PM (E5EcG)

331 vig·i·lance
[ˈvijələn(t)s]
the action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties:
"security duties that demand long hours of vigilance"

“Possible” danger? I think that it has been positively identified.
Are the police vigilant?
Yes, they have identified you as a possible danger.
The police are there to keep you from going vigilant.

Posted by: RI Red at April 23, 2026 01:18 PM (h87eb)

332 Well a lot of the urban are NHI. So no one breaks their back trying to solve them.
Posted by: BruceWayne

True. Stats show outsized numbers of murderers and their victims have prior criminal records. Depending on the city, from 50-80 percent. A fair chunk are disputes among drug dealing gangs over territory and business disputes/robbery crimes against drug dealers.

Bukele in El Salvador has shown that this lawlessness is a CHOICE, not inevitable in society. But that means mass incarceration/death penalty in very harsh circumstances with no one let go until they are too old to do much or dead.

And that means harsh treatment for juveniles committing crimes as well. Turns out that it is clear from literature, that the one thing that turns someone into a career criminal at a young age is them perceiving that they got away with it.

Kindness to those yutes results in unkindness to society because you create monsters where crime is a way of life.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)

333 And by resigned he means his life was threatened. The IRGC is not going to negotiate.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 01:19 PM (n5tGW)

334 Well they weren't fighting Cerwin and Vega.
Posted by: Dark Litigator

The Great Sound System Rebellion ended when the authorities declared Marshall Law.
Posted by: All Amped Up! at April 23, 2026 01:04 PM (oftw2)

It was a Pioneer inflection moment, that.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 01:19 PM (wVcYX)

335 Did you all see that video of a cultural enricher destroying a centuries old wall in rural England? I don’t know how much play that got outside of the UK but it was a pretty big deal there.

They rape and pillage with no care in the world.
Posted by: Heroq

The most impactful image was an illegal in Brussels cooking a cat or dog over the flame of the tomb of the unknown soldier a few months ago.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 01:19 PM (p56C0)

336 Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf has resigned from the negotiating team.
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BREAKING NEWS

Speaker Ghalibaf was seen parading through the capitol's streets wearing a sandwich board that reads; DON'T KILL ME USA

Posted by: the sadness at April 23, 2026 01:19 PM (anL5R)

337 Vigilante justice may be satisfying but it is not justice.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:20 PM (NALOx)

338 Westerners around the world need to be handing out hangings like Mardi Gras beads, and not just for assailants...

Posted by: mea culpa at April 23, 2026 01:20 PM (JS9Co)

339
I literally left just shaking my head ...
Posted by: ShainS at April

You did the right thing and it may have sparked something for her later, but the reason it didn’t in the moment is she would have paid a far worse price.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 01:20 PM (Dd38x)

340 It’s bring your kid to work day. All the alien invaders have brought their kids in so you can see the next generation they think will takeover our country.

There are three Indians within sight. One boy has been picking his nose and eating it like it’s part of a buffet. There’s another girl who keeps constantly itching her ass. There’s another boy who is sticking his finger in his ear, and I guess licking the wax off his finger.

Every one of these people are bleeding heart liberals.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 23, 2026 01:20 PM (04KGT)

341 333 And by resigned he means his life was threatened. The IRGC is not going to negotiate.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 01:19 PM (n5tGW)

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Trump is such a dummy. He didn't see this coming.

It's just a weird coincidence that the one carrier in the region (the Lincoln) has been reinforced by a second (the Ford) and is being reinforced by a third (the Bush), though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:20 PM (GLVez)

342 324 Don't know if this is a big development but wasn't he one of the "pragmatists"

BREAKING 🔴🔴

Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf has resigned from the negotiating team.
Posted by: WisRich

Not surprised. Ghalibaf wants to live and he ain't got the guns to take on the IRGC. But, the regime fracturing also means a lot more informants for personally targeting the IRGC assholes for death if festivities resume.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 01:21 PM (E4rtv)

343 329 Men are different than women, but they aren't THAT different.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 01:16 PM

Mom says there's a vas deferens between them.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at April 23, 2026 01:18 PM (0sNs1)

***lo9ks around, grabs little shit, drags to the nearest bathroom, proceeds to administer a swirlie***

Nobody tell on me, okay?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2026 01:21 PM (E5EcG)

344 Justice with any qualifier is by definition not.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:21 PM (NALOx)

345
Many. I think that was part of the problem in the Rotterdam rape ring: a significant percentage of the police force was Muslim and looked the other way, if not encouraged or even participated in the rapes.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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It's Rotherham, not Rotterdam, and the problem wasn't Muslim cops; it was white cops who were afraid of being called racist. That came out again and again.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:21 PM (n7rxJ)

346 In part that depends on the man's age. If he's 20, yeah, he's looking for action. If he's 30, he's starting to worry that he'll never find true love. Men are different than women, but they aren't THAT different.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 01:16 PM (Riz8t)

True love isn't based on a first night fuck. The reason he can't find it in his 30's is because he spend his 20's on women who give it away, thinking that's a normal interaction when meeting men. Those are the same women who are now in their 30's. And now they have various diseases that are probably not entirely curable.

The entire system is broken.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 01:21 PM (DwqWV)

347 Don't know if this is a big development but wasn't he one of the "pragmatists"

BREAKING 🔴🔴

Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf has resigned from the negotiating team.
Posted by: WisRich at April 23, 2026 01:18 PM (G0vdT)

why are you are copying my post ? 😂

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:22 PM (GD0B3)

348 At some point the Brits are going to have to overthrow the government that is suppressing them.

Posted by: kurtz at April 23, 2026 01:22 PM (rSI6M)

349 ***lo9ks around, grabs little shit, drags to the nearest bathroom, proceeds to administer a swirlie***

Nobody tell on me, okay?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2026 01:21 PM (E5EcG)

Pretty sure that punishment is listed in the AoSHQ Style Guide.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 01:23 PM (DwqWV)

350 348 At some point the Brits are going to have to overthrow the government that is suppressing them.

Posted by: kurtz at April 23, 2026 01:22 PM (rSI6M)

And that's why the government took all of their guns.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 01:23 PM (6Uni8)

351 Kindness to those yutes results in unkindness to society because you create monsters where crime is a way of life.
Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)

Huh?

Posted by: Big city DAs and judges at April 23, 2026 01:23 PM (E6xSb)

352 ok, more updates about Ghalibaf... I do not believe it, but here it is..

"According to reports, the IRGC have pushed him out."

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:23 PM (GD0B3)

353 Yeah, I wish the Bush would hurry up, I want to see some splosions.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 01:24 PM (n5tGW)

354 why are you are copying my post ? 😂
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:22 PM (GD0B3)
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Who reads content before posting!

Posted by: WisRich at April 23, 2026 01:24 PM (G0vdT)

355 I don't believe it because Ghalibaf would not have pursued negotiations with the Great Shaitan if he did not have IRGC approval.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:24 PM (GD0B3)

356
I was riding my bicycle at a college campus and saw a black man beating a white woman after she'd exited the vehicle they were in. I stopped to intervene, protect her, and fight back if necessary ... at which point she started screaming and swearing at me, telling me to mind my own business.

I literally left just shaking my head ...
Posted by: ShainS

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

Toxic relationships are a mental illness. That same story happened to a cousin of mine -- he tried to stop a beating and the victim started beating him up.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:24 PM (n7rxJ)

357
"According to reports, the IRGC have pushed him out."

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:23 PM (GD0B3)

__________

Of a helicopter?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 01:25 PM (tgvbd)

358 It's Rotherham, not Rotterdam, and the problem wasn't Muslim cops; it was white cops who were afraid of being called racist. That came out again and again.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:21 PM (n7rxJ)

That and also the victims were almost exclusively from the lower classes. The powers that be took the “they’re trash anyway who cares” attitude.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 01:25 PM (2f2m7)

359 They are creating this little sharade, Moderates! Look at the Moderates!

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:25 PM (GD0B3)

360 I was riding my bicycle at a college campus and saw a black man beating a white woman after she'd exited the vehicle they were in. I stopped to intervene, protect her, and fight back if necessary ... at which point she started screaming and swearing at me, telling me to mind my own business.

I literally left just shaking my head ...
Posted by: ShainS
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There is a reason that cops hate going to domestic violence calls.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 01:25 PM (E4rtv)

361 At some point the Brits are going to have to overthrow the government that is suppressing them.

Posted by: kurtz at April 23, 2026 01:22 PM (rSI6M)

And that's why the government took all of their guns.
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Well we learned our fckin lesson from you nobs in 1783 dinnit we?

Posted by: UK govt at April 23, 2026 01:25 PM (anL5R)

362 Of a helicopter?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 01:25 PM (tgvbd)

I know what you are thinking. But they still need him.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:26 PM (GD0B3)

363 357
"According to reports, the IRGC have pushed him out."

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:23 PM (GD0B3)

__________

Of a helicopter?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 01:25 PM (tgvbd)

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I don't think they have much refining capacity, so gas is precious.

Pushing him into a pointy stick is probably all they can afford right now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 01:26 PM (GLVez)

364 It's Rotherham, not Rotterdam, and the problem wasn't Muslim cops; it was white cops who were afraid of being called racist. That came out again and again.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:21 PM (n7rxJ)

I don't think the wider problem among the white cops up and down Britain involved in there things was just fear of being called racist. I believe they were personally enriched like all corrupt cops,,and like all corruption it goes to the top. But I will admit I have only done cursory research on the matter. I just know it's much easier to admit to being afraid of the rules everyone hates than being in on it.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:26 PM (NALOx)

365 There is a reason that cops hate going to domestic violence calls.
Posted by: whig

Most dangerous calls they get.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 01:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

366 Don't know if this is a big development but wasn't he one of the "pragmatists"

BREAKING 🔴🔴

Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf has resigned from the negotiating team.

Posted by: WisRich at April 23, 2026 01:18 PM (G0vdT)

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And by "resigned" they mean tossed off the roof of a tall building, amirite?

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:26 PM (teZkF)

367 "The entire system is broken."

Agreed.

The pretense is:

1. Let's hook up.

2. Then we'll see what happens between us.

If 1 is primary, there doesn't even need to be a 2.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 23, 2026 01:26 PM (DgMqy)

368 .
NOOD

Democrat California Gubernatorial Candidates: Enforcing the Law That CDL Drivers Must be Proficient In English Is Racist and Trump is a Racist for Enforcing
the Law and We Will Enforce the Law by Not Enforcing It

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 23, 2026 01:27 PM (O7YUW)

369 Pahlavi got attacked in Berlin - natch.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 01:27 PM (n5tGW)

370 Well, Denver has launched a sure fire anti rape initiative.

https://is.gd/TOD2HZ

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 23, 2026 01:27 PM (CP82V)

371 It is all of a piece. Australia is doing the same thing. When you see that the pieces on the chessboard are moving the same way across the West, it definitely indicates that some guiding hand and funding toward these politicians is happening across the globe in the West.

It is not organic, it is not for the public's good, and even the stupid chattering classes of politicians and academics don't realize that they are for the chop too. Dunno the names of the people and who they are that are the shadow kings but it is clear that they exist and they hate and plan to destroy Western societies and people.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)

This is straight out of Tolkien's LoTR. Where is our Aragorn? Somebody needs to lead and tell the men of the West to stand and fight.

I'm old and half crippled, but I'd follow him.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 23, 2026 01:27 PM (aCkLa)

372
At some point the Brits are going to have to overthrow the government that is suppressing them.
Posted by: kurtz

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

When in the course of human events and all, but I think this is mostly being done with the consent of the governed. Same as here.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:27 PM (n7rxJ)

373 "Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf has resigned from the negotiating team."

I read a few days ago he was arrested by the IRGC. He resigned at the instant he was arrested!

Posted by: Gref at April 23, 2026 01:28 PM (5rh/l)

374 True love isn't based on a first night fuck. The reason he can't find it in his 30's is because he spend his 20's on women who give it away, thinking that's a normal interaction when meeting men. Those are the same women who are now in their 30's.

This is probably pointless but here goes...

Reportedly, roughly 10% of women, 18-25, have an OF account.
Dating site statistics show that 2/3 of men do not get matches. Period.
Social media is full of women happily, and publicly, proclaiming that they've cheated on their past boyfriends.

That's not all women. Probably it's mostly women in certain big cities. But that's what people see. All the time. And it affects thinking.

Meanwhile, women complain that men are dogs because they're all chasing the same few guys.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 01:28 PM (ExV1e)

375 ***looks around, grabs little shit, drags to the nearest bathroom, proceeds to administer a swirlie***

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 23, 2026 01:21 PM

Please don't throw me into that bathroom, Teresa!

Posted by: David Hogg at April 23, 2026 01:28 PM (JTfq9)

376
Nood

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 01:28 PM (tgvbd)

377 364 It's Rotherham, not Rotterdam, and the problem wasn't Muslim cops; it was white cops who were afraid of being called racist. That came out again and again.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 01:21 PM (n7rxJ)

I don't think the wider problem among the white cops up and down Britain involved in there things was just fear of being called racist. I believe they were personally enriched like all corrupt cops,,and like all corruption it goes to the top. But I will admit I have only done cursory research on the matter. I just know it's much easier to admit to being afraid of the rules everyone hates than being in on it.
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:26 PM (NALOx)

I don't think it's fear of being called a racist or corruption in the sense of financial gain. They just hate white people (even if they themselves are white) and western civilization. This is what people here who talk about ending whiteness mean. England is just 10 years ahead of where the same kind of people in this country want us to be.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 01:29 PM (5NDL0)

378 There is a reason that cops hate going to domestic violence calls.
Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 01:25

I can’t speak for all abused women, and I completely get the concept that it is sometimes safer to stay is a hard one to understand. But the harsh reality of it is that sometimes it absolutely is safer to stay, and when I tell you that a woman who is in that situation, if she is seen as going up against her abuser, she will be beaten and worse. I am a well educated person. I grew up a very privileged life. I endured things you wouldn’t even want to know about. And when I left, I was ruined, and so were my children.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM (Dd38x)

379 It is not organic, it is not for the public's good, and even the stupid chattering classes of politicians and academics don't realize that they are for the chop too. Dunno the names of the people and who they are that are the shadow kings but it is clear that they exist and they hate and plan to destroy Western societies and people.
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Hmm, lets see. Whom would have the longevity and focus to incrementally conduct such an operation with the end goal being the destruction of Western Civilization, Christianity and Israel. I dunno . . . maybe

Posted by: Church Lady at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM (anL5R)

380 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 23, 2026 01:27 PM (CP82V)

As the comments astutely pointed out, there is a gross assumption being communicated there by posting it in English.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM (NALOx)

381 Dating site statistics show that 2/3 of men do not get matches.

90% of men are scrotes.

Posted by: The women of the Feminist Dating Strategies subReddit at April 23, 2026 01:31 PM (cntDo)

382 "At this point, it's going to have to be some weird blend of Mandarin, LatAm Spanish, and Arabic." Posted by: XTC

About a decade ago Jim Rogers (finance guy) had a couple kids when he was around 60. He resided in Singapore and had his kids learn Mandarin. Not sure how that is working out for him.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 23, 2026 01:31 PM (vbXSk)

383 348 At some point the Brits are going to have to overthrow the government that is suppressing them.
Posted by: kurtz
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It is not just the government, you have to remake society in such a way as to disenfranchise and impoverish most of the ruling class or you get a counter revolution. That is why Revolutions are such bloody things hated by many in political theory.

Essentially you have a ruling class complete with its own hierarchy that has insulated itself by wealth, security teams, and space from the consequences of their politics. All of that has to be stripped for the system to recover and the ruling class will fight that to the last bone in their body.

Loss of power and wealth to them is akin to death.

That is why I give Trump a lot of latitude. Reforming the system is much harder and tedious than the shortcut of Revolution. Revolutions tend to get out of hand and descend into either creating a new ruling class that is equally bad if not worse, and instituting such a bloodbath among the citizens via civil war that society takes centuries to recover. France and Mexico are still haunted by Revolutions that occurred well over a century ago.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 01:31 PM (E4rtv)

384 Reportedly, roughly 10% of women, 18-25, have an OF account.
Dating site statistics show that 2/3 of men do not get matches. Period.
Social media is full of women happily, and publicly, proclaiming that they've cheated on their past boyfriends.
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the culture is rewarding psychopathic behavior. You get more of what you subsidize.

Posted by: these are just facts at April 23, 2026 01:32 PM (anL5R)

385 Couldn’t read the details. I knew men from world war 2. They didn’t fight for this.

What I want to say would get me hammer banned. 😡

Posted by: The Dog at April 23, 2026 01:33 PM (XodLO)

386 Kindness to those yutes results in unkindness to society because you create monsters where crime is a way of life.

Posted by: whig at April 23, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)

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"He who is merciful to the cruel will eventually be cruel to the merciful."

-- Jewish Midrashic literature?

Posted by: ShainS at April 23, 2026 01:33 PM (teZkF)

387 And when I left, I was ruined, and so were my children.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 01:30 PM (Dd38x)

Hush girl, you were not ruined. Damaged maybe but not ruined. I know what you "meant" but dispense with that shit. Even in the past tense it is incorrect.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 01:33 PM (NALOx)

388 That is why I give Trump a lot of latitude. Reforming the system is much harder and tedious than the shortcut of Revolution. Revolutions tend to get out of hand and descend into either creating a new ruling class that is equally bad if not worse, and instituting such a bloodbath among the citizens via civil war that society takes centuries to recover.
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Trump is simultaneously fighting a revolution and WWIII.
Without the usual bloodshed.
Yes. I am going to cut the guy slack.

Posted by: these are just facts at April 23, 2026 01:34 PM (anL5R)

389 this should go around far and wide for 2026
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 01:17 PM (GD0B3)

And she should be hung

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 23, 2026 01:36 PM (P4Pk9)

390 It shows that the magnitude of evil that is the very nature of the satanic death cult of islam is disgustingly surpasssd by British governkent officials who cover up the horrific nature of these animal rapists....They KNOW how wrong it is, yet they s8de wi5h the rapists.

Ex3cute ALL the rapists...deport ALL members of the satanic death cult...then execu5e the British government scum who are covering up for the rapists.

Posted by: Pste at April 23, 2026 01:43 PM (FSX5e)

391 Lighter news? I got some. 100 Basij jihadis have been poisoned . Several are dead.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 01:54 PM (DIbRX)

The Morning Rant

"The world's greatest deliberative body?" My ass.

The Grown in America Act of 2025 (H.R. 1707) is legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in early 2025. Sponsored by Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN) along with Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) and others, the bill's goal is to strengthen American agriculture by encouraging businesses to buy more of their agricultural raw materials domestically rather than from foreign countries. This bill, which is a rational response to outsourcing of agricultural products to foreign players that might very well be our adversaries, is a market-driven answer to a national security imperative...we must produce our own food, and if it costs us a bit more than buying it from foreign countries? So be it. Countries worldwide understand this and subsidize their food production in many ways: with direct subsidies, with tax advantages, with estate tax carve-outs for farms, etc. In fact, we do some of that already, with an insanely complex support system that often pays farmers not to produce!

But subsidizing their domestic customers with a tax credit is far cheaper, and it neatly avoids the geopolitical cudgel that other countries can use against America. China is a big fan of threatening to stop buying our soybeans or pork or...whatever...to bolster their negotiating stance in other areas. This decreases the power of that tactic, and also smooths the boom-and-bust cycle of agricultural commodities.

So what's the problem?

Congress is the problem, even though this bill was presented by a bipartisan (vile word, that!) group of congressmen from agricultural states. First, it is quite obviously a MAGA talking point, which makes it unappetizing to the rabid TDS sufferers in the Democrat Party. Second, it will hurt China, and one can be confident that its agents in America are working hard to blunt its support. Fang Fang anyone? And third, it is simply lost in the miasma of a completely dysfunctional Congress. They can do nothing but interfere and obstruct. Just look at the deeply offensive game that John Thune plays in the Senate to prevent recess appointments by the administration for a sense of their obstruction. And the SAVE Act is most probably dead, even though it is supported by huge majorities of Americans!

The financial effect of this bill is modest, especially in comparison to the massive fraud being perpetrated against the American taxpayer by the welfare apparatus. A small fraction of those fraudulent transfer payments would pay for the tax credits being proposed in this bill, and the funds would remain in America, rather than being funneled to Somalia and Venezuela and Guatemala and China and...

But our legislatures are profoundly broken, and driven by motivations so antithetical to the well being of Americans that it is difficult to recognize what exactly they work toward. Is it self aggrandizement? Is it wealth? Is it power? Is it the success of foreign actors at the expense of the American people?

All yes.

In ancient Rome through Victorian England, actors were considered on par with prostitutes. It is time to embrace that social standing for politicians, and relieve the acting profession of their burden as the lowest of the low.

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 11:00 AM (Wnv9h)

2 Good morning CBD

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2026 11:00 AM (YBtcQ)

3 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 11:00 AM (N1DT3)

4 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 11:01 AM (Wnv9h)

5 on par with prostitutes. It is time to embrace that social standing for politicians, and relieve the acting profession of their burden as the lowest of the low.
Posted by: CBD

It has ever been thus!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 23, 2026 11:04 AM (YBtcQ)

6 Donors and lobbyists first. The American people are an afterthought... if thought about at all.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 11:06 AM (jehhT)

7 In virtually every 'western' nation, their governments act in ways to prevent them from producing their own food. I suppose that a Malthusian societal death wish could be blamed but it's far more likely to be simple treason (in reality albeit not legally).

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 11:07 AM (ExV1e)

8 on par with prostitutes. It is time to embrace that social standing for politicians, and relieve the acting profession of their burden as the lowest of the low.
Posted by: CBD

I've never had need to call a politician.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 11:09 AM (Kd7Ab)

9 At least prostitutes provide an important service.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:10 AM (77rzZ)

10
There are angry Marxists running the courts and legislatures these days.

Cross them and you get the Trump treatment.

Yeah, I know, doomer.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 11:11 AM (Y8DZL)

11 prostitutes provide an in demand service for pay and they should not be lumped in with politicians. Actors provide entertainment, but in todays world the few that achieve celebrity status think they should be 'thought leaders'. Politics seems to be full of vile grifters, and DC seems to twist many of the ones with good intentions into grifters all too quickly.

Maybe we should have a draft for congressional service. If your number is called you have to spend two years in DC. I doubt draftees could do any worse than what we have now.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 23, 2026 11:12 AM (CFj4+)

12 Congress will do what they have to do to benefit themselves.
Then they will have the gall to tell the voters they done it for them. And the media will back them up. It's the same shit over and over again. And it's getting old.

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 11:13 AM (pvf3X)

13 There are angry Marxists running the courts and legislatures these days.

I submit that the modifier "angry" is unnecessary, given that ALL Marxists are angry. They're angry that someone else has been successful at life when they clearly haven't.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

14 >>Just look at the deeply offensive game that John Thune plays in the Senate to prevent recess appointments by the administration for a sense of their obstruction. And the SAVE Act is most probably dead, even though it is supported by huge majorities of Americans!

Yeah, Americans want it, but our political class at all levels has decided foreigners are the priority.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 11:14 AM (5xoct)

15 One thing Trump could do that would be helpful to the US would be to encourage agriculture in Hawaii.

Hawaii is not a diverse economy. Government spending is the number one component. (Not sustainable). It is also hugely reliant on tourism, which is understandable, but not a sector that is useful for building a stable culture as it tends to create the third world dynamic of massive amounts of lower class, a few upper class and no middle.

It's agriculture basically died when the tariffs on sugar and pineapple disappeared in the 1970s-1980s. The packing plants associated also disappeared, removing opportunity for many middle class.

There are vast open fields in Hawaii (yes, seriously) that have basically gone fallow since.

Trump could make revitalizing agriculture in Hawaii, leading to supporting industries for export one of his side projects. This could move the less stupid citizens there to see MAGA as beneficial to them as well.

(Not suggesting it has to be a return sugar or pineapples, but it's a tropical island, and many places are already growing chocolate and coffee.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 11:14 AM (N1DT3)

16 With the SPLC under investigation, whom shall I give my hard earned federal hand outs to?

Posted by: Smooth Brained Old Hippie Boomer at April 23, 2026 11:15 AM (wAvYO)

17 In virtually every 'western' nation, their governments act in ways to prevent them from producing their own food. I suppose that a Malthusian societal death wish could be blamed but it's far more likely to be simple treason (in reality albeit not legally).
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

In some states, they ban you from collecting rainwater.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (Kd7Ab)

18 Congress is the problem, even though this bill was presented by a bipartisan (vile word, that!) group of congressmen from agricultural states.

In other words, how can we solidify our power by pretending to solve issues caused with policies we had no business enacting in the first place?

Posted by: Congress at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (LLQU7)

19 (Not suggesting it has to be a return sugar or pineapples, but it's a tropical island, and many places are already growing chocolate and coffee.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Is there still that big cattle ranch on the Big Island?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (77rzZ)

20 16 With the SPLC under investigation, whom shall I give my hard earned federal hand outs to?

Posted by: Smooth Brained Old Hippie Boomer at April 23, 2026 11:15 AM (wAvYO)

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I am forming the Southeastern Poverty Law Center.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (GLVez)

21 Trump could make revitalizing agriculture in Hawaii, leading to supporting industries for export one of his side projects. This could move the less stupid citizens there to see MAGA as beneficial to them as well.

Agriculture left HI because labor there was too expensive and the locals don't want to work like Guatemalans. Are you proposing that we subsidize their absurd salaries?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

22 9 At least prostitutes provide an important service.
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:10 AM (77rzZ)

Politicians provide the exact same service, minus the happy ending.

Posted by: Polka will never die at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (TMsqB)

23 In some states, they ban you from collecting rainwater.
Posted by: rickb223

Or they tax you for it. WTH is the justification for that?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ)

24 I thought Hawaii was having a water problem, which is why the PGA Tour now canceled its stops there.

If you have water problem, it's gonna be hard to revitalize tropical agriculture, b/c tropical tends to need and have a lot of water...

Now, being surrounded by water, I'm not sure why they couldn't fix the water problem, but they don't seem to want to right now...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 11:18 AM (tOcjL)

25 In some states, they ban you from collecting rainwater.
Posted by: rickb223

Or they tax you for it. WTH is the justification for that?

Well it isn't like it just falls from the sky.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)

26 Politicians provide the exact same service, minus the happy ending.

Posted by: Polka will never die at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (TMsqB)

Who pays hookers for anal sex?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 11:18 AM (0Easg)

27 The tropics tend to make people lazy, I think.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:18 AM (77rzZ)

28 21 Agriculture left HI because labor there was too expensive and the locals don't want to work like Guatemalans. Are you proposing that we subsidize their absurd salaries?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

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Hawaii should depopulate to a certain degree, to be honest.

Modern agricultural machines can handle crop harvesting with fewer hands. The rest of the islands are just resorts while everything in between are variations of low quality housing that's been degrading for decades and homeless camps.

Considering how much native Hawaiians hate white Americans, as well, they should be paid to move to their diverse heritage homelands like Japan or the Philippines.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 11:19 AM (GLVez)

29 There's a significant portion of the population that *wants* to be ruled, rather than looking after themselves. Therefore, we have rulers instead of representatives.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 23, 2026 11:19 AM (DgMqy)

30 Agriculture left HI because labor there was too expensive and the locals don't want to work like Guatemalans. Are you proposing that we subsidize their absurd salaries?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

In First World countries, farming is highly mechanized.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 11:19 AM (utfVc)

31 >>>the bill's goal is to strengthen American agriculture by encouraging businesses to buy more of their agricultural raw materials domestically rather than from foreign countries.

Encourage how? Lots of ways to do that.

Tariffs would be the correct way. Whatever the foreigners are doing to their advantage, slap a tariff on their product when it hits our market. Businesses are now encouraged to buy domestically.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

Posted by: No Name Today at April 23, 2026 11:19 AM (8mulE)

32 Congress shouldn't be a lifetime appointment. That's what it's become for many tho'. More than a few have died in office (and continued to vote). Many, currently, are senile or functionally impaired to the point they can't reason.

Nobody "elected" to office should remain there for decades. It would go a long way towards reigning in the graft and corruption.

If the president can only serve two 4 year terms, Congress should be limited too.

Oh, and ditch this lifetime appointment shit for the judiciary too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 11:20 AM (jehhT)

33 I am forming the Southeastern Poverty Law Center.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (GLVez)

I am forming the Northern Poverty Law Center, with which I will seek to alleviate my own poverty.

Posted by: RI Red at April 23, 2026 11:20 AM (/gK7m)

34 Many agricultural producers are subsidized and paid to not produce. This is madness. What ever happened to open and free markets? I guess this might preserve the land and soil, but this is clearly government intervention, and it's criminal.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 11:20 AM (Fbc0I)

35 I thought Hawaii was having a water problem, which is why the PGA Tour now canceled its stops there.

If you have water problem, it's gonna be hard to revitalize tropical agriculture, b/c tropical tends to need and have a lot of water...

Now, being surrounded by water, I'm not sure why they couldn't fix the water problem, but they don't seem to want to right now...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 11:18 AM (tOcjL)

It has water problems because liberals control the water authorities.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 11:21 AM (N1DT3)

36 If your child says they want to be a politician, you are allowed to ask where you failed as a parent.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 11:21 AM (OPGS/)

37 Or they tax you for it. WTH is the justification for that?
Posted by: Bulg

Personally, I'd try to get a class action lawsuit and sue the state.

You claim the rain water is yours, fine. YOUR rainwater rusted my belongings.

Pay up.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 11:22 AM (Kd7Ab)

38 33 I am forming the Southeastern Poverty Law Center.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (GLVez)

I am forming the Northern Poverty Law Center, with which I will seek to alleviate my own poverty.

Posted by: RI Red at April 23, 2026 11:20 AM (/gK7m)

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The only way for smooth-brained older leftists to feel good about themselves is to max out donations to both of us!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 11:22 AM (GLVez)

39 Now, being surrounded by water, I'm not sure why they couldn't fix the water problem, but they don't seem to want to right now...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 11:18 AM (tOcjL)

It has water problems because liberals control the water authorities.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 11:21 AM (N1DT3)

Thus, the "don't seem to want to fix the water problem."

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 11:22 AM (tOcjL)

40 In First World countries, farming is highly mechanized.

True, but nonetheless, it requires lots of labor. If HI returns to its agricultural roots, they would still need a lot of workers, just as we do here in the mainland.

There are approximately 2.5 to 3 million agricultural workers in the U.S., with roughly 15% identifying as migratory and 85% as settled. Immigrant workers make up a significant portion of this workforce, with studies indicating that about 40–50% of crop farmworkers are unauthorized, while many others hold H-2A seasonal visas

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

41 The left has turned the government into a way to enrich themselves at our expense - this is very similar to the state of the nation in 1776.

Then they take some of that loot and bribe GOPe office holders to let them continue.

This is intolerable. But how do we fix it when most people just won't pay attention to politics where you can't just vote R because a bunch of R officeholders are controlled opposition

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 11:23 AM (sKqQm)

42 it's not a great bill.
1. Supply chain distortion and innovation loss.
Processors will make sourcing decisions based on tax optimization rather than quality, price, or product fit. A California wine producer who uses specific French yeast cultures or a Wisconsin cheese maker who imports specialty rennet will face a tax penalty for doing what makes their product distinctive. Over time, you lose product diversity and innovation in exchange for a simpler, more "domestic" supply chain.
2. Entrenchment and repeal difficulty.
Once $10 billion in annual credits is flowing to a constituency, it never goes away. Every food processor with a domestic-sourcing strategy will lobby to defend this credit. Even if a future administration wants to repeal it for fiscal reasons, the coalition to keep it will be formidable. That's a permanent ratchet in the tax code, funded by every American taxpayer, benefiting a concentrated industry.
3. The regulatory arbitrage game.
"Further processing" is the threshold for eligibility — products must be "sold for human consumption without further processing." That definition will be litigated endlessly. Is a bagged salad "further processed"? A frozen pizza?

Posted by: Jeff Carter at April 23, 2026 11:24 AM (ZiwLX)

43 The honest summary
On paper, this looks like an $7-15B/year tax credit to promote American agriculture. In practice, it's:

A concentrated subsidy to large food processors (not farmers)
Funded by all taxpayers through lost revenue
Paid for again by consumers through higher grocery prices
With significant trade, administrative, and distortionary costs on top

The combined direct and opportunity cost package is likely in the range of $15-25 billion per year once you add revenue loss, consumer price effects, trade retaliation, and compliance costs. Over 10 years that's $150-250 billion — real money for a bill that's gotten almost no attention because it was introduced in February and has been sitting in Ways and Means ever since.
Who benefits: Large food processors and cooperatives with the scale to hit the $100M cap, plus the domestic commodity producers whose prices get supported.
Who pays: Federal taxpayers, grocery shoppers (especially low-income households), U.S. agricultural exporters facing retaliation, and anyone who values product diversity and trade relationships.

Posted by: Jeff Carter at April 23, 2026 11:24 AM (ZiwLX)

44 Ladies of negotiable affection actually provide a service.

It's dubious if any of our politicians can say the same.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 11:24 AM (gnNyN)

45 there are criminal classes with more self respect, honesty and dependability than members of congress.

Congress people are basically psychopaths. They are there for the power money and that's it. The rest is just a costume and mask they put on in order to get there. They worse than actors. Actors are not frauds. Everyone knows actors are pretending to be what they are not.

Posted by: its about time we ran them all out and started from scratch at April 23, 2026 11:25 AM (anL5R)

46 If HI returns to its agricultural roots, they would still need a lot of workers, just as we do here in the mainland.

And just like that, our welfare roll problems are solved.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 11:26 AM (OPGS/)

47 Ladies of negotiable affection actually provide a service.

It's dubious if any of our politicians can say the same.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Well, they do provide services to the CCP.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:26 AM (77rzZ)

48 Politicians now are actors (theater kids, as whig would say). They should be treated as attention-whores that they are.

Maybe when everyone holds actors in contempt who spout political opinions, they'll also hold politicians in contempt who do hearings as political theater and little else.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 23, 2026 11:26 AM (Dg7ng)

49 For purposes of section 38, the domestically produced agriculture credit determined under this section for any taxable year is an amount equal to the lesser of—

“(1) (A) the product of—

“(B) 25 percent of the total agricultural input costs of such taxpayer with respect to such taxable year, multiplied by

“(C) the applicable percentage of the taxpayer for the taxable year, or

“(2) $100,000,000.

100 M aint nothing to sneeze at

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 11:27 AM (/+uur)

50 They worse than actors. Actors are not frauds.

I don't know about that. Robert DeNiro pretends to have a brain and something useful to say.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

51 Agriculture left HI because labor there was too expensive and the locals don't want to work like Guatemalans. Are you proposing that we subsidize their absurd salaries?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

In First World countries, farming is highly mechanized.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 11:19 AM (utfVc)

Exactly. And it does lead to good paying jobs and associated shipping/packing/etc...

It's an industry that allows for a growing middle class.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 11:28 AM (N1DT3)

52 Agriculture left HI because labor there was too expensive and the locals don't want to work like Guatemalans. Are you proposing that we subsidize their absurd salaries?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

Exactly. And it does lead to good paying jobs and associated shipping/packing/etc...

It's an industry that allows for a growing middle class.

You haven't answered my question.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

53 GOP senate is garbage. Tax cuts for their donors it’s is the only thing they care about.

Posted by: Heroq at April 23, 2026 11:30 AM (2f2m7)

54 It's an industry that allows for a growing middle class.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Agriculture is what built this country.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:32 AM (77rzZ)

55 They worse than actors. Actors are not frauds.

I don't know about that. Robert DeNiro pretends to have a brain and something useful to say.
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Literally everyone knows he is an idiot. Even he knows he is an idiot. Nobody really thinks Ronald McDonald makes the hamburgers. C'mon. To be a fraud,you have to actually be able to deceive. There has to be reliance and it has to be justifiable. No Fking way anyone believe DeNiro is to be taken seriously. Literally a clown.

Posted by: its about time we ran them all out and started from scratch at April 23, 2026 11:32 AM (anL5R)

56 Are you proposing that we subsidize their absurd salaries?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

The skilled farm labor will make good money. The stoop labor won't, but it will be better than welfare, and you kick them off the welfare rolls, and make them work for a living.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 11:33 AM (utfVc)

57 52 Agriculture left HI because labor there was too expensive and the locals don't want to work like Guatemalans. Are you proposing that we subsidize their absurd salaries?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

Exactly. And it does lead to good paying jobs and associated shipping/packing/etc...

It's an industry that allows for a growing middle class.

You haven't answered my question.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

I'm assuming he's encourage Hawaii to farm products that don't need much labor for field tasks...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 11:33 AM (tOcjL)

58 Nobody really thinks Ronald McDonald makes the hamburgers.

You mean HE DOESN'T??!!

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

59 Thx CBD.
Back in my younger days I didn't favor term limits. I thought a citizen should be able to vote for whomever they wished. However the obvious accumulation of power and money changed my mind.
The constitution should be changed to allow for 18 years service as a Pres, Congress critter and senator. Break it up anyway, but you're only there 18 yrs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 11:33 AM (gu0hJ)

60 In any event, the GOP has until next January to get stuff done. But they aren't in any hurry, they would rather be the minority opposition and not have to worry about anything but what to have for dinner.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 11:33 AM (n5tGW)

61 Exactly. And it does lead to good paying jobs and associated shipping/packing/etc...

It's an industry that allows for a growing middle class.

You haven't answered my question.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

Alberta Oil Peon did:

In First World countries, farming is highly mechanized.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 11:19 AM (utfVc)

First world agriculture would be using large equipment and higher salaries for the higher skilled workers required to use them.

No subsidy required.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 23, 2026 11:33 AM (N1DT3)

62
The water problem up here has been that there's too much of it, flooding everywhere.

No stream wading Saturday for the Trout opener.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 11:33 AM (Y8DZL)

63 "In ancient Rome through Victorian England, actors were considered on par with prostitutes."

I'm pretty sure a lot of them where prostitutes

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 11:34 AM (iFTx/)

64 Nobody really thinks Ronald McDonald makes the hamburgers.

You mean HE DOESN'T??!!
Posted by: Bulg
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I suppose we have to make allowances for the left side of the bell curve.

Posted by: its about time we ran them all out and started from scratch at April 23, 2026 11:34 AM (anL5R)

65 "In ancient Rome through Victorian England, actors were considered on par with prostitutes."

I'm pretty sure a lot of them where prostitutes
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Empress Theodora (wife of Justinian I) has entered the chat.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)

66 Investing in a product or company because you have faith in their capacity to succeed is not the same as picking winners and losers and submarining the industry thru regulation for your benefit. That's criminal.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 11:35 AM (Fbc0I)

67 That’s exactly how some of the ancient Greek city states ran things.

Sort of like military conscripts or jury duty. You get drafted, but now you’re in charge of the Water Works. It actually worked pretty well, apparently.

ALTHOUGH - they did provide for the death penalty for malfeasance or misfeasance in public office. You know, to encourage the others.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 23, 2026 11:36 AM (15vO0)

68 Empress Theodora (wife of Justinian I) has entered the chat.
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I wonder if she had giant tits and liked to argue as well.

Posted by: its about time we ran them all out and started from scratch at April 23, 2026 11:36 AM (anL5R)

69 58 Nobody really thinks Ronald McDonald makes the hamburgers.

You mean HE DOESN'T??!!
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

He does, but only at the one fully-equipped McDonalds in California, built in the 1970s, that has never served a single customer.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 11:37 AM (Y1sOo)

70 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 11:38 AM (9gDA7)

71 Big Farm is just as bad as all the other Bigs in this country.

Let farmers farm. Stop Bill Gates and China from buying up all the farm land. Make America Great Again, goldammit.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 11:38 AM (9gDA7)

72
Our foundation of education is eroding (has eroded) and is taking the subject of an honest 'History of the US' down the chute with it. (History (US & world), civics, social studies were taught all the way through 1 - 12 grades many years ago).

How much of the adult (voting) population understands branches of government and their purposes, the Declaration of Independence and Human Frailty, the US Constitution and Human Fallibility?

Politicians can & will use their constituents for self-interests - political and otherwise - until citizens know and CHERISH a common history & understand the branches of government, purpose and limitations.

imho

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 11:38 AM (NFX2v)

73 Agriculture left HI because labor there was too expensive and the locals don't want to work like Guatemalans. Are you proposing that we subsidize their absurd salaries?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

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Hawaii should depopulate to a certain degree, to be honest.

Modern agricultural machines can handle crop harvesting with fewer hands. The rest of the islands are just resorts while everything in between are variations of low quality housing that's been degrading for decades and homeless camps.

Considering how much native Hawaiians hate white Americans, as well, they should be paid to move to their diverse heritage homelands like Japan or the Philippines.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 11:19 AM (GLVez)
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Very few native Hawaiians are left, tho. Maybe 10% of the population. There are twice as many whites on the islands as natives. The dominant race? Asian. Probably 40%. Mostly Japanese (!), Korean, and Filipino.

I'm going to Hawaii in next month. I'll be sure to report my findings!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 11:41 AM (iFTx/)

74 69 58 Nobody really thinks Ronald McDonald makes the hamburgers.

You mean HE DOESN'T??!!
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

He does, but only at the one fully-equipped McDonalds in California, built in the 1970s, that has never served a single customer.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 11:37 AM (Y1sOo)

I got a foot long red hair in my quarter pounder

mmm mmm gooder

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 11:43 AM (/+uur)

75 I love and am friends with theatre kids, but there is a reason the stereotype of "theatre kids" exists.

Also, I need to rewatch 1776 this year for the 250th, and I love this line by John Adams:

"I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace; that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a Congress! And by God, I have had this Congress!"

Posted by: LizLem at April 23, 2026 11:43 AM (Eng1Z)

76 Empress Theodora (wife of Justinian I) has entered the chat.
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I wonder if she had giant tits and liked to argue as well.
Posted by: its about time we ran them all out and started from scratch at April 23, 2026 11:36 AM (anL5R)

Justinian had giant tits?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 11:43 AM (ExV1e)

77 70 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge
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You're nailing it today!!!

Posted by: lin-duh at April 23, 2026 11:44 AM (9U6Wl)

78 It is unfair and offensive to compare prostitutes to politicians, the latter of whom are clearly of lower moral character than the former.

Posted by: Cynical Stoic at April 23, 2026 11:44 AM (2r+jB)

79 "I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace; that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a Congress! And by God, I have had this Congress!"
Posted by: LizLem

So many great lines in that movie.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)

80 First world agriculture would be using large equipment and higher salaries for the higher skilled workers required to use them.

No subsidy required.

But if its highly mechanized, there won't be many jobs created.

If no subsidy is required, why are you invoking Trump? Why does the government need to be involved at all? Why wouldn't private industry invest in it?

66 Investing in a product or company because you have faith in their capacity to succeed is not the same as picking winners and losers and submarining the industry thru regulation for your benefit. That's criminal.

Correct. See above. There are far to many who say "could we?" and not enough who say "should we?". That is why our government is now Leviathan.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

81 Nobody really thinks Ronald McDonald makes the hamburgers.

Meat Is Murder!

Posted by: Smooth Brained Old Hippie Boomer at April 23, 2026 11:46 AM (wAvYO)

82 The US Congress exists as a money laundering scheme. It has outlived its usefulness to anyone but the criminal elite and the people who exist on crumbs from the public treasury. Unserious and detrimental in most every regard.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at April 23, 2026 11:46 AM (5295G)

83 They worse than actors. Actors are not frauds.

I don't know about that. Robert DeNiro pretends to have a brain and something useful to say.
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Literally everyone knows he is an idiot. Even he knows he is an idiot. Nobody really thinks Ronald McDonald makes the hamburgers. C'mon. To be a fraud,you have to actually be able to deceive. There has to be reliance and it has to be justifiable. No Fking way anyone believe DeNiro is to be taken seriously. Literally a clown.

Fair.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

84 Posted by: Jeff Carter at April 23, 2026 11:24 AM (ZiwLX)

Yes, it is indeed an Ag subsidy. And my.point is that domestic agriculture is a national security imperative and if we are going to spend taxpayer's money, it should be for something like that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 11:47 AM (0Easg)

85 Fun fact: The first person to play Ronald McDonald (then called "Donald McDonald") was Willard Scott.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:47 AM (77rzZ)

86 Yes, it is indeed an Ag subsidy. And my.point is that domestic agriculture is a national security imperative and if we are going to spend taxpayer's money, it should be for something like that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Yep. When you subsidize something, you get more of it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:48 AM (77rzZ)

87 Justinian had giant tits?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Only after he transitioned to Justine.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:49 AM (77rzZ)

88 Wow, where'd everyone go?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:50 AM (77rzZ)

89 Yes, it is indeed an Ag subsidy. And my.point is that domestic agriculture is a national security imperative and if we are going to spend taxpayer's money, it should be for something like that.

HI's main crops were pineapple and sugar.

Hawaii's main crops historically included sugar and pineapple, which once dominated the islands' economy. Today,, diversified agriculture thrives with key crops like taro (kalo), coffee, macadamia nuts, papaya, bananas, and seed crops. Traditional staple crops brought by Polynesians (canoe crops) included taro, sweet potato, breadfruit, and yams.

I really think the nation could struggle along without either one. As to sugar, it has been highly subsidized for a century, but was initially subsidized in 1789. That's long enough.

The U.S. first implemented direct federal subsidies for sugar with the Sugar Act of 1934 (Jones-Costigan Act) during the Great Depression.

1789: Congress passed the first sugar tariffs to protect the industry, a form of indirect support that persisted for centuries.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

90 Fun fact: The first person to play Ronald McDonald (then called "Donald McDonald") was Willard Scott.

Was he that homosexual weatherman who had several husbands in different States?

Posted by: Barney Fag at April 23, 2026 11:50 AM (wAvYO)

91 Elric,
If you get a chance, read Mitchner’s Hawaii before you go.

I read it to my boys before our first trip decades ago. It’s a great read.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 11:51 AM (W2Pud)

92 88 Wow, where'd everyone go?

Something happened a few minutes ago. I suspect a gerbil had had enough of running on the wheel.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

93 Something happened a few minutes ago. I suspect a gerbil had had enough of running on the wheel.
Posted by: Archimedes

Yeah, I couldn't access the site for a bit a few minutes ago, but it's working fine now.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ)

94 I'd exchange a $100 Billion Ag subsidy to get rid of learing center and hospice fraud.

It's definitely a compromise in my principles though for free markets. However, there have to be many in our world, for instance should chinese buyers of US real estate be banned? yep.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 11:54 AM (n5tGW)

95 Elric,
If you get a chance, read Mitchner’s Hawaii before you go.

I read it to my boys before our first trip decades ago. It’s a great read.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 11:51 AM (W2Pud)
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I read it! I was on a swim team and we were going to HI for a competition. Sadly, the coach said I couldn't go on the ground he thought I'd be a very bad influence (he was surely right about that). So I never went. But I read the book.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

96 Good thing the republicans control the senate!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 23, 2026 11:55 AM (xvV+O)

97 Hollywood is being depopulated and increasingly unemployed. They should all be sent to either the pig farms, or the Dignity Canal, their choice.

Posted by: Honest Solutions at April 23, 2026 11:55 AM (oftw2)

98 I'd exchange a $100 Billion Ag subsidy to get rid of learing center and hospice fraud.

It doesn't need to be either/or. I prefer neither.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:56 AM (Riz8t)

99 In ancient Rome through Victorian England, actors were considered on par with prostitutes. It is time to embrace that social standing for politicians, and relieve the acting profession of their burden as the lowest of the low.

Harsh.

But fair.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 23, 2026 11:57 AM (0sNs1)

100 I do support the idea of people buying local and businesses supporting American farms, I have a couple concerns here that everyone else here seem to share. Protection laws tend not to work well for anyone, this would drive food prices up even more, and honestly Big Ag hardly needs more regulation and government funding.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 23, 2026 11:57 AM (uEYKS)

101 I read an interesting argument for ethanol in gasoline recently. The argument is that it helps to keep the grain producers in business, so that if we ever have a regional crop failure in grains, we will have the excess capacity spread about to make up the difference in our use of grain in food production.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 11:57 AM (4NO2D)

102 Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

Subsidizing Hawaiian agriculture isn't really the point. The point is that American agriculture is a national security imperative, and it is in the National interest to protect it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 11:58 AM (0Easg)

103
Soon nobody will show up at the gubmnt bond auction, and the money will become worthless.

You know who'll be in charge then, right? Yup. Them.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 11:58 AM (Y8DZL)

104 At a NoVa MoMe a few years ago, my wife and I were talking to some guy from Hawaii (I forget his name, but he said that he mostly comments on the Gun Thread), and he was bemoaning the decline of agriculture in Hawaii. He said that the abandonment of sugar cultivation led to the Maui wildfires, because the sugar planters would have controlled burns after each harvest to clear the cane fields. Once they went away and stopped doing that, you had all of this tinder build up, and then boom! when a spark hit it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)

105 Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 11:57 AM (4NO2D)

Except... I think they use corn for ethanol production.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 11:59 AM (0Easg)

106 101 I read an interesting argument for ethanol in gasoline recently. The argument is that it helps to keep the grain producers in business, so that if we ever have a regional crop failure in grains, we will have the excess capacity spread about to make up the difference in our use of grain in food production.

If it came down to it, we could simply cut back on exports.

The United States is experiencing a massive, record-setting pace in corn exports for the 2024/2025 marketing year, recently estimated at 2.83 billion bushels to 2.855 billion bushels (roughly 72.5 million metric tons), valued at over $15.9–$16.35 billion. Key destinations include Mexico, Japan, South Korea, and Colombia, with strong sales continuing despite low demand from China

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

107 >>> Fun fact: The first person to play Ronald McDonald (then called "Donald McDonald") was Willard Scott.

Posted by: Bulg

>If Ronald McDonald wanted to prepare me a Happy Meal, I would eat it. Good faith transactions and fair exchanges of goods and services are what keep us functioning as a rational civilization.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 12:00 PM (Fbc0I)

108 92 88 Wow, where'd everyone go?

Something happened a few minutes ago. I suspect a gerbil had had enough of running on the wheel.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

Armageddon! Armageddon!!
(for reference: https://tinyurl.com/5yj8x3wz site goes to YT)

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 23, 2026 12:00 PM (N39Ws)

109 Subsidizing Hawaiian agriculture isn't really the point. The point is that American agriculture is a national security imperative, and it is in the National interest to protect it.

Understood, but you then need to explain why subsidies are needed when we have vast surpluses already.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)

110 Except... I think they use corn for ethanol production.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 11:59 AM

and in pork and poultry production.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 12:01 PM (4NO2D)

111 102 Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

Subsidizing Hawaiian agriculture isn't really the point. The point is that American agriculture is a national security imperative, and it is in the National interest to protect it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 11:58 AM (0Easg)

Yes and no. Agriculture in total is not a national interest. Agriculture in specific is. We don't need to subsidize crap or crap food. We need to subsidize that which would keep America healthy and fed. That's the national interest. That is such a controversial call (see Food Stamps right now) that it gets hard to pick the wheat from the chaff, so you either get all (and it's wasteful) or none (and it hurts).

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 12:01 PM (tOcjL)

112 The interwebz suggest that US corn production is about 16 billion bushels annually.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 12:04 PM (4NO2D)

113 I got a foot long red hair in my quarter pounder

You did? Luxury. We just got short curly ones.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 23, 2026 12:04 PM (Kt19C)

114 Bipartisan - the world's biggest curse word

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 12:05 PM (NALOx)

115 What fraction of your soul does one red hair steal?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)

116 You're nailing it today!!!

Posted by: lin-duh at April 23, 2026 11:44 AM (9U6Wl)

#Winning!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 12:06 PM (9gDA7)

117 Posted by: Jeff Carter at April 23, 2026 11:24 AM (ZiwLX)

Just to let the Horde know, Jeff Carter is running for State Treasurer of Nevada (GOP, of course). I'm a fan of his financial email newsletter.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 23, 2026 12:06 PM (sl43I)

118 Btw, I am only tepidly endorsing the farm preservation argument but, it is the first one that I have heard that makes at least a bit of sense. Our byzantine farm subsidy and price control system has at least given us plentiful food since the Dust Bowl, which beats most Federal programs.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 12:07 PM (4NO2D)

119 Is the US government still subsidizing Big Tobacco?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 12:07 PM (W2Pud)

120 Except... I think they use corn for ethanol production.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 11:59 AM (0Easg)

Ethanol sucks and they know it. They've known it since the 1800's. It's inefficient as a gas alternative.

But that's not the point, is it........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 12:07 PM (9gDA7)

121 Ethanol sucks and they know it. They've known it since the 1800's. It's inefficient as a gas alternative.

But that's not the point, is it........

It is not. The point is to give Chuck Grassley a lot more sway in the Senate than he might otherwise deserve.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)

122 Is the US government still subsidizing Big Tobacco?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 12:07 PM (W2Pud)

The government should subsidize Big Blow Job.

I could use one......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 12:08 PM (9gDA7)

123 The US did away with tobacco allotments in 2004. Which, while not a direct subsidy, did act as a price support.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 12:09 PM (4NO2D)

124 >>>You did? Luxury. We just got short curly ones.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

>Would you like mayonnaise on your double whopper?

Posted by: Burger King at April 23, 2026 12:10 PM (Fbc0I)

125 This is a really good point.

Kudos to the New York Post for being the only major outlet to get this right. The SPLC were paying the leaders. By definition, leaders cannot be informants. They run the operation. It is like paying the leader of Auschwitz to inform on who is carrying out the gassings instead of paying him to stop the gassings. It is perhaps the most grotesque, cynical, and pernicious racket ever devised. Of course, plenty of groups extract money from taxpayers and well-meaning donors off problems they inflate, but this is far worse because it breeds real hatred and manufactures racial division to keep the grift alive.

https://is.gd/rtIF9d

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

126 I trade hours for dollars......am I a prostitute?

They act like they pay me so I act like I work......

I just want to be below a prostitute

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 23, 2026 12:10 PM (LOZbR)

127 119 Is the US government still subsidizing Big Tobacco?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 12:07 PM (W2Pud)

Inidrectly - yes. And that's my point about how hard it is to thread a national interest needle. This should have obviously ended by now.

Same for sugar and other "bad for you" stuff...

https://www.cato.org/blog/federal-tobacco-subsidies

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 12:11 PM (tOcjL)

128 Ethanol, ugh. Still putting cattle feed in our tanks. This is why any new laws benefiting one specific industry suck. You can never get rid of it, because you can't get elected.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 12:11 PM (n5tGW)

129 With every bushel of corn sold overseas, the buyer should also have to buy a pack of smokes.

They can choose which brand they like best.

Posted by: Big Tobacco at April 23, 2026 12:12 PM (wAvYO)

130 Is the US government still subsidizing Big Tobacco?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 12:07 PM (W2Pud)

The government should subsidize Big Blow Job.

I could use one......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 12:08 PM (9gDA7)
_________

[makes "call me" gesture]

-- Pete Bootyjuice

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 23, 2026 12:12 PM (iFTx/)

131 Corn is grain in its own right. And land that will grow corn could also grow wheat or oats or barley.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 12:12 PM (utfVc)

132 This is why any new laws benefiting one specific industry suck. You can never get rid of it, because you can't get elected.

But Mazie Hirono would never let that happen. Right? RIGHT?!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t)

133 Speaking of ethanol, there has been a mega-gas station under construction near me for several months. (It became obvious early on that it was going to be a gas station once the framing of the structures went up).

I was hoping it was going to be a Buc-ees, but no such luck. It's a Wa-wa.

Crap...

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 12:14 PM (Y1sOo)

134 Oh, hay. An allegation.

Chief Justice John Roberts reportedly HID $20 MILLION+ in his wife’s commissions from Big Law firms that argue before SCOTUS, then refused to recuse in over 500 cases

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 12:14 PM (rbvCR)

135 Wawa is awesome!

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 12:14 PM (77rzZ)

136 It is not. The point is to give Chuck Grassley a lot more sway in the Senate than he might otherwise deserve.
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This ancient fecker is letting the Dems "blue-slip" or prevent the Senate from taking up nomination hearings for Trump's judicial nominees. Someone forgot to go blow out the cobwebs from between his ears.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 12:14 PM (Dv3i1)

137 Tobacco = taxes. Marijuana = taxes Gambling = taxes
Alcohol = taxes.

Too hard to resist for any government.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 12:14 PM (n5tGW)

138 I was hoping it was going to be a Buc-ees, but no such luck. It's a Wa-wa.

Crap...
Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 12:14 PM (Y1sOo)

Sad trombone.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 12:15 PM (utfVc)

139 Alcohol = taxes.

Too hard to resist for any government.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

It's why Prohibition got repealed, so not all bad.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 12:16 PM (77rzZ)

140 I don't know the reference to Maize, Arch.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 23, 2026 12:16 PM (n5tGW)

141 I don't know the reference to Maize, Arch.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

We call her "Corn."

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 12:16 PM (77rzZ)

142 Poly-Ticks

Posted by: Kafiroon at April 23, 2026 12:17 PM (IzMux)

143 I've never been to a Buc-ees and was hoping to see what all the fuss as been about it.

There is one sorta near me on I-10 just across the border in Alabama near Robertsdale, I think. I guess I should go there some day.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 12:18 PM (Y1sOo)

144 I hope everyone gets a little sunshine today! I am going to go paint the side tables on our front porch. Stay tuned on if this results in very cool, or the need for more side tables.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 12:19 PM (Dd38x)

145 90 Fun fact: The first person to play Ronald McDonald (then called "Donald McDonald") was Willard Scott.

i wonder why they changed the name

Posted by: derp derpowicz at April 23, 2026 12:19 PM (oY6Yp)

146 There is one sorta near me on I-10 just across the border in Alabama near Robertsdale, I think. I guess I should go there some day.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 12:18 PM

When that first opened, they were selling gasoline at below cost as their loss leader. The state made them stop as that is apparently against the law in Alabama.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 12:20 PM (4NO2D)

147 113 I got a foot long red hair in my quarter pounder

You did? Luxury. We just got short curly ones.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 23, 2026 12:04 PM (Kt19C)

There's a way to a handle that once and for all.

Posted by: Eric C at April 23, 2026 12:20 PM (w/O5Q)

148 Ethanol: I can run 18:1 compression or 80 inches of manifold pressure or about 1200 horsepressures from 235 cubic inches......

As opposed to a max of 700 horsepower from the same engine optimized for gasoline (12:1 compression on 110/130 blue gas)

I work at a golf stadium so am I on par with a prostitute?

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 23, 2026 12:21 PM (LOZbR)

149 Ace is up.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 12:21 PM (77rzZ)

150
We call her "Corn."
Posted by: Bulg
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This, Kemosabe.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at April 23, 2026 12:23 PM (XeU6L)

151 69 He does, but only at the one fully-equipped McDonalds in California, built in the 1970s, that has never served a single customer.

only married people?

Posted by: anachronda at April 23, 2026 12:23 PM (oY6Yp)

152 Politics is show business for the ugly. So if actors and actresses are whores, politicians are ugly whores.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 23, 2026 12:26 PM (pR6t1)

153 146 There is one sorta near me on I-10 just across the border in Alabama near Robertsdale, I think. I guess I should go there some day.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 12:18 PM

Loxley. It’s always packed and I don’t know why. There is a big fireworks place across the street, too.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (Dd38x)

154 Sort of related, but not really...

There is video up at New York Post of a hood rat slamming a young girl onto the sidewalk and stomping on her head because she wouldn't give him her phone number.

The vileness is not just in the UK.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 12:33 PM (Y1sOo)

155 crap, wrong thread

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 12:35 PM (Y1sOo)

156 Willard Scott was really an amazing down to earth guy. He loved his fans and they loved him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Scott

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 23, 2026 12:35 PM (5xuJ/)

157 Loxley. It’s always packed and I don’t know why.
Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 12:31 PM (Dd38x)

Yeah, that's what I meant when I said I wanted so see what all the fuss is about.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 12:38 PM (Y1sOo)

158 Yes and no. Agriculture in total is not a national interest. Agriculture in specific is. We don't need to subsidize crap or crap food. We need to subsidize that which would keep America healthy and fed. That's the national interest. That is such a controversial call (see Food Stamps right now) that it gets hard to pick the wheat from the chaff, so you either get all (and it's wasteful) or none (and it hurts).
Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 12:01 PM (tOcjL)

We need to subsidize an industry in this country that quite literally feeds the world?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 01:29 PM (E6xSb)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Zonnebeke
Sir William Orpen

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (Kd7Ab)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (IXZGh)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

4 Dude, you can't sleep here.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (Kd7Ab)

5 Looks like someone bombed Hobbiton.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (xvhJH)

6 More like zombie apocalypse.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (A5RD0)

7 Somewhere around that hole in the hillside there lurks a cute little white bunny rabbit...

...Just waiting for the next victim.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (gnNyN)

8 Cheery.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

9 The sky was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

10 Haunting.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (A5RD0)

11 Kinda drab. But I like the wicked face on the tree stump.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (AuSc+)

12 Ive fallen and I cant get up

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (/+uur)

13 Just love upbeat, happy, art in the AM.

Posted by: Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

14 Somewhere in New Jersey?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (cWLG3)

15 Alternative title: The Virginia GOP post 4/21.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

16 Eric Swallwell roofied him last night.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (0nHVk)

17 darkgloomyart.com

The painting Zonnebeke by Sir William Orpen depicts the devastation and horrors of World War I, specifically the aftermath of the Passchendaele campaign, showcasing a desolate battlefield with a lifeless soldier, shattered trenches, and a bleak landscape. It serves as a stark reminder of the brutality and futility of war.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

18 Ahhhh. WWI. Belgium.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (Kd7Ab)

19 6 Looks like someone bombed Hobbiton.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (xvhJH)
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Good one!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:34 AM (cWLG3)

20 Painting is a metaphor for the loss of the Omar Winery.

Posted by: The Huge Manatee!! at April 23, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)

21 That's going to be a hell of a hangover.

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (pvf3X)

22 Thank you, Kaiser Wilhelm, you deformed prick.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

23 Good Lord.

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (yw3eV)

24 Ain't hangin' that.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (OUMaO)

25 Pre-Zoloft Bob Ross?

Posted by: red speck at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (Ve/HL)

26 The painting Zonnebeke by Sir William Orpen depicts the devastation and horrors of World War I, specifically the aftermath of the Passchendaele campaign, showcasing a desolate battlefield with a lifeless soldier, shattered trenches, and a bleak landscape. It serves as a stark reminder of the brutality and futility of war.

Assertion: While more died in WWII, the carnage in WWI was much more concentrated (with some exceptions, e.g. Stalingrad). Thus, paintings of the latter are grimmer than those of the former.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (Riz8t)

27 Springtime for The Kaiser in Germany

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (/+uur)

28 Figure in foreground is Hadrian after trying to change his undies.

Posted by: Underoos Are Lots Of Fun at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2)

29 Portrait of a Drunk in Washington, D.C.

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2026 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

30 There is a long list of wars that were not futile.

Posted by: hatethedeepstate at April 23, 2026 09:36 AM (2Nfh9)

31 Alternate title:

"The Kaiser Assured Me That Belgium Was The Vacation Spot This Year....Bastard!"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:36 AM (iJfKG)

32 Ahhh, Belgium. Passendale, Ypres Salient.

Not fun times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:36 AM (bss/y)

33 Cool, but too illustration-y / comic-bookish for me to hang in the Man Cave.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 23, 2026 09:36 AM (DgMqy)

34 Springtime for The Kaiser in Germany
Posted by: r hennigantx

Roll on!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:36 AM (Kd7Ab)

35 It serves as a stark reminder of the brutality and futility of war.

...and as a reminder to donate. Only we can prevent atrocities!

Posted by: SPLC at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (EJWxb)

36 NYC post Mamdani.
Would hang in my dungeon.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (gu0hJ)

37 WW I was horrible blight on the history of mankind.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (Fbc0I)

38 22 Painting is a metaphor for the loss of the Omar Winery.

It was later made into a movie: The Winery That Never Was.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (Riz8t)

39 It serves as a stark reminder of the brutality and futility of war.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

Perfect example of the fact that most art criticism is arrant nonsense.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (PVto9)

40 Imagine being in charge and ordering up another 100,000 young boys, thinking "THIS time, we'll break through." How soulless and stupid those in charge must've been.

Posted by: red speck at April 23, 2026 09:38 AM (Ve/HL)

41 The tree looks like it’s mocking the dead soldier.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

42 He's in that depression to the right of center on the ridgeline.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 09:38 AM (iNUL3)

43 All Quiet in the Winery Front

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 23, 2026 09:38 AM (H5+fI)

44 In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Posted by: John McCrae at April 23, 2026 09:38 AM (98kQX)

45 Sure ain't Xanadu!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 09:38 AM (1o8D5)

46 It serves as a stark reminder of the brutality and futility of war.

Posted by: redridinghood

The duality of man. It's a Jungian thing.
Posted by: Pvt Joker

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:39 AM (Kd7Ab)

47 Cool, but too illustration-y / comic-bookish for me to hang in the Man Cave.
Posted by: Bad Andrew

Yeah, the hill/hole in the background is particularly cartoonish. Almost out of synch stylistically with the foreground.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 23, 2026 09:39 AM (AuSc+)

48 Somewhere around that hole in the hillside there lurks a cute little white bunny rabbit...

...Just waiting for the next victim.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM

I *warned* you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you *knew*, didn't you? Oh, it's just a harmless little *bunny*, isn't it?

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at April 23, 2026 09:39 AM (kgE5c)

49 You rarely see "Orpen" in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at April 23, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

50 Seems the sniper was already in place and effective.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (IXZGh)

51 Considering this selection of art, CBD must be in a foul mood this AM. We might ALL get banned.

Posted by: Nice Knowin' Ya! at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

52 Looks like someone bombed Hobbiton.

Could easily be the Shire after the arrival of Sharkey.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (olroh)

53 *CRACK*

"Bring out yer dead!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (IXZGh)

54 Perfect example of the fact that most art criticism is arrant nonsense.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (PVto9)

That is NOT a happy little tree.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (bss/y)

55 Looks like WWI trench warfare

no hang

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (ZxPkt)

56 Perfect example of the fact that most art criticism is arrant nonsense.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (PVto9
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Clement Greenberg has a lot to answer for.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM (xvhJH)

57 Desolate WW1 landscape.

Another new artist. Really like his painting titled "The Mirror".

Posted by: Tuna at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)

58 Yeah, the hill/hole in the background is particularly cartoonish. Almost out of synch stylistically with the foreground.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 23, 2026 09:39 AM (AuSc+)

Sorry the artillery bombardment did not fit aesthetically.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM (bss/y)

59 Considering this selection of art, CBD must be in a foul mood this AM. We might ALL get banned.

Posted by: Nice Knowin' Ya! at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM (1QgEY)

60 The Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (TTUQx)

61 That'll put the Crappie down.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (vFG9F)

62 comment #19, I had no idea

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (ZxPkt)

63 WW1 by the looks of it....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (FtULh)

64 well, that's a cheerful scene, innit?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (nz1sK)

65 Happy St George day!
A good day to avenge that poor sod in the painting and slay the dragon in the cave.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (XMjOg)

66 The Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties.

TBF, so did the Germans. The armaments had outstripped the tactics.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (Riz8t)

67 In Flanders fields the poppies blow

I’m always ill-timed for the book thread. But I just read a very interesting book, Crosses in the Wind, about the Grave Registration Services in World War II, especially at Margraten.

The author is very clearly not a professional writer and did not have a ghost writer (I hope), but that’s not always a bad thing (although he really did need a copyeditor). It means that this is a very different view of how the cemeteries were created and how the dead were handled while the war was going on than what you might get from a professional.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (olroh)

68 "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."

Posted by: W.C. Fields epitaph at April 23, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

69 Well, this is a cheerful way to start the morning.

Posted by: JTB at April 23, 2026 09:43 AM (yTvNw)

70 I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM (1QgEY)

Id rather be living on Philadelphia

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (/+uur)

71 56 Perfect example of the fact that most art criticism is arrant nonsense.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (PVto9
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Clement Greenberg has a lot to answer for.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM (xvhJH)

The problem is: art is meant to evoke feelings. Good art can make you go 'wow, that's beautiful.' or 'Damn, that is sad.' The thing is people are passive aggressive as fuck and part of the problem with modern art is that people do not want to come right out and say 'This is shit.' so they couch their criticism in 'it evokes feelings of disquiet. I feel a languorous ennui.' So retards with no talent take that as a compliment.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (bss/y)

72 I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM

So you'd sooner not be in Philadelphia?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (kgE5c)

73 Well, this is a cheerful way to start the morning.

Tell us about it.

Posted by: Who die at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (olroh)

74 Perfect example of the fact that most art criticism is arrant nonsense.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (PVto9

* looks for the dictionary for arrant *

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (Oy/m2)

75 Dystopian.

Wouldn't hang.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (5xoct)

76 It serves as a stark reminder of the brutality and futility of war.

Give us more power to stop the wars!

Narrator: you did, and they didn't.

Posted by: The Central Powers That Be at April 23, 2026 09:45 AM (XFXIk)

77 Stephen Price Blair, I will look for that book, I have an uncle buried at Margraten.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 23, 2026 09:45 AM (0nHVk)

78 >> I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.

Can you get to The Barnes museum?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 09:45 AM (5xoct)

79 Don't drink the water...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 09:45 AM (jehhT)

80 Nancy Guthrie is being held in the next trench to the left of the tree.

Posted by: Headline News Network at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)

81 At the 100th anniversary remembrance of WWI, the Brits put out red ceramic poppies for each man who died. It is stunning.

https://is.gd/DL4Aac

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)

82 60 The Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties.
Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (TTUQx)

Germans did the same at Verdun. No one had much they could do until tech caught up. They tried rabid flanking movement but the defensive side so far outstripped the offensive. You could just pound the fuck out of each other with artillery.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (bss/y)

83 Try the scrapple...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (xvhJH)

84 Yes, this is the kind of picture you'd like to hang on your bedroom wall. If you were a member of Hamas, that is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (rGqqI)

85 Ask your doctor if Languorous Ennui is right for you.

Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

86 66 The Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties.

TBF, so did the Germans. The armaments had outstripped the tactics.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (Riz8t)

The German army of WWI was led far better than either the British or French. Their casualties were proportionally far lower on both the Eastern and Western fronts than their opponents. The Russian leadership in the East was abysmal. If America had not entered the war in 1917 God knows what would have happened. The mere threat of American involvement was a game changer.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (TTUQx)

87 Have you seen the place where they make the cream cheese?

also, something something the art

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09:47 AM (ZxPkt)

88 WW I was horrible blight on the history of mankind.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (Fbc0I)

Eh, it probably had to happen.

It where warfare went from an anyone can play game with stuff like Le Grande Charge,

to something technology based with specialized professionals.

Now, due to technology and things like drones, nukes, bioweapons, etc we may be coming back around to where anyone can play. Which I guess means that somewhere a big, slaughtery war is in the offing.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:47 AM (iJfKG)

89 I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Aha. You must be stuck in traffic. Or stuck at the airport. Or downtown.

Posted by: t-bird at April 23, 2026 09:47 AM (JW6Az)

90 "The Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties."

Enlightened Europeans.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 23, 2026 09:48 AM (DgMqy)

91 See, now that's a war.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

92 "I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood."

I've been to Philadelphia once and that was to see a Degas exhibit at the art museum. Wish I could have more time there. So many wonderful paintings to view. So little time.

Posted by: Tuna at April 23, 2026 09:49 AM (lJ0H4)

93 The thing is people are passive aggressive as fuck and part of the problem with modern art is that people do not want to come right out and say 'This is shit.' so they couch their criticism in 'it evokes feelings of disquiet. I feel a languorous ennui.' So retards with no talent take that as a compliment.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (bss/y)

This painting Wounds my Heart with a Monotonous Languor.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 09:49 AM (rGqqI)

94 No Flemish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

95 While you are in the neighborhood, the Delaware Art Museum is well worth seeing.

Posted by: Biden Family Trust at April 23, 2026 09:49 AM (oftw2)

96 Ask your doctor if Languorous Ennui is right for you.
Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)
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All I've got is a monotonous languor.

Posted by: Paul Verlaine at April 23, 2026 09:49 AM (xvhJH)

97 Generals were still killed in WWI. The dead soldier in the painting was just some cannon fodder grunt.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 09:49 AM (TTUQx)

98
I saw Languorous Ennui open for Enya at Lilith Faire in '99.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:50 AM (iJfKG)

99 *Aha. You must be stuck in traffic. Or stuck at the airport. Or downtown.*

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Do you ever go out, and while you're out, say to yourself this is why I don't go out?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 23, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

100 100 is the new 1

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:50 AM (/+uur)

101 That was a mother’s son.

Ugh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 09:51 AM (hfu0f)

102 Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties."

Enlightened Europeans.
Posted by: Bad Andrew

Shoulda just sent in Wonder Woman.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 09:51 AM (YZ0Fo)

103 Do you ever go out, and while you're out, say to yourself this is why I don't go out?

That's why I so rarely go out. It never ends well.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:51 AM (Riz8t)

104 They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties.

Well, at least we got rid of those most likely to oppose us.

Posted by: The European Old Guard at April 23, 2026 09:51 AM (JW6Az)

105 I would much rather have breakfast in Philadelphia than the tofu scramble I will have with a friend this morning in the Haight Ashbury.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:51 AM (RIvkX)

106 TBF, so did the Germans. The armaments had outstripped the tactics.
Posted by: Archimedes

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something something "getting ready to fight the last war"

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2026 09:52 AM (re0Ak)

107 Try the scrapple...
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Mmmmmmmm. Hogshead cheese and Ritz crackers.

Almost as good as an RC Cola & a moon pie.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:52 AM (Kd7Ab)

108 It's not that it HAD to happen rather than that it was inevitable given that people are shit. You have high tech rivals all vying for the same resources in the colonies. You have the spaghetti mess of interlocking and overlapping and contradicting alliances all designed to protect each player from all the other players. You had anarchists (Communists) starting shit to throw into the mix. Even so, until the Archduke gets capped, it was in a form of stasis. Then Austria does what it kind of had to do...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:52 AM (bss/y)

109
I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Have they thrown batteries at you yet?

That's the traditional welcome.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:52 AM (iJfKG)

110 ...the futility of war.

********

Sure.

All it takes for evil men to prevail is for pacifists to convince good men to offer no resistance.

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 09:53 AM (I0N4X)

111 Gloom, despair, and agony, oh my!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 09:53 AM (wVcYX)

112 Philadelphia is teh awesome.

Cheap, easy to get around, great neighborhoods, great people, great food, what's not to love?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:53 AM (RIvkX)

113 Even so, until the Archduke gets capped, it was in a form of stasis. Then Austria does what it kind of had to do...

There are lots of revisionist explanations for the war now, but it all comes down to Kaiser Willie's desire to be a big deal so he didn't have to feel like less than his cousin, King George V.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Riz8t)

114 I thought CBD was a sensible guy
No cheesesteak is worth a trip to Philly

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2026 09:54 AM (5FXLr)

115 Evil flourishes when good men fail to act.

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Oy/m2)

116 Sure.

All it takes for evil men to prevail is for pacifists to convince good men to offer no resistance.

Posted by: muldoon

Worst. Limerick Ever.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Riz8t)

117 I took a wrong turn at Albuquerque and ended up in Philadelphia.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Fbc0I)

118 Philadelphia is teh awesome.

Cheap, easy to get around, great neighborhoods, great people, great food, what's not to love?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:53 AM (RIvkX)
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And then there's that cheese that everybody's talking about!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 09:55 AM (xvhJH)

119 There are lots of revisionist explanations for the war now, but it all comes down to Kaiser Willie's desire to be a big deal so he didn't have to feel like less than his cousin, King George V.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Riz8t)

All sides saw what was going on between Austria and Serbia and jumped at the chance.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:56 AM (bss/y)

120 Basil Rathbone was an officer in WW I, worked in intelligence, and performed many very dangerous missions. That could be him dressed as that "tree" to the left. He was deeply affected after his younger brother was killed in trench warfare in France and didn't care about his own safety.

Posted by: Sherlock Holmes And The Voice Of Terror at April 23, 2026 09:56 AM (oftw2)

121 I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Cheez Whiz at April 23, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

122 Soapbox:

I'm not a pacifist, but war is a failure, and an inevitable one.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 23, 2026 09:57 AM (DgMqy)

123 70 I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.

?!?!??!

hey now

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 09:57 AM (j+aD2)

124 121 I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Cheez Whiz at April 23, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

You are merely a poor imitation.

Posted by: Frito Lay Jalapeno Cheddar Dip at April 23, 2026 09:58 AM (bss/y)

125 CBD go to the Barnes!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 09:58 AM (j+aD2)

126 Can you get to The Barnes museum?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 09:45 AM (5xoct)

Not today but I like how you are thinking.

Of course I would have to step over about 50 bums on the sidewalk on the way...

I love Democrat-run cities.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:58 AM (FeGtn)

127 I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Cheez Whiz at April 23, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)
====

No, not you. No one likes you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:58 AM (RIvkX)

128 And then there's that cheese that everybody's talking about!

Cooper Sharp!

(the cream cheese is not really a thing here)

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 09:58 AM (j+aD2)

129 CBD get a cheesesteak from Angelos or Uncle Gus' in the Market!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 09:59 AM (j+aD2)

130 New York Post
@nypost
East Villagers sue Mamdani to stop relocation of notorious Bellevue men's homeless shelter into their neighborhood

-
Cry harder.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

131 https://x.com/BasedMikeLee
/status/2047204114006692026

Illegals in last 6 years

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:59 AM (/+uur)

132 I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
---------
Every visit to Philadelphia ends with a “you’re not going to believe this” story.

Posted by: scampydog at April 23, 2026 10:00 AM (2bFN5)

133 No angels in leadership for WWI. Bunch of damned fools. Their stupidity led to WWII and created an opening for Adolph Hitler and his sort.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 10:00 AM (TTUQx)

134 Of course I would have to step over about 50 bums on the sidewalk on the way...

this is a problem on the Parkway right now. I have communicated to the guys at the Free Library (where they tend to set up shop) and people in the Mayor's office

they were living around the circle (which is also bad!!!) and the construction there moved them up towards the Barnes.

it is frustrating I agree. I love that library (visit it!) but you do have to work around them.

just hobos who like living on the Parkway - and who wouldn't?!?! the city has to get them off it's SO BAD for tourism

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:00 AM (j+aD2)

135 cheez wiz or no?

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

136 New York Post
@nypost
East Villagers sue Mamdani to stop relocation of notorious Bellevue men's homeless shelter into their neighborhood

-
Cry harder.

Today's word is "iota". Used in a sentence: I have not an iota of sympathy for these gormless halfwits.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

137 The painting does what art is supposed to do - it evokes emotion. The emotion is pain, heartache. This is not something to hang in the living room.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (Dd38x)

138 My favorite anti-Trump trolls are the ones who blame *Trump supporters* for the fix we are in by claiming we will "only vote when he is on the ballot".

Bitch you wanted Ted Cruz and then DeSantis who each would have lost with dignity while a Republicans continued rolling up sleeves and fightin' as they buried our bones. You have ZERO say in who should and should not vote for what or who, you would have had thIs party and our country in 100 years of darkness.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (NALOx)

139 Public urination is up 50% in NYC, and the Mets lost 12 in a row after Madmani had a meeting with Mr. And Mrs. Met.

Posted by: Not Even In '62 at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (oftw2)

140 This kind of scene, that Tolkien lived through, must have served as the basis for the Dead Marshes and Mordor in LOTR.

If the artist intended to create a sense of horror and despair in the viewer, he succeeded. A soldier, dead and alone, is sinking into the mud and lifeless landscape. Even the earth has been upheaved with the explosive force of war and death. The final touch is the hint of pain and a scream in the jagged tree stump.

It is horrifically effective.

Posted by: JTB at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (yTvNw)

141 The wonderful legacy of WWI. It gave us (in no particular order):

1. Fascism;
2. WWII;
3. Chemical weapons;
4. The Soviet Union;
5. The Mideast situation that is with us to this day;
6. A world stage for that prick Wilson.
etc.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (77rzZ)

142 Public urination is up 50% in NYC, and the Mets lost 12 in a row after Madmani had a meeting with Mr. And Mrs. Met.
Posted by: Not Even In '62

They finally won yesterday!

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:02 AM (YZ0Fo)

143 https://truthsocial.com/
@CitizenFreePress/posts/
116450778393844234

BEst baseball catch eva

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 10:02 AM (/+uur)

144 The Reading Terminal Market should cheer you up, CBD. and they keep the bums away from that area

it's a beautiful spring day!

also walk along Sansom great bars and restaurants and little shops there (in center city, I personally like west of broad better)

GO FLYERS

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:02 AM (j+aD2)

145 The painting does what art is supposed to do - it evokes emotion. The emotion is pain, heartache. This is not something to hang in the living room.

Do you think it might be for sale?

Posted by: The lobby of the Canadian MAiD folks at April 23, 2026 10:02 AM (Riz8t)

146 Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties."

Enlightened Europeans.
Posted by: Bad Andrew
_____________

They were aware of the difficulties. One of the main problems was that breaking the assaulting columns into smaller groups meant no officer nearby, and the risk that the troops would just go to ground.

And the French were probably first in experimenting with the infiltration tactics that the Germans perfected by late 1917, and damn near won the war with.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (XvL8K)

147 Worst. Limerick Ever.
Posted by: Archimede

**********

I'm entering a Deep Thoughts phase of my commenting career. I do this periodically but it never lasts long.

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (I0N4X)

148 I also have A Pennsylvania carry permits, so I am a little bit more comfortable.

This really is a shitty city

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (FeGtn)

149 I don't blame WWI for Japan, though. I think the US and Japan were destined to go to war over hegemony in the Pacific sooner or later.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

150 Have they thrown batteries at you yet?

That's the traditional welcome.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:52 AM (iJfKG)

Isn't it always sunny in Philadelphia? It's sunny and bright here, but a tetch below freezing with a North wind.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (utfVc)

151 Not today but I like how you are thinking.

The Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford (i.e., Wyeth country) and Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square are also around.

Posted by: t-bird at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (JW6Az)

152 https://truthsocial.com/@CitizenFreePress/
posts/116450778393844234

BEst baseball catch eva
Posted by: r hennigantx at

Base hit!

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (YZ0Fo)

153 135 cheez wiz or no?

eh no

Cooper Sharp
Seeded roll, scooped
I don't like onions but people do

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (j+aD2)

154 New crime in Detroit.

Detroit begs residents to stop stealing fire hydrants after 75 go missing in 48 hours

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 10:04 AM (ndZc7)

155 115 Evil flourishes when good men fail to act.
Posted by: dantesed

Reckon the man in the artwork was told that.

Posted by: pro patria mori at April 23, 2026 10:04 AM (gKWVE)

156 Today's word is "iota". Used in a sentence: I have not an iota of sympathy for these gormless halfwits.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

Today, iota do some yard work, but it's still too wet from the recent rainstorm.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 10:04 AM (wVcYX)

157 Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

"Why, iota..."
-- Moe Howard

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

158 The Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford (i.e., Wyeth country) and Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square are also around.

great little museum but you'd have to drive

lots of wonderful galleries in Old City but its a bit of a walk from City Hall, not that bad tho.

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:04 AM (j+aD2)

159 Zonnebeke ... translates to "Sun-brook" or "Sunny stream," originating from Dutch (zonne = sun, beke = brook).
--AI Overview

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:05 AM (8NTVk)

160 >>>Every visit to Philadelphia ends with a “you’re not going to believe this” story.

Posted by: scampydog

>Baltimore and Chicago probably are the top three in that list.

But there are many contenders vying for those three spots.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 10:05 AM (Fbc0I)

161 130 New York Post
@nypost
East Villagers sue Mamdani to stop relocation of notorious Bellevue men's homeless shelter into their neighborhood

-
Cry harder.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

They voted for this.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 10:06 AM (bss/y)

162 Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:02 AM (j+aD2)

We walked from the Comcast Center to Walnut, and then down...

I saw about 20 bums sleeping on the sidewalk.

There are lovely things to do in this town (Lazer Wolf last night!), but it needs a good cleaning...starting with City Hall.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:06 AM (wEtMf)

163 136 Today's word is "iota". Used in a sentence: I have not an iota of sympathy for these gormless halfwits.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

I wouldn't wanna fly o't'a New York in this kinda weather

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:07 AM (8NTVk)

164 This is what happens when you let those nice terrorists in the country. Diversity for everyone!

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 10:07 AM (pvf3X)

165 Not the Zuiderzee

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 10:07 AM (UeDJl)

166 Last time I was in Philly, I was downtown during Bush/Kerry.

The people screaming "Honk for Kerry!" everywhere and holding John Kerry signs turned me off permanently to that place.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

167 Body in the foreground, Keir Starmer?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 10:08 AM (UeDJl)

168 >New crime in Detroit.

Detroit begs residents to stop stealing fire hydrants after 75 go missing in 48 hours
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 10

That's why I'm skeptical when I hear boosters saying "Detroit is back."

Posted by: mr tmz at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (rJ48h)

169 The wonderful legacy of WWI. It gave us (in no particular order):

1. Fascism;
2. WWII;
3. Chemical weapons;
4. The Soviet Union;
5. The Mideast situation that is with us to this day;
6. A world stage for that prick Wilson.
-
7. Aerial terror bombing
8. Flamethrower
9. Genocide in Armenia
10. Spanish flu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

170 Ask your doctor if Languorous Ennui is right for you.
Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM

Not funny, man. Not funny.

Posted by: Neville at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (kgE5c)

171 (Lazer Wolf last night!)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

You betrothed your daughter to him? L'chaim!

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

172 The thing I noticed when I visited Philly in 1989 was the smell. It was immediate as soon as you got over the bridge. And that was coming over from freaking *New Jersey* aka New York's taint, which is saying something. Sorry Orchid you know you're my homegirl.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (NALOx)

173 The rise of white supremacy was a media generated narrative. This is observable:

https://is.gd/GsvPoB

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

174 Rodin Museum in Philly.

Posted by: TRex - rare daywalker dino at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (cCn4/)

175 And gave Japan an empire

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 10:10 AM (UeDJl)

176 There was a very good documentary a couple decades ago (before the BBC went woke) on Edward the VII (Formerly Prince Albert) He was King from 1901 to 1910, and it showed how he used that part of his life tirelessly visiting European Capitols and using his personal influence and diplomatic skills (which were first rate) to negotiate between the European powers and stave off any violent conflict. He was according to all accounts, a master at it. He was on a first name basis with Bismark and all the French leaders; Wilhelm and Nicholas of Russia were his nephews.

When he died, his son George V took over, but he had none of the skills or international respect that his father had, and Europe began a descent into the inevitable war that had been looming for a decade.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 10:10 AM (rGqqI)

177 There are lovely things to do in this town (Lazer Wolf last night!), but it needs a good cleaning...starting with City Hall.

definitely true but it was just as bad when I lived in town

the only area that's a tad worse is the Parkway and that's because they built on the areas the hobos used to live in. so in a way it's actually much better.

glad you enjoyed Laser Wolf! any other plans? going up to Fishtown? that's quite a transformation up there

tbh it used to be the nabes were bad but CC was good (but not as good as CC is now). now we have these amazing upgraded neigborhoods like Fishtown and Brewerytown and Fairmount! so overall there's no question things are better.

the dumb vehicular takeover thing needs to stop tho. that is terrible (mostly for people who live in CC)

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:10 AM (j+aD2)

178 Cooper Sharp
Seeded roll, scooped

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (j+aD2)

She knows of what she speaks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:10 AM (wEtMf)

179 174 Rodin Museum in Philly.

awesome spot

you can go into the outside garden and see sculptures for free btw

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:11 AM (j+aD2)

180 There's a museum for Rodan in Philly?
- Emily Litelia.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 10:11 AM (UeDJl)

181 180 There's a museum for Rodan in Philly?
- Emily Litelia.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 10:11 AM (UeDJl)

======

I prefer the Gamera museum in Dallas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:11 AM (GLVez)

182 Speaking of rants, what was this push in the last 15 years to make chip bags as loud as possible. Is it because they wanted everyone within a mile radius to know you were eating chips so they too would crave some? I'm serious, this has to be by design not efficiency.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:11 AM (NALOx)

183 This really is a shitty city
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM

Last I saw of it was the airport a couple months ago. I wasn't impressed.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 10:12 AM (kgE5c)

184 CBD try the Ranstead Room for cocktails - opens at 7pm - around 20th

secret spot (speakeasy)

worth it

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:12 AM (j+aD2)

185 Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 10:10 AM (rGqqI)

The first chapter of Tuchman's The Guns of August goes into depth on Edward VII's diplomacy, and the immediate prewar years in general. In my opinion, it's one of the best single chapters in any work of history.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

186 Last I saw of it was the airport a couple months ago. I wasn't impressed.

ok but the airport SUCKS

try 30th Street Station (train)

nice area! beautiful station

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:13 AM (j+aD2)

187 Tom Servo

England also had Jackie Fisher playing loose cannon while trolling the Imperial German Navy into a case of nervous inferiority.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (UeDJl)

188 This is what happens when you let those nice terrorists in the country. Diversity for everyone!
Posted by: Case

Like a plague of locusts.

Europe.

https://tinyurl.com/2su2wk5e

US.

https://tinyurl.com/adrrybwa

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (ndZc7)

189 There are lovely things to do in this town (Lazer Wolf last night!), but it needs a good cleaning...starting with City Hall.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:06 AM (wEtMf)

Some day a rain will come.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (NALOx)

190 47 Rodin in Philly?

Posted by: Kenji Mizoguchi at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (wVcYX)

191 169 The wonderful legacy of WWI. It gave us (in no particular order):

1. Fascism;
2. WWII;
3. Chemical weapons;
4. The Soviet Union;
5. The Mideast situation that is with us to this day;
6. A world stage for that prick Wilson.
-
7. Aerial terror bombing
8. Flamethrower
9. Genocide in Armenia
10. Spanish flu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

trench foot

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:15 AM (8NTVk)

192 I blame Delaware.

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 10:15 AM (pvf3X)

193 Rodin Museum in Philly.

awesome spot

you can go into the outside garden and see sculptures for free btw
Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:11 AM (j+aD2)

NHRA has a museum in Pomona for those into Hot Roddin'. I see they are now a "cashless facility" so I shall not darken their doorway again. I'm OK with credit/debit cards, but it must be my option.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:15 AM (utfVc)

194 Edward the VII (Formerly Prince Albert) He was King from 1901 to 1910,... When he died, his son George V took over, but he had none of the skills or international respect that his father had

Monarchy is the best system of government... until the king dies and is succeeded by an inbred halfwit.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (gKWVE)

195 Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:12 AM (j+aD2)

Thanks!

We are here occasionally...one thing I do like about Philadelphia is the food and drink.

And...I hate to admit it...People are nicer.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (wEtMf)

196 More left wing bolshevik post war propaganda...

Posted by: Colonel Blimp at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (AP4bj)

197 CBD, is prep for the 250th in evidence in Philly?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

198 196 More left wing bolshevik post war propaganda...

Posted by: Colonel Blimp at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (AP4bj)

====

You had quite the life and death.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (GLVez)

199 190 47 Rodin in Philly?

yes the Parkway area has the PMA (main art museum) and the Rodin Museum (lovely small only-Rodin museum) a new mostly-outdoor sculpture garden museum, and the Barnes.

pretty neat! oh and the Free Library which I love, and the Franklin Institute (science museum) and the natural history museum (also fantastic). and Moore is there which has a gallery I think (it's an art school)

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (j+aD2)

200 200

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:17 AM (8NTVk)

201 >Today's word is "iota". Used in a sentence:
----

my financial guy is doing my taxes- I'm pretty sure iota government

oh a wiseguy, eh? why iota...!

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 10:17 AM (ZxPkt)

202 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:15 AM (utfVc)

I wonder whether "cashless" is legal?

How can they refuse to take my government approved cash? It even says on the money...good for "all debts public and private."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:18 AM (wEtMf)

203 197 CBD, is prep for the 250th in evidence in Philly?

I know it's why they're redoing the area around Swann Fountain

things are probably just starting with the preparation for 250

there's a ton of stuff planned tho

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:18 AM (j+aD2)

204 178 had to look it up, never had one there (was young to see the bell). it looks like the cabot's vermont extra sharp white cheddar that i thrive on so i'm sure that's the move.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (R11M+)

205 England also had Jackie Fisher playing loose cannon while trolling the Imperial German Navy into a case of nervous inferiority.
Posted by: Anna Puma
________

He wasn't trolling. Inferiority was a fact, at least in terms of numbers of ships. German battlecruisers were superior in protection, but that was about it. The Brits were deploying 13.5 inch guns on their dreadnoughts while the Germans were still using 11 or 12 inch.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (XvL8K)

206 At a stage in life when other men prosper, I'm reduced to living in Philadelphia

Posted by: John Adams at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (wVcYX)

207 Has Whig been around? Haven't seen him lately. He always has such good commentary.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (nz1sK)

208 My wife and I were in Delaware County, PA a couple of years ago for a funeral. I was impressed by how nice it was, being so close to Philly.

Also, where Wawa is headquartered. Wawa stuff everywhere. But, we like Wawa, so we were cool with it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

209 Monarchy is the best system of government... until the king dies and is succeeded by an inbred halfwit.
Posted by: gKWVE

I resent that!

Posted by: Charles III at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)

210 A cheerful painting.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (4NO2D)

211 This really is a shitty city
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

What's that one street that's like bath salts & meth central?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (Kd7Ab)

212 181 superimposed raymond burr.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)

213 207 Has Whig been around? Haven't seen him lately. He always has such good commentary.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (nz1sK)

======

He was around yesterday.

He is dealing with some health issues, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (GLVez)

214 I know it's why they're redoing the area around Swann Fountain

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:18 AM (j+aD2)

I can see that from the hotel...and the traffic it's causing!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (wEtMf)

215
Deep Thoughts Phase - a limerick

The pacifist contingent is mobile
Regardless of each quirk and foible
They'll tell you, "For shore,
There would be no more war
If only our Savages were Noble!"

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (I0N4X)

216 208 My wife and I were in Delaware County, PA a couple of years ago for a funeral. I was impressed by how nice it was, being so close to Philly.

that county has places like Swarthmore and ... um Chadds Ford!

and also Norwood lol

it's definitely a mix!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (j+aD2)

217 Monarchy is the best system of government... until the king dies and is succeeded by an inbred halfwit.
Posted by: gKWVE

I resent that!
Posted by: Charles III

No, you British git, you RESEMBLE that!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (Kd7Ab)

218 Has Whig been around? Haven't seen him lately. He always has such good commentary.
Posted by: TecumsehTea

Yes, he was here earlier in the week.

And hi, Tecumseh.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

219 Piddle, twiddle, and resolve
Nothing's ever solved
In foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia!

Posted by: John Adams at April 23, 2026 10:23 AM (wVcYX)

220 189 There are lovely things to do in this town (Lazer Wolf last night!), but it needs a good cleaning...starting with City Hall.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:06 AM (wEtMf)

Some day a rain will come.
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (NALOx)

heh

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:23 AM (8NTVk)

221 203. "there's a ton of stuff planned tho"

I'm sure there is......

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 10:24 AM (pvf3X)

222 What's that one street that's like bath salts & meth central?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (Kd7Ab)

So many to choose from!

I am talking shit about Philadelphia, but there are some wonderful things here.

And BlackOrchid is being a real sport by not telling me to go pound sand!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:25 AM (wEtMf)

223 This was painted AFTER the bombing, yes … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at April 23, 2026 10:25 AM (ayRl+)

224 The Charlottesville hoax was a disgrace. Joe Biden is a monster.

Posted by: jmel at April 23, 2026 10:25 AM (RWHIh)

225 198 glad you guys are aware of that one. big short list fave for me. 49th parallel also.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (R11M+)

226 My wife and I were in Delaware County, PA a couple of years ago for a funeral. I was impressed by how nice it was, being so close to Philly.

that county has places like Swarthmore and ... um Chadds Ford!

and also Norwood lol

it's definitely a mix!
Posted by: BlackOrchid

And DelCo chicks.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (YZ0Fo)

227 Apropos of nothing...I am siting in a café having coffee and watching the lady of a certain age have her second glass of red wine with her onion soup.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (wEtMf)

228 I wonder whether "cashless" is legal?

How can they refuse to take my government approved cash? It even says on the money...good for "all debts public and private."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:18 AM (wEtMf)

The catch is, there's no debt. You are paying up front. I ran into this crap a few years ago at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale. Had to use credit card to enter the facility at Westworld. I found one food vendor who took cash, so she got my business. It just rankles me to have to use the damned plastic for piddly little expenditures, when I have cash in pocket.

I would be supportive of a law the required all large event venues to accept cash for all services.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (utfVc)

229 Ray Iota was great in Goodfellas.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 23, 2026 10:27 AM (PSEDc)

230 227 Apropos of nothing...I am siting in a café having coffee and watching the lady of a certain age have her second glass of red wine with her onion soup.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (wEtMf)

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She started 12 hours ago. That's not her second.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:27 AM (GLVez)

231 And BlackOrchid is being a real sport by not telling me to go pound sand!

no no I agree the homeless thing .. it's bad

the city has problems no doubt

we shouldn't shy from talking about them and fixing them!

Philly is a very ... conservative city in a way. it resists change. which is in fact what I love about it.

if your hotel is on the Parkway, you are close to Ranstead Room. so after dinner as the driver to take you to 20th and Ranstead. it's a bit hidden but it's on Ranstead (a small street) there.

Newsroom (another speakeasy) is also not far from you at all - still, take a cab to that one maybe - but usually requires reservations. that one is a bit more "instagram-cool" so will be more crowded than Ranstead. but it's really nice.

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:28 AM (j+aD2)

232 This really is a shitty city
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (FeGtn)
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Where are you? it's a big city. Please tell me your in Northeast.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:28 AM (RIvkX)

233 227 Apropos of nothing...I am siting in a café having coffee and watching the lady of a certain age have her second glass of red wine with her onion soup.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (wEtMf)

Maybe she's biding her time to say, "Hello, stranger."

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:28 AM (8NTVk)

234 And DelCo chicks.
Posted by: BruceWayne

They got nice racks?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

235 Why Iota? - a limerick

I'd like to make a pun before I die
So I'll give it the old college try
Today I shall go
To Fraternity Row
And while there Iota Eta Bita Pi

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (I0N4X)

236 CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (wEtMf)

How Kamala Harris end up in Philadelphia?

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (Oy/m2)

237 The "throwing batteries" quip reminded me of a night at a hockey game between the Philly Flyers and the Washington Capitols.

Philly and D.C. fans hate each other.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (jehhT)

238 I'd drink all day, too, iffin' I lived in Philadelphia

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (Y1sOo)

239 BlackOrchid is low key an AoS treasure.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (NALOx)

240 Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:28 AM (RIvkX)

Center City.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (wEtMf)

241 When I worked for a judge she always had 2 glasses of wine with lunch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (RIvkX)

242 And DelCo chicks.
Posted by: BruceWayne

They got nice racks?
Posted by: Bulg at

A lot of Rule 1 there.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (YZ0Fo)

243 224 the mashup of all the times he spoke about "bulging neck veins" is pretty impressive.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:30 AM (R11M+)

244 aw thanks three dots

I do love Philadelphia

especially today! THE FLYERS

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:30 AM (j+aD2)

245 You're hating on Center City? You just hard to please is all.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:30 AM (RIvkX)

246 Apropos of nothing...I am siting in a café having coffee and watching the lady of a certain age have her second glass of red wine with her onion soup.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM

Five o'clock somewhere.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 10:30 AM (Wnv9h)

247 The "throwing batteries" quip reminded me of a night at a hockey game between the Philly Flyers and the Washington Capitols.

Philly and D.C. fans hate each other.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I randomly ended up at a Phils/mets game at citizen bank once. No less than 10 fights in the stands/bathrooms.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (YZ0Fo)

248 227 Apropos of nothing...I am siting in a café having coffee and watching the lady of a certain age have her second glass of red wine with her onion soup.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (wEtMf)

It's apropos!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (8NTVk)

249 New York Post
@nypost
Sickening video shows NYC teen stomp on girl's head- after she refused to give him her number

"Teen" = Vile ghetto rat

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (Y1sOo)

250 lol CBD if you get a chance grab a beer at my old hangout, which is insanely still open - Cherry Street Tavern

it's probably closing soon, they are trying to sell. but great, great guys run that place. a true classic philly bar

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (j+aD2)

251 And DelCo chicks.
Posted by: BruceWayne
+++

I know how to get them for free.

Posted by: M. Knopfler at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)

252 249 New York Post
@nypost
Sickening video shows NYC teen stomp on girl's head- after she refused to give him her number

"Teen" = Vile ghetto rat

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (Y1sOo)

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"This won't happen when we tax extra homes of the rich more."
-Mayor Mamdani

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:32 AM (GLVez)

253 Female Nude with a Dog (Portrait of Leotine Renaude) by Gustave Courbet

Boobs! A dog! Art!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 23, 2026 10:32 AM (Kt19C)

254 When I worked for a judge she always had 2 glasses of wine with lunch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

At one time, SCOTUS would have wine while they were in session, if it was raining. But, at some point, they started having it every day, because it's always raining somewhere.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

255 What's that one street that's like bath salts & meth central?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (Kd7Ab)
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Kensington.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:32 AM (RIvkX)

256 255 What's that one street that's like bath salts & meth central?

yeah that's up in kenzo

I've heard it's somewhat cleaned up I dunno

it's pretty far up there - but! not that far from the new hot scene in Fishtown! kind of crazy

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:33 AM (j+aD2)

257 241 dmt is the new two martini lunch.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:33 AM (R11M+)

258 >>Female Nude with a Dog (Portrait of Leotine Renaude) by Gustave Courbet

I looked it up. My likey.

Posted by: Huge Jass at April 23, 2026 10:33 AM (Y1sOo)

259 Some blood and pentagrams and you have a Slayer album cover.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 10:34 AM (E6xSb)

260 257 241 dmt is the new two martini lunch.
Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:33 AM (R11M+)

DMT - a compound used as a hallucinogenic drug, preparations of which are used particularly in some South American cultures for ritual or spiritual reasons. DMT is a derivative of tryptamine, and may be prepared synthetically or obtained from various plant species.

1950s: abbreviation of N,N-dimethyltryptamine.

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:34 AM (8NTVk)

261 "This won't happen when we tax extra homes of the rich more."
-Mayor Mamdani
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:32 AM (GLVez)

1) locate everyone in NYC that makes as much as a penny above NYC PCI.
2) kill them.

That will solve everything.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 10:35 AM (E6xSb)

262 29 is the new 92.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2026 10:36 AM (olroh)

263 261 1) locate everyone in NYC that makes as much as a penny above NYC PCI.
2) kill them.

That will solve everything.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 10:35 AM (E6xSb)

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Good, but one note.

We can't kill the ones making that much but working for government.

They're sefless and bringing utopia. They must be preserved.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:36 AM (GLVez)

264 I looked it up. My likey.
Posted by: Huge Jass at April 23, 2026 10:33 AM (Y1sOo)

Definitely not lacking in the badonkadonk department.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:36 AM (utfVc)

265 last night flyers had four and penguins had five guys in the penalty box at the same time. some original six shite.
"old time hockey!"

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:37 AM (R11M+)

266 Good, but one note.

We can't kill the ones making that much but working for government.

They're sefless and bringing utopia. They must be preserved.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:36 AM (GLVez)

I forgot. Government employees and those in entertainment exempt, because.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 10:38 AM (E6xSb)

267 I do love Philadelphia

especially today! THE FLYERS
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Porter Martone!

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:38 AM (YZ0Fo)

268 Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (j+aD2)

I think we will head to Good Dog for lunch. Short Rib Grilled Cheese is ethereal!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:38 AM (wEtMf)

269 260 40min of wtf

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:38 AM (R11M+)

270 I don't understand how guys can even stand with ice skates on their feet, much less fight in them.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

271 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Brutal art. Haunting. Sending a message.
Goes looking for coffee. Perhaps with a bracer in it this morning.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 10:39 AM (2WIwB)

272 260 jurema preta.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:39 AM (R11M+)

273 Good Dog is fantastic!

then go to Fergie's!

lol I am all about the old philly bars

Fergie is a mensch too! I remember when he came over!!!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:39 AM (j+aD2)

274 I would be supportive of a law the required all large event venues to accept cash for all services.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at

Well crap, this reminds me. I left a $50 bill at the studio- I have cash but don’t take it often, most people use plastic. I keep as little as possible there, because I don’t want to be a target, and also if anyone did try to rob the store and the girls didn’t just hand them everything, gift wrapped if necessary, I would be mad. The robbers would also be disappointed with what they got for their efforts.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 10:40 AM (Dd38x)

275 that game was crazy

I still don't know what happened lol

love these young guys tho

and the "dads" too! (Garnet, Darth, Coots)

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:40 AM (j+aD2)

276 Speaking of Philly
has our favorite Philly cop Wyatt Earp been around?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2026 10:41 AM (re0Ak)

277 has our favorite Philly cop Wyatt Earp been around?

he was around the other day but I probably scared him off bugging him about field hockey

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:41 AM (j+aD2)

278 Some day a rain will come.
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (NALOx)

Eternal rains will come.

Posted by: Opeth at April 23, 2026 10:42 AM (E6xSb)

279 Thanks TJM. Yeah, I know about his health issues, been praying.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 10:42 AM (nz1sK)

280 Some day a rain will come.
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (NALOx)

It will rain for a million years.

Posted by: Porcupine Tree at April 23, 2026 10:42 AM (E6xSb)

281 my God CBD what a beautiful day for you to be in town!

the cherry blossoms! just perfect weather!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:42 AM (j+aD2)

282 Update... Mrs had more scans, and the new report is that the neoplasm in her appendix has also damaged her colon (due to swelling and thinning walls), and has spread to her ovaries. Cardiac workup today and further exams to assess condition prior to surgery in 3 weeks.
Dad died 7 weeks ago today, and Mom is going to hospice.

Did I mention cancer sucks?

I'll stop in on occasion. Hug your family, ok?

Posted by: man at April 23, 2026 10:42 AM (XuXeR)

283 I think we will head to Good Dog for lunch. Short Rib Grilled Cheese is ethereal!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:38 AM (wEtMf)
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Nice pics on their website.

My buddy runs an architectural firm in CC and he has been bitching all morning about his staff leaving the dishes in the break room.

200 employees.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:43 AM (RIvkX)

284 275 guy on top pounding face of guy flat on ice. ref screaming in his ear, had to pull him off. everybody misbehaved.
"old time hockey!"

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:43 AM (R11M+)

285 Somewhere in New Jersey?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (cWLG3)

Too scenic to be Newark.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 10:43 AM (snZF9)

286 The robbers would also be disappointed with what they got for their efforts.
Posted by: Piper

"Hey, what is all this green, spinachy stuff?"
-- Unwitting kale thieves

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

287
I think we will head to Good Dog for lunch. Short Rib Grilled Cheese is ethereal!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23

Ironically, my brown cat’s breeder is in PA and this is where we ate when I picked him up as a kitten!

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 10:44 AM (Dd38x)

288 so sorry man

take care

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:44 AM (j+aD2)

289 Hockey games were cheap back in the day. And with the Capitols having miserable season after season for years, tickets to home games were cheap. IIRC $8 for "cheap seats."

But with the stands barely a third full we could move anywhere we wanted. Still had to watch your back and take note of which crowd you were with.

Some of the fan-on-fan action was pretty intense.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 10:44 AM (jehhT)

290 He was around yesterday.

He is dealing with some health issues, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (GLVez)

Like not having health?

Damn. Here’s to whig and hoping he gets his health back.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 10:45 AM (E6xSb)

291 My son roots for all the Philly teams. His grandma was from that area, so he feels a connection to it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

292 I've read a lot recently about battles in Flanders. The only worse terrain in a temperate climate zone I can think of for a long-term battle in trenches, are large swamps in Florida and Louisiana. Hotter than Flanders, just as soggy.

would not hang

Posted by: Gref at April 23, 2026 10:47 AM (5rh/l)

293 I am sorry, man. That is a lot on your plate for sure. Prayers for you and your family.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 10:47 AM (hftzA)

294 fans hoped for some philanthropist to buy the unsold seats at the stadium so that wgn wouldn't black out the game.
standing room only at the madhouse on madison was beyond belief. felt like the place would collapse. and it ewas only a buck to have a kid watch your bikey (playoffs, early springs) so he could run off and be back in time to get a tip.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:47 AM (R11M+)

295 Update... Mrs had more scans, and the new report is that the neoplasm in her appendix has also damaged her colon (due to swelling and thinning walls), and has spread to her ovaries. Cardiac workup today and further exams to assess condition prior to surgery in 3 weeks.
Dad died 7 weeks ago today, and Mom is going to hospice.

Did I mention cancer sucks?

I'll stop in on occasion. Hug your family, ok?
Posted by: man
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Sorry for all your troubles man! Prayers 🙏🏻

Posted by: lin-duh at April 23, 2026 10:48 AM (9U6Wl)

296 Base hit!
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (YZ0Fo)

Why wasn't it an out?

I'm kidding... I don't care.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

297 Prayer up, Man.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

298 Our new (Acting) Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, at the GOP National Convention 2024.

LINK: https://tinyurl.com/54hfcyv7

Posted by: mrp at April 23, 2026 10:51 AM (rj6Yv)

299 Zonnebeke
Sir William Orpen

Wikipedia, in part - is an oil-on-canvas painting created in 1918 by the Irish artist William Orpen. It was one of the series of paintings that he made when he was British official war artist in World War I. It belongs to the collection of the Tate, in London.[1]

This painting takes his name from the municipality of Zonnebeke, in Flanders, Belgium, which had been completely destroyed as part of the Passchendaele campaign, from June to November 1917. The offensive took a massive toil of British and German lives, while the Allies had just advanced five miles at the end of the campaign. The painting depicts the desolate landscape of a battlefield, with grey skies, the remains of the trenches filled with water, and a corpse lying at the right, while a heavily damaged tree is at the left.[1][2]

..... "‘ "‘I remember an officer saying to me, Paint the Somme? I could do it from memory – just a flat horizon line and mud-holes and water, and the stumps of a few battered trees.’ but one could not paint the smell.".[3]
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Interesting painting but I'd be ambivalent about hanging it.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

300 I've read a lot recently about battles in Flanders. The only worse terrain in a temperate climate zone I can think of for a long-term battle in trenches, are large swamps in Florida and Louisiana. Hotter than Flanders, just as soggy.
__________

Mostly for the allies. The Germans took the high ground where they could after the Somme retreat. In some areas, the Brits had to build up their trenches with sandbags and whatnot above ground because of the water table.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2026 10:56 AM (XvL8K)

301 Munkey nood.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 11:01 AM (Wnv9h)

302 130 New York Post
@nypost
East Villagers sue Mamdani to stop relocation of notorious Bellevue men's homeless shelter into their neighborhood

-
Cry harder.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

Celebrate diversity harder east villagers!

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 23, 2026 11:01 AM (+EiNM)

303 I went to a Redskins game in Philly once

we emerged unharmed
whenever our team would make a play, we would politely golf clap

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 11:02 AM (ZxPkt)

304 The Neue Galerie NYC displays German and Austrian Art. 10-12 years ago they had the first big Otto Dix display. He was a machine gunner during WWI. On one level, unique, challenging. Also, be glad you weren’t there.
Their ‘site currently features the irradiated doctor CBD shared recently, so you can see it in person.
It reminded me I cared for an old radiologist whose index finger was skeletonized like an Ai-Ai, with a squamous cell carcinoma at the living skin portion. Too much time in the beam doing fluoroscopy, I.e. moving pic X-Ray. The good old days.

Posted by: Lester Fahrner at April 23, 2026 11:04 AM (Vsomd)

305 282. I'll stop in on occasion. Hug your family, ok?
Posted by: man

That's an awful lot to deal with.

Prayers for strength for you and the very best of support for both your wife and mother, and may your father rest eternally.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 11:07 AM (NFX2v)

306 And here I was about to whine about my 1% raise, my rent going up and the prospects for ever retiring hinge on finding a sugar daddy.

Courage for you, man. And prayers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (W2Pud)

The Morning Report — 4/ 23/26

Good morning kids, Here's a bit of good news to start things off for a change. In the wake of the nightmarish redistricting vote in Virginia, sanity has quickly prevailed in the OldDominion:

The decision halts the certification process, potentially blocking changes to Virginia’s congressional map, pending the outcome of the appeal. The new map, authorized in a close referendum on Tuesday, heavily favors the Democrats, likely handing the party another four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

At least in the near term, I don't expect this to be resolved before the midterms which was certainly why the evil commie bastards rammed this abomination through when they did. It's not just about Virginia, this vote had and might yet have national implications first of all to completely derail President Trump's remaining two years and then wipe out any national GOP aspirations going forward. Absolute power by every means at their disposal is the Left's ultimate goal, same as it ever was since time immemorial.

Given the vicissitudes of a top down corrupted judiciary, this situation may yet go in the Democrats favor, but at least for now we may have dodged a pretty significant electoral/political bullet.

All of that said, there has been much anger aimed at the GOP for being woefully unprepared for this vote, and rightfully so. For sure the party is at best useless and feckless and at worst collaborating with the Democrats on every level and on every issue. This in spite of the fact that Virginia and America in general is still a distinctly if not overwhelmingly conservative or non-crazy-leftist nation (or is it?). And for sure millions of dollars from the DNC and the usual Soros and other Leftist front groups were poured in to buy the victory.

Yes the Virginia and National GOP have much to answer for but at the end of the day, despite all of the aforementioned, we can bitch and moan about the Grifting Oleaginous Parasites until the cows come home, but the reality is is that it's the voters who don't show up that bear the responsibility for yesterday's abomination. Surely Virginians were not clueless about the ramifications of losing this vote and yet how is it that this was able to pass? 'nuff said.

Naturally the criminals who foisted this on us are warning us not to do unto them what they have done to us because that would be un"Democratic" shall we say. It is to vomit:

In a statement to PunchBowl News founder Jake Sherman, Hakeem Jeffries said that Republicans in Florida will suffer further losses if they move forward with redistricting.
“If Florida Republicans proceed with this illegal scheme, they will only create more prime pick-up opportunities for Democrats, just as they did with Trump’s dummymander in Texas,” he said.
“We will aggressively target for defeat Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills and Brian Mast. We are prepared to take them all on, and we are prepared to win.” Jeffries added, “Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.”

Aside from Democrats, speaking of invasive parasitic worms that destroy everything in their path:

A destructive, fast-moving invader is wriggling its way into yards across the US, and officials say Californians should be on alert. Agriculture authorities are sounding the alarm over the Asian jumping worm, a highly invasive species that’s already been spotted in multiple states, including the Golden State. . . The worms are easy to spot, and hard to forget.
They’re smooth, dark gray or brown, with a distinctive flat, milky-white band circling their bodies near the head. Bridging the gap between a gardener’s nightmare and a Klingon’s dream, reports indicate that the invasive Asian jumping worm can flip its body a foot into the air, a violent thrashing behavior that perfectly mirrors the legendary Star Trek delicacy, Gagh.
. ..With no reliable way to eliminate them once established, officials are urging residents to focus on prevention.

Have a great day!

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Judge Blocks Virginia Redistricting Referendum Certification Over Constitutional Violations.

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Victor Davis Hanson: Iran’s decades-long bluff—built on terror proxies, nuclear brinkmanship, and Western appeasement—collapsed the moment it faced direct force and a changed geopolitical landscape.
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The WSJ: “The blockade alone could cost Iran more than $400 million a day, according to some estimates.”
Trump Moves to Stifle Iran’s Oil Trade as Regime Skips Islamabad Talks Amid Infighting
“If the current efforts of the Iranian and American negotiators, which we support, result in something like the 2015 agreement, I think it would be a great success,” Lavrov said at a press conference after meeting with Taher al-Baour, the acting foreign minister of one of Libya’s two governments. Libya was torn in half and became infested with terrorists and warlords after Obama attacked the country in 2011 to change its regime.
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How the IDF Eliminated 180 Hezbollah Terrorists in Ten Minutes

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Fetterman said, “As things continue, Israel becomes more and more unpopular, and the Democrats are getting more aggressively, aggressively anti-Israel, between the guy with the Nazi tattoo in Maine or the guy in Michigan that describes Israel and Hamas [as] equally evil and things. So, that’s where we’re going.”
Fetterman: Israel’s Security Will Be Up in the Air if Iran Not Dealt With Now, Dem Wins in 2028
If you're a Democrat senator, you prove the definition of insanity: repeatedly doing the same failed thing and expecting a different result.
Senate Democrats Go 0 for 5 Trying to Stop Trump on Iran
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"PayPal, one of the world’s largest online payment processors, was integral in raising money to orchestrate the event," the SPLC stated in 2017.
SPLC Raged At PayPal For Helping Fund Charlottesville Rally — While Bankrolling One Of Its Planners
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s indictment.
The SPLC Was One Giant Fraud
SPLC's indictment for wire fraud and other charges renews scrutiny of liberal charity's offshore banking practices
SPLC's Offshore Assets Ballooned as Embattled Left-Wing Darling Secretly Funded KKK and Other ‘Violent Extremist Groups’—and Reported Owning Accounts in the Cayman Islands
If the DOJ's indictment is accurate, the SPLC is probably the single greatest funder of "white supremacy" in the entire country.
Is This The Worst Political Psy-Op In Modern History?
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and other progressives lied when they told us white supremacy was the biggest threat facing the United States, and now that lie has been laid bare.
SPLC funded the hate they claimed to be fighting while Dems claimed white supremacy was biggest threat
Daniel Barber is a convicted murderer. He is also an obsessive hater of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He sent a message to ICE leadership under the title “Brutally Goofy Buddha” in which he ranted that “every f*****g one of” ICE agents should be “summarily tried and convicted” and then shot in their “maggot Nazi heads.” But the Feds tracked Barber down, and now the anything-but-goofy Buddha is back in handcuffs.
Feds Arrest Convicted Murderer Who Said ‘Nazi’ ICE Should Be ‘Executed’
The ruse is fronted by Kennedy relative Tim Shriver, who appears on Fox News in the guise of a perfectly reasonable moderate Democrat, the type we all wish still existed.
Miranda Devine: The left’s ‘Dignity Index’ is a weak attempt to disarm Republicans – and disguise their own hate
If the Biden junta was defined by one thing, it was its consistent and careful targeting of Democrats’ political enemies.
New Records Prove Biden FBI Spying On Congress ‘Wasn’t An Isolated Incident’
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
President Donald Trump blasted conservative Supreme Court justices on Wednesday over the tariff case decision and predicted the court will rule against him in the birthright citizenship case, adding the court is “already Packed” for Democrats.
Trump Predicts SCOTUS Will Rule Against Him in Birthright Citizenship Case: Court Is ‘Already Packed’ for Dems
Ortega was granted protection under the Convention Against Torture at the same time as she was ordered deported, preventing removal to her native El Salvador. However, the Trump administration is using third-country deportation agreements to work around restrictions on sending illegals back to their home countries directly, most recently striking an agreement to transfer them to the Congo.
Army Sgt Lashes Out at ICE for Detaining His Wife… Who Entered the Country Illegally… And Was Subject to Deportation Order.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
This may be a lull between storms, or maybe sanity is finally tempering the judiciary’s madness.
A good day in the courts for conservativism
In a 9–8 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concluded that the policy does not violate constitutional limits on government involvement in religion. The court also found that the requirement does not interfere with parents’ authority over their children’s religious upbringing.
Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ten Commandments Law
The Trump administration has taken a series of significant steps against fraud, but so far they’re mostly going it alone.
Fraud Is Costing Taxpayers Up To Half A Trillion Dollars A Year, And We’re Not Doing Enough To Stop It
Effective new ad results in 6,000 application submissions.
FAA Levels Up Recruiting: Gamers Targeted for Air Traffic Control Jobs
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The Daily Mail reported Tuesday that “a Canadian terrorist who burst into a military recruitment service and stabbed soldiers has been given permission to fly to Saudi Arabia and Somalia – even though officials say he ‘continues to pose a significant threat to public safety.’” They seem to think that the trip will do Ayanle Hassan Ali good, as it will help him become a more devout and observant Muslim, and what could possibly be the problem with that?
A Jihadi Stabs a Soldier for Allah, and Doctors Come Up With a Remarkable Cure for What Ails Him
Gomez, a Colombian-born activist who is currently running as a Republican for Texas’s 31st District in the House of Representatives, was planning on travelling to London next month to attend a rally organised by veteran anti-grooming gang activist Tommy Robinson.
Anti-Islam Activist Valentina Gomez Vows to Land in Britain by Boat After Being Banned by Gov’t
A horror story of nightmarish abuse . . . and he’s back on duty!
A Syrian Muslim ‘Caregiver’ for the Swedish Elderly
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche summed up the case perfectly by saying, ‘The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence.’
‘FBI Does It Too’: Media Hacks Go All Out To Downplay SPLC Indictment
Amazon’s brief ban—and reversal—of The Camp of the Saints underscores how fragile access to controversial ideas becomes when a single platform controls the marketplace.
Amazon Briefly Bans, Then Restores ‘The Camp of the Saints’

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The settlements follow lawsuits against Roblox from other U.S. states, such as Florida and Iowa. On Monday last week, Roblox said it would introduce age-based accounts and stricter parental controls in response to mounting accusations that it is not taking the online safety of its young user base seriously enough.
Roblox Agrees to Pay $36 Million Over Child Grooming Concerns.
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
‘Earth Day today feels increasingly detached from the kind of environmental problems that gave rise to it in 1970’
Heartland Institute Climate Experts Comment on Earth Day
It's far less about the environment and ecological stewardship than a vehicle to further the Democrat Party agenda, which at its base is an effort to rule citizens rather than represent them, to overtax, overregulate and overstep constitutional boundaries.
The Dirt On Earth Day
The attorneys general wrote that Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s (S&P) joined the Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance, an organization that the attorneys general have warned would violate antitrust laws and would require drastic emissions cuts.
Exclusive — 23 Republican State Attorneys General Investigate Ratings Agencies Downgrading Energy Producers over ESG Metrics
Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc., a subsidiary of Japanese automobile manufacturer Isuzu Motors Ltd., has been the top-selling low-cab forward commercial truck brand in the U.S. since 1986, with several models including the N-Series Diesel and N-Series Gas, as well as the F-Series, which runs on a Cummins B6.7L diesel engine. But a 2022 Biden-era EPA emissions regulation, which requires heavy-duty commercial vehicles to limit nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions to 0.035 grams for model year (MY) 2027, is still in effect, forcing Isuzu to pause production of its F-Series and N-Series Diesel trucks.
EXCLUSIVE: Biden-Era Rule Screws Over Top US Truck Maker As Diesel Plans Grind To A Halt
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Here’s a list of the latest crime across America:
American Crime Blotter: 4/23/26
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
As a solution to racist white colleagues constantly attempting to undermine their minority counterparts, one of the ways encouraged to deal with this issue is for companies to “[transfer] power to the minority individual.
Wharton School Publishes Research Claiming Minorities Can’t Trust White Colleagues
The university also allocates more money for the Muslim Student Union than every Christian group combined
Stanford Students Award Drag Group Five Times As Much Funding As Veterans Association
'Conversations about leading complex organizations at a uniquely complex time'
Harvard's Board Chair, Obama Official Penny Pritzker, Has a New Podcast—Sponsored by Harvard's Audit Firm
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The gerrymandering of Virginia will likely hand the Democrats nearly all of the state’s House seats in November, potentially shifting the balance of power in Congress.
WATCH: How RNC Insiders Prioritized Cornyn & Lindsey Graham Over Virginia’s Gerrymandering.
“You can’t brag about a huge war chest and then continue to leave Republicans stranded in blue states."
‘Where Were You?’: GOP Faces Backlash After Virginia Voters Approve Congressional Map (No where were you Virginians?! -jjs
For whatever reasons of fear, derangement, and the rise of Islamo-Marxism, the party just keeps doubling down on what Americans hate.
Virginia's redistricting is a Democrat power grab from a party that hates Americans
Old Dominion Democrats seem intent on following the Golden State into the abyss.
Virginia Outshines California In Political Skullduggery
According to Newsweek, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis “called a special session to consider legislation on redistricting beginning April 28, setting up the next front in the fight.”
Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Cautions Florida Against Redistricting After Virginia Win
Florida Senate President Ben Albritton (R) has warned state lawmakers that they cannot advance maps that “favor or disfavor a political party or incumbent,” and that anything they decide is likely to be subject to “significant litigation.” While hailing the Democrats’ gerrymandering in Virginia, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has branded the Florida redistricting effort an “illegal scheme” and vowed to “aggressively target” Republican Florida Representatives Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills, and Brian Mast
Here’s How Republicans Can Quickly Respond to Virginia’s Gerrymandering.
While the left’s naked power grab may be hypocritical, partisan map-making is not the problem — legally speaking.
Dems Win Naked Power Grab In Virginia, Could Lose In Court On Constitutional Grounds
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
eStCru LLC filed for termination roughly one week after Omar submitted an amended financial disclosure that listed the winery as having no value
Fall From Grapes: Winery Owned by Bro-Fo Omar's Husband Folds One Year After Omar Said It Was Worth Up to $5 Million
POLITICS
“DeSantis’ future was on the menu after the two men had lunch at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami a week ago Sunday.”
Ron DeSantis Apparently Wants a Job in the Trump Administration
The Democrat representative, who served in the Georgia General Assembly before becoming a House member, unexpectedly died after 50 years in elected office and became the fifth incumbent lawmaker in the lower chamber to die in the past 13 months, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution (AJC) and other outlets. His death was confirmed by his office to the AJC on Wednesday.
Democrat Rep. David Scott Dies In Office
There are a few reasons that NYC will still be standing when Mamdani completes his commie reign of error. One is sheer scale. It's the municipal version of what's going on statewide in California. Yes, people are fleeing in droves, but there are A LOT of people. The population can handle a lot of attrition before it's really noticeable.
New York City Will Survive Mamdani, but It Might Not Want To
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
A Canadian woman in her early 20s was killed in the assault, while 13 others were injured.
Gunman inspired by Columbine goes on deadly shooting spree at Teotihuacan pyramids on anniversary of massacre
Officers and agents died in a car crash after six clandestine synthetic drug labs were raided in Morelos.
CIA Agents Killed After Massive Cartel Lab Raid in Mexico
Argentine President Javier Milei has long been an unabashed supporter of Israel. He confirmed that once more Tuesday night as he sang and lit a ceremonial torch at Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations.
Watch: Argentina’s Milei Center Stage Singing at Celebration of Israel
And why JD Vance and Barack Obama took opposite sides in Hungary's election.
How Hungary Matters
Per the study’s findings, foreign-born population across the EU increased by some 2.1 million between 2024-2025, an amount that, while slightly bellow the 2.6 million increase documented between 2024 and 2024, is still “high by historical standards.”
Study: Record-Breaking E.U. Migrant Flood Hits 64.2 Million in 2025
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was fired Wednesday after months of feuding with his Pentagon bosses, particularly over his handling of President Trump’s “Golden Fleet” shipbuilding initiative. Tensions between Phelan, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy War Secretary Stephen Feinberg had been simmering for months, according to the New York Times and a Republican source.
Navy secretary fired after feud over Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’ with Pentagon leaders, including Hegseth
When Hencely sued Fluor under state law, the military contractor argued his case was preempted by federal law. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided with Hencely, reversing a lower court’s ruling that found “Hencely’s claims preempted even though the conduct complained of was neither ordered nor authorized by the Federal Government.”
Liberal Supreme Court Justices Side With Clarence Thomas On Suicide Bombing Case
In a video posted to X, Hegseth explained why the Biden-era vaccine mandate was being rescinded, calling the previous administration’s requirement “overly broad and not rational” and telling US military personnel “we will not force you.”
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Makes Mandatory Annual Flu Vaccine for US Troops Optional
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Because all of JAXA’s rockets are presently grounded due to technical failures, Japan’s space agency has had to turn to Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab launches satellites for Japan’s space agency JAXA
Note the flat rocks in the foreground of the panorama, all part of the crater’s rim. Each looks like a large flat paving stone that was very precisely shattered into numerous tiny pieces, all about the same size. Very strange. On Earth you’d assume some craftsman had laid these small pieces down like tiles, but of course, that couldn’t have happened on Mars.
Curiosity looks at a small crater as it climbs Mount Sharp
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"Career officials determined" that the transgender-identifying woman "should be released" with a tracking device.
Southern Poverty Law Center Pressured Biden Junta To Release Convicted Trans Sex Offender
The father has been charged with kidnapping by the Justice Department
FBI Spoils Trans Father’s Plan To Transition Son In Cuba
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Does the Communist Twelver Shi’ite mayor bring a curse? Of course he does.
Woke Mets Embrace Mamdani, Lose Twelve in a Row
Christian Toto: Tonally bananas update won't please kids, parents or Orwell completists
‘Animal Farm’ Targets Capitalism, Not Soviet-Style Repression
HITHER & YON
A destructive, fast-moving invader is wriggling its way into yards across the US, and officials say Californians should be on alert. Agriculture authorities are sounding the alarm over the Asian jumping worm, a highly invasive species that’s already been spotted in multiple states, including the Golden State.
Invasive ‘crazy worms’ confirmed in California, and there’s no way to kill them
Spaghetti with a side of surveillance? Apparently.
Your Dinner Could Be Spying On You

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1 If you don't vote, you don't count.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 23, 2026 07:03 AM (DIbRX)

2 At some point, people need to face that the GOP loses on purpose.

They are the Washington Generals to the Democrats' Globetrotters.

They exist only to be embarrassed by the Democrats dunking on them.

They don't want to win, because then they'd have to do something other than fundraise.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 07:08 AM (6Uni8)

3 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 07:09 AM (ExV1e)

4 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 07:09 AM (ExV1e)

5 Top 5!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 07:12 AM (OPGS/)

6 Yes the Virginia and National GOP have much to answer for but at the end of the day, despite all of the aforementioned, we can bitch and moan about the Grifting Oleaginous Parasites until the cows come home, but the reality is is that it's the voters who don't show up that bear the responsibility for yesterday's abomination. Surely Virginians were not clueless about the ramifications of losing this vote and yet how is it that this was able to pass?

Eventually Charlie Brown stops trying to kick the football, moves into the mountains with his dog, and lets Lucy get raped by the illegal immigrants she conspired with the Chamber of Commerce to let into the country.

Posted by: Truth Be Known at April 23, 2026 07:12 AM (a3owT)

7 "Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time."

The GOP aspires to be France.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 07:13 AM (vFG9F)

8 Eventually Charlie Brown stops trying to kick the football, moves into the mountains with his dog, and lets Lucy get raped by the illegal immigrants she conspired with the Chamber of Commerce to let into the country.

Posted by: Truth Be Known at April 23, 2026 07:12 AM (a3owT)

Those with resources to be able to Bugout into their Bugout Cabins have no reason to care about letting it burn.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 07:14 AM (6Uni8)

9
"Democracy" thrives in darkness.

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 07:14 AM (Y8DZL)

10 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 07:15 AM (jehhT)

11 Thank you, JJ!

"For sure the party is at best useless and feckless and at worst collaborating with the Democrats on every level and on every issue. "

considering it in light of the SAVE act, I'm'a go with collaborating.

my 0.02, ymmv, ianal, u. s. w.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 23, 2026 07:17 AM (VyBeY)

12 >Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez...Anna Paulina Luna...

Why do Democrats hate brown people?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2026 07:17 AM (IG3/x)

13 Yesterday I told my wife "Great news! Apparently you don't celebrate Earth Day by stuffing your girlfriend's body in a trunk and escape to Europe. So if United Airlines calls, tell them never mind."

A partner with a sense of humor that matches yours is a blessing.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 07:17 AM (OPGS/)

14 Virginia is for fairness.

And those that love fairness vote by mail.

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 23, 2026 07:17 AM (KiBMU)

15 but the reality is is that it's the voters who don't show up that bear the responsibility for yesterday's abomination.

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No.

They don't show up because the GOP is an awful Party. Talk to them about it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 23, 2026 07:17 AM (BI5O2)

16 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

17
Dear SPLC,

I would like to apply for grant funding of a covert infiltration of this Ace of Spades blog comment section...

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 07:18 AM (Y8DZL)

18 I guess it is good news for Virginia. I hope that judge has some seriously good security.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 23, 2026 07:19 AM (0N4FZ)

19 > sanity has quickly prevailed in the OldDominion:

So Virginia judge > Hawaiian judge?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2026 07:20 AM (IG3/x)

20
A destructive, fast-moving invader is wriggling its way into yards across the US, and officials say Californians should be on alert.

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Caused by Global Warming. And cuts to USAID.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:21 AM (tgvbd)

21 Jeffries comes right out and says it's war and the GOP sits around with it's collective thumb up it's collective ass.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 07:22 AM (vFG9F)

22 Those with resources to be able to Bugout into their Bugout Cabins have no reason to care about letting it burn.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 07:14 AM (6Uni

Anyone that hasn't understood that we aren't voting our way out of this and begun moving their mission from winning elections to surviving uniparty rule deserves what they get.

You've been warned countless times. The GOP doesn't even try hide it anymore.

Thinking people don't show up to vote because they know it doesn't matter. Show them it matters, they might reconsider.

Posted by: Truth Be Known at April 23, 2026 07:23 AM (a3owT)

23 "Surely Virginians were not clueless about the ramifications of losing this vote and yet how is it that this was able to pass?"

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Mail-in ballots.

Posted by: It's kinda obvious at April 23, 2026 07:23 AM (2Ez/1)

24 Good morning dear morons nd happy birthday JJ

Is Tehran burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 07:23 AM (RIvkX)

25 Newest apocalyptic climate crisis has nothing to do with humans:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhm24tp

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 07:23 AM (i1wcu)

26 Ball licker Paul.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 23, 2026 07:24 AM (7zn4w)

27 Yudhishthira's Dice

I did. Back in 2020. I had a senior Republican official call and ask why I stopped donating and registered Independent.

"Because you are losers who want to lose. You could win as a populous party with American values, but you are silly wankers."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

28 "Thinking people don't show up to vote because they know it doesn't matter. Show them it matters, they might reconsider."

LOL, gotcher self-fulfilling prophecy ratcheer!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 23, 2026 07:25 AM (VyBeY)

29 Dammit Judge! Be quiet.
I'm trying to become New Jersey.

Posted by: Virginia at April 23, 2026 07:26 AM (2Ez/1)

30 Asian Jumping Worm > Xi Jin Ping

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

31 LOL, gotcher self-fulfilling prophecy ratcheer!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 23, 2026 07:25 AM (VyBeY)

You voted for Mitt Romney and John McCain to run the nation.

Think about that.

Posted by: Truth Be Known at April 23, 2026 07:27 AM (a3owT)

32 and what did YOU do, smartass?"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 23, 2026 07:28 AM (VyBeY)

33 Crazy worms look like they might be the ideal bait for the fish in local lakes and tributaries. Hook'em hard and let the brownies and pike and walleye decide.

Or they could be nasty and nothing will go near them.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 07:29 AM (Fbc0I)

34 Truth Be Known

A) We voted for Sarah Palin.

B) They were still better than the alternate choice, as seen by results.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

35 I don't vote for the lesser of two evils, I vote against the greater of two evils.

Posted by: davidt at April 23, 2026 07:30 AM (Q+gd/)

36 A) We voted for Sarah Palin

To run the nation or for winner of Dancing With The Stars?

Posted by: Truth Be Known at April 23, 2026 07:31 AM (a3owT)

37 thx, NaCly, exactly right.
you're clearly in a better mood than I am this morning

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 23, 2026 07:32 AM (VyBeY)

38 If the GOP gave a damn about winning elections they'd pass SAVE. They're not going to do it, because they are a stalking horse for Democrats.

Everything Trump does has to be done by EO because they are a stalking horse for Democrats.

Why should anyone vote for their hunters' stalking horse?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 23, 2026 07:33 AM (BI5O2)

39 The number of migrants living in the European Union (E.U.) reached a record-breaking 64.2 million by 2025, a study published Wednesday revealed.[/]
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Grok says the EU population (using todays borders for consistency) in 2000 was 429 million people and in 2025 is estimated at 450 million people.

In other words, migrants were a negligible part of the population in most of the area and now are 14% of the total, and likely concentrated in cities.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 07:33 AM (7D9XB)

40 > SPLC

I'm smiling at the fact that it's still not too late for the biography of Morris Dees Nuts to include the phrase "died in prison".

> Fall From Grapes: Winery Owned by Bro-Fo Omar's Husband Folds One Year After Omar Said It Was Worth Up to $5 Million

The "wine brand" scam is akin to the "book deal" scam. You contract to have your name and ugly mug printed on the label of some generic Zero Buck Yuck, mark it way, way, up, then all the people who want to bribe you buy it by the case.

And what the fuck are Muslims doing with a winery in the first place?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 23, 2026 07:33 AM (IG3/x)

41 Hello barrel my old friend, I've come to talk with you again

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 07:34 AM (7D9XB)

42 > And what the fuck are Muslims doing with a winery in the first place?
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Same thing they're doing with "Learing Centers" and "Child Care."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 07:34 AM (jehhT)

43 Ron DeSantis Apparently Wants a Job in the Trump Administration
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That does include a suggestion of SCOTUS. He'd be a big improvement on Roberts.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 07:35 AM (AlhUl)

44 Why should anyone vote for their hunters' stalking horse?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 23, 2026 07:33 AM (BI5O2)

Because if you don't, the Democrats will get to appoint John Roberts replacement on SCOTUS.

We must have a Republican President or we won't get strong conservative justices like Roberts.

Posted by: Truth Be Known at April 23, 2026 07:36 AM (a3owT)

45 Truth Be Know

She was a sound governor of Alaska, cleaning up much corruption, and had a very high approval rating among voters.

Educate yourself.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

46 Does the Communist Twelver Shi’ite mayor bring a curse? Of course he does.
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This is what Mets fans get by listening to Frankie Lindor's idiot wife. The Madmani Curse.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 07:37 AM (7D9XB)

47 I'm smiling at the fact that it's still not too late for the biography of Morris Dees Nuts to include the phrase "died in prison".

Am I evil for preferring it to read "shot while trying to escape police custody"? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 07:37 AM (OPGS/)

48 New York City Will Survive Mamdani, but It Might Not Want To
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Because of scale? What did that do for the British Empire. Or the Spanish?

Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 07:38 AM (AlhUl)

49
If you ever see a headline, "Man Falls, Dies Putting On Underwear", you'll know it's me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:38 AM (tgvbd)

50 I find some wine puts the goat in the mood.

Posted by: Somali Male at April 23, 2026 07:38 AM (0e5Te)

51 Agriculture authorities are sounding the alarm over the Asian jumping worm, a highly invasive species that’s already been spotted in multiple states, including the Golden State.

We had to bring those worms here to study how to prevent them from spreading!

Posted by: SPLC at April 23, 2026 07:38 AM (u/66v)

52 That does include a suggestion of SCOTUS. He'd be a big improvement on Roberts.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 07:35 AM (AlhUl)
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How fricking great would that be!!!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 07:38 AM (7D9XB)

53 Hadrian the Seventh

Book thread is Sunday. And Her Majesty is away. Stay confutable.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

54 Why should anyone vote for their hunters' stalking horse?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 23, 2026 07:33 AM (BI5O2)

I saw Stalking Horse open for Neil Young and Crazy Horse at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee in 2002.

Smoked a lot of weed in the mud is all I remember.

Posted by: Dirty Old Hippie at April 23, 2026 07:40 AM (79nfv)

55 Trump Predicts SCOTUS Will Rule Against Him in Birthright Citizenship Case: Court Is ‘Already Packed’ for Dems

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Sounds like he may have already been hearing rumblings about the outcome.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 23, 2026 07:40 AM (qBdHI)

56 SPLC.

Chinese bio warfare. Been going on for quite some time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

57 Do Asian Jumping Worms go BOING?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 07:41 AM (1o8D5)

58
Ilhan Omar explodes at reporter for asking about multimillion-dollar disclosure discrepancy: ‘You’re stupid for asking me anything’.

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The Wrath of Grapes

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:41 AM (tgvbd)

59 Dershowitz. Welcome to the party pal.

Posted by: Get out of my fucking shot at April 23, 2026 07:42 AM (jZ3ZM)

60 How Iran Committed Suicide
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VDH's analysis is far too conventional here. Iran has entirely different criteria for success than he is using. In their eyes, as long as they are still there, they win, however degraded.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 07:42 AM (AlhUl)

61 > Fall From Grapes: Winery Owned by Bro-Fo Omar's Husband Folds One Year After Omar Said It Was Worth Up to $5 Million.

++++++

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

Posted by: Kramer at April 23, 2026 07:42 AM (2Ez/1)

62 > Ilhan Omar explodes at reporter for asking about multimillion-dollar disclosure discrepancy: ‘You’re stupid for asking me anything’.
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Why is that broad still in the country?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 07:42 AM (jehhT)

63 If you ever see a headline, "Man Falls, Dies Putting On Underwear", you'll know it's me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:38 AM (tgvbd)
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Prediction: Your death will be... brief.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 07:42 AM (1o8D5)

64 The "Asian jumping worm" costs an extra $25 at the massage parlor I go to.

Posted by: Robert Kraft at April 23, 2026 07:43 AM (a3owT)

65 Among the many anti-fraud bills introduced in recent months, H.R. 8028, the SNAP Fraud Reporting Act of 2026, would require that “each State shall submit to the Secretary of Agriculture data on fraud that occurred in the supplemental nutrition assistance program for the then most recently concluded 5 fiscal years available.”
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Hey Congress, instead of another "report" why not require states to prove they actively root out and prosecute fraud?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 07:43 AM (RxS+u)

66 Ilhan Omar explodes at reporter for asking about multimillion-dollar disclosure discrepancy: ‘You’re stupid for asking me anything’.

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The Wrath of Grapes

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:41 AM (tgvbd)
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Why not simply "The Grapes of Math"?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 07:44 AM (1o8D5)

67 Amazing how there were just enough mail in ballots - all of which voted "YES" in the same handwriting to tip the vote in VA. The Democrats can always count on the Beijing vote coming in from China to tip things their way. That VA election was at least as legitimate as the 81 million votes Biden got in 2020.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 23, 2026 07:44 AM (Da7Vv)

68 Huck Follywood

That would be a bridge too far for the Slaver Blue States.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

69 Russia Pressures U.S. and Iran to Return to Obama Nuclear Deal

In the article, Russian Foreign Minister says that he thinks the US should do this thing which it isn't going to do. The definition of 'pressure' has changed a lot recently.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e)

70 Good morning Horde thx JJ.
It's nice to see courts move quickly. Most likely the judges decision was already teed up in Virginia, as was the circuit court decision, so it will be at the VA SC very quickly. The Dems paid zero attention to the constitutional procedures. I'm hoping the ct agrees. I really want to see that governor with egg on her face.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 07:46 AM (gu0hJ)

71 Trump Predicts SCOTUS Will Rule Against Him in Birthright Citizenship Case: Court Is ‘Already Packed’ for Dems
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Well, who appointed more of them than any other President? The two good ones we owe to the two Bushes.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 07:46 AM (AlhUl)

72 An Observation sez Trump is my President

Investigate.
Prosecute.
Jail.
Confiscate assets.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

73 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: VDH - Cruelty Rating Systems at April 23, 2026 07:47 AM (53oGX)

74 Trump Predicts SCOTUS Will Rule Against Him in Birthright Citizenship Case: Court Is ‘Already Packed’ for Dems

Um, you nominated three of them, so who did the packing?

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 07:47 AM (gtcuf)

75 Nothing wrong with the VA voters. If both sides show up, Dems win by 4-5. They won by under 3, so Rs did not have a turnout problem in VA.

Now, they still suck at covincing folks b/c they still do not realize that the personal is political, so one handwritten postcard to a voter is worth 100 angry flyers (yes, I got the 1st from the Ds and the 2nd from the Rs - although I also got 100 angry flyers from the Dems)...

They need a personal touch if they want to change the voters they are looking to change (the female vote...and let's be honest - the old person vote, as we saw with someone's mom here...b/c no one mailed the men anything for this)...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 07:48 AM (tOcjL)

76 Eeyore

Getting past the Senate has been problematic for useful judges.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

77 43 Ron DeSantis Apparently Wants a Job in the Trump Administration
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That does include a suggestion of SCOTUS. He'd be a big improvement on Roberts.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 07:35 AM (AlhUl)

He ONLY wants Sec of War and Supreme Court...that's almost like not wanting a job...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 07:49 AM (tOcjL)

78 "Man Falls, Dies Putting On Underwear"
+++

Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at April 23, 2026 07:49 AM (2Ez/1)

79 Ilhan Omar explodes at reporter for asking about multimillion-dollar disclosure discrepancy: ‘You’re stupid for asking me anything’.

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She is one despicable, arrogant piece of sh*t.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 23, 2026 07:50 AM (qBdHI)

80 Still waiting for the SC decision on the racial apportionment. The left will crap themselves if they lose that one.
The birthright case will IMHO will be sent back to lower courts for further care

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 07:50 AM (gu0hJ)

81 Ilhan Omar explodes at reporter for asking about multimillion-dollar disclosure discrepancy: ‘You’re stupid for asking me anything’.

I despise reporters in general but I hope that the one doing that interview punched back.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 07:50 AM (OPGS/)

82 Ilhan Omar explodes

If only.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 07:51 AM (gtcuf)

83 Nova Local

Where would Ron DeSantis be most useful? DOJ? IRS? Commerce, with Census back under it again?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

84 ‘You’re stupid for asking me anything’.

Know your place, peasant.

Posted by: davidt at April 23, 2026 07:51 AM (Q+gd/)

85 83 Nova Local

Where would Ron DeSantis be most useful? DOJ? IRS? Commerce, with Census back under it again?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

It doesn't matter where he'd be more useful - he publicly stated his interest in only the 2 jobs. And I don't see Hegsgeth getting bounced, so that leaves Supreme Court, and EVERY lawyer and judge on the planet always want that spot, so that field is crowded...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 07:52 AM (tOcjL)

86 California’s top governor candidates debate Wednesday evening

Can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m starting to like Steyer. He’s offering actual solutions and solid plans. And he paid his own taxes. At least $5.5M is what the host said

California needs so much massive change to overcome the housing crisis, the thought of more stagnation under Becerra is just depressing.

lol the British Trump guy just said we should be like Mississippi in our CA education system. OMG. This is priceless.

Ngl, I feel like Becerra giving Newsom an A may do a lot of damage to his campaign. It reminds me of Harris refusing to criticize or separate from Biden.

I'd like to see Porter stand up on her own. She's losing me with her relentless attacks on Steyer. It comes across as a sour ex looking to take cheap shots.

I really didn’t Katie Porter before this but her answers have been good. She's incredibly progressive in her affordability and environmental stances. She's strong and tough on billionaires. I know a mom can get it done.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 23, 2026 07:53 AM (ycI94)

87 Anyone that hasn't understood that we aren't voting our way out of this and begun moving their mission from winning elections to surviving uniparty rule deserves what they get.

You've been warned countless times. The GOP doesn't even try hide it anymore.

Thinking people don't show up to vote because they know it doesn't matter. Show them it matters, they might reconsider.

Posted by: Truth Be Known at April 23, 2026 07:23 AM (a3owT)

If you read Post 2, you'd already know I'm not defending the worthless GOP.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 07:53 AM (6Uni8)

88 >>@shipwreckedcrew
·
19h
>>Re the SPLC indictment.

>>This is a good example of why the expectation for "instant" prosecution of bad actors from prior administrations is so stupid.

>>The SPCL case is 100% a product of the Trump 47 DOJ - there is 0% chance this was already underway prior to Jan. 2025.

>>It shows how much time it takes to build a complicated federal case when you start from scratch.

>>Adjust your expectations accordingly.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 07:53 AM (viF8m)

89 Nova Local

Cogent analysis.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

90 Another Democrat House member dies at age 80 yesterday. David Scott D-GA.

Posted by: Jen the original at April 23, 2026 07:54 AM (HOyAg)

91 Jen the original

Power and graft are demons for some of those in office. They kill themselves to keep it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

92 She's strong and tough on billionaires.

Only the ones that aren't funding the left.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 07:56 AM (gtcuf)

93 Never go full Ilhan Omar.

Posted by: Kirk Lazarus at April 23, 2026 07:56 AM (0e5Te)

94 88
>>This is a good example of why the expectation for "instant" prosecution of bad actors from prior administrations is so stupid.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 07:53 AM (viF8m)

We have to wait, but the Democrats can have everybody getting raped by Big Black Bubba within 24 hours.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 07:57 AM (6Uni8)

95 " but the reality is is that it's the voters who don't show up that bear the responsibility for yesterday's abomination. Surely Virginians were not clueless about the ramifications of losing this vote and yet how is it that this was able to pass? 'nuff said."

I think you're misplacing the blame, JJ.

Rural Virginians voted in higher numbers than in the 2024 presidential election. We all knew what was at stake.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 07:57 AM (iNUL3)

96 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 07:57 AM (Kd7Ab)

97
The most charitable description of "Progressive" is "Refusing to acknowledge arithmetic."

Posted by: Auspex at April 23, 2026 07:58 AM (Y8DZL)

98 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 23, 2026 07:58 AM (/6r4m)

99 "This is a good example of why the expectation for "instant" prosecution of bad actors from prior administrations is so stupid."

#twoweeks

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at April 23, 2026 07:58 AM (vFG9F)

100 Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

Fraud in Fairfax County put the Left over the top.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

101 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 07:59 AM (Zz0t1)

102 Asian jumping worm.

Keep buddying up to China, libtards. Well done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 07:59 AM (Zz0t1)

103 >>>If you ever see a headline, "Man Falls, Dies Putting On Underwear", you'll know it's me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

>As you get older, balance seems to be a diminishing aptitude, much like vision. The fog of age.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 08:00 AM (Fbc0I)

104 we should be like Mississippi in our CA education system. OMG. This is priceless.

I'm a refugee from CA. This snotty attitude is very common over there. They can't process the fact that a mere Southern state is doing better in education because they have the most money and don't need anyone lecturing them.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 08:00 AM (OPGS/)

105 The stats were shown after the 'election.'

Mail in ballots won the day for the left, again.

We're not a serious country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:00 AM (Zz0t1)

106 There are Asian Jumping Worms in my pants!

Posted by: Joe from DE at April 23, 2026 08:00 AM (oftw2)

107 Russia Pressures U.S. and Iran to Return to Obama Nuclear Deal

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Happy days will be here again!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 08:00 AM (ndZc7)

108 There are Asian Jumping Worms in my pants!
Posted by: Joe from DE at April 23, 2026 08:00 AM (oftw2)

Better go fingerbang an intern.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:01 AM (Zz0t1)

109 Sponge

Praying for your path to be made smoother. In the future, I hope you can look back, tell some stories, and laugh at how this was your daughter's turning point.

Fuck Cancer!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

110 Praying for your path to be made smoother. In the future, I hope you can look back, tell some stories, and laugh at how this was your daughter's turning point.

Fuck Cancer!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

I thank you, sir. I can't express the gratitude I have for The Horde and all their words of wisdom and prayers. The First Lady and I are humbled by your generosity.

I hope you're right. Time, of course, will tell.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:03 AM (Zz0t1)

111 >>We have to wait, but the Democrats can have everybody getting raped by Big Black Bubba within 24 hours.

Yea, that's what happens when your party allows criminals to capture every institution of government plus the media. We are the insurgents not the dominant player and unfortunately we have to play by the rules while Democrats can rely on a rigged game.

But we are finally starting to get Ws and more on the way. I bet the scumbags at ActBlue aren't feeling so cocky right now.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 08:03 AM (viF8m)

112 Funnily enough, Mississippi's educational scores are better than California's.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 08:03 AM (aowML)

113 > "This is a good example of why the expectation for "instant" prosecution of bad actors from prior administrations is so stupid."
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Nobody expects "instant."

Everyone expects "prosecution" and "conviction." So far, we've none of either.

Seriously, at this point it's just excuses.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 08:03 AM (jehhT)

114
But we are finally starting to get Ws and more on the way. I bet the scumbags at ActBlue aren't feeling so cocky right now.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 08:03 AM (viF8m)

I'll feel much better about things when someone is bankrupted and goes to federal pound you in the ass prison.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:04 AM (Zz0t1)

115 Funnily enough, Mississippi's educational scores are better than California's.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 23, 2026 08:03 AM (aowML)

It's called the Mississippi Miracle, and it's real.

They went back to teaching phonics and - shocker - the tactic that worked for hundreds of years still works.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 08:05 AM (iNUL3)

116 I would like Ilhan Omar to submit to an IQ test.

Posted by: Less than 80? at April 23, 2026 08:05 AM (79nfv)

117 Newest apocalyptic climate crisis has nothing to do with humans:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhm24tp
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 07:23 AM (i1wcu)

It's a pretty short article for the word 'potentially' to be used so many times.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 08:05 AM (ExV1e)

118 "federal pound you in the ass prison"
Sponge

Downtown San Francisco open release?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

119 A number of contemporary and universal psychological maladies seem to come together in Tucker Carlson to form an ideal false prophet. White Episcopalian guilt, fervent false modesty, chronic fabulism, post-traumatic disorder (I believe that the firing by Fox traumatized him in ways he couldn't ever acknowledge), a post-alcoholic search for meaning and expression gone awry, huge ego and accomplished verbal skills, a long-frustrated urge toward counter-culturalism based on failure as a youth to break free from his bourgeois comforts and indemnities.

I've also noticed his adoption of the Noam Chomsky technique of rhetoric in which he makes false claims as foundational premises beyond dispute.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 23, 2026 08:06 AM (INQN/)

120
Downtown San Francisco open release?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

For the fecals!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:06 AM (Zz0t1)

121 Croaking with your underwear around your ankles is embarrassing, but we are used to it.

Posted by: First Responder at April 23, 2026 08:06 AM (oftw2)

122 When you break down state test scores by race, Mississippi (and most other Southern states) beats California for blacks and Hispanics. California's test scores only look OK because of the higher than average number of Asian students. In other words, California's educational system fails those who need it, but claims success because of the kids who'd be just fine without a California education.

Posted by: Wally at April 23, 2026 08:06 AM (0e5Te)

123 >>>I would like Ilhan Omar to submit to an IQ test.

Posted by: Less than 80?

>Why stop there? Let's have all of Congress take the test and dismiss anyone who scores less than 105.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 08:08 AM (Fbc0I)

124 >Why stop there? Let's have all of Congress take the test and dismiss anyone who scores less than 105.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 08:08 AM (Fbc0I)

Can you run the US Government with 5 people?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:08 AM (Zz0t1)

125 If the GOP gave a damn about winning elections they'd pass SAVE.

In the GOP's defense, the national party doesn't control the members of the Senate. That having been said, the national party clearly either doesn't care about winning or is entirely staffed by retards.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

126 Croaking with your underwear around your ankles is embarrassing, but we are used to it.
Posted by: First Responder at April 23, 2026 08:06 AM (oftw2)

Just please stop shoving things up your ass.

Posted by: ER Nurse at April 23, 2026 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)

127 It's called the Mississippi Miracle, and it's real.

They went back to teaching phonics and - shocker - the tactic that worked for hundreds of years still works.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

I saw that mentioned on John Stossel's YouTube channel. I got really irritated watching a teacher scold a boy for using phonics because apparently, they are supposed to look at the word and visualize what it sounds like.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 08:09 AM (OPGS/)

128 Republicans were leading in VA by a slight margin until the mail-in votes were counted. Mail-ins were 74% Yes.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 23, 2026 08:09 AM (3ImbR)

129 114 I'll feel much better about things when someone is bankrupted and goes to federal pound you in the ass prison.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:04 AM (Zz0t1)

And when we can actually scare useless-ass GOP congresstards into not going along with stupid shit like mandatory facial recognition cameras and interlocks in new cars.

Posted by: XTC at April 23, 2026 08:09 AM (6Uni8)

130 Rev. Wishbone

**Gasp**

A cognitive and ethical screen of our elected officials would depopulate Congress. And state governments. And local governments.

How can we start?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

131 Can you run the US Government with 5 people?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I'm willing to take that chance.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 08:10 AM (OPGS/)

132
I'm willing to take that chance.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 08:10 AM (OPGS/)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:10 AM (Zz0t1)

133 Ron DeSantis Apparently Wants a Job in the Trump Administration
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That does include a suggestion of SCOTUS. He'd be a big improvement on Roberts.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 23, 2026 07:35 AM (AlhUl)

Maybe.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

134 Huked on Fonicks werked fur mee!

Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent at April 23, 2026 08:11 AM (oftw2)

135 The FBI launched an investigation into New York Times journalist Elizabeth Williamson after she published a story about FBI director Kash Patel’s alleged use of agency staff to provide security and travel services for his girlfriend. According to the Times, the FBI was pursuing a potential stalking case against Williamson. The agency acknowledged to the Times that “while investigators were concerned about how the aggressive reporting techniques crossed lines of stalking,” it had decided not to pursue a case.
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I would hope not. As awful as she no doubt is, Nick Shirley and every real investigative journalist doesn't need a precedent for process punishment coming from our side.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 08:12 AM (7+eRf)

136 Downtown San Francisco open release?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

For the fecals!
Posted by: Sponge

I saw the San Francisco Fecals play the Beaumont Bunny Droppings in Orange, Tx in '98!

It was a shitty game.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 08:12 AM (Kd7Ab)

137 Huked on Fonicks werked fur mee!
Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent at April 23, 2026 08:11 AM (oftw2)

I highly recommend the Evelyn Woodhead sped reddin' course.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

138 “In 2024, we estimated that the federal government loses between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud, based on data for fiscal years 2018 through 2022.”

ZERO NADA NOTHING
Take away everything from fraudsters.
Take their pensions, SS, Medicare, Medicaid, EBT
If they are married take the Spouses shit too.
Even take their SS Number and blank their credit.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 08:12 AM (/+uur)

139
It was a shitty game.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 08:12 AM (Kd7Ab)

And I bet the smell was malodorous.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)

140 128 Republicans were leading in VA by a slight margin until the mail-in votes were counted. Mail-ins were 74% Yes.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 23, 2026 08:09 AM (3ImbR)

They always will be - Rs don't trust them...and they are normally made up of the nursing home vote.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 08:14 AM (tOcjL)

141 The John Stossel video I referenced:

https://youtu.be/iPk5WDwbrGc

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 08:14 AM (OPGS/)

142 And I bet the smell was malodorous.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Smelled like Pasadena on a July afternoon.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 08:14 AM (Kd7Ab)

143 131 Can you run the US Government with 5 people?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I'm willing to take that chance.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 08:10 AM (OPGS/)

Dept of Ed could be abut 20 people.
Chief and then about 19 people to cut checks.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur)

144 Wouldn't mind seeing DeSantis appointment to replace Roberts.
Though last Republican governor appointed as chief Justice by a Rep president was Earl Warren appointed by Ike. Ike said it was the worst decision he ever made

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 08:14 AM (gu0hJ)

145 When you break down state test scores by race, Mississippi (and most other Southern states) beats California for blacks and Hispanics. California's test scores only look OK because of the higher than average number of Asian students. In other words, California's educational system fails those who need it, but claims success because of the kids who'd be just fine without a California education.
Posted by: Wally at April 23, 2026 08:06 AM (0e5Te)
=====

Education is racist and fascist!
-National Education Association

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

146 F u cn rd ths, ucn gt a gd jb!

Posted by: NYC Subway Ad 1978 at April 23, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)

147 And I bet the smell was malodorous.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)

Ooh, that smell
Can't you smell that smell?
Ooh, that smell
The smell of death surrounds you

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 08:15 AM (/+uur)

148 >>Republicans were leading in VA by a slight margin until the mail-in votes were counted. Mail-ins were 74% Yes.

Ed Martin's comment on the mail in results for VA was something like "The steal in real time.".

It wasn't Republican turnout. It was mail in voting like it often is.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 08:16 AM (viF8m)

149 But we are finally starting to get Ws and more on the way. I bet the scumbags at ActBlue aren't feeling so cocky right now.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 08:03 AM (viF8m)
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No doubt. But let me know when the first one of these POS are sent to prison.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 08:16 AM (CkoBz)

150 Dept of Ed could be abut 20 people.
Chief and then about 19 people to cut checks.
Posted by: r hennigantx

The Dept of Ed's only purpose should be saying "This is where we expect students to be by a certain age" and getting out of the way of the states as they implement what's needed.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 08:16 AM (OPGS/)

151 Amazing how there were just enough mail in ballots - all of which voted "YES" in the same handwriting to tip the vote in VA.

They could keep the old physical districts and just create ten new "mail-in" districts.

Posted by: t-bird at April 23, 2026 08:16 AM (EJWxb)

152 I remember back in the 90's when all the educators wanted all the cullid chirruns to use Ebonics.

Much hilarity and rap music ensued.

Posted by: Ebonics at April 23, 2026 08:17 AM (79nfv)

153
It wasn't Republican turnout. It was mail in voting like it often is.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 08:16 AM (viF8m)

But you guys, Paul told us all of the signatures are verified and it's just a strong referendum against Trump and you MAGAts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

154 The Dept of Ed's only purpose should be saying "This is where we expect students to be by a certain age"

But even that would be too racist!

Posted by: t-bird at April 23, 2026 08:19 AM (EJWxb)

155 Serving in Congress shouldn't be a lifetime appointment.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 08:20 AM (jehhT)

156 What that really means is “shut up and stop complaining as we destroy the country.”
----------

The person who wrote the dignity index article forgot one thing.

The Left are the nastiest most disgusting vile rude garbage faggots on the planet. They let someone like Obama or Kamala stand with "dignity" while the entire party including all their minions in so called "comedy" set about viciously taking anyone down with gutter tactics that would even make Trump blush.

They attacked Palin's Down Syndrome baby and her other underage one as a whore. They don't mind that Trump is mean - they mind that he plays their game on their field and does it better. Republicans are supposed to bend over and take their insults, not fight fire with fire.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:22 AM (NALOx)

157 Serving in Congress shouldn't be a lifetime appointment.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 08:20 AM (jehhT)

It's not. It's the voters and fraud that prevents us from having nice things.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

158 I saw Rude Garbage Faggots open for Garbage at Edgefest in '08.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

159 I saw some speculation about Putin. Putin is cracking down on social media. Observers interpret this to mean he is getting ready to do something he knows will be unpopular. Two theories about that. 1) He will declare victory in Ukraine and go home. 2) He'll double down on the war specifically subjecting previously exempt people to the draft.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 08:24 AM (ndZc7)

160 Posted by: Ordinary American at April 23, 2026 08:06 AM (INQN/)

.....

It's 2026, no one buys into psycho-babble anymore except middle aged cat ladies.

Posted by: Robert Kraft at April 23, 2026 08:26 AM (a3owT)

161 >>>Serving in Congress shouldn't be a lifetime appointment.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 08:20 AM (jehhT)

It's not. It's the voters and fraud that prevents us from having nice things.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

>>Voter fraud and dirty deals with those who are connected.

Ethics and morality come at a price.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 08:26 AM (Fbc0I)

162 The working paper goes on to claim that research findings show that a white manager is more likely to intentionally promote a minority to an “ill-fated” position in order to seemingly support diversity in the workplace.

“We assert that minorities often have legitimate reasons to suspect that dominant group members have ulterior motives,” says the research.

The Leroy Principle

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 08:26 AM (/+uur)

163 But even that would be too racist!
Posted by: t-bird

"But I called you racist!"
"Do you think that gives you power over me?"

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 08:26 AM (OPGS/)

164 “We assert that minorities often have legitimate reasons to suspect that dominant group members have ulterior motives,” says the research.

You're right. We white people do think that dominant group members have ulterior motives. Oh...that's not what you meant?

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 08:27 AM (OPGS/)

165 Why wasn't the RNC guarding against the Steal? Just curious. They can't claim they were blindsided.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:27 AM (NALOx)

166 Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!

More people, even better people, will not help the current Red Army.

The training is non-existent, there is no weapons superiority, and the Russian Army continues to not have seasoned NCOs.

Ukraine is using kill robots to replace their own missing front line soldiers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 08:28 AM (u82oZ)

167 Why wasn't the RNC guarding against the Steal? Just curious. They can't claim they were blindsided.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:27 AM (NALOx)

The checks cleared.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

168

You can't beat them by paying a bounty
'Cause they're tougher than a Canadian Mounty
You'll see 'em everywhere
As they're flying through the air
The Celebrated jumping worm of Calaveras County

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 08:28 AM (I0N4X)

169 Dept of Ed could be abut 20 people.
Chief and then about 19 people to cut checks.
Posted by: r hennigantx

The Dept of Ed's only purpose should be saying "This is where we expect students to be by a certain age" and getting out of the way of the states as they implement what's needed.
Posted by: NR Pax

Exactly. We need either 50 Dept of Education or 1 Dept of Education.

We do not need 51 Departments of Education.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 08:28 AM (Kd7Ab)

170 HAHAHAH!!!

Ovens got Loomered!

Background, Laura Loomer had enough of Ovens , rolled up her sleeves, and broke a lot of stories over the weekend about that rancid ghetto rat. Who she just happed to know well back in the day when that ghetto trash was the token black girl at all R functions. One of stories (the biggest reveal if you aksk me) was about her super duper legal team in the big bad Macron case. You would not believe who was representing her ! Who her antisemitic, retarded, low IQ followers were paying millions of dollars! You would not believe the reverberations! And today they quit.
Mind you, this law firm has a lot of success in court, and the Macron case is about to commence..Thank you, Laura Loomer.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:29 AM (GD0B3)

171 I saw Rude Garbage Faggots open for Garbage at Edgefest in '08.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

I heard Rude Garbage Faggots are much better live.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:29 AM (NALOx)

172 Paul Krugman is nutso, today comparing Hegseths decision to make flu shots optional to General Washington requiring smallpox vaccines during the revolutionary war. In Krugman world flu = smallpox.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 08:29 AM (tmn4j)

173 "Why wasn't the RNC guarding against the Steal? "

That is not who we are.

Posted by: The RNC at April 23, 2026 08:29 AM (vFG9F)

174 Today Is National English Muffin Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 08:29 AM (NpAcC)

175 Why wasn't the RNC guarding against the Steal? Just curious. They can't claim they were blindsided.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:27 AM (NALOx)

Because they don't care.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 08:29 AM (iNUL3)

176 Here:

"Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
16m
BREAKING:

Marc Kasowitz @marckasowitz, the Zionist Jewish lawyer who Candace Owens hired to represent her in the defamation case filed against her by Brigitte Macron and @EmmanuelMacron just withdrew as the lead counsel on Candace’s legal team.

He is no longer representing her as counsel.

The withdrawal comes days after I exposed how Candace Owens hired a Zionist Jewish lawyer who also represents President Trump, despite talking about how much she hates Zionists, bashes Jews and smears President Trump with defamatory comments on her podcast every day.

The case is Macron v. Owens, Del. Super. Ct., No. N25C-07-194, and the formal notice of withdrawal was filed on 4/21/26"

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:30 AM (GD0B3)

177 174 Today Is National English Muffin Day.

I thought Trump declared them "American Muffins."

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:30 AM (gtcuf)

178
I heard Rude Garbage Faggots are much better live.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:29 AM (NALOx)

I just don't recommend being too close to the stage.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

179 The Leroy Principle
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 08:26 AM (/+uur)

I know a boy who was never blue
Now he lives in Cellblock Two
I don't know just why he's blue
Leroy, what'd you do?

Leroy's back in jail again
Leroy's back in jail again
I don't know why, why he's blue
Leroy, what'd you do?

Posted by: Jack Scott at April 23, 2026 08:30 AM (79nfv)

180 Paul Krugman is nutso, today comparing Hegseths decision to make flu shots optional to General Washington requiring smallpox vaccines during the revolutionary war. In Krugman world flu = smallpox.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 08:29 AM (tmn4j)

He talks like a fag and his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

181 They attacked Palin's Down Syndrome baby and her other underage one as a whore.
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:22 AM (NALOx)

They just went through an X rant about RFK's neurological speech impairment.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 23, 2026 08:31 AM (INQN/)

182 Why wasn't the RNC guarding against the Steal? Just curious. They can't claim they were blindsided.
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:27 AM (NALOx)

Assuming that mail-in ballots are legal in Virginia, and assuming that the people who received them either followed the ruled, or claimed that they did, what could they have done?

Once you allow the rules to permit cheating by one side, the opportunity to guard against cheating is pretty much gone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

183 i'm about to make some ham and egg breakfast sammiches on American muffins.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:33 AM (gtcuf)

184 Politics the Porker Porter way!

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
YIKES
Katie Porter gets asked what she would tell her kids if they ever faced a boss like her
PORTER: I apologized to that staffer 4 years ago

What Porker apologized for.

https://tinyurl.com/3tnp4vuk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 08:33 AM (ndZc7)

185 Exactly. We need either 50 Dept of Education or 1 Dept of Education.

We do not need 51 Departments of Education.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 08:28 AM (Kd7Ab)

Given that the Constitution doesn't give fedgov authority over education, it should be 50. And then we can argue that fedgov shouldn't be giving them any money. Taxpayers in Washington State shouldn't be funding schools in Iowa.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

186 The GOP completely abandoned Virginia. They’re back to their old self, same as the new self.

But hey, Lara Trump got herself a show on Fox and Whatley is running for senate.

Why does it matter? Here’s a thread that explains what happened with the voting. It’s the steal all over again. Look at the mail in ballots, which with vote reductions moved the race to a win for Democrats.

They’re going to repay this in November, and Republicans haven’t done shit about it.

https://tinyurl.com/443jtntr

Posted by: Vengeance at April 23, 2026 08:34 AM (1zcQ9)

187 Porker Porter

She's gobbling Ozempic like Tic-Tacs. Lost some weight. Still fugly.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:34 AM (gtcuf)

188 Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 08:34 AM (77rzZ)

189 I posit that English Muffins are not muffins at all!

Posted by: No Stump! at April 23, 2026 08:34 AM (oftw2)

190
I thought Trump declared them "American Muffins."
Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:30 AM (gtcuf)

I'm old enough to remember "Freedom Fries."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

191 Paul Krugman is nutso

This is the same man who said the best way to get high speed rail in this country was to have the government lie about an alien invasion and how we needed high speed rail. When he got openly mocked for it, he tried the "just kidding" approach.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 08:35 AM (OPGS/)

192 If I'm not mistaken, most of these public servants take an oath. The consequences for breaking these oaths should be blood. Is there no accountability anymore?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 08:35 AM (Fbc0I)

193 So, SPLC Ovens, one of the biggest antisemitic mouths out there, hired a ZIONIST JEW and his ZIONIST JEW firm (that apparently received a lot of awards for defending ZIONISTS she so hates), and her retarded followers were paying ZIONIST JEWS millions by shittalking on the interwebs. Wow, wow, wow. There is also a story about some trust shielding real estate assets, that Ovens may or may not have disclosed to the Macron legal team. Macrons need to send Loomer some flowers!

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:35 AM (GD0B3)

194 Saw analysis on X, if you use the "no" vote in VA as a proxy for Republican vote, and look at the new districts, then Republicans would have won:
- 4 of the new districts
- came within .2 of winning two others
- and within .5 of two more

Sure it's a guess, but that was with zero GOP spending against.
While the Dems stacked everything in their favor, spent near $100 million, had Obama and every other major Dem come campaign for it.

You know how pants-pissing funny it'd be to see Rs take 8 of the 11 seats?

(I also think CA spread their Dem votes too thin)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 08:35 AM (tUP1A)

195 No way to kill the jumping worm? That’s pure bullshit.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 08:35 AM (77rzZ)

196 You could run the US federal government as a whole with 1 person, so long as the rest of its employees walked in mortal fear of him and his loyal knouters, and rape dogs, and panther pits, and canal overseers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 23, 2026 08:35 AM (BI5O2)

197 a violent thrashing behavior that perfectly mirrors the legendary Star Trek delicacy, Gagh.

I thought Gagh kinda just sits there...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 23, 2026 08:36 AM (ynpvh)

198 I thought that this was a pretty interesting article on "Where did the young anti Trump protesters go?" Apparently people going to "No Kings " are 40 and over -usually a decade or more above. Unlike the 60's. young people have mostly checked out of politics. From " Revolver News":

https://tinyurl.com/3jnn55ru

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 08:36 AM (GLmO1)

199 The judge block the VA gerrymander is great but...is the DOJ looking into the last minute ballot drops that pushed it into the "win" column?

Also, if only there was a GOP held congress - they could start working on integrating NOVA back into DC...

And really, any area bordering DC that is mostly government workers should be DC...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 08:37 AM (sKqQm)

200 195 No way to kill the jumping worm? That’s pure bullshit.

We just need to deploy huge flocks of Jumping Robins.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:37 AM (gtcuf)

201 American Muffin

Stay away from meeee

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:37 AM (NALOx)

202 While spending only around $20 million in Virginia, LaCivita and others poured over $95 million into Cornyn’s race against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton—a race Cornyn is expected to lose.

First Day of Early Voting Monday, May 18, 2026
Last Day of Early Voting Friday, May 22, 2026
Last Day to Receive Ballot by Mail Tuesday, May 26, 2026 (Election Day)

Vote early vote often
Against McCornyn.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 08:37 AM (/+uur)

203 Apparently, barbarism means not paying your bills for you.

Matthias Schmidt
@eurofounder
My wife collapsed in our hotel room in New York today
“Call an ambulance, I can’t breathe” she was screaming
My heart dropped
If she ends up in an American hospital we are financially ruined
I went on the Lufthansa app to book a flight back to Frankfurt, but unfortunately pilots are on strike today
“Please I’m begging you” she was lying on the floor
I sighed and called 911
She is now in surgery as apparently her appendix “almost burst”
I am extremely scared
This is going to cost us at least $100,000
She could have received much better care, for free, in Germany
I will never visit this barbaric country ever again

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 08:38 AM (ndZc7)

204 PORTER: I apologized to that staffer 4 years ago
=====

Not accepted. What now, Porker?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

205 I will never visit this barbaric country ever again

Off veedersain.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:38 AM (gtcuf)

206 PORTER: I apologized to that staffer 4 years ago
=====

And the boiling water you poured on your husband's head?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

207 I will never visit this barbaric country ever again
=====

Proposal: ACCEPTED

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

208 Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!

He failed as a husband to buy travelers health insurance.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

209 If Matthias Schmidt had illegally invaded our country, he'd get free healthcare.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:40 AM (gtcuf)

210 206 PORTER: I apologized to that staffer 4 years ago
=====

And the boiling water you poured on your husband's head?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

"Hot grits, bitch!!!"

- - Rev. Al Green

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2026 08:40 AM (x0n13)

211 > Today Is National English Muffin Day.

I thought Trump declared them "American Muffins."
---------
"Freedom Muffins"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)

212 Given that the Constitution doesn't give fedgov authority over education, it should be 50. And then we can argue that fedgov shouldn't be giving them any money. Taxpayers in Washington State shouldn't be funding schools in Iowa.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Same with DoT.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 08:41 AM (Kd7Ab)

213 She could have received much better care, for free, in Germany
I will never visit this barbaric country ever again

Travel health insurance is a thing. I've seen lots of articles telling Americans to have it even when they're visiting a country with socialist medicine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

214 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

I think it was actually mashed potatoes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 08:41 AM (GLmO1)

215 The Euros we get in the US are mostly the elites - they get "free healthcare" and government jobs that pay enough that it doesn't matter the government is taking more then 50% of their income.

And the amusing part of all this my #1 expense is already taxes. Not healthcare. Not my mortgage. Not food. Money stolen from my paycheck by the government to give illegals free healthcare.

Give me that money back, I'll pay my own healthcare bills, thanks.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 08:41 AM (sKqQm)

216 English Muffins would make a great girl band's name.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 08:41 AM (Kd7Ab)

217 Surely Virginians were not clueless about the ramifications of losing this vote and yet how is it that this was able to pass? 'nuff said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Seriously ?? Come on. The average person has no idea how this works. That's why the referendum saying the "YES" vote was for "fairness" would be expected to be so effective.

4.4 million people voted in the 2024 election in VA and only 2/3 of them voted in this referendum.

Posted by: deadrody at April 23, 2026 08:42 AM (qf6NU)

218 195 No way to kill the jumping worm? That’s pure bullshit.
Posted by: Bulg

Give someone a Provisional Tooter Badge, and all of a sudden he's an authority on entomology!

Posted by: Bugs Me To No End at April 23, 2026 08:42 AM (oftw2)

219
No way to kill the jumping worm? That’s pure bullshit.
Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 08:35 AM (77rzZ)

It probably involves DDT which is verboten under the Gay and Fake Democrat Belief System.

"Silent Spring" was another progtard fraud, people.
Rachel Carson's Little Prank literally killed millions.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 08:42 AM (iJfKG)

220 Same with DoT.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 08:41 AM (Kd7Ab)
=====

But without USDOT my Muni fare would be $8.50!

Thank you federal taxpayers for paying most of my fare.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

221 Given that the Constitution doesn't give fedgov authority over education, it should be 50. And then we can argue that fedgov shouldn't be giving them any money. Taxpayers in Washington State shouldn't be funding schools in Iowa.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Same with DoT.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 08:41 AM (Kd7Ab)

Of course, we could add in Social Security, Medicare, all forms of welfare, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, ...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)

222 At least DoT has some interstate justification, although they should stick to interstate matters. Before the 1950’s it was unthinkable that the Fed’s would involve themselves with education.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 08:43 AM (Fmj+u)

223 Georgia Democratic Rep. David Scott died at the age of 80 on Tuesday night, shortly after filing paperwork to seek a 13th term in office.

The Democratic representative, who served in the Georgia General Assembly before becoming a House member, unexpectedly died after 50 years in elected office

over 80 and black
He should have died about 7 years ago

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 08:43 AM (/+uur)

224 This is going to cost us at least $100,000
She could have received much better care, for free, in Germany
I will never visit this barbaric country ever again

Well, bye.

Posted by: Curly Bill Brocius at April 23, 2026 08:44 AM (79nfv)

225
"Hot grits, bitch!!!"

- - Rev. Al Green
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2026 08:40 AM (x0n13)/i]

"Kiss my grits!"

- Flo at Mel's Diner

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

226 I think it was actually mashed potatoes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 08:41 AM (GLmO1)

Hard to believe she would waste food.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:44 AM (NALOx)

227 146 F u cn rd ths, ucn gt a gd jb!
Posted by: NYC Subway Ad 1978 at April 23, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)

"Word"

Dr. Zizmor, NYC dermatology subway ad!

If only he changed his name to Zizless!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2026 08:44 AM (x0n13)

228 Russia Pressures U.S. and Iran to Return to Obama Nuclear Deal

And Russia has our best interests at heart, right?...right?...
::: insert Anikan and Amidala meme here :::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 23, 2026 08:44 AM (ynpvh)

229 With the recent SPLC revelations (which are from an grand jury indictment, so not yet proven guilty in a court), the report is that the SPLC is paying their 'opponents' a good amount of money to do bad things. Even coaching them on how to "bad things" correctly. All to campaign for donations, with a Pelosi-esque rate-of-return on their investment.

Now, a funny thing happens if you turn that lens towards the GOP...

What are the chances that the Grand Ole Party fundraises, uses that money to secretly help out the Democrat side (and featherbedding themselves), then sends out more fundraising letters and text messages requesting more money to help fight against those dastardly Democrats?

Case in point: Virginia. Instapundit's Steven Green posted a tweet with a screenshot of one such text message beg. The day AFTER the voting. After doing NOTHING to fight for and protect Republicans.

Posted by: Another Anon at April 23, 2026 08:44 AM (4h45B)

230 She could have received much better care, for free, in Germany
I will never visit this barbaric country ever again

I'm betting that his worries about the expense are a bit exaggerated. And I have doubts that she would have lasted on that flight long enough to get to Germany.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 08:45 AM (OPGS/)

231 >Democrat Rep. David Scott Dies In Office
-----

okay

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 08:45 AM (ZxPkt)

232 But without USDOT my Muni fare would be $8.50!

Thank you federal taxpayers for paying most of my fare.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

(raises eyebrow)

You'd actually use Muni?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 08:45 AM (1Ff7Z)

233 Under the TX redistricting case, SCOTUS kinda set a deadline of no election changes roughly 90 days before the election.

So this VA judge needs to play the same game the cartel judges have been playing--drag his feet on any hearing or final ruling until late July.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 08:45 AM (tUP1A)

234 216 English Muffins would make a great girl band's name.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 08:41 AM (Kd7Ab)

He said, "You ain't seen nothin'
'Til you're down on a muffin
Then you're sure to be a-changin' your ways"
I met a cheerleader
Was a real young bleeder
Oh, the times I could reminisce
'Cause the best things of lovin'
With her sister and her cousin

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 08:45 AM (/+uur)

235 Russia Pressures U.S. and Iran to Return to Obama Nuclear Deal
--------

"I'll take it under advisement. Hit it, again." -DJT

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:46 AM (NALOx)

236 And Russia has our best interests at heart, right?...right?...
::: insert Anikan and Amidala meme here :::
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 23, 2026 08:44 AM (ynpvh)

On the one hand, obviously not. OTOH, the 'pressure' amounted to an off-hand comment by the foreign minister.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

237 Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer

The Trump administration is waging a vindictive campaign against the organizations that safeguard our democracy.

Weaponizing the DOJ to indict long-standing watchdogs is a message: if you defend voting rights, fight white supremacy, or protect civil rights, you’re next.

This is an assault on the institutions that make freedom real for everyone. They will not succeed.

Mike Lee @SenMikeLee

Committing wire fraud to send money to the KKK is an odd way to safeguard democracy, Senator.

.. I don’t know about Senator Schumer’s neighborhood, but in my neighborhood, wire fraud is frowned upon

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)

238 It’s pretty easy. If you travel to the US part of your plan should be to purchase travel medical insurance.

In fact, if you travel to any foreign country you should always be informed about what the process is if you need medical insurance.

By the way, in Germany if you are not a citizen or citizen of an EU country you must pay out of pocket for any medical care upfront.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 08:46 AM (68/6A)

239 How long before California puts the Asian jumping worm on the endangered species list?

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 08:46 AM (I0N4X)

240 Owens will be screaming at Zionists even louder. "My Jew attorney dropped me on the eve of trial. They're out to ruin me" .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 08:46 AM (gu0hJ)

241 Good.

Go back to Germany and never return, you filthy foreign devil. And tell all your foreign devil friends.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 23, 2026 08:46 AM (BI5O2)

242 OMG OMG OMG!

UK Networks Warn Of Mobile Phone Data and Broadband Rationing Amid High Energy Prices

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 08:47 AM (ndZc7)

243 How the IDF Eliminated 180 Hezbollah Terrorists in Ten Minutes

One bomb, one mosque?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 23, 2026 08:47 AM (ynpvh)

244 You'd actually use Muni?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 08:45 AM (1Ff7Z)
==

All the time if I don't feel like walking home from wherever I've wound up. $2.85 a ride

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

245 I am impressed that they figured they could create an entire “white supremacy” movement for just $3 million.
Now, if the could solve homelessness or hunger on the same budget, they could get a Nobel Peace Prize.

I guess I’m discounting the donations by the FBI, especially their ability to act like Keystone Kops.

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 08:47 AM (RHGPo)

246 It’s been pointed out here before; Matthias Schmidt is a very funny and cutting satire poster on X.
The poster gets so close to the truth of liberal Euro’s that it’s hard to tell the difference.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 08:47 AM (Fmj+u)

247 I've become a fan of 365 Brand American muffins from Whole Foods.

They don't have nooks and crannies, and I don't miss 'em.

You can split them easily with your fingers, and they're a bit bigger, which makes them good for breakfast sammiches.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:47 AM (gtcuf)

248 Virginian was a test for National Republican con. The dude in charge is Low Energy. And needs to go. unless of course they knew the referendum was illegal in the first place and the courts was always the plan. Then it's a smart move.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:48 AM (GD0B3)

249 Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:44 AM (NALOx

Ha. Apparently she's losing weight for her campaign.

But "highly strung" does even begin to describe this woman.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 08:48 AM (ix8EF)

250 Owens will be screaming at Zionists even louder. "My Jew attorney dropped me on the eve of trial. They're out to ruin me" .
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 08:46 AM (gu0hJ)
====

Yes, her legal representation was a top agenda item on the last Zionist Zoom call.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:48 AM (RIvkX)

251 "I will never visit this barbaric country ever again
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!"

Ok, bye!

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 08:48 AM (vFG9F)

252
...She could have received much better care, for free,after waiting for 6 months on a waiting list and probably dying first in Germany

I will never visit this barbaric country ever again, even though they saved my wife's life despite my grand and illustrious Nazi forebears.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 08:38 AM (ndZc7)

Fixed It For Him

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM (iJfKG)

253 Surely Virginians were not clueless about the ramifications of losing this vote and yet how is it that this was able to pass? 'nuff said.

The wording of the initiative was intentionally vague. Of the yes votes a large portion were:

LIVs that thought it sounded nice
LIVs that were told to vote for it by the FNM
and of course masses of fake mail in ballots

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)

254 > Surely Virginians were not clueless about the ramifications of losing this vote and yet how is it that this was able to pass? 'nuff said.
---------
Most of western and southern VA is rural. I wonder how this redistricting vote was advertised in those areas, if at all. I'd wager most of the voters in those areas either didn't think it'd pass or voted "no." Which the early returns seemed to suggest.

Then the tried and true fraudulent mail-in ballots showed up.

My takeaway is that the left will steal every election unless they are confronted early, often and with prejudice.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM (jehhT)

255 BTW if you’re calling in the 9-Line for your wife and the first line is “how much does this cost?”, you may want to rethink your life.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM (68/6A)

256 But "highly strung" does even begin to describe this woman.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 08:48 AM (ix8EF)
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"High Density" is more apt.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

257 Eromeros crave prayers as Mrs. E begins infusions for lymphoma.

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM (LHPAg)

258 unless of course they knew the referendum was illegal in the first place and the courts was always the plan. Then it's a smart move.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:48 AM (GD0B3)

Allow me to suggest that depending on the judicial system to protect Republican interests is... retarded.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM (iNUL3)

259 All the time if I don't feel like walking home from wherever I've wound up. $2.85 a ride
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

Last time there, we wanted to take a bus into Chinatown. It was packed when it arrived at the stop. Took a different one to GGP. It actually wasn't a bad ride, and the other riders weren't the kind you had to keep your eye on.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 08:50 AM (1Ff7Z)

260 SPLC's Offshore Assets Ballooned as Embattled Left-Wing Darling Secretly Funded KKK and Other ‘Violent Extremist Groups’—and Reported Owning Accounts in the Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands banking is NEVER used for hiding illicit accounts, right? I mean, I'm sure the high-ranking officials of the SPLC go to the Cayman Islands to root out racism and stuff...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 23, 2026 08:50 AM (ynpvh)

261
UK Networks Warn Of Mobile Phone Data and Broadband Rationing Amid High Energy Prices

The Euro-niks need to be careful about this stuff - this is the kind of thing that leads to an uprising.

Normies will put up with a lot of crap but take away their phones and surfing the internet?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)

262
"High Density" is more apt.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

"Dark matter."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

263 246 It’s been pointed out here before; Matthias Schmidt is a very funny and cutting satire poster on X.

If that's satire, he's not very good at it. He could learn from the Babylon Bee. Or that blonde chick (actually a dude) whose name I can't think of right now.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:50 AM (gtcuf)

264 Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM (LHPAg

I will certainly do that . How long does each individual treatment last?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 08:50 AM (ix8EF)

265 So this VA judge needs to play the same game the cartel judges have been playing--drag his feet on any hearing or final ruling until late July.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 08:45 AM (tUP1A)

Doesn't their supreme court already have a hearing scheduled for next week on the matter?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)

266 Owens will be screaming at Zionists even louder. "My Jew attorney dropped me on the eve of trial. They're out to ruin me" .
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 08:46 AM (gu0hJ)

Hear me out, Ovens is secretly MOSSAD, and was collecting millions from her psycho followers, to send those millions to her zionist attorney for the benefit of IDF.

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (GD0B3)

267 "No way to kill the jumping worm? "

.410

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (vFG9F)

268 Mike Lee @SenMikeLee

Committing wire fraud to send money to the KKK is an odd way to safeguard democracy, Senator.

.. I don’t know about Senator Schumer’s neighborhood, but in my neighborhood, wire fraud is frowned upon
Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)

As long as the fraud benefits the correct people, it's fine, you see.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

269 The Trump administration is waging a vindictive campaign against the organizations that safeguard our democracy

Your party was the party of slavery and have always opposed civil rights. It was despite you people that we solved the majority of the race based issues we have. And you can easily be fact checked into oblivion over this.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (OPGS/)

270 "Democratic Representative Ro Khanna of California has emerged as one of the top‑performing stock traders in Congress, with investments tied to his family posting a 112 percent outperformance compared with the S&P 500, according to a new analysis of congressional stock disclosures.

"The data, compiled by ProCap Insights and circulated widely on social media, show that trades linked to Khanna, particularly in artificial intelligence‑related companies, have delivered returns that surpass those of other lawmakers, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose family’s stock trading has long drawn public scrutiny."

Posted by: Oglebay at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (2ap+5)

271 Note that Hakeem's targets include four women and four Hispanics. I wonder why he didn't include Jewish Randy Fine to make the mix even more ecumenical.

Florida GOP voter registration surpassed the Dems for the first time ever in 2021, and we have since opened a lead of 1.5 million. There are now no more Dems in Florida than there were in 2005 despite the state's rapid growth. And our ticket this year will be headed by a black man (Rep. Byron Donalds for governor) and a woman (Sen. Ashley Moody, running for a full term).

Stick a fork in Florida Dems. They're done.

Posted by: Flakey Foont at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (kvDvI)

272 Eromeros crave prayers as Mrs. E begins infusions for lymphoma.
Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM (LHPAg)
===

A prayer for complete and speedy healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

273 I went on the Lufthansa app to book a flight back to Frankfurt, but unfortunately pilots are on strike today

Imagine the mindset that tries to book a flight to a hospital in another country while some lies on the floor dying.

"I'm dying!"
"Yeah, but our bank account!"

Posted by: Halfhand at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (eOqcD)

274 When they jump up, it's like mini skeet shooting.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (vFG9F)

275 @250 San Franpsycho, what are the odds she'll have one of her followers pick up your post and she'll say "see, I told you"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (gu0hJ)

276 How the IDF Eliminated 180 Hezbollah Terrorists in Ten Minutes

One bomb, one mosque?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Paging all beepers. Paging all beepers.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (Kd7Ab)

277 Jumping worms...
This is about me, isn't it...

Posted by: Robert F Kennedy jr. at April 23, 2026 08:52 AM (KtOUo)

278 Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM

LOL. I doubt her personality would much improved even if she lost 60 lbs.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 08:52 AM (ix8EF)

279 267 "No way to kill the jumping worm? "

.410

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 08:51 AM (vFG9F)

Pesticide...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 23, 2026 08:52 AM (ynpvh)

280 Every foreign devil says America is the worst place in the whole wide world.

Fine, I'll concede the point. And I'm so generous of heart that I'd even ban them all from setting one precious foreign foot on our accursed soil ever again - for their own good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 23, 2026 08:52 AM (BI5O2)

281 " Eromeros crave prayers as Mrs. E begins infusions for lymphoma.
Posted by: Eromero"

On the way, Eromeros!

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 08:52 AM (vFG9F)

282 So, the German guy’s wife feels like she’s dying, and he wants to fly her all the way back to Germany? And only on a German airline?

Guy is kind of a dumkopf, if you ask me.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 08:52 AM (77rzZ)

283 >>>How the IDF Eliminated 180 Hezbollah Terrorists in Ten Minutes

One bomb, one mosque?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

>Did they think of the children used as human shields? The ones with a Murder Mouse chanting Death to Israel and America?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 08:52 AM (Fbc0I)

284 Ro Khanna had the largest stock trading volume of all Congressmen in 2025.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

285 BTW if you’re calling in the 9-Line for your wife and the first line is “how much does this cost?”, you may want to rethink your life.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM (68/6A)

You haven't met my wife. -- Matthias Schmidt

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

286 Allow me to suggest that depending on the judicial system to protect Republican interests is... retarded.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 08:49 AM (iNUL3)

Oh yeah, I agree, but between two bad - mail in ballots that are still legal, and going before full R Supreme court in VA, they went with the least bad. Or maybe it was just a coincidence and they totally dropped the ball in VA..

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:53 AM (GD0B3)

287 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

Xavier Becerra: As CA's next governor, I will protect truckers that do not speak English

https://tinyurl.com/yc5pbdb5

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 08:53 AM (NpAcC)

288 Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 08:52 AM (77rzZ)

Apparently, it was supposed to be satire.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:54 AM (gtcuf)

289 Uh oh.

Germany Plans to Be Europe’s Strongest Military By 2039

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By '39 you say.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 08:55 AM (ndZc7)

290 The FBI returned a 10-year-old Utah boy to his mother after he was kidnapped and taken to Cuba by his transgender-identifying father and his family feared the child would undergo transgender procedures, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Dude looks like a lady

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 08:55 AM (/+uur)

291 We have come to a place where it is difficult to discern parody from reality.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

292 287 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

Xavier Becerra: As CA's next governor, I will protect truckers that do not speak English

EVEN IF IT KILLS YOU

https://tinyurl.com/yc5pbdb5
Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 08:53 AM (NpAcC)

I ficks it

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 08:55 AM (/+uur)

293 Germany Plans to Be Europe’s Strongest Military By 2039

By '39 you say.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 08:55 AM (ndZc7)

Do that have that many broomhandles?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 23, 2026 08:56 AM (1Ff7Z)

294 Inflamed, infected appendix can lead to sepsis and death very quickly. Flying across oceans in such a state to save a few Reichsmarks is foolhardy.

Posted by: Darla Hood at April 23, 2026 08:57 AM (oftw2)

295 Germany Plans to Be Europe’s Strongest Military By 2039

But they only want the Sudetenland. They promise.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:57 AM (gtcuf)

296 UK Networks Warn Of Mobile Phone Data and Broadband Rationing Amid High Energy Prices

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 08:47 AM (ndZc7)

That's the old "block the view of Mount Rushmore and the parks" trick Obama's people used. You will be made to care.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 08:58 AM (NALOx)

297 Pretty hard for Germany to have the strongest military in Europe by 2039 without any energy. Just rhetoric to try and get right wing Germans away from AFD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 08:59 AM (gu0hJ)

298 Posted by: Darla Hood at April 23, 2026 08:57 AM (oftw2)

It's funny becaue Darla Hood died after an appendectomy!

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:59 AM (gtcuf)

299 By 2039, the US defense system will be robots on the moon hurling rocks at Earth.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 23, 2026 08:59 AM (2ap+5)

300 It's funny becaue Darla Hood died after an appendectomy!
Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 08:59 AM (gtcuf)
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???

Posted by: Ben Roethlisberger at April 23, 2026 09:01 AM (RIvkX)

301 LOL the doomers sure are out in force this morning.

But it's like this, if you really, truly, actually believed the Republicans are going to lose and the Democrats are going on to permanent rule, you sure as fuck wouldn't be wasting time here.

1) most of us ain't interested in joining you in wallowing in your sad little pit of despair.
2) the hour is late and time is short.
Your confidence in your predictions are exactly equal to your preparations.
Including zero online presence the Left can prosecute you over.
And if your plan is to ride this out, you need a real-life network, not an online support group to vent to.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 09:01 AM (tUP1A)

302
Germany Plans to Be Europe’s Strongest Military By 2039

That a lot like being McDonald's best cup of coffee.

Buuuut, that's after 13 years. Meh, they'll be just another 3rd world moslem hellhole by then.

Buuuut, on the plus side, their Army's ululations willl be marvelous!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:01 AM (iJfKG)

303 Xavier Becerra: As CA's next governor, I will protect truckers that do not speak English

https://tinyurl.com/yc5pbdb5
Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 08:53 AM (NpAcC)

288 Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 08:52 AM (77rzZ)
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Lots of competition for "Dumbest machine politician" but Becerra is definitely in the running

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 09:01 AM (Dyyic)

304 >>>Germany Plans to Be Europe’s Strongest Military By 2039

By '39 you say.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!

>Poland might have something to say about it this time around.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 09:01 AM (Fbc0I)

305 Hey, Europe, f**k off.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:01 AM (77rzZ)

306 I will never visit this barbaric country ever again

"Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade." -- Rick Blaine, gunrunner

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 23, 2026 09:01 AM (zdLoL)

307 299 By 2039, the US defense system will be robots on the moon hurling rocks at Earth.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 23, 2026 08:59 AM (2ap+5)

TINSTAAFL

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:02 AM (/+uur)

308 ???
Posted by: Ben Roethlisberger at April 23, 2026 09:01 AM (RIvkX)

Blood transfusion tainted with a virulent strain of hepatitis. They didn't test the blood in those pre-AIDS days.

Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 09:02 AM (gtcuf)

309 Eromeros crave prayers as Mrs. E begins infusions for lymphoma.
Posted by: Eromero
----
Done🙏🙏

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 09:02 AM (VCgbV)

310 The part of the SPLC revelations that seems to be getting too little focus is that a lot of the "donor" money that was being laundering to groups to make it appear MAGA types are violent racists was our tax dollars. The SPLC was working hand in glove with the FBI and other groups in the deep state and the Biden administration.

Biden didn't just repeat over and over that he decided to get into the 2020 race after seeing what happened at Charlottesville, it was the plan all along and it lasted the entire time he was in office to include things like going after Christians, Moms For Liberty and TPUSA.

Charlie warned for months before he was murdered that the SPLC was going after him and his group putting a target on their backs. He was being too successful energizing young voters to join MAGA.

The SPLC wasn't a rogue actor. It was the Democrat Party.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 09:03 AM (viF8m)

311 Eromero

Prayers ascending.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)

312 By 2039, the US defense system will be robots on the moon hurling rocks at Earth.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 23, 2026 08:59 AM (2ap+5)
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It worked before!

Posted by: Mike and Manny at April 23, 2026 09:04 AM (vzudA)

313 Morning, news folken,

Waiting to hear from my realtor about arrangements to view two new properties. I was about to head out to Wichita for the pipe shop, then saw these, and wrote to her. It's going to rain this p.m., and I don't want to be caught in it if I can help.

Tomorrow will be sunny, then more rain on Sat. & Sun. as I head back.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 09:04 AM (+2QQb)

314 ???
Posted by: Ben Roethlisberger at April 23, 2026 09:01 AM (RIvkX)

Blood transfusion tainted with a virulent strain of hepatitis. They didn't test the blood in those pre-AIDS days.
Posted by: Delurker at April 23, 2026 09:02 AM (gtcuf)
===

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW BEN ROETHLISBERGER IS A SOCK

Posted by: Ben Roethlisberger at April 23, 2026 09:05 AM (RIvkX)

315 By 2039, the US defense system will be robots on the moon hurling rocks at Earth.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 23, 2026 08:59 AM (2ap+5)
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It worked before!
Posted by: Mike and Manny at April 23, 2026

***
HA!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 09:05 AM (+2QQb)

316 WARNOCK: You made cuts to the rabies office!

RFK JR: “There’s 1-3 rabies cases PER YEAR in the US! I think ONE PERSON manning that office can handle that traffic!”

ha

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:06 AM (/+uur)

317 Americans Applying for Irish Citizenship Leaps 63%

-
Good riddance.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 09:06 AM (ndZc7)

318 194 Saw analysis on X, if you use the "no" vote in VA as a proxy for Republican vote, and look at the new districts, then Republicans would have won:
- 4 of the new districts
- came within .2 of winning two others
- and within .5 of two more

Sure it's a guess, but that was with zero GOP spending against.
While the Dems stacked everything in their favor, spent near $100 million, had Obama and every other major Dem come campaign for it.

You know how pants-pissing funny it'd be to see Rs take 8 of the 11 seats?

(I also think CA spread their Dem votes too thin)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 08:35 AM (tUP1A)

As I said, this is why the VA SC waited. They will let Ds tell them how to rule. I think this might scare the Ds into letting the court do the right thing...b/c losing a 6-5 advantage would be catastrophic for them...they want more, but they sure do not want to chance less...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 09:07 AM (tOcjL)

319 Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson

JD Vance told me Illhan Omar committed immigration fraud and the Trump Administration has proof.

Border Czar Tom Homan last night CONFIRMED this and told me ominously: ‘Stay Tuned…’

Homan knows something is about to happen. Watch this answer…

“The whole file is being reviewed. A lot of smart people are on it. Stay tuned.”

https://tinyurl.com/mvatam2a

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

320 Oh yeah, I agree, but between two bad - mail in ballots that are still legal, and going before full R Supreme court in VA, they went with the least bad. Or maybe it was just a coincidence and they totally dropped the ball in VA..
Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 08:53 AM (GD0B3)

287 End Wokeness

No SC is ever all R. At best, Rs become middle of the road...at worst, they just become Ds after taking the masks off, b/c 99.9% of lawyers are hard D...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 23, 2026 09:09 AM (tOcjL)

321 Americans Applying for Irish Citizenship Leaps 63%

-
Good riddance.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 09:06 AM (ndZc7)
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I know several people who got Irish citizenship, and in all cases it is either a novelty or to allow freer travel in the EU, not because they are anti Trump or America.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 09:09 AM (vzudA)

322 It's called the Mississippi Miracle, and it's real.

They went back to teaching phonics and - shocker - the tactic that worked for hundreds of years still works.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung
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That's part of it, the cover story.

The real story?

They stopped auto-advancing--either read at grade level or be held back.
(cough, cough, a certain demographic ...)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 23, 2026 09:10 AM (tUP1A)

323 "No way to kill the jumping worm? "

.410
Posted by: fd

**********

PULL!!

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 09:11 AM (I0N4X)

324 Woody Harrelson and Bill Maher Blast California State Taxes: State “Deserves to Be S*** On”

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And it is!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 09:11 AM (ndZc7)

325 > Xavier Becerra: As CA's next governor, I will protect truckers that do not speak English
----

I make a motion, that you can't run for office if you have a funny foreign-sounding name

male candidates will be Bill or George
female candidates will be Susie or Debbie

(Marco Rubio is grandfathered in)

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09:11 AM (ZxPkt)

326 Uh oh.

Germany Plans to Be Europe’s Strongest Military By 2039

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By '39 you say.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I've seen this play before.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:11 AM (Kd7Ab)

327 Interesting that asian jumping worms show up atound the same time Chinese saboteurs have been caught bringing other biological pathogens into the country.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:11 AM (cWLG3)

328 English Muffins would make a great girl band's name.
Posted by: rickb223

I saw Thomas's English Muffins open for Captain & Tennille at the I-Beam in 1987 (with a fake ID).

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 23, 2026 09:11 AM (W5mpo)

329 @ACLU_DC
·
Follow
BREAKING: Today, the D.C. Council voted 8-5 to move forward with a permanent youth curfew.

Punishment-first policies like this fall short of advancing real public safety because they put kids at risk of unnecessary encounters with police instead of providing opportunities.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)

330 I would like to see Ilhan Omar expelled- without her fraudulent assets- but wouldn't she then urge the Somalis in MN to riot à la the Somalia version of George Floyd?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 09:12 AM (rZCVI)

331 I've seen this play before.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:11 AM (Kd7Ab)

Springtime for Hitler was not just a great song.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:12 AM (/+uur)

332 how bout them flyers

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 09:12 AM (j+aD2)

333 No way to kill crazy worms you say? Dog them up , put them on a ten gallon drum , add gasoline , ignite. Crazy worm flambe

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 09:12 AM (gu0hJ)

334 Chairman LMAO

My comment #56 covers this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)

335 "It's far less about the environment and ecological stewardship than a vehicle to further the Democrat Party agenda, which at its base is an effort to rule citizens rather than represent them, to overtax, overregulate and overstep constitutional boundaries."

Welcome to 1969.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 23, 2026 09:13 AM (DgMqy)

336 bucket of salt..
"NYT: Mojtaba has not released a recorded message because he does not want to appear vulnerable or sound weak.

The report says that due to security concerns and his current situation, he has delegated significant authority to military generals, who are now the dominant voice in key decisions.

According to the NYT, those generals also ordered the cancellation of the Iranian delegation’s planned arrival in Pakistan this week ahead of the second round of talks."

I like where this is going...

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 09:13 AM (GD0B3)

337 My younger one told me about this story...
https://tinyurl.com/uz3e5u3e

Supposedly she, in an online chat, wrote, "Netanyahu, if you can hear me, drop some bonbons for us Capstone students in Ocean Bank Convocation Center."

How the f**k is this a threat? Does any rational person truly believe she was asking Netanyahu to bomb the center? It's like saying, "God, smite Congress with SMOD!"...

The second part was a bit more stupid on her part..."There is going to be a bomb in the Ocean Bank Convocation Center and it was going to be Jonathan's [another student in chat] fault". The school took this as a threat, even though she then wrote, "I wrote a dumb joke that should not have been made."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 23, 2026 09:13 AM (ynpvh)

338 .410
Posted by: fd

**********

PULL!!
Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 09:11 AM (I0N4X)

410
411
whatever it takes

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:13 AM (/+uur)

339 @333 Has anyone tried borax, lye... salt?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:13 AM (cWLG3)

340 Woody Harrelson and Bill Maher Blast California State Taxes: State “Deserves to Be S*** On”

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And it is!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 09:11 AM (ndZc7)

Preach it, brother.

Posted by: San Francisco Shop Steward for The Drug-Addicted Hobos' Feces Dispensing Union at April 23, 2026 09:14 AM (iJfKG)

341 Ukraine and Russia. One big lie.

>>@JerryDunleavy
·
1h
>>NEW: “Witness 2” — Gavin Wilde — helped Ciaramella in the Ukraine saga in 2019. Just before joining the NSC in 2018 (& after working on 2016 ICA on Russia), Wilde was at DoD & NSA, where he wrote articles hyping Russian info ops & touting Nina Jankowicz…

Posted by: JackStraw at April 23, 2026 09:14 AM (viF8m)

342 FenelonSpoke

Somalia citizen's rioting will harm their supporters, and alienate the rest of the population.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

343 .410
Posted by: fd

**********

PULL!!
Posted by: muldoon

I have a couple hundred .410 rounds I need to reload.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:15 AM (Kd7Ab)

344 Stephen A. Smith Says Golfers and NASCAR Drivers Don’t Qualify as Athletes

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Well, he is the Hign Priest of Athlete Designation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 09:15 AM (ndZc7)

345 334 Chairman LMAO

My comment #56 covers this.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)
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I was late to the party, but that's short and sweet. Agree!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:15 AM (cWLG3)

346 How silly is WSJ? Todays "Marketwatch" headline of the day: "I'm a 31 year old architect ready to leave Austin. Does San Francisco or New York City make the most financial sense for me?"
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Financial sense?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 23, 2026 09:15 AM (DeB+V)

347 Has anyone tried borax, lye... salt?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

For a floor wax?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:15 AM (Kd7Ab)

348 I went on the Lufthansa app to book a flight back to Frankfurt, but unfortunately pilots are on strike today

***********

So socialism doesn't provide free on-demand emergency air ambulance service.

I'll be sure to take note of that.

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 09:16 AM (I0N4X)

349 346 How silly is WSJ? Todays "Marketwatch" headline of the day: "I'm a 31 year old architect ready to leave Austin. Does San Francisco or New York City make the most financial sense for me?"

yes

please just GO

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 09:16 AM (j+aD2)

350 Okay, houses tomorrow, Wichita today!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 09:17 AM (+2QQb)

351 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

257 Eromeros crave prayers as Mrs. E begins infusions for lymphoma.
Posted by: Eromero

Prayers up for Mrs. E. & good infusion results, and for you too as you help her in her battle against lymphoma. 🙏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 09:17 AM (NFX2v)

352 349 346 How silly is WSJ? Todays "Marketwatch" headline of the day: "I'm a 31 year old architect ready to leave Austin. Does San Francisco or New York City make the most financial sense for me?"

Morn' all... Oh boy.. That must be a joke

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 09:17 AM (nCgUg)

353 333 No way to kill crazy worms you say? Dog them up , put them on a ten gallon drum , add gasoline , ignite. Crazy worm flambe
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 09:12 AM (gu0hJ)
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If it's a fact that they are toxic to would-be native predators, that is very concerning. Sum ting wong.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:18 AM (cWLG3)

354 Because if Somalis have violent protests over Ilhan Omar does anyone think that either Tim Walz or Jacob Frey would do a darn thing? I guess Trump would have to send in people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 09:18 AM (As86G)

355 Wolfus Aurelius

Safe travels.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

356 you don't say !

"The Hezbollah propagandist who secretly ran London-based 'media company' feared to be spreading Iran misinformation..A London 'media company' feared to be spreading pro-Iran misinformation had a Hezbollah propagandist sitting on its board of directors, the Daily Mail can reveal...

Akhdar is described as a senior spokesman for Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Lebanese militia that is proscribed as a terror group in the UK.

He has also been identified by think-tank the Washington Institute for Near East Policy as a media strategist for Yemen's Houthis, another Iranian proxy which is supporting Tehran in its war with the US and Israel.

Akhdar is also Under-Secretary General of the Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU), which was sanctioned by the US in 2020 for being 'owned or controlled' by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

According to Roger Macmillan, former director of security at Iran International and Iranian terrorism specialist, 'Akhdar appears to be a lynchpin within Iran's communications network, heavily involved in pushing its propaganda in the UK'"

Are you as not shocked as I am ?? "Islamic" should have given them a clue...

Posted by: runner at April 23, 2026 09:18 AM (GD0B3)

357 353 333 No way to kill crazy worms you say? Dog them up , put them on a ten gallon drum , add gasoline , ignite. Crazy worm flambe
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 09:12 AM (gu0hJ)
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If it's a fact that they are toxic to would-be native predators, that is very concerning. Sum ting wong.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:18 AM (cWLG3)

Bring in the cane toads!

Posted by: Australia at April 23, 2026 09:18 AM (ynpvh)

358 Navy Secretary Phelan Exits Administration Immediately, Is Replaced With Hung Cao

*insert Fistful of Yen joke here*

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:19 AM (/+uur)

359 There are some truths I don't want to hear!

Breccan F. Thies: Republicans Stalling on Save Act Gave Virginia Voters No Reason to Turn Out for Them

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 09:20 AM (ndZc7)

360 I love it when those that have never boiled a mouthpiece in their lives tell me they're experts on all things sport.

Mike Greenberg is an expert on football because he played trombone in college and marched on a football field.

He's now in the broadcasting Hall of Fame.

Pathetic. The media has placed itself on WAY too high a pedestal.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 09:20 AM (IXZGh)

361 Stephen A. Smith is the guy talking to himself on the A train everyone is trying to ignore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:20 AM (RIvkX)

362 361 Stephen A. Smith is the guy talking to himself on the A train everyone is trying to ignore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:20 AM (RIvkX)

And he's losing the argument...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 23, 2026 09:21 AM (ynpvh)

363 Punishment-first policies like this fall short of advancing real public safety because they put kids at risk of unnecessary encounters with police instead of providing opportunities.
Posted by: r hennigantx

There are opportunities for them in daylight hours. And this is going to be a shock to the ACLU but we don't want rioting youths in our cities.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 09:21 AM (OPGS/)

364 Hakeem Jeffries can choke on a fat dick

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 23, 2026 09:21 AM (DOx3g)

365 Pathetic. The media has placed itself on WAY too high a pedestal.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 09:20 AM (IXZGh)

Jock-sniffing wannabes.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:21 AM (PVto9)

366 Hakeem Jeffries can choke on a fat dick
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 23, 2026 09:21 AM (DOx3g)

His favorite pastime.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 09:22 AM (IXZGh)

367 364 Hakeem Jeffries can choke on a fat dick
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 23, 2026 09:21 AM (DOx3g)

ME TOO

Posted by: Ms Lindsey at April 23, 2026 09:22 AM (/+uur)

368 Mr and Mrs Eromero , good luck and God bless

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 09:22 AM (gu0hJ)

369 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

257 Eromeros crave prayers as Mrs. E begins infusions for lymphoma.
Posted by: Eromero

Prayers up for Mrs. E. & good infusion results, and for you too as you help her in her battle against lymphoma. 🙏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 09:17 AM (NFX2v)
********
Sending prayers her way!

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

370 Jock-sniffing wannabes.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:21 AM (PVto9)

And they're paid millions to do it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 09:23 AM (IXZGh)

371 I will certainly do that . How long does each individual treatment last?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 08:50 AM
This one’s six hours, Fen.

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 09:23 AM (yw3eV)

372 about 40 good NASCAR drivers
There are 1,696 active players in the NFL

Posted by: Ms Lindsey at April 23, 2026 09:23 AM (/+uur)

373 of sox

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:24 AM (/+uur)

374 Prayer up, Eromero.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:24 AM (77rzZ)

375 Hakeem Jeffries can choke on a fat dick
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 23, 2026 09:21 AM (DOx3g)

Oh My!

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, closeted homosexual at April 23, 2026 09:24 AM (5pMgs)

376 Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 09:23 AM (yw3eV

Gosh! What a long process!. Prayers for complete healing or for the Lord's presence with both of you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 09:24 AM (ix8EF)

377 >>>Stephen A. Smith Says Golfers and NASCAR Drivers Don’t Qualify as Athletes

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Well, he is the Hign Priest of Athlete Designation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!

>Why anybody listens to this guy is beyond me. He's just another angry black man who thinks he's qualified to opine on all things where a black man has risen thru the ranks.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 09:25 AM (Fbc0I)

378 How silly is WSJ? Today's "Marketwatch" headline of the day: "I'm a 31 year old architect ready to leave Austin. Does San Francisco or New York City make the most financial sense for me?"

Fortunately, the cities of both SF and NYC have collaborated on a 5 point questionnaire to assess your suitability for moving to either city:

1) Are you gay?

2) Are you really, really gay?

3) Look, we mean really really really supergay?

4) Just to be clear, are you really really really supergay like willing to suck a dog dick supergay?

5) Do you love Communism and ballet?

If you answered "yes!!!!" to all these questions, you will fit in just fine in SF or NYC.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:25 AM (iJfKG)

379 375 Hakeem Jeffries can choke on a fat dick
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 23, 2026 09:21 AM (DOx3g)

Oh My!
Posted by: Lindsey Graham, closeted homosexual at April 23, 2026 09:24 AM (5pMgs)

You stole my thing!

Posted by: George Takei at April 23, 2026 09:25 AM (cWLG3)

380 > Pathetic. The media has placed itself on WAY too high a pedestal.
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A particular demographic seems to agree with them. It's why a shriek-fest like the spew is still on the air.

One need only to look at that particular demographic to understand why that is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 09:26 AM (jehhT)

381 289 Uh oh.
Germany Plans to Be Europe’s Strongest Military By 2039
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By '39 you say.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Striving to be CAPTAIN of the JV team!

Posted by: Military Moron at April 23, 2026 09:26 AM (JCZqz)

382 I'd like to see Stephen A. Smith sit in a car for 4 hours at 120+ degrees and drive without crashing into 30 other cars while going 150+ miles per hour.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 09:27 AM (IXZGh)

383 Heh. I like this moniker for him: Screamin' A. Smith.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 23, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)

384 They splashed the Shahs son with something.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 09:27 AM (GuWgs)

385 Good morning!!

On the news now: 13 year old archery wonder kind invited to compete in international competition in Colombia. Niiiice!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 09:27 AM (5xoct)

386 Choke on a fat dick , get in line , I was a cabinet secretary - Pete Buttgiggle, he's gay you know

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 09:27 AM (gu0hJ)

387 Hakeem Jeffries can choke on a fat dick
Posted by: Elric the Blade
+++
Hakeem Jeffries looks exactly like a warmed over corpse.
Has anyone ever checked to see if he has a pulse?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 23, 2026 09:27 AM (Lo97M)

388 354 Because if Somalis have violent protests over Ilhan Omar does anyone think that either Tim Walz or Jacob Frey would do a darn thing? I guess Trump would have to send in people.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Hopefully to surround the city, let it burn to the ground, deport anyone still alive, salt the earth and leave that as a lesson to never vote for Democrats again.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 23, 2026 09:27 AM (Dv3i1)

389 4) Just to be clear, are you really really really supergay like willing to suck a dog dick supergay

Haram!!!

Posted by: NYC at April 23, 2026 09:28 AM (JCZqz)

390 >>Germany Plans to Be Europe’s Strongest Military By 2039

But will it be "Germans"?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 09:28 AM (5xoct)

391 144, problem is Roberts isn't leaving anytime soon.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 23, 2026 09:28 AM (BCuCF)

392 > Stephen A. Smith Says Golfers and NASCAR Drivers Don’t Qualify as Athletes
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Who?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 09:29 AM (jehhT)

393 Three tankers seized by US.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 09:29 AM (GuWgs)

394 VA Redistricting
No
53% of election day votes
Yes
47%
es
53% of early in person votes
No
47%
Yes
73% of early by mail votes
No
27%

IMPOSSIBLE without cheating

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:30 AM (/+uur)

395 >>Hakeem Jeffries looks exactly like a warmed over corpse.
Has anyone ever checked to see if he has a pulse?

Right?
His flat affect is worse than most aged Hollywood actresses who've been dabbling in botox for decades.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 09:30 AM (5xoct)

396 In golfing skill trumps fitness levels.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (cWLG3)

397 I saw Hung Cao play the lead in Bull Durham off Broadway in 2018.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (W5mpo)

398 Nood art.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

399 Eromero,

Prayers for comfort and peace during this long procedure and for God's grace and healing!❤️‍🩹
🙏

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (VCgbV)

400 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (IXZGh)

401 Hakeem Jeffries looks exactly like a warmed over corpse.
Has anyone ever checked to see if he has a pulse?

Right?
His flat affect is worse than most aged Hollywood actresses who've been dabbling in botox for decades.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 09:30 AM (5xoct)

He honestly looks like a zombie that's a couple of weeks old.

Has anybody checked this guy for maggots?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (iJfKG)

402 394 Three tankers seized by US.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 23, 2026 09:29 AM (GuWgs)
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I hope we pounced before seizing.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (cWLG3)

403 "Germany Plans to Be Europe’s Strongest Military By 2039"

Helluva centennial

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (W5mpo)

404 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

405 Everybody have fun tonight
Everybody Hung Cao tonight

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (/+uur)

406 I will certainly do that . How long does each individual treatment last?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 08:50 AM
This one’s six hours, Fen.

Posted by: Eromero

Yikes. Puts my half-hour per day radiation treatments from a while back in perspective. Prayers up for y'all.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 23, 2026 09:34 AM (OUMaO)

407 Looks like a 5% increase in republican turnout would have ended the Va referendum. But, as we all know, too many MAGA won’t go vote unless Trump is on the ballot because reasons.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at April 23, 2026 09:34 AM (jt/rW)

408 >> Stephen A. Smith Says Golfers and NASCAR Drivers Don’t Qualify as Athletes
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you're an athlete if you can get killed doing your sport

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09:39 AM (ZxPkt)

409 The GOP of which you are a member was not unprepared for the vote. It went just how they wanted. It was too close in fact. A wider margin buys them more cover when the vote with Dems.

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (cS1cw)

410 Germany Plans to Be Europe’s Strongest Military By 2039

Dust off the plans for the DKM Graf Zeppelin!

Is this like planning to be the tallest midget?

Posted by: far cry at April 23, 2026 09:45 AM (wXgT/)

411 Prayers for Mrs. E!

Posted by: AnnaS at April 23, 2026 09:58 AM (ANuwa)

412 From above, New Records Prove Biden FBI Spying On Congress ‘Wasn’t An Isolated Incident’

In part, "The preliminary investigation dubbed “Operation Rampart Twelve” was initiated on January 22, 2021 by the FBI based on rumors from Democrat Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s Facebook live that Republican representatives such as Lauren Boebert and Paul Gosar led so-called “reconnaissance” tours in advance of the January 6 Capitol chaos."
&
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 'Lawmakers gave groups ‘reconnaissance’ tours of the Capitol one day before riots, Democratic representative says,' updated Jan. 13, 2021
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2 -
Spanberger: 'So many troubling threads' in Trump allegations that full investigation is needed
Sep 24, 2019 6:50 PM
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Business Insider, A Democratic lawmaker (Spanberger) warned Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about possible violence ahead of January 6 and to 'dress down' because she is a 'very recognizable target': book, Aug. 30, 2022

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 10:39 AM (NFX2v)

413 #3 -
dean house gov
CNN | Madeleine Dean on the Prospect of Peace in Iran
April 20, 2026
Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04), House Foreign Affairs member, joins CNN News Central to talk about the prospect of peace in Iran — as Vice President Vance is set to restart

&

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Three members of Congress are backing Ala Stanford in the Philly primary, exposing a divide among Democrats, Aprl 21, 2026
U.S. Reps. Madeleine Dean and Chrissy Houlahan, who represent parts of southeastern Pennsylvania in Congress, have joined Rep. Dwight Evans in endorsing Ala Stanford for the open Philadelphia seat.

(Also an Impeachment Manager.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 10:39 AM (NFX2v)

414 #4 -
Scanlon Introduces Legislation to Block Dismissal of Criminal Charges Against Political Cronies
Washington, April 20, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today introduced the No Free Passes for Cronies Act, a bill that seeks to prevent politically-motivated dismissals of criminal charges by amending the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. (More)

"The No Free Passes for Cronies Act would amend Rule 48(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to clarify that federal judges have the authority to accept or reject the government’s motion to dismiss “in the interests of justice.” The revised standard would clarify that the court has the power to review the facts and context surrounding such a motion to determine if a dismissal is not in the public interest."

&

>Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon twitter
@RepMGS

If Kask Patel's "personal issues" are getting in the way of his ability to do his job and protect the American people, we deserve to know.

(Go online to see Video and attachments not presented here.)
Apr. 22, 2026
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A few real AWFLs & a few of their effects ^
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UN Women Org: Glossary: The manosphere, 25 Mar 2026

Good day! 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 10:39 AM (NFX2v)

415 PA's are bada**es.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 10:41 AM (NFX2v)

416 re: "Well, who appointed [USSC just us-es] more of them than any other President?"

Two words: Heritage Foundation.

Posted by: _Jim at April 23, 2026 10:56 AM (Bo4qd)

417 What is amusing is the same court ruled the ballot amendment unconstitutional BEFORE the election and was told by the supreme court to wait till AFTER the election. That was why the ruling dropped almost immediately - it had already been argued before the court, and the judgement was already done.

And, by the way, the ballot initiative violated a large number of provisions in the Virginia constitution and in administrative law. It's not even debatable that happened. The law says, "you will wait 30 days until..." Dems said "nah, we'll just do it now." So, it was illegal to even put on the ballot.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 23, 2026 12:23 PM (L6dcX)

Daily Tech News 23 April 2026

Top Story

TSMC has shown off its roadmap through 2029 - heading towards 1.2nm chips. (Tom's Hardware)

That used to be not a lot. In fact, it probably wouldn't be possible if the numbers were still real, but they haven't been real for twenty years.
Meanwhile TeraFab, the SpaceX / Tesla joint venture in chipmaking, will be using Intel's 14A - 1.4nm - process. (Tom's Hardware)

They'll be running their own fabs; they'll just be licensing Intel's technology rather than starting from scratch (which would take years).

Tech News

The Pentagon wants $54 billion for drones. (Ars Technica)

Shockingly, even Ars Technica doesn't claim this is an outrageous idea, merely an expensive one. I can't speak for the commenters. I haven't read the comments, and won't.
A developer using Google Cloud woke up to an $18,000 bill. (Tom's Hardware)

Despite his budget alert being set to $7 per month and the hard limit on his account level being $1400. Google helpfully upgraded his limit and kept right on charging his credit card.
Cybersecurity firm Truffle Security Co. has already highlighted the risks associated with Google Cloud using a single API key format. These API keys were previously used as project identifiers, but when the Gemini API is activated on any Google Cloud project, these existing API keys become Gemini credentials - allowing anyone who can copy them to rack up AI bills. So... it's likely we'll see more horror stories of shocking API bills if Google doesn't update its Gemini policies.
We already have, of course. The article lists several.
Rest assured, Anthropic users subscribed to the company's "Pro" plan. You're not losing access to Claude Code. Yet. Probably. (The Register)

An Anthropic representative took to Twitter to explain that the company wouldn't sabotage its entire userbase without warning.

It's being done selectively.
Cursor was working on raising a $2 billion founding round before SpaceX pre-empted that with an offer of somewhere between $10 billion and just buying the entire company. (Tech Crunch)

The $10 billion is locked in; the purchase if it happens will come after the SpaceX IPO which is expected to see the company valued at $1.75 ~~billion~~ trillion - 35 times as much as Cursor.

Cursor does not have 10,000 orbital death rays, though.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Double bubble, boil that rubble...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:32 AM (YbTYS)

2 Rosie passed at 101

https://youtu.be/8SFQwvhmN9E?si=4WKvCJnXgtWJDWxi

All hail

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 23, 2026 04:34 AM (jrgJz)

3 Good morning.

POLITICOEurope
@POLITICOEurope
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A small municipality in Albania’s capital city has welcomed its newest resident: former New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has also become a fully fledged citizen.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 04:34 AM (EYerH)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2026 04:37 AM (sAmhv)

6 >>>Imagine, if you will, a post full of news.

"It's full of news!"

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:38 AM (YbTYS)

7 BOING!

The end of Hollywood is a near!

AI will replace it all. Still needs some fine touches but big deal:

https://tinyurl.com/3ethpab5

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 04:39 AM (1o8D5)

8 Technology in Aviation:

https://youtu.be/nsxQn8uyupM?si=PK3wwTtHVJx8jUrz

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 23, 2026 04:41 AM (jrgJz)

9 Rosie passed at 101

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 23, 2026 04:34 AM (jrgJz)
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You go gone, girl!

What an icon! RIP.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 04:41 AM (1o8D5)

10 2 Rosie passed at 101

https://youtu.be/8SFQwvhmN9E?si=4WKvCJnXgtWJDWxi

All hail

A Rosie the Riveter! Connie Palacioz.

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:45 AM (YbTYS)

11 I had been thinking "Rosey Grier"?

Who is, himself, 93.

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:47 AM (YbTYS)

12 I had been thinking "Rosey Grier"?

Who is, himself, 93.

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:47 AM (YbTYS)
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The knit-wit?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 04:52 AM (1o8D5)

13 Why is the world did Eric Adams move to Albania?

Avoiding the revenge of the Democrat party for going against illegal immigration and standing up for Trump?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 04:52 AM (6ydKt)

14 >>>My dog ate my blog post. (... I got delayed at work.)

A likely story!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:53 AM (YbTYS)

15 Pixy's up (again)!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:55 AM (YbTYS)

16 Meanwhile TeraFab, the SpaceX / Tesla joint venture in chipmaking, will be using Intel's 14A - 1.4nm - process. (Tom's Hardware)

They'll be running their own fabs; they'll just be licensing Intel's technology rather than starting from scratch (which would take years).

The waiting list, alone, for newer ASDL lithography machines would take decades to fulfill for a new fab.

Instead TeraFab is going to buy one or two ASDL machines to do their own in-house iteration production and then source out the chip fab to others. Then TeraFab will do the packaging work and start putting out millions of needed chips, with faster updates.

It's the only practical way to get anything done with ASDL's monopoly standing in the way for everybody.

I suppose Elon could afford to build a competitor to ASDL, but it's not going to happen any time soon.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 04:58 AM (6ydKt)

17 Trillion, not billion, at the end

Posted by: PG at April 23, 2026 04:59 AM (PYkqg)

18 So is it because he was on the Epstein flight manifests? Because of his battleship plans? Or something else?

https://tinyurl.com/3kmtup4e

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 05:00 AM (1o8D5)

19 >>>My dog ate my blog post. (Tech news will be along in a minute - I got delayed at work.)

Worth waiting for!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:00 AM (YbTYS)

20 See if Albania is far enough away

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 05:05 AM (Ia/+0)

21 Mornin'

Pt. 2

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2026 05:06 AM (sAmhv)

22 I've been dizzy since I woke up Tuesday. I had the second Shingrix vaccine on the 10th. I wonder if it's related to??? I haven't changed anything else.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:08 AM (VCgbV)

23 BBC
US Navy chief leaving post 'effective immediately', Pentagon says

Lots of "after this" and "after that," and most essentially, "The Navy has not provided a reason."

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:10 AM (YbTYS)

24 If Elon's dreams of AI data centers on land and in space along with the millions of Tesla Optimus robots he's planning on selling are going to happen, he needs SpaceX/Tesla to have their own steady supply of bespoke chips to handle it all.

He's usually got some crazy ideas that will never happen for a lot of his businesses, but TerraFab is a necessity they can't live without and still be able to have a reliable production schedule with reliable, cost-effective, chips in everything they make.

Apple should be taking notes, instead of relying on TSMC/Samsung in an uncertain future.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:12 AM (6ydKt)

25 17 Trillion, not billion, at the end
Posted by: PG

A trillion here, a trillion there, soon you're talking real money.

(Thanks!)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 23, 2026 05:13 AM (BLOW1)

26 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 05:13 AM (Ia/+0)

27 BBC
US Navy chief leaving post 'effective immediately', Pentagon says

- His exit came AFTER tension within the American leadership over issues around shipbuilding, according to unconfirmed reports in US media.
- It comes just weeks AFTER US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Army Chief of Staff Randy George to step down from his post.
- Phelan was ousted from his job AFTER he, too, ended up clashing with Hegseth over the implementation of Trump's shipbuilding initiative, according to sources who spoke to multiple news outlets.

Be better, BBC. Be better.

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:14 AM (YbTYS)

28 22 I've been dizzy since I woke up Tuesday. I had the second Shingrix vaccine on the 10th. I wonder if it's related to??? I haven't changed anything else.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:08 AM (VCgbV)

Unless you've got some seasonal allergies/sinus issues (like I've had for almost two weeks) then I'd blame the vax.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:15 AM (6ydKt)

29 I'd blame the vax.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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I guess I'll send my doc a message in the portal and see if I need to come in...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:16 AM (VCgbV)

30 I wouldn't trust the Beeb to tell me the time of day.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 23, 2026 05:19 AM (/HDaX)

31 22 I've been dizzy since I woke up Tuesday. I had the second Shingrix vaccine on the 10th. I wonder if it's related to??? I haven't changed anything else.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:08 AM (VCgbV)

Pollen?

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:20 AM (YbTYS)

32 Be better, BBC. Be better.

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:14 AM (YbTYS)

The BBC is going after anything American/Trump like a demented banshee ever since the bombs started dropping on Iran.

It's almost like they're worried about Lloyd's of London losing their stranglehold on the maritime insurance biz and of Trump showing Starmer and the rest of their EU leaders to be totally under the thumb of Islam.

The Brit left has been having seizures for two months and all they can do is spit out hate and propaganda (it's all Bibi's fault!!) while their energy prices go through the roof into low-Earth orbit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:21 AM (6ydKt)

33 22 I've been dizzy since I woke up Tuesday. I had the second Shingrix vaccine on the 10th. I wonder if it's related to??? I haven't changed anything else.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:08 AM (VCgbV)

Friday 10 April - vax
Tuesday 21 April - dizziness started

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:22 AM (YbTYS)

34 29 I'd blame the vax.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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I guess I'll send my doc a message in the portal and see if I need to come in...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:16 AM (VCgbV)

Could be blood pressure issues or reactions to medications causing dizziness, too.

My Dad got it really bad when they kept switching his meds around trying to take care of some blood clots.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:23 AM (6ydKt)

35 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 23, 2026 05:23 AM (YpHnX)

36 News Item; Eric Adams is given Albanian Citizenship.

It’s getting harder and harder to find countries without extradition treaties. .

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 05:26 AM (Fmj+u)

37 Man from Arkansas writes on "Out of my comfort zone" and Joshua 1:6-9 in this devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/442s3kty

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:26 AM (Nx5jP)

38 "Wait, this isn't Albany?"

Posted by: Dark L at April 23, 2026 05:28 AM (W5mpo)

39 I haven't had any changes to my medication and my BP is normal. I read the FDA insert and it did say dizziness is a rare side effect that can happen within 30 days. I hate being the rare case.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:31 AM (VCgbV)

40 News Item; Eric Adams is given Albanian Citizenship.
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how much money is missing from the NYC coffers, can they even tell.???

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:33 AM (VCgbV)

41 This rooster raised money ( well, he himself didn't do it 😉. The auctioneer was a human ) raised money and the reason is lovely . Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/zbnckta4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:33 AM (zMLZ6)

42 Adams will stick out like a sore thumb.
Looking at Albanian demographics, "African" doesn't even register.

The closest they get are Balkan Egyptians at .5% of the total population.

All foreign ex-pats, in total, are around 15,000 (0.5% of total pop.) as of 2021.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:35 AM (6ydKt)

43 38 "Wait, this isn't Albany?"
Posted by: Dark L at April 23, 2026 05:28 AM (W5mpo)

hahahahaha
hahahahahahahaha

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:35 AM (YbTYS)

44 Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:31 AM (VCgbV)

Sorry that you're having this diziness. May the doctor have something to help you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:36 AM (zMLZ6)

45 how much money is missing from the NYC coffers, can they even tell.???
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
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NYC coffers are full of dust, cobwebs, and a post-it that says IOU.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2026 05:36 AM (sAmhv)

46 I hate being the rare case.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:31 AM (VCgbV)

Let's hope it eases off on its own and won't cause you too much problems, then.

Maybe the doc can give something for vertigo in the meantime.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:39 AM (6ydKt)

47 Thanks Fenelon.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:39 AM (VCgbV)

48 R & B group from NZ sings worship medley. Scroll down for link for video. . Sunny Skyz site:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:40 AM (zMLZ6)

49 Whoops. Neglected the link:

https://tinyurl.com/3scuvcad

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:41 AM (zMLZ6)

50 I want the new acting Navy Secretary’s name to be Hung Low. Change it, dude! Be Awesome!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 05:42 AM (Fmj+u)

51 Why did it take 8 months to overrule this bitch judge?

https://tinyurl.com/m5n4m6wn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 05:43 AM (1o8D5)

52 I am grateful to God that my son has a job and this
It is nice that he has worked with a guy who's a Jehovah's Witness. I don't share all the beliefs of the JW but I think it's good my son can be in van driving around and the man says, "Praise the Lord!":

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:45 AM (zMLZ6)

53 NYC coffers are full of dust, cobwebs, and a post-it that says IOU.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2026 05:36 AM (sAmhv)
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Perhaps the coffers are full of something else:

https://tinyurl.com/3rhshvts

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 05:46 AM (1o8D5)

54 Eeeewwww!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:47 AM (VCgbV)

55 A billion, a trillion, whatever it takes.

Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 23, 2026 05:47 AM (O7YUW)

56 Greetings and good morning, one and all. Had my first shot for my knee yesterday. Feeling a bit uncomfortable but I know it will get better.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 05:50 AM (OPGS/)

57 Had my first shot for my knee yesterday. Feeling a bit uncomfortable but I know it will get better.
Posted by: NR Pax
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What kind of shot? Steroid?

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:51 AM (VCgbV)

58 NYC coffers are full of dust, cobwebs, and a post-it that says IOU.

Posted by: Puddleglum
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I'm sure where there's a Will, there's a way...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:53 AM (VCgbV)

59 Yesterday I had to go out on an errand I really didn't want to do, but it was a blessing after all in that I saw the setting sun on my way back.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:54 AM (iWbgM)

60 Q. Why would Arabs want to go to Iceland?

A. https://tinyurl.com/3t52rtkc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 05:57 AM (1o8D5)

61 I might walk the line but can't drive it with my Garmin. I think its done for usefulness.

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 06:00 AM (ZqR19)

62 “ Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”

Isaiah 46:4

Posted by: Marcus T at April 23, 2026 06:01 AM (pqVDs)

63 53 NYC coffers are full of dust, cobwebs, and a post-it that says IOU.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2026 05:36 AM (sAmhv)
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Perhaps the coffers are full of something else:

https://tinyurl.com/3rhshvts
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 05:46 AM (1o8D5)

54 Eeeewwww!
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:47 AM (VCgbV)

Thanks for the review, lin-duh. I ain't watching that!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 06:02 AM (YbTYS)

64 What kind of shot? Steroid?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended

Hyaluronic acid. I don't have a lot of cartilage in my right knee so this provides some cushioning.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 06:03 AM (OPGS/)

65 60 Q. Why would Arabs want to go to Iceland?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Can't follow the link but I bet it has something to do with a safe country that needs to be enshittified with Islam?

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 06:05 AM (OPGS/)

66 @51/Biden's Dog: "Why did it take 8 months to overrule this bitch judge?"

Because a stay was granted in September of 2025 for Williams' original order that tried to effectively "undo" the Alligator Alcatraz facility. Once that stay was in place, there was no need to rush, and the wheels of justice could grind at their normal glacial pace. The outcome matched the stay, so no surprises.

That's my guess, anyway?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 23, 2026 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

67 >>>Cybersecurity firm Truffle Security Co.

Sounds like a fake name!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 06:13 AM (YbTYS)

68 "I walk the line" is a Johnny Cash tune:

https://tinyurl.com/3vsb6vy3

Will you be taking up a singing career, Skip?😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 06:13 AM (xY6Tn)

69
Albania? Of all the countries to become a citizen of. The only thing worse would have been Moldova.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 06:15 AM (tgvbd)

70 Thanks for the review, lin-duh. I ain't watching that!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 06:02 AM (YbTYS)
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Nothing to watch. It's a headline.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 06:17 AM (1o8D5)

71 70 Thanks for the review, lin-duh. I ain't watching that!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 06:02 AM (YbTYS)
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Nothing to watch. It's a headline.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 06:17 AM (1o8D5)

I looked. It has a photo, too!

Eeeewwww!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 06:20 AM (YbTYS)

72 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 23, 2026 06:21 AM (2Ez/1)

73 Evening and morning for this Thor's Day for all the late toilers and early risers!

69 F. here in handsome Salina, KS. T-storms are expected this afternoon; my run to Wichita should have me back here by noon, though. I do hope the pipe shop is worth the run -- though I hear from pipers on another forum that it's pretty good., by which they mean not just a "smoke shop" with vapes and the like.

Anyway! I'm up, I'm sipping coffee, what more d'you want?? How is your Thor's Day shaping up, or how has it been?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 06:28 AM (+2QQb)

74 Confirmed: Europe is my sworn enemy.

https://tinyurl.com/2enbwm4f

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 06:28 AM (1o8D5)

75 Good morning! Any luck in relocation hunt Wolfus?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 23, 2026 06:30 AM (3Ope8)

76 Somali pirates are trying to make a comeback:

https://tinyurl.com/mudkfn6b

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 06:31 AM (1o8D5)

77 Good cartoon on the SPLC:

https://tinyurl.com/2xekr9jm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 06:31 AM (afKoR)

78
Doctor's appointment today. It turned up in my calendar. I called them to ask what I was going in for. "Follow up," they said. Follow up to what? Really wish I didn't have to do this, especially because it's at 7:30.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 06:31 AM (tgvbd)

79 74: Europe is Europe's enemy.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2026 06:31 AM (sAmhv)

80 Apparently Elon Musk has written about life becoming a triage ward- jolting from one crisis to another. I guess Musk supports a "higher purpose" though not particularly a religious fellow , but I like the comments by this woman at the testifying to the value of her faith. " I own the world" site:

https://tinyurl.com/2ebdrj24

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 06:36 AM (afKoR)

81 Good morning! Any luck in relocation hunt Wolfus?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 23, 2026

***
Not yet. There's a property in a smaller town nearby that looks good, but I need to see it in person while I'm here.

Despite the tales of high utility rates, Indiana is looking good again; their property tax rates on average are almost 1/2 that of KS.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 06:36 AM (+2QQb)

82 Living abroad. Albania, or some bum fuck African nation where they speak the click click language and have an AK47 on the flag. Definite coin toss.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 23, 2026 06:36 AM (gm9Sb)

83 Hyaluronic acid. I don't have a lot of cartilage in my right knee so this provides some cushioning.
Posted by: NR Pax
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Let me know how it works, my knees are bone on bone.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 06:37 AM (VCgbV)

84 My motivation to work out is as good at hiding from me here in a hotel room with no under-the-bed as it is back "home." I know it came with me; I worked out on Mon. and Tues. It's clever and devious, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 06:41 AM (+2QQb)

85 The idiots in Brussels and various national capitals are Europe's greatest enemy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 06:47 AM (2GVsD)

86 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 23, 2026 06:47 AM (VyBeY)

87 TCM has The Big City from 1937 on, with Spencer Tracy and Luise Rainer. I've heard her name for years, but never seen her before -- a lovely woman.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 23, 2026 06:48 AM (+2QQb)

88 Let me know how it works, my knees are bone on bone.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended

It's worth it. The pain dropped considerably. The downside is that I have to get the injections every six months. Talk to your doctor about it.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 06:48 AM (OPGS/)

89 Shingrix?

Is that for Shingles? 11 days after?

IMHO, unrelated.

Go see doctor.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2026 06:53 AM (qFwJc)

90 @76/Biden's Dog: "Somali pirates are trying to make a comeback"

I can see a near-future where large container ships include a safe room where the crew can go that includes control equipment for launching drones and controlling robotic quadruped "dogs" with weapons mounted.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 23, 2026 06:54 AM (O7YUW)

91 I'm having 2 issues viewing aspects of Ace's website on my Samsung phone. (No, it isn't the "don't click on continued reading.") First, the video links posted above the fold in the Cafe won't play. The video does appear on screen, but I have to click on the 3 horizontal dots on the X video to embed the video to play it.

Second, the text on any thread is so small, I can't read it. I can pinch to enlarge, but it takes swiping right and left just to read a sentence. I've been to my settings many times and the zoom function seems to only effect other aspects of the phone.

Are these phone issues? Any tips on how to fix?

Posted by: Buckeye Lurkette at April 23, 2026 06:59 AM (cNpgc)

92
Are these phone issues? Any tips on how to fix?
Posted by: Buckeye Lurkette at April 23, 2026 06:59 AM (cNpgc)

They appear to be site issues. I use the Samsung Browser on my phone to look at this site. Both Brave and Google give the small-text appearance.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:01 AM (tgvbd)

93
The idiots in Brussels and various national capitals are Europe's greatest enemy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 06:47 AM (2GVsD)

The EU is an attempt to recreate the Habsburg empire. With the same results.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 23, 2026 07:02 AM (tgvbd)

94 This rooster raised money ( well, he himself didn't do it 😉. The auctioneer was a human ) raised money and the reason is lovely . Sunny Skyz site:
https://tinyurl.com/zbnckta4
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I sold my rooster and bought a duck.

Now I get up at the quack of dawn.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 23, 2026 07:04 AM (cxFcK)

95 Mom went to work producing toys when she was 17. The plant changed over to war production after Pearl Harbor and she riveted airplane wings.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 23, 2026 07:05 AM (2NHgQ)

96 People, today is the day! Since mid-November Mrs B and I have been living in a rental property while we did a remodel. Remodel is done and we move back in today. I feel like I'm getting out of prison and I'm sure our four rescue dogs will feel the same way.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 23, 2026 07:06 AM (cxFcK)

97 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 07:09 AM (ExV1e)

98 - @91 & 92

I don't get this. Pretty sure my Samsung phone, only net access I have, is as small as they come. Using chrome because least techy among you. Afraid I mess the thing up if I tried to load anything else.

Hold phone sideways and after clicking comments use two fingers to spread comment boxes to phone borders. Over 70 characters of easily readable text.

Posted by: TeeJ at April 23, 2026 07:14 AM (EcT7r)

99 @94 Mama bought a rooster. She thought it was a duck.
https://tinyurl.com/mr4cpds2

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 23, 2026 07:17 AM (zdLoL)

100 82 Living abroad. Albania, or some bum fuck African nation where they speak the click click language and have an AK47 on the flag. Definite coin toss.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

+++++
https://youtu.be/nWglfC5CNS4

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at April 23, 2026 07:17 AM (2Ez/1)

101 Thank you for responding to my phone/website viewing problems. Never had a problem until recently. Perhaps my S10 phone is in need of an upgrade.

Thanks again.

Posted by: Buckeye Lurkette at April 23, 2026 07:41 AM (cNpgc)

102 Buckeye Lurkette,

I think that is a phone setting issue. I am using a Samsung phone right now and have none of those viewing problems.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 07:50 AM (noKdt)

103 Intel has been pink slipping over 20,000 workers.... effectively abandoning it's massive 600 acre campuses in Oregon. "Over relegation, cost of living and taxation making it too difficult to keep doing business in the state."

Intel investing 25-30 billion, basically relocating it's production to Arizona and Ohio. Oregon is, in effect, losing it's middle class income generation altogether. We are talking billions in annual tax revenues moving out of state.

The same is happening in Washington, California, New York, and other liberal states.

INTC up over 10 after hours

Posted by: SMOD at April 23, 2026 05:22 PM (PB2I8)

Wednesday Night ONT - April 22, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. Now that the sweet, sweet flow of SPLC "research" money has dried up, the ONT no longer has the budget for totally organic grassroots protests. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers in this difficult time. The bar is open.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. This is a Tucker, Candace and Megyn free zone. Please.

[Top photo: 1956 and 1958 John Deere 520 tractors, Paul Schmitt, Fort Atkinson, Iowa]

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A week late but think of it as an ONT...with an extension.

No, I didn't count to confirm the numbers.

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Plumbing hi-jinks:

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"Fine" music via The Curly Shuffle (was going to be a mystery link but some of you might have missed it!):

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As the saying goes: as a child you watched Curly, as a teenager you watched Moe, and as an adult you watched Larry:

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Before the Stooges (but not by much) was Laurel and Hardy:

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Math is not usually permitted here, but we'll make an exception:

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Get Stuffed you old Crow:

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Random music trivia: Rick James only won one Grammy - and it was for songwriting credit on MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This."

The irony is that songwriting credit did not come without a fight. The song samples the opening riff of "Super Freak."

James filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement. It was settled out of court, with Hammer agreeing to credit James as a songwriter, effectively earning him millions of dollars in royalties - and a Grammy.

If you really listen carefully, you just be able to make out the similarity:

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World travelers within Maine:

Somewhat related - how many cities or towns or townships in the United States are named "Paris" or some version of "Paris"? Apparently the answer is 23.

There are 11 Dublins.

What about Lebanons? Depends how you count. Fadi BouKaram is a Lebanese photographer who took a five-month road trip across the U.S. to find them all. His count is 43 Lebanons cities and towns still standing today. The number was formerly 50 but some cities changed names or lost their population and became ghost towns.

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The Brennan Monorail - I will admit that I thought this was a fake when I first saw it. Never heard of it before and the video is clearly a product of AI.

Brennan's Gyro Monorail

The first gyro monorail patent was filed by Irish-Australian engineer Louis Philip Brennan in 1903. He first demonstrated a small working model of his invention to the Army and impressed them so much that the Army Council recommended £10,000 for the development of a full-size vehicle. However, the Financial Department vetoed the idea, but Brennan, with the help of the Army, managed to raise £2,000 from various sources.

Brennan demonstrated the monorail again at the Japan-British Exhibition at the White City, London in 1910. This time the monorail car carried 50 passengers around a circular track at 20 miles per hour. Among the passengers was Winston Churchill, whose presence helped Brennan garner great support for his monorail project. Despite the initial enthusiasm, the monorail failed to attract investors, and Brennan was forced to abandon his dream.

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Dave Mason passed away recently. I'm told by reliable sources that Steve Winwood is the only remaining member of Traffic still among the living.

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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh!

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Offenbach can can for the big ONT finish:

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1 It’s too late baby

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 10:00 PM (rzTfK)

2 Shoot! Have the horses escaped? I see the barn door is closed.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

3 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:01 PM (sAmhv)

4 Hey guys,

Launch reminder: 40 minutes

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-14
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: April 22, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. PDT (April 23, 0255 UTC, 04:55 CEST)

https://youtu.be/o6EVN4JrLjs

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:02 PM (2F0/Y)

5 “Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.”
― Salvador Dali

Posted by: mindful webworker - errror prong at April 22, 2026 10:02 PM (RVdcP)

6 The good people of Pittsburgh got it right when they nicknamed Crosby "Crybaby."

There is no flopping in hockey! Save that shot for metric football, and Lebron.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 22, 2026 10:02 PM (gpQ8/)

7 Poppin' Johnny's?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 10:03 PM (rzTfK)

8 Yay! ONT Time!

Thank you T-Rex!!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:03 PM (QGaXH)

9
Final

Philadelphia, 5 - Pittsburgh, 2

Flyers are up 3 games to none.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:04 PM (tgvbd)

10 Fully expected top pic mystery click to be Joe Diffie's (RIP) 'John Deere Green'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM (QGaXH)

11 Canada has a spaceport now:

https://is.gd/7Kx1wi

That is.....something else. And Ukraine was involved.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM (w6EFb)

12 Tres ONT! Thank you!

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM (hftzA)

13 Today my sister and I became the official owners of our parents house.

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (2F0/Y)

14 It is written that the wives of “Johnny Poppers” could hear the tractor idling down for the trip home for lunch and could judge their cooking time accordingly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (rzTfK)

15 10 Fully expected top pic mystery click to be Joe Diffie's (RIP) 'John Deere Green'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM
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It was a strong candidate, but was thinking it appeared in a prior ONT. This was a new song.

Posted by: TRex - deere dino at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (cCn4/)

16 Thanks for the tractors, TRex! And the Stooges and Laurel and Hardy!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (7D3Aa)

17 8 Yay! ONT Time!

Thank you T-Rex!!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:03 PM
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Yay! Thank you!

Posted by: TRex - tractor operator dino at April 22, 2026 10:07 PM (cCn4/)

18 For those who might wonder... as I did... Shemp Howard was away from the Three Stooges for 14 years (approximately 1932–1946) primarily to pursue a successful solo career as a film comedian and to escape the chaotic, often abusive, working relationship with their original manager, Ted Healy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:07 PM (ExV1e)

19 Talk last thread about John Phelsn getting fired as Navy Sec. I think he was always one of Trump’s weakest picks, one of the few times Trump tossed a job to someone just because they were a big donor. I don’t think anyone will miss him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 10:07 PM (Fmj+u)

20
Canada has a spaceport now:

_____________

And free healthcare!

*packs bag*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:07 PM (tgvbd)

21 John Deere Tractor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF1kqbSo__k

Posted by: huerfano at April 22, 2026 10:08 PM (98kQX)

22 12 Tres ONT! Thank you!

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM
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Merci!

Posted by: TRex - le dino at April 22, 2026 10:08 PM (cCn4/)

23 Does a Gyro monorail have a Greek deli in the dining car?

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (Fmj+u)

24 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to measure it four gallons, but I only had a three gallon bucket and a five gallon bucket.

Figuring that one out was a real waste of vodka.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (Qoaok)

25 Shemp left the Stooges in 1932. Did he try to succeed on his own?

Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (y171U)

26 No love for Emil Sitka?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

27 16 Thanks for the tractors, TRex! And the Stooges and Laurel and Hardy!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM
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You're welcome!

Posted by: TRex - farm supply dino at April 22, 2026 10:10 PM (cCn4/)

28 25 Shemp left the Stooges in 1932. Did he try to succeed on his own?
Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (y171U)

++++++

I see the answer above...thanks.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 10:10 PM (y171U)

29 Grandfather's old Allis conked out decades ago. The tractor we've used for years actually belongs to the cowboys, and we can't just depend on them. Pro'ly gonna need to get a new one to handle the place. Pro'ly won't be a Deere.🤠

I learnt to drive on that old Allis.

Time sure does fly by.

Posted by: mindful webworker - PTO is not GTO at April 22, 2026 10:10 PM (RVdcP)

30 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Got my new tooth today, and figured out a way to bring all of my luggage with me when I travel solo without too much fuss. A couple of flat bungee cords and stuff to hold two suitcases together without sliding around everywhere 😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 22, 2026 10:11 PM (SRRAx)

31 One of my coworkers does the work of three men.

Their names are Larry, Moe, and Curly.

Posted by: davidt at April 22, 2026 10:11 PM (Q+gd/)

32
No love for Emil Sitka?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

_________

"Hold hands, you lovebirds!"

I saw some promo shots with Sitka as the third Stooge, but Larry Fine's stroke put paid to that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:11 PM (tgvbd)

33 Sorry to hear about Dave Mason. I really like his jars.

Posted by: Home Canner at April 22, 2026 10:11 PM (oftw2)

34 Pittsburgh Scanner is amazing. Thanks for the ONT, Dino.

Posted by: scampydog at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (41CYW)

35 The Cafe has been informed.

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (Sy6m/)

36 Curley>>>>Shemp

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (A5RD0)

37 >>> 13 Today my sister and I became the official owners of our parents house.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (2F0/Y)

Congratulations!

Hopefully it is a relief to have that settled.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (9vFyc)

38 The first thing I thought of when seeing the tractors was The Straight Story.

Now that Intypedboutb"tractors," I want to watch Momma rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (Qoaok)

39
25 Shemp left the Stooges in 1932. Did he try to succeed on his own?
Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (y171U)

One of WC Field’s best movies was “The Bank Dick”. Shemp has a prominent part in it, he’s the barkeep at Field’s favorite bar.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (Fmj+u)

40 25 Shemp was in a sequel to The Invisible Man, along with John Barrymore and Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West).

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (77rzZ)

41 Thanks for the ONT.

A very Stooges ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

42 Love the top pic - quintessential rural America. And of course, Pittsburgh, which I never expected to be such a gift.

Three stooges were on after school when I was little, and I had to endure them until Mighty Mouse came on. Have always resented them a bit.

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (wLjpr)

43 15 10 Fully expected top pic mystery click to be Joe Diffie's (RIP) 'John Deere Green'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM
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It was a strong candidate, but was thinking it appeared in a prior ONT. This was a new song.
Posted by: TRex - deere dino at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (cCn4/)

Getting ready to take the camper out for a few days. Would nominate Kacey Musgraves' 'My House' for a Mystery Click.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (QGaXH)

44 13 Today my sister and I became the official owners of our parents house.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (2F0/Y)

Congratulations, but I imagine it has stirred up a lot of mixed feelings for both of you.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:14 PM (Qoaok)

45
Have always resented them a bit.

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (wLjpr)

__________

Why, you!...

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:14 PM (tgvbd)

46 Thanks for the midweek ONT shenanigans, T Rex!

Hear me out on this: if you had, say, a dino replica of a decent size in your yard, you could be endlessly amused by dressing said dino in holiday and seasonal wear. For example, a serape and straw hat for Cinco de Mayo. My brother was "gifted" with two plastic pink flamingos that took up residence in his front yard. Someone dressed the birds for various holidays but brother had no idea who was responsible because the costume changes occurred while he was at work.

Thanks for the scanner! It's an endless source of amusement and bewilderment. But probably not for those who have to deal with the callers.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 22, 2026 10:15 PM (vrNzf)

47 "Hold hands, you lovebirds" is inscribed on Sitka's tombstone.

Posted by: Fourth Stooge at April 22, 2026 10:15 PM (oftw2)

48 Talk last thread about John Phelsn getting fired as Navy Sec. I think he was always one of Trump’s weakest picks, one of the few times Trump tossed a job to someone just because they were a big donor. I don’t think anyone will miss him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 10:07 PM (Fmj+u)

Who?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)

49 Canada has a spaceport now:

https://is.gd/7Kx1wi

That is.....something else. And Ukraine was involved.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM (w6EFb)

I'm willing to sublease them my patio for, oh...$5 million. I'm a giver like that..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 22, 2026 10:16 PM (nbLIj)

50 Programming Note:

The Three Stooges is (are?) on MeTV every Saturday night just before Svengoolie. 6 - 8 PM in my time zone.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:16 PM (QGaXH)

51 Curley>>>>Shemp
Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (A5RD0)

Curley, Moe, and Shemp were brothers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:16 PM (ExV1e)

52 Hey, Joyenz! Congrats!

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:17 PM (77rzZ)

53
"Hold hands, you lovebirds" is inscribed on Sitka's tombstone.

Posted by: Fourth Stooge at April 22, 2026 10:15 PM (oftw2)

__________

People would call him up to say that for weddings. He always obliged.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:17 PM (tgvbd)

54 Greeeen Acres is the place to be
Faaaaarrrm livin' is the lffe for me

Posted by: Oliver Wendell Douglas at April 22, 2026 10:17 PM (COQGW)

55 34 Pittsburgh Scanner is amazing. Thanks for the ONT, Dino.

Posted by: scampydog at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM
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Doggo! Good evening. Skritches and treats.

Posted by: TRex - crop rotation dino at April 22, 2026 10:18 PM (cCn4/)

56 Three stooges were on after school when I was little, and I had to endure them until Mighty Mouse came on. Have always resented them a bit.
Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (wLjpr)

Perfect time to read a Western instead!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

57 I learnt to drive on that old Allis.

Time sure does fly by.
Posted by: mindful webworker - PTO is not GTO
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Fun. Allis 6070 up at the hunting property. Nice machine. Also a Deere 2640. Neither with a cab, which makes a lot of sense with the summer bugs and the MN winters.

Posted by: scampydog at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (41CYW)

58 It is too too late. I read the content.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (sl73Y)

59 Congratulations!

Hopefully it is a relief to have that settled.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (9vFyc)

Congratulations, but I imagine it has stirred up a lot of mixed feelings for both of you.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:14 PM (Qoaok)

Most definitely. At least no one can take it away from us unless we can't afford the property taxes. We don't know yet what they will be without Dad's senior homestead discount.

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (2F0/Y)

60 38
Now that Intypedboutb"tractors," I want to watch Momma rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (Qoaok)

Let me assure everybody thst I am not having a stroke.
*I typed out "tractors,"

Rest assured, my copy editor will suffer.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (Qoaok)

61 46 Hear me out on this: if you had, say, a dino replica of a decent size in your yard, you could be endlessly amused by dressing said dino in holiday and seasonal wear.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 22, 2026 10:15 PM
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Sounds like a great idea to me! Moar dinosaurs!!

Posted by: TRex - decent sized dino at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (cCn4/)

62 Today my sister and I became the official owners of our parents house.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (2F0/Y)
* * * *
Congratulations!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 22, 2026 10:20 PM (vrNzf)

63 Hey, Joyenz! Congrats!
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:17 PM (77rzZ)

Hey Bulg! Thanks. :-) I hope you are well.

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:20 PM (2F0/Y)

64 Yes, Shemp played the barkeep at The Black Pussy Cafe in the New Old Lompoc House.

Posted by: Stooge Mania at April 22, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)

65 How can we talk about the Stooges and not even mention Iggy Pop?

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:20 PM (Qoaok)

66 Joe Besser was the Gummo Marx of The Stooges.

CHANGE MY MIND

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 10:20 PM (COQGW)

67 decent size in your yard, you could be endlessly amused by dressing said dino in holiday and seasonal wear.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient
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Heh. *Sits back in chair. Smiles. Waits for Grateful.*

Posted by: scampydog at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (41CYW)

68 Hear me out on this: if you had, say, a dino replica of a decent size in your yard, you could be endlessly amused by dressing said dino in holiday and seasonal wear.
**************
Sigh, et tu Brute? Decent size + 2 feet max.
And I blame Doggo for influencing you!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (cCn4/)

69 Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 22, 2026 10:20 PM (vrNzf)

Thanks!

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (2F0/Y)

70 45
Have always resented them a bit.

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (wLjpr)

__________

Why, you!...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:14 PM (tgvbd)

Why I oughtta.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (QGaXH)

71 Sounds like a great idea to me! Moar dinosaurs!!
Posted by: TRex - decent sized dino at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (cCn4/)

It gets done to me on every major holiday.

Posted by: "Dino" Sinclair at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

72 60 38
Now that Intypedboutb"tractors," I want to watch Momma rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM
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Fun song. Also considered for mystery click duty. Held off for use in the future with a train theme photo.

Posted by: TRex - choo choo dino at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (cCn4/)

73
Joe Besser: the fag Stooge

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:22 PM (tgvbd)

74 Heh. *Sits back in chair. Smiles. Waits for Grateful.*
Posted by: scampydog
***
As predicted, you are the base of this....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 22, 2026 10:22 PM (cCn4/)

75 Dave Mason passed away recently

I did not know that. I saw Dave Mason when he was in Fleetwood Mac in the mid 90s. Saw them in some outdoor club in St Petersburg, FL. They sounded great. Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham were not in this particular iteration of FM, but they still sounded great. Dave Mason and Bekka Bramlett (who is fantastic!) filled in. It was a great show.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (sAmhv)

76 I love the travelling the world in Maine. There's a Versailles Ohio but it's pronounced "Veerr-sales".

Happy Wednesday!

Posted by: Iris at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (bOJ2I)

77 63 Joyenz, I am great, thanks. I have a job again.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (77rzZ)

78 54 Greeeen Acres is the place to be
Faaaaarrrm livin' is the lffe for me
Posted by: Oliver Wendell Douglas

Oliver rocked a classic Hoyt-Clagwell.

Posted by: Vintage Iron at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (oftw2)

79 TREX!
An impressively robust ONT as usual.
I will now go read the cop calls.

BTW...both Joe stooges sucked🧐!
Curly...now that guy was a classic Stooge!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (A9n1A)

80 Sheep Howard and Joe Besser were in at least one movie together, "Africa Screams," with Abbott and Costello.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (S/Y4j)

81 Then there was a day in my yout' when a Three Stooges show started, and Curly was not there. Some other guy. And later a different some other guys. I hadn't known the roster was ever anyone but Larry, Moe, and Curly. It was a shock. Like that day years later when Tom Baker tripped over his iconic scarf, fell to his death, and regenerated as some other actor. Doctor WTF‽‽ Hadn't known they did that. Shock. And disappointment.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nyuk nyuk nyuk - there's only one Curly at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (RVdcP)

82 (checks watch)

Hurry up, Wolfus. We want to hear about your day.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

83 Joe Besser: the fag Stooge
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:22 PM (tgvbd)

Married to a woman for 56 years. No children. You could be right.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:24 PM (ExV1e)

84 Joyenz, I am great, thanks. I have a job again.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (77rzZ)

Oh that is wonderful news. Congrats!

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:24 PM (2F0/Y)

85 I think that Offenbach fellow just might have a future in music.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 10:25 PM (Riz8t)

86 The Pittsburgh Scanner should be hilarious post NFL Draft. All those lost visitors.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:25 PM (sAmhv)

87 Thank you, Joyenz.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:26 PM (77rzZ)

88
Married to a woman for 56 years. No children. You could be right.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:24 PM (ExV1e)

___________

Should have flipped her over.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:26 PM (tgvbd)

89 72 60 38
Now that Intypedboutb"tractors," I want to watch Momma rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM
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Fun song. Also considered for mystery click duty. Held off for use in the future with a train theme photo.
Posted by: TRex - choo choo dino at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (cCn4/)

There's also Kenny Chesney's 'She Thinks my Tractor's Sexy' with an amusing video that shows he doesn't take himself too seriously.

Or Craig Morgan 'International Harvester'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:27 PM (QGaXH)

90 76 I love the travelling the world in Maine. There's a Versailles Ohio but it's pronounced "Veerr-sales".

Posted by: Iris at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM
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One in Pittsburgh too! Right across the river from Boston!

Posted by: TRex - geographic dino at April 22, 2026 10:27 PM (cCn4/)

91 Heh. *Sits back in chair. Smiles. Waits for Grateful.*
Posted by: scampydog
***
As predicted, you are the base of this....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 22, 2026 10:22 PM (cCn4/)
* * * *
Actually, I believe Doggo and I are simply on the same wavelength with respect to the yard dino. But Doggo definitely takes great pleasure in the teasing!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 22, 2026 10:28 PM (vrNzf)

92 Joe Besser: the fag Stooge
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Joe was married to a woman for nearly 60 years. He was no fag, just a bit fussy.

Posted by: Stinky Davis at April 22, 2026 10:28 PM (oftw2)

93 There was one short in which Moe, Larry, Shemp and Curly all appeared. Curly had a cameo as a sleeping train passenger with a seriously humorous snore.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:28 PM (Qoaok)

94 EweTube has videos of a small Tyrannosaurus Rex (about 6-7') pranking people. I wonder if it's TRex.

Of course, there was a college that recently had a daytime party with people in dinosaur costumes. I think it was in Canada, but I cannot find the story anymore. Sounds like something TRex might crash.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 22, 2026 10:29 PM (S/Y4j)

95 Amid all of this celebration of the Stooges, let us not forget the actor who often played their antagonist, Vernon Dent.

Apparently, he and Shemp were great personal friends. Per Wikipedia.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)

96 Launch time change due to weather.

New T-Zero: 8:23 p.m. PDT (April 23, 3:23 UTC, 05:23 CEST)

https://youtu.be/o6EVN4JrLjs

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:30 PM (2F0/Y)

97 Gyro train video was interesting, and fairly well done. Too bad they had to mork it up with a stupid ad.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 10:30 PM (utfVc)

98 I see I'm one game away from ignoring the NHL Playoffs. Horrible run for the Pens. Oh well. I'm amused at the 'crybabby' stuff at Crosby. He's no more a crybaby than the rest of them but whatever. Trolling is fun. Anyway, the Flyers will enjoy this and then get knocked out in the next round. Even had the Pens showed up, they still weren't going much farther than the first round. They played above what I expected from them. Alas, your flaws get exposed in the playoffs and here we (Pens fans) are.

(shrugs)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:31 PM (sAmhv)

99 I always felt ( and still do) that The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys was one if the finest rock/ jazz fusion albums ever made.

YMMV.

Posted by: Ib1netmon at April 22, 2026 10:32 PM (9ZOKH)

100 Canada has a spaceport now:

https://is.gd/7Kx1wi

That is.....something else. And Ukraine was involved.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM (w6EFb)

Responded in previous thread. Nothing but a scam and a money laundry. See "Bricklin". (although they actually built a few shitty cars)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (utfVc)

101 Steve Windwood was still a kid when he wrote I'm a Man while with the Spenser Davis band. He's a little over 29 now, much like many of us...🙃

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (A9n1A)

102
Amid all of this celebration of the Stooges, let us not forget the actor who often played their antagonist, Vernon Dent.

__________

And Christine McIntyre. Yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (tgvbd)

103
Why, you!...

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:14 PM (tgvbd)

lol

that's how I felt of course. But I was six, so Mighty Mouse and Speed Racer took precedence!

I didn't read Westerns at that tender age, I need to get on it now, though!!

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (wLjpr)

104 Well, the difference is, Rick James was a freak, and MC Hammer was not.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (QaH55)

105 100 Nothing but a scam and a money laundry. See "Bricklin". (although they actually built a few shitty cars)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM
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Wow. Haven't seen a good Bricklin reference in a long time.

Posted by: TRex - kit car but street legal dino at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (cCn4/)

106 Well, the difference is, Rick James was a freak, and MC Hammer was not.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (QaH55)

Anyone who'd wear pants like his, is suspect in my book.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

107 Speed Racer was a chick and gay guy thing.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:35 PM (77rzZ)

108 Speed Racer was a chick and gay guy thing.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:35 PM (77rzZ)

He did always dress fabulously.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

109 Thanks for the ONT, TRex!

I have an idea for you... garden gnomes, but with a twist:

tinyurl.com/57p29yk8

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 10:36 PM (rdVOm)

110 Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. PDT (April 23, 0255 UTC, 04:55 CEST)

https://youtu.be/o6EVN4JrLjs
Posted by: Joyenz

They moved it to 8:23pm.
Love your updates! Thanks.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 22, 2026 10:37 PM (YBtcQ)

111 >> Responded in previous thread.

ONT was already up, and I had both open, and posted in the previous instead of here where I meant to.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 10:37 PM (w6EFb)

112 Gummo >>> Karl

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2026 10:37 PM (pR6t1)

113 Thanks for the Stooges, Dino.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 10:38 PM (Ta8N4)

114 Rick James was a Super Freak!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2026 10:38 PM (pR6t1)

115 Most definitely. At least no one can take it away from us unless we can't afford the property taxes. We don't know yet what they will be without Dad's senior homestead discount.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (2F0/Y)

Does the city perhaps have a similar discount for home owners with disablities?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 10:39 PM (utfVc)

116
I see I'm one game away from ignoring the NHL Playoffs. Horrible run for the Pens.

__________

Unfortunately, Crosby, Letang and Malkin are each about 100 years old. Still great, but the Pens ran into a team that got hot after the Olympic break.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:39 PM (tgvbd)

117
Hurry up, Wolfus. We want to hear about your day.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026

***
Sent you an email, OE. Nothing much happened today to report, really, except that I spent money on my headlight and hit up Walmart again for some chow supplies. Oh, and I went out to a AA meeting this evening and met someone from Lousy-ana! Happens almost any time I travel, it seems. Anyway, his brother-in-law is planning to sell his modest home and it might be right for me. He'll give me a call tomorrow.

My realtor and lender are no longer happy with me because I'm questioning the high property tax and insurance rates here. Their emails have gone from encouraging and "We'd be glad to find you something you love!" to rather cool, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 10:39 PM (+2QQb)

118 I think my favorite 3 Stooges is the one where Curly is a bullfighter

"Chadge me! C'mon chadge me!"

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 10:39 PM (ZxPkt)

119 So THIS is the place they call the ONT.

Hmmm...

Guess I'll sit over here and sip a bit of whiskey while y'all entertain me.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 10:40 PM (I0N4X)

120 107 Speed Racer was a chick and gay guy thing.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:35 PM (77rzZ)

Well, I'm a chick, so it tracks!! How is work?

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:40 PM (wLjpr)

121 Lucille Ball shower up in an early Stooges short. The one where they play college football.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:40 PM (77rzZ)

122 In the summer of 1984, at Cedar Point amusement park, the brass band that entertained people waiting to go into the imax theater - they played The Curly Shuffle. They also practiced very early. Every morning. Including the mornings I was hung over.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 22, 2026 10:41 PM (gpQ8/)

123 MC Hammer exposed-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m97WlpsuU74

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 10:41 PM (QaH55)

124 I think my favorite 3 Stooges is the one where Curly is a bullfighter

"Chadge me! C'mon chadge me!"
Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026

***
From Cheers:
"I just don't have anything in my life but women."

"Sam, what about the Stooges?"

"Oh, they all left early and went over to Norm's."

"No, the *Three* Stooges!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 10:41 PM (+2QQb)

125 LOL..... Curly Shuffle story...

Soooo... in the late 80's I was working for Commander Submarine Pacific, in his basement, taking care of all his electronics.

Early one Sunday, I got called in for a weird outage on one of our Satellite Com system... had to call in my other really good tech, and we ended up working all night...

So... we finally resolve the problem about 9:00 AM MONDAY morning, after working close to 24 hours straight.... and as we are kinda celebrating figuring it out, the Song the Curly Shuffle plays on the radio...

So... of course... we start acting like Stooges...

Well.... turns out the Admiral was coming to congratulate us for figuring out the fix... and had hit the top of the Stairs... mid.... Curly Shuffle.... Nyuk nyuk nyuk.

According to his Aide, he stopped at the top of the stairs.... looked at us... shook his head... smiled.. and went back upstairs. He never mentioned it at all... but...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 22, 2026 10:42 PM (mP0Kj)

126 The pastor of my church posted something about the communist gerrymandering that VA will be doing (yea, I'm not putting in much faith in the 'Justice' system). Apparently the church building is in one district, the parking lot in another, and the school in the other.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:42 PM (sAmhv)

127 120 Moki, I am still in training. Tomorrow I “shadow” a teacher.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:43 PM (77rzZ)

128 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 10:39 PM (+2QQb)

Saw it, Wolfus. Answered.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

129 Tomorrow I am tentatively planning a drive down to Wichita, to visit the pipe shop; and I might take a detour on the way to the "Little Sweden" town, Lindsborg. My DNA includes Sweden, so I'm drawn to it. A lot will depend on the weather; there's about a 50% chance of rain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 10:44 PM (+2QQb)

130 Oh, and I have used the 7 x 13 = 28 routine to teach math before.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 10:45 PM (Ta8N4)

131

The origianal Three Stooges were in a 1930 movie called Soup to Nuts. Saw it on TCM once upon a time.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0021408

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 10:46 PM (Cqx++)

132 TRex, I love the pic up top,

God Bless rural America!

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:47 PM (77rzZ)

133 Good night good people! Hope you all have sweet dreams!

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:50 PM (wLjpr)

134 My realtor and lender are no longer happy with me because I'm questioning the high property tax and insurance rates here. Their emails have gone from encouraging and "We'd be glad to find you something you love!" to rather cool, I think.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 10:39 PM (+2QQb)

Well, if you are planning a move to escape Da Swamp, would it not be prudent to maybe construct a spreadsheet, with factors like climate, home prices, property tax, income tax, vehicle taxes, and sales taxes included? If your retirement income will be very modest, then marginal income tax rate might not be a deal breaker, but high sales tax and property taxes sure would be. What about some town on the redneck Riviera, say in Alabama or the Florida panhandle? Right on the coast might not be as humid as Nawlins.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 10:51 PM (utfVc)

135 Thanks for the ONT, TRex!
I have an idea for you... garden gnomes, but with a twist:
tinyurl.com/57p29yk8
Posted by: JQ
***********
And we have a winner! A hundred thousand bonus points for JQ (eat your heart out, Doggo!) They can share the property with the multitude to TN Vol gnomes ...

Posted by: The Grateful at April 22, 2026 10:51 PM (NaTRh)

136 G’night, Moki. You too!

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:51 PM (77rzZ)

137 And we have a winner! A hundred thousand bonus points for JQ (eat your heart out, Doggo!) They can share the property with the multitude to TN Vol gnomes ...
Posted by: The Grateful at April 22, 2026 10:51 PM (NaTRh)

With a steady hand, you could add a TN Vol football jersey on the T Rex, and make the gnomes from a competing team.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 22, 2026 10:54 PM (S/Y4j)

138 109 Thanks for the ONT, TRex!

I have an idea for you... garden gnomes, but with a twist:

tinyurl.com/57p29yk8
Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 10:36 PM
***
Marital harmony restored.

Thanks to you, now Grateful also has an answer anytime someone asks her what to get me for a gift.

Posted by: TRex - future mini dino horde wrangler at April 22, 2026 10:55 PM (7Um8U)

139 MC Hammer should have told all his associates 'can't touch this' about his money. They took it all. Poor guy.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 10:55 PM (0cOSz)

140 134: say in Alabama or the Florida panhandle? Right on the coast might not be as humid as Nawlins.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Nope. Humid there too. Spent a couple of summers at Keesler AFB in Biloxi. That is with in walking distance of the Gulf. Right across the street (US Rt 90).

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:56 PM (sAmhv)

141 Texas and Florida have some of the highest home insurance rates. Texas has high property taxes and sales taxes to make up for no income taxes.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 22, 2026 10:56 PM (VCgbV)

142 My realtor and lender are no longer happy with me because I'm questioning the high property tax and insurance rates here. Their emails have gone from encouraging and "We'd be glad to find you something you love!" to rather cool, I think.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I'm curious where this is. Play golf with an insurance agent who tells me the more illegals, the higher the insurance... house and car.
Dunno

Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 10:57 PM (q6tQZ)

143 With a steady hand, you could add a TN Vol football jersey on the T Rex, and make the gnomes from a competing team.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
**********
Magnificent idea...will get right on it. Many thanks!

Posted by: The Grateful at April 22, 2026 10:57 PM (NaTRh)

144 141 Texas and Florida have some of the highest home insurance rates. Texas has high property taxes and sales taxes to make up for no income taxes.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended

It's a trade off. Pick your poison.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:57 PM (sAmhv)

145 LOL, Grateful! So glad you approve!

(tempted to buy one for myself-- not really a fan of gnomes)

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)

146 Guess I'll sit over here and sip a bit of whiskey while y'all entertain me.
Posted by: muldoon

So, we still have to wait for the coffee thread to get an update?

Posted by: mindful webworker - unsolved miseries at April 22, 2026 10:58 PM (RVdcP)

147 Shoot! Have the horses escaped? I see the barn door is closed.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

To find out, you must open the barn door and observe them. I pray they have survived.

Posted by: zombie Erwin Schr�dinger at April 22, 2026 10:59 PM (VHUov)

148 Speed Racer was no 8-Man.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 10:59 PM (nWPIJ)

149 It's a trade off. Pick your poison.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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True. If you live in smaller towns or more rural areas the property taxes are usually much lower.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 22, 2026 11:00 PM (VCgbV)

150 Party? I have no idea what you mean.

https://tinyurl.com/yc74uetd

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 22, 2026 11:00 PM (w/O5Q)

151 And we have a winner! A hundred thousand bonus points for JQ (eat your heart out, Doggo!) They can share the property with the multitude to TN Vol gnomes ...
Posted by: The Grateful at April 22, 2026 10:51 PM (NaTRh)
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So gnome grown vegetable garden?

Posted by: scampydog at April 22, 2026 11:00 PM (41CYW)

152
Play golf with an insurance agent who tells me the more illegals, the higher the insurance... house and car.

What's his name? I'm calling the SPLC.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (Cqx++)

153 Wolfus, I am sure you said earlier and I never caught it, but why Salinas KS? Is it work or family?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (rbvCR)

154 Texas and Florida have some of the highest home insurance rates. Texas has high property taxes and sales taxes to make up for no income taxes.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 22, 2026 10:56 PM (VCgb

Property tax ain't too bad if you're 65+. And if you are outside the Hurricane zone and big cities insurance not that bad either.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (0cOSz)

155 The Offenbach can-can was fun. I swear most everything I know about classical music is thanks to Bugs Bunny

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (mzbnH)

156 What about some town on the redneck Riviera, say in Alabama or the Florida panhandle? Right on the coast might not be as humid as Nawlins.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026

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Dear God no, AOP. Those are hurricane target areas and are close to water. I really want to get to drier conditions, except for snow, and I want to see some snow every year. Northern AL, well, maybe, but I wouldn't get the snow often.

I have a set of rules about how much I can afford to pay for my housing, i.e., 25% of my monthly net (not gross) income. Everybody is trying to convince me to go to 30-33%. NOOO. The 25% is doable, I think, with the right price, the right (i.e., big) down payment, and the right tax and insurance.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (+2QQb)

157 TRex, you really should search "dinosaur planter" on Amz... so many ideas there!

I liked the little planter-edge hanging dinos too. Hang them on the edge of a pot & it looks like they're climbing up for a snack!

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)

158 153 Wolfus, I am sure you said earlier and I never caught it, but why Salinas KS? Is it work or family?
Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026

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Neither, K. Salty and NotSoThoreau have been encouraging me to come up to KS; and I liked the look of the houses on Realtor for Salina better than I have the ones in Owensboro, KY. On the other hand, IN and KY have much lower property taxes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:03 PM (+2QQb)

159 It says Starlink but it's Rocket Labs talking about electric propulsion. Buncha watermelons.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 11:04 PM (rzTfK)

160 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (+2QQb)

Pan Handle Texas

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 11:05 PM (0cOSz)

161 The pastor of my church posted something about the communist gerrymandering that VA will be doing (yea, I'm not putting in much faith in the 'Justice' system). Apparently the church building is in one district, the parking lot in another, and the school in the other.
Posted by: Puddleglum

which district is the graveyard in?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)

162 Newsom shoulda went with a monorail. Half the price!

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 11:05 PM (b3Yos)

163 I'm curious where this is. Play golf with an insurance agent who tells me the more illegals, the higher the insurance... house and car.
Dunno
Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026

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I'm told Kansas has fewer people, thus higher taxes to make up for it. Salty likes to say KS has more cows than people.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:05 PM (+2QQb)

164 I was a big Speed Racer fan as a little kid. I figured any dude who had a cool car and a monkey in the trunk could not be all bad.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 22, 2026 11:06 PM (cl15i)

165
I'm curious where this is. Play golf with an insurance agent who tells me the more illegals, the higher the insurance... house and car.
Dunno
Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 10:57 PM (q6tQZ)

Don't forget health insurance. There is zero chance a population with that much deferred healthcare doesn't cost more per person when you get them enrolled.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 22, 2026 11:06 PM (w/O5Q)

166 Popping in just to say thank you for the Pittsburgh PD items. Funny!

Also -- John Deere was my dad's favorite tractor brand. He had a JD 50 that he bought while in high school. It was the first tractor I drove. Used to pull his brush chopper and hay rake.

Posted by: Weak Geek at April 22, 2026 11:07 PM (p/isN)

167 1956 and 1958 John Deere 520 tractors

That there's Murica as they come.

* pulls sweat stained JD hat out of the back pocket*

Trivia fer city folk, the crease in a farmer's hat is called the John Deere crease. It comes from sticking the hat in the back pocket of your Wranglers when your fixing a piece of equipment in the field.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the impondarbles at April 22, 2026 11:07 PM (6ph8l)

168 which district is the graveyard in?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)

Never mind tha-a-a-at!

Posted by: The Sheeple at April 22, 2026 11:07 PM (a992C)

169
Newsom shoulda went with a monorail. Half the price!
Posted by: wth

And with modern computer control they could probably do away with the mechanical gyroscopes.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 11:07 PM (Cqx++)

170 My lil sister had such a crush on Speed Racer, when she was 5 or 6 years old... LOL.

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:08 PM (rdVOm)

171 I considered Amarillo for a second when I retired.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 11:09 PM (0cOSz)

172 And with modern computer control they could probably do away with the mechanical gyroscopes.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 11:07 PM

Just with Gavin aboard at using his hand gestures the o-rail won't fail.

Posted by: Rex B at April 22, 2026 11:10 PM (a992C)

173 That son-of-a-gun is fast.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 11:11 PM (rzTfK)

174 Texas has high property taxes and sales taxes to make up for no income taxes.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 22, 2026 10:56 PM (VCgbV)

Is it 11.5% when dining out? If not, then it isn't high.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 11:12 PM (Ta8N4)

175 So, we still have to wait for the coffee thread to get an update?
Posted by: mindful webworker

*********

So, the local DA has issued a second degree. murder warrant on the neighbor that we think killed my F-I-L, even without a body. . That bit of news is tempered by credible testimony that the suspect did not go to Texas to be near his mother, but instead actually threatened to kill her if she ratted him out to the cops, way back in 2012 or so. So instead o supporting him she has been hiding from him. There is reason to believe that he stayed in cO, possibly as far back as 2012, after living rough since my F-I-L disappeared in 2008. So we may have been chasing a ghost. Yet to be confirmed. His sister and her husband basically threw him under the bus as "bat shit crazy".

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:12 PM (I0N4X)

176 The Curly Shuffle by the Jump 'N' The Saddle Band. Great Chicago band in the 1980's. Saw them a dozen times live and they always rocked. They did a great cover of Willie Nelson's Night Life and a whole bunch of drinking songs. Thanks for the memories.

Posted by: TNDeplorable at April 22, 2026 11:12 PM (hf+of)

177 Wolfus - I'm convinced Wyoming has the lowest property taxes around. Parts of it get good and cold, but I've found the southeast to be pretty mild by my standards. But we do have wind...

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 11:13 PM (TtNb7)

178 Interestingly enough, some of the Stooges shorts have outlived their title parodies. As an example, "Violent is the word for Curly" is a parody of "Valiant is the Word for Shirley" an earlier short (NOT featuring Shirley Temple) that has been long consigned to the dust of history. While the Stooges' short continues to live on. I see that there's a blu-ray set of their stuff, and while I am tempted, "Parsimonious is the Word for BChasm."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2026 11:16 PM (CHHv1)

179 How is everyone tonight?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2026 11:17 PM (CHHv1)

180 I'm starting to see official trailers for Coyote vs. Acme movie, for release in late August. Not sure how many Looney Tunes fans are here, but thought it worth mentioning.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 22, 2026 11:19 PM (S/Y4j)

181 "Auughhh! I killed it!" - Charlie Brown, "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2026 11:19 PM (CHHv1)

182 Acme really did seem to have it in for that poor coyote

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 11:20 PM (Giz+5)

183 >> That son-of-a-gun is fast.

Just looked, it pulls 6 - 8g during that ascent. With no manned crew to worry, you can pull all the g's you want as long as long as the rocket and payload can stand it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

184 When you watch Curly in the very early Stooge shorts, you are getting a caricature of the urban "hipster" of the early mid 20s..later he developed his own behaviors.

Posted by: Azjaeger at April 22, 2026 11:21 PM (3/XaG)

185 Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:12 PM (I0N4X)

Seamus, I'm so glad that you're getting close to closure on this. Praying that this finally gets resolved. Finally.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 22, 2026 11:21 PM (3anUc)

186 Thanks for the ONT.

Two favorite Dave Mason songs:

https://tinyurl.com/52xka9ft

https://tinyurl.com/3hmzr9jp

Love y'all. XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 22, 2026 11:21 PM (WONhk)

187 Posted by: TRex - deere dino

Isn't a "T-Rex deer" a kangaroo?

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 11:22 PM (VHUov)

188
And the "electric propulsion" they were yammering about is the turbo pumps on that Rutherford engine, which are electric motor driven powered by batteries.

It burns LOX/kerosene.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 11:22 PM (w6EFb)

189 Acme should expand their operations into Iran.

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 11:22 PM (b3Yos)

190 Wolfus - I'm convinced Wyoming has the lowest property taxes around. Parts of it get good and cold, but I've found the southeast to be pretty mild by my standards. But we do have wind...
Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026

***
There are a few affordable homes there, I see.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:22 PM (+2QQb)

191 There is no Garden of Eden. Anywhere you move to there will be something you won't like. Like what was said already, it's a trade off. Top priority should be safety.

Posted by: Case at April 22, 2026 11:22 PM (pvf3X)

192 182 Acme really did seem to have it in for that poor coyote
Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 11:20 PM (Giz+5)

I think Acme was financed by the SPLC.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 11:24 PM (Qoaok)

193 Looks like time for me to head off to bed. I plan to work out tomorrow before breakfast, then decide on the rest of the day -- which plans will depend on the rain or lack of same. G'night, far-flung AoSHQ satellites!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:25 PM (+2QQb)

194 Seamus, I'm so glad that you're getting close to closure on this. Praying that this finally gets resolved. Finally.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

******

Thanks brother! We're just hopeful that this means the pedophile sociopath can no longer hurt any other innocent people.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:25 PM (I0N4X)

195 monkey in the trunk could not be all bad.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Obligatory

tiny.cc/9g92101

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 22, 2026 11:29 PM (6ph8l)

196 TX and FL also have a lot of toll highways to make up for no income taxes. They get you one way or another.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 11:29 PM (6Hdrx)

197 156 What about some town on the redneck Riviera, say in Alabama or the Florida panhandle? Right on the coast might not be as humid as Nawlins.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026

***
Dear God no, AOP. Those are hurricane target areas and are close to water. I really want to get to drier conditions, except for snow, and I want to see some snow every year. Northern AL, well, maybe, but I wouldn't get the snow often.

I have a set of rules about how much I can afford to pay for my housing, i.e., 25% of my monthly net (not gross) income. Everybody is trying to convince me to go to 30-33%. NOOO. The 25% is doable, I think, with the right price, the right (i.e., big) down payment, and the right tax and insurance.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (+2QQb)

Wolfus

My son went to UNC in Chapel Hill. I really liked the triangle-area of NC (Raleigh-Durham-etc). It's got some elevation so not as bad humility wise, far enough north so you get a little snow, but mild winters, far enuf inland that hurricanes aren't a problem - maybe check out higher elevations in Tenn/NC?

Just a thought....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 11:29 PM (QGaXH)

198 Good evening morons en bedankt Dino

I was raised by The Three Stooges.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 11:30 PM (RIvkX)

199 How is everyone tonight?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Life is good BC. How bout yerself?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 22, 2026 11:31 PM (6ph8l)

200 Why would an Israeli soldier use a sledgehammer to smash the face of Jesus? Because there are a lot of people in Israel who hate Christianity above all. How can American evangelical leaders support this?

https://tinyurl.com/yxxtvhjc

Posted by: South and Proud!! at April 22, 2026 11:33 PM (pTvV3)

201 I’ve lived in several states. The tax burden was the same. Only difference was how they stole the money. Some have higher income taxes other higher sales tax. Or property or gas tax.

There are the retarded outliers like California, Illinois, NJ where every tax is off the charts. But aside from that, all states kinda tax everyone the same in the end.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 11:34 PM (6Hdrx)

202 Wow muldoon I hope this brings relief.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 11:34 PM (RIvkX)

203 Every city or county or state has its pros and cons. High taxes. Better weather. No humidity. Earthquakes. Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Wildfires. Sales tax. Property tax. Income tax. Sin taxes. Cold winters. Hot summers. Too much wind. No snow. Too flat. Too mich snow. Impassable mountain passes. No water. Floods.

Find a place. Make it yours. Love where you live.

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 11:34 PM (A5RD0)

204 ~~Erf~~ Carbon Day plans were thwarted by pouring rain and 20mph wind today. No charcoal grilling, darn it!

But it's chilly, so I fired up the pellet stove for heat. Ahhh, that's better...

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)

205 Find a place. Make it yours. Love where you live.
Posted by: Roadrunner

You forgot neighbors, but I wholeheartedly agree.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 22, 2026 11:37 PM (6ph8l)

206 Muldoon, I hope you find peace at the end of this ordeal. Prayers up, for you and yours.

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:38 PM (rdVOm)

207 Good evening good people. TN's property taxes are very reasonable if you are in the rural counties. They are offset by the sales tax on most items but, for me, consumption taxes are much easier to swallow.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 11:39 PM (cYBz/)

208 Just watched the monorail video. That was an amazing bit of engineering, finding the problems and the solutions thereto. Don't suppose that will see a revival. But it would be interesting.

Posted by: mindful webworker - gyros... with tzatziki at April 22, 2026 11:39 PM (RVdcP)

209 That soldier is a deviant who is already serving a 30 day sentence in the brig.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 11:39 PM (RIvkX)

210 Wow muldoon I hope this brings relief.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

*******

The investigating agents told us there was no way they would've ever gotten the murder warrant without the documentation I put on the Curious Disappearance blog and the independent K9 search that my wife was able to organize. This after the local sheriff's office completely ignored the case for 15 years. Small measure of vindication.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:40 PM (I0N4X)

211 Hello fellow high school students, could one of you tell me where I might buy a marijuana?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 22, 2026 11:40 PM (w/O5Q)

212 Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:38 PM

*********

Thank you.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:41 PM (I0N4X)

213 Acme should expand their operations into Iran.
Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 11:22 PM (b3Yos)

Based on the AI videos we've seen coming out of Iran in the last few months, I'd say they're well situated there.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 11:41 PM (Ta8N4)

214

Sounds like a song.

Love the place you live.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 11:41 PM (Cqx++)

215 Near as I can tell, the Hammer song sampled the start of the James song, then pretty much just repeated it over and over.

Posted by: mindful webworker - he's so fine / my sweet lord... at April 22, 2026 11:41 PM (RVdcP)

216 Muldoon, a bit gobsmacked to read this...hope it all works out to the best. There are many things I am unaware of. All prayers and peace.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2026 11:42 PM (CHHv1)

217 I was raised by The Three Stooges.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 11:30 PM (RIvkX)

I think you mean "raised on the Three Stooges."
Right? You mean you were raised on the Three Stooges?

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 11:42 PM (Ta8N4)

218 I was raised by the Marx Mothers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 11:44 PM (Cqx++)

219 175 So, we still have to wait for the coffee thread to get an update?
Posted by: mindful webworker

*********

So, the local DA has issued a second degree. murder warrant on the neighbor that we think killed my F-I-L, even without a body. . That bit of news is tempered by credible testimony that the suspect did not go to Texas to be near his mother, but instead actually threatened to kill her if she ratted him out to the cops, way back in 2012 or so. So instead o supporting him she has been hiding from him. There is reason to believe that he stayed in cO, possibly as far back as 2012, after living rough since my F-I-L disappeared in 2008. So we may have been chasing a ghost. Yet to be confirmed. His sister and her husband basically threw him under the bus as "bat shit crazy".
Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:12 PM (I0N4X)

This sounds like good news? A step toward closure for you and your family?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 11:46 PM (QGaXH)

220 For the longest time as a child, I didn't understand the big deal about the cities of Emmaus, Zion, Ephrata, Bethlehem, Damascus or Nazareth.

They were mostly just down the road a piece from my Grammi's farm in SE PA.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 11:46 PM (cYBz/)

221 (pTvV3)

Stormfag in need of gassing at 200.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 11:47 PM (utfVc)

222 Three Stooges came on after Saturday Cartoons were over. Then, it was time to take cereal bowl & milk glass to the kitchen, change out of pj's into regular clothes, and do chores before afternoon "creature feature" came on!

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:47 PM (rdVOm)

223 Nyuk nyuk nyuk!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 11:48 PM (RIvkX)

224 Dr Demento used to play a song by MC Ham called "I Didn't Write This".

Posted by: dasbow at April 22, 2026 11:48 PM (PORXa)

225 Any New Yorkers here? I can't understand my New York City outlawed solid storefront security gates. Was this to facilitate breaking and entering? The new law says they have to be at least 70% transparent....

Posted by: Beverly at April 22, 2026 11:48 PM (reMys)

226 What do I want from the government?

The administration of Justice.

Prayers up muldoon.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 22, 2026 11:52 PM (qFwJc)

227 What do I want from the government?

The administration of Justice.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

You may say I'm a dreamer. . .

But I'm not the only one.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 11:53 PM (cYBz/)

228 Have always thought the female dancers in the "Can't Touch This" video are HAWT... would hammer!

I denounce myself.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 22, 2026 11:53 PM (LcGK5)

229 You forgot neighbors, but I wholeheartedly agree.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 22, 2026 11:37 PM (6ph8l)
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When I got home from work yesterday my neighbor was washing his truck. When I went outside to walk the dog he was washing his wife's car. When I got back with the dog he was washing my car. Then he did my front steps. I love my neighbor.

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 11:53 PM (5jF9Z)

230 203 Every city or county or state has its pros and cons. High taxes. Better weather. No humidity. Earthquakes. Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Wildfires. Sales tax. Property tax. Income tax. Sin taxes. Cold winters. Hot summers. Too much wind. No snow. Too flat. Too mich snow. Impassable mountain passes. No water. Floods.

Find a place. Make it yours. Love where you live.
Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 11:34 PM (A5RD0)

If I knew how to tinyurl I'd link to Stephen Stills' 'Love the One You're With'.

Seems appropriate, somehow.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 11:55 PM (QGaXH)

231 Julia Varvaro, 29, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism with the Department of Homeland Security, is now facing scrutiny over claims about how she comes by her lavish lifestyle
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A sugardaddy hunter per the DM.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 11:55 PM (rzTfK)

232 Muldoon,
Looks like a solid move by the DA.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 11:55 PM (2WIwB)

233 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

***********

Truth be told, if this latest hypothesis is correct, the pedophile either died in 2012 or has been living 'rough' in a hole or a cave or in a tree, or hopping from one vacant mountain cabin to another, isolated from civil society, and far away from vulnerable young girls, in a hell of his own making. Whether dead or alive now, he got a more just sentence than the criminal justice system would have given him. Closure is for sissies, justice is for the righteous.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:56 PM (I0N4X)

234
When I got home from work yesterday my neighbor was washing his truck. When I went outside to walk the dog he was washing his wife's car. When I got back with the dog he was washing my car. Then he did my front steps. I love my neighbor.
Posted by: 496

But did he wash your dog?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 11:56 PM (Cqx++)

235 Any New Yorkers here? I can't understand my New York City outlawed solid storefront security gates. Was this to facilitate breaking and entering? The new law says they have to be at least 70% transparent....
Posted by: Beverly at April 22, 2026 11:48 PM (reMys)

Wouldn't a solid gate be a door? Most bar gates and grilles should meet the 70% qualification, I should think.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 11:56 PM (utfVc)

236 Any New Yorkers here? I can't understand my New York City outlawed solid storefront security gates. Was this to facilitate breaking and entering? The new law says they have to be at least 70% transparent....

Posted by: Beverly at April 22, 2026 11:48 PM (reMys)

Yes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 11:57 PM (snZF9)

237 The mills of God grind slowly. But they grind exceedingly small - English proverb

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 22, 2026 11:58 PM (qFwJc)

238 I'm not able to recall the part in the constitution about security gates. I should probably look again.

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 11:59 PM (wFoR+)

239 " Then he did my front steps. "

Maybe he wants a throuple?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2026 12:00 AM (qFwJc)

240 >What do I want from the government?
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to be left alone
stop f***ing with me just because you can

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 12:01 AM (ZxPkt)

241 The mills of God grind slowly. But they grind exceedingly small - English proverb
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 22, 2026 11:58 PM (qFwJc)

I like that.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 12:02 AM (2WIwB)

242 222 Three Stooges came on after Saturday Cartoons were over. Then, it was time to take cereal bowl & milk glass to the kitchen, change out of pj's into regular clothes, and do chores before afternoon "creature feature" came on!
Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:47 PM (rdVOm)

I loved Creature Feature! It came on at 11:30 PM on Saturday nights when I was but a lad.

It sparked a life-long tradition of watching '50's B & W 'sci-fi' "horror" movies on Saturday night, much to Mrs ARiK's consternation.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:02 AM (QGaXH)

243 If I knew how to tinyurl I'd link to Stephen Stills' 'Love the One You're With'.

Seems appropriate, somehow.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

I played that song for my husband while he was trying to figure out if he was leaving or staying with his family.

Didn’t work. He left.

I hate that song.

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 23, 2026 12:03 AM (A5RD0)

244 Any New Yorkers here? I can't understand my New York City outlawed solid storefront security gates. Was this to facilitate breaking and entering? The new law says they have to be at least 70% transparent....
Posted by: Beverly

Wouldn't a solid gate be a door? Most bar gates and grilles should meet the 70% qualification, I should think.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

1. Does this prevent them from literally "boarding up the windows" when the next riot is scheduled?

B. How are the city's youth gonna know if you have anything worth stealing if they can't see in?

三. Was the bill sponsored by Big Apple Fenestrations, LLC?

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:04 AM (VHUov)

245 In NYC these days you don't need a security gate, you need a frigging blast shield.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 12:04 AM (snZF9)

246 Julia Varvaro, 29, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism with the Department of Homeland Security, is now facing scrutiny over claims about how she comes by her lavish lifestyle
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A sugardaddy hunter per the DM.

Posted by: Braenyard
===

29 is a bit young for such a position... bings image.
OK, that explains it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 12:06 AM (/lPRQ)

247 I loved Creature Feature! It came on at 11:30 PM on Saturday nights when I was but a lad.

It sparked a life-long tradition of watching '50's B & W 'sci-fi' "horror" movies on Saturday night, much to Mrs ARiK's consternation.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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Love it!

*All* teevee was B&W in our house, until sometime in the early '70s...

When I was little, it really peeved me when shows advertised as "in color"-- BS, they weren't in color at our house! LOL

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)

248 Hello, Tennessee, get ready.

Starbucks struggling to persuade woke workers to move from Seattle to new HQ in Tennessee

Starbucks' $100M Nashville expansion is facing pushback as Seattle-based employees resist relocating. Some workers were told to move, take pay cuts, or risk losing their job

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 12:08 AM (rzTfK)

249 When life hands you lemons . . . Is an interesting take on SPLC methods

youtu.be/rIK-q6JoOeU

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 12:08 AM (rbvCR)

250 Closure is for sissies, justice is for the righteous.
Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:56 PM (I0N4X)

I really like this. And it's most satisfying to see your years of dogged determination finally getting recognized.

Posted by: Good on you, mate at April 23, 2026 12:09 AM (TbWk/)

251 Thanks for the words of support, all. It has been a long strange trip for sure. Never a boring moment.

Endeavour to persevere!

Good night all!

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 12:09 AM (I0N4X)

252 I played that song for my husband while he was trying to figure out if he was leaving or staying with his family.

Didn’t work. He left.

I hate that song.
Posted by: Roadrunner
--------

{{{Roadrunner}}}

Life is better now, I hope! (Best thing I ever did, was let XH's gf have him...)

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)

253 Maybe he wants a throuple?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2026 12:00 AM (qFwJc)

240 >What do I want from th
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Could be, but I really doubt it. He's just an excellent neighbor.

A few weeks back we had a terrible wind storm in Cheyenne. I got a picture from inside my fence of 4x4's he had put up to keep it up. His text said he didn't have any long nails to keep them in place. 20 minutes later I got a picture of the 4x4's nailed into place... he'd gone and bought nails.

I get the feeling he used to be a one percenter, but he's the spitting image of Walter White. He's almost 60, all cleaned up, and a great guy. I keep trying to get him to check out this site. He'd lime it

Posted by: 496 at April 23, 2026 12:10 AM (P+gfg)

254 Goodnight folks. Always happy to be here, where the 'ettes are pretty and the 'rons are male personified (in the good way). With any luck I'll be here tomorrow.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 23, 2026 12:11 AM (CHHv1)

255 The most famous of the towns named Lebanon is Lebanon, KS - the geographical center of the lower 48 is just outside town and has a monument marking the spot.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:11 AM (T6aVk)

256 I lime it too.

Posted by: guy who's digging a lonely grave at April 23, 2026 12:13 AM (iu6LV)

257 I loved Creature Feature! It came on at 11:30 PM on Saturday nights when I was but a lad.

It sparked a life-long tradition of watching '50's B & W 'sci-fi' "horror" movies on Saturday night, much to Mrs ARiK's consternation.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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Same here. That and Chiller. The 50's sci-fi horror films are in their own league.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 12:13 AM (snZF9)

258 Wow.

Wonder how long that sock has been on.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 12:14 AM (A5RD0)

259 There was a bucket of lime in the outhouse...

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:15 AM (rdVOm)

260 256 I lime it too.

Posted by: guy who's digging a lonely grave at April 23, 2026 12:13 AM (iu6LV
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My damned phone. I think half the time I goof the typing but I have caught it changing like to lime. I surrendered long ago on that one

Posted by: 496 at April 23, 2026 12:15 AM (F9bBk)

261 196 TX and FL also have a lot of toll highways to make up for no income taxes. They get you one way or another.
Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 11:29 PM (6Hdrx)

In Austin, Houston and Dallas, they have toll roads. They are easy to avoid. Spare me this “TX has a lot of toll roads”.

By the way, TX has no state income taxes but somehow has the best roads of any state in the union. I remember being 11 years old and my father telling me that in all his travels only two places had good roads - Germany and TX. After my own travels across the state and around the world…I conclude he is right.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:18 AM (T6aVk)

262 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" was another favorite!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

263 Wouldn't a solid gate be a door? Most bar gates and grilles should meet the 70% qualification, I should think.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 11:56 PM (utfVc)

Think roll-up doors. You've seen them in all the old tv shows about big cities, I'm sure. They basically shutter the front of the store. NYC evidently wants robbers to be able to window shop after closing hours.

Posted by: GWB at April 23, 2026 12:18 AM (Ta8N4)

264 I thought Olathe KS was the geographical center.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2026 12:19 AM (qFwJc)

265 My favorite late night show was “Night Flight” in the 80’s, I think it was in the USA network. It would have all kinds of freaky/cool stuff, and sometimes I’d start watching at 11 , just meaning o watch for a few minutes and before I know it’s 4 am and I’m still there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 12:20 AM (Fmj+u)

266 Think roll-up doors. You've seen them in all the old tv shows about big cities, I'm sure. They basically shutter the front of the store. NYC evidently wants robbers to be able to window shop after closing hours.
Posted by: GWB
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No problemo! Install drapery inside the store windows. Closing time-- draw them shut.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)

267 174 Texas has high property taxes and sales taxes to make up for no income taxes.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 22, 2026 10:56 PM (VCgbV)

Except that the State of TX gets exactly zero dollars from property taxes. It merely writes the rules for the property tax system. And localities get a ton of money from local sales taxes that they can use to offset keeping property taxes low - but they don’t, and continually jack up property taxes for local fiefdoms.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:22 AM (T6aVk)

268 Possibly unpopular opinion: I like Houston's toll roads (Hardy in particular). I'm essentially paying a premium not to be around uninsured illegals, and the constables are fine with 80 MPH (which is 15 over the limit).

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 12:22 AM (RRflI)

269 Taxes are low in Wyoming, but the roads do stink

https://tinyurl.com/yc768td7

Posted by: 496 at April 23, 2026 12:22 AM (HGzsz)

270 247 Love it!

*All* teevee was B&W in our house, until sometime in the early '70s...

When I was little, it really peeved me when shows advertised as "in color"-- BS, they weren't in color at our house! LOL
Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)

Same here. We got our first color TV in ~1972 or so. I was in 8th or 9th grade.

We never had cable. We had 6 TV stations, One PBS, one CBS, and two each ABC and NBC which showed mostly the same things. I never saw shows from the '50's like Leave it to Beaver or Hazel because the one independent station that showed those old reruns was based in Miami 60 miles south and didn't reach our area.

No UHF channels either until much later.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:22 AM (QGaXH)

271 264 I thought Olathe KS was the geographical center.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2026 12:19 AM (qFwJc)

Head north of Lebanon, KS about one mile or so, then turn west on SH 191 for one mile - you’ll see the monument.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:23 AM (T6aVk)

272 Been watching this adventure motorcycle you tuber that goes by the name itchy boots. She's Dutch, spent the last 7 or 8 years touring the world solo on a motorcycle and is sporting some big round man balls. 70 countries so far including afghanistan and iran, and of course had trouble there. She went from the bottom of south America to frigging alaska. She's in Mongolia right now. That place looks like another planet. There's nothing there, she's in the middle of nowhere, doesn't know if she's on an actual road half the times and thinks nothing of side tracking into god knows where. She got serious balls that one. Gotta admit though, mongolia got some serious sky, really cool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 12:25 AM (snZF9)

273 268 Possibly unpopular opinion: I like Houston's toll roads (Hardy in particular). I'm essentially paying a premium not to be around uninsured illegals, and the constables are fine with 80 MPH (which is 15 over the limit).
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 12:22 AM (RRflI)

Even more possibly unpopular opinion: HCTRA is well run.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:25 AM (T6aVk)

274 264 I thought Olathe KS was the geographical center.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2026 12:19 AM (qFwJc)

I think (THINK!) one is geographical center of continental US and the KS one is with Alaska and Hawaii included.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)

275 ARiK-- we had 3 and a half channels: ABC, CBS, NBC, and daytime-only PBS.

Grandma's house had the Big 3 (when weather was good) and I think CBC (?) I remember watching Klondike Kat and Dudley DoRight on her teevee...

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

276 The most famous of the towns named Lebanon is Lebanon, KS - the geographical center of the lower 48 is just outside town and has a monument marking the spot.
Posted by: Cow Demon

The geographical center of North America is somewhere in North Dakota.

Rugby has claimed the title since the '30s, based on "we balanced a cutout of North America, and Rugby was the balance point." They also have a monument.

Rugby got in a feud with Robinson, ND, who also claimed the title, based on stretching some string over a globe.

In 2016, some egghead at U Buffalo did some math, and found the geographical center was actually in a town named..... Center, ND. Go figure!

Center was named that because it was in the center of Oliver County, not because someone thought it was the center of the continent.

And, no matter which one you go to, not only are you possibly at the center of the continent, you're definitely in the middle of nowhere.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:30 AM (VHUov)

277 I think (THINK!) one is geographical center of continental US and the KS one is with Alaska and Hawaii included.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)

When you thrown in AK and HI the geographical center of the U.S. shifts to SD (forget exactly where). Rugby, ND has the geographical center of the North American continent.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:31 AM (T6aVk)

278 Overseas, we had *one* English-speaking tvchannel: AFRTS (A-farts, we called it)

They did radio, too. At night, I'd fall asleep to their re-runs of CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Had some freeeeakky dreams!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)

279 And, no matter which one you go to, not only are you possibly at the center of the continent, you're definitely in the middle of nowhere.
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:30 AM (VHUov)

As the missileers would tell me, “There’s a pretty girl behind every tree in Minot. So I always wanted to go. I bet those other towns are the same.

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:33 AM (T6aVk)

280 Yeah, toll roads are premium to not ride with the unwashed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 12:33 AM (rzTfK)

281 >>>Pittsburgh Scanner
South Side. Birmingham Bridge. If you just honked at some SUV and passed it through a red light, that was the police chief and he is pulling you over now.

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 12:34 AM (YbTYS)

282 277 I think (THINK!) one is geographical center of continental US and the KS one is with Alaska and Hawaii included.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)

When you thrown in AK and HI the geographical center of the U.S. shifts to SD (forget exactly where). Rugby, ND has the geographical center of the North American continent.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:31 AM (T6aVk)

Yeah..I don't know what I was thinking. After I hit 'post' I thought 'wait - that don't sound right....'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:35 AM (QGaXH)

283 They did radio, too. At night, I'd fall asleep to their re-runs of CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Had some freeeeakky dreams!
Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)

Was that at 2000 CET back in the day? I remember hearing some weird Twilight Zone type thing coming from the radio at that time living in Germany but never knew what it was exactly.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:36 AM (T6aVk)

284 Early day tomorrow so I'd better say Good Night Horde....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:36 AM (QGaXH)

285 As the missileers would tell me, “There’s a pretty girl behind every tree in Minot. So I always wanted to go. I bet those other towns are the same.
: )
Posted by: Cow Demon

It's true.

Her name is Sherri.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:36 AM (VHUov)

286 There was a toll road in Spokane.. can't remember if it was Monroe St. with bridge?... ten cents. Mom would avoid it if possible, but when taking it was necessary, she'd let one of us kids throw the dime into the basket. COOL!!!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

287 Aren't HI and AK really, just, territories?
With reps Hirono and Murkowski wouldn't we be better off without them?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 12:39 AM (rzTfK)

288 Was that at 2000 CET back in the day? I remember hearing some weird Twilight Zone type thing coming from the radio at that time living in Germany but never knew what it was exactly.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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No... Was living in Misawa, Japan, '82-'85. AF base. It started at 10pm local time. The program introduction said Radio Mystery Theater & was about an hour long. Some were 2-part stories. I bought the whole thing on CD some years ago because it was so captivating. Probably still available from Amz.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:42 AM (rdVOm)

289 Muldoon, good to hear that you may be on the way to getting answers.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 12:42 AM (77rzZ)

290 'Night, ARiK! Will keep the beers cold for ya...

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm)

291 Aren't HI and AK really, just, territories?
Posted by: Braenyard

They're important reserves of oil and...... um..... lava!

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:43 AM (VHUov)

292
Besides the geometric/graphic center, another one is the "pole of inaccessibility", the point that is the farthest from any ocean. The PIA for North America is near Allen, SD.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2026 12:43 AM (w6EFb)

293 wouldn't we be better off without them?

Posted by: Braenyard

Militarily strategic. We're stuck with them.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 23, 2026 12:44 AM (6ph8l)

294 285 As the missileers would tell me, “There’s a pretty girl behind every tree in Minot. So I always wanted to go. I bet those other towns are the same.
: )
Posted by: Cow Demon

It's true.

Her name is Sherri.
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:36 AM (VHUov)

; )

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 12:44 AM (YbTYS)

295 Starbase is the coolest place on Earth! A rocket factory built on a sandbar within sight of the Rio Grande?!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 12:46 AM (rzTfK)

296
The PIA of Antarctica was another bragging rights point of interest. The Rooskies got there first, and put up a bust of Lenin facing Moscow on the top of one of the huts.

It's nearly covered in snow, but Lenin's head is still sticking up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2026 12:49 AM (w6EFb)

297
Evening, all. I've got nothing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 12:51 AM (n7rxJ)

298 Hi, Blondie!

Hey, I got nothing but it doesn't stop me... oh... wait...

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

299 February 21st, 1896, Judge Roy Bean staged a heavyweight championship fight on a sandbar just below Langtry, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.

Bean arranged to hold it on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, knowing the Mexican authorities could not conveniently reach the site, and that Woodford H. Mabry's Texas Rangers would have no jurisdiction.

The spectators arrived aboard a chartered train; after a profitable delay contrived by Bean, the crowd witnessed Fitzsimmons's defeat of Maher in less than two minutes. Among the spectators was another somewhat disreputable lawman and boxing promoter, Bartholomew "Bat" Masterson.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 12:53 AM (rzTfK)

300 300

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 12:53 AM (YbTYS)

301 Lived in HI for 3 years also. Willing to bet that AK has *much more* to offer the USA than HI.

There were 3 tiers of society/income, according to a local I knew:

Military
Kama'aina (local)
Kama'aina on welfare

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)

302 Before I fade away for the night, here's some vids somebody here might be interested in. Or not?

Sabine Hossenfelder ponders the missing and murdered scientists. Not that she has any idea what the deal is. 10:17
https://youtu.be/WEnvorobhEE

Cowboy Kent Rollins🤠 rustles up some Sourdough Pancakes 16:55
https://youtu.be/0t4squLq26E

The frequently funny Nikki Howard mocks influencers 5:07
https://youtu.be/antUukuOYhI

Zeducation collects cringeworthy memes & vids from clown world🤡🌎, starting with a headline, "Professor: If you read to your kids, you're 'unfairly disadvantaging' others."🤯 22:13
https://youtu.be/WVbEmq8BWHQ

Posted by: mindful webworker - youtube wants your eyeballs at April 23, 2026 12:56 AM (RVdcP)

303
Explorer Chris Brown launched a bid to became the first man in history to reach all 8 poles of inaccessibility. He has hit 6 so far, including the Antarctic.

He reached the South American PIA in May 2023, and found an old rusted machete stuck in the exact spot.

If I'm counting right, the last two are the Eurasian pole, and the Arctic PIA.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)

304 Lived in HI for 3 years also. Willing to bet that AK has *much more* to offer the USA than HI.

There were 3 tiers of society/income, according to a local I knew:

Military
Kama'aina (local)
Kama'aina on welfare
Posted by: JQ

Not sure I'd use those three tiers. Maybe

Kama'aina
Tourists (including Military)
Fookin Haole Mainlanders

Spent about seven years there.
If I ever get this 'retirement' thing done I might go back for a summer and build a hootch.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 01:04 AM (/lPRQ)

305 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Yeah... even 40 years ago, the locals' hatred of military, whites & mainland was prevalent.

Fk Hawaii. I'm never going back.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

306 Lived in HI for 3 years also. Willing to bet that AK has *much more* to offer the USA than HI.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)

You can at least drive to AK, so its got that going for it. Never been to either. I would like to drive the Alaskan highway, but its so damn far from here, like 3800 miles. I would be wiped out before I even got there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 01:11 AM (snZF9)

307 I would like to drive the Alaskan highway, but its so damn far from here, like 3800 miles.
-----
Pfft. Ride, dude. Bar stops are the key.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2026 01:15 AM (XeU6L)

308
It would've been funny if "Kilroy was here" was found inscribed on that machete at SA PIA.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2026 01:16 AM (w6EFb)

309 >>> Cowboy Kent Rollins🤠 rustles up some Sourdough Pancakes

Sourdough pancakes are soooo dang tasty.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 01:17 AM (EYerH)

310 We're just hopeful that this means the pedophile sociopath can no longer hurt any other innocent people.
Posted by: muldoon

Amen and may the scoundrel finally get what he deserves. Preferably soon, after all this time.

Past Midnight and time for my escape to dreamland. Play nice, folks. Except with the trolls. Freely eviscerate them.

https://youtu.be/2ymkBEhdHBE

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - eight is a lot of miles high at April 23, 2026 01:18 AM (RVdcP)

311 If HI and AK were territories we would have the oil and the military bases we wouldn't have people like Hirono and Murkowski involved in making law.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 01:18 AM (rzTfK)

312 I would like to drive the Alaskan highway, but its so damn far from here, like 3800 miles.
-----
Pfft. Ride, dude. Bar stops are the key.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 23, 2026 01:15 AM (XeU6L)

yeah, then you have to drive back. I'm not sure I would do that on a harley. I would probably use a good adventure motorcycle. Something I wouldn't mind burning on the side of the road if it broke down. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 01:18 AM (snZF9)

313 Yeah... even 40 years ago, the locals' hatred of military, whites & mainland was prevalent.

Fk Hawaii. I'm never going back.
Posted by: JQ
====

I somehow ended up with twenty acres in BFE, Puna on the Big Island. So, I might go visit for the hell of it. Maybe build that hootch.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 01:24 AM (/lPRQ)

314 I would probably use a good adventure motorcycle. Something I wouldn't mind burning on the side of the road if it broke down. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 01:18 AM (snZF9)

I was ready to buy a 2004 BMW Adventure M/C and ride from Sacramento as far north into AK as possible, but no one I knew was willing to go - and no way was I going to solo that ride.

Bucket list FAIL.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 01:27 AM (EYerH)

315 Best of luck, IAB. Heck, as a landowner, at least you've got some local cred!

Bonus: you're not stuck on Oahu.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 01:27 AM (rdVOm)

316 Talk last thread about John Phelsn getting fired as Navy Sec. I think he was always one of Trump’s weakest picks, one of the few times Trump tossed a job to someone just because they were a big donor. I don’t think anyone will miss him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 10:07 PM (Fmj+u)

Who?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)
=====

I was really impressed with the new Acting Navy Secretary, Hung Cao during his unsuccessful Senate run. He's sharp, has a superb service record, and he's a hard worker.

Posted by: mrp at April 23, 2026 01:28 AM (rj6Yv)

317 Gotta admit though, mongolia got some serious sky, really cool.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

It also has the coldest national capital. Ulaanbaatar gets seriously bone-chilling cold in winter. It's not quite Oymyakon or Yakutsk, but it sure does get chilly.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 23, 2026 01:31 AM (W5mpo)

318 1230 am in Minnesota
2nd OT begins

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 01:32 AM (ZxPkt)

319 I was ready to buy a 2004 BMW Adventure M/C and ride from Sacramento as far north into AK as possible, but no one I knew was willing to go - and no way was I going to solo that ride.

Bucket list FAIL.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 01:27 AM (EYerH)

People do it solo all the time, but that sucks. BMW makes the king shit adventure bike, but pricey. Older used ones are fairly cheap though. They last a long time. You do need to work on them yourself though, the dealer will break it off in your ass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 01:33 AM (snZF9)

320 It's just too dangerous to fly solo - I was an endure and trials bike freak my whole life. So many bad things can happen; I really wanted a three man ride team.

Hung my boots up a few years ago with only 2 broken ribs as war wounds.

My last trials bike:

https://nacho247.blogspot.com/p/cota-307.html

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 01:45 AM (EYerH)

321 U.S. special envoy Paolo Zampolli asked FIFA to replace Iran with Italy in the upcoming World Cup.

It is an effort to repair ties between Trump and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after the two fell out amid the American president's attacks against Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war..according to the Financial Watermelon Times.

Iran should be banned from any international activity. What the hell kind of siege is that?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 01:52 AM (rzTfK)

322 It's just too dangerous to fly solo - I was an endure and trials bike freak my whole life. So many bad things can happen; I really wanted a three man ride team.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 01:45 AM (EYerH)

yeah I wouldn't do it solo. Many do with no problems, but they're frigging nuts. Like you said, sooo many bad things can happen. You slide off the road with nobody around to see it and maybe in a 1000 years the archaeologists will find you...eventually.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 01:55 AM (snZF9)

323 I'm no "biker" but I'd treat a long ride on backroads the same as swimming: Buddy System!

A trip like lower48 to AK? Group ride, at least 4.

Man, there are so many ways to die... Fewer, if you've got some backup handy!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

324 The US is blocking Iraq's regular ($500M) dollar shipments in order to pressure it's Iran-backed militias.

"The Trump administration has suspended U.S. dollar shipments to Iraq and frozen security cooperation programs with its military, escalating the pressure on Baghdad to dismantle powerful Iranian-backed militias," said Iraqi and US officials interviewed by the WSJ.

"A cargo-plane delivery of nearly $500 million in U.S. banknotes, the proceeds from Iraqi oil sales from Federal Reserve Bank of New York accounts, was blocked recently by Treasury Department officials because of U.S. concerns about the militias," WSJ continues, citing the officials.

Iraq? WTF?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 01:59 AM (rzTfK)

325 I'm no "biker" but I'd treat a long ride on backroads the same as swimming: Buddy System!

A trip like lower48 to AK? Group ride, at least 4.

Man, there are so many ways to die... Fewer, if you've got some backup handy!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah, no shit. Strength in numbers.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 02:03 AM (snZF9)

326 $500MM? Sheeit... drop a few of those bundles my way...

Makes me sick, how much is wasted on BS. Meanwhile, my retirement acct is burgled by the Medical Industry.

Oh, well. Once it's all gone I can fight for medicaid coverage, right?

*puke*

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

327 Yeah, no shit. Strength in numbers.
Posted by: Berserker
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Not just the mutual protection factor... Think of the PARTY potential with extra people!!!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

328 Something that comes to mind, re: transCan trip to AK--

What about camping along the way? What about sidearms for, say, bear-protection? How does one plan a trip like that anyway?

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

329 I've been in Canada a few times and watched grizzly bears behaving badly.

And those guys riding solo around the world are brave souls. Riding north to south in Chile would be so cool. I did ride a mountain bike around the perimeter of New Zealand solo. Long before LoTR movies- I saw very few people between towns, but still managed to stay.. drunk.

Have you guys seen the documentary - On the Trail of Genghis Khan by Tim Cope? Do watch it.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 02:20 AM (EYerH)

330 Haha, 13times... BWI (bicycling) sounds just a leeetlebit safer than MWI (motorcycling) LOL. At least the wreck would be in slower-motion.

"On the Trail of Genghis Khan"-- found it on Ytoob. Bookmarked & will watch tomorrow, thanks!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm)

331 Something that comes to mind, re: transCan trip to AK--

What about camping along the way? What about sidearms for, say, bear-protection? How does one plan a trip like that anyway?

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

This one dude who lives in alaska did at least 2 trips from there through the US. One was 8600 miles to key west in 23 days, and another one was some retarded ride. 11,000 miles in 15 days. The dude was camping the whole time on public lands. Middle of nowhere in alaska in a fucking tent like just off the road in public camp grounds. Thats insane. I can't believe he didn't get chomped.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 02:28 AM (snZF9)

332 The US has all sorts of low-profile but important leverage over Iraq. Most of it of course the vestiges of things set up before Obama and his idiot children trashed what they inherited. Some derives from sanctions-related stuff wherein US waivers are key (such as Iraqi purchases of energy from Iran). The WH in the last weeks vetoed a return of al-Maliki to the PM post in Baghdad (not sure where things stand now, but Washington has that sort of clout).

All this, of course, amidst a system widely infiltrated and influenced by Tehran (mostly another result of idiocy and neglect after 200

. But it has produced some of the most bizarre things in recent foreign relations history - the US conducting strikes on armed elements formally tied to the local government, while we have full relations and an embassy (of course those elements attack our embassy, related facilities at the airport, and US facilities in Kurdistan). Even by MidEast standards, it's pretty wild!

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 02:29 AM (U/Byj)

333 13times, North or South Island NZ? Either way, that's quite a ride. Mostly nice though.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 02:30 AM (U/Byj)

334 Berserker I did a little tent camping on the Kenai peninsula with my oldest brother (who lived in AK for decades). He had a 12-ga with slugs, always, alongside his bag. And Model 57 revolver close by for 2-legged varmints.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 02:33 AM (U/Byj)

335 And those guys riding solo around the world are brave souls. Riding north to south in Chile would be so cool. I did ride a mountain bike around the perimeter of New Zealand solo. Long before LoTR movies- I saw very few people between towns, but still managed to stay.. drunk.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 02:20 AM (EYerH)

This chick who I've been watching done 70 frigging countries by herself. Places I wouldn't go in a frigging deathstar. Afghanistan, yemen, saudi arabia, africa, china, a few other stans. Had her bike stolen in iraq, and the UK. Iran wouldn't let her out, in afghanistan the taliban was fucking with her. On and on. She's in mongolia right now. It looks like mars. She drives all day and sees 1 person. She's insane.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 02:33 AM (snZF9)

336 Well, 12:30 here. Time for me to hit the sack. Any Morons planning a road trip to AK can camp here. I am not far from any likely route you would take if coming from east of the Rockies. Basically any border crossing from the Lakehead to N. Idaho could be routed to pass through my AO without a huge detour. Crossing at Sweetgrass or Havre, MT your most direct route passes right by my place. Cross at Portal, ND, most direct route would be Estevan, REgina, Saskatoon, then W to Edmonton, and from there to Dawson Creek (Mile Zero).

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 02:35 AM (utfVc)

337 >>>> How does one plan a trip like that anyway?

Lay everything out including the kitchen sink and then start subtracting. Then try packing it in panniers. Then subtract.

Pro tip: don't drag a bicycle across the globe. Just buy a beater in Auckland. If it breaks use your thumb. Maori were so f'n nice to me - and Anglo's, too.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 02:37 AM (EYerH)

338 291 Aren't HI and AK really, just, territories?
Posted by: Braenyard

They're important reserves of oil and...... um..... lava!
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:43 AM (VHUov)

Now explain the strategic value of Delaware. Then maybe you can extoll the raw materials bounty of New Jersey.

Honestly, people, it's not like nobody lives up here.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 02:45 AM (DwqWV)

339 Middle of nowhere in alaska in a fucking tent like just off the road in public camp grounds. Thats insane. I can't believe he didn't get chomped.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 02:28 AM (snZF9)

People do camp in the woods up here. All. Of. The. Time.

1. Don't pitch your tent on a bear trail.
2. Don't keep food in your tent.
3. Carry bear spray, and a shotgun with slugs is a very good thing to have.
4. Make a lot of damned noise. Bears really, really don't want to fuck with you, and they will avoid you if possible.
5. If it's black, step back. If it's brown, hunker down. If it's white, say good night. We don't have polar bears in Southcentral. You will be okay.
6. I think more people get stomped by moose for getting between mama and baby than mauled by bears. Leave the damned moose alone.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 02:49 AM (DwqWV)

340 Hi, tcn!

I think it's difficult for some to imagine the expanse & then when they view the population density it seems so sparse... and so it registers as *unpopulated*.

Yeah. Sparse + *huge expanse* = many people!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)

341 Rhom - Around the whole of the south island except Inverness. Dunedin was a soggy hell. Milford Sound was boring. Rode down the center of the north island and out to Naples. That took me 4 weeks total. I had a nasty chest cold and was prone 4 days. Stayed drunk 3 weeks.

About that woman? She's living under a very lucky star!

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 02:55 AM (EYerH)

342 Wow, I farmed using my Grandpa's 1958 JD 520 to mow with back in the 80s, prolly into the 90s. Nice to see one here.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 23, 2026 02:56 AM (55Qr6)

343 Berserker I did a little tent camping on the Kenai peninsula with my oldest brother (who lived in AK for decades). He had a 12-ga with slugs, always, alongside his bag. And Model 57 revolver close by for 2-legged varmints.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 23, 2026 02:33 AM (U/Byj)

This guy didn't have shit. He was just driving until it got dark, found a place to camp, pitched his tent and that was it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 02:57 AM (snZF9)

344 Just about a month ago I introduced 3 of my grandpups to the 3 Stooges. They laughed their heads off, even with the language barrier. Now they ask me to show them an episode practically every time they come over.

We have very good friends who are so "Puritan" that they were appalled when their now married son was about 6-7 years old and came over to play with our pups, that I sat them down in front of a "terribly violent" full-length Stooges video tape.

And you know what? I didn't care!

You know what else? That boy now enjoys a good shot of whiskey when the occasion calls for it. And he didn't learn that from his parents who are total teetotalers. I brought him up right!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 03:01 AM (1o8D5)

345 This guy didn't have shit. He was just driving until it got dark, found a place to camp, pitched his tent and that was it.
Posted by: Berserker
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Riding the ragged edge of disaster!

(Oh, to be young again)

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)

346 People do camp in the woods up here. All. Of. The. Time.

1. Don't pitch your tent on a bear trail.
2. Don't keep food in your tent.
3. Carry bear spray, and a shotgun with slugs is a very good thing to have.
4. Make a lot of damned noise. Bears really, really don't want to fuck with you, and they will avoid you if possible.
5. If it's black, step back. If it's brown, hunker down. If it's white, say good night. We don't have polar bears in Southcentral. You will be okay.
6. I think more people get stomped by moose for getting between mama and baby than mauled by bears. Leave the damned moose alone.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 02:49 AM (DwqWV)
-

Seems like Alaska is the cold version of Australia.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 03:03 AM (1o8D5)

347 Seems like Alaska is the cold version of Australia.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 03:03 AM (1o8D5)

There are bears and moose in the Lower 48. They will also behave like wild animals. What we don't have are nasty big bugs or snakes. Just mosquitos and the occasional black fly, easily avoided.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 03:07 AM (DwqWV)

348 Just turned 60 - Stooges and Laurel and Hardy were my first 8 or so years. Cousin a year younger and I were fanatics of those old comedies. Find it sad boys that age now have nothing so purely hilarious today.

Posted by: Breakout at April 23, 2026 03:10 AM (hyQrc)

349 Seems like Alaska is the cold version of Australia.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 03:03 AM (1o8D5)

There are bears and moose in the Lower 48. They will also behave like wild animals. What we don't have are nasty big bugs or snakes. Just mosquitos and the occasional black fly, easily avoided.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 03:07 AM (DwqWV)

Yeah I would think Australia is way worse. The frigging plants could probably kill you there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 03:10 AM (snZF9)

350 Seems like Alaska is the cold version of Australia.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 03:03 AM (1o8D5)
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There are bears and moose in the Lower 48. They will also behave like wild animals. What we don't have are nasty big bugs or snakes. Just mosquitos and the occasional black fly, easily avoided.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 23, 2026 03:07 AM (DwqWV)
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I suppose you're right.

I also recall that throughout the lower 48, there are bears in the air.

/shudders

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 03:10 AM (1o8D5)

351 My damned phone. I think half the time I goof the typing but I have caught it changing like to lime. I surrendered long ago on that one
Posted by: 496 at April 23, 2026 12:15 AM (F9bBk)

Idea: Type 'like', see if it suggests 'lime', and then see if pressing and holding on 'lime' lets you drag it off and remove it from the autocolander for 'like'.

Posted by: SciVo at April 23, 2026 03:12 AM (Sy6m/)

352 Just turned 60 - Stooges and Laurel and Hardy were my first 8 or so years. Cousin a year younger and I were fanatics of those old comedies. Find it sad boys that age now have nothing so purely hilarious today.

Posted by: Breakout at April 23, 2026 03:10 AM (hyQrc)

The 3 stooges were hysterical. One scene that always makes me laugh my ass off is when they were golfing, and one of them gets their ball stuck in the tree. They grab an axe and start chopping the tree down, and this little italian groundskeeper comes running over and says wadda you doin with da chop-a chop, wadda you think you a george-a wash? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 03:14 AM (snZF9)

353 Late to the ONT, but I love the Pittsburgh themes! I recognize most of locations. Also,, that internet person hasn't visited Baghdad PA. It's right next to Schenley. Home of the famed distillery. And right down the road from where I grew up. A few miles from Leechburg Pa.

Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at April 23, 2026 03:16 AM (OpLc2)

354 The bitey-poisonous things in Australia seem far more dangerous than our North American mammals.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 03:22 AM (EYerH)

355 Creepy bedtime stories. CBS Radio Mystery Theater Marathon:

youtu.be/D_3iB2poCIU

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 03:22 AM (rdVOm)

356 The bitey-poisonous things in Australia seem far more dangerous than our North American mammals.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 03:22 AM (EYerH)
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Aussie jellyfish are to die for!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 03:24 AM (1o8D5)

357 Gulf Coast jellyfish are just to sting and itch for... I'll take those instead of the Aussie version, LOL

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 03:26 AM (rdVOm)

358 'Night, all.

Happy Urf Day!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)

359 I mean: CARBON Day!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 03:29 AM (rdVOm)

360 Aussie jellyfish are to die for!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 03:24 AM (1o8D5

We were driving down the highway along the Sierra Crest and a weather beaten old gold miner flagged us down - he'd been bitten by a rattler - all twitchy. We dropped him at a small ranger station. I think he really needed liquor. (Hic!)

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 03:34 AM (EYerH)

361 I i have to get moving

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 03:52 AM (Ia/+0)

362 I mean: CARBON Day!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 03:29 AM (rdVOm)
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So... charcoal grilling day?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 03:53 AM (1o8D5)

363
My damned phone. I think half the time I goof the typing but I have caught it changing like to lime. I surrendered long ago on that one
Posted by: 496

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

My phone is incapable of typing "tomorrow." It keeps doing "tinnitus." Good lord. Another word it can never get is "probably." Always comes out as "poetically."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 04:00 AM (n7rxJ)

364 splc came about to convince liberal democrats that the right was evil when far to many liberal democrats want bipartisanship with rethugliKKKans. The liberals kept saying we when the right kept saying you and me don't make WE! Commie! Now democrats know how evil the right is and don't need splc's help in loading up the cattle cars with rethugliKKKans and send them off to the re-education camps.

Posted by: raimondo at April 23, 2026 04:06 AM (y/oNf)

365
Speaking of that, raimondo, I just had the entertaining experience of watching a liberal on X ask if she had to reset everything she thought she knew based on this SPLC scandal.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 04:16 AM (n7rxJ)

366 Was anything about the 2020 election legitimate? Is anything that the mainstream media reports factual? Do we the people ever get any truth? Are any of our tax dollars going towards proper government functions?
Without proper audits and oversight I don’t see how we’re able to determine whether or not the entire government apparatus is corrupt! Seems to me that the majority of Americans shouldn’t be struggling with basic living expenses.

Posted by: Unkaren at April 23, 2026 04:16 AM (utGqj)

367 I just had the entertaining experience of watching a liberal on X ask if she had to reset everything she thought she knew based on this SPLC scandal.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 04:16 AM (n7rxJ)
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Reset instructions:

1. Fill up bath tub with comfortable temperature water.

2. Get in tub, with or without clothes.

3. Add to bath 1 plugged in toaster.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 04:27 AM (1o8D5)

368 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:32 AM (YbTYS)

369 i used to see the sax player from the curly shuffle. friend of my cousins. issues. paranoid. lived near the lake by eastlake terrace.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 01:41 PM (R11M+)

These Racist Puppy Videos Brought to You By Secret Funding by the SPLC Cafe

This dog was paid $130,000 by the SPLC
to steal equipment from the Midnight Tennis league in Baltimore

This dog spent all day posting racist memes on Gab, under the direction of the SPLC, and boy are his arms tired.

These innocent-looking capybaras just took off their matching blue button-downs and tan khakis and are sore from marching around all day carrying tiki-torches (furnished to them by the SPLC).

This dog is grinning because he just cashed a check for $30,000 for barking extra hard at black mailmen.

This cat was returned home after spending six months as an SPLC "researcher" (which means he posted child porn on conservative message boards).

This white dog fought off 13 coyotes and was denounced by the SPLC as a "racist ICE hound."

The SPLC has secretly formed an airborne battalion of Flying Racists.

This albino sea turtle complained about the forty remoras free-riding on him and was immediately put on the SPLC "hate map." He was shot and killed shortly thereafter.

This white cerval was paid to infiltrate this rotweiler neighborhood and stir up trouble.

This white supremacist puppy was paid $270,000 by the SPLC to get on this scooter and drive around barking racist slurs (written for the puppy by his SPLC handlers).

Never give up.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/s2vFYJvp2M
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 22, 2026

Dogs that bark a little too aggressively at strangers receive their payments from the SPLC.

Everyone got food as big as their body 😂🍽️ pic.twitter.com/UBdEdOU9R8
— Enezator (@Enezator) April 22, 2026

Look at this cracker flyin' around like he own the air:

This guy flying a jet-powered wingsuit right next to an A380 at over 250 km/h is absolutely insane 🚀✈️pic.twitter.com/Xmpdqtt3rU
— Enezator (@Enezator) April 22, 2026

C.S. Lewis. Do I even have to say it.

This grandfather�s Narnia-inspired library hidden behind a wardrobe feels lifted from a storybook. 💜pic.twitter.com/uD43QHqscv
— Enezator (@Enezator) April 21, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:50 PM

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1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (cYBz/)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Time for 1 video then its lights out

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

4 I'm telling you...they're going to find SPLC involvement in that whole Grechen Whitmer "fake" kidnapping by White Supremacists fiasco.

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 07:54 PM (dIske)

5 Look at this cracker flyin' around like he own the air

I understood that reference.

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 07:55 PM (VHUov)

6 60% of the way there. Dare we hope for a week of mephitic-free Cafés?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 22, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)

7

It would be great if Trump built a huge penis there and a big sign that says "SUCK IT ASSHOLES!!

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:55 PM (3ek7K)

8 Husky Husky Husky Husky Husky smol

Posted by: Cute lil guy at April 22, 2026 07:56 PM (TbWk/)

9 I can tell we're going to get a lot of mileage out of the SPLC story.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 07:56 PM (gnNyN)

10 You can't do 450mph in a wing suit

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)

11 This grandfather’s Narnia-inspired library hidden behind a wardrobe feels lifted from a storybook.

I haven't read the books, so I was unaware that Narnia was a well-stocked saloon.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 07:56 PM (Riz8t)

12 Booze!

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:56 PM (8jVAy)

13 This guy flying a jet-powered wingsuit right next to an A380 at over 250 km/h is absolutely insane

Well, we can shut down the TSA now, since the muzloids can just fly a bomb up to the plane in midair.

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (VHUov)

14 125mph, but no math

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (8jVAy)

15 This dog is grinning because he just cashed a check for $30,000 for barking extra hard at black mailmen.

Given that the dog is clearly British, should that be 30K pounds?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

16 "This dog was paid $130,000 by the SPLC
to steal equipment from the Midnight Tennis league in Baltimore""

Hilarious SPLC captions, Ace. Thx, and thanks for all you do here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (MBxU7)

17 You can't do 450mph in a wing suit

You can if a 380 is behind you and it's closing the distance.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (Riz8t)

18 I support this post ~ Anchor Bolt

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (jrgJz)

19 You can't trust your eyes

https://tinyurl.com/mse47xmz

Posted by: Forced Perspective at April 22, 2026 07:58 PM (4NO2D)

20 Doggie deserves a metal for bravery

Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

21 This dog is grinning because he just cashed a check for $30,000 for barking extra hard at black mailmen.

Given that the dog is clearly British, should that be 30K pounds?

I get it. I have bad teeth.

Posted by: Clearly British dog named Austin Growrs at April 22, 2026 07:59 PM (Riz8t)

22 You can't do 450mph in a wing suit
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)

Or roller skate in a buffalo herd.

Posted by: its just not done, old boy at April 22, 2026 07:59 PM (TbWk/)

23 The Golden is doing his Julia Roberts impression.

Not bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 07:59 PM (zZu0s)

24 The SPLC has secretly formed an airborne battalion of Flying Racists.

==

SPLC is removing all evidence (link no work)

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 08:00 PM (GD0B3)

25

We're not racist. We have a dog who is mostly black and one who is tan. They aren't stealing tax money either.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 08:00 PM (3ek7K)

26 Several links don't work ...hmmm

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (GD0B3)

27 )Sees dogs with mouth of balls)
I should call my ex

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (DunVf)

28 I doubt you could keep the wings open if you had a JATO strapped to your ass.

Not even Wilie Coyote.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)

29 We have a wardrobe like that and it would open right into our shower.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

30 Evening all,

We have a launch in about 2 hours.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-14
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: April 22, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. PDT (April 23, 0255 UTC, 04:55 CEST)

https://youtu.be/o6EVN4JrLjs

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 08:02 PM (2F0/Y)

31 We have a wardrobe like that and it would open right into our shower.
Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

Do you call the shower Narnia?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:03 PM (zZu0s)

32 We have a wardrobe like that and it would open right into our shower.
Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

Do you call the shower Narnia?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:03 PM (zZu0s)

Yeah. Narnia business, pal.

Posted by: Why do you care about my plumbing? at April 22, 2026 08:04 PM (TbWk/)

33 Yeah. Narnia business, pal.
Posted by: Why do you care about my plumbing? at April 22, 2026 08:04 PM (TbWk/)

I'm not your pal, friend.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)

34 I can imagine some suicide bomber jihadist dreaming of taking down an airliner with a flying wing like that.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at April 22, 2026 08:07 PM (DunVf)

35 33 Yeah. Narnia business, pal.
Posted by: Why do you care about my plumbing? at April 22, 2026 08:04 PM (TbWk/)

I'm not your pal, friend.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)
Not your friend, Chief.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:08 PM (LHPAg)

36 If I was on that airbus I would hunt that wingsuit guy down and beat his ass.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 08:08 PM (0cOSz)

37 Not your friend, Chief.
Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:08 PM (LHPAg)

Not your chief, buddy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

38 Not your Chief, Bub

Posted by: Forced Perspective at April 22, 2026 08:09 PM (4NO2D)

39 To put it in more Horde-friendly units, the dude in the wingsuit is flying at approximately 146,579.098 smoots/fortnight.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 22, 2026 08:09 PM (0sNs1)

40 /off sticky special sock

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 08:10 PM (4NO2D)

41 Several links don't work ...hmmm
Posted by: runner

All except "airborne battalion of Flying Racists" worked for me. Looks like that one got deleted.

I did have to change "x.com" to "xcancel.com" to get by the age restriction on the "This cat was returned home after spending six months as an SPLC "researcher" one. In fairness, it did include a closeup of an unshaven pussy.

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 08:10 PM (VHUov)

42
Hilarious SPLC captions, Ace. Thx, and thanks for all you do here.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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

I'm so mad about it I can barely get them out of my head either!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 08:10 PM (n7rxJ)

43 You can't do 450mph in a wing suit
Posted by: Skip

Or tug on Superman's cape.

Posted by: Jim Croce at April 22, 2026 08:11 PM (c9rBD)

44 Young Capybaras jump in, oldsters just fall in.

Posted by: javems at April 22, 2026 08:13 PM (zFsEm)

45 Seeing some in the media calling the firearm used by that animal who murdered his 8 kids an "assault pistol".
They are still trying to mill it in some waythat supports their anti' 2nd A agenda.
FYI, I saw a pic of what he used.
It's a Mossberg 715P .22 LR AR15 pistol.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at April 22, 2026 08:15 PM (DunVf)

46 @nicksortor
·
1h
🚨 JUST IN: Navy Secretary John Phelan did not simply depart, but was “FIRED” today by Secretary Hegseth, per Fox

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 08:15 PM (ZxPkt)

47 This guy flying a jet-powered wingsuit right next to an A380

Just a whiff of vortex and he's going head-over-heels for a mile.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 08:15 PM (hLZfT)

48 I doubted that wingsuit thing was real. Turns out it is, but it was a huge stunt done in Dubai with some Emirates airline as a pr stunt. It took months of planning and testing to get that set up.

Those wing suits have only a few minutes of flying time, and top speeds of~150 mph or so. And very dangerous. Flying one of those takes more guts than sense and test pilot daredevil skills

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at April 22, 2026 08:18 PM (w6EFb)

49 Just a whiff of vortex and he's going head-over-heels for a mile.
Posted by: t-bird

Did Whiff Of Vortex ever open for Tears For Fears?

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 08:20 PM (VHUov)

50 We have a wardrobe like that and it would open right into our shower.
Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

I would love the story behind this little piece of whimsy!

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 08:21 PM (hftzA)

51 So much blatant corruption coming to light since Trump was re-re-elected. They assumed they were safe because they thought he wouldn't regain the Presidency.

Posted by: davidt at April 22, 2026 08:21 PM (Q+gd/)

52 46 @nicksortor
·
1h
🚨 JUST IN: Navy Secretary John Phelan did not simply depart, but was “FIRED” today by Secretary Hegseth, per Fox
Posted by: Don Black

Scuttlebutt on X is because Phelan did not want to be involved with checking senior officers for DEI postings on social media, etc. And disputes over the Navy shipbuilding revamp. Phelan apparently was not following Hegseth's orders.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 08:21 PM (E4rtv)

53 Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at April 22, 2026 08:18 PM (w6EFb)

I'm glad it was a set up and not a passenger flight. I kind of assumed that because that stunt would have resulted in jail time.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 08:21 PM (0cOSz)

54 And disputes over the Navy shipbuilding revamp. Phelan apparently was not following Hegseth's orders.

===

Those were DJT orders that Hegseth was following.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 08:22 PM (GD0B3)

55 And the wingsuit isn't as close to the 380 as it looks. Perspective tricks to make it look closer to the plane.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at April 22, 2026 08:23 PM (w6EFb)

56 RICO SPLC will be the newest beat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:24 PM (2GVsD)

57 54 And disputes over the Navy shipbuilding revamp. Phelan apparently was not following Hegseth's orders.

===

Those were DJT orders that Hegseth was following.
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 08:22 PM (GD0B3)
As are proper.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:24 PM (LHPAg)

58 Those were DJT orders that Hegseth was following.
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 08:22 PM (GD0B3)

I'm sure Trump listens to Hegseth's counsel also. I believe he follows orders but not just a yes man.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 08:24 PM (0cOSz)

59 Look at this cracker flyin' around like he own the air:
=
Muslims in jetpacks that can keep up with passenger airlines in flight.

I see no way in which this could go bad.

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 08:25 PM (vSvIl)

60 Who was Phelan feeling?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (2GVsD)

61 6 60% of the way there. Dare we hope for a week of mephitic-free Cafés?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Ha! The Fragrant Sword of Damocles is hanging over your head by a thread.

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (oftw2)

62 Hegseth has taken quite a few heads

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (ZxPkt)

63 Phelan apparently was not following Hegseth's orders.
Posted by: whig

Those were DJT orders that Hegseth was following.
Posted by: runner

"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here."

Posted by: Jayne Cobb and/or Pete Hegseth at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (VHUov)

64 Shipbuilding definitely has heads knocking due to its critical importance and the audacious new effort being launched.

Getting the impression that rooting out DEI in the ranks (upper ranks) is like pulling teeth. The rot is wide and deep.

If insubordination is behind Phelan's departure it wouldn't be surprising. The Beltway is in fact the Augean stables, and Trump & Co. face truly Herculean tasks here.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:28 PM (U/Byj)

65 If I was on that airbus I would hunt that wingsuit guy down and beat his ass.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 08:08 PM (0cOSz)

They probably thought he was Iron Man.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 08:29 PM (snZF9)

66 Not really DEI at BuNav, just the usual idiots seeking employment with contractors once they retire.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:29 PM (2GVsD)

67 51 So much blatant corruption coming to light since Trump was re-re-elected. They assumed they were safe because they thought he wouldn't regain the Presidency.

Posted by: davidt at April 22, 2026 08:21 PM (Q+gd/)

exactly correct, they were ramping up for their 1000 years of neofeudalism

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 08:30 PM (VyBeY)

68 C'mon, Trump talked about building MOAR SHIPS for 10 years.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 08:30 PM (GD0B3)

69 Shipbuilding definitely has heads knocking due to its critical importance and the audacious new effort being launched.
-
Is the Trump class super dreadnaught still a thing?

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 08:30 PM (vSvIl)

70 Just a whiff of vortex and he's going head-over-heels for a mile.
Posted by: t-bird

Did Whiff Of Vortex ever open for Tears For Fears?

I saw Whiff of Vortex open for Butthole Surfers at Blues Alley.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 08:30 PM (Riz8t)

71 "You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here."
Posted by: Jayne Cobb and/or Pete Hegseth at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (VHUov)
-----------
"And you're not gonna change that by gettin' all...bendy."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 08:31 PM (xvhJH)

72 Hegseth has taken quite a few heads

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (ZxPkt)

In a perfect world they would be hanging from his belt.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 08:31 PM (snZF9)

73 And disputes over the Navy shipbuilding revamp.

Who does he think he is, a foreign-born Federal District judge?!

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 08:31 PM (hLZfT)

74 Ever since the Peace Dividend and the number of defense contractors have contracted, our MIC has become much like the European version where the weapon system being viable is secondary to how many jobs the program creates.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD)

75 “ This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians, in the ships in which they took pride.”

Isaiah 43:14

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 08:32 PM (cn09p)

76 Phelan apparently was not following Hegseth's orders.
Posted by: whig

Those were DJT orders that Hegseth was following.
Posted by: runner

I have no knowledge of what really transpired, but if Phelan had a fundamental disagreement with the policies of DJT, then it was up to him to resign and give his reasons why. He doesn't get to make policy. This seems to be very difficult for some to grasp.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 08:32 PM (Riz8t)

77 72, this!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 08:33 PM (VyBeY)

78 Your wars tonight:

Lebanon ceasefire going about as you'd expect. My favorite, a very very hot ceasefire. Only mystery is what's the real US expectation or strategery behind the current half-a**ed (and I think purely performative) effort to duplicate the idiotic dead-end approaches of the last 20 years.

WH press sec referred to "pragmatists" in Iran leadership situation today. Oh boy.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:33 PM (U/Byj)

79 An Army big-wig with chemical surety just babbled like a love-struck fool to a pretty female reporter who flirted him up.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:33 PM (2GVsD)

80 I can't believe any grown man actually believes DEI crap is good. I lean toward the contractor job promised in the future.

Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 08:34 PM (q6tQZ)

81 "'Golden' is crypto-white!" -- Golden's SPLC patron

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 08:37 PM (Sy6m/)

82 Idiot's name: Andrew Hugg
Former job: Branch Chief for Nuclear and Chemical Surety, US Dept of the Army.

He even babbled to her about how a nuclear launch command is authenticated and transmitted.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:37 PM (2GVsD)

83 Damn! Phelan had no prior military experience.
Wrong man for this job...

Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 08:37 PM (q6tQZ)

84 Think the DEI is among the uniforms, not the bureaucrats, at least that's what I hear. I'm sure lots of the bureaucrats are no bargain either, but it's culling the ranks in uniform that seems to be the bigger problem.

Recall Hegseth's "controversial" "dangerous" "scary" all-hands meeting bringing in all the brass? It was setting a baseline. Nobody can pretend to not understand the policy, no subordinates can be blamed for muddling directives from the top.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:38 PM (U/Byj)

85 "Phelan had no prior military experience.
Wrong man for this job...
Posted by: MkY"

How did he wind up there?

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 08:38 PM (vFG9F)

86 Might as well ask who did Phelan blow

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:39 PM (2GVsD)

87 >>> I can tell we're going to get a lot of mileage out of the SPLC story.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

>Here at the cafe, I thought we get some sweet recipes for fried chicken.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 08:40 PM (Fbc0I)

88 He even babbled to her about how a nuclear launch command is authenticated and transmitted.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:37 PM (2GVsD)

You know, it kind of makes you miss the cold war.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:43 PM (zZu0s)

89 Ed is dropping some bombs lately. Last night it was the SPLC being responsible for Charlie's murder and tonight this.

>>
@EagleEdMartin
·
9m
>>SPLC pays zero taxes!
CORRUPT

>>They pay ZERO state/local taxes.
ZERO property tax on the huge properties they own in Alabama.
And, they pay no sales tax on anything they buy from paper to cars.
And they have a $1bn endowment hidden offshore.
SPLC IS LIKE THE MAFIA. CORRUPT.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 08:43 PM (viF8m)

90 Get that racist ICE HOUND a NY strip and anything else he desires.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 08:43 PM (rzTfK)

91 Another (old) Representative has died, David Scott (D-GA). Lost track, we've got 3 Ds down (Swallwell, Scott, FL woman), and one R (Gonzalez). Still wondering how the hell the D NJ idiot (indicted for assaulting federal officer) has not yet been ejected.

That would make D -4, shaved to -3 with Gonzalez leaving.

Seems House GOP edge would grow a bit, temporarily.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:44 PM (U/Byj)

92 >Here at the cafe, I thought we get some sweet recipes for fried chicken.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 08:40 PM (Fbc0I)
Had some pretty good fried chicken liver and onions today.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:44 PM (LHPAg)

93 Aetius

Hopefully right now someone is explaining to him he has two options - jail or the pistol.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:45 PM (2GVsD)

94 Ah, the plot sickens. Andrew Hugg worked for Gaylord.

No one will miss him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:47 PM (2GVsD)

95 I would like a jet-powered wingsuit, please.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 08:49 PM (RIvkX)

96 I do believe I see Jupiter right next to the moon tonight.

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 08:49 PM (dIske)

97 >>>spending six months as an SPLC "researcher" one. In fairness, it did include a closeup of an unshaven pussy.
Posted by: mikeski
---

Now I'm being sent all the way back up there for what? Yeah, think I've got that figured out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 08:49 PM (rzTfK)

98 Nice beaver research.

Posted by: Drebin at April 22, 2026 08:50 PM (Q+gd/)

99 Hopefully right now someone is explaining to him he has two options - jail or the pistol.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:45 PM (2GVsD
The pistol is the only way to restore any honor. Not salvation, just honor.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:50 PM (LHPAg)

100 That stunt was from 2015. The wingsuit pilots were air daredevil stunt pilots Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet.

Reffet killed his fool self in 2020 flying on those. He lost control after he attempted to take off from the ground for the first time. Flew right into the ground at high speed

Usually they would launch from the air, do the stunts, then jettison the wings and parachute back to the ground.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at April 22, 2026 08:50 PM (w6EFb)

101
Recall Hegseth's "controversial" "dangerous" "scary" all-hands meeting bringing in all the brass? It was setting a baseline.

___________

"Admiral Blutarski. Zero point zero."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 08:51 PM (tgvbd)

102 Some commentary on the Phelan departure here, from a rather excitable but very involved observer:

https://tinyurl.com/2a8zka8m

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:55 PM (U/Byj)

103 Hadrian, LOL

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:56 PM (U/Byj)

104 Kirsche, "I am for fighting the creation of a predatory world order, when do I start throwing Commies out a helicopter?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:57 PM (2GVsD)

105 >>>Had some pretty good fried chicken liver and onions today.

Posted by: Eromero

>That sounds good, but I'm too lazy to go to the store right now.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 08:57 PM (Fbc0I)

106
I should have done things today.

But I didn't.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 08:58 PM (tgvbd)

107 Otter the cat goes to the spa:
https://youtu.be/PAnDKlV39K4

Obviously a *sea* otter:
https://shorturl.at/yZXla

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 09:00 PM (9vFyc)

108 The thing about powerful people and secret recordings is that it keeps happening, and it keeps working. Andrew Hugg, the U.S. Army's Branch Chief for Chemical Nuclear Surety, was reportedly escorted from the Pentagon this week,
---

Devil said he doesn't need new tricks 'cause people keep falling for the old one's.

youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 09:00 PM (rzTfK)

109

Hadrian,

I know you took care of the dogs and fed yourself.

Nothing with taking a day off.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 09:00 PM (3ek7K)

110 Kirsche, "I am for fighting the creation of a predatory world order, when do I start throwing Commies out a helicopter?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:57 PM (2GVsD)

Not sure who this Kirsche person is, but he got style.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 09:01 PM (snZF9)

111 Kirsche is anime fox girl VTuber. She is known for cursed knowledge and knowing way too much about BRIDGE. She also plays video games and reacts to news.

And when Anal Violence of Vice started doing libelous hit pieces against her, she managed to get VICE to retract the stories.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:03 PM (2GVsD)

112 The Sun is My Destroyer.
Sometimes metal is a balm.

A bomb??

Posted by: Pug Mahon, In an Exodus Mood at April 22, 2026 09:03 PM (0aYVJ)

113 Andrew Hugg, the U.S. Army's Branch Chief for Chemical Nuclear Surety, was reportedly escorted from the Pentagon this week,

==

Back in the day he would have been shot for treason.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:04 PM (GD0B3)

114 Loose lips sink ships !

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:05 PM (GD0B3)

115 Andrew Hugg is probably going to get served termination papers and divorce papers at the same time.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:05 PM (2GVsD)

116 Andrew Hugg will be desperately looking for a new job but since he has been so publicly burned, the USAID idiots have a better chance of employment.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:07 PM (2GVsD)

117 face change operation, new identity and learn plumbing

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:08 PM (GD0B3)

118 I do believe I see Jupiter right next to the moon tonight.
Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 08:49 PM (dIske)

Doublechecks Skymap Pro... Yep, Jupiter.

Posted by: Ash Williams at April 22, 2026 09:08 PM (/HDaX)

119 Andrew Hugg as the Tidy Bowl Man

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:09 PM (2GVsD)

120 I doubt you could keep the wings open if you had a JATO strapped to your ass.
Not even Wilie Coyote.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)

Reach out and touch the face of God.

Posted by: Acme Aerospace at April 22, 2026 09:10 PM (rbvCR)

121 This dog spent all day posting racist memes on Gab, under the direction of the SPLC

Same pattern as London insuring ships against the pirates and/or terrorists they employ in the IRGC and Yemen. This is going to be fun.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 09:11 PM (hLZfT)

122
In April, 1944, Maj. Gen. Henry Miller said at a party at Claridge's in London that the Normandy invasion would take place before June 15th. When Eisenhower found out, he demoted Miller to his permanent rank of Lieutenant Colonel and sent him back to the US.

The matter was kept secret and Congress, not knowing, confirmed a promotion to Colonel.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 09:11 PM (tgvbd)

123 I just hope I get sick and die before I can’t afford to support myself.

Like suddenly

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 09:12 PM (A5RD0)

124 Kirsche is anime fox girl VTuber. She is known for cursed knowledge and knowing way too much about BRIDGE. She also plays video games and reacts to news.
-
And that one time she got talked into taking a super strong gummy, and because she was going to be on a live stream the next day, tried to be responsible by only taking half of it.

Her avatar for the show was in crayon with a pat of butter on her head.

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 09:12 PM (vSvIl)

125 Kirsche when she is tripping is the funniest. Just keep sharp objects away from her.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:14 PM (2GVsD)

126 The problem was that racism died of its own accord but left so much anti-racism money on the table that the devoted leftists had no choice but to bring it back and kill it profitably.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (lCppi)

Not directed at you as such LASue because I know what you mean, but no this is not the problem.

The problem is racism DIDN'T die. The Left is still there. They are the racists, hence why everything is about race.

So they're not bringing it back to kill it, they're perpetuating it because they are in fact racist assholes. It's hard to fathom because we just think "rednecks" or whatever. But I no longer think that when I think of racists. I think of Michelle Obama, Sharpton, Pelosi, Schumer, Storybook Biden, Byrd, Hillary, all of them. Most of the rest of us wanted something different for our society.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 09:15 PM (vE0+H)

127 I'm not much into those wingsuits. But that tiny turbojet is cool. I think he's using multiple (4?) turbojets to propel himself. They are used on RC models, and other interesting things.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:17 PM (3uBP9)

128 We need a new song about the flight of Icarus where he get sucked into a jet wash.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 09:18 PM (Fbc0I)

129
Am I wrong? There's so much government money blowing around that no one bothers to account for, but just try getting anything out of the VA.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 09:18 PM (tgvbd)

130 Am I wrong? There's so much government money blowing around that no one bothers to account for, but just try getting anything out of the VA.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 09:18 PM (tgvbd)

A friend tells me about his fights with the computer system the VA uses for scheduling, telehealth and prescriptions. He found it easier to call directly by phone until the VA took the personal numbers away from the providers to convince patients to use the internet.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 09:22 PM (rbvCR)

131 So they told Andrew Hugg to kiss off?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 09:22 PM (77rzZ)

132 >>> Andrew Hugg, the U.S. Army's Branch Chief for Chemical Nuclear Surety, was reportedly escorted from the Pentagon this week,

==

Back in the day he would have been shot for treason.
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:04 PM (GD0B3)

How can these dudes not know that the gorgeous gal, that suddenly dropped herself in their lap, and is talking them up, is an obvious setup? I mean, there are very specific continual training about this exact scenario.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:23 PM (3uBP9)

133
Am I wrong? There's so much government money blowing around that no one bothers to account for, but just try getting anything out of the VA.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

https://www.usdebtclock.org

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 09:23 PM (Cqx++)

134 We need a new song about the flight of Icarus where he get sucked into a jet wash.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 09:18 PM (Fbc0I)
---
That could never happe...*FOOP*

Posted by: Sherry Bobbins at April 22, 2026 09:23 PM (0aYVJ)

135 250 Kph =~ 155 mph. So, plausible for wingsuit guy to do that.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 22, 2026 09:23 PM (XMwZJ)

136 >>> I just hope I get sick and die before I can’t afford to support myself.

Like suddenly
Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 09:12 PM (A5RD0)

Carousel!

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:25 PM (3uBP9)

137 We need a new song about the flight of Icarus where he get sucked into a jet wash.

"No capes!" Edna Mode

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:25 PM (2GVsD)

138 >> I do believe I see Jupiter right next to the moon tonight.

Yes, indeed. And the Moon is right below Castor and Pollux, the twins of Gemini.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 09:25 PM (w6EFb)

139 @Dave_in_Fla
Apr 7
I'm predicting that when all the dust settles, the biggest loser won't be Iran.

It will be Europe

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 09:26 PM (rzTfK)

140 How can these dudes not know that the gorgeous gal, that suddenly dropped herself in their lap, and is talking them up, is an obvious setup? I mean, there are very specific continual training about this exact scenario.
Posted by: banana Dream
-----------

The body does not contain enough blood to allow *both* heads to function properly at the same time.

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 09:26 PM (rdVOm)

141
250 Kph =~ 155 mph. So, plausible for wingsuit guy to do that.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

Is it plausible for the plane to go that slow?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 09:27 PM (Cqx++)

142 I wonder if he has a sister named Amanda, middle name Kissin.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:27 PM (3uBP9)

143 139 @Dave_in_Fla
Apr 7
I'm predicting that when all the dust settles, the biggest loser won't be Iran.

It will be Europe
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 09:26 PM (rzTfK)

The good folks at Promethean Updates are of the same opinion.

They contend this is about direct action at dismantling the British Empire's Great Game in the Middle East, and extending elsewhere.

Posted by: browndog on replay at April 22, 2026 09:30 PM (3sXRv)

144 I would just like the scraps of fraud that fall off the table. I would be able to live like a king though I wouldn't. 50 grand is just a rounding error on the numbers they are talking about.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 09:30 PM (0cOSz)

145 Dave in Fla is here?

Good to see you, Sir.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 09:31 PM (77rzZ)

146 Well, tschuss mein komerads

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:32 PM (2GVsD)

147 How can these dudes not know that the gorgeous gal, that suddenly dropped herself in their lap, and is talking them up, is an obvious setup? I mean, there are very specific continual training about this exact scenario.
Posted by: banana Dream
-----------

I don't understand why they just don't play the game themselves and fake it till you lay it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 09:32 PM (0cOSz)

148 Is it plausible for the plane to go that slow?
****

Per internet, stall speed for a 380 is 155 knots (~178mph). Careful setup and possible editing for the shot.

Posted by: clarence at April 22, 2026 09:32 PM (nD5wh)

149 An Airbus A380 landing speed is ~130 mph. The plane appears to be on approach for landing...so, yeah, it's plausible for the plane to be going that slow.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 22, 2026 09:32 PM (XMwZJ)

150
NASA is slowly releasing the cooler videos from the Artemis flight. Here's Earthshine on Christina's face:

https://is.gd/20FG8a

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 09:34 PM (w6EFb)

151 What is Space X's next step? Are they still trying to perfect landing the reusable rocket?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 09:36 PM (0cOSz)

152
That whole wingsuit and the A380 was a careful PR stunt which took months of planning and testing. And it was done in 2015 with a Emirates airline.

Two stunt daredevil pilots did the wingsuit flying.

One of those guys was killed in 2020 in a mishap with those same wingsuits.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 09:36 PM (w6EFb)

153
Here's an old Daily Mail article on that stunt:
https://is.gd/myscoY

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 09:38 PM (w6EFb)

154 Evening, Ace, and Cafe found-ins!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 09:39 PM (utfVc)

155 I mean, I basically never see women. I'm an engineer. And I'm an engineer in a discipline and industry that has a small fraction of the very tiny amount of female engineers in other industries, disciplines.

If I see womens at work I assume something very critically awful has occurred in the universe, some very bad situation is in effect and the corporate/executive team has descended from on high to knock heads. Some girly girl steps up on me in the wild and it would be like suddenly meeting a giraffe. Uh, hello. Because I would totally say hello to a giraffe. But let my guard down? nah. Also I don't get out much, so there's that. Being an introvert & wotnot.

But, I guess James wouldn't target me and would go for other marks.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:39 PM (3uBP9)

156 >>> What is Space X's next step? Are they still trying to perfect landing the reusable rocket?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 09:36 PM (0cOSz)

Sorry pal, the future's all in space toilets.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space plumber! in training at April 22, 2026 09:42 PM (3uBP9)

157 Yeah you got this SPLC animal right by the throat

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 22, 2026 09:42 PM (yzs5e)

158 All I can say is, they should get better gunsight cameras before, Iran, round 2. Technicolor, Panavision and hold that camera on before and after. Make an episode of it. Digital memory doesn't take up that much room or weigh that much.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 09:44 PM (rzTfK)

159 As of a couple days ago Space X has had

640 completed missions
600 landings
562 relights

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 09:45 PM (/lPRQ)

160 No one wants to be a burden to their children.

The cost of living has crushed wage increases… which have been shit.

I guess you just live in the short term

Future retirement be damned.

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 09:46 PM (A5RD0)

161 All I can say is, they should get better gunsight cameras before, Iran, round 2. Technicolor, Panavision and hold that camera on before and after. Make an episode of it. Digital memory doesn't take up that much room or weigh that much.

Posted by: Braenyard

I understand the gun cameras are very good.
The publicly released versions are deliberately seriously degraded.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 09:47 PM (/lPRQ)

162 Sorry pal, the future's all in space toilets.
Posted by: banana Dream - Space plumber! in training

You should get the fourth seat in the next Artemis flight. How many astronauts do you really need when you're not doing anything up there?

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 09:47 PM (hLZfT)

163
The Falcon 9 and Heavy are pretty much perfected. SpaceX has got to get Starship perfected. And the Moon lander version of that. And orbital refueling necessary for that. They've got a lot on their plate.

Blue Origin is developing their own lunar lander, dubbed Blue Moon, to compete. Isaacman will go with whoever gets it perfected first.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 09:47 PM (w6EFb)

164 WWII gunsight video is better than what we're getting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 09:51 PM (rzTfK)

165 >>> No one wants to be a burden to their children.

The cost of living has crushed wage increases… which have been shit.

I guess you just live in the short term

Future retirement be damned.
Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 09:46 PM (A5RD0)

Yep JEF care costs have ballooned health care for the peons, eating up whatever wage increases some received. Same for getting a house and mortgage for many. Just ate it all up.

And people don't believe me that the left will absolutely confiscate every retirement money you think you have the rights to. 401K? They want it. Roth IRA? They . want . it . all .

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:53 PM (3uBP9)

166 Love the Narnia library! Watching Rock the Block on HGTV on Mondays and several teams put hidden rooms in their design. Sounds like fun, if I ever build a lottery house.

Posted by: Iris at April 22, 2026 09:55 PM (bOJ2I)

167 >>> You should get the fourth seat in the next Artemis flight. How many astronauts do you really need when you're not doing anything up there?
Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 09:47 PM (hLZfT)

I have great rates too! $18 Billion for the initial service call and 80 dollars for each additional hour. Call for free quotes!

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:56 PM (3uBP9)

168 Wing suit guy is giving the IRGC ideas.

Posted by: Rex B at April 22, 2026 10:00 PM (a992C)

169 So they're not bringing it back to kill it, they're perpetuating it because they are in fact racist assholes. It's hard to fathom because we just think "rednecks" or whatever. But I no longer think that when I think of racists. I think of Michelle Obama, Sharpton, Pelosi, Schumer, Storybook Biden, Byrd, Hillary, all of them. Most of the rest of us wanted something different for our society.
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 09:15 PM (vE0+H)

Good point.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 10:00 PM (lCppi)

170
Canada has a spaceport now:

https://is.gd/7Kx1wi

That is.....something else. And Ukraine was involved.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 10:03 PM (w6EFb)

171 Canada has a spaceport now:

https://is.gd/7Kx1wi

Cue Derek Zoolander: "What is this? A rocket for ants?"

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (hLZfT)

172 TRex ONT is up!

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 10:10 PM (Sy6m/)

173 Canada has a spaceport now:

https://is.gd/7Kx1wi

That is.....something else. And Ukraine was involved.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 10:03 PM (w6EFb)

Liberals and Uke-a-ranians, and mythical rockets, oh my! Small Dead Animals had a post on it today, too. It is a scam and money laundering through and through. Nobody wants to launch from that far North. Closer to the Equator, the better.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 10:14 PM (utfVc)

Quick Hits

Hmmmm...

The media is pumping out SPLC propaganda, claiming they're being sued for "paying informants," while hiding the actual indictment so that their stupid NPC readers can't see what they're really charged with:

Robby Soave
@robbysoave
I'm always flummoxed when mainstream news sources describe a lawsuit, indictment, or pertinent document without actually linking to it. The SPLC indictment isn't linked in New York Times, AP, BBC, The Guardian, or any of first 10 sources I checked. Just have to take their word for it.

Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Making readers jump through hoops to find the full quote or original source document is a gross new propaganda technique.

Only "very fine people" do it, you know.

The Rabbit Hole
@TheRabbitHole
"Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as racists."
-- Thomas Sowell

The "virtual winery" owned by Ilhan Omar and her "husband," claimed to be worth millions, has been legally dissolved days after she amended her financial disclosures to say she's not a millionaire and it was just a big whoopsie to inflate her personal fortune.

Didn't they prosecute Trump for that?

Here, America's Sweetheart (TM) snaps at a reporter asking about the "revision" to her financials: "I don't have to tell you jack shit."

BTW, what is a "virtual winery"? I don't know, but it's not a real winery, or else they would just say "winery." What I imagine is that it's a "winery" with no actual vinyard -- that is, it's just a label. They buy wine from others -- cheap wine, I'd bet -- slap a label on it, and sell it.

You know what's interesting about wine? No one can say with legal precision how much a bottle of wine is worth. Much like Hunter Biden's watercolors, doncha know. Political sympathizers could maybe possibly "buy" cases and cases of greatly over-priced cheapo-beapo "virtual wine" to funnel bribes and illegal campaign contributions to a politician with a level of plausible deniability.

Is that what happened here? I'm not saying. And neither is Ilhan Omar. She doesn't have to tell you jack shit.

MSNOW's full-spectrum failure Alex Wagner -- they have repeatedly pushed her as a "star" influencer with millions of dollars of push, and she's failed every time -- forgives Tuq'r Qarlson and welcomes him as an ally in the Democrat War on America.

'This Is Hard For Me To Say': MS NOW's Alex Wagner Says Tucker Carlson's Trump Apology 'Feels' Genuine

MS NOW's Alex Wagner admitted Tucker Carlson's apology for helping to elect President Donald Trump "feels" genuine, though she remains skeptical of how much help he could actually be to Democrats.
...
"I do think it's like a moment to wrestle with our own consciences. You know, we'll be tormented by it for a long time. I will be, and I want to say I'm sorry for misleading people, and it was not intentional. That's all I'll say," Carlson said.
Wagner first said she was "cynical" about Carlson's declaration, though she eventually conceded that she feels the "tortured" Carlson was "genuine" in expressing remorse for throwing support behind Trump.
She said:

I guess it's welcome if overdue. Pardon me for being a little cynical about the mea culpa. Ari, this is someone who witnessed Trump stage and foment an insurrection at the Capitol and still went and campaigned for the man. Like, did you not think his narcissism was malignant in early January of 2021? Because I sure did. Like, here was a man that clearly was going to stop at nothing, including tearing down our own democracy, to regain power. So the idea that it's just dawned on him that this man's moral compass may not be pointing in the right direction, and he may not be operating with the most strategic manual is like maybe a little bit late and maybe a little bit not as genuine as I wish it was.
She ultimately concluded the public break from Trump for Carlson was a purposeful move that he can't easily go back on.
"This is hard for me to say, but it feels like the apology is genuine. And I also don't know that you can find your way back to supporting Trump once you've had that sort of emotional, sort of almost therapy-like session," Wagner said, adding, "I don't think it should be making Democrats think that Tucker Carlson is going to go out on the campaign trail for them just yet."

But it will. He will follow his leader Nick Fuentes in actively campaigning for the Nazi Right to vote for Kamala Harris.

The Vigilant Fox
@VigilantFox
Democrat abruptly cuts RFK Jr. off the moment he starts exposing how he was bought off by Big Pharma.
FRANK PALLONE: "Do you know what Trump's reckless, illegal war with Iran is costing us right now?"
KENNEDY: "I remember when you were the champion--"
PALLONE: "I'm not going to get into it because you're not going to answer the question."
KENNEDY: "You said something to my family I'd like to reply to."
PALLONE: "I'm cutting you off because you won't answer the question."
[Minutes later, Kennedy brings up Frank Pallone again in a separate exchange]
KENNEDY: "I was with Congressman Pallone in the early 2000s, when he was the champion in this body for people who had vaccine injuries. And suddenly he did a 180 when the pharmaceutical industry of New Jersey turned him around. And that was a template."
[Pallone starts grumbling as Kennedy speaks]
KENNEDY: "You know you were. And he has never said a word about it since. And the mothers have not been able to get into his door."

Democrat abruptly cuts RFK Jr. off the moment he starts exposing how he was bought off by Big Pharma.

FRANK PALLONE: �Do you know what Trump�s reckless, illegal war with Iran is costing us right now?�

KENNEDY: �I remember when you were the champion��

PALLONE: �I�m not going to� pic.twitter.com/AjbxRcGQXW
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) April 21, 2026

Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo
10h
Before the 2020 election, Biden gave a speech at Gettysburg saying he decided to run for office again after the Charlottesville far-right rally in 2017. The rally was a galvanizing moment for leftists and Democrats, who campaigned and fundraised off it for years, claiming they needed power and money to stop white supremacy.
Biden's White House met with SPLC officials at least 11 times after he won, according to visitor logs.
In the DOJ indictment against the SPLC, it was revealed that in addition to allegedly funding neo-Nazis and KKK members, the SPLC bankrolled one of the leaders of the Charlottesville rally and supervised his "racist" messaging.

Prime example here of how Democrats and their MSM PR wing would launder the SPLC's propaganda as �news."

In this 2022 CBS News segment, SPLC Director Susan Corke is teed up to say that violent extremism in MAGA is "one of the biggest existential threats that is facing our� pic.twitter.com/GXINDwvdxa
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 22, 2026

Here's an ad from the Southern Poverty Law Center listing ten ways to stop hate in America.

They actually show photos of the paid agitators they were funding.😂

Turns out the best way to stop hate is to stop funding the SPLC. pic.twitter.com/xxy5hS1Nyv
— MAZE (@mazemoore) April 21, 2026

Pam from The Office knows what's up.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:00 PM

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1 Cafe

Posted by: Beartooth at April 22, 2026 07:01 PM (tYGL3)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 22, 2026 07:06 PM (LdBR/)

3
They create the boogeyman. Then act afraid of it.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 07:06 PM (IifOV)

4 So many indictments.
So little time.

Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM (q6tQZ)

5 SPLC takedown is the biggest one since US AID.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM (GD0B3)

6 Beartooth, uh, I don't think so.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM (DIbRX)

7 Damn, I was in and out today but ace has been a machine...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM (Sco7b)

8 Who is the same picture dude?

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:08 PM (8jVAy)

9
A CPA was on Fox's David Asman's show and they had the following exchange (from Alpha News):

“A lot of people are wondering if it’s possible that her husband’s company’s initial valuation didn’t include liabilities, so he was scored on unrealized gains, which is exactly what Democrats like her are going after for billionaires, right?” Asman asked Geltrude, who responded, “Yeah, it’s kind of funny that that would happen.”

“But if you are asking is it possible that they excluded liabilities and unrealized gains, yes, it’s possible,” Geltrude continued. “But that would result by them not giving their information to the accountant to put on the form. So, either way, David, she is responsible.”

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 07:08 PM (kX27y)

10

Ace is eating Kaboom

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:08 PM (3ek7K)

11 Always follow the money.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:08 PM (DIbRX)

12 Damn, our new chick governoress is seriously unattractive.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (77rzZ)

13 Here, America's Sweetheart (TM) (Ilhan Omar) snaps at a reporter asking about the "revision" to her financials: "I don't have to tell you jack shit."

Bless her heart. She's a cornered rat.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (IifOV)

14 I’ve already left the Red Sox game. I think there will be a lot of Tigers and Pirates this summer.

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (8jVAy)

15 o jeez yes, gimme a quick hit ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (VyBeY)

16 >>> Didn't they prosecute Trump for that?

No. They prosecuted him for saying he was a gazabillionaire and that MAL was worth more than hurricane damage porta john. Judge decided MAL was worth less than a hurricane damage porta john.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:10 PM (/lPRQ)

17 I knew they had a large pile of money, from Leftists donars

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (Ia/+0)

18
Breaking: The Secretary of the Navy John Phelan on was fired by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday.

Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced.

Hung Cao. Heh.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (IifOV)

19

So many crooks.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (3ek7K)

20 Been waiting for her to weigh in. Whatever connections there are between the SPLC and the deep state she will find them.

>>@DataRepublican

>>🧵🚨 THREAD: How the Charlottesville rally and SPLC birthed an entire billion-dollar-plus "democracy" ecosystem 🚨

>>11 federal counts. Wire fraud. Money laundering conspiracy. But here's what the SPLC headlines are missing:

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)

21 "full-spectrum failure "

LOL, Ace!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (VyBeY)

22 I try hard to avoid using the word "hate." But I fucking hate Ilhan. *seethes* Immona step away for a moment...

Posted by: America, you guys at April 22, 2026 07:12 PM (0aYVJ)

23 The biggest problem with summer is…baseball.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 07:12 PM (77rzZ)

24 The easiest way for the msm to make the Omar stuff disappear is to ignore it.
I wonder if we will find out who ran QAnon.

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:12 PM (8jVAy)

25 I strongly believe we should give the Dems Tucker only if they agree to also take Candace Owens. Ashley St. Clair doesn’t count, she was a 2 bit player at best.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (Dd38x)

26 Good vs Evil.

It's a never ending fight. Made even harder when one side has no rules.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (0cOSz)

27 Couldn't we have had Naval Secretary Wang Chung?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (zZu0s)

28 Hung Cao. Heh.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Appropriate name for a Navy that schlonged Iran so far.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (E4rtv)

29 22 I try hard to avoid using the word "hate." But I fucking hate Ilhan. *seethes* Immona step away for a moment...

Me too. And what a filthy FGM mouth she has.

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (kX27y)

30 27 Couldn't we have had Naval Secretary Wang Chung?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
======
Chinese Commies only serve in Democrat administrations.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (E4rtv)

31 I live right near where her "virtual winery" was listed, in a commercial building that houses a "winery" amongst several other commercial ventures (including a brewery). These small wineries (or wine storage, or finished wine storage) are very common. I have also been in wine production for 40 yrs...
A "virtual winery" is a bullshit term for nothing more than a brand that may (or in this case, may not) be produced by a custom producer...You own the brand, buy grapes (or already finished wine to make your custom blend), and someone else actually "makes", ages, packages, stores, ships the wine...does all of the compliance, etc. You may (or may not) be involved in ANY of the business, except owning the label.
I have been in and out of the custom game since the 90's.
It is, in her case, money laundering or a tax dodge.

Posted by: UncleJefe at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (DzC+b)

32 GatewayPundit had a mugshot of Omar from years ago.

I find black women attractive but not bangable without a truck going 95mph.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 07:14 PM (Sco7b)

33 Sounds like you need a double header of FUN!

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:14 PM (8jVAy)

34 Everybody was Kung Fu fighting.

Posted by: That guy who always sings... at April 22, 2026 07:15 PM (ceJ0R)

35 >>>But it will. He will follow his leader Nick Fuentes in actively campaigning for the Nazi Right to vote for Kamala Harris.

They will never work together. Fuentes is FBI and Carlson is CIA

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 07:15 PM (rbvCR)

36 Correction

Omar was not bangable....

Long day...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 07:15 PM (Sco7b)

37 Wi Tulo for Naval Air Chief.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 07:15 PM (77rzZ)

38 What dirtbag.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 07:16 PM (LHPAg)

39 USA Today: FBI: SPLC paid informants without donors knowing. Feds pay them too. The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted for allegedly paying sources in hate groups without donors knowing. The FBI also pays informants

The case rests on the idea that paying people for information used to take down an organization is identical to funding that organization. The basis of the case is nonsensical

The indictment is a squalid piece of theater, masking the assassination of a monitoring network under the pious pretense of protecting donors. By including enough detail to effectively burn undercover informants, the DOJ has achieved its actual aim: the liquidation of years of deep-cover work. It is a tactical decapitation, ensuring that even a legal failure in court delivers a triumph to the thugs the SPLC once monitored.

This creates a chilling effect intended to blind independent eyes to the reality of extremism. Future sources will now rightly fear that their anonymity is a cheap currency, easily spent by the state to settle a political score. By gutting the SPLC’s reach, the administration has cleared the field for hate groups to organize

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 07:16 PM (ycI94)

40 Socialists Poverty Leninists Communists always had a list of Nazi groups but named any of conservatives and church groups

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:16 PM (Ia/+0)

41 epic day at Ace's house isn't it?

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 07:17 PM (8uzBS)

42

Husband said last night he sick and tired of the news and he so happy baseball season is back.

YMMV

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:17 PM (3ek7K)

43 Oh, Tulou. I thouht you said Toulouse. He's be too short.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 07:17 PM (LHPAg)

44 30 27 Couldn't we have had Naval Secretary Wang Chung?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
======
Chinese Commies only serve in Democrat administrations.
Posted by: whig
....................................
youtu.be/V-xpJRwIA-Q

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 07:18 PM (sAmhv)

45 Is that how SPLC could say that the Charlottesville chants were "Jews will not replace us!" instead of "You will not replace us!" , they gave them the script with "Jews" version?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 07:18 PM (Dv3i1)

46 Is Keir Starmer on the SPLC payroll?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)

47 I'm still processing the ramifications of this SPLC exposure. Linked to The Atlantic. Linked to Charlottesville. Linked to Biden's campaign.

It seems foundational to the whole authoritarian thrust of the Biden administration.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 07:18 PM (RIvkX)

48 Muh journalistic integrity . . . -- Mainstream News Sources

You're not journalists and you have no integrity! - Stuff That Jerry Seinfeld Almost Said.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (wVcYX)

49 What was the name of the wine sold by the "virtual" winery? I think it would have been cool to have a picture of Ilhan Omar on the label, underscored with the text,
"Moga, Dish U?"

Posted by: Paco at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (2L+MU)

50 Anna Puma, Starmer is on the IRGC payroll.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (DIbRX)

51 They create the boogeyman. Then act afraid of it.

The SPLC is the Jussie Smollet of Tawana Brawleys.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (Riz8t)

52 Ben Had

He could be double dipping.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (2GVsD)

53 The "virtual winery" model is attractive due to no overhead on your part- you pay someone else to do all of the work, you own nothing but the brand (including the wine). But believe me, no one makes tens of
$$millions with a virtual winery, unless they are in it for years, building brands, selling selling selling. I have been associated with several of the winners, but have watched the failure of hundreds.
I guarantee that she did not make millions of dollars...I doubt if they ever even made a product at all.

Posted by: UncleJefe at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (DzC+b)

54 re 18: used to get fund raising emails from hung cao when he was running for congress or something like that. seemed like a nice guy

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 22, 2026 07:20 PM (CWTWj)

55 Here, America's Sweetheart (TM) snaps at a reporter asking about the "revision" to her financials: "I don't have to tell you jack shit."

Let he among us who has not overlooked a $30 million asset in their tax return cast the first stone.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 07:20 PM (guGkK)

56 Sometimes I seriously consider disconnecting myself from this daily barrage of shit, to become blissfully unaware.

But I know that I need to be aware of what is happening, in the event things go pear-shaped. It's maddening.

I am glad wife and I can unplug and enjoy our weekends.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at April 22, 2026 07:20 PM (0aYVJ)

57 Anna Puma, true. Hope you are well, good lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:20 PM (DIbRX)

58 who would omar's winery sell to? moslems aren't supposed to drink alcohol

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 22, 2026 07:21 PM (CWTWj)

59 A billion bucks goes a long way. I wonder just who all was in on the take?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 07:21 PM (2WIwB)

60 We TOTALLY knew about the SPLC, but we didn't report on it because Charolette was so long ago, nobody would have cared.

Posted by: New York Times at April 22, 2026 07:21 PM (IifOV)

61 DataRepublican delivers as always. This is a pretty detailed and mindboggling thread. I'm gonna bookmark this, needs a lot of time.

https://tinyurl.com/nanheyan

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:21 PM (viF8m)

62 Virtual winery.

So, Thunderbird with a different label?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 07:22 PM (sAmhv)

63 Is Keir Starmer on the SPLC payroll?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)

Anna Puma, true. Hope you are well, good lady.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:20 PM (DIbRX)

👏👏

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 07:23 PM (GD0B3)

64 18
Breaking: The Secretary of the Navy John Phelan on was fired by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday.

Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced.

Hung Cao. Heh.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (IifOV)
Hung Cao's stern stuff.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 07:23 PM (LHPAg)

65
I made a tax error because of TurboTax. But I payed the $25 for audit protection, so I don't have to tell you jack shit.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at April 22, 2026 07:23 PM (IifOV)

66 Somalis are widely known for their cultured palates and their oenologist's skill in coaxing surprisingly complex vintages from the poor soil of their Somalian homeland. Not to mention their weirdly-shaped noggins.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 07:24 PM (guGkK)

67 62 Virtual winery.

So, Thunderbird with a different label?

Posted by: Puddleglum

Boones Ferry or Night Train

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 07:24 PM (IifOV)

68 Sometimes I seriously consider disconnecting myself from this daily barrage of shit, to become blissfully unaware.

I hadn't gone to the range in some time. My father bought a lever action rifle recently, his first ever at age 73 or so. He always thought they were cool, and wanted one before he died.

We went to the range, shot for several hours, and had a wonderful time. Sometimes it's good to forget about daily nonsense and do something you enjoy with someone you love.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 07:24 PM (ycI94)

69
Sorry Ben Had ! cut/paste FAIL!

i was gonna compliment your quick witted

"Anna Puma, Starmer is on the IRGC payroll.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (DIbRX)"

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM (GD0B3)

70 One of Omar's wines was labeled " The Devils Lie"

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM (DIbRX)

71 SPLC ...IRGC

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM (GD0B3)

72 Grassroots Motorsports magazine, at the height of the BLM foolishness, announced they were giving a donation to SPLC. I sent them an email about why they should not do that and I was canceling my subscription and their response was "Ok, bye". This was after they had asked for donations to keep going during Covid. It made me so mad I had to cancel my favorite magazine.

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM (vFG9F)

73 >>> In the DOJ indictment against the SPLC, it was revealed that in addition to allegedly funding neo-Nazis and KKK members,

In the end it will all be good because they will find KKK etc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of the SPLC, which in turn is under sole ownership of the DNC.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM (/lPRQ)

74 An Ace quote from the sidebar:

"I just want to share my annoyance with you."

This is what happens when you disappoint Ace. Don't disappoint Ace.

#BeBetter

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

75

Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

76 Ben Had

It goes, another wonderful day of employment. Got home. Fed the cat. Fed myself. Now chilling a bit.

Vous?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:27 PM (2GVsD)

77 In the end it will all be good because they will find KKK etc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of the SPLC, which in turn is under sole ownership of the DNC.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM

And who's the owner of the DNC?

Follow the money to Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 22, 2026 07:27 PM (0sNs1)

78 That's all I'll say," Carlson said.

****

Somehow, I doubt it.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:27 PM (lCppi)

79
49 What was the name of the wine sold by the "virtual" winery? I think it would have been cool to have a picture of Ilhan Omar on the label, underscored with the text,
"Moga, Dish U?"
Posted by: Paco at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM

-------

Chateau Vinaigrette.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (Xw+1y)

80 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

Just tell him the first plans were drawn up by Thomas Jefferson.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (GD0B3)

81 The KKK has always been a subsidiary of the Democrat Party

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (2GVsD)

82 75

Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)
Golden. Huge! Luxurious! The most beautiful you've ever seen?

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (LHPAg)

83 Anna Puma, all the implements to tackle Spring are working so life is grand.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (DIbRX)

84 The SPLC taught smooth brained white folks out there that anything positive associated with white folks was to be held in suspicion of being racist or anyone wanting to ban certain groups for promoting violence and terrorism is also racist.

That you cannot put a dollar figure on.

Posted by: Minnesota at April 22, 2026 07:29 PM (QCEpb)

85 "The KKK has always been a subsidiary of the Democrat Party
Posted by: Anna Puma"

Nuh uh. The parties switched in the 1960s.

Posted by: A Educater at April 22, 2026 07:30 PM (vFG9F)

86 But they just paid informants.
/ 99.98% of the left

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 07:30 PM (6Hdrx)

87 I live right near where her "virtual winery" was listed, in a commercial building that houses a "winery" amongst several other commercial ventures (including a brewery). These small wineries (or wine storage, or finished wine storage) are very common. I have also been in wine production for 40 yrs...
A "virtual winery" is a bullshit term for nothing more than a brand that may (or in this case, may not) be produced by a custom producer...You own the brand, buy grapes (or already finished wine to make your custom blend), and someone else actually "makes", ages, packages, stores, ships the wine...does all of the compliance, etc. You may (or may not) be involved in ANY of the business, except owning the label.
I have been in and out of the custom game since the 90's.
It is, in her case, money laundering or a tax dodge.
Posted by: UncleJefe

So like "Newman's Own" pizza, spaghetti sauce, etc.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:30 PM (/lPRQ)

88 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

I want the arch. Big enough to be seen from space. Big enough to hang the commies from and create the largest frigging set of wind chimes in the galaxy.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:30 PM (snZF9)

89

I got a spam call from Minnesota today.

Probably someone wanting more of our tax money.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:30 PM (3ek7K)

90 Bers, Hell Yeah, warrior poet!

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:31 PM (DIbRX)

91 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

Ask him about the Arch of Constantine.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 07:31 PM (Oy/m2)

92 The perpetual outrage some people are suffering, they are going to simply drop dead in mid-froth one day.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:32 PM (2GVsD)

93
That you cannot put a dollar figure on.

Posted by: Minnesota at April 22, 2026 07:29 PM (QCEpb)

Here's looking at you, MPLS/ST. PAUL!

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 07:32 PM (kX27y)

94 YouTube guy Andre Williams is absolutely destroying what the majority of black women are.

I'm increasingly hearing black voices saying that only 20% of the community are good people drowned out in a sea of ghetto rats and posers.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 22, 2026 07:32 PM (wBaIH)

95 When I was in italy and saw some big ass ancient roman arches I said to myself, damn, why don't we have anything like that? Trump delivers.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:32 PM (snZF9)

96 >>I'm still processing the ramifications of this SPLC exposure. Linked to The Atlantic. Linked to Charlottesville. Linked to Biden's campaign.

>>It seems foundational to the whole authoritarian thrust of the Biden administration.

Because it was. Not just the campaign, the Biden administration.

Read the DataRepublican thread I posted above. Very deep rabbit hole.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:33 PM (viF8m)

97 Tucker helped him get elected with his one vote?
OK.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 07:33 PM (n5tGW)

98 I got a spam call from Minnesota today.

Probably someone wanting more of our tax money.

Posted by: four seasons

6 years ago we bought a little house next door, just to keep the sort of people who would live in it out of it.
Tore it down last year.
We get maybe 30 calls a week, between office and our 2 phones wanting to buy the house. Most oriental sounding.
Almost enough to change our #'s.

Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 07:33 PM (q6tQZ)

99 Bers, I gotta say that I am in the rendition and dissappear camp.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:33 PM (DIbRX)

100 How does the hubby feel about the Arc de Triomph when the Germans marched through it?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD)

101
The Rabbit Hole
@TheRabbitHole
"Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as racists."

-- Thomas Sowell

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"Thomas Sowell was the original black face of white supremacy!"

-- Jackson, Sharpton, and The DogEater

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:34 PM (l7fPC)

102 And the other side of the coin means that Tucker now thinks Kamala should have been prez.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 07:34 PM (n5tGW)

103 YouTube guy Andre Williams is absolutely destroying what the majority of black women are.

I'm increasingly hearing black voices saying that only 20% of the community are good people drowned out in a sea of ghetto rats and posers.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 22, 2026 07:32 PM (wBaIH)

You know things have gotten bad when black YouTubers are posting one black fatigue video after another. They've had it and I can't blame them.

Posted by: Betcha even Thomas Sowell has it at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (TbWk/)

104 Here is how it went - Grand Cru is a burgundy wine grown in France. the demand outstrips the supply, so it is expensive. The virtual winery promised to take mediocre California wine and blend it into something resembling a Grand Cru. It's why their winery was called eStCru. They got investors and convinced them to invest real money. Obviously, mixing shitty wine into super expensive wine would be wildly profitable. By the by, they didn't do the mixing even - they paid people to follow their formula. hence the "virtual".

They lined up some investors, and based on the amount investment, they valuated the winery at $30 million. Obviously, a lot of that valuation was virtual as well. But it was designed to lure in more investors - people might balk at investing $50 k into a winery worth $300k but jump at the chance for a winery worth $30 million.

So, the whole scheme collapsed and investors lost their shorts. It also created a huge problem - the valuation of the winery had to be reported by Omar, but that raised questions, now they have to revise it down, which opens them to endless lawsuits from investors.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (vOtXJ)

105 80 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

Why?

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (tOcjL)

106

I don't know how he feels about arches anywhere else. I just ignore his ranting, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (3ek7K)

107 The "virtual winery" model is attractive due to no overhead on your part- you pay someone else to do all of the work, you own nothing but the brand (including the wine). But believe me, no one makes tens of
$$millions with a virtual winery, unless they are in it for years, building brands, selling selling selling. I have been associated with several of the winners, but have watched the failure of hundreds.
I guarantee that she did not make millions of dollars...I doubt if they ever even made a product at all.
Posted by: UncleJefe at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (DzC+b)

A friend does something similar that's just a fun, vanity project. Someone else does all the work; all they do is design a new, funny label every year. They give the wine as gifts.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (lCppi)

108 I helped Trump get elected too. Where's my microphone?

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 07:36 PM (vFG9F)

109 > Read the DataRepublican thread I posted above. Very deep rabbit hole.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Exposing it is one thing.

Dealing with it, appropriately is quite another. And, as we've seen, something that will never occur.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 07:36 PM (jehhT)

110 I don't know how he feels about arches anywhere else. I just ignore his ranting, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (3ek7K)

Only his podiatrist knows for sure.

Posted by: Wait for it... at April 22, 2026 07:36 PM (TbWk/)

111 An accounting error, like the one that affected Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, is not uncommon. Those financial disclosure forms can be quite complex and often have poorly-defined terms and misleading questions, such as, "What do you own and how much is it worth?"

Posted by: Bernie Madoff, former NASDAQ Chairman at April 22, 2026 07:37 PM (wVcYX)

112 So, the whole scheme collapsed and investors lost their shorts. It also created a huge problem - the valuation of the winery had to be reported by Omar, but that raised questions, now they have to revise it down, which opens them to endless lawsuits from investors.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (vOtXJ)

Oooh!!! **rubs hands together**. This might get good!

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:37 PM (lCppi)

113 "81 The KKK has always been a subsidiary of the Democrat Party

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (2GVsD) "

can't add anything to raw truth.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:37 PM (VyBeY)

114 The KKK has always been a subsidiary of the Democrat Party
Posted by: Anna Puma

Now get the MFM to admit it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:37 PM (/lPRQ)

115 Ask him about the Arch of Constantine.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 07:31 PM (Oy/m2)

Thats the one I was looking at. It was very cool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:37 PM (snZF9)

116 On the arch, it would be nice if Trump got it all privately funded. For now, the plan is $2M taxpayers and $13M private funds from the NEH...subject to change...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 07:38 PM (tOcjL)

117 The Whine Guy, supposedly someone paid Mynett and another partner in grapes and that was how the whole scam got started?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:38 PM (DIbRX)

118 >>Dealing with it, appropriately is quite another. And, as we've seen, something that will never occur.

What are we seeing happen right now? Until a day ago we didn't even know the DOJ was going after the SPLC.

This is not the same old GOP.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:38 PM (viF8m)

119 115 Ask him about the Arch of Constantine.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 07:31 PM (Oy/m2)

Ask me about the Arch of Thurman!

Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at April 22, 2026 07:38 PM (TbWk/)

120 Bers, I gotta say that I am in the rendition and dissappear camp.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:33 PM (DIbRX)

Whatever works. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:39 PM (snZF9)

121 83 Anna Puma, all the implements to tackle Spring are working so life is grand.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (DIbRX)

Indeed. Just finished cleaning out the greenhouse. There's still snow on the ground, but it's going fast, and it's hot enough in the greenhouse to work.

I suspect I will have plants out there in a week or so.

Lots of hope and promise.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 07:39 PM (DwqWV)

122 When I was in italy and saw some big ass ancient roman arches I said to myself, damn, why don't we have anything like that? Trump delivers.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Build it over the Washington Monument.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:40 PM (/lPRQ)

123 There was an episode of Midsommer Murders about a phony forgotten wine cellar.

The patsy lost his shorts on the scheme so faked his death and set about killing those who fleeced him. One such victim was a wine snob who was killed by a small trebuchet launching his own wine collection at him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (2GVsD)

124 118, now if they could only pass the SAVE act ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (VyBeY)

125 You know what's interesting about wine? No one can say with legal precision how much a bottle of wine is worth. Much like Hunter Biden's watercolors, doncha know. Political sympathizers could maybe possibly "buy" cases and cases of greatly over-priced cheapo-beapo "virtual wine" to funnel bribes and illegal campaign contributions to a politician with a level of plausible deniability.

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* Gruesome Newscum has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (l7fPC)

126 I find it hard to believe that they can build anything in DC for 15 million dollars.

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (vFG9F)

127 Here is how you know an organization is FAKE.
NO ON CARES
Once you go from a leader in race baiting, Jew hating, Negro hating, Muslim hating, and ASDGJKL; hating to second or third tier news.
NO ONE GIVES A FLYING FUCK
If the 2.6 million FOX NEWS viewers turned off their TV the world would be a better pace.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (/+uur)

128 Also the Arch of Titus.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

129 On the arch, it would be nice if Trump got it all privately funded. For now, the plan is $2M taxpayers and $13M private funds from the NEH...subject to change...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 07:38 PM (tOcjL)

After all the money those inbred Somali motherfuckers stole from the taxpayers I say fund it all from the taxpayer and grind the somali's bones to make the gravel.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (snZF9)

130 122, I like it!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (VyBeY)

131 Tanned, rested, and available!

Posted by: Gateway Arch at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (wVcYX)

132 I knew the SPLC were race hustlers but I never imagined the depths to which they would go. Literally trying to tear the country apart to line their pockets.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (4NO2D)

133 Build it over the Washington Monument.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:40 PM (/lPRQ)

Probably shouldn't be covering up the nation's dick.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (DwqWV)

134 tcn, I'm eyeballing spring lambs.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (DIbRX)

135 Bers

Do you really want to trust Somali mortar?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:43 PM (2GVsD)

136 Is that what happened here? I'm not saying. And neither is Ilhan Omar. She doesn't have to tell you jack shit.

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Why hasn't she been traded yet for a Somalian winery to be named later?

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:43 PM (l7fPC)

137 There was an episode of Midsommer Murders about a phony forgotten wine cellar.

The patsy lost his shorts on the scheme so faked his death and set about killing those who fleeced him. One such victim was a wine snob who was killed by a small trebuchet launching his own wine collection at him.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (2GVsD)

A oenocidal maniac!

Posted by: Bordeauxline insane at April 22, 2026 07:43 PM (TbWk/)

138 This is not the same old GOP.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:38 PM (viF8m)

*looks at SAVE act in the Senate*

Looks an awful lot like the same collection of assholes, Jack.

They are trying to just wait Trump out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

139 According to most contemporary descriptions, the Colossus stood approximately 70 cubits, or 33 metres (108 feet) high—‌approximately two-thirds of the height of the modern Statue of Liberty from feet to crown—‌making it the tallest statue in the ancient world.[2] It collapsed during the earthquake of 226 BC, although parts of it were preserved.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 07:44 PM (/+uur)

140 Also the Arch of Titus.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

I don't think Jewish people like that one.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 07:44 PM (Oy/m2)

141 132 I knew the SPLC were race hustlers but I never imagined the depths to which they would go. Literally trying to tear the country apart to line their pockets.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (4NO2D)

They funded all the glowies.

We all know racism died sometime during the 1980's. They didn't get the memo. They just KNOW it is out there, but since they can't find it, they manufacture it.

Should be a serious federal crime to race hustle. No good reason for any of it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 07:44 PM (DwqWV)

142 But it will. He will follow his leader Nick Fuentes in actively campaigning for the Nazi Right to vote for Kamala Harris.

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Old & Busted: Soros Butt-Boys.
New Hotness: Dugin Butt-Boys.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:45 PM (l7fPC)

143 This sure ties all of the "hate hoaxes" together, see moon battery for a nice chuckle

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 22, 2026 07:45 PM (jrgJz)

144 134 tcn, I'm eyeballing spring lambs.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (DIbRX)

Squeee! DH still won't let me get any mini-sheeps. Working on him.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 07:46 PM (DwqWV)

145 If you want to know how stupid a government worker is then think about the fact that Somalis with an IQ of 80 steal $1000 million for Tim Walz.

In the United States, the standard deviation for IQ scores is 15 points, with an average IQ score set at 100. This means that approximately 68% of the population scores between 85 and 115.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 07:46 PM (/+uur)

146 So many indictments.
So little time.
Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM

So many necks, so few lamp posts.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 07:47 PM (4NO2D)

147 80 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.
He won't let it go, lol.
Posted by: four seasons

Just tell him the first plans were drawn up by Thomas Jefferson.
Posted by: runner

HE OWNED SLAVES!!!!

Posted by: Rabid Leftist Lunatics at April 22, 2026 07:47 PM (ycI94)

148 After a creative break, Jeremy Boering decided to gird his loins and join the fight. Started his own show - the Jeremy Boering Show. His episode 12 is titled : "The 18 Tactics Tucker and Candace Use to Manipulate You ". He is a thinking man's man that's for sure.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 07:47 PM (GD0B3)

149 tcn, keep after him !

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:47 PM (DIbRX)

150 Sour Grapes is a great documentary about a crazy wine scam. Highly recommend!

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:47 PM (lCppi)

151 Bers

Do you really want to trust Somali mortar?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:43 PM (2GVsD)

Hmmm, yeah maybe not, but maybe in a foundation of public toilets would be cool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:47 PM (snZF9)

152 We all know racism died sometime during the 1980's. They didn't get the memo. They just KNOW it is out there, but since they can't find it, they manufacture it.

Should be a serious federal crime to race hustle. No good reason for any of it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 07:44 PM (DwqWV)

It's just another form of rent-seeking when you think about it, and just consider how much of our ever-increasingly bullshit-based economy is built on rent-seeking.

Posted by: We create the problem you pay us to solve at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (TbWk/)

153 There is an old Three Stooges short where the boys work for an exterminator and are just hanging out and playing cards. They get yelled at by their boss and Moe says, "Boss, if people don't have pests, they don't have pests.". The boss yells back, "They don't have pests, then you give them pests!". This reminds me of that. We need to manufacture hate to get money to combat hate and remain relevant. Here's some money to go give the Nazi salute and we'll come by and get money from the feds to march against you. Later I'll get the drinks while you get the appetizers.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (OIn/d)

154 The virtual winery promised to take mediocre California wine and blend it into something resembling a Grand Cru. It's why their winery was called eStCru.

Their first choice for a name was Estrus, but for some reason it did not catch on.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (Riz8t)

155 Bers

The Jane Fonda Memorial Public Bathrooms.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (2GVsD)

156 Their first choice for a name was Estrus, but for some reason it did not catch on.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (Riz8t)

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"It was Esther, you Big Dummy!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:50 PM (l7fPC)

157 Their first choice for a name was Estrus, but for some reason it did not catch on.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (Riz8t)

That's hot

Posted by: Male baboon at April 22, 2026 07:50 PM (TbWk/)

158 It's the NPC "citizens" ace refers to that remain the problem. Big problem. How disconnected from society and reality do you have to be to think that "racism" - at least among "whites" - is any factor whatsoever in anything whatsoever? Yet zillions of dumb white suburbanites with very narrow life experiences - and dim miseducated young people - lap this idiocy up.

How do you take a society seriously that actually thinks the term "white supremacy" refers to anything in real life? That it's actually purportedly taken seriously by formerly serious national institutions?

Well you don't. Inertia is our friend, and our only hope. But the forces of idiotic entropy seem to own the unthinking minds of most people around us.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 07:50 PM (U/Byj)

159 I don't hate these people enough.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (Wnv9h)

160 Speaking of public bathrooms, how is Gaylord's library?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (2GVsD)

161 Build it over the Washington Monument.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:40 PM (/lPRQ)

Probably shouldn't be covering up the nation's dick.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Call it the Arch of Venus and style it so.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (/lPRQ)

162 For Omar. Have some of this " Grapes of Wrath" vintage 2026

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (DIbRX)

163 This is why news sites across the country almost uniformly got rid of their comments sections in 2018 and 2019. I think part of it was in preparation for Covid and The Steal. But what it does of course is just let's their lies stand unchallenged. There was no reason to get rid of comments - they are engagement, the supposed gold of WWW 3.0. And yet... every site including most of the local ones almost all inexplicably dispensed with them in the space of about nine months in 2018.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (vE0+H)

164 CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

165 Arc de Venus Mons?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (2GVsD)

166 We all know racism died sometime during the 1980's. They didn't get the memo. They just KNOW it is out there, but since they can't find it, they manufacture it.

Should be a serious federal crime to race hustle. No good reason for any of it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 07:44 PM (DwqWV)

The problem was that racism died of its own accord but left so much anti-racism money on the table that the devoted leftists had no choice but to bring it back and kill it profitably.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (lCppi)

167 >>*looks at SAVE act in the Senate*

>>Looks an awful lot like the same collection of assholes, Jack.

>>They are trying to just wait Trump out.

C'mon, we are talking about Executive Branch activity not what the clowns in Congress are doing.

As pretty much always Trump is acting on his own against the deep state.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (viF8m)

168

It would be great if Trump built a huge penis there with a big sign, SUCK IT ASSHOLES!!!

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (3ek7K)

169 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.
He won't let it go, lol.
Posted by: four seasons

Just tell him the first plans were drawn up by Thomas Jefferson.
Posted by: runner

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Hey, if it's good enough for Paris ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:53 PM (l7fPC)

170 I don't hate these people enough.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (Wnv9h)

Nope. If you hated them at AM's level of hatred for the human race it still wouldn't be enough.

Posted by: I have no grift and I must scream at April 22, 2026 07:53 PM (TbWk/)

171 Bers

The Jane Fonda Memorial Public Bathrooms.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (2GVsD)

Yes, with that carnival thing inside. A bunch of clown heads with the balloons attached that blow up when you shoot the mouth, only they'll be fonda heads, and we won't be using water guns.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:55 PM (snZF9)

172 The problem was that racism died of its own accord but left so much anti-racism money on the table that the devoted leftists had no choice but to bring it back and kill it profitably.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (lCppi)

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The Race Hustler's (and Obama's) wet dream (But I Repeat Myself) is agitating for a race war.

Death Cults and Civilizational Collapse come in all colors ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:55 PM (l7fPC)

173
Well you don't. Inertia is our friend, and our only hope. But the forces of idiotic entropy seem to own the unthinking minds of most people around us.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 07:50 PM (U/Byj)
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Exactly. I can't believe how many people lap this crap up. I was reading (CA Post) about a former Israeli hostage who was coming to speak at UCLA and the student council put out a statement condemning him. A Jewish student who is on that committee said it's blatantly disrespectful that he's not allowed to share his lived experience. Lived experience?????? Holy shit, even a Jewish student can't say torture/kidnapping instead of that insipid phrase???

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (kX27y)

174 Keep racism alive!

Posted by: Zombie Jesse Jackson at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (TJtMh)

175 Have posted before about how almost nobody seems familiar with even the basic facts of "Charlottesville". The permitted protesters - who opposed the Bolshevik/Khmer Rouge/Taliban style jihad against historical statues of Civil War figures - were not the problem. And of course they had nothing whatsoever to do with the partly astroturfed, entirely ridiculous "Unite the Right" idiots.

The police chief and mayor, with the corrupt idiotic Clinton crony governor's connivance, violated the rights of the permitted protesters after refusing to protect the venue - even forcing them to exit the fenced-off protest area in the park *into* the mob of idiotic s**t-stirrers, where antifa-type thugs were battling it out with "right wing" thugs. (an empty and quiet and safe exit option existed, police didn't use it)

AG Sessions immediately announced a civil rights investigation - into the govt. figures who let the mess happen - but that simply disappeared and was never heard of again.

And the dumbed down NPCs that make up most of America swallowed the absurd cartoonish propaganda of the vile "press".

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (U/Byj)

176 We are watching a Beach Front Bargain Hunt based in Washington. My little Alabama child just asked why they sound so weird. I told her we should be careful since pin and pen are the same to us. She said that was because they are.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (hftzA)

177 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

Virginia is going to get shirty about that arch you know. It would be a pretext to bring Alexandria back to DC

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 08:05 PM (rbvCR)

178 now they have to revise it down, which opens them to endless lawsuits from investors.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (vOtXJ)

I hope hundreds are being filed as we speak. I want her life to be so miserable that she leaves voluntarily, and penniless.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 22, 2026 08:07 PM (zYpTz)

179 13 Here, America's Sweetheart (TM) (Ilhan Omar) snaps at a reporter asking about the "revision" to her financials: "I don't have to tell you jack shit."

Bless her heart. She's a cornered rat.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (IifOV)

I prefer to think of her as dog sh*t. One of my favorite Dirty Harry quotes:

Listen, punk. To me you're nothin' but dogshit, you understand? And a lot of things can happen to dogshit. It can be scraped up with a shovel off the ground. It can dry up and blow away in the wind. Or it can be stepped on and squashed. So take my advice and be careful where the dog shits ya!

Posted by: Nelly at April 22, 2026 08:10 PM (6+ehB)

180 >> You know what's interesting about wine? No one can say with legal precision how much a bottle of wine is worth. Much like Hunter Biden's watercolors, doncha know. Political sympathizers could maybe possibly "buy" cases and cases of greatly over-priced cheapo-beapo "virtual wine" to funnel bribes and illegal campaign contributions to a politician with a level of plausible deniability.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:00 PM

1. I think it's adorable that you don't think like a crook. That's penny-ante and messy, with shuffling actual physical objects around. What they can do instead is accept "investments" that will never pay off, with any arbitrary amount of money received in exchange for no product at all. And when the company folds and they lose their investment, as just happened...

quotes.net/mquote/846860

2. If the company had any liabilities or could be sued, I bet you could get Ilhan. I've never had a company of my own, but I've looked into it, and they emphasize keeping your money separate. No commingling assets and no paying your personal bills directly, lest you "pierce the corporate veil." But if they cared about the law, they wouldn't be so shady.

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 08:21 PM (Sy6m/)

181 >> 8 Who is the same picture dude?
Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:08 PM (8jVAy)

I think that's Morris Dees, co-founder and former chief trial counsel of the SPLC. He was its public face for a long time. The reason I have to qualify that statement is because he's old now (89) and looks very different, but I think that's an old photo of him.

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (Sy6m/)

182 DataRepublican says Heather Heyer was "killed by a car." I thought she was killed by her being extremely obese and having a heart attack...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 22, 2026 09:17 PM (XMwZJ)

183 You know, just thinking, the Dems started the KKK. Maybe this is just a nostalgia play by the SPLC? Keep the dem traditions alive?

Posted by: Green Shades at April 23, 2026 04:40 AM (WukWc)

184 Shakespeare said to kill all lawyers, this is the group that we start on

Posted by: Matthew at April 23, 2026 07:17 AM (OdsgZ)

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