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Dr. Ashish Jha on COVID-19: 'It probably was a lab leak'

Former Biden White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, tells Dana Bash, "When I went into the White House, my view was this was almost surely a natural outbreak, maybe a lab leak. Based on information I learned and based on information I've seen, I have come to conclude that it is more likely to have been a lab leak."

Also CNN, who got everything wrong on covid: RFKJr. targets Fauci and pushes medical misinformation in fiery CNN interview

The concept of "Maybe you should just sit this one out" never occurs to a narcissist deluded with a self-conception as an Expert Genius.

Do you hate Ken Jennings, the leftwing lunatic and former Jeopardy champ who the show made their host for some reason, making viewers like me permanently stop watching the show?

Well, you and transgenders have something in common. For some reason, trannies have decided that no one is allowed to read the New York Times any more. I guess maybe the NYT wrote one or two articles that suggested their mental illness wasn't the greatest so now you're not allowed to read it.

Anyway, Ken Jennings bragged about playing some NYT word-game and the trannies have been dragging him for days on BlueSky.

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DHS has deported almost 1.5 million illegals in just the past year.

Andrew Kolvet, spokesman for Turning Point USA, spoke with DHS and confirmed that more than 1.4 million illegal aliens have been deported within the last 12 months. When it comes to the housing crisis, the bad job market, the crime wave in urban areas, and other economic and social problems, we find that illegal immigration has exacerbated or caused them all.
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Kolvet posted on X on Sunday, "Just spoke to a source at DHS. A new report on deportations for the last 12 months just dropped which includes all deportation flights (commercial + government planes): Total alien forced departures of 1,461,529. The last 7 day average of forced removals: 4,291/day (believed to be a new all-time high)". He clarified, "This does not include self deportations."

There are up to 30 million illegal aliens in the United States, but it is difficult to get an exact number precisely because they didn't go through vetting to enter our country, and Democrats are not interested in being honest with statistics on the subject. Indeed, since somewhere between nine million and 20 million illegal aliens entered just under Joe Biden, it is possible that more than 30 million illegal aliens have entered the United States within the last half a century. The point is, we don't know for certain what the numbers are, but we do know they are massive. That is why mass deportations are so important.


Gunther Eagleman
@GuntherEagleman

🚨 1,645 Arrests. Every. Single. Day.

July just became the biggest month in ICE history, nearly 51,000 illegal aliens taken off the streets.

June set the record.

July shattered it.

Thousands of brand-new agents are now flooding American cities because President Trump actually funded the fight.

This is what real enforcement looks like.

No amnesty.
No catch-and-release.
No excuses.

Mass deportations are no longer a campaign promise.

They're happening. Keep going. Full throttle!

Cornyn and Tills have finally agreed to vote in favor of Todd Blanche as AG -- but they demanded Trump end his weaponization reimbursement fund for their vote.

Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., issued a joint statement on Monday, confirming their plans to support acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for confirmation to the post.

The senators had sought written confirmation from the Department of Justice that it would abandon an "anti-weaponization" fund that it had briefly established as part of a settlement with the IRS over the leak of President Donald Trump's tax returns. Blanche obliged.

Clay Travis
@ClayTravis

Important announcement: I am upping my offer, $10 million dollars for a head-to-head basketball game between the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces and a boy's high school state title team of my choice. If the Aces beat my team, I will give them $10 million.


He's poison to the Democrat/Communist coalition:

"To talk about the larger Democratic Party, post the election in Michigan going forward, I am not going to be in the same party with Hasan Piker," Carville said on Fox News's "The Sunday Briefing," referring to the Michigan Senate race between Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.).

"I have no intention of ever being in the same political party with that guy. Now, I think that a majority ---- overwhelming majority of Democrats agree with me, but this idea that we're going to seize the means of production and this ---- just go look at the DSA platform," he continued, referring to the Democratic Socialist of America (DSA).

When you declare it's racist (or -phobic) to question certain people, you breed people who believe, quite understandably, immune to any kind of accountability.


A Cambridge professor hailed as a diversity poster boy claimed that he had featured in the TV show Seven Up decades before he was born.

Prof Jason Arday said he had appeared in the series, which follows the lives of a group of people for decades from the age of seven.

The inaugural episode was broadcast in 1964. He was not born until 1985.

Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academic plagiarism after The Telegraph revealed that he had been accused of copying parts of his PhD thesis from an earlier work by another student.

He has admitted a series of errors in his work but said the "positioning of me as this kind of liar and fantasist is totally unacceptable".

Now footage of a talk Prof Arday gave in October 2022 has re-emerged, revealing his claim that he appeared as a child on Seven Up.

He told the University of Bath's Race Equality Taskforce: "I was part of a programme, actually, which -- it doesn't really exist any more -- but it was called Seven Up at the time.

"And Seven Up is basically when they follow you over the duration of your life, so they follow you at [ages] 7, 14, 21. I was pulled out of the project when I was 14."

During the same talk, he also claimed: "I had just turned 18 when I learnt to read and write."

He probably didn't mean that earlier Seven Up documentary series, but a more recent one.

But that's also impossible:


The BBC also commissioned a spin-off series titled Up: Millennium Generation. This began in 2000, also featuring a group of seven-year-olds. At the time, Prof Arday would have been 15.

A BBC spokesman confirmed that Prof Arday was not involved with the Up: Millennium Generation films.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:20 PM




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1 Yay!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:20 PM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)

3 I still wear a mask when I kiss Jill bit not when I kiss the dog.

Posted by: Blo Jiden at August 03, 2026 06:23 PM (SOf5W)

4 1.5 Million Illegals
So another 20 years and maybe break even if they don't keep returning like many criminals have a half dozen times

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 06:24 PM (Ia/+0)

5 >>>July just became the biggest month in ICE history, nearly 51,000 illegal aliens taken off the streets.

just 100 million more to go

Posted by: brak at August 03, 2026 06:24 PM (sCxmP)

6 Wow, Dana Bash being Mrs CIA Chief of Staff explains a lot

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:25 PM (0TVIV)

7 Dr. Ashish Jha on COVID-19: 'It probably was a lab leak'
Former Biden White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, tells Dana Bash, "When I went into the White House, my view was this was almost surely a natural outbreak, maybe a lab leak. Based on information I learned and based on information I've seen, I have come to conclude that it is more likely to have been a lab leak.

I disagree!!!!! It did not come from someone kissing a Labrador Retriever Dog !!!

Even I am not that dumb........ Duhhhhhhhhhhhhh !

Posted by: Kami Harris at August 03, 2026 06:25 PM (pVVfU)

8 Dana Bash is a Deep State operative.
====

I said this exactly on the earlier thread.
*affixes gold star*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 06:26 PM (JvZF+)

9 The senators had sought written confirmation from the Department of Justice that it would abandon an "anti-weaponization" fund that it had briefly established as part of a settlement with the IRS over the leak of President Donald Trump's tax returns. Blanche obliged.

And the AG can just throw out a portion of a legal agreement because a couple soon-to-be-former Senators demanded it? Cool, let's throw out their pensions.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:26 PM (ExV1e)

10 Also, he's married to his wife, Morgan Fairchild!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 06:27 PM (JvZF+)

11 DHS has deported almost 1.5 million illegals in just the past year.

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2x Operation Wetback...which was actually a giant scam, a precursor to DACA, and deported a fraction of the touted 700,000 number.

The largest deportation operation in history with likely attached self-deportations of a minimum of 4.5 million.

Too bad all of this didn't happen because a carrier group went to the Omani Gulf.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:27 PM (bzPaY)

12 They had the genetic structure for about 3 years.
Everyone at my watering hole had it in Nov 2019.
There are blood samples from Seattle in Oct 2019 that are CV positive.
There was no flu in late 2019 2020 2021 and 2022 because it was called CV 19.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:28 PM (/+uur)

13 Trannies - finally a group more annoying than Commies.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:28 PM (uhVAy)

14 Funny
AI mock up of mamdamnee's new grocery store

x.com/brick_suit/status/
2084348059161645286?s=46

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:29 PM (0TVIV)

15 That guy told so many obvious lies.

He runs six hundred miles in 6 days. Sure, Jan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 06:29 PM (JvZF+)

16 End all language other than English in schools.
End all free meals.
Watch schools lose 10% of students in 60 days.
Schools in CO are down over 5%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:31 PM (/+uur)

17 That Jason Arday dude is awesome.

He's exactly the kind of DEI poster boy you want for mocking.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 06:31 PM (dK+Kv)

18 16 End all language other than English in schools.
End all free meals.
Watch schools lose 10% of students in 60 days.
Schools in CO are down over 5%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:31 PM (/+uur)

======

CO teachers unions will demand a 15% increase to make up for it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:31 PM (bzPaY)

19 Great job, we just need to repeat that each year for about a millennia and we’ll be making some real progress for the sentient race of ai controlled mecha-raccoons that will be the dominant species by that time.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 03, 2026 06:32 PM (wYTRi)

20 There was no flu in late 2019 2020 2021 and 2022 because it was called CV 19.
Posted by: r hennigantx
____________

That alone should be a huge scandal within the scandal.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 06:32 PM (XvL8K)

21 17 That Jason Arday dude is awesome.

He's exactly the kind of DEI poster boy you want for mocking.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 06:31 PM (dK+Kv)

======

"Can I go to Cambridge and write barely literate nonsense and get praised for it?"
-Tommy

"Oh, no, no, no, Little Tommy. You're white."
-Tommy's father, chuckling at the boy's innocence

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:32 PM (bzPaY)

22 Trannies - finally a group more annoying than Commies.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:28 PM (uhVAy)

Trannies, and Commies, and RINOs, oh my.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 06:33 PM (dK+Kv)

23 The largest deportation operation in history with likely attached self-deportations of a minimum of 4.5 million.

Too bad all of this didn't happen because a carrier group went to the Omani Gulf.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:27 PM (bzPaY)

At the end of WWII there were multiple large deportation/population transfers in East Europe between the USSR, Poland and East Germany.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:33 PM (uhVAy)

24 "Can I go to Cambridge and write barely literate nonsense and get praised for it?"
-Tommy

"Oh, no, no, no, Little Tommy. You're white."
-Tommy's father, chuckling at the boy's innocence

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:32 PM (bzPaY)

He's indefensible. And yet . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 06:34 PM (dK+Kv)

25 The senators had sought written confirmation from the Department of Justice that it would abandon an "anti-weaponization" fund that it had briefly established as part of a settlement with the IRS over the leak of President Donald Trump's tax returns. Blanche obliged.

And the AG can just throw out a portion of a legal agreement because a couple soon-to-be-former Senators demanded it? Cool, let's throw out their pensions.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:26 PM (ExV1e)

So does Trump just keep that money? It was a payment for malfeasance against him by the IRS.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:35 PM (uhVAy)

26 Ken Jennings is obviously good at Jeopardy, but defending Jamelle Boiue,even if he's right on this subject, tells a lot. Boiue is a racist ahole who gets a lot of credit, all unearned , for being an intellectual

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 06:35 PM (BFvh9)

27 14 Funny
AI mock up of mamdamnee's new grocery store

x.com/brick_suit/status/
2084348059161645286?s=46
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:29 PM (0TVIV)

First they did not sell to the people with no NYC ID
And I did not speak out
Because I had an NYC ID

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:35 PM (/+uur)

28 PBS reported that a Guatemalan couple with 3 young kids that got deported and then were found dead in a Guatemalan cornfield.

Somehow this is Trump's fault.

I have to wonder if some NGO offed them to create martyrs.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:35 PM (k12bV)

29
Oh man. The Cambridge don who can't spell "teachers." I noticed that in every case, it was "student teachers.'" I smell a global search & replace on bad data, unwanted results, or bad reasoning.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (mmrXZ)

30 DHS has deported almost 1.5 million illegals in just the past year.

Those are rookie numbers. You gotta get those numbers up.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (l26NL)

31 28 PBS reported that a Guatemalan couple with 3 young kids that got deported and then were found dead in a Guatemalan cornfield.

Somehow this is Trump's fault.

I have to wonder if some NGO offed them to create martyrs.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:35 PM (k12bV)

=======

They were saved from the fascist, totalitarian, capitalist. oligarchical, dystopia that is America where brown people get shot by police for sport.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (bzPaY)

32 What's to stop free restarting the fund after the Senate is seated?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (viF8m)

33 PBS reported that a Guatemalan couple with 3 young kids that got deported and then were found dead in a Guatemalan cornfield.

Somehow this is Trump's fault.

I have to wonder if some NGO offed them to create martyrs.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:35 PM (k12bV)
----
I doubt they did so directly, but if word got out to certain members of a certain cartel....Well, accidents happen.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 06:37 PM (FZ29D)

34 30 DHS has deported almost 1.5 million illegals in just the past year.

Those are rookie numbers. You gotta get those numbers up.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (l26NL)

=======

The reported self-deportation to forced-deportation ratio observed over the years is between 3:1 to 6:1.

4.5 million additional, at a minimum, are also gone.

That's 6 million, minimum, in a year. Could be as high as 10.5 million (I'd lean towards the lower end, to be honest).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:38 PM (bzPaY)

35
What's the actual grievance with that self-important ass, Ken Jennings?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 06:38 PM (s9VOe)

36 DHS has deported almost 1.5 million illegals in just the past year.

Those are rookie numbers. You gotta get those numbers up.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (l26NL)


Well Cueta is right *there*

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:38 PM (uhVAy)

37 Ask not for whom the nood calls.

It calls for thee.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:38 PM (0sNs1)

38 Important announcement: I am upping my offer, $10 million dollars for a head-to-head basketball game between the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces and a boy's high school state title team of my choice. If the Aces beat my team, I will give them $10 million.

Las Vegas Aces just approaches the boy's high school team and pledges to give them several million of the ten million for them to throw the game and take a dive.

I just don't think those WNBA shrews are shrewd enough to do it.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 06:39 PM (+4Cf6)

39 x.com/brick_suit/status/
2084348059161645286?s=46


___________________________________

passes broken link right on by!

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 03, 2026 06:39 PM (zBgIx)

40 That was not an actual nood call.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:39 PM (0sNs1)

41
CO teachers unions will demand a 15% increase to make up for it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

CA teachers unions will demand a 15% increase to NOT speak Spanish.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 06:40 PM (mmrXZ)

42 So when they said that antibodies did not work I knew the SCIENCE was bullshit.
Then vaxxed people got the CV and I knew the science was wrong.
The Ebola outbreak in Africa spread to about 1500 people because the fucking idiots wanted to bury the dead (infected) because of tradition.
So when the next Spannish Flu hits (and it will) how will most Americans react.
More importantly, how many will go off the the CDC Camps?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:40 PM (/+uur)

43 Las Vegas Aces just approaches the boy's high school team and pledges to give them several million of the ten million for them to throw the game and take a dive.

I just don't think those WNBA shrews are shrewd enough to do it.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 06:39 PM (+4Cf6)
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I bet they'd also renege on the deal.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 06:40 PM (FZ29D)

44 I want to know how Carville and Bill Maher propose to clean the Democratic Party of the socialist taint?

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (wGerL)

45
passes broken link right on by!
Posted by: Will Robinson

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

In the URL, get rid of:

%20

That's where there's a space.

Posted by: Don't Be A Baby at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (mmrXZ)

46 Las Vegas Aces just approaches the boy's high school team and pledges to give them several million of the ten million for them to throw the game and take a dive.

I just don't think those WNBA shrews are shrewd enough to do it.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 06:39 PM (+4Cf6)

Never seen a boy's HS squad as bad as a non-Caitlin-Clark WNBA team. Even if they are polite to the old ladies, they are gonna take them to the woodshed.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (uhVAy)

47 That's 6 million, minimum, in a year. Could be as high as 10.5 million (I'd lean towards the lower end, to be honest).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

TJM, you did get it's a quote from Wolf of Wall Street? I think McCaughnehey said it. Just having some fun is all.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (l26NL)

48 PBS reported that a Guatemalan couple with 3 young kids that got deported and then were found dead in a Guatemalan cornfield.

But its a yawn and ignore when an American couple with 3 young kids get mowed down by an illegal alien truck driver.

PBS hates humanity. They don't give a shit about an Guatemalan family unless they can parade their deaths for political gain.

Demonic. All of them.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (+4Cf6)

49 >>Las Vegas Aces just approaches the boy's high school team and pledges to give them several million of the ten million for them to throw the game and take a dive.

I would think even high school kids are smart enough to figure out $10 million is more than several million.

Bidding for throwing the game starts at $11 million.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (viF8m)

50 "32 What's to stop free restarting the fund after the Senate is seated? Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 06:36 PM (viF8m)"

Nothing. I expect Trump, as well as losers Cornyn and Tillis all know this.

Posted by: Dad of Six at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (nDOPx)

51 I wish we were in the old West and there was a bounty to call ICE if you suspect an illegal. If they are illegal, a small reward. If a criminal a bigger award. Then deported. We could all feel a part of the mission to clean our country of them.

Remember when, for years and years, it was reported the same, stale 11 Million Illegals? Over and over.

During the yelling/emailing stage of my life I'd tell politicians and talking heads this figure is bull as it is the same number for years. Had the cost to a penny of how much we were paying for one illegal in FL.

I am now in the "sit back and watch" stage to 30 million.

I do wonder how many have self deported as you'd think the border patrol would have an idea, but maybe not. Also they get paid for deporting, so that should give us a number. Well worth the cost to kick them out vs paying five times that to keep them free here.

In the past I would get so irritated at the espanol in TJ Maxx I'd want to start a riot, screaming: "Speak English! I know you can!" I no longer go there, because it bores me. I was not kicked out, but there were times it was dicey.

As long as they are gone forever...good!!! Keep it going!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (hzuYO)

52 On Hasan, it's the same reason Zendaya is in everything: impressions on social media.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (zZu0s)

53 47 That's 6 million, minimum, in a year. Could be as high as 10.5 million (I'd lean towards the lower end, to be honest).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

TJM, you did get it's a quote from Wolf of Wall Street? I think McCaughnehey said it. Just having some fun is all.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (l26NL)

=======

Yes, I got it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (bzPaY)

54 I want to know how Carville and Bill Maher propose to clean the Democratic Party of the socialist taint?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (wGerL)

They want someone else to do the work, like usual. It was on Carville's corrupt watch that the course was set.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (uhVAy)

55 @50 yup , Trump hinted at that the other day

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (BFvh9)

56 TJM, you did get it's a quote from Wolf of Wall Street?

That's a movie, right? TJM doesn't know anything about film.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (ExV1e)

57 I would pay to see the high school basketball team demolish the BLNBA.

Posted by: Dad of Six at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (nDOPx)

58 56 TJM, you did get it's a quote from Wolf of Wall Street?

That's a movie, right? TJM doesn't know anything about film.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (ExV1e)

======

Only cinema like Taste the Blood of Dracula.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (bzPaY)

59 Glass writing at some mag.
Gay writing at Harvard.
Warren writing at UT.

If you write the Right words, with the Right Skin, and say the Things people want to hear your are golden.

PS I type in my name and it shows a few really bad half marathon times I ran.
I type in the golden boy and his name does not appear.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (/+uur)

60
I want to know how Carville and Bill Maher propose to clean the Democratic Party of the socialist taint?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson

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

This is my favorite Big Lie of the moment: that the current Democrat party has nothing to do with this DSA thing. That Democrat party principles never led to this, that every development of Democrat party policy hasn't been a step in this direction. Sorry, Jimmy.

THIS
is
D N C

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 06:44 PM (mmrXZ)

61 Nick Shirley is in Cueta:

Here is the truth from Ceuta, Spain:
60,000+ migrants from Morocco’s border stormed the small town and are now hiding in the mountains and city to reach mainland Europe.

Moroccan migrants said Moroccan authorities let them through their border and Spain literally opened their gates upon arrival. Many migrants thank PM Pedro Sánchez for opening the border... Ceuta is now effectively shut down due to looting concerns, and the military is losing power as migrants outnumber them and continue to escape into the mountains.

Now thousands of military age men are set to spread throughout Europe due to one country’s “failure.”

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:44 PM (0JWOm)

62 I do wonder how many have self deported as you'd think the border patrol would have an idea, but maybe not. Also they get paid for deporting, so that should give us a number. Well worth the cost to kick them out vs paying five times that to keep them free here.

In the past I would get so irritated at the espanol in TJ Maxx I'd want to start a riot, screaming: "Speak English! I know you can!" I no longer go there, because it bores me. I was not kicked out, but there were times it was dicey.

As long as they are gone forever...good!!! Keep it going!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (hzuYO)

since we pay them money to self deport, we probably know very well how many. Unless you are really wanted for serious crimes here there's no reason to do it on your own dime.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:45 PM (uhVAy)

63 The reported self-deportation to forced-deportation ratio observed over the years is between 3:1 to 6:1.

4.5 million additional, at a minimum, are also gone.

That's 6 million, minimum, in a year. Could be as high as 10.5 million (I'd lean towards the lower end, to be honest).
--
Miller has said the goal is 2,000 detained per day.
Then, when that is reached, 3,000 a day.

My prognosticator hat says the 3k will be announced as the target on 11-15-2026.

Also, reports of early school enrollments are backing up the self-deportation numbers; they are way down.
Because they're all going to charter schools, donchaknow.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 06:45 PM (3cUTc)

64 57 I would pay to see the high school basketball team demolish the BLNBA.
Posted by: Dad of Six at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (nDOPx)

Thinks about Airplane white people teaching Africans to play ball.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:45 PM (/+uur)

65 Only cinema like Taste the Blood of Dracula.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (bzPaY)

Now do Blackula

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:46 PM (/+uur)

66 Moroccan migrants said Moroccan authorities let them through their border and Spain literally opened their gates upon arrival. Many migrants thank PM Pedro Sánchez for opening the border... Ceuta is now effectively shut down due to looting concerns, and the military is losing power as migrants outnumber them and continue to escape into the mountains.

Now thousands of military age men are set to spread throughout Europe due to one country’s “failure.”

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:44 PM (0JWOm)

Well the mountains won't be feeding them for very long.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:46 PM (uhVAy)

67 I'm just guessing the couple was probably involved in the same criminal activity that got them deported in the first place.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 06:46 PM (KC5Lt)

68 62 I do wonder how many have self deported as you'd think the border patrol would have an idea, but maybe not. Also they get paid for deporting, so that should give us a number. Well worth the cost to kick them out vs paying five times that to keep them free here.

In the past I would get so irritated at the espanol in TJ Maxx I'd want to start a riot, screaming: "Speak English! I know you can!" I no longer go there, because it bores me. I was not kicked out, but there were times it was dicey.

As long as they are gone forever...good!!! Keep it going!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 06:42 PM (hzuYO)

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Not everyone is going to take up the CBPOne app offer. They came across without documentation, and they go back. The trip back is easier, too. They don't have to wade across a shallow part of the Rio Grande. They can just drive back.

No documentation of being here, no documentation of going back. No threats, once back, of being banned from US soil.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:46 PM (bzPaY)

69 5 million, 10 million...I just know that the highways look a lot better - less congested

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 06:46 PM (g47mK)

70 [O/T:]

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Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 06:47 PM (T1wyk)

71 Get rid of 4 million or so illegals.
Murder rate down to level 100 years ago.
Correlation is not causation but it is pretty fucking close.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:47 PM (/+uur)

72 I was in Queens over the weekend, and yeah, it looked less crowded. More filthy and broken, but less crowded.

Posted by: Accomack at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (/Chlc)

73 That's 6 million, minimum, in a year. Could be as high as 10.5 million (I'd lean towards the lower end, to be honest).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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I doubt those numbers.

- Trump may be counting self deportations, as we now pay them to leave and would have a better count than in the past
- 3:1 may have been real when a lone criminal was deported, but he already had family, etc. With recent migrants they probably do not have that so fewer go along
-And many self deportation in past may have been organic. So we deport 100,000, but 300,000 decided to leave anyways. Now we deport 1M, but only 300,000 decide to leave anyways. And they are counted in the 1.5M number, I suspect.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (k12bV)

74 DSA
You only need to work as much as you need but not as much as you have to.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (/+uur)

75 63 Miller has said the goal is 2,000 detained per day.
Then, when that is reached, 3,000 a day.

My prognosticator hat says the 3k will be announced as the target on 11-15-2026.

Also, reports of early school enrollments are backing up the self-deportation numbers; they are way down.
Because they're all going to charter schools, donchaknow.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 06:45 PM (3cUTc)

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ICE is doing what it can. The increased personnel will help.

But the meat is always going to be local, county, and state police with 287g agreements with DHS. They do most of the interactions with the populace, and I suspect they're happy to impound cars driven by illegals who get caught speeding and then get sent straight to ICE for deportation.

If people want to help, they can always try and contact their local governments to get them to agree to the 287g agreements.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (bzPaY)

76 Posted by: Don't Be A Baby at August 03, 2026 06:41 PM (mmrXZ)

Use a url shortener maybe?

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (zBgIx)

77
Look, let's not dig up the past about COVID. It happened, what, six years ago and rehashing it is divisive and a waste of energy. Let's concentrate on more vital issues, like slavery.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (O0L8i)

78 ICE could come to any home Charlotte FC game and round up 50,000 Mexicans. East Charlotte empties out on game days.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (enNUy)

79 It was 10 years ago when the Dems almost voted to remove God from their platform or any other official Dem statement. That it even came up for a vote tells you the Democrats have always been commie lite.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (KC5Lt)

80 I am not kidding about this. I am prepared to buy a @wnba expansion franchise and locate them in Nashville. I pledge to have a 100% trans team, all men who identify as women. I will also employ a 100% trans coaching staff. Most inclusive team in history!

-
He could call them the Ballin' Ballers Who Ball.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (ndZc7)

81 ICE could come to any home Charlotte FC game and round up 50,000 Mexicans. East Charlotte empties out on game days.
Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (enNUy)

Just deport anyone at a soccer game, just to be sure.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (uhVAy)

82 73 I doubt those numbers.

- Trump may be counting self deportations, as we now pay them to leave and would have a better count than in the past
- 3:1 may have been real when a lone criminal was deported, but he already had family, etc. With recent migrants they probably do not have that so fewer go along
-And many self deportation in past may have been organic. So we deport 100,000, but 300,000 decided to leave anyways. Now we deport 1M, but only 300,000 decide to leave anyways. And they are counted in the 1.5M number, I suspect.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (k12bV)

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Nope.

The 1.5 million is forcibly deported. It's not voluntary deportations (agreeing to deport at immigration hearings) or CBPOne self-deportations. Those are extra.

And the numbers we're looking at, we're talking about taking out large portions of communities. Hollowing out communities is incentive for those left to go back.

There's no reason to assume that the ratio goes down with higher numbers. In fact, there's every reason to assume the ratio goes higher.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:51 PM (bzPaY)

83 I am not kidding about this. I am prepared to buy a @wnba expansion franchise and locate them in Nashville. I pledge to have a 100% trans team, all men who identify as women. I will also employ a 100% trans coaching staff. Most inclusive team in history!

-
He could call them the Ballin' Ballers Who Ball.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (ndZc7)

The Nashville "Wymyn".

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:51 PM (uhVAy)

84 A forth point -- I knew many Mexicans in CA who had relatives who "self deported" at least once a year. So those old numbers are probably trash too.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:51 PM (k12bV)

85 The funniest part about the 1.5 million deported is ....

Somehow, not a one is a US citizen.

Despite the constant howling from the AWFLs and their dried-up grandma brigade that "any one of us could be kidnapped* by ICE!!!"

*I argue, proper English requires that children are kidnapped.
Adults are abducted.
But the point stands:
Not one citizen has been deported.
The only ones that have--and these stories are questionable as so many have turned out false--are the ones who either interfered with and arrest or refused to provide ID.
But all were released from custody.
None, not one US citizen, has been deported.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 06:51 PM (3cUTc)

86 The modern Spanish left cannot get over Franco. He haunts their dreams and they are determined to "restore" the Second Spanish Republic. In the old days, they just emptied the jails (seriously) but now they can also import thugs to create even more chaos.

There is no end state, btw, it's destruction because that's who they are. Marxism is demonic, first wearing the skin suit of science and now Climate Change or Trannies, whichever seems to work.

I notice an uptick in sales for Long Live Death all of a sudden. A good time to read about what really happened in the Spanish Civil War, not leftist agitprop disguised as history.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (ZOv7s)

87 78 ICE could come to any home Charlotte FC game and round up 50,000 Mexicans. East Charlotte empties out on game days.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM (enNUy)

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NC state legislature just passed a law over Stein's veto that forced all police in the state to take part in 287g agreements with DHS. Once that's in effect (I assume January 1, 2027), expect more action in places like Mecklenberg County.

My outlying county already has an agreement.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (bzPaY)

88 Did you know that crows are symbols of prophecy, transformation, change, and freedom?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (0sNs1)

89 I know a couple of lawn service companies that had to refuse jobs because they didn't have the staffing.

White boys need to stop looking for summer jobs in the mall.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (KC5Lt)

90 Guess who is to blame for the Cueta operation according to Breaking Points?

Why the Jews of course. Who else?

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 06:54 PM (tNkpt)

91 It was 10 years ago when the Dems almost voted to remove God from their platform or any other official Dem statement. That it even came up for a vote tells you the Democrats have always been commie lite.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (KC5Lt)
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Not true. This is not Andrew Jackson's Democrat party. It's not even JFK's though media keep trying to tell the geezers that still watch network TV that it is. It's been taken over by the Anarchist wing of Marxism.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (ZOv7s)

92 When Matthew Colin Taibbi is the voice of reason...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (NnhvP)

93 90 Guess who is to blame for the Cueta operation according to Breaking Points?

Why the Jews of course. Who else?

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 06:54 PM (tNkpt)

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Because Bibi's son tweeted something 7 years ago about how Ceuta should be considered Morroccan because the Spanish were being dicks about Palestine.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (bzPaY)

94 I know a couple of lawn service companies that had to refuse jobs because they didn't have the staffing.

White boys need to stop looking for summer jobs in the mall.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (KC5Lt)

Quite a few YT channels of people doing overgrown lawn work for free because the channel's income offsets the cost of doing the job.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (uhVAy)

95 Use a url shortener maybe?
Posted by: Will Robinson at August 03, 2026 06:48 PM

I, for one, don't recommend it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (0sNs1)

96 Prof [Jason] Arday gave in October 2022 has re-emerged, revealing his claim that he appeared as a child on Seven Up.

He told the University of Bath’s Race Equality Taskforce: “I was part of a programme, actually, which – it doesn’t really exist any more – but it was called Seven Up at the time.

“And Seven Up is basically when they follow you over the duration of your life, so they follow you at [ages] 7, 14, 21. I was pulled out of the project when I was 14.”

During the same talk, he also claimed: “I had just turned 18 when I learnt to read and write.”

Makes Obama seem like a Real Majic Negro

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (/+uur)

97 Lawn mowing is prolly a better summer job than cart-wrangling in a parking lot.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:56 PM (13VxP)

98 The other being The Barrel.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:56 PM (0sNs1)

99 More Balls than any other WNBA Team
Most Cocky WNBA Team
Chicks w/ Dicks WNBA Team

sorry
ran out of puns

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:57 PM (/+uur)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (/+uur)

101 I want to know how Carville and Bill Maher propose to clean the Democratic Party of the socialist taint?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson

They want Cinderella socialism. Not too much socialism. Not too little socialism. Just right socialism.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (ndZc7)

102 its the new 1

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (/+uur)

103 One of the builders in our area is conservative but today he was complaining about the non-stop round up of illegals in Fredericksburg. Hurting business.

I like the guy but couldn't help but snicker.

It might take 5-10 years for Americans who've been blocked out of the trades to get trained, but it'll happen.

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (lCppi)

104 They want Cinderella socialism. Not too much socialism. Not too little socialism. Just right socialism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (ndZc7)
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You mean Goldilocks. Cinderella is where the economy turns into a pumpkin at midnight.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)

105 So Fr Jha now days "it was more likely a lab leak"

Do I guess what that means is that definitely without any doubts at all with the most of eternity with the evidence now available. That he isn't sure where that virus came from .

Posted by: Paul at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (Ka8ht)

106 tranny wnba team will be named Slay Queens

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (13VxP)

107 88 Did you know that crows are symbols of prophecy, transformation, change, and freedom?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (0sNs1)

I have been to the buzzards retuning to Hinkley.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (/+uur)

108 Remember when, for years and years, it was reported the same, stale 11 Million Illegals? Over and over.
--
Without illegal immigration, the US population would be 100 million less today.

Wages up, way up.
While everything else cost is way down; food, housing, vehicles, fuel.
To say nothing of the crime, the constant dull roar of crime everywhere all the time.

I don't think any American can even understand how much the illegal invasion has cost us.
Like 3am kababs in England, all-night tacos--and I love Mexican food--is not worth the cost.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (3cUTc)

109 School enrollment locally dropped almost 2% last year so it'll be interesting to see the upcoming numbers.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (enNUy)

110 More Balls than any other WNBA Team
Most Cocky WNBA Team
Chicks w/ Dicks WNBA Team

sorry
ran out of puns
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 06:57 PM (/+uur)

Our dicks are bigger than yours. But only slightly.

Nah. Too long for a t shirt.

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (lCppi)

111 88 Did you know that crows are symbols of prophecy, transformation, change, and freedom?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (0sNs1)

Franklin wanted the Turkey Vulture as the national dish.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (/+uur)

112 It might take 5-10 years for Americans who've been blocked out of the trades to get trained, but it'll happen.
Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (lCppi)
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I notice the lawn services seem to be a bit paler than before. Saw one team that was all white, two dudes with the trimmer and a woman driving the mower!

I think self-deportation is happening under the radar by people who have stuff and want to take their stuff with them rather than have to leave it behind. They can't just fly out, they will need to pack up and go.

But as the squeeze continues on banking, benefits and such, the math for staying looks worse and worse.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)

113 108 Without illegal immigration, the US population would be 100 million less today.

Wages up, way up.
While everything else cost is way down; food, housing, vehicles, fuel.
To say nothing of the crime, the constant dull roar of crime everywhere all the time.

I don't think any American can even understand how much the illegal invasion has cost us.
Like 3am kababs in England, all-night tacos--and I love Mexican food--is not worth the cost.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (3cUTc)

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Read earlier that more than half of all houses have lost value in the last year.

The affordability crisis, which I don't hear bandied about a whole lot anymore, gets fixed by mass deportations.

And Trump is doing mass deportations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:01 PM (bzPaY)

114 Teachers went along with that free Covid ride shooting themselves in the foot

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 07:01 PM (Ia/+0)

115 They want Cinderella socialism. Not too much socialism. Not too little socialism. Just right socialism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (ndZc7)
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You mean Goldilocks. Cinderella is where the economy turns into a pumpkin at midnight.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)

Carville and Maher will each take a glass slipper and start hunting for the magic Democrat who will somehow eject the new base of the party and lead them to the promised land.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 07:01 PM (uhVAy)

116 Border Patrol dog living the dream after discovering massive haul of "prohibited meat"

Not The Bee
t.co/SL9QKnyWdU

Posted by: banana Dream - prohibited meat at August 03, 2026 07:02 PM (3uBP9)

117 In the past I would get so irritated at the espanol in TJ Maxx

As long as they are gone forever...good!!! Keep it going!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

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This is the thing, right here -- removing people just crushes the side of the economy built on the dependent class needing services and spending their benefits checks.

So, I would expect "GDP" to crash if 10% of population is removed. (which is the minimum necessary to restore normalcy)

Not not GDP, there is no production in taking money from Bob and giving it to Jose to send back home. There is no wealth created for Americans in 90% of the migrant economy that just supports and sustains other foreigners.

So on paper, it looks bad. It also looks bad because increased security, education, better healthcare, cleaner streets,.. and people in TJMax speaking English is not counted by the government even though that surely is a form of wealth.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:02 PM (k12bV)

118 112 I think self-deportation is happening under the radar by people who have stuff and want to take their stuff with them rather than have to leave it behind. They can't just fly out, they will need to pack up and go.

But as the squeeze continues on banking, benefits and such, the math for staying looks worse and worse.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)

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If ICE picks you up, you keep nothing. They impound literally everything. Even if you voluntarily deport at the immigration hearing, you still don't keep your stuff.

There's a huge incentive to just go.

Even going out through CBPOne means you can't come back for 10 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:02 PM (bzPaY)

119 116 Border Patrol dog living the dream after discovering massive haul of "prohibited meat"

Not The Bee
t.co/SL9QKnyWdU
Posted by: banana Dream - prohibited meat at August 03, 2026 07:02 PM (3uBP9)

It if was one of the dogs I owned he would have laid down and rolled in it.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 07:03 PM (/+uur)

120 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:55 PM (ZOv7s)

When did they rule the separation between church and state and who interpreted it to mean No God anywhere government is involved. Who was the party of Slavery and feudalism?

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:03 PM (KC5Lt)

121 I admit it, I still watch Jeopardy in spite of Ken Jennings and his little liberal moues of Concern over mistreatment of some historic first [X] or, at least weekly, the answer "who is Emmett Till?".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 03, 2026 07:03 PM (kpS4V)

122 117 So on paper, it looks bad. It also looks bad because increased security, education, better healthcare, cleaner streets,.. and people in TJMax speaking English is not counted by the government even though that surely is a form of wealth.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:02 PM (k12bV)

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We still have positive GDP now even with a declining population, and even declining government spending (and increased imports).

The topline number was something like 1.5% for Q2, but considering the reality of what's happening...

America is doing quite well.

Apparently the DC economy sucks, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:04 PM (bzPaY)

123 I am not kidding about this. I am prepared to buy a @wnba expansion franchise and locate them in Nashville. I pledge to have a 100% trans team, all men who identify as women. I will also employ a 100% trans coaching staff. Most inclusive team in history!

-
He could call them the Ballin' Ballers Who Ball.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (ndZc7)

The Nashville "Wymyn".
Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:51 PM (uhVAy)

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The Nashville Reverse-Cowgirls.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 07:04 PM (T1wyk)

124 I reflect that even though they disagree on what the Democratic Party should stand for, Carville still knows what opinion other people in his party should hold.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 07:04 PM (ikSmX)

125 Our dicks are bigger than yours. But only slightly.

Nah. Too long for a t shirt.
Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 07:00 PM (lCppi)

Andddd Startttiiiiinnng Forwarddddd
Angela Smittttthhhh
A K A A A A A
Bigus us us Dick us us us us

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 07:05 PM (/+uur)

126 115 They want Cinderella socialism. Not too much socialism. Not too little socialism. Just right socialism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:58 PM (ndZc7)
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You mean Goldilocks. Cinderella is where the economy turns into a pumpkin at midnight.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)

Posted by: Oldcat

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Maybe you mean Jack in the Beanstalk socialism where they rub some magic beans and climb up to steal the money from the Ogre (a Jew, natch.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:05 PM (k12bV)

127 57 I would pay to see the high school basketball team demolish the BLNBA.
Posted by: Dad of Six at August 03, 2026 06:43 PM (nDOPx)


Especially when the game is played with the WNBA's smaller ball! Compared with balls used in age 15 and up men's games, the ball used by women in high school, college, and WNBA games is one inch smaller in circumference and 2 ounces lighter.

Same hoop height and inner diameter (18 inches) for men and women's games.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 07:05 PM (5rh/l)

128 When did they rule the separation between church and state and who interpreted it to mean No God anywhere government is involved. Who was the party of Slavery and feudalism?
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:03 PM (KC5Lt)
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American political parties are really like coalitions, and the members of the two parties have shifted back and forth.

Republicans supported prohibition - Dems generally opposed it. It goes back and forth. And of course a bunch of "conservatives" are now to the left of the Bill Clinton's administration.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 07:06 PM (ZOv7s)

129 Ken Jennings isn't the only one with problems.

Woke bar apologizes for song mocking Charlie Kirk … because his name triggered their woke patrons

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 07:07 PM (ndZc7)

130 Which party members were supporting the Soviets after they took power. ? Which party was sympathetic to the Spanish Republicans ?

Which party supported the New Deal and socialist policies? Which party defamed McCarthy?

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:07 PM (KC5Lt)

131 We still have positive GDP now even with a declining population, and even declining government spending (and increased imports).

The topline number was something like 1.5% for Q2, but considering the reality of what's happening...

America is doing quite well.

Apparently the DC economy sucks, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
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Yes, exactly. We are doing better than I expected, but then I don't think we have removed 5m, let alone 35m

I was just pointing out the potential problem.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (k12bV)

132 Now thousands of military age men are set to spread throughout Europe due to one country’s “failure.”

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 06:44 PM (0JWOm)
***********
Two days ago I saw a video of Morocco shipping them out by the dump truck (or garbage truck...fitting) waving to cameras. Morocco military were waving them through.

Many were let out of prisons. Fine, upstanding families to give culture to the EU and UK.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (hzuYO)

133 It might take 5-10 years for Americans who've been blocked out of the trades to get trained, but it'll happen.
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It was never "jobs Americans won't do*."

It was always, "jobs Americans won't do for 12 hours to earn what used to be made in 6 so the corporation can save on labor costs."

There is not one job "Americans won't do" that won't be fully staffed Monday morning with white men if they double the pay offered.

*notice how they never discussed who these Americans were that "wouldn't do those jobs"
See, you're just supposed to sneer at the lessers.
College grads are above that menial work.
And the poors?
Well, they're all just lazy trailer park trash and don't want to work hard. That's all.
Probably fucking their cousins and stuff, stupid hillbilly rednecks.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (3cUTc)

134 The senators had sought written confirmation from the Department of Justice that it would abandon an "anti-weaponization" fund that it had briefly established as part of a settlement with the IRS over the leak of President Donald Trump's tax returns. Blanche obliged.

That my friends, in non politics world, is Extortion.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (mP0Kj)

135 131 Yes, exactly. We are doing better than I expected, but then I don't think we have removed 5m, let alone 35m

I was just pointing out the potential problem.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (k12bV)

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We outright declined overall in terms of population in 2025. First time since the 60s.

It's not marginal numbers being deported.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (bzPaY)

136 We still have positive GDP now even with a declining population, and even declining government spending (and increased imports).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:04 PM (bzPaY)
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GDP is a farce in the current age. You borrow money and spend it and that counts as growth. Obama's two terms were an uninterrupted recession papered over by borrowing. Look at how much GDP grew and then compare it to the national debt's growth. Prefect alignment.

GDP is a false god. We need better metrics that measure human flourishing. Low crime is more important than bank balances. A healthy birth rate means the nation will endure.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (ZOv7s)

137 the NYT wrote one or two articles that suggested their mental illness wasn't

In the 19th century there was some sort of social contagion in which mentally ill people came under the delusion they were the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, giving rise to a meme.

If that happened today, the libs would be arguing we have to affirm these people by giving them an army and helping them invade Russia.

And worse, the nuts themselves would be all over the internet demanding the same, viciously attacking anyone pointing out the insanity of it all and getting their delusion reinforced in schools and mainstream entertainment.

Posted by: TITP at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (6Q9y6)

138 You mean Goldilocks. Cinderella is where the economy turns into a pumpkin at midnight.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)
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They believe in that too. Just instead of a pumpkin, its famine.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (ikSmX)

139 Also, GDP may be in bubble territory and that helps. For a while.

(I asked Grok if GDP is getting a boost from the AI bubble and it said I have been selected for reeducation.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (k12bV)

140 133 It was never "jobs Americans won't do*."

It was always, "jobs Americans won't do for 12 hours to earn what used to be made in 6 so the corporation can save on labor costs."

There is not one job "Americans won't do" that won't be fully staffed Monday morning with white men if they double the pay offered.

*notice how they never discussed who these Americans were that "wouldn't do those jobs"
See, you're just supposed to sneer at the lessers.
College grads are above that menial work.
And the poors?
Well, they're all just lazy trailer park trash and don't want to work hard. That's all.
Probably fucking their cousins and stuff, stupid hillbilly rednecks.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (3cUTc)

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There was a discussion a few years about on this topic.

It stemmed from a poll of the American people that said that only 25% of the American people would work in a factory.

"See? Americans won't do real work!"

5% of Americans work in factories in reality, meaning that 20% of the American public who aren't working in factories are open to working in factories.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:10 PM (bzPaY)

141 136 GDP is a farce in the current age. You borrow money and spend it and that counts as growth. Obama's two terms were an uninterrupted recession papered over by borrowing. Look at how much GDP grew and then compare it to the national debt's growth. Prefect alignment.

GDP is a false god. We need better metrics that measure human flourishing. Low crime is more important than bank balances. A healthy birth rate means the nation will endure.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (ZOv7s)

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I think a lot of problems with GDP go away if you count government spending as negative to GDP growth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:10 PM (bzPaY)

142 He could call them the Ballin' Ballers Who Ball.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 06:50 PM (ndZc7)

Nutter Butters.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 07:12 PM (zZu0s)

143 They could deport the whole town of Watsonville here in Santa Cruz county. English is a second language.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 07:12 PM (UjdFS)

144 143 They could deport the whole town of Watsonville here in Santa Cruz county. English is a second language.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 07:12 PM (UjdFS)

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866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:13 PM (bzPaY)

145 Republicans supported prohibition - Dems generally opposed it.

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We're freeing ourselves from the scourge of alcohol.

Daily Marijuana Use Surpasses Daily Drinking Among Americans

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 07:13 PM (ndZc7)

146 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:08 PM (3cUTc)

I watched the IT industry morph from almost all Native Born USians, to foreign born during the late 90's and early 00's.

The drastically increased the amount of H1Bs, and they cut all non College related funding for IT education (like Network Engineers), AT THE SAME DAMN TIME.

I lost out on Jobs because I did not speak the language of the overseas help desk....

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)

147 What all the dick-shaped "expert" economists on the teevee won't discuss:

Why, if there is some 4-6 million that have left, is unemployment and the economy improving?

If it were "jobs Americans won't do" shouldn't there be mass openings?
And if they were such valuable contributors to the economy, shouldn't their loss be dramatically felt?

It's almost like ... American citizens are taking those jobs and there's somehow less drag on the economy from the leach class.

Probably racist to even think about.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:14 PM (3cUTc)

148 While everything else cost is way down; food, housing, vehicles, fuel.

Wait until the lack of illegals using "free" healthcare and forcing most of us to carry "uninsured motorist" coverage gets back to the public.

(ha ha, who am I fooling? hospitals and insurance will keep the windfall)

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 07:14 PM (nAS9C)

149 GDP is a false god. We need better metrics that measure human flourishing. Low crime is more important than bank balances. A healthy birth rate means the nation will endure.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed

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Good point.

Even without borrowing GDP is a crap metric. How does an NGO or gov. regulator increase "product" (production, wealth.)

Or any transfer payment. Or DEI departments.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 07:14 PM (k12bV)

150 Sophie Cunningham has done the impossible by making the WNBA newsworthy.

The whole league should be kissing her cis-white ass.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 07:15 PM (2Drhq)

151 147
If it were "jobs Americans won't do" shouldn't there be mass openings?
And if they were such valuable contributors to the economy, shouldn't their loss be dramatically felt?

It's almost like ... American citizens are taking those jobs and there's somehow less drag on the economy from the leach class.

Probably racist to even think about.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:14 PM (3cUTc)

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There's an assumption people make about job numbers that they don't even realize that they make.

150,000 jobs per month was considered healthy under W. I think it went up to 200,000 to 250,000 under Biden.

And those numbers are about population growth. As long as the population overall is growing, we expect that many jobs per month to be created to absorb the needs of graduates and immigrants.

But if population overall is declining (like it did in 2025 and probably is still), then you'd expect negative job numbers per month to keep up with population growth. And we keep having positive job growth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:16 PM (bzPaY)

152 Sheesh.
Just had the third army chinook helicopter fly over the house. And I'm quite a ways from Ft Lewis.
Hmmmm...???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (2WIwB)

153 One of the local hospitals is requiring ID to enter the building. Haven't heard people pissed about it yet.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (enNUy)

154 I watched the IT industry morph from almost all Native Born USians, to foreign born during the late 90's and early 00's.

The drastically increased the amount of H1Bs, and they cut all non College related funding for IT education (like Network Engineers), AT THE SAME DAMN TIME.

I lost out on Jobs because I did not speak the language of the overseas help desk....

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)

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ICYMI, see me @ #70.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (T1wyk)

155 If they won't I will

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (z6ONu)

156 If ICE picks you up, you keep nothing. They impound literally everything. Even if you voluntarily deport at the immigration hearing, you still don't keep your stuff.

There's a huge incentive to just go.

Even going out through CBPOne means you can't come back for 10 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:02 PM (bzPaY)

I'd forgotten this, but at LAX they have signs posted everywhere offering free airplane tickets home and up to $1000 per family member who self-deports. It sounds pretty enticing, given the now, very real alternative.

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (lCppi)

157 Delurker it is a fine one at that

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (Ia/+0)

158 Immigration enforcement. Trump’s greatest achievement by far, wins going away.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (Gqar8)

159 It seems certain to me that, if the choice is forced, the majority of upper and upper-middle class liberals will choose the NY Times over trannys.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (6ydKt)

160 Will they fire this Professor Arday who copied his Ph.D. dissertation and large parts of his publications? Of course not. He has a Get Out of Jail Free card: his race.

No chance in the world he will get canned.

Posted by: Ralph at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (8WZD4)

161 It stemmed from a poll of the American people that said that only 25% of the American people would work in a factory.

"See? Americans won't do real work!"

5% of Americans work in factories in reality, meaning that 20% of the American public who aren't working in factories are open to working in factories.
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That's hilarious.
I'd not heard that one.
But it follows the "if you really want to lie, use statistics." Or polls.

Like the "women have less auto accidents than men."
Except when you account for miles driven, type of miles and severity of accident.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (3cUTc)

162 Sheesh.
Just had the third army chinook helicopter fly over the house. And I'm quite a ways from Ft Lewis.
Hmmmm...???
Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (2WIwB)

Fire relief?

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (lCppi)

163 I refuse to watch any women's sportsball unless it's women's beach volleyball. Too much drama and strife.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (ixEhJ)

164 152 Sheesh.
Just had the third army chinook helicopter fly over the house. And I'm quite a ways from Ft Lewis.
Hmmmm...???
Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (2WIwB)

You know what you did.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (Gqar8)

165 If that happened today, the libs would be arguing we have to affirm these people by giving them an army and helping them invade Russia.

Posted by: TITP at August 03, 2026 07:09 PM (6Q9y6)

Napoleon was a 5ft 6 inch Dictator.
Zelensky... 5 ft 7 inch Dictator.

Already got that one covered.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (mP0Kj)

166 Diogenes

Fire danger just got real. Army going in for the rescues.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (u82oZ)

167 Prohibition was mostly supported by Progressives who formed third parties. The Karens of their day.

To be fair alcohol had become a huge problem in the country.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (KC5Lt)

168 158 Immigration enforcement. Trump’s greatest achievement by far, wins going away.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (Gqar

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And it's just reality now. No GOP presidential hopeful in the near future will say anything about amnesty and have any glimmer of hope for getting near the nomination.

Hell, with all the bad-faith blackpilling about how Trump isn't doing enough, it's going to create an incentive for hopefuls to talk up what they'll do.

All while Democrats promise amnesty, citizenship, and puppies for everyone ICE ever looked at funny.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (bzPaY)

169 Sophie Cunningham has done the impossible by making the WNBA newsworthy.

The whole league should be kissing her cis-white ass.
Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 07:15 PM (2Drhq)

Caitlin Clark showed that if you let them women can play interesting basket ball. WNBA doesn't want to let them.

Instead they push Angel Reese who just got traded to a new team, leading the league in "Me-Bounds" - missed shots she grabs back, layups that only go a few inches high and turnovers.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (uhVAy)

170 129 Woke bar apologizes for song mocking Charlie Kirk … because his name triggered their woke patrons

The venerable Nietzsche's in Buffalo. Saw a lot of great bands there growing up. My bass-player brother's band had a regular opening-slot gig there in the 90s, used to go see them play all the time. Sad to see this.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (2Drhq)

171 Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 07:18 PM (ixEhJ

I would include women's fast pitch softball.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 07:20 PM (KC5Lt)

172 169 Sophie Cunningham has done the impossible by making the WNBA newsworthy.

The whole league should be kissing her cis-white ass.
Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 07:15 PM (2Drhq)

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Cunningham has done something much more interesting and important:

Made Caitlin Clark out to be a spineless woketard who takes abuse because she thinks she deserves it for being white and won't stand up for herself.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 07:20 PM (bzPaY)

173 Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)

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ICYMI, see me @ #70.
Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 07:17 PM (T1wyk)

/Fistbump

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 07:21 PM (mP0Kj)

174 131 Yes, exactly. We are doing better than I expected, but then I don't think we have removed 5m, let alone 35m

I was just pointing out the potential problem.

Posted by: bob
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Yes, we probably have done about 5 million. Official figures are about 1.6 million plus another couple of hundred thousand that have registered for their check but not yet left the US. And even at a modest 2:1 ratio--of seen versus unseen, that puts us close to 5 million. Turn off more and more benefits, more and more will leave, go after employers, more will leave.

But it is lumpy--red areas are more likely to turn over illegals, blue areas aren't. If you live in a blue area, you might even see an increase where illegals flee red states to avoid enforcement but over all the trends in school enrollments, ER usage, crime, etc. are all behaving as if we have removed a large pool of people that have been causing issues. Rents have actually declined as well and traffic accidents are down in areas where enforcement is around.

And you have figures like growth of new jobs are going to US citizens and not foreign born as previous under Biden.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 07:21 PM (E4rtv)

175 We watched a bit of a WNBA game and it was like watching pee wee football. Chaos. They just launch the ball and hardly score. You could get 5,000 rebounds per game the way they play. My husband said for lesbians they sure have trouble finding the hole.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 07:22 PM (enNUy)

176 175 My husband said for lesbians they sure have trouble finding the hole.

Golf clap to your husband LOL

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 07:23 PM (2Drhq)

177 >>Sophie Cunningham has done the impossible by making the WNBA newsworthy.

>>The whole league should be kissing her cis-white ass.

If you haven't seen it yet, she got hit with a no doubt elbow to face in a game yesterday. It was beyond obvious.

The foul was called on her.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 07:23 PM (viF8m)

178 nckate

*Snort*. He has a way with words.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:23 PM (u82oZ)

179 Instead they push Angel Reese who just got traded to a new team, leading the league in "Me-Bounds" - missed shots she grabs back, layups that only go a few inches high and turnovers.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 07:19 PM (uhVAy)

And a McDonald's value meal for some reason.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 07:24 PM (zZu0s)

180 And it's just reality now. No GOP presidential hopeful in the near future will say anything about amnesty and have any glimmer of hope for getting near the nomination.

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This will be Rubio's historical greatest weakness vis-a-vis The Presidency, but think he can overcome it with articulate contrition.

I can't remember whom I saw Articulate Contrition open for ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 07:24 PM (T1wyk)

22 of the 27 EU Member States Demand an Emergency Summit to Deal With the Spanish Government's Attempt to Hack the Population of the Continent

The left's playbook is to engage in outrageous abuse of the populations they dominate but then demand people "be nice" and respectful about the massive and alien Cultural Enrichment they impose on society.

It works... until it doesn't work. Until they show their ass too much.

Until they get a little too brazen and a little too clear about their agenda to destroy civilization itself:



Visegrád 24
@visegrad24


BREAKING:

The prime ministers of 22 out of 27 EU member states have written a joint letter to the EU, demanding an emergency summit over the invasion of illegal migrants in Ceuta.

They are outraged by the recent ruling of the Spanish Supreme Court:

🇮🇹 Italy

🇩🇪 Germany

🇩🇰 Denmark

🇫🇮 Finland

🇸🇪 Sweden

🇦🇹 Austria

🇧🇪 Belgium

🇳🇱 Netherlands

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

🇨🇾 Cyprus

🇸🇮 Slovenia

🇭🇷 Croatia

🇨🇿 Czechia

🇸🇰 Slovakia

🇪🇪 Estonia

🇱🇻 Latvia

🇱🇹 Lithuania

🇫🇮 Finland

🇬🇷 Greece

🇭🇺 Hungary

🇵🇱 Poland

🇷🇴 Romania

France, Ireland and Portugal were the only larger EU states that didn't sign the letter.


From David Strom: Spain's socialist president is pretending to do something to forestall all of Europe putting up borders around Spain and effectively ejecting it from the Union.

It's all a lie, though. He will do nothing serious.

This is the plan.

Like Iran, he's just playing for time while he works on his nukes.

Pedro Sánchez is a socialist, so none of us should be surprised that he is lying when he tells everybody that the situation in Ceuta is back under control.

It is anything but.

Now it's true that most of the people who stormed the border have filtered back into Morocco, but about 20-25 percent are sticking it out and making clear that they have no interest in going back home.

It's also true that the border is not secure. If people decide to cross it, they can. It's just a bit harder.


"Dirty" Sanchez is still babbling about diversity and Cultural Enrichment:

The next Spanish general election must be held on or before May 2027. Sanchez is unpopular and will likely be replaced by the right, who have gained in recent regional elections.

But he can do a lot of Cultural Enrichment before then. He might even replace enough of the Spanish population with "anti-fascist" newcomers, which is the left's stated plan:

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

Foreign-born population, 1990 vs 2026:

🇬🇧 UK: 5% --> 17%

🇺🇸 US: 8% --> 15%

🇮🇹 Italy: 3% --> 11%

🇪🇸 Spain: 2% --> 20%

🇦🇹 Austria: 9% --> 25%

🇧🇪 Belgium: 9% --> 20%

🇩🇰 Denmark: 5% --> 14%

🇩🇪 Germany: 9% --> 20%

🇬🇷 Greece: 6% --> 14%

🇮🇸 Iceland: 3% --> 25%

🇮🇪 Ireland: 6% --> 22%

🇫🇮 Finland: 1% --> 10%

🇫🇷 France: 9% --> 14%

🇳🇴 Norway: 4% --> 18%

🇸🇪 Sweden: 9% --> 22%

🇨🇦 Canada: 15% --> 22%

This video looks like it was taken at Ceuta, with paid NGO agents assisting the illegal entry into Spain. I'm not 100% on that, though.

Predictivemoney
@Predictivemoney
·
22h
🚨 THE COLLAPSE OF EUROPE IS BEING FUNDED & ENGINEERED IN REAL TIME.

What we are witnessing in Spain isn't an accident - it is a COORDINATED CAMPAIGN facilitated by left-wing elites and dark-money networks:

* Street Chaos in Ceuta: Mobs march through urban neighborhoods carrying a wounded man while chanting "Allahu Akbar", leaving police and military forces completely OVERWHELMED.

* NGO Complicity: Leftist NGO workers act as a LOGISTICAL LIFT SERVICE for illegal crossings - handing out supplies, aiding beach landings, and growing PANICKED & HOSTILE the moment reporters question their illegal actions.

* Elon Musk Calling It Out: As @elonmusk exposed, massive funding streams are quietly bankrolling these NGOs to facilitate an UNCHECKED INVASION.

* The Left's Political Trap: Pedro Sánchez and the European Left aren't trying to stop this. Importing tens of thousands and pushing for mass citizenship creates a PERPETUAL VOTER BASE to lock in hard-left power forever.

They aren't losing control of the borders - they are DELIBERATELY DISMANTLING them.

FREEZE NGO ASSETS. ENFORCE THE LAW. WAKE UP EUROPE.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM




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1 Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

3 They did it to themselves as well, they all have Muslim invaders

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:21 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Guns. Lots of guns. That's what would stop this. The citizens would use them.

The authorities, not so much.

So use the guns on them too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 05:22 PM (2Cry5)

5 “Diversity is one of our main attractions and one of our strengths”


Why does this phrase always come up when dealing with uncontrolled illegal immigration and leftists?


They are brain dead and hive mind controlled.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (cpFbA)

6 Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

In fairness, Britain voted to leave the Union a decade ago, and its borders are....not exactly secure.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (jGGMD)

7 Homicide, not suicide. Jeeze Louise

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (DGpsA)

8 "They are outraged by the recent ruling of the Spanish Supreme Court"

Nobody expects the Spanish Supreme Courtisition!

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

9 You mean it wasn't those wily Jews sending Muslims into Spanish territory?

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2026 05:24 PM (VJX5o)

10 For some values of "we". Our strength. Not your strength.

Tracking now?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (DGpsA)

11 In fairness, Britain voted to leave the Union a decade ago, and its borders are....not exactly secure.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (jGGMD)

Britain left the EU in name only. Case in point, judges are quoting EU regulation as to why 'refugees' must be allowed to stay.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (ExV1e)

12
The Leopards Eating People's Faces Party has deep pockets.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (Fi81e)

13 >>Emergency Summit


I hear Cannes is nice this time of year. Really, it depends on the menu. If they serve a good selection of wine and Kobe steak, I am sure they could get the other three to join.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (k12bV)

14 Maybe the EU Top Weenies have learned that letting tens or hundreds of thousands of young single Third World Mooselimb men into their countries soon results in 99% of them forcefully asking, "Where da white wimmen?"

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (5rh/l)

15 Guns. Lots of guns. That's what would stop this. The citizens would use them.

The authorities, not so much.

So use the guns on them too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 05:22 PM (2Cry5)
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The authorities--who currently HAVE the guns--would be all too happy to turn them on the citizens when the citizens become too uppity.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (FZ29D)

16 Foreign born population should never be more than low single digits.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (VJX5o)

17 Re. Last Video.

There is sufficient water there to drown that person.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (zGzrB)

18 Britain left the EU in name only. Case in point, judges are quoting EU regulation as to why 'refugees' must be allowed to stay.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (ExV1e)
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Yeah, fuck the rube voters. Amiright.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)

19 Another female NGO worker got murdered by a"migrant" she was helping. Paul Joseph Watson had a video today.

Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (YwEeS)

20 BTW, Nick Shirley is in Ceuta.

Also, the funding for the NGO's is likely coming right from the UN. Morocco is known locally as the "Gateway to the EU", and the UN coordinates with Morocco to have a set number of refugees there at any given time. The usual number is around 20,000. However, when the Spanish supreme court whispered (more like shouted) "Amnesty" no one had to organize refugees to Morocco. They came running overflowing Morocco, and thus Morocco encouraged them to take a shot at Ceuta (which is officially a part of the EU by law).

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)

21 Aaron Rodgers smacking Fauci (and the sports + "msm") around today. I personally liked when he called Fauci a "coward."

This will get out to more people than when the Eagles defensive coordinator mentioned Fauci pleading the 5th in his presser last week.

https://x.com/SleeperNFL/
status/2084345038243606628

Posted by: Ann at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (SHHm+)

22 Well the British are still under the EU code of Human Rights

Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (YwEeS)

23 Maybe the EU Top Weenies have learned that letting tens or hundreds of thousands of young single Third World Mooselimb men into their countries soon results in 99% of them forcefully asking, "Where da white wimmen?"
Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (5rh/l)

As long as it's not their daughters being assaulted, they don't care. Multiple countries in Europe are running ads telling the white wimmin that it's their duty to humanity to bang the foreigners rather than their own kind.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (ExV1e)

24 The UN is deeply involved in the funding for this.

That is why they have been so quiet about the Migration Situation. It is a Feature, not a Bug.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (zGzrB)

25 Yeah, fuck the rube voters. Amiright.
Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)

Same as it's been, everywhere in the west, for decades.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:28 PM (ExV1e)

26 I did not even play the video, but that guy giving a finger to the camera seems like a good candidate for a hole in the forehead.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 05:28 PM (zZu0s)

27 Oh, wait! You mean Sanchez was lying over the weekend that the meek and sweet barbarians were being led like sheep return home?

News flash: I knew you were lying, scumbag. It was reported to be 50 to 100K, by the way. They came in waves. No one seemed to ask who bought them the floaties they discarded by the tens of thousands on the beach.

It is only a matter of finding a boat to get to Spain and then other nations.

Italy did the right thing.

In an independent podcast (guy from NY) it was discouraging to see Spanish people in Barcelona supporting the PM's signing to allow 500k amnesty. Due to the need for jobs one middle aged woman said wearing a keffiyeh.

Lady, they don't want jobs they want your house.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 05:29 PM (hzuYO)

28 >>Guns. Lots of guns. That's what would stop this. The citizens would use them.


Blue Helmets and Keffiyeh Wearers, first.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:29 PM (zGzrB)

29 >>I did not even play the video, but that guy giving a finger to the camera seems like a good candidate for a hole in the forehead.

Well he's a chick so ....

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (viF8m)

30 Gee a conference. To appoint a blue ribbon panel. To establish study groups . To do something or other

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (BFvh9)

31 I see a tweet from the Spanish PM.

Something like, no minor will be deported. We will treat them with dignity and humanity. We will take them to other cites, more able to support them. Unlike Trump.

Yes, he did take a swipe at Trump.

But, translation:
- we are going to call them all minors, even if they clearly are not
- we are going to ship them at taxpayers cost to the mainland
- we are going to give them all amnesty

Yeah, there's are reason for that letter-- they all know exactly what he is doing.

PS: my favorite is how the left ties this to Palestinian.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (3cUTc)

32 Let me guess. NGOs funded by governments without the knowledge of the taxpayers?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (qFwJc)

33 Fortunately our 15% is different from their 15%. More tacos, less terrorists.

Not that I'm not still complaining.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (n5tGW)

34 Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)

21 Aaron Rodgers smacking Fauci (and the sports + "msm") around today. I personally liked when he called Fauci a "coward."

This will get out to more people than when the Eagles defensive coordinator mentioned Fauci pleading the 5th in his presser last week.

https://x.com/SleeperNFL/
status/2084345038243606628
Posted by: Ann at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (SHHm+)
**********
Saw that interview and suddenly I like him again!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (hzuYO)

35 [Looks out window in home in Middleborough, MA.]

I don't see any migrants running round. Effing right wing media.

[Sips coffee, still stumped by 1 Across.]

Posted by: Tom Tuppence at August 03, 2026 05:31 PM (qUkBO)

36 The sexual assaults will get ramped up
They are not invading just for free food

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

37 As long as it's not their daughters being assaulted, they don't care. Multiple countries in Europe are running ads telling the white wimmin that it's their duty to humanity to bang the foreigners rather than their own kind.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (ExV1e)

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For those women in the video wearing the vests and helping the invaders, it's not only their duty, it's there dream that all their orifices are about to be enriched simultaneously by eager swarthy migrants' members.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 05:31 PM (2ap+5)

38 What we need to do is send all the colored people to white countries and all the white people to the colored countries. Then in a few years all the former white countries will be shitholes and all the former colored countries will be clean and prosperous, then we switch them again....

Posted by: UN Madness at August 03, 2026 05:32 PM (F1rMs)

39 In fairness, Britain voted to leave the Union a decade ago, and its borders are....not exactly secure.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (jGGMD)

And that vote has been fought tooth and nail since.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:32 PM (KC5Lt)

40 It is important to understand that this is not just an invasion, but it is a religious invasion.

- They think Spain is muslim land and will be reconquered
- They think once in Spain, they must be treated as masters and the infidels must be "made to feel humiliated"
- They think the infidels are required by their piss covered god to support all muslims.

This is clear by what they say, but now the media is blaming this on a political squabble or Pedro Pascal (?) and downplaying the religious conquest aspect that everyone knows is inevitable unless we start shooting every muzzie in the West.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:32 PM (k12bV)

41 Yeah, there's are reason for that letter-- they all know exactly what he is doing.

PS: my favorite is how the left ties this to Palestinian.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 05:30 PM (3cUTc)
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Yeah, like the bleedin' heart British women who took in the little refugee boys, thinking they were teens. Only to find out by a dentist that they were closer to 30yrs. With daughters living in the same house. Brilliant!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM (hzuYO)

42 Iceland: 3% --> 25%
_______

Did not expect that one for some reason, although the muzzies have obviously had no problem with the scandi climate.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM (XvL8K)

43 I just saw an amazing exchange in a facebook reel.

Leftist's point (though it took him forever to make it): I thought capitalists said competition was good? So what's wrong with Mamdani adding more competition for groceries?

First response: Just so you know they are planning on taking 30% of the cost of groceries from taxpayers to make them "competitive"

Leftist: That is just taxing the uber wealthy who have been stealing from everyone else for decades

And the lefty doesn't see he just invalidated his own point. This isn't competition any more then if Kroger sent armed agents to take money from Aldi. The government grocery store can't compete unless it takes money from someone else.

Mamdani is putting the cost of socialism at 30% of EVERYTHING, which I expect will be a serious underestimate.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM (sKqQm)

44 I've never hit a woman but those NGO bints deserve a punch to the face.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (KC5Lt)

45
Don't vote for Pedro !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (NtVYv)

46 I'm still sticking with my theory that the CCP released the virus in Hong Kong to stop the protests and that that population spread it to Northern Italy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (KC5Lt)

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There was a sharp drop in cellphone usage in China that was never explained. I never knew how to integrate that into the scenario, until somebody suggested that China released Covid to cover up a slaughter of rebellion forces. It also explains the satellite reports that people construe as "mass graves".

It's not like I weight it that highly, but it has become a working scenario for me.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

47 The same cockdicks screeching ‘diversity is our strength’ fight like cornered rats to ensure there is no diversity of thought

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (i+vnO)

48 See Sweden had a 22% increase in foreign born population. Nice of them to join NATO. Can we get a little help USA?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (BFvh9)

49 Last year, my buddy and I were planning to hike the Camino de Santiago.

Cross that off the bucket list.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (qFwJc)

50 Marxism
Free food, housing, transportation,

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (Ia/+0)

51 And that vote has been fought tooth and nail since.
Posted by: polynikes

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Boris is exhibit A for why voters must never trust a politician who has ever in their entire history been less than "deport them all."

You all know who I am talking about, but speak in whispers as he has giant ears.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (k12bV)

52 Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

The EU has always been an attempt to create a rival bloc to the Russian, Chinese and US ones. They just keep forgetting to create armed forces to make it happen.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

53 Sell cork futures.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (UjdFS)

54 Test run. Those numbers would overrun any police force in short order. How long would it take to mobilize 250,000 in London? 2 hours tops.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (abScH)

55 42 Iceland: 3% --> 25%
_______

Did not expect that one for some reason, although the muzzies have obviously had no problem with the scandi climate.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM (XvL8K)
___________________________

Not what you think. Most immigrants to Iceland are Eastern European. A good man were so tired of the massive immigration in their own countries of origin they saw Iceland as an escape. AND, the biggest influx of migrants to Iceland recently has been Ukrainians that don't want to end up as cannon fodder in their country of origin.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (dIske)

56 I did not even play the video, but that guy giving a finger to the camera seems like a good candidate for a hole in the forehead.

Well he's a chick so ....
Posted by: JackStraw

Second look at “bonus hole”?

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (VOQ3h)

57 As long as it's not their daughters being assaulted, they don't care. Multiple countries in Europe are running ads telling the white wimmin that it's their duty to humanity to bang the foreigners rather than their own kind.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (ExV1e)

It's even easier when you don't have daughters! Or any children!

Posted by: Angela Merkel at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (9ZFZd)

58 The US should extricate itself from all of its overseas entanglements and spend the next 20 years undertaking a massive campaign to find and deport illegal immigrants from our country.

Drill our own oil, defend our own borders and coasts, and let what's inevitably going to happen to Europe, happen.

Strengthen our ties to Japan. The rest can go screw because they're not serious people at this point.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (oqH4h)

59 Paraphrase, but altered, from that muslim at the Oxford debate:

You say it is the Christian that is dangerous. But it is the Christians that are funding the police that keep me from killing you.
[Crowd applauds]

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (3cUTc)

60 And the lefty doesn't see he just invalidated his own point. This isn't competition any more then if Kroger sent armed agents to take money from Aldi. The government grocery store can't compete unless it takes money from someone else.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM (sKqQm)
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And at least the tax payer.

A store that can operate on a net loss, because it has a tax revenue, is not competing.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (Fi81e)

61 Iceland: 3% --> 25%
_______

Did not expect that one for some reason, although the muzzies have obviously had no problem with the scandi climate.

I suspect there is a statistical anomaly with that one, mainly due to the low initial population.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (n5tGW)

62 See Sweden had a 22% increase in foreign born population.

'Sweden: 9% --> 22%' is a 244% increase.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (Jr5Lq)

63 JUST IN: Elon Musk says that somebody is FUNDING mass NGOs who are facilitating mass illegal immigration and invasion of Europe

ELON: "Who is funding these NGOs?" 💯

The NGO workers PANICKED when confronted.

REPORTER: "You're facilitating illegal immigration — this is a criminal offense!"

Every western country has 'foreign aid' type programs just like USAID was, until Trump. I'm sure the EU does as well. Check there first.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (uhVAy)

64 Mobile crematorium FTW.

Posted by: CCP at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (Wt1Rs)

65
🇦🇹 Austria: 9% --> 25%



This will not end well. Those Austrians are some fucking weirdo fuckers.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (NtVYv)

66 If the US leaves NATO, the EU and member states would implode and then fight each other. Pax Americana allowed them to be really stupid politically

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (BFvh9)

67 37 As long as it's not their daughters being assaulted, they don't care.
___

Actually, I don't think they even care about that. Maybe tomorrow's new left wing fad: "Well MY daughter was GANG RAPED by migrants and I STILL support them! We OWE it to them! See how VIRTUOUS I am?"

Posted by: Earth: The Final Season at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (qUkBO)

68 Europe should collapse and decent people should move to this hemisphere.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (RAxGY)

69 Marxism
Free food, housing, transportation,

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (Ia/+0)
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Famine.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

70 "The US should extricate itself from all of its overseas entanglements and spend the next 20 years undertaking a massive campaign to find and deport illegal immigrants from our country.

Drill our own oil, defend our own borders and coasts, and let what's inevitably going to happen to Europe, happen."

Hear, hear!

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

71 Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

In fairness, Britain voted to leave the Union a decade ago, and its borders are....not exactly secure.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (jGGMD)

The UK government never implemented full Brexit and colludes with the EU.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)

72 Iceland has promoted immigration so cousins aren't screwing each other. I don't think they intended it to be middle eastern Muslims.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (KC5Lt)

73 🇦🇹 Austria: 9% --> 25%

This will not end well. Those Austrians are some fucking weirdo fuckers.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (NtVYv)
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To make this even worse, I think it's been reported that a significant minority of students in schools (like 40% or more) are children of Muslim immigrants.

That does not bode well for the Gates of Vienna....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (FZ29D)

74 Actually, I don't think they even care about that. Maybe tomorrow's new left wing fad: "Well MY daughter was GANG RAPED by migrants and I STILL support them! We OWE it to them! See how VIRTUOUS I am?"

Posted by: Earth: The Final Season at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (qUkBO)
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Now, I'm picturing it as a rear window sticker.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:39 PM (Fi81e)

75 Sell cork futures.
Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (UjdFS)

_________________


Trump should start calling Pedro; Corky

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 03, 2026 05:39 PM (NtVYv)

76 That pesky Elon Musk is just getting too big for his britches.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:39 PM (UjdFS)

77 The FBI and CIA know who is funding the leftist NGOs. This would be great info to release

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 05:40 PM (BFvh9)

78 Iceland has promoted immigration so cousins aren't screwing each other.

It'd be easier if Icelandic women were better looking. /sarc

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:40 PM (ExV1e)

79 "I'm the proud parent of a girl who was processed by a Muslim rape-gang." -- Hollywood, probably

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:40 PM (Fi81e)

80 Also, the funding for the NGO's is likely coming right from the UN. Morocco is known locally as the "Gateway to the EU", and the UN coordinates with Morocco to have a set number of refugees there at any given time. The usual number is around 20,000. However, when the Spanish supreme court whispered (more like shouted) "Amnesty" no one had to organize refugees to Morocco. They came running overflowing Morocco, and thus Morocco encouraged them to take a shot at Ceuta (which is officially a part of the EU by law).
Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)

The UN doesn't have that kind of money, especially when the US cut back on many payments to them. I'm sure they help, but finding is likely from EU nations foreign aid programs.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:40 PM (uhVAy)

81 it would seem that if we are a major exporter of petroleum we wouldn't be living with shortage prices...why are we?

Posted by: DanMan at August 03, 2026 05:40 PM (8uzBS)

82 Like mentioned above Nick Shirley was there and said it was a disaster.. Got chased by a group of them one with a knife

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:41 PM (FtULh)

83 It's all fun and games until the Moors invade.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:41 PM (UjdFS)

84 The left...

We must let in these third world Racists and Sexists who believe that Religious authority over rides secular authority...

To fight against Racism and Sexism, and to protect Democracy!

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:41 PM (mP0Kj)

85
no minor will be deported.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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wtf, unaccompanied minors in a foreign country? When Sanchez picks the cities to move them to, is he going to put them in orphanages or heavily supervised facilities that are sexually segregated? We've realized that even 18-year-olds like Natalee Holloway shouldn't be roaming around foreign places, even outright tourist destinations never mind "cities" that some leader thinks are suitable to host minor illegal aliens.

Send them back to their parents ffs!!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 05:42 PM (mmrXZ)

86 Would be great to change our SB1 visa terms:
Swedish Bikini team: Auto entry
Gay Frenchman: Auto denial.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 05:42 PM (n5tGW)

87 The fastest growing religion in the world? Muslims.

This is the point of the invasion. Their Ummah. Without firing a single shot due to their laws.

In Britain and other countries Christians no longer consider themselves religious and stay home.

Being atheist or agnostic or cool.

Guess who won't get to stay home soon, little darlin's? It's coming at you fast!

There will come a time when you are outnumbered and forced to convert or die for your great idea as being too cool for church. Polygamist marriage. Cover your hair and body with a burka. Give up your bacon. Your life and career is over.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 05:42 PM (hzuYO)

88 Now it's true that most of the people who stormed the border have filtered back into Morocco, but about 20-25 percent are sticking it out and making clear that they have no interest in going back home.

So it was a raid, like Oct 7 in Israel, but this time the raiders left an occupying force.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 05:42 PM (vJrRc)

89 Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane
Jane plays with Willy, Willy is happy again
Suki plays with Leo, Sacha plays with Britt
Adolf builds a bonfire, Enrico plays with it
Whistling tunes
We hide in the dunes by the seaside
Whistling tunes
We're kissing baboons in the jungle
It's a knockout...

Posted by: Jeux sans frontieres at August 03, 2026 05:42 PM (F1rMs)

90 Yeah, Europe is f*caked. And they are stupid for letting it happen. Just like we are.

Posted by: Case at August 03, 2026 05:42 PM (bqIVz)

91 Yes, he did take a swipe at Trump.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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I saw a man on the street podcast (nate friedman) in Barcelona, and 3 of the people he spoke to supported this asswipe saying he was the only one "standing up to Trump."

What the fuck is wrong with Europeans that they think their politicians should be fighting Trump instead of doing their job at home? Same in Canada. The pols all love Trump for giving them the required enemy for them to build their fascism on.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (k12bV)

92 Gee a conference. To appoint a blue ribbon panel. To establish study groups . To do something or other.

Some asshole wrote a poem about that once. It’s probably good advice if you have shit for brains.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair (not Samoan, or a lawyer) at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (kYmoU)

93 It's all fun and games until the Moors invade.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:41 PM (UjdFS)
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Sorry, you're wrong. It says here, "Moops".

Posted by: George Costanza. at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (Fi81e)

94 it would seem that if we are a major exporter of petroleum we wouldn't be living with shortage prices...why are we?
Posted by: DanMan at August 03, 2026 05:40 PM (8uzBS)

1. Oil is a global commodity. If there is a shortage anywhere, there is a shortage everywhere.
2. The US has enough oil. The US does not have enough refining to deal with that oil so we still import oil byproducts.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (ExV1e)

95 The US should extricate itself from all of its overseas entanglements and spend the next 20 years undertaking a massive campaign to find and deport illegal immigrants from our country.

Drill our own oil, defend our own borders and coasts, and let what's inevitably going to happen to Europe, happen.

Strengthen our ties to Japan. The rest can go screw because they're not serious people at this point.
Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (oqH4h)

And central/south Americas. Keep that Monroe doctrine going.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (uhVAy)

96 83 It's all fun and games until the Moors invade.
Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:41 PM (UjdFS)

Charles Martel... you are our only hope...

You and Vlad the Impaler...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (mP0Kj)

97 It's all fun and games until the Moops invade.

Posted by: And Ukraine is a Road Apple at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (qUkBO)

98 24 The UN is deeply involved in the funding for this.

That is why they have been so quiet about the Migration Situation. It is a Feature, not a Bug.
Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (zGzrB)

Bulg >> Feature == Bug

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 05:44 PM (Sy6m/)

99 ChristyBlinky, I don't serf. I don't submit.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:44 PM (abScH)

100 I’ll shit myself laughing if the EU disintegrates over this. Won’t happen, because I think it’s all cover-your-ass PR, but we can hope.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 05:45 PM (i+vnO)

101 Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (uhVAy)

Annex Canada, Greenland, and take everything down to OUR Canal in Panama, and make that our border.

Then... close the borders... America is full...

Simple fact is we only have so much Fresh Water to support the population...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:45 PM (mP0Kj)

102 This will not end well. Those Austrians are some fucking weirdo fuckers.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 03, 2026 05:37 PM (NtVYv)
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To make this even worse, I think it's been reported that a significant minority of students in schools (like 40% or more) are children of Muslim immigrants.

That does not bode well for the Gates of Vienna....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (FZ29D)

Watched a short video by a guy in Vienna. He was filming outside of St Stephen's church. He was being harassed and followed by a group of filthy Muslims. The church walls were covered in graffiti. He was pretty sure they would have killed him if he didn't leave right away.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (USV1l)

103 It's all fun and games until the Moops invade.

Posted by: And Ukraine is a Road Apple at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (qUkBO)
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Ukraine is weak.

Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (Fi81e)

104 Axeman definitely if your not one of the protected class

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (Ia/+0)

105 Schmoopie.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (UjdFS)

106 I’ll shit myself laughing if the EU disintegrates over this. Won’t happen, because I think it’s all cover-your-ass PR, but we can hope.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 05:45 PM (i+vnO)

Well they better come up with some import controls between EU nations because Sanchez surely will want to export a lot of those boyos into France and Italy.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)

107 71 Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

In fairness, Britain voted to leave the Union a decade ago, and its borders are....not exactly secure.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 03, 2026 05:23 PM (jGGMD)

The UK government never implemented full Brexit and colludes with the EU.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)


The leaders of both the Conservative and Labour parties did the minimum needed to con the voters they had gotten the UK completely out of the EU. That con continues.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (5rh/l)

108 ChristyBlinky, I don't serf. I don't submit.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:44 PM (abScH)
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Serf or die.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

109 "This won't end well"

Well it didn't start too good either

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (DGpsA)

110 Spain does not have the economy that can handle this type of influx long term. They are depending upon the swarm to move on.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (n5tGW)

111 What's the name of the NGO featured in the logo of the purple vest those self-righteous wealthy white ladies were wearing?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (2Ez/1)

112 Moroccans are another muzzie nationality that think:

a) their country (morocco) is the greatest country in the world
b) they must leave that shithole because life sucks there. with no future and no hope.

From what I hear, moroccans are worse than the Turks in this regard, and the Turks are fucking horrible. They all think they are gods and Turkey is the best. as long as they don't have to live there.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (k12bV)

113 I’ll shit myself laughing if the EU disintegrates over this. Won’t happen, because I think it’s all cover-your-ass PR, but we can hope.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 05:45 PM (i+vnO)

The EU won't dissolve until some country goes all "kill all the politicians". Then the other countries will have to decide if they've got the pull to go totalitarian or agitate for leaving the EU to save themselves.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (ExV1e)

114 Axeman, or make life miserable for others.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:48 PM (abScH)

115 86 Would be great to change our SB1 visa terms:
Swedish Bikini team: Auto entry
Gay Frenchman: Auto denial.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

You said gay twice.

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 03, 2026 05:48 PM (VOQ3h)

116 In Ceuta, the Barbarians have breached the gates. It's an obvious op.

In Spain proper, the Barbarians have already been invited inside the gates, and by extension, all of the EU.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 05:48 PM (dtajH)

117 2. The US has enough oil. The US does not have enough refining to deal with that oil so we still import oil byproducts.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (ExV1e)

Which is primarily due to our STATEs having policies that make refineries almost impossible here.

Calif has closed 11 of 23 refineries... while demand for refined oil has increased dramatically.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:48 PM (mP0Kj)

118 Italy started it. They've always been trouble makers. Them and the Venetians.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 05:49 PM (4tmEn)

119 Mamdani is putting the cost of socialism at 30% of EVERYTHING, which I expect will be a serious underestimate.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM


My prediction is that the stores will fail for any number of reasons. First of all they will stripped bare of any and all food by people who do not live in NYC regardless of the "ID" requirement. Fake ID's will abound.


There will be massive uncontrolled theft. People know they will never be arrested for stealing food so they will take everything they can and eat or sell it leaving the shelves bare.


Finally, vendors will refuse to sell to the city stores because they will either be paid late or not at all.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 05:49 PM (cpFbA)

120 116 In Ceuta, the Barbarians have breached the gates. It's an obvious op.

In Spain proper, the Barbarians have already been invited inside the gates, and by extension, all of the EU.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 05:48 PM (dtajH)

Are they actually trying to immigrate to the EU, or are they trying to sew so much chaos that Spain will cede Ceuta?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:49 PM (mP0Kj)

121 The leaders of both the Conservative and Labour parties did the minimum needed to con the voters they had gotten the UK completely out of the EU. That con continues.
Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (5rh/l)

And mostly they implemented things which could cause hardship to British citizens in an effort to have people think that Brexit had made their lives worse so they'd agitate for re-joining but in a manner which forbade leaving.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:49 PM (ExV1e)

122 The EU won't dissolve until some country goes all "kill all the politicians". Then the other countries will have to decide if they've got the pull to go totalitarian or agitate for leaving the EU to save themselves.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (ExV1e)

The EU is already totalitarian. Its legislature decides nothing and can't initiate laws. Its elections are increasingly fraudulent. Given everyone in Europe to choose from why would anyone choose the sort of people who lead the EU?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)

123 I've also seen video of large trucks (like military) dropping off full loads of men into the street who then ran for it to Cueta.

Now I can't confirm that's where it was from but that's what Carl Benjamin showed on his channel talking about the situation.

This also happened in Cueta several years ago, but it was only about 8,000 people who got through the border.

Some are saying that the Moroccans are punishing Spain/EU over some negotiations over the control of the Western Sahara.

So it might not just be leftist immigration policies & NGO facilitators, it might also be Moroccans helping the situation along.

It's not like Venezuela and Cuba weren't doing the same thing to us by setting their undesirables free and sending them our way.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)

124 ChristyBlinky, I don't serf. I don't submit.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:44 PM (abScH)
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Serf or die.
Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

My money's on Ben Had.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (ExV1e)

125 Maybe my map reading skills need to improve, but are these young culturally enriched wannabe Rhodes Scholars in Cueta technically on the continent of Africa or the continent of Europe?

Posted by: Just got here at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (2Ez/1)

126 France, Ireland and Portugal were the only larger EU states that didn't sign the letter.
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What a surprise!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (4tmEn)

127 Are they actually trying to immigrate to the EU, or are they trying to sew so much chaos that Spain will cede Ceuta?
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:49 PM (mP0Kj)

I doubt ceding Cueta is the point, the Spanish would just leave. The globalists want that bleeding wound open.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:51 PM (uhVAy)

128 Cueta is a Spanish enclave in North Africa.

Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 05:51 PM (YwEeS)

129 Note how they call the illegal invaders "migrants" but they are all muzz scum men in their twenties.

This a foreign army invading a sovereign state. Declare war and shoot them all.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 05:51 PM (xvV+O)

130 Maybe my map reading skills need to improve, but are these young culturally enriched wannabe Rhodes Scholars in Cueta technically on the continent of Africa or the continent of Europe?
Posted by: Just got here at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (2Ez/1)

Africa.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:52 PM (uhVAy)

131 The leaders of both the Conservative and Labour parties did the minimum needed to con the voters they had gotten the UK completely out of the EU. That con continues.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (5rh/l)
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Con the people is all most governments do anymore.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:52 PM (Fi81e)

132 It's a game & a threat by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. MOST of the invaders went back to Morocco in about 48 hours.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has openly labeled Israel’s military campaign in Gaza a "genocide." Spain’s parliament formally approved Israel arms embargo and urged international sporting bodies to ban Israel from global competitions, and more.

Let's see what those 22 EU members do in response.

But remember, France, Ireland, and Portugal—along with nations like Spain, Belgium, Slovenia, Luxembourg, and Malta—have frequently joined international calls, United Nations resolutions, and joint European statements criticizing Israeli military actions in Gaza, settlement expansions in the West Bank, and restrictions on humanitarian aid.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 05:52 PM (NFX2v)

133 There will come a time when you are outnumbered and forced to convert or die for your great idea as being too cool for church. Polygamist marriage. Cover your hair and body with a burka. Give up your bacon. Your life and career is over.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

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99% of muzzies are descended from women raped by invaders and cowardly men who converted under threat of the sword.

They are all slaves, bowing to their long dead master 5 times a day.

this is our strongest defense -- tell them that over and over and over. Ridicule them

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:52 PM (k12bV)

134 Cueta is a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 05:51 PM (YwEeS)
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It should be Spain's cue ta get out.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:53 PM (Fi81e)

135 118 Italy started it. They've always been trouble makers. Them and the Venetians.

> Most people are blind to it.

Posted by: Oops at August 03, 2026 05:53 PM (2Ez/1)

136 Con the people is all most governments do anymore.
Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:52 PM (Fi81e)

That's unfair. We also loot the treasury. -- Governments

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:53 PM (ExV1e)

137 Macron is pretending to be a pragmatic, centrist technocrat, but his sympathies are on the left, as far as culture goes.

Posted by: PG at August 03, 2026 05:53 PM (W33Nw)

138 Italy started it. They've always been trouble makers. Them and the Venetians.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _
......

and the Greeks, with their short haircuts and full beards.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 05:54 PM (UjdFS)

139 128 Cueta is a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 05:51 PM (YwEeS)

I looked at the map.. It looks like it's just part of Morocco....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:54 PM (FtULh)

140 Perhaps a nice Spanish Civil War is order. Worked out splendidly last time. And if I recall correctly, the same assholes (socialists/communists) were the proximate cause.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 03, 2026 05:54 PM (XMwZJ)

141 Spain could use a man like Franco again.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 05:55 PM (xvV+O)

142 EU is a house of cards - always has been

It is like a mob takeover, and as soon as Brussels is done extracting every bit of wealth, it will collapse.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:55 PM (k12bV)

143 Unbelievable - After 50,000 Military Age Fighting Men invaded several Spanish Enclaves - Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is even still now repeating the Marxist Mantra

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Instead of being called Baghdad Bob can he be called Moroccan Pedro?

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 05:55 PM (ZNpJk)

144 "128 Cueta is a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 05:51 PM"

Point Of Order: exclave.

Posted by: Person who likes to say Point Of Order at August 03, 2026 05:55 PM (2Ez/1)

145 Nick Shirley is there, he's posting videos on X. Migrants with knives chased him down a street.

Posted by: beckster at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (kX27y)

146 @141 -- Indeed. The problem is that last time Franco didn't kill ALL the commies.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (XMwZJ)

147 I looked at the map.. It looks like it's just part of Morocco....
Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:54 PM (FtULh)

its on the same landmass, but Spain owned it before Morocco was independent of the Ottoman Turks. England used to own Tangiers back in those days too.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (uhVAy)

148 In a country with free citizens who actually take personal responsibility for their communities, the whole situation in Ceuta would be just now getting exciting. As locals formed a militia, brought out their arms, and swept back through the peninsula, shooting those who advanced and chasing those who fled, until security was restored.

There were some guys back in the 18th century who wrote about throwing off a government who allowed exactly this sort of thing:

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
...

He ... has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless ... Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

Posted by: GWB at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (kU0PQ)

149 For contesting purposes, amateur radio operators count 'Ceuta and Mellila' as an actual country. That's just how we roll. There's no rational explanation.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

150 Cueta is at a pretty strategic point right at the Strait of Gibraltar.

Spain is lucky to have kept it this long.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (6ydKt)

151
Ugh. I was positive I closed those tags.

Posted by: GWB at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (kU0PQ)

152 141 Spain could use a man like Franco again.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 05:55 PM


He's still dead.

Posted by: Chevy Chase at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (2Ez/1)

153 fix

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (6ydKt)

154 "Are they actually trying to immigrate to the EU, or are they trying to sew so much chaos that Spain will cede Ceuta?"

Great point. Ceatu is isloated geographically and now politically. It's only has 80,000 people on seven square miles. If I lived there I'd be thinking of moving.

Could Spain be so stupid as to admit these invaders into Spain proper. This is waking up the rest of the EU

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (dtajH)

155 Islam is the broom we're using to sweep all the white people out of Europe.

Posted by: The New World Order at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (V362x)

156 * The Left's Political Trap: Pedro Sánchez and the European Left aren't trying to stop this. Importing tens of thousands and pushing for mass citizenship creates a PERPETUAL VOTER BASE to lock in hard-left power forever.

As an expert in spotting traps after they've been sprung, I agree. And the Allahus are the worst kind of Ackbar.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 05:58 PM (/y3Vc)

157 Cueta is at a pretty strategic point right at the Strait of Gibraltar.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:56 PM (6ydKt)

Maybe Trump can go make a deal for Gibraltar and Ceuta? A VERY strategic spot in the interests of the USA to control.

Posted by: GWB at August 03, 2026 05:58 PM (kU0PQ)

158 Unbelievable - After 50,000 Military Age Fighting Men invaded several Spanish Enclaves - Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is even still now repeating the Marxist Mantra

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Instead of being called Baghdad Bob can he be called Moroccan Pedro?
Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 05:55 PM (ZNpJk)

Not too shocking, it isn't like making sense will help him with the other Commies *now*

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:58 PM (uhVAy)

159 Serf or die.
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All that ammo.... can't take it with you.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 05:59 PM (xvV+O)

160 "Could Spain be so stupid as to admit these invaders into Spain proper."

Well, yes, it seems. They've legalized all their illegals so far AFAIK.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

161 Do the European elite think they'll survive the invasion and revolution? Bolshevik or Islamic revolutions don't like the wealthy and powerful so they either flee or are executed.
I sure don't want them here. Canada and Australia ain't looking too good so what's there endgame? Live on an island in the South Seas and you'll be tracked down

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 05:59 PM (BFvh9)

162 Could Spain be so stupid as to admit these invaders into Spain proper. This is waking up the rest of the EU
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (dtajH)

of course they could. lol.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:59 PM (uhVAy)

163 Headline: Until they get a little too brazen and a little too clear about their agenda to destroy civilization itself.

On the contrary, not a contradiction at all. Why?

LIBs plead for a Morality which holds COMPROMISE as its standard of Value, making it possible to judge Virtue on the basis of the number of Values which one is willing to Betray.

Even as wave after wave of (T)error appear over the horizon as so many Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, LIBs will defy whether you possibly understand the motivation of each individual pilot just as the challenge you to prove their origin; even as they (the LIBs) guide them onto their targets to proudly do unto their own people PRECISELY what they forbid you to do to your Adversaries, they will impugn your character for not only Sponsoring your Adversaries but failing to actively Defend them -- it's YOUR FAULT they're Evil!

"Sooner or later you figure out that pragmatism and compromise are principles in a democracy. It's not selling out your convictions." -- Clinton'2005 -- when it's is PRECISELY THAT. LIE TO ME!!!

Putin discovered long ago with Bosnia I, II and III.
Immigrands are invited in anddestroy and demand sponsorship.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 03, 2026 05:59 PM (4hyME)

164 FREEZE NGO ASSETS. ENFORCE THE LAW. WAKE UP EUROPE.

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NGOs, the most evil people on the planet. I wonder where these people will go when they become outlaws in all civilized countries?

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 06:00 PM (ZNpJk)

165
In fairness, Britain voted to leave the Union a decade ago, and its borders are....not exactly secure.

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That was the Tory-Labour Uniparty's way of punishing the people for voting for Brexit

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 03, 2026 06:00 PM (f0sNM)

166 How many ferry trips will it take to get 50,000 young male Mohammeddans across the Mediterranean Sea?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 06:00 PM (2Ez/1)

167 Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez....

This guy has been in charge of Spain since 2018.
I think I see the problem.

Posted by: dantesed at August 03, 2026 06:00 PM (Oy/m2)

168 "Maybe Trump can go make a deal for Gibraltar and Ceuta? A VERY strategic spot in the interests of the USA to control."

No new strait-control duty for a while, please. We've got enough on our plate.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 06:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

169 "136 Con the people is all most governments do anymore.
Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:52 PM (Fi81e)

That's unfair. We also loot the treasury. -- Governments

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:53 PM (ExV1e) "

admirably concise, and perfectly true

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 03, 2026 06:01 PM (VyBeY)

170 I saw a thread where a libtard was claiming socialism didn't kill 100M people.

And the responses were interesting - right leaning people posting links to Stalin/Pot/Mao's death tolls and leftists copying holocaust denier talking points.

Oh, it was just a natural famine, and capitalist pig dogs made up the numbers, and really how could a government even kill that many people anyway???

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 06:01 PM (sKqQm)

171 @Ma_WuKong - 7 PM

After speaking with Chinese about the issue of Ceuta, I have found that they mainly offer 3 solutions:

— Execute those who invade.
— Execute the political leaders who allow the invasion.
— Execute both

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 06:01 PM (4tmEn)

172 How many ferry trips will it take to get 50,000 young male Mohammeddans across the Mediterranean Sea?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 06:00 PM (2Ez/1)

Just a lot of half trips will solve the problem entirely.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:02 PM (uhVAy)

173 Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

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The Common Market idea was good but when they said in the 80s they need to integrate all Euro countries to rival the US I knew they will turn bad.

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 06:03 PM (ZNpJk)

174 Just landed.

Flying isnt nearly as fun as it used to be.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 06:03 PM (fBdWv)

175 I thought all the invaders turned around and went back home?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 06:03 PM (Cqx++)

176 Maybe Trump can go make a deal for Gibraltar and Ceuta? A VERY strategic spot in the interests of the USA to control.

Posted by: GWB at August 03, 2026 05:58 PM (kU0PQ)

The UK still controls the enclave of Gibraltar on the other side of the strait. They just recently ceded border control there back to Spain.

The EU would never give up control of that strait willingly.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt)

177 I thought all the invaders turned around and went back home?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 06:03 PM (Cqx++)

not all, not yet. But some did. Of course they may have Spanish citizenship by now.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:04 PM (uhVAy)

178 — Execute those who invade.
— Execute the political leaders who allow the invasion.
— Execute both

Historically this is both a reasonable and effective way to stop invasions

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 06:04 PM (sKqQm)

179 "Diversity is one of our main attractions and one of our strengths”

Why does this phrase always come up when dealing with uncontrolled illegal immigration and leftists?

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Sounds Soviet doesn't it?

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (ZNpJk)

180 The EU would never give up control of that strait willingly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt)

what to they control it with now? They have no army and no navy.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

181 Who's feeding 60,000 invaders in a "town" with only 80,000 people?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (dtajH)

182 “Diversity is one of our main attractions and one of our strengths”

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What, "Build Back Bitter" wasn't available?

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (2frq+)

183 "Diversity is one of our main attractions and one of our strengths”

Why does this phrase always come up when dealing with uncontrolled illegal immigration and leftists?

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Sounds Soviet doesn't it?
Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (ZNpJk)

I always liked "Cosmopolites" from the USSR.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:06 PM (uhVAy)

184
It's the Final Countdown

Posted by: Europe at August 03, 2026 06:06 PM (OkYzo)

185 How about China thru Iran sponsored the Ceuta matter. Close the Straight of Gibraltar next?

Posted by: Accomack at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (GbONR)

186 The EU would never give up control of that strait willingly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt)

what to they control it with now? They have no army and no navy.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

Our citizens will sneer when hearing the name of your country. -- EU

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)

187 Soros

Posted by: torabora at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (Wt1Rs)

188 Do the European elite think they'll survive the invasion and revolution?
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They have a death wish. It's some sort of coordinated, long running op against Western nations. I mean, obviously, unless one is persuaded this is somehow an organic, grass roots phenomenon that just happens to occur simultaneously around the world.

This is why it is ridiculous to try and sugar coat it and call it "suicide"; nobody voted for this, nobody wants it, it is being imposed from the top down. There are better adjectives to be sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (DGpsA)

189 Its a rough thing to think but the reaction to a potential assassination of a leftist EU leader or European leader would be telling. Would the elite realize they've pushed too far? Would there be backlash) Would the invaders take advantage?
Coming up a future near you

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (BFvh9)

190 what to they control it with now? They have no army and no navy.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

Well, to be fair, it's been a pretty peaceful area since the end of WWII.

I assume Spain and UK have some coast guard ships around but who knows.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt)

191 After speaking with Chinese about the issue of Ceuta, I have found that they mainly offer 3 solutions:

— Execute those who invade.
— Execute the political leaders who allow the invasion.
— Execute both

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I would add: Execute those who collaborate with the invaders and who allow the invasion.

And Execute all three.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 06:08 PM (xvV+O)

192 Ok, so they broke through some gates and invaded Cueta.
How will they get to Barcelona, or Valencia, or Seville, or Madrid?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 06:08 PM (2Ez/1)

193 The Common Market idea was good but when they said in the 80s they need to integrate all Euro countries to rival the US I knew they will turn bad.
Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 06:03 PM (ZNpJk)

No expert but the 1990s monetary "Union" was a bad idea since since strapping then German needs to what Greece or Italy needed was dumb.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:08 PM (uhVAy)

194 Ok, so they broke through some gates and invaded Cueta.
How will they get to Barcelona, or Valencia, or Seville, or Madrid?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 06:08 PM (2Ez/1)

A 10-20 mile ferry ride and mass transit?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)

195 Even if you stopped all immigration now, it is already too late. It's too bad because an honest look at the history of the past 530 years makes clear that European stock was responsible for 99% of human advancements in science and technology. No hate of other people, but the people living 300 hundred years from now will suffer greatly for our fear of being accused or racism.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 03, 2026 06:09 PM (wGerL)

196 Close the Straight of Gibraltar next?
Posted by: Accomack at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM
++++
How do you know it's heterosexual?

Posted by: Zing! at August 03, 2026 06:10 PM (2Ez/1)

197 The Common Market idea was good but when they said in the 80s they need to integrate all Euro countries to rival the US I knew they will turn bad.
Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 06:03 PM (ZNpJk)
****
A German in the 1930's had the SAME idea....

Posted by: torabora at August 03, 2026 06:10 PM (Wt1Rs)

198 I assume Spain and UK have some coast guard ships around but who knows.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt)

Little idea about Spain but the UK for sure has no boats to speak of anywhere, much less in Gibraltar.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

199 192 Ok, so they broke through some gates and invaded Cueta.
How will they get to Barcelona, or Valencia, or Seville, or Madrid?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 06:08 PM (2Ez/1)

There are ferries across the strait, but the Spanish aren't letting any of these guys on board.

Sanchez claims that none of them will immigrate to Spain and will be sent back to Morocco.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:11 PM (6ydKt)

200 Little idea about Spain but the UK for sure has no boats to speak of anywhere, much less in Gibraltar.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy

They really are up s**t creek without a paddle..

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (FtULh)

201 > The EU would never give up control of that strait willingly.
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The proverbial "them and what army?"

They, the EU doesn't have one. Neither does Spain. Or the UK. Individually. And the rest?

Yea, about that.

The Muslim hordes have been informed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (2Cry5)

202 Idiocracy posited that the future will produce nothing that will advance civilization because....well you know why.

Posted by: torabora at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (Wt1Rs)

203 I wants too thank Presdent obono fore nots letting this be happen in the US. He be looks care of children of coller and kids not left criminals in the Cuntry unlike Trump.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (E2zMs)

204 Little idea about Spain but the UK for sure has no boats to speak of anywhere, much less in Gibraltar.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

I think they all pretty much gave up and let the U.S., and French & Italians to a lesser extent, handle the protection of the strait and the western Mediterranean.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (6ydKt)

205 Wholesome video. Just because I needed a break and am on my way out for the evening.

Dog shepherds baby ducks and their mother:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhtjz5v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (wmzkx)

206 Our citizens will sneer when hearing the name of your country. -- EU
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)

I just thought it was disgust from those stupid made up languages they have there.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

207 Gheghis Khan just lived in the wrong time period

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)

208 A real good reason to stay out of the EU forever. I'm talking to you, post Brexit Great Britain. Handing over your sovereignty to the weakest link in a chain made up of nothing but weak links is just stupid.

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 06:13 PM (lCppi)

209 Little idea about Spain but the UK for sure has no boats to speak of anywhere, much less in Gibraltar.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

Unfair. Here's a photo of the flagship of the British Navy. Gaze upon it and tremble.

https://tinyurl.com/57dyhkh3

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:13 PM (ExV1e)

210 202 Idiocracy posited that the future will produce nothing that will advance civilization because....well you know why.
Posted by: torabora at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (Wt1Rs)

Well when your colleges are putting out graduates with social justice degrees with a minor in basket weaving....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 06:13 PM (FtULh)

211 Sanchez claims that none of them will immigrate to Spain and will be sent back to Morocco.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

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I keep hearing two stories
- He said they will move to other cities and integrate, as required by law if they swam over.
- He will send them all back

I have doubts he will send them all back.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:13 PM (k12bV)

212 Surah 4:100;

Whoever emigrates in the cause of Allah will find many safe havens and bountiful resources throughout the earth. Those who leave their homes and die while emigrating to Allah and His Messenger—their reward has already been secured with Allah. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 03, 2026 06:13 PM (GMWTj)

213 How do migrants get from France to the UK? Little rubber boats with the aid of NGOs. Same with Ceuta to Spain proper

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 06:13 PM (BFvh9)

214 After speaking with Chinese about the issue of Ceuta, I have found that they mainly offer 3 solutions:

— Execute those who invade.
— Execute the political leaders who allow the invasion.
— Execute both

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 06:01 PM (4tmEn)
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Second look at Maoism?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 06:14 PM (JvZF+)

215 I think they all pretty much gave up and let the U.S., and French & Italians to a lesser extent, handle the protection of the strait and the western Mediterranean.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (6ydKt)

You can always just cut a boat or some guns for the army and use the 'savings' on some dumb grift or social program. Until they are all out of boats. And sailors. But never Admirals.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:14 PM (uhVAy)

216 Gheghis Khan just lived in the wrong time period
Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)
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We can change that!

Posted by: Bill S. Preston and Ted "Theodore" Logan at August 03, 2026 06:14 PM (FZ29D)

217 If the EU countries had kept their own currencies, then Germany would have seen the mark appreciate cutting into its exports.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 06:15 PM (dtajH)

218 Gheghis Khan just lived in the wrong time period
Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)

That's Jhenjhis. -- John Kerry, historian

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:16 PM (ExV1e)

219 My Son Was Rapist of the Month at (insert school name here).

Posted by: Fatima's Scion bumper at August 03, 2026 06:16 PM (Wt1Rs)

220 If the EU countries had kept their own currencies, then Germany would have seen the mark appreciate cutting into its exports.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 06:15 PM (dtajH)

And where would their economy be today if they'd allowed that to happen?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:17 PM (ExV1e)

221 The common market was not a good idea.

It was not "common market," but common *centralized* regulation.

This is very different. Right from the start it was just adding more and more bureaucracy and regulation, totally disconnected from the local needs of industry and country markets.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:17 PM (k12bV)

222 This video looks like it was taken at Ceuta, with paid NGO agents assisting the illegal entry into Spain. I'm not 100% on that, though.

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Thank goodness Spain has no equivalents to USAID and The ACLU!

Wait, wut?

/AECID (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo) and UDC (Unión de Defensa del Ciudadano); you can take The Corrupt Commies out of The Home of The Death Cult ... but you can't take The Death Cult out of The Corrupt Commies.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 06:17 PM (2frq+)

223
Maybe that whole EU thing was badly thought out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

The EU has always been an attempt to create a rival bloc to the Russian, Chinese and US ones. They just keep forgetting to create armed forces to make it happen.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)



I always thought it was the Frogs looking to achieve the traditional French goal of controlling all of Europe, and ultimately the world by competing with and subjugating the Soviets and the US. But they recognized that they couldn't do it alone or militarily, hence getting the rest of Europe to put together an economic alliance.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 06:18 PM (JyBgb)

224 When are we going to reject the use of "migration" in favor of the more accurate, "invasion"?

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 06:18 PM (lCppi)

225 China expects to win. The EU is trying to lose. Diluting the votes of non communists is the same as diluting the votes of fascists and wreckers. It’s just how they define the world.

Posted by: Accomack at August 03, 2026 06:18 PM (/Chlc)

226 It was a little eerie watching World War Z last Thursday, turning on the news, and once again seeing seeing swarms running amok through streets and buildings.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 03, 2026 06:19 PM (CwhoI)

227 The common market was not a good idea.

It was not "common market," but common *centralized* regulation.

This is very different. Right from the start it was just adding more and more bureaucracy and regulation, totally disconnected from the local needs of industry and country markets.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:17 PM (k12bV)

it was super important to regulate the size of Beer mugs in England. Kept a panel in Brussels in paid lunches and dinners for months, probably.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 06:20 PM (uhVAy)

228 I always thought it was the Frogs looking to achieve the traditional French goal of controlling all of Europe, and ultimately the world by competing with and subjugating the Soviets and the US. But they recognized that they couldn't do it alone or militarily, hence getting the rest of Europe to put together an economic alliance.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 06:18 PM (JyBgb)
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They are not that cunning. It was the Germans.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 06:20 PM (JvZF+)

229 Nood. Quickies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)

230 The common market plan was to INCREASE regulation as a way to create "fortress Europe" and exclude US companies from selling into the EU.

That was the purpose, and the plan. MORE regulation. CE marking, eliminating GRAS, the environmental stuff, etc. Then the VAT (a tariff) and net zero. All this was designed to harm the US.

Things fell apart, partially when their plans worked so well that China could undercut it all by ignoring all that shit and just flooding them with crap that their industry and customers needed because they could no longer afford regulated stuff.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:22 PM (k12bV)

231 I always thought it was the Frogs looking to achieve the traditional French goal of controlling all of Europe, and ultimately the world by competing with and subjugating the Soviets and the US. But they recognized that they couldn't do it alone or militarily, hence getting the rest of Europe to put together an economic alliance.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

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Yes,
French thought they would control Germany.
Germany thought they would control France
Both thought they would rule the continent.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 06:24 PM (k12bV)

232 No one talks surly about Davos anymore .

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 06:26 PM (NFX2v)

233 "Diversity is one of our main attractions and one of our strengths”

Why does this phrase always come up when dealing with uncontrolled illegal immigration and leftists?

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Sounds Soviet doesn't it?
Posted by: Decaf
........

Just needs some posters.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 06:27 PM (UjdFS)

234 It's a modern day crusade in reverse.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 06:29 PM (2Cry5)

235 124 ChristyBlinky, I don't serf. I don't submit.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:44 PM (abScH)
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Serf or die.
Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

My money's on Ben Had.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:50 PM (ExV1e)
***********
I will die, no problem. I will also kill a few before I leave.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 06:52 PM (hzuYO)

236 I saw a man on the street podcast (nate friedman) in Barcelona, and 3 of the people he spoke to supported this asswipe saying he was the only one "standing up to Trump."

What the fuck is wrong with Europeans that they think their politicians should be fighting Trump instead of doing their job at home? Same in Canada. The pols all love Trump for giving them the required enemy for them to build their fascism on.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 05:43 PM (k12bV)
********
They've been lied to by social media, TV and their own politicians. Brainwashed.

The Europeans and others who came to the World Cup said this when they saw the beauty and freedom of the USA. I'm hoping this message eventually gets to the little people.

They were talking mighty big in Barcelona the first day of the invasion. Of how great it was to give 500K amnesty.

After a few days I saw photos of razor wire on balconies as the numbers increased of invaders.

I'm sure the video of them invading an apt and looting was wonderfl to watch in the event these barbarians made it to the mainland.

I read of citizens (men) hunting them down with big sticks. I have to assume there are no guns allowed.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 06:59 PM (hzuYO)

CNN's Dana Bash: How Dare You Say That CNN Attacked Anyone Who Dissented With Fauci and Deliberately Spread Fear for Ratings (and Access)

She says this while pushing fear about measles outbreaks.

BTW, she's highly selective about which outbreaks she chooses to freak out over. When monkeypox was spreading like wildfire, Biden's health advisor refused to even tell gay men not to go to anonymous gangbang/urination parties, and Dana Bash thought that was Sound Science.

But measles? That must be Trump's fault.

This is CNN:


RFK Jr torches CNN anchor Dana Bash for 'press malpractice' over COVID coverage in explosive clash

Kennedy told Bash she was 'scaring people' and accused her of punishing people who distrusted Fauci during the pandemic


HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Dana Bash she was "part of the problem" and accused CNN of frightening viewers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bash pushed back and defended the network's coverage of federal health guidance.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused CNN anchor Dana Bash of COVID-era media malpractice Sunday, saying she failed to challenge public health authorities and helped marginalize dissenters during the pandemic.

"You were part of the problem. There was absolute press malpractice. Your job -- your job -- is a fierce skepticism toward authority, and you weren't doing that," Kennedy said on "State of the Union."

"You were beating up on people who were dissenting," the HHS secretary added.

Kennedy leveled the attack after Bash asked how HHS would prepare for another pandemic and tried to move him away from re-litigating the prior federal response.

Bash pushed back, saying she was trying to ask how Kennedy would prevent another public health crisis.

"I also don't want to use this interview to allow you to say things that aren't entirely true," Bash said. "You're talking about therapeutics. Fine. It is also factually true that the COVID vaccine worked. The COVID vaccine prevented deaths. There is data, upon data, upon data."

CDC and Harvard researchers estimated in 2023 that primary vaccination could have prevented at least 232,000 deaths among unvaccinated U.S. adults.

After Bash acknowledged the frightening nature of the pandemic and said officials made mistakes, Kennedy accused CNN of contributing to public fear.

"You were scaring people," Kennedy said.

Bash asked why he believed CNN had frightened viewers, prompting Kennedy to point to its pandemic chyrons.

"Because that was the job of CNN," Kennedy said.

Bash said the network had been covering government officials, including President Donald Trump's daily White House briefings.

"We were listening to the leaders in this country, including the president, who had a daily press conference explaining what was going on," Bash said.

...

Kennedy later accused Bash of punishing people who distrusted Fauci, claiming he lied about masks, social distancing, natural immunity, vaccine transmission and COVID-19's origins.

"We know that Anthony Fauci, who was the expert, was lying about everything," Kennedy said. "He was lying. And you were punishing people for not trusting the experts."

SilentPatriot47
@ShadowPatriotUS

🚨 THE CLIP THAT BROKE THE INTERNET

Dana Bash: "You're the HHS Secretary and you're leading to vaccine hesitancy."

RFK Jr.: "Do you see your job as ending vaccine hesitancy... or telling the truth?"

Bash: "The truth is that there is study after study..."

RFK Jr.: "You're repeating it like a parrot. I've actually read the science. Let's debate the science."

Bash: "I'm not debating this with you."

RFK Jr.: "Of course you won't. Because all you know how to do is repeat what you're told and say 'trust the experts.'

That's what you did during COVID.

Now we know Fauci was lying about everything -- about masks, social distancing, natural immunity, vaccine transmission. He was lying... and you were punishing people for not trusting the expert."

Kennedy also asserted that the government took away our right to free speech during this period, which permitted Fauci's mismanagement and lies to take even more lives.

Dana Bash and Politico, of course, believe that if a (left wing) government bureaucracy wants to exert tyrannical control due to a "health crisis," only a right-wing nutter would object and talk about his constitutional rights.

During an appearance on "State of the Union" that Bash herself described as "contentious," Kennedy argued that Fauci, who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the Covid-19 pandemic, was to blame for the millions of Americans who were sickened or killed by the respiratory virus.

Bash challenged Kennedy's assertions -- pointing out that public health experts say it was a combination of factors that led to such high death rates, including gaps in health care and misinformation -- and noted that Fauci served under President Donald Trump in the first Trump administration. Still, Kennedy held firm that it was Fauci who set the Covid response.

"Experts say the experts were right and even when they were wrong they were just great guys doing the best job anyone could."

What would we do without experts?

"Anthony Fauci was mismanaging the Covid pandemic and was doing it under the Biden administration. President Trump wanted to end the lockdowns," Kennedy said.

The exchange grew tense as Bash pressed Kennedy on how the nation should prepare for a future pandemic.

"I mean, I think we did virtually everything wrong the last time," Kennedy said, adding that the "primary obligation" in any future health crisis must be to "protect our constitutional rights."

"You're talking about rights, and I'm asking about a potential public health crisis that is coming," Bash replied.

Dana Bash can't wait for total government lockdowns again. Her cooter is vibrating over the possibility.


"One of the mistakes we made in the last time was suppressing those rights," Kennedy said. "So people weren't being heard. Doctors who are saying you're doing it wrong were being marginalized and vilified."

As Bash attempted to pivot, Kennedy accused her and CNN of being "part of the problem."

"Your job is a fierce skepticism toward authority," he said before accusing Bash of attacking him.

"I'm not attacking you. I'm asking questions about how to prevent the next pandemic," Bash replied. "But I also don't want to use this interview to allow you to say things that aren't entirely true. You're talking about therapeutics -- fine. It is also factually true that the Covid vaccine worked. The Covid vaccine prevented deaths. There is data upon data upon data."

Kennedy, however, dismissed those studies.

"You are saying nonsense. You are saying something that you cannot show me a single study that says that," Kennedy said, accusing Bash of "scaring people" about Covid "because that was the job of CNN."

"We were listening to the leaders in this country, including the president, who had a daily press conference explaining what was going on and trying to listen," Bash said before shifting over to the current measles outbreak.

Bash asked Kennedy if he accepted some responsibility for the current measles outbreak, labeling him as "one of the leading voices questioning vaccine efficacy."

"Absolutely not," Kennedy responded before again laying the blame at Fauci's feet. "The reason we're having a measles outbreak is because of the Covid lockdowns, because people didn't -- children during that period did not get vaccinated."

Bash then challenged Kennedy to stare into the camera and vouch for measles vaccines -- he did vouch for the vaccines -- before asking about researching a link between vaccines and autism.

Kennedy responded by discussing concerns around consuming Tylenol while pregnant, appearing to echo Trump's unsubstantiated claims of an unproven link between acetaminophen and autism. At that, Bash appeared visibly annoyed.

"You're rolling your eyes, Dana," Kennedy said.

"I am because I don't want to have you use our air to say this," she replied.

"Our air."

"Yeah you know, you probably don't understand this because you're not a scientist," Kennedy said.

"Neither are you," Bash shot back.


I don't understand why he would say that CNN wanted everyone to be afraid of covid!

I mean, Jake Tapper said "it's okay to be afraid of covid" and their medical "expert" Sanjay Gupta said it was "gross" for Trump to urge people not to let covid dominate their lives, so it's just a total lie that CNN wanted people to be afraid.

I can't believe Dana Bash allowed this lie on "our air"!

CNN was all about the truth. And also, pleasing its huge advertiser Pfizer.

Matt Orfalea put together this compilation of CNN scaring the hell out of people, telling them that covid would kill their 5-year-old children if they didn't get them fake-vaccinated:


Western Lensman
@WesternLensman

The strategy CNN management chose was silence. Just say nothing, and hope the controversy fades away.

It's been almost 10 days since Fauci diary entries revealed that two of CNN's top anchors were private pals with the man they were supposed to be objectively covering.

From "friendship building" dinner parties, backchanneling interview questions, to texting insults about Republicans, none of it has been addressed by Tapper, Bash, Stelter or anyone else at CNN.

Just pretend like it never happened.

And to many people who aren't on 𝕏 or don't consume right-leaning media -- it never did.

Ethics. Transparency. Journalism.

This is CNN.

Even Bill Maher, who is a buffoon, can see through this:

RedWave Press
@RedWavePress

Bill Maher: "[Dr. Anthony Fauci] was caught in ACTUAL LIES... The big issue to me is the origin of [COVID], which is very important... and he was telling people up front... it was from the wet markets. 'That's a conspiracy theory if you say it -- escape from the lab.'"

"And he KNEW better because we have him in his diary telling us what he was saying to other scientists. Who were saying, 'No, absolutely.'"

"And the REAL ISSUE here is the gain-of-function research."

"We make everything about race... You couldn't say it escaped from the lab because that was the RACIST point of view somehow. That the entire Asian continent would have been somehow complicit in this because it escaped [from the Wuhan lab in China]."

"It was ridiculous!"


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:15 PM




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1 Foist.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (Av6i5)

2 "We have Photoshopped truth out of your memory banks."

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (Av6i5)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (NcvvS)

4 Bill Maher: "[Dr. Anthony Fauci] was caught in ACTUAL LIES... The big issue to me is the origin of [COVID], which is very important... and he was telling people up front... it was from the wet markets. 'That's a conspiracy theory if you say it -- escape from the lab.'"

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"But Democrats take climate change seriously, so I will vote Democrat still."
-Bill Maher

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (bzPaY)

5 We are you gonna believe? Me, or your lying eyes, ears, and memory?

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (Av6i5)

6 Dana Bash is taking her shots now, since she will be unemployed as soon as Paramount can navigate the Newsom demands for cash money.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:19 PM (sKFJy)

7 "Experts say the experts were right and even when they were wrong they were just great guys doing the best job anyone could."

What would we do without experts?

Clap loudly with Joker grins, in a standing ovation for thirty minutes, while praising Jesus and thanking him for this divine miracle?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 04:19 PM (6ydKt)

8 6 Dana Bash is taking her shots now
Posted by: Huck Follywood

She's taking her shots about taking shots.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:20 PM (Av6i5)

9 The Winter of Death was crazy.

If I hadn't died of Popcorn Lung back in 2018...it really would have taken a lot out of me.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:20 PM (zGzrB)

10 "I also don't want to use this interview to allow you to say things that aren't entirely true," Bash said.
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When I heard her say that I laughed out loud. How is it possible for her to be so self-unaware?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (sKFJy)

11 Never thought in a million years that I'd be cheering a member of the Kennedy family. He isn't perfect , but RFK Jr is bringing the noise

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (BFvh9)

12 Experts say the experts were right and even when they were wrong they were just great guys doing the best job anyone could.

They also say that we should forgive each other for the things we did and said during that time, particularly those of us who didn't receive a Presidential pardon.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (ExV1e)

13 Poor Dana.

Anyone who goes on CNN should bring up the dinner and text messages with Saint Fauci.

Ask them to address it.

Did Fauci lie in his diary?

Make them own it.

Saul Alinksky: rule something or another

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (ItWcy)

14 Funny that Canada has an even worse measles outbreak and they are an enlightened very anti Trump country....

Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (YwEeS)

15 The truth is like garlic for these media vampires.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (N1DT3)

16 FNM 2021: COVID is the most important thing in the world. The government can and should be able to do whatever it needs to to stop the spread. F*ck your freedoms

FNM 2026: COVID? Covid....oh yeah that flu from a few years ago. Wow did some people overreact with that one didn't they? I bet those people feel silly now!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)

17 Also they're desperately trying to re-litigate "blue state shutdowns saved more lives!"

It's like they just can't understand, after Covid we:
- don't trust experts; especially not your experts
- don't trust your data; especially not your data
- don't trust your governments; especially your blue state governments

Another is, "Fauci et al. were just doing the best they could with the information they had and people are mad about that?!"

It's simple:
you lied about everything, you were caught lying about everything, you're still lying and citing back to those lies does not help.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (3cUTc)

18 Biden letting in 20 Million Illegals had nothing to do with the proliferation of Measles, Whooping Cough and TB...

that's just some Deep Fake, Far Right Conspiracy.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (zGzrB)

19 Fauci is the most evil American in history.

Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (2Drhq)

20 If you went against fauci in any form you were against the "science" and had to be silenced and cnn did just that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (cpFbA)

21 "You're talking about rights, and I'm asking about a potential public health crisis that is coming," Bash replied.

Dana Bash can't wait for total government lockdowns again. Her cooter is vibrating over the possibility.

Does her cooter know that if you've had the measles or the measles vaccine that you won't get the measles?

Her cooter should worry about all the South-of-the-Border type new arrivals who don't care about her cooter caring about the measles.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (6ydKt)

22 Bash came perilously close to tranforming into Venom during that interview.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (bX16E)

23 C'mon where are all you amateurs? Reading the content as usual?

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (Av6i5)

24 I just can't listen to RFK Jr. talk. That voice of his is painful to listen to.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

25 18 Biden letting in 20 Million Illegals had nothing to do with the proliferation of Measles, Whooping Cough and TB...

that's just some Deep Fake, Far Right Conspiracy.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (zGzrB)

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Canada prevented their disease outbreak by letting in half of Calcutta legally!

Oh, wait...Canada is dealing with worse disease outbreaks?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (bzPaY)

26 Dana Bash is Very Deep State.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (JvZF+)

27 RFK, Jr. is focused like a laser on the most egregious crimes of the covid era. He gets it.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (2ap+5)

28 My favorite Fauci moment is shortly after he flip flopped on masks, going from arguing they didn't do anything to arguing everyone had to double mask he had a friend ask him if she should be concerned if she was on an airplane next to someone without a mask.

Fauci's answer? No, masks don't do anything anyway

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (sKqQm)

29 I saw Dana Bash's Vibrating Cooter open for Elastica at the Theater at MSG

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (BFvh9)

30 Trust. The. Journalism.

Posted by: James Earl Jones at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (n9eFH)

31 The strategy CNN management chose was silence. Just say nothing, and hope the controversy fades away.
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An all-purpose PR strategy at CNN, where actual values and beliefs are entirely flexible and subject only to Democrat Party needs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:24 PM (sKFJy)

32 Fauci is the most evil American in history.

Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Delurker

No argument from me.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:24 PM (77rzZ)

33 "The COVID vaccine prevented deaths. There is data, upon data, upon data."

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This sounds a lot like the nebulous " jobs saved or created."

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM (qBdHI)

34 32 Fauci is the most evil American in history.

Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Delurker

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I don't know...

There's always Todd.

Fucking Todd.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM (bzPaY)

35 "Your job is a fierce skepticism toward authority,"

I'd expect that from the press, fair enough. But our media's job appears to be to push the POV of their authorities, the ones who pay them and schmooze with them.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

36 Measles are bad. I know this because I had them. Like 99.9% of kids who had measles, I survived.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM (VJX5o)

37 When does Communist News Network (CNN) rebrand as DSNN (Democrat Socialist News Network)? This month, this year, or next year?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 04:26 PM (qx7Zg)

38 Poor Dana.

Anyone who goes on CNN should bring up the dinner and text messages with Saint Fauci.

Ask them to address it.

Did Fauci lie in his diary?

Make them own it.

Saul Alinksky: rule something or another
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (ItWcy)
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And the hand signals she was sending to Biden during the debate she moderated alongside Fake Jake.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:26 PM (sKFJy)

39 Aaron Rodgers unleashed at 'coward' and 'criminal' Anthony Fauci

Posted by: SMOD at August 03, 2026 04:26 PM (RHGPo)

40 "gay men"; you mis-spelled homosexual.

Let's reclaim a perfectly good word, as well as the alphabet. Buggery activists works, sodomites, pickle-smoochers, whatever. But "gay" used to be a nice word. Not a cutesy euphemistic synonym for sex deviants.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (DGpsA)

41 This sounds a lot like the nebulous " jobs saved or created."
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM (qBdHI)
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Two weeks!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (sKFJy)

42 I simply cannot stand to look at Dana Bash. She looks like a younger version of Andrea Mitchell. They could be sisters. And that's not good.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (qBdHI)

43 Why the long face, Dana?

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (2Drhq)

44 I saw Vibrating Cooters open for Hole at the LA Coliseum in 1992.

Made me moist it did.

Posted by: Dana Bash at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (F1rMs)

45 "The COVID vaccine prevented deaths. There is data, upon data, upon data."

China, which used its own REAL vaccine for COVID claims it had 122K deaths, versus the US government that claims it had 1.2M deaths with the clot shot

So...what data we talking here Dana?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (sKqQm)

46 19 Fauci is the most evil American in history.

Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Delurker

Say what?

Posted by: Albert Fish at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (Av6i5)

47 That the entire Asian continent would have been somehow complicit in this because it escaped [from the Wuhan lab in China].

But, if it escaped from a wet market because the Chinese have a taste for penguin (yeah, I know, go with the bit), that's just their culture and not at all reflective of Asians as a whole.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 04:28 PM (ExV1e)

48 Measles are bad. I know this because I had them. Like 99.9% of kids who had measles, I survived.
Posted by: huerfano

I had chicken pocks as a kid, and possibly mumps. Survived both, and fathered a child (as some male mumps victims supposedly couldn't).

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

49 Fucking the 5th Fleet > Fucking Todd

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 03, 2026 04:28 PM (sKqQm)

50 Bash was married to Jeremy Bash who was Deep State under Obama and was one of the 51 intelligence figures who signed the BS RussiaGate letter.
Then she was married to CNN dork John King.
If she apologized her whole world would implode

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 04:28 PM (BFvh9)

51 The 14 people who still watch CNN will be amused by this debate.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:28 PM (Av6i5)

52 >>I saw Dana Bash's Vibrating Cooter open for Elastica at the Theater at MSG

Pity anyone who sees Dana Bash's Vibrating Cooter - the stuff of nightmares.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 03, 2026 04:29 PM (NcvvS)

53 That COVID 19 Virus from Gay Penguins in the "Mostly Peaceful" Wet Markets was really intelligent !!!!

I did not know it had the ability to target "CHILDREN OF COLOR" more of White Racist Cracker MAGA children ...

Posted by: Jack Meehoff at August 03, 2026 04:29 PM (J1l9E)

54 I simply cannot stand to look at Dana Bash. She looks like a younger version of Andrea Mitchell. They could be sisters. And that's not good.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (qBdHI)
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Are we sure they aren't clones?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 04:29 PM (FZ29D)

55 Albert Fish murdered three.

Not a pimple on Fauci's withered ass.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 04:29 PM (2Drhq)

56
Did anyone here get a ration of shyte from their employer during COVID?

Back away!
Stand on that 6-foot line!
Don't touch my keyboard!
Your mask is down below your nose!
Have you been vaxxed? NO??!!

Sometimes I feel like getting back to those clowns I worked with and saying "You absolute sucker."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:29 PM (mmrXZ)

57 "Like, how do you kind of view this year versus maybe the years of the past?"

From there, things went off the rails.

"I'm going to plead the Fifth," Rodgers responded, referencing former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci pleading the Fifth over 100 times in a recent congressional hearing.

"That absolute coward, Tony Fauci," Rodgers went on. "Absolute coward. Yeah. Are you kidding me?

"You got a pardon and you pleaded over 100 times at the White House? What are you scared of, Tony? I thought you were the science. I thought you were, 'I am science,' and you get up there and you can't answer a question?

"And how much time did the network spend on that? How much time did they spend on my responses every week, on my vaccination status, on Taylor and Travis's wedding? Yeah. Did they do even a minute? Did they do even a minute on Tony Fauci?"

Posted by: SMOD at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (RHGPo)

58 Where could this sudden onslaught of measles come from? Any mention from Bash that maybe, possibly the invasion of third-worlders who lack medical care might've brought it over the border? Did she even get to the part about the source as opposed to simply commenting that it spontaneously arose from phlogiston and let's not bicker and argue about 'oo previously killed 'oo?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (oji8u)

59 What I can't figure out is how the public got the idea that they could (somehow) avoid a virus altogether.

Nobody can stop a virus, not even a government. Everyone was going to be exposed, sooner or later. There is no way around this.
..
Then somehow they also got it in their head, that they were gonna die if they did catch it. So people camped out in their basement and microwaved their junk mail and disinfected their groceries and wore dust masks driving around in their car alone.

The whole things was just insanity

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (DGpsA)

60 Canada prevented their disease outbreak by letting in half of Calcutta legally!

Oh, wait...Canada is dealing with worse disease outbreaks?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (bzPaY)

Don't forget about turning their waterways into the Ganges as well!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (N1DT3)

61 Measles are bad. I know this because I had them. Like 99.9% of kids who had measles, I survived.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM


Me and my brother got the measles in 1964 and it nearly killed both of us. This was before the vaccine was available. While we did recover after a few weeks it ruined our eyesight for the rest of our lives. My uncorrected eyesight was so bad I almost couldn't join the Army. They gave me a waiver and let me in because I scored high on the BTB (ASVAB).


The weird thing is my sister never was infected and she was three years younger than me and went to the same school.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (cpFbA)

62 I had chicken pocks as a kid, and possibly mumps. Survived both, and fathered a child (as some male mumps victims supposedly couldn't).
Posted by: Bulg

Last I'd heard, mumps on only one side at a time doesn't affect your potency, mumps on both sides at the same time is what sterilizes you.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 04:31 PM (vJrRc)

63 While your parents or grandparents were being forced to die alone, locked in a nursing home, due to the lockdowns, Fauci and Tapper were having dinner parties together, drinking wine, and laughing at how stupid you all were.

Remember:
The basis for the lockdowns was the "6 feet apart rule" that they pulled out of their asses; just flat-out made it up.
And if everyone has to be 6 feet apart, nothing can be open and follow that.

That was the nastiest lie.
The one that cost billions in economic damage, millions in cognitive teaching lost, lives destroyed--and ended.
For a lie.
A rule they made up.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:31 PM (3cUTc)

64 58 Where could this sudden onslaught of measles come from? Any mention from Bash that maybe, possibly the invasion of third-worlders who lack medical care might've brought it over the border? Did she even get to the part about the source as opposed to simply commenting that it spontaneously arose from phlogiston and let's not bicker and argue about 'oo previously killed 'oo?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (oji8u)

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"Biden never opened the borders. Biden's record on the border is more stringent that Trump's ever was. In fact, Biden would have been even more stringent if Trump hadn't torpedoed the bipartisan effort in 2023 to enhance border security. Trump is actually letting in more illegals than Biden did right now."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:31 PM (bzPaY)

65 I just can't listen to RFK Jr. talk. That voice of his is painful to listen to.
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

It sounds like it's as painful for him to speak as it does to listen to.

I have to read the transcripts, and hope they're accurate.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 04:31 PM (qx7Zg)

66 Lady in Black -

Oh it definitely was. It's the, "Well, if you hadn't gotten vaccinated, your Covid would have KILLED you!" dodge. It's the "I've had 50 boosters and I keep getting new covid variants, while my anti-vax former friends don't. But I'm sure the boosters are what are keeping me safe!"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (aJQbY)

67 You can't hate them enough.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (Q/FnY)

68 Most of what The Experts told us in 2020-22 was ridiculous. The notion that a fabric mask could stop viruses, which could slip through the weave more easily than a mosquito through a chain link fence? The notion that, even if you were what they called "fully vaccinated," you still needed to wear a face diaper? The notion that the virus was so polite that it would hover five feet above your restaurant table, so you could eat without the mask, but it you got up you had to wear the stupid rag? The idea that moving air, such as wind or air conditioning, could not waft the virus more than six feet?

Stoopid.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (wzUl9)

69 This is CNN:

Amazing that CNN is now being used to inject a touch of reality into the NPC bubble, isn't it?

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (DZ6nv)

70 I just can't listen to RFK Jr. talk. That voice of his is painful to listen to.
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

You know who has a good speaking voice and can talk authoritatively about health matters?

https://youtu.be/2nzcrGHjuaU

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (ExV1e)

71 Like 99.9% of kids who had measles, I survived.

George Washington had the mumps. Why not run with that.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (zdLoL)

72 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (Rr8Bc)

73 >>I had chicken pocks as a kid, and possibly mumps. Survived both, and fathered a child (as some male mumps victims supposedly couldn't).

Sterility from mumps occurs when the male gets it post-puberty. Before the vaccine, most of us got mumps as kids.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (NcvvS)

74 COVID was a complete fraud. If you didn't see people dying in the streets without scuba, it was a test run for a delivery system and the payload was flu. That shit was nasty, but the vaccines and boosters were worse.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 04:33 PM (ixEhJ)

75 RFK Jr: “As you know, Sean, I wrote a book about Anthony Fauci in 2021. It was the biggest-selling book of 2021. It sold 1.4 million copies. It was the most heavily censored book. The New York Times would not even print a paid advertisement for it.”
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The censorship was amazing. Still is, when you consider networks other than FNC have almost completely ignored the Fauci hearings and diary.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:33 PM (pRv/j)

76 >>Biden letting in 20 Million Illegals had nothing to do with the proliferation of Measles, Whooping Cough and TB...

>>that's just some Deep Fake, Far Right Conspiracy.

I remember talking heads trying to explain to us rubes why it was totally fine to allow millions of 3rd world illegals into the US and not require them to be vaccinated while every American must get vaccinated and boosted forever.

Same with the BLM/antifa riots. They tried to stop me and a friend from going fishing on a boat in the ocean because we weren't in the same household but thousands could riot because "social justice" was more important than health.

So much idiocy and they still pretend it was real.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:33 PM (viF8m)

77 The only point in the whole Covid that a lockdown could have helped was when Pelosi was saying it was no big deal--"to to Chinatown, hug, and celebrate the Chinese New Year."

And no one ever called her out on that in the media.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:34 PM (3cUTc)

78 26 Dana Bash is Very Deep State.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (JvZF+)

I just heard today that her first husband, Jeremy Bash, worked for the CIA.

She's not a reporter, she's a protector.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 04:34 PM (6ydKt)

79 I saw Dana Bash's Vibrating Cooter open for Primus at Antone's in '95.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 04:34 PM (oqH4h)

80 >>Most of what The Experts told us in 2020-22 was ridiculous.


It should have been over the minute we did the Bodycount of the Princess Diamond/Diamond Princess.

We had an isolated, random population stuck on a Cruise Ship with the Virus for over 3 Months.
The kind of experiment that would be outlawed if you proposed it.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:34 PM (zGzrB)

81 The most evil Americans were the neighbor who excoriated you for not wearing a mask while outside walking your dog; the lady in the grocery store with COPD who has the right to tell everyone else what to do so that she can be "safe"; your 6-year old's teacher who put plexiglass up around her desk and made her wear a mask while maintaining social distancing at recess; your school system administrators that wasted years of students' lives with remote "learing"

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 04:35 PM (2ap+5)

82 One thing that gets lost with COVID, people point out the FNM/Biden junta let people riot over BLM stuff while looking down the normies, but they also imported tens of millions of foreigners over the same time.

Whatever arguments you can make for locking people down mean NOTHING if you allow people to travel the world

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:35 PM (sKqQm)

83 IMO Covid death numbers are greatly exaggerated. Also IMO many of the deaths that were mostly caused by Covid could have been prevented if HCQ and Ivermectin were allowed to be prescribed. HCQ as a preventative ( not great after contracting Covid) and Ivermectin as a treatment.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 04:35 PM (KC5Lt)

84 Most of what The Experts told us in 2020-22 was ridiculous. The notion that a fabric mask could stop viruses, which could slip through the weave more easily than a mosquito through a chain link fence? The notion that, even if you were what they called "fully vaccinated," you still needed to wear a face diaper? The notion that the virus was so polite that it would hover five feet above your restaurant table, so you could eat without the mask, but it you got up you had to wear the stupid rag? The idea that moving air, such as wind or air conditioning, could not waft the virus more than six feet?

Stoopid.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:32 PM (wzUl9)
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I think the worst part was friends and family arguing that YOU MUST COMPLY as if they knew WTF they were talking about.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 04:36 PM (FZ29D)

85 There's a new commercial on TV for a new Covid shot you get after your are afflicted. It shows some parents freaking out after their kid calls and tells them he may have given them covid.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 04:36 PM (MWfyi)

86 84 I think the worst part was friends and family arguing that YOU MUST COMPLY as if they knew WTF they were talking about.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 04:36 PM (FZ29D)

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The experts said so, and the experts are never wrong.

Now, lay down and take your lobotomy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:37 PM (bzPaY)

87 If a novel respiratory virus is circulating within populations, there is literally nothing you can do to stop the transmission and spread of it.

Especially a novel virus that was created in a lab to purposely be extraordinarily contagious.

The people who perpetrated this monstrosity against us deserve to meat the business end of an industrial wood chipper.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 04:37 PM (XV/Pl)

88 87 If a novel respiratory virus is circulating within populations, there is literally nothing you can do to stop the transmission and spread of it.

Especially a novel virus that was created in a lab to purposely be extraordinarily contagious.

The people who perpetrated this monstrosity against us deserve to meat the business end of an industrial wood chipper.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 04:37 PM (XV/Pl)

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Not even with plexiglass?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:37 PM (bzPaY)

89 "You're a meanie.
*sniffle*
Plus you talk funny." - Dana Bash

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (UjdFS)

90 Did anyone here get a ration of shyte from their employer during COVID?

Back away!
Stand on that 6-foot line!
Don't touch my keyboard!
Your mask is down below your nose!
Have you been vaxxed? NO??!!

Sometimes I feel like getting back to those clowns I worked with and saying "You absolute sucker."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026

***
Oh, yes. My long-time employer, supposedly a leader in medical and scientific research, fell like a Cadillac SUV full of lead for the entire hoax. They basically threatened us with termination if we didn't get the shot or an exemption.

Fortunately they accepted mine. But in late '21 I was ready to take my SS and annuity, unemployment if I could get it, and walk rather than be forced into that.

The clowns I worked with, advanced degree holders all, were on board with it all. It's why I've never been tempted to go back and visit after more than a year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (wzUl9)

91 Ffs, if journalists are going to be this stupid, they should at least be good looking.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (aoDJU)

92 HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Dana Bash she was "part of the problem"

Kennedy undersold it. CNN, Bash, and a cast of thousands were not simply part of the problem; they were central and essential. Forgetting simply the explicit desire to rid themselves of Trump "by any means necessary", hence the conspiracy to go totalitarian to squash a booming economy, they buttressed the malignant Fauci gnome by exalting him - unquestionably and unceasingly - while completely abandoning journalism.

And the world NEVER need listen to Bash et al again about anything. In fact in a normal society, we'd have placed then on an ice floe never to be seen again.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (oji8u)

93

She talks over people like that fatty Abby does.

RFK let her off easy. Never brought up how she and others on CNN fellated the little Fauci.

Sick freaks.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (2jv4y)

94 Here's a little Covid Memory we can ALL enjoy:

'Clearly Jesus loves me the most...'

https://www.youtube.com/
shorts/LFSpurLcWX0

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (zGzrB)

95 >> The most evil Americans were the neighbor who excoriated you for not wearing a mask while outside walking your dog

I walk Elvis in a park that is on the ocean. The place was completely empty one day when we were out other than me and the dog and Karen. Karen was way on the other side of the park, like football fields away.

Karen was screaming at me for not wearing a mask. I had no idea what she was actually saying cause football fields away but she was agitated and pointing at her mask.

I just flipped her the bird and smiled. Apparently, that was not the response she was looking for.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (viF8m)

96 Dana. Got. Bashed.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (Ae4dV)

97 There's a new commercial on TV for a new Covid shot you get after your are afflicted. It shows some parents freaking out after their kid calls and tells them he may have given them covid.
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 04:36 PM (MWfyi)
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Unless a child is immunocompromised due to their autism-spectrum diagnosis or taking extra hormones as part of gender transition "therapy" they are probably going to be OK.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 04:39 PM (FZ29D)

98 The clowns I worked with, advanced degree holders all, were on board with it all. It's why I've never been tempted to go back and visit after more than a year.

Nothing I have seen in my own personal life has lowered my respect for people more then COVIDmania

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:39 PM (sKqQm)

99 "The most evil Americans were the neighbor who excoriated you for not wearing a mask while outside walking your dog;"

The sawed off little tyrant at the UPS store who forbid me from coming in the store, even after hours to check my mailbox. I see that guy every now and then and he gets the evil eye and he know it.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 04:39 PM (MWfyi)

100 Now we know Fauci was lying about everything -- about masks, social distancing, natural immunity, vaccine transmission. He was lying... and you were punishing people for not trusting the expert."
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We do not feel that was part of our lived experience.

Posted by: Clone Nose Network at August 03, 2026 04:40 PM (Fi81e)

101 Hey everyone it's your favorite VP "The Kamster" here...

I am proud announce in cooperation with CNN the grand opening of "Hand Jobs Our Us" stores are now open in the LA Basin Area.

With cooperation with the Governor of CA we are hoping this will reduce the amount of Sexual Abuse crimes in the LA area.

So stop by and have a "Stroke" on Me....

Posted by: Kami Harris at August 03, 2026 04:40 PM (Dsp/g)

102 It sounds like it's as painful for him to speak as it does to listen to.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Same here. I have this weird trait where I tend to adopt he breathing patterns of the person who's talking to me, even if it's just via television. That's why I generally can't watch speeches on television.

I don't really have that problem with people I'm speaking to in person, or with people in movies. It only seems to happen with speeches by political figures. Weird.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:40 PM (77rzZ)

103 Locking us down only caused the pandemic to last longer. A virus is going to do what a virus does and that is mutate but that is delayed with the lockdown.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 04:40 PM (KC5Lt)

104 Illegal invaders were not required to get the shot.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 04:40 PM (abScH)

105 I just can't listen to RFK Jr. talk. That voice of his is painful to listen to.

--

Poor guy. It sounds like his throat is being dragged down hot pavement.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (qBdHI)

106 The clowns I worked with, advanced degree holders all, were on board with it all. It's why I've never been tempted to go back and visit after more than a year.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:38 PM (wzUl9)
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At that time, I worked in fairly close proximity with two coworkers. We scootched the desk of one of them a few inches just so we would all be in compliance with the "6-foot" rule.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (FZ29D)

107 My favorite mask moment...

I saw a teen girl riding her bike on the side walk. She had a mask on her face that had fallen below her nose. In one hand she had a phone which is where all her attention was focused.

One slip with her one hand on the handlebars, one pot hole in the sidewalk, hell, one sneeze and she would be riding straight into traffic on a busy road. But hey she was protected from COVID right?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (sKqQm)

108 RFK Jr. tells CNN host that constitutional rights take priority over public health
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Isn't that just the most incredible headline?

Politico thinks RFK is the problem here. It's dumbfounding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (pRv/j)

109 The clowns I worked with, advanced degree holders all, were on board with it all.

My co-workers were on board as well but I assume that's because they were all either on trannie drugs or "don't let me catch HIV this weekend when I have anonymous sex with 50 men" drugs so they were serious and thoughtful about their health.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (ExV1e)

110 The clowns I worked with, advanced degree holders all, were on board with it all. It's why I've never been tempted to go back and visit after more than a year.

Nothing I have seen in my own personal life has lowered my respect for people more then COVIDmania

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:39 PM (sKqQm)
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Covid was a test that so many failed.

A lot of people who "hate fascism" tested positive for fascism.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (Fi81e)

111 Remember:
there is an "public health emergency" clause hidden in the Constitution.

It says, "if a county judge, with no scientific or medical training, determines there is a public health emergency, even without taking any public hearings or input, then all provisions and rights herein are suspended until further notice."

You'd know that if you were smart enough to go to Harvard like all the cartel judges that cowered and hid while people were being thrown to the ground and arrested for not wearing masks.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (3cUTc)

112 I think the worst part was friends and family arguing that YOU MUST COMPLY as if they knew WTF they were talking about.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026

***
Oh yes. The BernieBro in my former writing group -- a starry-eyed socialist even though he'd been in the service in Vietnam and had been a working electrician all his life -- hated anything Trump had to say, so anybody who contradicted DJT had to be right.

"You know more than a medical doctor?" he demanded. "I do," I said, "when I use my own common sense and knowledge of how the real world works, and the doctors are clearly, what's the word, oh yes, LYING."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (wzUl9)

113 The point is, everyone, or virtually everyone was going to be exposed to the virus sooner or later.

You can make the argument that a 2 week lockdown to prevent a large slug of humanity from presenting themselves to the Hospital all at once, overwhelming the system, was a good idea.

But they never explained any of this adequately or realistically. For most people, it wasn't going to be a major issue, this became apparent. But they never explained this either. Some people, for whatever reason, some sort of prior immunity perhaps due to a related virus, were going to be symptom free. Some people were going to get it and get very sick. Some people were going to die.

They never explained any of this either. Instead they just fucked everything up beyond recognition, because they are pussies.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:42 PM (DGpsA)

114 That vaccine didn’t do shit other than continue Fauci’s hairbrained experiments.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 03, 2026 04:42 PM (aoDJU)

115 Doubt she has a cogent thought on her own. 🤷🏼‍♀️

1st husband, CIA under Obama. Wikipedia: American lawyer who served as chief of staff at the Central Intelligence Agency (2009–2011) and the U.S. Department of Defense (2011–2013) under President Barack Obama, in both roles as a senior advisor to Leon Panetta.[2][3]

2nd husband, John King. Wikipedia, American news anchor. He is CNN's chief national correspondent, based in Washington, D.C.. He formerly anchored Inside Politics,[2] State of the Union, and John King, USA.

Boyfriend: my definition, probably not hers: Spencer Garrett, actor.

AI: Has shown support for Democratic candidates and causes through public participation, campaign contributions, and political commentary. Grew up in a prominent entertainment industry family in Los Angeles.

Publicity Ho?

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 04:42 PM (NFX2v)

116 Politico thinks RFK is the problem here. It's dumbfounding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:41 PM (pRv/j)
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They serve their party's narrative.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:42 PM (Fi81e)

117 >> The most evil Americans were the neighbor who excoriated you for not wearing a mask while outside walking your dog
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I still recall being corrected by an old lady for not following the arrows on the floor at the grocery store.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:43 PM (25DXE)

118 >>The point is, everyone, or virtually everyone was going to be exposed to the virus sooner or later.


Sure.

But you had a choice if you wanted to expose yourself to the mRNA Treatment.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:43 PM (zGzrB)

119 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Sid at August 03, 2026 04:44 PM (Elsjd)

120 At that time, I worked in fairly close proximity with two coworkers. We scootched the desk of one of them a few inches just so we would all be in compliance with the "6-foot" rule.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026

***
I was the only one in my "office," but it was a reception area that nearly everybody had to pass through. The personnel dept. actually suggested putting up plexiglas shields around my desk or hanging from the ceiling. Fortunately that went away.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:44 PM (wzUl9)

121 There's a new commercial on TV for a new Covid shot you get after your are afflicted. It shows some parents freaking out after their kid calls and tells them he may have given them covid.

--

Mom Karen will take the kiddies down for their new covid shots just as soon as she picks up the newest ColorForms playset where they can pick their own genitals and stick them on depending on how they identify that day.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:44 PM (qBdHI)

122
Finally realized what Dana Gash's face looks like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAyc-rhBcs

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 04:44 PM (JyBgb)

123 Fauci. Mengele. Two peas in a pod.

CNN. To piss in their pants.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 04:45 PM (n5tGW)

124 How did Fauci kill anyone?

Number of people I know that died from COVID = 0
Number of people I know that died from the clot shot = 2

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)

125 County health authorities have broad sweeping powers to shut everything down. That's a fact.

But it is temporary at best. 30 or 60 days perhaps. After that, legislation, ordinance must be enacted or passed. They left that part out.

Nobody can be forced to participate in experimental medical trials. And you can't be fired or threatened with termination, no coercion is lawful. They left that part out too. And in some cases the vaccine caused real harm, particularly to young adults. Heart inflammation is
never a good thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:45 PM (DGpsA)

126 And don't forget that the "public health emergency" secret clause of the Constitution is hidden in every state constitution but includes a double-secret:

"IF the Secretary of State or other such election official, determines there is a public health emergency, they are authorized to re-write any portion of the Elections Code as they see fit--without such amendment needing a vote in the Legislature or signature of the governor."

And, again, all the cartel judges cowered and hid in fear, pissing themselves, letting this happen.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:45 PM (3cUTc)

127 >>How did Fauci kill anyone? Even if his protocols were ineffective, how were they harmful? The vaccine did work.


Being THIS retarded should really come at a dire cost.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:46 PM (zGzrB)

128 When I use Public Restrooms, I still wear a mask.

Who knows what dirty, filthy, redneck MAGA Racists may have used the Bathroom before. They carry dirty Guns, Drink PBRs, and eat Red Meat !!!!!!!

I heard MAGA Republicans are like "Carnies" !!!!
They all have "Very Small Hands" and like Big Breasted Real Biological Females" like Daisy Duke ...

Posted by: Kami Harris at August 03, 2026 04:46 PM (Dsp/g)

129 My favorite covid moment was my sister arguing with me that we should cancel Thanksgiving, and then showing up at my parents wearing a mask. Her two daughters too. Masked, at Thanksgiving dinner.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:46 PM (25DXE)

130 Like I said before I didn't mind the 6 ft rule . It was like I had a force field I had always wanted.

I have to say i didn't experience the horrors of a lockdown as much as people in other states .

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 04:46 PM (KC5Lt)

131 I don't what other conclusion one can draw about the media these days other than that they are mentally ill, and irremediably so. The idea that they could ignore the news on Fauci and continue to insist they were right (it's all there in Bash's interview) is plainly sick. And it's not just the Covid story but nearly every major "scandal" over the last 10 years. They're repeatedly, dogmatically wrong and totally incapable of admitting it or even modifying their conduct. That's a sickness.

I wish RFK Jr had been much more aggressive and contemptuous. He should have asked Bash when she intended to apologize to the country. Why are even pretending anymore that these people journalists?

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 04:46 PM (F8UH0)

132 The exchange grew tense as Bash pressed Kennedy on how the nation should prepare for a future pandemic.
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We shouldn't. That would be my answer.

"Preparing" for a pandemic is bullshit.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:47 PM (Fi81e)

133 One slip with her one hand on the handlebars, one pot hole in the sidewalk, hell, one sneeze and she would be riding straight into traffic on a busy road. But hey she was protected from COVID right?
Posted by: 18-1

The really stupid ones were the athletes and choral singers who pursued their advocations while masked.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:47 PM (77rzZ)

134 "Her cooter is vibrating"

Eh...might there be pics of this?

Posted by: dananjcon at August 03, 2026 04:47 PM (8C1eU)

135 >>Sid at August 03, 2026 04:44 PM (Elsjd)

Because he funded the development of the virus you fucking idiot.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:47 PM (viF8m)

136 Remember how if you were the slightest bit concerned that Obama was mishandling the Ebola outbreak, you were a "conspiracy nut"?

I do. I'm guessing Pepperidge Farm does too.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:47 PM (Fi81e)

137 The exchange grew tense as Bash pressed Kennedy on how the nation should prepare for a future pandemic.

Send the illegals home
Kill anyone that crosses the border without permission

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:48 PM (sKqQm)

138 >>Sid at August 03, 2026 04:44 PM (Elsjd)

Because he funded the development of the virus you fucking idiot.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:47 PM (viF8m)
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Hey! I doubt Sid fucks.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:48 PM (Fi81e)

139 "CNN was all about the truth. And also, pleasing its huge advertiser Pfizer."

If Trump really wants to kill CNN and the MSM, he should follow through on his threat to ban pharmaceutical advertising from broadcast TV. Their remaining earnings would crater as a result.

The reason Pharma advertises on TV is not to push the next funnily-spelt drug to the public. It's to immunize themselves from investigative journalistic reports from the MSM. I actually have no problem with pharma companies - the drugs they've produced have, by and large, improved our lives tremendously. I do have a big problem when they use their influence to avoid critical scrutiny.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 03, 2026 04:48 PM (0CU3H)

140 Forget the lead. Sid/Paul's brain is so dense, I don't even think Chernobyl's radioisotopes could penetrate it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 04:48 PM (qBdHI)

141 Please don't edit Sid at 119. Instead, let's put that on in the sidebar as a permanent exhibit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:48 PM (25DXE)

142 I still recall being corrected by an old lady for not following the arrows on the floor at the grocery store.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I took great pride in explicitly defying those. No one ever said a word to me about it, though.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:48 PM (77rzZ)

143 You have to be incandescently stupid to still believe that vaccine did anything.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (aoDJU)

144 Here's Jeremy Bash lying so much about the Hunter laptop that an X user made a reel of it:


https://tinyurl.com/35rkha4u

Posted by: beckster at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (kX27y)

145 @88

>>Not even with plexiglass?!

Not even if everyone wore level 4 bio suits.

To Paraphrase Ian Malcolm, Viri will find a way.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (XV/Pl)

146 Did anyone here get a ration of shyte from their employer during COVID?

Back away!
Stand on that 6-foot line!
Don't touch my keyboard!
Your mask is down below your nose!
Have you been vaxxed? NO??!!

Sometimes I feel like getting back to those clowns I worked with and saying "You absolute sucker."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:29 PM (mmrXZ)

Since I work out of a few harley shops thats a big no. No masks, no fear, kept sterile with beer. Life went on. We did like the non existent traffic on the road from people hiding in their basements though. Made test rides a lot more fun.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (S41Gd)

147 All exchanges with the Democratic Party press should grow tense.

They absolutely should. And more conservatives ought to address the Democratic Party as "your party".

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (Fi81e)

148 Dana Bash is one of prettiest trans women on TV.

Posted by: Taste the Rainbow at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (S0aVF)

149 I still recall being corrected by an old lady for not following the arrows on the floor at the grocery store.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:43 PM


I remember a guy walking up to me while I was in the check out line at Kroger, he pulled his mask down to let me know there was a lady in front of me that did not have her mask on. I pulled my mask down and said, hey bro you are breaking my six foot bubble. He walked away looking confused.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 04:49 PM (cpFbA)

150 If Trump really wants to kill CNN and the MSM, he should follow through on his threat to ban pharmaceutical advertising from broadcast TV. Their remaining earnings would crater as a result.
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That's Plan B probably, now that Plan A seems to be to merge it with Paramount CBS and let Bari Weiss start firing people.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:50 PM (25DXE)

151 Besides Spider Solitary is evil

The Democrats Propaganda Ministry all jumped on Evil Fauci's Covid attack on the country, don't expect any of them to turn against Fauci.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:50 PM (Ia/+0)

152 I also knew from my own experience that the entire "testing" thing was for show. We were supposed to go for a nasal swab at random intervals. I went once. The second time, they weren't watching me, so I carefully did NOT insert the swab in my nose, but put it right into the jar. In other words, they would have no sample to test and should call me back in, right?

Nope. "Passed."

After that I ignored the summonses. Nothing happened; there was no enforcement. We were all just supposed to trot over like good little robots and get our grease fittings checked.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (wzUl9)

153 Hey! I doubt Sid fucks.
Posted by: Axeman

Think again.

Posted by: 500 lb transtesticle person behind the 7-11 at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (EGW4m)

154 I think O'donnell is more closely related to a yeast infection

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (DGpsA)

155 No one knows that the vaccine worked and rely on the fact you can't prove a negative to push their position of its success. Of course they ignore the fact that many many people who received the vax contracted Covid afterwards. That's not how a vax works.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (KC5Lt)

156 Things public health told me were fine during COVID:

Going to a gay orgy
Glory Holes
Going to a casino
Getting shitfaced
Burning down by city and stealing TVs

Things they told me were not safe
Going to the beach...alone
Going hiking...alone
Going to Church

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (sKqQm)

157 The vaccine didn't work, holy smokes this in known information now. It does not prevent acquisition or transference of covid 19. It does however have wide ranging terrible side effects.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (n5tGW)

158 Remember how they said Trump told people to inject bleach?

When what he actually said is, something like, "I know bleach kills it. What'd be great is, if they could find some way to inject that, kill all the virus in you. That can't be done, isn't safe, but that would be great."

Even today, you can still see the left claiming "Trump told people to inject bleach to protect against Covid!!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:52 PM (3cUTc)

159 It's been ~5 years and the medico-fascists are giddy about a replay.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)

160 The two weeks to stop the spread was stupid.

If you were old or immunocompromised, it was prolly a good idea.

But healthy people under age 65 were fine.

Cover coughs and sneezes
Wash your hands
Keep your hands away from your face
Stay home if you’re sick.


It would have made for a much quicker resolution.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 04:52 PM (nKgb7)

161 I remember taking a walk in the park sans mask and a hysterical woman screaming at me that I was gonna kill people without the mask.. I said no problem and went on my way...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 04:52 PM (TFsdh)

162 You could still go to the liquor store so it wasn't all bad , right?

Fucking idiots.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 04:53 PM (abScH)

163 The Guardian: RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak Health secretary, longtime vaccination skeptic, spent years boosting misinformation about vaccines including MMR

He should be forced to resign and be put on trial for all the innocent children he's harmed with his bullshit crusade against public health!

who knew putting a bunch of Fox "news" hosts in government positions would result in a complete shitshow

So now MMR is good? What about the autism claim you fucking clown did? Isn't this kind of reverse the kind of thing that got the anti maskers so pissed off at Fauci?

Thanks for causing disruption in America just to fucking finally agree with the science. All that damage is already done you asshole

It would be a more effective message if he made it shirtless with Kid Rock.

He should be using his office and our tax dollars to give the MMR vaccine out for free like other developed countries.

God why do braindead conservatives get to ruin everything and then have no political consequences afterwards.

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

164 Axeman: "The exchange grew tense as Bash pressed Kennedy on how the nation should prepare for a future pandemic.
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We shouldn't. That would be my answer."

My answer would be:
1) Direct all MFM personnel to a SpaceX Starship,
2) Launch SpaceX Starship and aim it at the Sun,
3) Order pizza.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 04:53 PM (oji8u)

165 Then somehow they also got it in their head, that they were gonna die if they did catch it.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:30 PM (DGpsA)

He kept track of the stats- the positive tests, the confirmed cases, etc. locallynd statewide.
I made him repeat a mantra every day:
"A positive test means you've been exposed.
You may or may not get Covid.
A confirmed case doesn't mean you're going to die."

Otherwise, he'd have worried himself ragged.

Posted by: sal at August 03, 2026 04:53 PM (f+FmA)

166 Well Dana, if we controlled the borders a little better, managing a pandemic might be a tad easier.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 03, 2026 04:53 PM (mseD3)

167 Every day, the squawking haircuts prove that rock bottom has a sub basement.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at August 03, 2026 04:54 PM (XqFM2)

168 Height of Covid I had a few friends from Oregon over here for a Mountain Biking Trip.

We were out on a trail...18 miles from the trailhead, and ran into a woman Trail Running.
Wearing a Mask.

She insisted we get more than 6 feet off the trail so she could pass by.

Never underestimate the stupidity of humanity.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:54 PM (zGzrB)

169 If we'd have been serious about fighting Crovid-Nineteen, Birx would have been on the tube advocating the use of gloryholes. Minimizes the exposure for sure. Not to AIDS or whatever. But still.

Posted by: Taste the Rainbow at August 03, 2026 04:54 PM (S0aVF)

170 When what he actually said is, something like, "I know bleach kills it. What'd be great is, if they could find some way to inject that, kill all the virus in you. That can't be done, isn't safe, but that would be great."

Even today, you can still see the left claiming "Trump told people to inject bleach to protect against Covid!!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:52 PM (3cUTc)
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Are you sure?

Because I searched high and low for a Trump quote about bleach a number of times and the closest I ever came (each time) was about how some light kills the virus "like bleach".

I'd be interested to see the quote where Trump talked about injecting bleach.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:55 PM (Fi81e)

171 Or how about the time the media blamed Trump for those idiots who drank aquarium cleaner?

No, no, they the media were not to blame for the hysteria that they ginned up, making everyone think they were one inhale away from dying of Covid.

Nope, Trump said something that sounded like something else that's in the cleaner and so he caused that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:55 PM (3cUTc)

172 I still recall being corrected by an old lady for not following the arrows on the floor at the grocery store.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I took great pride in explicitly defying those. No one ever said a word to me about it, though.
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026

***
I too took pride in ignoring the greeters/face diaper police at Walmart. And when necessary, waving my doctor's letter stating that my vertigo (basically non-existent) made it dangerous for me to wear a mask for any length of time.

One stupid "security guard" at one store made the mistake of saying, "You could have made this letter up." I snarled, "Are you telling me, a paying customer, that I'm lying?" and stalked out.

I wrote a letter to the CEO of the store, a local chain, complaining. No idea if there was any connection, but within a week or so, the security goons were gone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:55 PM (wzUl9)

173 The Media's Plan for All Interviews: "I'm not debating this with you! I'm talking; you're listening then agreeing with me!"

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 04:56 PM (5rh/l)

174 Since I work out of a few harley shops thats a big no. No masks, no fear, kept sterile with beer. Life went on. We did like the non existent traffic on the road from people hiding in their basements though. Made test rides a lot more fun.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Buddy of mine was working for Verizon at the time. Said it was cool to do 115 in the Holland Tunnel.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 04:56 PM (EGW4m)

175 Just where do these rocket scientists think measles all of a sudden showed up in this Country ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 04:56 PM (TFsdh)

176
How did Fauci kill anyone?

Number of people I know that died from COVID = 0
Number of people I know that died from the clot shot = 2
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)



I'm pretty sure that it killed my stepdad, despite the fact that he was in chemo for lung cancer (never smoked a day in his life, but got it anyway).

I don't bring up the vax with my mom, to avoid having her think that she held some responsibility there, since they were both enthusiastic about getting vaxxed. To their credit, they didn't put any pressure on the rest of the family, they understood the reluctance from some of us.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 04:56 PM (JyBgb)

177 >> The most evil Americans were the neighbor who excoriated you for not wearing a mask while outside walking your dog
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I still recall being corrected by an old lady for not following the arrows on the floor at the grocery store.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:43 PM (25DXE)

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I was walking down a hallway in our local VA Medical Center, for work, with my bandana (painted with a giant boot-print per the famous Orwell "boot stamping on a human face forever" quote – as I refused to wear a mask) below my nose and some obese Nurse Karen (I know Imma gonna need to be A LOT MOAR specific) approaching me with a couple of her co-workers.

She said "PULL YOUR MASK UP!" I retorted "You should keep yours on permanently ... you might lose some weight."

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 04:57 PM (Ae4dV)

178 >>Buddy of mine was working for Verizon at the time. Said it was cool to do 115 in the Holland Tunnel.


Usually you can't do that in the Holland Tunnel...

because it's all Clogged up.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:57 PM (zGzrB)

179 Damn, not only is Dan-a Bash (not "Day-na") monstrously stupid, she's just monstrous, physically.
Fugly

Posted by: UncleJefe at August 03, 2026 04:57 PM (gAuAm)

180 Dr. Fauci [to Biden] Now that brain that you gave me. Was it John Fetterman’s?

Biden [pauses] No.
Dr. Fauci: Ah! Very good. Would you mind telling me whose brain I DID put in?

Biden: Then you won't be angry?
Dr. Fauci: I will NOT be angry.

Biden: Abby someone.
Dr. Fauci: [pauses] Abby someone. Abby who?

Biden: Abby... Normal. No wait, I think Abby Phillips from CNN?
Dr. Fauci: [pauses] Abby Normal or Abby Phillips are the same?

Biden I'm almost sure that was the name.
Dr. Fauci: [chuckles] Are you saying that I put an
abnormal brain from CNN into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four-inch-wide Senator from PA?

Dr. Fauci: Biden you idiot!!! Is that what you're telling me?

Posted by: Mike Hunt at August 03, 2026 04:57 PM (X2inB)

181 I'd be interested to see the quote where Trump talked about injecting bleach.
--
I was going from memory.
You're right, it was even less attenuated and more out of context than I'd recalled.

Full quote:
“And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it’d be interesting to check that, so that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me.”

Fucking media all deserve to burn.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:58 PM (3cUTc)

182 "We did like the non existent traffic on the road from people hiding in their basements though."

That was a glorious two weeks. Driving with nobody else on the roads, as far as I could see to the horizons.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 04:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

183 Buddy of mine was working for Verizon at the time. Said it was cool to do 115 in the Holland Tunnel.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 04:56 PM (EGW4m)

It was crazy. I would come home and mrs b would ask how it looked out there. I would say 6 months after people. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 04:58 PM (S41Gd)

184 Defying their stupid rules was one of the best larks I've had. My wife would get so mad at me just for causing trouble.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 04:59 PM (n5tGW)

185 Proof that the vaccine didn't work: They're reduced it to a palliative effect, and they deny they ever said it would prevent infection.

And there is no hard data that it even had a palliative effect. Just a bunch of "Listen to experts, sheep".

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 04:59 PM (Fi81e)

186 156 Things public health told me were fine during COVID:

Going to a gay orgy
Glory Holes
Going to a casino
Getting shitfaced
Burning down by city and stealing TVs

Things they told me were not safe
Going to the beach...alone
Going hiking...alone
Going to Church
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:51 PM (sKqQm)

Thankfully, my blue area somehow didn't get swept up in the total insanity. I may have actually communicated with my own councilman (a D) and had emails back and forth about "opening up the outside asap" b/c people needed an outlet and the Gov wasn't giving anyone one with schools shut, so the county had to make the outside the option.

It was a blessing that our local pool was open that Covid summer or my kid probably would have gone insane. We were there every day, even if we had to pre-sign up and stay in our pool area (yes, our area was blue, so we had some insanity)...same for our Couty parks, but there, they were just open...most time I've ever been outdoors since the military...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 03, 2026 04:59 PM (tOcjL)

187 Defying their stupid rules was one of the best larks I've had. My wife would get so mad at me just for causing trouble.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 04:59 PM (n5tGW)
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I complied with most of them.

But I stopped wearing a mask, because it did impinge upon me.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:00 PM (Fi81e)

188 She insisted we get more than 6 feet off the trail so she could pass by.

Never underestimate the stupidity of humanity.
Posted by: garrett


My oldest son and I were backpacking part of the Pacific Creat Trail summer of 2021. We saw a woman, alone, hiking with a mask on coming in the opposite direction. She started screaming at us to put on a mask and get six feet off the trai so she could pass. We completely ignored her and when she screamed and ran off the trail we both stopped and had coughing fits and then told her to die.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 05:00 PM (nKgb7)

189 >>My oldest son and I were backpacking part of the Pacific Creat Trail summer of 2021. We saw a woman, alone, hiking with a mask on coming in the opposite direction. She started screaming at us to put on a mask and get six feet off the trai so she could pass. We completely ignored her and when she screamed and ran off the trail we both stopped and had coughing fits and then told her to die.


Based

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:01 PM (zGzrB)

190 Sorry I missed the Tucker thread...So he and the other rejects want a communist President ? Some Conservatives.... Do they actually think they will get any Lib votes ? Of course not... They want to take down MAGA

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:01 PM (TFsdh)

191 "I also don't want to use this interview to allow you to say things that aren't entirely true," Bash said.

OMG! The chutzpah!

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 05:02 PM (oji8u)

192 2 weeks of lock down *at the time* made perfect sense. It was unknown how severe the effect of a brand new virus was going to be. Was it going to be similar to the 1918 flu, with cytokine storm targeting young people primarily? Nobody knew, or they weren't telling anyhow.

But it never ended. They just rolled with it on a semi-permanent basis. Public policy appeared to be largely based on the rantings of hysterical nutbars.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:02 PM (DGpsA)

193 It was crazy. I would come home and mrs b would ask how it looked out there. I would say 6 months after people. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 04:58 PM (S41Gd)
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If anybody gets the reference to "Blue Earth" on the series Fringe, that's the vibe 2020 gave me.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:02 PM (Fi81e)

194 "We did like the non existent traffic on the road from people hiding in their basements though."

That's when I bought some XLE. Petroleum stocks were hated at the time, have near tripled since then.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

195 Sorry I missed the Tucker thread...So he and the other rejects want a communist President ? Some Conservatives.... Do they actually think they will get any Lib votes ? Of course not... They want to take down MAGA
Posted by: It's me donna

I think they just want to kill Jews.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (/y3Vc)

196 HCQ and Ivermectin are proven highly safe drugs and no reason they shouldn't have been prescribed. That is the most evil thing that occurred imo.

And today the people who prevented doctors from prescribing it are denying they ever did. Those are the people who deserve severe punishment.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (KC5Lt)

197 I still can't get over the "science" that had people washing their groceries--fruits and vegetables--in bleach, then letting them sit outside overnight to stop the spead.

anyone in the medical community and the media going to own up to encouraging that lie?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (3cUTc)

198 Her cooter is vibrating over the possibility.-Ace

Great. Now I have Cooter from Dukes of Hazard associated with Dana Bash's Vajayjay.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (OkYzo)

199
Usually you can't do that in the Holland Tunnel...

because it's all Clogged up.
Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:57 PM (zGzrB)



*snort*

ISWYDT

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (JyBgb)

200 >>2 weeks of lock down *at the time* made perfect sense.


No. It never made any sense at all.

You can't just pause life as if you were playing it on your X-Box.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (zGzrB)

201 196 HCQ and Ivermectin are proven highly safe drugs and no reason they shouldn't have been prescribed. That is the most evil thing that occurred imo.

And today the people who prevented doctors from prescribing it are denying they ever did. Those are the people who deserve severe punishment.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (KC5Lt)


Agreed

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (TFsdh)

202 Spring of 2021 never wore mask in the stores. Multiple confrontations by managers, clerks and customers. Ignored them all. Always finished shopping. I refused to do stupid. Fort Worth.
Still a pure blood.

Posted by: little people at August 03, 2026 05:04 PM (ehY6c)

203 >>>Damn, not only is Dan-a Bash (not "Day-na") monstrously stupid, she's just monstrous, physically.
Fugly

Posted by: UncleJefe

>Not only is she long in the tooth, but she has a wet brain. Not very sharp, that one.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 05:04 PM (ixEhJ)

204 They officials had to update the entry on "vaccine" to mention palliative effects, because a vaccine is meant as a preventative, not a palliative.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (Fi81e)

205 Just where do these rocket scientists think measles all of a sudden showed up in this Country ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 04:56 PM (TFsdh)

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Next you'll be telling me that tuberculosis in the USA has been on the rise SINCE 2021 -- PEAKING in 2024 -- marking a reversal after nearly three decades of consistent decline.

Wait, wut?

/Is there nothing destructive that The AutoPen Empire's open borders couldn't do?

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (Ae4dV)

206
To this day, there are still people in Oregon driving alone in their car wearing a covid mask.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (OkYzo)

207 >>HCQ and Ivermectin are proven highly safe drugs and no reason they shouldn't have been prescribed. That is the most evil thing that occurred imo.


Also, insanely Cheap.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (zGzrB)

208 That was a glorious two weeks. Driving with nobody else on the roads, as far as I could see to the horizons.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 04:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

Yeah it was great. Then in a few weeks we were able to laugh at the retards driving in cars with masks on. One day I was driving with a friend in the car, and we pulled up to a light and the person next to us was wearing a mask. He yells over "if its that bad in there just change your cabin filter". lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (S41Gd)

209 Gee I wonder if importing 10 million illegals from 3rd world shitholes had anything to do with a measles outbreak.

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (tNkpt)

210 But, if it escaped from a wet market because the Chinese have a taste for penguin (yeah, I know, go with the bit), that's just their culture and not at all reflective of Asians as a whole.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Now, you're on the list.

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (JM9I6)

211
This is good but the problem is, it will only be the red states and not the blue states:


Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
5h
🚨 JUST IN: Florida, Alabama and Louisiana have just launched investigations into DR. FAUCI

State-level investigations are NOT covered under the autopen pardon 🔥

Leave no stone unturned, Fauci MUST face consequences!

GOV. RON DESANTIS: "This is a guy that was drinking his own Kool-Aid. He was venerated by the media. I think he liked the fact that he had a lot of this informal power when he was issuing these recommendations and telling governors and mayors to do some of the draconian things that were actually done, it had a really negative effect on a lot of societies throughout this country!"

"You had businesses reeling, people's liberties curtailed, and kids left on the sideline unable to access education."

Posted by: beckster at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (kX27y)

212 Guy in a liquor store screaming at me to put a mask on. I just calmly said no. He says I'm standing way back here, don't get near me. I say no problem. Owner didn't care, I bought my bourbon and went my way.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (n5tGW)

213 Woodstock took place in the middle of the Hong Kong Flu pandemic.

On that note, I've not heard any COVID alarmists explain why flu cases were relatively non-existent throughout the COVID panic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (KC5Lt)

214 I see people in PA driving alone with masks occasionally

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (Ia/+0)

215 They officials had to update the entry on "vaccine" to mention palliative effects, because a vaccine is meant as a preventative, not a palliative.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (Fi81e)

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As commenter Romeo13 recently observed: by that definition, aspirin is now a "vaccine."

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (Ae4dV)

216 DJT's second term Cabinet picks have been outstanding.

Posted by: mrp at August 03, 2026 05:06 PM (rj6Yv)

217 I’m on an airplane right now.

Yes. There are people wearing masks.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 05:07 PM (nKgb7)

218 I knew it had gotten out of hand the first time I saw a women driving down the roads in the car by herself wearing a mask.

I saw Moms with kids in the car, all wearing masks.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:07 PM (6ydKt)

219 >>HCQ and Ivermectin are proven highly safe drugs and no reason they shouldn't have been prescribed. That is the most evil thing that occurred imo.


Also, insanely Cheap.
Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (zGzrB)
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In February 2020, a month before the shamdemic, they outlawed the use of HCQ outside of hospital care.

There, they simply weren't going to give it to you, of course and pop your lungs with a ventilator and let you die.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:07 PM (Fi81e)

220 Nobody can be forced to participate in experimental medical trials.

Ethical standards, including the AMA Code of Medical Ethics and the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki, mandate that participation in biomedical research must be voluntary and based on informed consent.

Ethical standards are not law and cannot stand before the desire to affect an election.

And before you bring up the Nuremberg Code...

The Nuremberg Code has not been officially adopted as binding domestic law by any nation. It is a set of ten ethical principles rather than a statute or treaty, meaning it cannot be directly enforced in court on its own.

The US has regulations which, supposedly, enforce the Nuremberg Code but enforcement assumes that it isn't the federal government violating them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:08 PM (ExV1e)

221 Again, where did this notion arise, that one could, or should prevent exposure to the virus on a permanent basis? It's a fairy tale. The only objective that was practical was to slow the spread. Not prevent it, because that's

I suppose it would be possible to quarantine oneself for several years, maybe the virus will mutate to a less deadly variant. I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:08 PM (DGpsA)

222 I very much hope that historians will look back on the Covid-19 era and basically point and laugh about how comically fucking retarded everyone suddenly became, because as a whole, that's what we were.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (oqH4h)

223 I could set cruise control at 70 in Splendora and be in El Campo in under 2 hrs on 59 through Houston during covid.

Posted by: DanMan at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (8uzBS)

224 JUST IN: Florida, Alabama and Louisiana have just launched investigations into DR. FAUCI

Have the Cajun Navy draw and quarter him. Then snacks for the gators.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (EGW4m)

225 If you don't vaccinate for measles and are exposed to measles you will catch measles. Measles are very contagious. Your choice.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (4tmEn)

226 Strip clubs and liquor stores were open.

Hiking trails and churches were closed

All you need to know about “the science”.

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (tNkpt)

227 Fauci is the most evil American in history.

Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Delurker

No argument from me.
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:24 PM (77rzZ)

Jimmy Carter probably still squeaks out a win there.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (uhVAy)

228 The Diamond Princess was the perfect predictor of the Wuhan flu contagion and lethality.

Posted by: little people at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (ehY6c)

229 222 The year 2020 in particular. The whole nation went nuts.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

230 225 If you don't vaccinate for measles and are exposed to measles you will catch measles. Measles are very contagious. Your choice.



Posted by: Braenyard

Not necessarily.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (nKgb7)

231 PBS, U.S. sent $1.4 billion in virus relief payments to dead people
By — Marcy Gordon, Associated Press
Politics Jun 25, 2020

Note date, June 2020. Then it went on for years!
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FEMA - COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Milestones
FEMA has awarded $3.26 billion to more than 506,000 applications in COVID-19 Funeral Assistance for help covering expenses incurred between January 20, 2020, and September 30, 2025.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (NFX2v)

232 Leave the fucking "Nuremburg Code" out of it. The whole thing was bullshit anyway.

Title 18 United States Code is black letter law makes it unlawful to force or coerce participation in experimental medical trials.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (DGpsA)

233 225 If you don't vaccinate for measles and are exposed to measles you will catch measles. Measles are very contagious. Your choice.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (4tmEn)

Especially when a bunch of third worlders unvaccinated flood the Country

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:11 PM (TFsdh)

234 "The COVID vaccine prevented deaths. There is data, upon data, upon data."

China, which used its own REAL vaccine for COVID claims it had 122K deaths, versus the US government that claims it had 1.2M deaths with the clot shot

So...what data we talking here Dana?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:27 PM (sKqQm)

China also had people welded inside their apartments. Wonder what happened to them?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:11 PM (uhVAy)

235 228 The Diamond Princess was the perfect predictor of the Wuhan flu contagion and lethality.

Posted by: little people at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (ehY6c)

Yes.
And the percentage that died, older people with health problems, was really low.

That went down the memory hole quick.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

236 You know what you can't vaccinate against? Tuberculosis.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:11 PM (abScH)

237 Your mask may filter out dry wall dust but it probably won't filter out a virus. Research sometimes is prudent.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 05:12 PM (ixEhJ)

238 Then-governor Roy Cooper was one of the most zealous COVID lock-down advocates in these United States. I took to calling him King Cooper for all of his edicts. A sellout from Day One for the teachers' unions. NC teachers loved, I mean LOVED the school shutdowns.

Posted by: mrp at August 03, 2026 05:12 PM (rj6Yv)

239 I never understood why "The virus escaped from a lab where the Chinese were doing gain-of-function research on a bat corona virus mostly sponsored by America" was "racist".

But, "You know that weird market those Chinese people fry live dogs in, and sometimes maybe live pangolins? It came from eating all that weird shit" was not.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e)

240 I still can't get over the "science" that had people washing their groceries--fruits and vegetables--in bleach, then letting them sit outside overnight to stop the spead.

anyone in the medical community and the media going to own up to encouraging that lie?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026

***
I will admit that all the insanity led me to wash my hands more thoroughly and frequently throughout the day -- after using the toilet (though I usually did that), when coming back from the grocery or meeting people, etc. I do think it's helped me keep well since '22.

But that's just good health practice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (wzUl9)

241 237 Your mask may filter out dry wall dust but it probably won't filter out a virus. Research sometimes is prudent.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 05:12 PM (ixEhJ)

I used to see this couple at the grocery store who had on masks and those shields.. Looked other worldly...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (TFsdh)

242
I should have worn a white mask with brown spots all over it from povidone iodine that made it look like I was a terminal TB patient. I'm ashamed that I didn't think of that until the hysteria was over.

On the other hand, I wore my Groucho facemask with "MARXISM" in big letters. Got lots of nasty looks, and quite a few compliments.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (JyBgb)

243 An interesting covid memory is a doctor explaining that masks were essentially useless - "if you throw sand at a chain link fence, it's going to stop some of the sand, but it's essentially useless. You can see that I am wearing a mask right now, and the reason I'm wearing it is because people are afraid and the mask is telling those people that I care."

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (2ap+5)

244 Dana Pinch Face's eyeballs are sinking back into her skull.

I wish RFK could yell over her. I always feel bad about his voice.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (hzuYO)

245 Remember the first reports of a lot of deaths were in that nursing home in Washington State(?) I think.
These people had one foot in the grave and somebody brought the virus is, but the media was all over it for a week.

Then it was off to the races with the Death Counters.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)

246 there is a tuberculosis vaccine called the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, which works well for infants and young children, but it is not routinely given in the United States

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (nKgb7)

247 Measles are bad. I know this because I had them. Like 99.9% of kids who had measles, I survived.
Posted by: huerfano

I had chicken pocks as a kid, and possibly mumps. Survived both, and fathered a child (as some male mumps victims supposedly couldn't).
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

Mumps sterilized *adult* men who caught it, the fever could scar the tissues due to fever as I recall. Kids didn't have an issue to any extent.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (uhVAy)

248 JUST IN: Florida, Alabama and Louisiana have just launched investigations into DR. FAUCI

State-level investigations are NOT covered under the autopen pardon 🔥

Leave no stone unturned, Fauci MUST face consequences!

I assume he'd normally be shielded under the Supremecy Clause, just like the ICE agents Minnesota wants to lynch, er, fairly investigate and prosecute. However, if Trump says Fauci lied and was not acting in the government's interest, and directs the Feds to waive protection...it's an interesting question.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (/y3Vc)

249 Inquisitive people look at Africa and wonder why their Covid deaths were minimal. And then a lightbulb goes off when they remember HCQ and Ivermectin is given to the populations like candy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (KC5Lt)

250 Walmart could be open.

But the garden center had to stay closed.

Lest people buy things for to be outside.
Of their own home.

That was the Science.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (3cUTc)

251 ^^^ *brought the virus in

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)

252 Then-governor Roy Cooper was one of the most zealous COVID lock-down advocates in these United States. I took to calling him King Cooper for all of his edicts. A sellout from Day One for the teachers' unions. NC teachers loved, I mean LOVED the school shutdowns.

Posted by: mrp at August 03, 2026 05:12 PM (rj6Yv)
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The Supreme Court of Michigan found the head witch of Michigan way overreached her "emergency powers" and held on to them way longer than she was allowed.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (Fi81e)

253 As a uni grad this has always bothered me. Grok found no cause of death listed:

Lily Ernst, a UNI swimmer/diver dies unexpectedly.

Sorry. Unable to add a link.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (Y2/Vj)

254 Then it was off to the races with the Death Counters.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)

Didn't they stop that when biden was president ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (TFsdh)

255 People were opening their mail wearing gloves. For an airborne disease.
Cuz science.

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (tNkpt)

256 Bullshit, if you "really cared" you wouldn't be wearing a dust mask to mollify or assuage the guilt of idiots. Nice try though

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (DGpsA)

257 I assume China is lying.

But the amusing thing is their standard vaccine obviously did nothing positive or NEGATIVE...giving someone a tradition vaccine for a flu like illness isn't going to give them clots, strokes, and turbo cancer but it isn't going to stop you from getting COVID either.

But the point of all this is the official data says China's COVID vaccine was 30 times more effective then ours.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (sKqQm)

258 @221

>> maybe the virus will mutate to a less deadly variant. I guess.

There is no mechanism of action for a virus to mutate or attenuate absent a host.

They circulate through populations and work through populations.

They are not hanging out under bridges waiting to infect an unsuspecting passerby.

This will always be the biggest scam ever perpetrated on the world.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (XV/Pl)

259 Off topic - James Talarico argues that the Bible endorses Government run health care, because Jesus spent most of his time healing people:

Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/2ymtpbk6


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (W90Ou)

260 Do you remember when The Science™ told Trump hospitals needed 20 billion respirators by tomorrow or everyone who got COVID would die? Everyone who came forward with a prototype for a respirator that could be built in an hour for $3.50 was hailed as a genius by the Media! Some were personally praised on TV by PDT45, because he was following the The Science™!

If you remember that you must also remember the quiet fizzling-out of the Great Respirator Invention and Manufacture Crusade. Because The Science™ soon learned that putting older people with COVID on respirators was a death sentence.

The Science™ was capable of learning and revising public guidance. In that case. Unfortunately, The Science™ pushed by Fauci and Birx and every TV network COVID 'expert' was never continually assessed using available real-world evidence, then revised accordingly.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (5rh/l)

261 I put a clear glass plate in a welders helmet and wore it one time just to ridicule the insanity.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 05:16 PM (abScH)

262
You know what you can't vaccinate against? Tuberculosis.

Crap.
- Guy making out with dancer at the Moulin Rouge

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 05:16 PM (n5tGW)

263 I hate these people; they are liars, irrational, and fascist.

Posted by: Seems Legit at August 03, 2026 05:16 PM (f5Y1D)

264 Didn't they stop that when biden was president ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (TFsdh)

Probably.
I stopped watching every one of them after the election, including Fox, so I'm not sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:16 PM (6ydKt)

265 Yes.
And the percentage that died, older people with health problems, was really low.

That went down the memory hole quick.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026

***
During mid-2020, the CDC's own website had the data. 94% of deaths "with Covid" were people who were over 65, overweight, and/or with other co-morbidities. Only 6% of the deaths could be attributed to the virus alone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:16 PM (wzUl9)

266 Walmart could be open.

But the garden center had to stay closed.

Lest people buy things for to be outside.
Of their own home.

That was the Science.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (3cUTc)
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The argument used to be that they didn't want you to do something that might cause you to go to the emergency room, because they needed all that reserve for Covid patients.

Now, I'm pretty sure that it was primed to make us want to open back up, but for that the price was the Jab. Fraudci and Dalek wanted to try mRNA vaccine and that was what this was about start-to-finish.

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (Fi81e)

267 I spray painted a mask with gold paint and sprinkled glitter on it. Sparkel farkel fun, would hang round my mirror all flashy in the sun tooling down the street. Did sport it in smallmart now and then. Have fun when and where you can.

Posted by: little people at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (ehY6c)

268 I'm still sticking with my theory that the CCP released the virus in Hong Kong to stop the protests and that that population spread it to Northern Italy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (KC5Lt)

269 It would have really helped if a higher percentage of the population would have defied the idiotic orders/advice. I really respect the people who either recognized it was an op or the ones who at least applied common sense in the situation, like a friend who, with relief, stopped wearing a mask after she was vaccinated because common knowledge is that vaccines prevent disease. While neither masks nor Covid shots were actually protective, at least those precautions made some logical sense.

But widespread masking and leaky vaccinations helped the disease spread and mutate, and the suffering and panic could have been greatly minimized if more people had said NO.

Posted by: Emmie at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (OlzlW)

270 I put a clear glass plate in a welders helmet and wore it one time just to ridicule the insanity.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026

***
I was tempted to buy a medieval doctor's "plague mask" and wear that, but never got the nerve.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:18 PM (wzUl9)

271 259 Off topic - James Talarico argues that the Bible endorses Government run health care, because Jesus spent most of his time healing people:

Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/2ymtpbk6


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (W90Ou)


It's on brand for Talarico because his real God is Government.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)

272 There is no mechanism of action for a virus to mutate or attenuate absent a host.
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Of course not. If someone claimed otherwise, you might have a point

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:18 PM (DGpsA)

273 IMO Covid death numbers are greatly exaggerated. Also IMO many of the deaths that were mostly caused by Covid could have been prevented if HCQ and Ivermectin were allowed to be prescribed. HCQ as a preventative ( not great after contracting Covid) and Ivermectin as a treatment.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 04:35 PM (KC5Lt)

Hospitals in SoCal recanted about a third of their Covid death counts because it was utterly fraudulent. Like motorcycle accident deaths. That doesn't mean the other 2/3 were real. It also didn't subtract them from the 'grim milestone' numbers. The fact that also the number of actual flu deaths, which are considerable, went to 0 during Covid is another bit of evidence.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:19 PM (uhVAy)

274 When you pay hospitals an extra 13,000 for Covid deaths you're going to get a lot of Covid deaths.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:19 PM (KC5Lt)

275 Title 18 United States Code is black letter law makes it unlawful to force or coerce participation in experimental medical trials.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (DGpsA)

So, how many people have been tried for forcing or coercing participation in experimental medical trials wrt the mRNA vaccine?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:19 PM (ExV1e)

276 Inquisitive people look at Africa and wonder why their Covid deaths were minimal. And then a lightbulb goes off when they remember HCQ and Ivermectin is given to the populations like candy.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026

**
I had to order my ivermectin, "bimectin," from Valley Vet Supply. Still have some left. And they continue to email me every few days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (wzUl9)

277
Your mask may filter out dry wall dust but it probably won't filter out a virus. Research sometimes is prudent.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 05:12 PM (ixEhJ)



One actual benefit to the face diapers is that it'll stop a lot of the virus that's suspended in your spit when you cough or sneeze. Not all of it though. Won't do diddly squat with the virus itself, but it'll reduce the chance that someone's going to accidentally spit on your pizza when you go out to eat.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (JyBgb)

278 nood

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

279 I so wish I had a MOPP 4 suit, boots, gloves, hood and mask, and deconn kit and the rest of it. I never needed to go anywhere during the insanity, but it would have been a blast.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (DGpsA)

280 Nood. The EU.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

281 259 Off topic - James Talarico argues that the Bible endorses Government run health care, because Jesus spent most of his time healing people:

Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/2ymtpbk6


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (W90Ou)

__________________________________

Bonus: Turning water into wine endorses cheap wine. Jesus drank Mad Dog 20/20.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (dIske)

282 Inquisitive people look at Africa and wonder why their Covid deaths were minimal. And then a lightbulb goes off when they remember HCQ and Ivermectin is given to the populations like candy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:14 PM (KC5Lt)
---
Later in the shamdemic, the government of India was paying for Ivermectin for each patient treated for Covid.

This is while the "horse paste" thing was going on in American media.

I used to have fun with this: "So you're saying that Indians are stupid, right? That's racist."

Posted by: Axeman at August 03, 2026 05:21 PM (Fi81e)

283 What made me go completely insane was the “asymptomatic spreader” and “natural immunity isn’t as good as the vaccine.”

Pure, unadulterated bullshit. And I looked at providers and challenged them on it several times.

They knew it was horse shit. But they towed the line.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 05:21 PM (nKgb7)

284 Only 6% of the deaths could be attributed to the virus alone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:16 PM (wzUl9)

I recall the one guy in Florida who died of a motorcycle accident and they had the cause of death as COVID because he tested positive.

1. Why test a dead man?
2. Why pay hospitals $13,000 a pop for COVID cases to insure they tested a dead man?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 05:21 PM (6ydKt)

285 I was tempted to buy a medieval doctor's "plague mask" and wear that, but never got the nerve.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:18 PM (wzUl9)
----
I bought a gaiter that had the lower half of a skull imprinted on that. I wore that with a black hoody pulled all the way up, along with black gloves that have skeleton fingers imprinted on them.

When I went to Walmart, security should have thought I was there to rob the place. But nobody said anything.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 05:22 PM (FZ29D)

286 HCQ and Ivermectin are proven highly safe drugs and no reason they shouldn't have been prescribed. That is the most evil thing that occurred imo.

And today the people who prevented doctors from prescribing it are denying they ever did. Those are the people who deserve severe punishment.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (KC5Lt)

They wanted those drugs for themselves.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:22 PM (uhVAy)

287 o, how many people have been tried for forcing or coercing participation in experimental medical trials wrt the mRNA vaccine?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026

***
I recall speaking to a local lawyer about the legality of being threatened as I had been. When he heard I worked for a certain rich private university he really perked up.

His advice to me was to see if they accepted my exemption request, and then call him back if they did not. They did accept it, so nothing came of it all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:22 PM (wzUl9)

288 During the initial ‘wear a mask” hysteria, me and my brother (both racecar drivers) went out in our full race helmets with visors.

We thought it would be obvious we were mocking the mask rules.

But … no. People thought we were serious, and that we were scared to death of the virus, so we quickly stopped doing that.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 05:22 PM (i+vnO)

289 259 Off topic - James Talarico argues that the Bible endorses Government run health care, because Jesus spent most of his time healing people:

Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/2ymtpbk6


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (W90Ou)

I don't recall Jesus claiming to be a government.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:24 PM (uhVAy)

290 I'm still sticking with my theory that the CCP released the virus in Hong Kong to stop the protests and that that population spread it to Northern Italy.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (KC5Lt)

Oh absolutely. They weren't gonna be holding that bag themselves.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:25 PM (uhVAy)

291 And we were told that hospitals were choked with Covid patients. Then someone released actual video that showed they were practically empty.

As I pointed out to anyone who might listen at the time: "Are we seeing the gutters filled with dead bodies? No? Then it's not a pandemic."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (wzUl9)

292 I bought a gaiter that had the lower half of a skull imprinted on that. I wore that with a black hoody pulled all the way up, along with black gloves that have skeleton fingers imprinted on them.

When I went to Walmart, security should have thought I was there to rob the place. But nobody said anything.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026

***
In 2019 and earlier, they would have thought that of you.

There has long been a local ordinance here that no one is to wear masks after dark, even on Mardi Gras night. Somehow that vanished or got studiously ignored.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:28 PM (wzUl9)

293 But the point of all this is the official data says China's COVID vaccine was 30 times more effective then ours.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 05:15 PM (sKqQm)

Their flood control is even better. Entire cities are drowned under 30+ feet of water with only 29 deaths. Including drowned car tunnels full to the brim with occupied cars.

See, if you have more than 30 deaths you have to report in detail to Peking about why you messed up.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:28 PM (uhVAy)

294 My fav thing from the Covid files?

BLM protests were AOK, but going to church, or even paddleboarding by yerself in the Ocean, was not.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 05:28 PM (mP0Kj)

295
I'm still sticking with my theory that the CCP released the virus in Hong Kong to stop the protests and that that population spread it to Northern Italy.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (KC5Lt)


Werd.

I've been saying that since Day 1. The way that the ChiComs flailed about, blaming everyone was the big tell (at different times, they blamed Italy, Australia and the US for sure, and probably more). If it was targeted specifically at Trump and the US, their story would have been more focused and consistent, with a single villain.

The commie cocksuckers in the US jumped on board opportunistically.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2026 05:29 PM (JyBgb)

296 You know what you can't vaccinate against? Tuberculosis.

Crap.
- Guy making out with dancer at the Moulin Rouge
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Meh. Big Nose Kate did just fine.

Posted by: Doc Holiday at August 03, 2026 05:35 PM (/y3Vc)

297 The only point in the whole Covid that a lockdown could have helped was when Pelosi was saying it was no big deal--"to to Chinatown, hug, and celebrate the Chinese New Year."

And no one ever called her out on that in the media.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:34 PM (3cUTc)

I downloaded that video and still have it on my computer.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 03, 2026 05:48 PM (hmYU4)

298 To be extra safe I wear a Mask to protect myself when I kiss my dog.

Posted by: Kami Harris at August 03, 2026 06:17 PM (xl8DV)

299 279 I so wish I had a MOPP 4 suit, boots, gloves, hood and mask, and deconn kit and the rest of it. I never needed to go anywhere during the insanity, but it would have been a blast.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 05:20 PM (DGpsA)

Negative...... Wore this stuff in Kuwait when a threat was announced and it was not fun in 120 F weather.

Posted by: Franklin Stein at August 03, 2026 06:19 PM (xl8DV)

Tuq'r Qarlson, Marjorie Trailer-Queen, Thomas Massie, and Joe Kent Meet and Announce New Party for Nazis and Lunatic Conspiracy Theorists

Great.

I wonder if there's any chance J.D. Vance will stop courting Tuq'r Qarlson and his audience now that he's announced he's running against him.

Probably not.

MTG, Massie get onboard with Tucker Carlson plan to launch third party, 'movement has come'

Greene's photo featured the Republicans who have been sidelined over their opposition to Trump's agenda and suggests discussions on a third party are continuing.


Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that "the movement has come."

Last month, Carlson said he was planning to create a new political party, the Columbia Journalism Review reported.

Greene's photo, posted on X on Saturday, featured the three, who have been sidelined over their opposition to President Trump's agenda and suggests discussions on a third party are continuing.

Plus Joe Kunt.

"We said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise. But he's betrayed us all. Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center," Greene stated in the post.


Related, because Tuq'r and Joe Kent and Thomas Massie are all leftists attempting to hijack the right and turn it into a socialist party: Mamdani says you'll have to present, get this, ID when you shop at one of his illegal government-operated markets.

But I was told that black and brown people can't get ID...?

And the Democrats claim that married women can't get it either?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:20 PM




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1 Lincoln Project 2.0

Posted by: red speck at August 03, 2026 03:22 PM (Ve/HL)

2 Ahoy!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

3 Clowns

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (5nGGo)

4 I like that they're pretending it's about Iran and that this is all just so super spontaneous and shit.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (ZWBDi)

5 ID for grocery, but free pass on hookers and crack on any street corner? Weird.

Posted by: H at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (A7Rvw)

6 They've doomed themselves to Third Party Irrelevance.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

7 The Retarded Party

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (KC5Lt)

8 What we need is a Reform Party.

Posted by: Rots Perot at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (MWfyi)

9 Any room for Platner in this Party?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (0sNs1)

10 Throw all sides in the burn barrel

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (enNUy)

11 All Americans, right, left and center.
--------

Has "No Labels" been tried?

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (ZWBDi)

12 Is. Is that chandelier made up of...of deer antlers?

*faints dead away*

Posted by: Karen McKarenface, PETA supporter at August 03, 2026 03:25 PM (n9eFH)

13 Since they have all lost their elections or fired from their jobs the Loser Party would be an appropriate name.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:25 PM (KC5Lt)

14 "the movement has come."
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Get a towel

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (ZWBDi)

15 5 ID for grocery, but free pass on hookers and crack on any street corner? Weird.
Posted by: H at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (A7Rvw)

Now, hear me out...

Posted by: Jeffery Dahmer at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (88C+u)

16 The movement grift has begun.

Fixed.

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (+IsEU)

17 I can't wait for their first cruise convention!

Posted by: Dr. T at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (jGGMD)

18
A new "Last Supper" picture.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (OkYzo)

19 Though they might as well be up front about it and call themselves the American PLO party.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (KC5Lt)

20 Cookies, Water and Mugs. Oh my!!!

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (ZWBDi)

21 >>>We said no more foreign wars

What a stupid thing to have said!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (odBC9)

22 That group at the table looks like a group of swingers who don't know what goes where or in which hole.

Posted by: Thy Neighbor's Wife at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (F1rMs)

23 'movement has come'

Bowel movement, am I right?

Posted by: mikeski, mugging for the camera at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (VHUov)

24 "no more foreign wars "

This is the same old war that has been going on unaddressed for 47 damn years.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (MWfyi)

25 I guess "Former Congresswoman MTG" polled better than "Disgraced Congresscritter MTG" or "Ordinary Citizen With a Barely-Granted Congressional Pension MTG."

Posted by: red speck at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (Ve/HL)

26


That Modmadmi has dead eyes.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (2jv4y)

27 Trailer-Queens are fine Americans and should be tolerated, yea, applauded.

Posted by: Iona Traylor at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (JM9I6)

28 If they put their ballot collection boxes inside the "free" grocery stores will the collective lunacy make the store implode? Somebody think of a socialist excuse for this, just to see if they take the bait ...

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (k+oif)

29 Are they selling merch? I hope they're selling merch. Where can I get some merch?

Posted by: that guy who loves saying "merch" at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (+IsEU)

30 To whom exactly is the new party supposed to appeal to?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (y8wRt)

31
This looks like the dinner table at Pankot palace where they serve monkeys brains, and baby snakes.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (OkYzo)

32 no more foreign wars "

So no problem with a domestic war?

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (KC5Lt)

33 Caption Time

"Quick everyone, look casual!"

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (ZWBDi)

34 The movement has begun.

Brought to you by Miralax.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 03:29 PM (bFu5X)

35 'movement has come'

Bowel movement, am I right?
Posted by: mikeski, mugging for the camera at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (VHUov)

Do you hate chronic constipation? Then the Milk of Magnesia Party could be for you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

36 The movement has begun.

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The diarrhea type or is it constipated?

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 03:29 PM (ZNpJk)

37 30 To whom exactly is the new party supposed to appeal to?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (y8wRt)

Yaar, all of us the heritage Amrikis, please do not the redeeming

Posted by: true blue americans! at August 03, 2026 03:29 PM (88C+u)

38 Brilliant idea to not crop out the toilet.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:29 PM (ZWBDi)

39 Ooh! a new grift has appeared!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (j+aD2)

40 Did they name it the DOA party?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (n5tGW)

41 I like the wood wall look, but the trophy hunter chandelier is a bit too much.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (zZu0s)

42 Gaaaaaay

Posted by: The Bulwark and Lincoln Party at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (/y3Vc)

43 I don't much like these guys, but Trump walked into an open-ended war with Iran that gave them leverage, and now he's stuck like a tar baby.

I cannot believe he thought they would not close the Hormuz...did the Israelis tell him that bullshit?

Or were they are also miscalculating?

Posted by: Harun at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (IuIym)

44 38 Brilliant idea to not crop out the toilet.


omg so CLASSY

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:31 PM (j+aD2)

45 Maine is our East Coast insane asylum.

Lock it down.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 03:31 PM (bX16E)

46 btw, Laura Loomer noticed that Tuq'r has a wine glass in front of him. The glass is not half full. Absolutely HARAM

Posted by: 88C+u at August 03, 2026 03:31 PM (88C+u)

47 Who's the chick with the cleavage?

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 03:31 PM (+IsEU)

48 I remember when it was impossible for Massie to lose his primary because he was an incumbent who was just doing what his constituents wanted.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (bzPaY)

49 I really don't understand how Trump mis-judged this.

But its a huge fuck up.

Posted by: Harun at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (IuIym)

50 Kent's wife who was killed in Afghanistan was from the county across the river from me. I know people who knew her and her family and they said she was great. Kent, not so much

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (BFvh9)

51 Ballon + lead = fail

Posted by: torabora at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (Wt1Rs)

52 Is that chandelier made up of...of deer antlers?

Ann Colter is joining this party?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (0sNs1)

53 Posted by: Harun at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (IuIy

You gave yourself away.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (KC5Lt)

54 I really don't understand how Trump mis-judged this.

But its a huge fuck up.

Posted by: Harun at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (IuIym)

Read the room.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (ZWBDi)

55 Seven famous people bound by their furious hatred of Trump, come together in a closed room and emerge as-

Pick one:

1) The League of Unwashed Genitals

2) The Maggot-filled Seven

3) The Seven UTIs

4) Seven Gays in Drag

5) Seven Brides for Seven Muslims

6) Seven Psychopaths (no change needed!)

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (iJfKG)

56 Tucker Carlson was registered as a Democrat in Washington, D.C., from 2006 until 2020.

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

So never a Republican but demands the right to order how Republicans vote and if you don't you are a Nazi.

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (ZNpJk)

57 43 I don't much like these guys, but Trump walked into an open-ended war with Iran that gave them leverage, and now he's stuck like a tar baby.

I cannot believe he thought they would not close the Hormuz...did the Israelis tell him that bullshit?

Or were they are also miscalculating?

Posted by: Harun at August 03, 2026 03:30 PM (IuIym)

======

Someone should tell the oil markets that 20% of the world's oil supply is cut off because Iran says so.

Because oil prices don't reflect that, almost like no one actually believes it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (bzPaY)

58 Someone might want to tell them that we've been at war with Iran since 1979.

Posted by: torabora at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (Wt1Rs)

59 Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center.
The movement has begun.
- MTG

Um yeah, it's just not physically possible for a political party to represent the left, right, and center in America 2026.
They'd all kill each other in a month.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (6ydKt)

60 Read the room.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM (ZWBDi)

IOW this thread is a party, we're having a good time. You won't hijack this one.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (ZWBDi)

61 Why is no one mentioning Ann Coulter, hanging from the ceiling above the table?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (/y3Vc)

62 45 Maine is our East Coast insane asylum.


really tho?

Delaware exists

New Jersey exists

Maine is creepy, sure. But man. You can't live there and be TOO insane. A bear will eat you.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (j+aD2)

63 Posted by: Harun at August 03, 2026 03:32 PM

Your concern is:

[X] Noted

[ ] Other Than Noted

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (bFu5X)

64 Ladies and gentlemen the new improved Know-Nothing Party. They really, really know nothing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:34 PM (BFvh9)

65 The movement has begun.
Turtle head.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 03:34 PM (zlKAS)

66 That Modmadmi has dead eyes.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq
.......

and a shit eating grin.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 03:34 PM (UjdFS)

67 ignore the IC apparatchik

meanwhile! Tucker sure is a big smarty isn't he!

a true intellectual

the best of us!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:34 PM (j+aD2)

68 I was just reading someone commenting on the Request For Proposal on the NYC gov groceries stores.

It's as insane as you'd expect from some theater losers who never ran a business in their lives.

- Wants them to bid on all 5 sites; only 3 have been chosen. But they should assume 15k sqft.
- bidder on all 5 gets preference. But each site awards separate. So you bid cost-of-scale for all 5, and you could win only 1.
- must carry full grocery, household goods, culturally specific products and the whole range of kosher, halal, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free options.
- no on-site deli allowed, but req. to provide full deli products
- NYC sets final design, equip., fridges; operator pays all utilities, maintenance, cleaning and security.
- core basket must always be discounted
- membership cards for tiered discounts

So, your average Super Walmart--which is what is needed to stock and carry all these items--is 180k sqft.
They want to stuff all that in less than 10% of a typical Walmart sqft.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:34 PM (3cUTc)

69 Why is no one mentioning Ann Coulter, hanging from the ceiling above the table?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM

See #52.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 03:35 PM (bFu5X)

70 Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (j+aD2

Maine is the East Coast Alaska.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:35 PM (KC5Lt)

71 Grifters gonna grift. Surprised Egg McMullin hasn't thrown in with this lot yet.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 03:35 PM (2Drhq)

72 This is pure mental masturbation and it's not something I want to watch.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 03:35 PM (3BwY8)

73
The He-Man Jew Haters Club

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 03:35 PM (O0L8i)

74 Deep State PsyOp to divide & ultimately try to demoralize & defeat "Republicans" -- which MAGA won't fall for.

Kind of the reverse of El Rushbo's 2008 "Operation Chaos" plan that encouraged Republican voters to cross over and vote for Hillary the in Democrat primaries to prolong the nomination contest between Clinton and The DogEater -- weakening the eventual Democrat nominee and creating division within The Party.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (7nfvi)

75 I mean basically dumb rich kids are our biggest problem

their political affiliation is kind of just window dressing and/or grifting

Tuck and Zorro - basically the same

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (j+aD2)

76 Don't be stupid, be a smarty,
Come and join the Tuq'r Party!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (bFu5X)

77 71 Grifters gonna grift. Surprised Egg McMullin hasn't thrown in with this lot yet.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 03:35 PM (2Drhq)

=======

I remember when his third party bid meant the end of the Republican Party under Trump because no one would vote for a Republican Party under Trump and then Republicans were all partisany and even drew in disaffected Democrats because of immigration issues and then Trump became president.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (bzPaY)

78 The He-Man Jew Haters Club



WINNER

that one sticks!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (j+aD2)

79 So, who will be this party's POTUS candidate for '28?

I'll guess Massie.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (2CeDH)

80 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (b7msB)

81 Actually I like how they have perfectly represented the Left and Right.

On the right is the flag. In the center, a spineless jellyfish. And on the left the toilet.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (ZWBDi)

82 The photo of Tuck cracks me up. He's smiling like his butt plug suddenly activated. Or Massie's gerbil found a new home.

We know they were not wearing pants under the table.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (hzuYO)

83 Why wasn't *I* invited?

*sulks*

Posted by: Dr. William Kristol at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (n9eFH)

84 The Taqiyya Sunrise Party...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (l3cgK)

85
All Americans, right, left and center.
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Has "No Labels" been tried?
Posted by: ...

Coffee Party 2026

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (Cqx++)

86 They want to stuff all that in less than 10% of a typical Walmart sqft.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:34 PM (3cUTc)
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Well a typical New Yorker willfully lives in a space that's about 10% of what normal people live in, so fuck 'em.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (3BwY8)

87 80 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (b7msB)

Hey! That's OURS!

Posted by: Oh Canada! at August 03, 2026 03:38 PM (l3cgK)

88 Someone should tell the oil markets that 20% of the world's oil supply is cut off because Iran says so.

Because oil prices don't reflect that, almost like no one actually believes it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:33 PM (bzPaY)


One silver lining is that no matter what happens Iran has guaranteed new alternate routes around Hormuz, there's no stopping it. What leverage they had there will soon be lost.

Which explains why they are pushing the Houthis so hard to attack the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:38 PM (6ydKt)

89 hey speaking of massy

he blocked Foundring for sharing that (really cool) Sad Little Man video with him

which was weird?

also it's a great video

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:38 PM (j+aD2)

90 Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (j+aD2)

Orchid left you a loong message a few threads ago. Maybe you saw it. If so that's good, hope you're hanging in.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (ZWBDi)

91 Surprised they don't have a Palestinian flag in the background.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (KC5Lt)

92 79 So, who will be this party's POTUS candidate for '28?

I'll guess Massie.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (2CeDH)

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The time of third parties was 2016.

Trump took the GOP and revamped it (a process that has taken a decade and isn't done, but is a lot further along than anyone wants to admit). The Democrats absorbed their potential third party challenger by letting Bernie bots call some shots at the DNC for a few years.

The grumbling for a third party to break from the GOP in 2026 is a purely online phenomenon given scale by third-world bot accounts.

2016 was the year that the Libertarian Party got its highest percentage share of the electorate in history (3.5%). It is now getting less than it was before, less than 1%.

Partisanship with the two major parties is simply too baked in until something ends it. And Iran ain't it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (bzPaY)

93 They are leaving the MAGA party and not joining the Marxists
People without a country

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (Ia/+0)

94 "the movement has come."
......

The Taco Bell Party

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (UjdFS)

95 The (bowel) Movement has begun?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (yz/88)

96 The shoplifting will hit the Mamdani stores first. Then the riots when they run out of the basics. Then disease outbreaks from bad cheap produce

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (BFvh9)

97 I was born in Dusseldorf, and that is why they call me Rolf
Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Nazi party !

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 03:39 PM (g47mK)

98 78 The He-Man Jew Haters Club



WINNER

that one sticks!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:36 PM (j+aD2)

I did Notsee that coming...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (l3cgK)

99 Stormfront called. They want their party back.

Posted by: Sam at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (7jMef)

100 Make Millions with this One Neat Trick --

Start a spoiler political party!
Get millions in donations from Democrats and foreign governments!
Make your wife the Media Buyer so she gets to keep 10% of the millions you spend on advertising!

Posted by: 29Victor at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (0MjtC)

101 What breed of dog is that in the pic over Tucker's left shoulder? It looks like a lap dog.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (2ap+5)

102 It wouldn't actually surprise me if they've already made plans to run JD for POTUS '28.

Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (eh7Rr)

103 Notice how they want to form a party--but not run for office?

I grant them the same qualification on political insight that I give the National Review:
Run for office and win on your policy proposals and I'll listen to what you have to say.

Until then, you're a bunch of pud-mashing losers trying to engorge your wallets.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (3cUTc)

104 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (b7msB)

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Rat-Faced Faucistein FTW!

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (7nfvi)

105 Hamas takes one more
trib.al/Sa9lE7I

Posted by: fuck hamas at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (88C+u)

106 88 One silver lining is that no matter what happens Iran has guaranteed new alternate routes around Hormuz, there's no stopping it. What leverage they had there will soon be lost.

Which explains why they are pushing the Houthis so hard to attack the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:38 PM (6ydKt)

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It's something the Gulf States should have done in the 80s.

Better late than never.

That UAE pipeline to bypass the strait will be done in six months or so, and they've announced a new port on the Gulf of Oman to help (2-3 years). Not to mention all the other pipeline expansions (like Iraq's).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (bzPaY)

107 Orchid left you a loong message a few threads ago. Maybe you saw it. If so that's good, hope you're hanging in.



I read it of course!

I'm ok just a bit exhausted it was an emotional week this past week. I feel badly I didn't go to all the services either. I just wasn't up to it all.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (j+aD2)

108 80 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

What are those birds that steal other birds' nests?

Oh yeah, cuckoos.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (2Drhq)

109 Asking the important question... what was on the menu?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (2Cry5)

110 Start a spoiler political party!
Get millions in donations from Democrats and foreign governments!
Make your wife the Media Buyer so she gets to keep 10% of the millions you spend on advertising!
Posted by: 29Victor at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM

Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah!

I'm right here, you know.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (bFu5X)

111 I'm hoping it's the loon.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (b7msB)

Hey! That's OURS!
Posted by: Oh Canada! at August 03, 2026 03:38 PM (l3cgK)

Penguin? Bat? River Otter?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (b7msB)

112 102 It wouldn't actually surprise me if they've already made plans to run JD for POTUS '28.


Peaches that would really not work in the slightest.

I hope they do it.

it would be ... clarifying.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (j+aD2)

113 So Tucker stocks his hunting lodge with "The Tucker Carlson Show" coffee mugs?

Lame AF.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (3cUTc)

114 I grant them the same qualification on political insight that I give the National Review:
Run for office and win on your policy proposals and I'll listen to what you have to say

William Buckley did try to do this, I believe. It happened he didn't win.
But where was Lowry, Ponnuru, or Goldberg? I haven't seen them run for county dogcatcher.

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

115 We'll never know what would've happened with a full term of Trump's domestic agenda instead of it being totally derailed by foreign adventures in Ukraine and Iran. We got what, 8 months? It's over now. The sooner he's replaced the better.

Posted by: Nothing to see here at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (CQ3Qb)

116 Oligachy!

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (n9eFH)

117 Re: the last thread . . . The View has been around thirty seasons? Since 1996???

I know, it just seems like it premiered in 996. But . . . really???

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (wzUl9)

118 FIRST!!!!!

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

119 Forgive me for being late to the party, but.......


I guess she's saying it's my fault, too, but all I know is that I would never fuck something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system.



Sick. F*cking. Burn.

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

120 Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (j+aD2)

Try and take it easy if you can. Promise your old pal Ellipsis

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (ZWBDi)

121 108 80 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

What are those birds that steal other birds' nests?

Oh yeah, cuckoos.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (2Drhq)

hagfish?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)

122 The left is only one disaster away from starting the war they really want, a shooting war against America.

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2026 03:43 PM (LHPAg)

123 114 William Buckley did try to do this, I believe. It happened he didn't win.
But where was Lowry, Ponnuru, or Goldberg? I haven't seen them run for county dogcatcher.

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

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Scott Pressler did run for office. He's got some small elections position in a Pennsylvania county.

Because of his efforts, PA had to remove 30,000 Democrats from the rolls last week. They were all registered illegal immigrants found by cross-referencing jury data.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:43 PM (bzPaY)

124 101 What breed of dog is that in the pic over Tucker's left shoulder? It looks like a lap dog.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (2ap+5)

Looks like a Coq'r Spaniel to me. Cute dog, dumber than a bag of hair.

Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:43 PM (eh7Rr)

125 The party Graham Platner has been looking for, that oyster fokker.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 03:44 PM (xGnmX)

126 Cute dog, dumber than a bag of hair.

Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:43 PM (eh7Rr)

But enough about MTG

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:44 PM (ZWBDi)

127 >>It wouldn't actually surprise me if they've already made plans to run JD for POTUS '28.

Vance right now is Trump's likely pick to inherit the MAGA machine. I don't see him tossing that away to represent a bunch of grifters with absolutely zero shot of winning.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 03:44 PM (viF8m)

128 Mamdani wants to protect tax payer funded grocery store from non-NYC residents… they’ll need an ID card to enter.

This is clever, you get both sides arguing for ID.

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 03:44 PM (DZ6nv)

129 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

The Common Loon is the state bird of Minnesota.

It's also the state human of Minnesota.

Posted by: mikeski at August 03, 2026 03:45 PM (VHUov)

130 43 I don't much like these guys, but Trump walked into an open-ended war with Iran that gave them leverage, and now he's stuck like a tar baby.

Posted by: Harun
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Americans don't give a shit about us bombing a idiotic and evil mullahcracy. They care a bit about higher gas prices, but neither are at the top of the list of US problems which is why these people should be considered grifters rather than serious.

Remember how big Afghanistan was to Obama and how it hurt him, well, that didn't happen, what about Trump not being able to pull all US troops out of Afghanistan and Syria, welp, that did not hurt him, and the awful Afghanistan bugout did not appreciable hurt Joe Biden as much as massive inflation did.

Foreign policy is where the ideologues like the show their knowledge but for the most part, if American's aren't dying in large numbers, then they don't give a shit.

Foreign policy post Cold War simply is a sideshow to the average non ideological voter. It is confusing, far away, and world full of assholes that hate us and yet try to come here to live. So bombs away.

Trump detonated the stalemate for fifty years that was going to lead to Iran having nukes.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:45 PM (E4rtv)

131 t wouldn't actually surprise me if they've already made plans to run JD for POTUS '28.
Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (eh7Rr)

they made those plans in 2022

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 03:46 PM (g47mK)

132 >>What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?


Scorpion.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 03:46 PM (viF8m)

133 Dumber than a bag of hair, perfect for Tucker then.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 03:46 PM (xGnmX)

134 130 Trump detonated the stalemate for fifty years that was going to lead to Iran having nukes.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:45 PM (E4rtv)

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I think the best comparison is to the Libya bombing campaign.

Lasted for 8 months.

No one gave a shit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:46 PM (bzPaY)

135 William Buckley did try to do this, I believe. It happened he didn't win.
But where was Lowry, Ponnuru, or Goldberg? I haven't seen them run for county dogcatcher.
Posted by: 88C+u at August 03, 2026 03:42 PM (88C+u)
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Hard to run a legitimate campaign when 90% of your waking hours are spent huffing your own farts.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 03:46 PM (3BwY8)

136 Mamdani says you'll have to present, get this, ID when you shop at one of his illegal government-operated markets.
But I was told that black and brown people can't get ID...?

Yes, you were. That is the chef's kiss of "You know that what we say is full of sh*t, and we know that you know, and you know we know you know. Enjoy your humiliation; we sure are."

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 03, 2026 03:46 PM (9ZFZd)

137 124 101 What breed of dog is that in the pic over Tucker's left shoulder? It looks like a lap dog.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (2ap+5)

Looks like a Coq'r Spaniel to me. Cute dog, dumber than a bag of hair.
Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:43 PM (eh7Rr)

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The painting was obviously done by a family member, and that's great. But for some reason, I figured Tucker as a hunting dog guy.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (2ap+5)

138 now he's stuck like a tar baby

someone didn't read the source material

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (j+aD2)

139 "Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend"

I must once again remind my fellow Americans that middle names are for bigshots, not has-beens. It's just Marjorie Greene now. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (Sy6m/)

140 - no on-site deli allowed, but req. to provide full deli products
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That package of Oscar Meyer bologna is gonna get a workout.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (amcLV)

141 Y'all are just jealous that MTG got married and you no longer have a shot at those mansweat floptits......that is, unless you come along with more money and graft than the current guy.

She seems pretty whorey.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (2YhKe)

142 Scott Presler was also instrumental in stopping Bob Casey from stealing a Senate seat, which the worthless GOPe was totally going to let him do.

That effeminate fanook has more balls than most of the men in the GOP.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (2Drhq)

143 At The Mirror: "A screening of the latest Spider-Man film was thrown into chaos after one cinema-goer reportedly cleared the entire auditorium with their rancid farts"

Mitigating factor: it occurred in Colombia.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

144 israel kills people for thinking about crossing them which is why i shout that israel killed charlie kirk without fear

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (Hohgs)

145 Cute dog, dumber than a bag of hair.
Posted by: Peaches

As Al Bundy once said to his neighbor, "You're about as sharp as a bag of wet hair."

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (77rzZ)

146 Back in the 80s and 90s, I was a true believer in the Libertarian Party. Then they went off the rails.
People say don't waste your vote. I say, my one vote won't make a difference.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 03, 2026 03:48 PM (qJszG)

147 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Completely useless in the wild, and only really not extinct due to the support of Government?

The Giant Panda.

Posted by: mikeski at August 03, 2026 03:48 PM (VHUov)

148 115 We'll never know what would've happened with a full term of Trump's domestic agenda instead of it being totally derailed by foreign adventures in Ukraine and Iran. We got what, 8 months? It's over now. The sooner he's replaced the better.
Posted by: Nothing to see here

Not even a good attempt to troll. Trump got elected on closing the border, tempering inflation, and protecting US interest abroad. The fact you don't like what he did simply means you are one of the groyper assholes heading for the political darkness muttering about Das Jews. Or you are a moby, so no great loss to us when you inevitably flounce.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:48 PM (E4rtv)

149 >>Billygoatpuke

oooh. A Candace truther.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 03:48 PM (viF8m)

150 Third party mascot? Pushmepulyou of course.

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (LHPAg)

151 Dear lord...

Immigration just stopped because a carrier group moved to the Omani Gulf, huh?

Is that how government works?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (bzPaY)

152 At The Mirror: "A screening of the latest Spider-Man film was thrown into chaos after one cinema-goer reportedly cleared the entire auditorium with their rancid farts"

Mitigating factor: it occurred in Colombia.
Posted by: gp

Has there ever been a comic-book character (supervillian or superhero) whose main superpower was massive and extremely smelly farts?

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (77rzZ)

153 No worries, they are just working on a solution.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (g47mK)

154 Looks like we are over target, Hohgs is a squealing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (xGnmX)

155 I want to see the first shoplifter at the NYC commie grocery store arrested, tried by a people's tribunal, found guilty of being a class enemy, and then stood up against a wall and shot.

Do it all in a 12-hour period and then see what happens.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (b7msB)

156 @142

>>That effeminate fanook has more balls than most of the men in the GOP.

I think he's just from Wisconsin, I don't think he's gay.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (XV/Pl)

157 141 Y'all are just jealous that MTG got married and you no longer have a shot at those mansweat floptits......that is, unless you come along with more money and graft than the current guy.

She seems pretty whorey.
Posted by: Sponge
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Maybe Glenn, her new husband, is just fine with watching from a cuck chair in the corner.

I don't give this marriage long to survive either as she seems pretty engrossed in a torrid love affair with herself.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (E4rtv)

158 Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 03:47 PM (Hohgs)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

159 I'm wondering what the party platform will be?

1. No Zionists
2. No Zionism
3. Blame Trump
4. Blame Zionists
5. Muslims are Cool
6. So are Nazis
7. And Maoists
8. We can negotiate on Amnesty
9. Trans Men are Women!

Vote For The MassieTG-Cuq'r Party!
"No More Foreign Wars Over There, but More Foreigners Coming Here"

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (6ydKt)

160 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Chihuahua. The super small one.

Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (eh7Rr)

161 Oil and almost all oil and gas-related stocks are down 5%+ today.

That means a lot of investors think the new negotiations with Iran will end the war.

I don't think people are reading the fine print of what Trump said: immediate deal OR WW II scale bombing and "decapitation." He also said TODAY that Iran is "incredibly duplicitous." (duh)

I also don't think investors are paying any attention to what Iran is telling the world: "What negotiation? There ARE no negotiations."

I think we're about tom give war a chance, again.

So, I know which way I'm going with, and it ain't kumbya.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (RCjYY)

162 "We said no more foreign wars and we meant it ...
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Precisely the same thing that the Brits and most of Europe said after WWI.

So, the politicians and diplomats twiddled their thumbs, reduced their militaries and arms production, and turned a blind eye to Germany re-arming like mad. The result? Millions dead.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 03:51 PM (XeU6L)

163 161 I also don't think investors are paying any attention to what Iran is telling the world: "What negotiation? There ARE no negotiations."

I think we're about tom give war a chance, again.

So, I know which way I'm going with, and it ain't kumbya.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (RCjYY)

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I think it's more like...Iran can't affect the strait anymore. Trump bombing Iran is becoming as relevant to oil markets as if Trump started bombing Uganda.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:51 PM (bzPaY)

164 People say don't waste your vote. I say, my one vote won't make a difference.
Posted by: JM in Illinois

This of it this way, if you vote, it prevents someone else from voting for you.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 03:52 PM (vJrRc)

165 Has there ever been a comic-book character (supervillian or superhero) whose main superpower was massive and extremely smelly farts?
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 03:49 PM (77rzZ)
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The Spleen, in "Mystery Men."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 03:52 PM (amcLV)

166 Am Großen zwei !

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 03:52 PM (g47mK)

167 We said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise.
But he�s betrayed us all.
Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center.
The movement has begun. pic.twitter.com/mZXadw0kBr

— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) August 1, 2026


Eat your own dick, bag.

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

168 154 Looks like we are over target, Hohgs is a squealing.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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I find groypers some of the most ignorant and devoid of logic types around because they blame their shitty lives on Jews and women rather than the Democrats.

I know of one of my professor buddies whose kid went Muslim curious because of this stupid mansphere shit from the Tates and others nasty ass grifters on social media.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (E4rtv)

169 The reason there are "food deserts" (i.e. a coupla square blocks with no grocery stores) in NYC is that the pre-existing grocery stores in the ghetto all got shoplifted to death, to the point of no longer being profitable. Hence, store gets shut down as not being financially viable.

So - do you think that ghetto shoplifters will honor the wonderful socialist store and never shoplift there?

OF COURSE NOT!

In fact, they'll be attracted to shoplift there MORE, because the socialists promised "abolish prioson" and "abolish the police," and "reparations for minorites" and "no more disparate minority arrest rates" and "restorative justice" and all the rest. So, if you get "caught" shoplifting from a scoialist store, what're they gonna do? Handcuff a black person in front of everyone? Arrest him? Send him to jail? NEVER. The optics with be catastrophic.

Hence there will be zero punishment for shoplifting the socialist stores, even if you get "caught" red-handed, which you won't because they won't even try to prevent shoplifting, since doing so is racist.

Prediction: The new socialist stores will be shoplifted dow to the bone, with bare shelves, within a month.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Av6i5)

170 "Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that "the movement has come."

If she's referring to a giant bowl movement, then yes, it has certainly come...

Posted by: UncleJefe at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (gAuAm)

171 At The Mirror: "A screening of the latest Spider-Man film was thrown into chaos after one cinema-goer reportedly cleared the entire auditorium with their rancid farts"

Mitigating factor: it occurred in Colombia.
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Follow up question:
How were they able to tell the origin?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (3cUTc)

172 169
Prediction: The new socialist stores will be shoplifted dow to the bone, with bare shelves, within a month.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Av6i5)

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At least three murders, all of whom Mamdani will order NYPD to not investigate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (bzPaY)

173 Eat your own dick, bag.
Posted by: Sponge
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With insider trading and help from my foreign friends, I became a multi millionaire. Become a groyper and you too can be like us.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (E4rtv)

174 It wouldn't actually surprise me if they've already made plans to run JD for POTUS '28.
Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (eh7Rr)

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JD Vance will have to now publicly and loudly disown Tucker and his "party" or he will be sidelined himself.

Posted by: Decaf at August 03, 2026 03:54 PM (ZNpJk)

175 If she's referring to a giant bowl movement, then yes, it has certainly come...
Posted by: UncleJefe

She could be of great motility to her new party.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)

176 I'm happy those retards found someone.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (JvZF+)

177 Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah!

I'm right here, you know.
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 03, 2026 03:41 PM (bFu5X)

Yeah. I used to wonder why Bernie kept running until I found out about Old Towne Media LLC and Bernie having his wife being one of the media buyers.
People can't understand why Bernie didn't make a fuss about the DNC "robbing" him of the nomination and giving it to Hillary.
Bernie never, ever wanted to be president. The genius had figured out how to get hundreds of thousands of socialist morons to give money from their minimum wage jobs to make himself millions of dollars -- so he could Fight The Rich for them. Lol! You gotta hand it to the guy. The last thing he wanted was to actually have to work for his money.

Posted by: 29Victor at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (0MjtC)

178 Dear God. That picture looks like The Pot Bellies United for Carbohydrates Club. Either that or a reunion of the cast of Friday the 13th.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (cn09p)

179 170 "Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that "the movement has come."

If she's referring to a giant bowl movement, then yes, it has certainly come...
Posted by: UncleJefe

Ah yes, the trio of losers that closely resemble the attitudes of Hasan Piker.

Like James Garner said to Bruce Dern's character in Support Your Local Gunfighter--they just make me feel tired all over.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (E4rtv)

180 The idea that the thing America really needs after Trump bashed both parties' brains in is a "third" party is quite funny.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (ZWBDi)

181 How about: Lex Luthor sneaks kryptonite kimchi into Lois Lane's diet in a desperate attempt to assassinate Superman with her flatulence?

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (Jr5Lq)

182 TJM

Well, we'll find out very quickly if you're right, when the bombing starts again.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (RCjYY)

183 Heh. Why would any grocer agree to that? NYC will just steal it from you anyway once you developed it. Unless of course, it's all a big scam for connected people who get millions from the city.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (n5tGW)

184 How were they able to tell the origin?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (3cUTc)

He who smelt it, dealt it.

Posted by: Every 7th grader in the country at August 03, 2026 03:56 PM (n9eFH)

185 Prediction: The new socialist stores will be shoplifted dow to the bone, with bare shelves, within a month.
Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Av6i5)

You're assuming we don't "allow" (with a wink) folks to shoplift from the privately owned stores to further increase our hold on things.

Posted by: Madmami and the NYC commies at August 03, 2026 03:56 PM (9ZFZd)

186
The Third Reich Party

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:56 PM (ZWBDi)

187 Follow up question:
How were they able to tell the origin?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (3cUTc)
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The one who didn't flee?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 03:56 PM (amcLV)

188 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Chihuahua. The super small one.
Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026

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The dachshund. Powerful they may be at what they were bred for -- digging out badgers and rats -- but let's face it, those little short legs look sily.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 03:57 PM (wzUl9)

189 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Chihuahua. The super small one.

The tardigrade. Or retardigrade. Either one will do.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)

190 Prediction: The new socialist stores will be shoplifted dow to the bone, with bare shelves, within a month.
Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Av6i5)


I'm willing to be the security at the government run stores will be thick and prevent anyone from even thinking about robbing the place.

That will be perfectly fine at the corporate run greed stores. They will be provide zero protection whatsoever and the NYPD will be ordered to not respond to calls or investigate anything there.

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

191 Prediction: The new socialist stores will be shoplifted dow to the bone, with bare shelves, within a month.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Av6i5)

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"If the shelves are already empty in the new socialist stores, and only shoplifters are around to see it, does it them clowns?"

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (ufdUA)

192 No more wars. OK. I'm not happy about this either - nobody really should. BUT....
I can see the steps Trump is taking now has a high probability of huge dividends later on:
--Strait of Hormuz will never be a choke point again
--Further implementation of the Abraham Accords - which Trump/his son-in-law started.
--We are seeing Gaza and Lebanon demilitarized. Slowly, but it is happening.
--We have seen that the Chinese military equipment is on par with everything else they make. It's garbage.
--War has now taken on a new dimension -- drones.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (N39Ws)

193 182 TJM

Well, we'll find out very quickly if you're right, when the bombing starts again.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 03:55 PM (RCjYY)

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Quick war premium that's gone within a few days.

Seriously, if Iran were really threatening the oil market at all, oil wouldn't be consistently below $100, definitely wouldn't be below $80 half the time.

Bypasses have been in play since about day 3 of the original bombing run to move more than half of all oil that was going out through the straight (most through a Saudi pipeline that went from 500,000 barrels a day to 7 million a day, it's cap, overnight). Smaller tankers keep running the Omani side of the strait. Ship to ship transfers are handling the larger tanker loads, filling up in the Persian and unloading to other tankers in the Omani. All while more infrastructure keeps getting added, mile by mile, in the UAE.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (bzPaY)

194 That room where they're meeting looks like they borrowed the set from Psycho.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (RCjYY)

195 That look on their faces. It’s like a kid who got caught masturbating.

Oh- did we say we were Democrats er, “Republicans”, um, Independents, yeah that’s it.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (cn09p)

196 Can't wait for the slap-fights between this lot and Bill Crystal's posse.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (SgdqL)

197 Trader Joe's: approx. 40% off many items compared to standard retail -- no ID required to enter.

Aldi: approx. 40% off many items compared to standard retail -- no ID required to enter.

Lidl: approx. 40% off many items compared to standard retail -- no ID required to enter.

Grocery Outlet: approx. 60% off many items compared to standard retail -- no ID required to enter.

Dollar stores: approx. 60% off many items compared to standard retail -- no ID required to enter.

Mamdani Commie Mart: 30% off compared to standard retail -- ACHTUNG! SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS! SUBMIT TO RETINAL SCAN!

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (Av6i5)

198 The shoplifters are going to be very disappointed in the quality of the merchandise.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (UjdFS)

199 Do these narcissists have any kind of platform? Just having a coffee klatch is not the same as having a working strategy for moving country forward.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (ixEhJ)

200 My prediction: shoplifters at the city stores will be promptly executed in the parking lot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (JvZF+)

201 Top of the page:...
I wonder if there's any chance J.D. Vance will stop courting Tuq'r Qarlson and his audience now that he's announced he's running against him.
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MANFRED can only PRESUME you people have NOT been paying attention -- this is cTHIEL, ctKARP, ctLUCKEY and cthANDURIL working behind the scenes to manufacture a future worse than ctHILLARY -- where switft death comes upon winged horror.
https://tinyurl.com/ForWARd-OneNation

And why? becaues Greater Evil Destroys its maker -- and that with a profit! Drone patrol's in schools and cities

DEEP STATE/Agency chiefs keep changing the tune an the hoard keeps dancing to it -- making Prez/Rubio the only seemingly/safe/sane pragmantic alternative which keeps the very people who should be indicted and canoe'd in power -- pitting Man against other men until we exist no more: yeah the epstein class doesn't begin to even describe it.

If they're so smart? how come they always get taken by surprise? (or so the media says). And you believe it?
It's what they do; what they're good at.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-irlTheBRENNANcameo

TRUMP's Dueling Banjo's is an obvious "tell".
The question is, can you keep up?

LET's GO BRANDON!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (4hyME)

202 I find groypers some of the most ignorant and devoid of logic types around because they blame their shitty lives on Jews and women rather than the Democrats.

I know of one of my professor buddies whose kid went Muslim curious because of this stupid mansphere shit from the Tates and others nasty ass grifters on social media.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (E4rtv)

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They look through the history of the left, socialism, and communism and only see the Jewish names.

Nevermind that there are just as many Anglo, French, German, Irish, Cuban, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and all sorts of Arab and African names on the record.

No, despite all evidence to the contrary it's all those pesky, Communist, European Jews who caused all of this, and still are to this day.

It's a Mind-Virus that will never be penetrated by reality or rational thought, just like Woke and Communism.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:58 PM (6ydKt)

203 He who smelt it, dealt it.
Posted by: Every 7th grader in the country at August 03, 2026 03:56 PM (n9eFH)

He who denied it supplied it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 03, 2026 03:59 PM (PSEDc)

204 Don't be dumb, be a smarty!

Come and join the Nutzi party!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 03:59 PM (2YhKe)

205 When the stoopid party fails to gain traction, even on the dumpster fire called X, they will blame it on A__C !

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 03:59 PM (g47mK)

206 I think it's more like...Iran can't affect the strait anymore. Trump bombing Iran is becoming as relevant to oil markets as if Trump started bombing Uganda.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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You would be right and oil exports last month hit an all time high from the US. This time, oil is actually reducing our trade deficit along with pushing mfg industry to onshore here rather than Europe, India, or China.

And Venezuela's production is moving right upwards too faster than predicted.

I have come to the conclusion that the financial media 'experts' are just as full of horseshit analysis as you find in sports, regular news, weather, and any other place that you have 'journalists' in their title.

Gell Mann amnesia hypothesis indeed.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:59 PM (E4rtv)

207 "What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?"

TuCa's new manufactured identity is rugged outdoorsman/dog lover, so it might be a canine.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 03:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

208 @204 ...@97

You are always late to the party, Sponge....

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (g47mK)

209 Need ID to grocery shop, no ID to vote in Marxist ciyy

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

210 >>Well, we'll find out very quickly if you're right, when the bombing starts again.

The big issue is not so much investors and oil speculators as it is the maritime insurance groups that control the shipping. It will be interesting to see if their financial entanglements get exposed.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (viF8m)

211 It's a Mind-Virus that will never be penetrated by reality or rational thought, just like Woke and Communism.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Well said. And that is the way of the Muslim and the Turd World Commies--it is always someone else's fault.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (E4rtv)

212 I still think Tucker Carlson had a psychotic break and lost his mind. He was not loony for quite some time; in fact, he was a voice of reason on covid 2020-21….. but he’s lost it. Sad

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (yz/88)

213 Where is Meghan Kelly? On her knees somewhere?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (cn09p)

214 206 You would be right and oil exports last month hit an all time high from the US. This time, oil is actually reducing our trade deficit along with pushing mfg industry to onshore here rather than Europe, India, or China.

And Venezuela's production is moving right upwards too faster than predicted.

I have come to the conclusion that the financial media 'experts' are just as full of horseshit analysis as you find in sports, regular news, weather, and any other place that you have 'journalists' in their title.

Gell Mann amnesia hypothesis indeed.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:59 PM (E4rtv)

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Almost like a $50 billion market prefers moving product to waiting around for a situation to sort itself out.

Weird.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (bzPaY)

215
No more foreign wars? Good thing all foreigners have sworn off anti-US actions forever.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:01 PM (mmrXZ)

216 TuCa's new manufactured identity is rugged outdoorsman/dog lover, so it might be a canine.
Posted by: gp

What, even after his pet demon-dogs jumped on the bed when he was sleeping and scratched him all up?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 04:01 PM (vJrRc)

217 You are always late to the party, Sponge....
Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (g47mK)


I mean, you don't have to rub it in......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 04:01 PM (2YhKe)

218 That meeting was awesome. We had just broken out our new uniforms for a first look (courtesy of Hugo Boss). We had just started affixing out lightning emblem insignia and Totenkopf emblems when the door slammed open, and rolled in on a box dolly was this figure duct taped to the back support.

I kid you not...the figure jumped off the dolly, affixed his glasses with a sweeping gesture and proceed to do a rousing Irish Stepdance and Céilí formation.

IT WAS MITCH MCCONNELL. There's no holding us back now!!!

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 04:01 PM (dIske)

219 210 >>Well, we'll find out very quickly if you're right, when the bombing starts again.

The big issue is not so much investors and oil speculators as it is the maritime insurance groups that control the shipping. It will be interesting to see if their financial entanglements get exposed.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:00 PM (viF8m)

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There are transfer ship captains making a million dollars a day running oil across the Omani side of the strait.

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

220 More about their photo:
- all but one have coffee cups; no steam from coffee
- all have water glasses, some have water, some don't
- two sad plates of cookies; not big enough for all to have more that one each. No saucers for any to eat their cookie.
- no one has napkins but one.
- all the lights are on around them--but not the one above them.
- no notepads or any electronic devices.
- a sugar bowl on the table--but again, no stir spoon or saucers for the stir spoon
- no place mats or coasters for the water or coffee cups
- bunk beds in the room on the right
- you can see the TV is on in the reflection in the cabinet behind them

Basically, they sat down to pose for the photo and then went back to jerking each other off.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:02 PM (3cUTc)

221 Prediction: The new socialist stores will be shoplifted dow to the bone, with bare shelves, within a month.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Av6i5)
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Have some empathy! Some people need to eat for free.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:02 PM (EyiRc)

222 That room where they're meeting looks like they borrowed the set from Psycho.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026

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Except for the antlers, it looks a lot like the small independent hotel where I stayed in Fort Scott, KS, this spring. It's the human contingent that makes it weird.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:02 PM (wzUl9)

223 Tucker/MTG Cruise being booked now. Free upgrade to balcony if you call now.

Posted by: Your Ship's Purser at August 03, 2026 04:02 PM (JM9I6)

224 Remember Minority Report with Tom Cruise and the robot-spiders that crawl around scanning everyone's eyes?

THAT WAS A WARNING, NOT AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 04:02 PM (Av6i5)

225 All while more infrastructure keeps getting added, mile by mile, in the UAE.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

And higher prices lead to demand destruction where consumers either decrease the amount consumed or they find substitutes.

Supply and demand laws have never been beaten by 'analysts' yet.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (E4rtv)

226
I still think Tucker Carlson had a psychotic break and lost his mind.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

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Having a best friend who suffered a psychotic break, I strongly suspect he has, too. I'd be curious to talk to close acquaintances to find out whether he falls into the classic categories -- persecution, grandiosity, etc., and what his private behavior is like.

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

227 no more foreign wars "

So no problem with a domestic war?
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (KC5Lt)

I think that's a significant observation. They probably won't say they want that, but then why are they always talking about "no more foreign wars?" What would be a non-foreign war?

What they mean is that they're just anti-war. Which means that they're unserious, about much of anything, but specifically about their claim of US citizenship, since the primary point of any nation is mutual defense against everyone else.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (vSvIl)

228 The Yahtzee Party

Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (YwEeS)

229 Take a chance on the Yahtzee Party.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (2ap+5)

230 198 The shoplifters are going to be very disappointed in the quality of the merchandise.

Can I buy Kat Kot bars, Prongles and Dorneatos with my EBT?

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (2Drhq)

231 There are transfer ship captains making a million dollars a day running oil across the Omani side of the strait.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:01 PM (bzPaY)

Where do I apply? I’ll work for a week and retire in luxury. I have no ship captaining experience but I did sleep at a holiday inn once

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (yz/88)

232 Are we supposed to cut off our friends and family who are incurable infected with TDS?

Posted by: Goatweed at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (jK3NL)

233 225 All while more infrastructure keeps getting added, mile by mile, in the UAE.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

And higher prices lead to demand destruction where consumers either decrease the amount consumed or they find substitutes.

Supply and demand laws have never been beaten by 'analysts' yet.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:03 PM (E4rtv)

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China was already facing issues with increased tariffs on its plastics manufacturing.

Imagine what it faced when it couldn't buy $30 per barrel oil from Iran anymore.

And natural demand highs from summer are already cooling. It's just a question of refineries catching up and then processing the glut of oil that's waiting them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (bzPaY)

234 "That room where they're meeting looks like they borrowed the set from Psycho."

It's his 'rural Maine cabin' set that he does his podcasts from, isn't it?

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

235 My hometown had an "activist" setup a grocery store. He received numerous grants and tax breaks and golly knows what all. It took about five years to get constructed, and failed within six (6). It was hailed for all the great things, and the usual suspects blaming Whitey for the "food desert" in that area of town.

They claimed it was the first grocery store in the area, with a Hy-Vee right there that had opened a few years earlier. Interestingly soon after the politically correct grocery store opened, the Hy-Vee closed, citing "performance issues". Uh-huh.

Everything these motherfuckers claim about food deserts is bullshit. So very tedious and fatiguing

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

236 So just so we are clear here the Tucker crew doesn't want the US cooperating with Israel.

Does that including ending all aid to Ukraine and leaving NATO as well? Because I want to hear each one of them say that

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)

237 >> The movement has begun.

Well, you better start towards the bathroom. It’s all that Metamucil.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (Q6Bu6)

238
Basically, they sat down to pose for the photo and then went back to jerking each other off.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

And that is the cringe setup photoop shit that too many people think 'works' on social media. The Munsters had a more authentic dinner atmosphere.

Whatever you say about Trump, inauthentic is not one of them. GOP, yes, Democrats, hell yes, DSA, ditto. But not Trump.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:05 PM (E4rtv)

239 Six months, that is.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:05 PM (DGpsA)

240 You know, I could work with that room.

Posted by: Stephen King, looking for new story ideas at August 03, 2026 04:05 PM (n9eFH)

241
ID for grocery, but free pass on hookers and crack on any street corner? Weird.
Posted by: H

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They also didn't say how they were going to stop the, eh, capitalists who buy up everything in sight and then resell it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (mmrXZ)

242 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (Q6Bu6)

243 The shoplifters are going to be very disappointed in the quality of the merchandise.

Can I buy Kat Kot bars, Prongles and Dorneatos with my EBT?
Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026

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So will the "shoppers."

"A Dongle Bar with chocolate and nuts, please!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (wzUl9)

244 I can't even imagine the hell hole those grocery stores will become. So awesome you need an ID though, lol.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (n5tGW)

245 I still think Tucker Carlson had a psychotic break and lost his mind.
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Far more likely he has a new paymaster

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (DGpsA)

246 >>There are transfer ship captains making a million dollars a day running oil across the Omani side of the strait.

I'm thinking more about the cabal of insurance and banking centered out of London that have been dicking around in the Middle East for years.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (viF8m)

247 242 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (Q6Bu6)

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Oh, a serious blow to 20% of their energy must mean no negative effects at all, then.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (bzPaY)

248 The Yahtzee Party

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🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (g47mK)

249 >>Basically, they sat down to pose for the photo and then went back to jerking each other off.


Imagine that group naked. In an orgy.

Hope you had lunch already.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (Q6Bu6)

250 The bookcase booby trap is cool.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (2ap+5)

251 Remember Killer Joe Scarborough's Coffee Party?

Neither does anyone else. And so it shall be for this group of tards.

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (2Drhq)

252 Mamdani's Grocery Stores Expose the Democrats' Biggest Voter ID Lie

Matt Margolis  | 12:13 PM on August 03, 2026

And just saw this

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (Ia/+0)

253 The Munsters had a more authentic dinner atmosphere.
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The Munsters were actually likeable.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (amcLV)

254 And natural demand highs from summer are already cooling. It's just a question of refineries catching up and then processing the glut of oil that's waiting them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Yep. And Russia is having to import gasoline now because of Ukrainian attacks on refineries. That means Iran doesn't get any.

I am always bemused by people that think that this ONE variable is the answer to the entire universe whether it is 42 or something else. In reality, it is a long chain of variables, most of which are not shocking in the least and thus ignored, that usually dictate outcomes.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (E4rtv)

255 Buffalo Trace.

Make mine a double.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 04:07 PM (nKgb7)

256 The Munsters were actually likeable.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

True--they were fake but true I guess while the groypers are fake and fake.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:08 PM (E4rtv)

257 >>>Where is Meghan Kelly? On her knees somewhere?

Posted by: Vengeance

>She's getting some work done by the local cosmetic surgeon. Weight loss, pinch up her nose, she's looking more and more like the host from Tales from the Crypt.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 04:08 PM (ixEhJ)

258 242 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (Q6Bu6)
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Probably, the oil portion is a lot lower. They were dependant on Venezuela for the Heavy Crude, and Iran for the refining.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 04:08 PM (dIske)

259 Their motto is going to be "Let's Play Twister!"

I guess Candace didn't make the cut. She might want to start speculating as to the reason, and watch out for the Twister Party assassins; they're probably out to get her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:08 PM (EyiRc)

260 246 >>There are transfer ship captains making a million dollars a day running oil across the Omani side of the strait.

I'm thinking more about the cabal of insurance and banking centered out of London that have been dicking around in the Middle East for years.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (viF8m)

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This is overblown.

Lloyd's has been offering raised rates for ships through the strait for a long time. The US Treasury has been offering insurance as well.

The problem is Indian and Chinese captains who were too afraid of crossing the IRGC, but that's largely done now.

Ships just run on the Omani side with AIS off at night. Iran's ability to actually strike is ridiculously small.

Although, Iran did hit a ship recently. They hit a Chinese state owned LNG ship a few days ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:08 PM (bzPaY)

261 Tucker/MTG Cruise being booked now. Free upgrade to balcony if you call now.

Posted by: Your Ship's Purser at August 03, 2026 04:02 PM (JM9I6)

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

Kap'n Kristol (or is it like Cap'n Crystal from Breaking Bad?) will be stationed primarily down in the cargo hold-on-tight and directing the action with his many Cabin Boys.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (ufdUA)

262 242 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (Q6Bu6)

And the remaining 18% comes from slave labor.

Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (eh7Rr)

263 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.


When I was in Europe I remember they had a show on the train touting China's green energy program and how unlike the US they were transitioning to 100% renewable.

It was all terrible bullshit

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (sKqQm)

264 232 Are we supposed to cut off our friends and family who are incurable infected with TDS?
Posted by: Goatweed at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (jK3NL)

No. Torment them.
"Trump did this... blah blah blah"
"Yeah. Does it piss you off? Good. We need more of that".

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (cRySD)

265 Only relative to that 20% and the amount they can’t replace with other sources. They already know their energy weakness is oil and gas. It’s where they are most vulnerable.

So yes. It hurts. But not as much as people think.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (Q6Bu6)

266 Geography geekout: "Nauru" has changed its name to "Naoero."

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (77rzZ)

267 I guess the "We Hates Joos" party would be a little too...on the nose?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (n/5MQ)

268 Not even a Ship of Fools, a Rowboat of Fools.

Hey, dumbass MTG, Trump didn't "start a foreign war" and didn't betray anybody, and if you can't tell the distinction between what he's doing and starting an actual war, you're a dumbass isolationist and don't have the wits or moral responsibility to run as dog catcher.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (F8UH0)

269 Tucker/MTG Cruise being booked now. Free upgrade to balcony if you call now.

Is there an option to reserve your own cabin boy?

Posted by: Bill Kristol at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (sKqQm)

270 The Munsters had a more authentic dinner atmosphere.
-------------
The Munsters were actually likeable.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026

***
Yes, they *tried* to fit into our outside society. The Addams family didn't care about that. (And yes, Morticia was much hotter than Lily. So there.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (wzUl9)

271 124 101 What breed of dog is that in the pic over Tucker's left shoulder? It looks like a lap dog.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 03:40 PM (2ap+5)

Looks like a Coq'r Spaniel to me. Cute dog, dumber than a bag of hair.
Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2026 03:43 PM (eh7Rr)

Spitting image of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. I looked it up, and one of the four approved coat patterns is 'ruby' (uniform chestnut). I don't know if you could get a fancier sounding dog than a type of gem, type of knight, specific royal, and European nationality.

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (Sy6m/)

272 265 Only relative to that 20% and the amount they can’t replace with other sources. They already know their energy weakness is oil and gas. It’s where they are most vulnerable.

So yes. It hurts. But not as much as people think.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (Q6Bu6)

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I never said that it would destroy their economy or anything.

Just that it would lead to demand destruction because of lessened manufacturing for plastics (which come from oil).

Was that wrong?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (bzPaY)

273 Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that "the movement has come."

It's time to release the Kraken!

Posted by: Bowel at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (oji8u)

274 242 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.

Posted by: Vengeance
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Coal prices are up too along with nat gas. Substitution effect that a price increase in one power source leads to others being substituted--so demand rises along with the price of the substitute until you reach equilibrium.

Much harder to do with oil as a feedstock for mfg though instead of power.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (E4rtv)

275 I can't even imagine the hell hole those grocery stores will become. So awesome you need an ID though, lol.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
.......

I bet they rub off all the 'Sell By' and expiration dates.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (UjdFS)

276 So, let me guess you can get a Kamala special from MTG for an additional $20 on the cruise?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (sKqQm)

277 And natural demand highs from summer are already cooling. It's just a question of refineries catching up and then processing the glut of oil that's waiting them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:04 PM (bzPaY)

I've been checking out China Observer on YouTube lately.
Besides the endless flooding that they reported on for a few weeks, they've also honed in one 12 million graduates from Chinese universities this summer and very few will get jobs.
They're turning to online hosts/influencers & nightclub hosting/dancing for women and app delivery for men.

Now it's the real estate & construction that's falling apart because the market has fallen so far the past few years.

China ain't doing too good if the videos are anything to go by.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)

278 She's getting some work done by the local cosmetic surgeon. Weight loss, pinch up her nose, she's looking more and more like the host from Tales from the Crypt.

==

*Halloween time
(Knock knock)
💀💀

What an interesting costume Little Girl! And who might you be??

I am Megyn Kelly !

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (g47mK)

279 I bet they rub off all the 'Sell By' and expiration dates.

Remember chunky milk is safe as long as it has been pasturized

Posted by: Experts say at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm)

280 62% of China’s energy is produced by coal. Only around 20% is oil and gas.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (Q6Bu6)
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Are you referring to electricity production or something else?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (EyiRc)

281 273 Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that "the movement has come."

It's time to release the Kraken!
Posted by: Bowel at August 03, 2026 04:10 PM (oji8u)

We're here for you!

Posted by: HelloFresh at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (n9eFH)

282 Yes, what they tell you on China is they only have 20% of their energy dependent on fossil fuels. The rest is renewables and other sources.

The curious might ask- gee what is there major source of energy? But that’s inconveniently- coal. They are still building more coal plants because it’s abundant and cheap.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (Q6Bu6)

283 I mean, you don't have to rub it in...
Posted by: Sponge

This is about me, isn't it?
-- Jeffrey Toobin

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (77rzZ)

284 205 When the stoopid party fails to gain traction, even on the dumpster fire called X, they will blame it on A__C !
Posted by: runner

With the DareToBeStoopid poster boy reprising the Harry Lime fingers through the grate scene as his empire collapses as all the filth and corruption foam up around his waist while Trump looks down an whispers: "No" -- with Bezo's his new BFF standing beside him chuckling away...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-getThisPartySTARTED
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-atLongLongLAST
Time to get WEIRD: Dare to be St00p1d


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4TC1xMyZDI
IT TAKES A VILLAIN: TO TELL US THE TRUTH
We create our own purpose, now go find yours


https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-MorallySuperiorSharks
... Even more obscene is the celebration by the Democrats of the scandal during a presidential campaign.They would gladly sacrifice the country if only they could rule over its ruins. ...

LET's GO BRANDON!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (4hyME)

285 So, let me guess you can get a Kamala special from MTG for an additional $20 on the cruise?

Would that be a Crappy Ending?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (n/5MQ)

286
That Modmadmi has dead eyes.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq

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

Seriously, he does look tired in that clip, and plates are spinning in the background. I think the broken porcelain all over the floor is getting to him.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (mmrXZ)

287 277 China ain't doing too good if the videos are anything to go by.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)

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Xi should blow the Three Gorges Dam himself to clear him up of his issues.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (bzPaY)

288 Try to explain hypocrisy of ID's for groceries but not voting would be lost on the left. "That's different,racists"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (BFvh9)

289 Third party is pointless in a first past the post electoral system. I think they all know that.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (wGerL)

290 Although, Iran did hit a ship recently. They hit a Chinese state owned LNG ship a few days ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The LNG ships are the most at risk. It takes a lot to stop oil tankers even back in the Exocet days of the Iran-Iraq war. Oil is just not as flammable or explosive as LNG.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (E4rtv)

291 (And yes, Morticia was much hotter than Lily. So there.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:09 PM (wzUl9)
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No disagreement. Yvonne de Carlo was a smoke show when she was younger, though.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (amcLV)

292 Total energy production in China.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (Q6Bu6)

293 245 I still think Tucker Carlson had a psychotic break and lost his mind.
====

Far more likely he has a new paymaster
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 04:06 PM (DGpsA)
____________________________

I have another theory. What's the current state of his marriage? His wife was said to be hard core Trump, to the extent of getting kicked out of one of those neighborhood cocktail parties for saying so outloud.

So, if he's experiencing a rocky marriage, this could all be the pre-divorce stick poking. Never underestimate the influence of spousal retribution.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (dIske)

294 >>>Take a chance on the Yahtzee Party.

Posted by: Oglebay

>My mother loves yahtzee. I let her cheat when she the throws the dice off of the table, but I still kick her ass.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (ixEhJ)

295 Their motto is going to be "Let's Play Twister!"

I guess Candace didn't make the cut. She might want to start speculating as to the reason, and watch out for the Twister Party assassins; they're probably out to get her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:08 PM (EyiRc)

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"Twister" has been a Zionist Mossad PayOp to induce Climate Change since they assassinated the real JFK in 1966! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (ufdUA)

296 Woman who helped migrants flood Europe was murdered and stuffed in a suitcase by an Afghan…

Revolver News, 38yo Scottish social worker helping the invasion murdered by a 26yo Afghan in Greece

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Ia/+0)

297
- no on-site deli allowed, but req. to provide full deli products

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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

Thanks for that post! I don't know where to begin on the insanity, but this one.. wtf?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)

298 I mean, you don't have to rub it in...
Posted by: Sponge

This is about me, isn't it?
-- Jeffrey Toobin
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (77rzZ)/i]


Rubbing it in is quite a bit different than rubbing one out, I think.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (2YhKe)

299 T'qur has a sign in front of his house that says "Hate Has A Home Here!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (sKFJy)

300 "China Observer" added to my list, thanks!

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

301 >>This is overblown.

Uh huh.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (viF8m)

302 If you had a psychotic break it doesn't follow thar your priorities would stay the same - ie politics but you move to the fake right which is really the Left like so many grifters before you.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (ZWBDi)

303 Former Republican Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that "the movement has come."

It's time to release the Kraken!
Posted by: Bowel at August 03, 2026
*
We're here for you!
Posted by: HelloFresh at August 03, 2026

***
I'm out.
( -- The blonde Lume lady)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (wzUl9)

304 289 Third party is pointless in a first past the post electoral system. I think they all know that.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson
======
They plan to grift from idiots that fund them--primarily farming their own groyper supporters for bucks and from foreign powers like Qatar aligned with hating on Israel, supporting Muslims, etc.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:14 PM (E4rtv)

305 "MTG, Massie get onboard with Tucker Carlson plan to launch third party"

De. Lu. Sion. Al.

The TDS worm and the Grift are a deadly combo. The number of joiners will fit in a phone booth.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 04:14 PM (oji8u)

306 I can't imagine the amount of money Tucker wasted building that Temu Cracker Barrel he calls a home.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:14 PM (zGzrB)

307 Curly haired brunette with cleavage is cute. I can fix her.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 03, 2026 04:14 PM (Dv3i1)

308 Will they still allow straights in the new Yahtzee Party?

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 04:14 PM (2ap+5)

309 Like if Tucker had a psychotic break he would leave podcasting, become a fisherman full time. That kind of thing.

He wouldn't just become a different podcaster.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 04:15 PM (ZWBDi)

310
Xi should blow the Three Gorges Dam himself to clear him up of his issues.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (bzPaY)

That would certainly get the people talking about something other than the economy.

They'd probably lose close to seventy million people but it's China so they're used to these kids of unfortunate setbacks.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 04:15 PM (6ydKt)

311
301 >>This is overblown.

Uh huh.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:13 PM (viF8m)

======

Lloyd's even announced it themselves.

https://tinyurl.com/5cbuje5y

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:15 PM (bzPaY)

312 >>Woman who helped migrants flood Europe was murdered and stuffed in a suitcase by an Afghan…


I will take 'These Things are Inevitable' for $800, Alex...

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 04:15 PM (zGzrB)

313 No disagreement. Yvonne de Carlo was a smoke show when she was younger, though.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Lilly was much hotter than Morticia.

Morticia had the bug eyes. Bulg no likey.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (77rzZ)

314 So, let me guess you can get a Kamala special from MTG for an additional $20 on the cruise?
Posted by: 18-1
......

What a ripoff.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (UjdFS)

315 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (NcvvS)

316 278 She's getting some work done by the local cosmetic surgeon. Weight loss, pinch up her nose, she's looking more and more like the host from Tales from the Crypt.

==

*Halloween time
(Knock knock)
💀💀

What an interesting costume Little Girl! And who might you be??

I am Megyn Kelly !
Posted by: runner

Like almost all primetime personalities, I see them as actors playing parts for whoever pays them. But they really don't like their 'peeps' and in private disparage and piss on them as stupid and easily misled.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:16 PM (E4rtv)

317 >>Lloyd's even announced it themselves.

I'm not talking about what Lloyd's or anyone else puts in their press releases.

You think it was a big coincidence that the UK actively participated in the Russia collusion hoax at the highest levels to take down Trump?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (viF8m)

318 China’s economy is taking a dick shot right now. But oil is only part of that. Exports are crashing and the entire paradigm is falling apart. Their property sector is disintegrating, their debt levels are unmanageable and their age demographics and youth unemployment are destroying the economy. Other than that, things are great.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (Q6Bu6)

319 Total energy production in China.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 04:12 PM (Q6Bu6)
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Not sure what that means, if not electricity production. Do you have a link. since I'm interested in Chinese energy sources. Grok says coal supplies 55% of electricity fuel, oil/NG supplies 3%, nuclear 4% and the rest comes from all other sources (hydro, wind etc).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (sKFJy)

320 I also like that they are such brave, free-thinkers, not afraid of anyone that they don't have any beer, wine or liquor on the table.

Lest they offend anyone.

Say, a major funder that strictly bans alcohol.

But that's just a coincidence, I'm sure ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (3cUTc)

321 Begun, the Lily/Morticia Wars have.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (amcLV)

322 I always say to myself when see a No H8 Here that there is H8 there

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (Ia/+0)

323 266 Geography geekout: "Nauru" has changed its name to "Naoero."

All the better to challenge Niue for "Most Frequently Mispronounced Nation."

Posted by: Delurker at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (2Drhq)

324 317 >>Lloyd's even announced it themselves.

I'm not talking about what Lloyd's or anyone else puts in their press releases.

You think it was a big coincidence that the UK actively participated in the Russia collusion hoax at the highest levels to take down Trump?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (viF8m)

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You're saying that Lloyd's isn't doing insurance through the strait?

Interesting...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:18 PM (bzPaY)

325 Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 04:14 PM (E4rtv)

How is that different from what they can do by calling theselves America First Republicans?

I don't think the Republican Party has ex-communicated anyone including the Lincoln Project.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 03, 2026 04:18 PM (wGerL)

326 Prediction: the socialist stores will be stocked with goods shoplifted from regular stores.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 04:20 PM (bX16E)

327 >>You're saying that Lloyd's isn't doing insurance through the strait?

>>Interesting...

I'm saying there are bigger powers at play than Lloyd's.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 04:20 PM (viF8m)

328 No more foreign wars
Let Iran run the Dog Leg of Harmuz, nuke Israel and probably expode one on us

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:20 PM (Ia/+0)

329 "MTG, Massie get onboard with Tucker Carlson plan to launch third party, 'movement has come'"


So what are we talking here, less than 1/10th of 1% of republican voters? I got a gut feeling they are going to be the same people who vote libertarian or what ever third party is on the ballot for their state. This is nothing but statistical noise as far as actual voting numbers go.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 04:21 PM (cpFbA)

330 The socialist stores will stocked with goods stolen from hijacked food carriers.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (abScH)

331
do you think that ghetto shoplifters will honor the wonderful socialist store and never shoplift there?

OF COURSE NOT!

Posted by: zombie

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

Interesting the rfp posted by People's Hippo Voice shows that the operator is responsible for security. Gonna be wild.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (mmrXZ)

332 "JEEZ Who left the bathroom door open?" - Tucker

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 04:22 PM (UjdFS)

333 Prediction: the socialist stores will be stocked with goods shoplifted from regular stores.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 04:20 PM (bX16E)

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"We prefer the phrase 'Seized by our Stormtrooping Shock-Troops,' comrades!"

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 04:23 PM (ufdUA)

334 286
That Modmadmi has dead eyes.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq
Seriously, he does look tired in that clip, and plates are spinning in the background. I think the broken porcelain all over the floor is getting to him.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia


PITY FOR THE GUILTY IS TREASON TO THE INNOCENT. Period. Sad because he lost out on the REMAIN SINWAR trademark.

Prediction, his smirk upon year 1 Kirkaversary will reveal the obviousness of the truth in the LIB's alternative celebratory conFAB.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RemainKLINGON
There will be NO PEACE as long as Kirk (or any of you) Live!

LET's GO BRANDON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_9hX43pTpE
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-nowYoureGettingIt
METAL TRUMP

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 03, 2026 04:24 PM (4hyME)

335 Begun, the Lily/Morticia Wars have.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
.......

I see no reason why Lily, Morticia and I couldn't settle things like adults.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 04:25 PM (UjdFS)

336 320 I also like that they are such brave, free-thinkers, not afraid of anyone that they don't have any beer, wine or liquor on the table.

Lest they offend anyone.

Say, a major funder that strictly bans alcohol.

But that's just a coincidence, I'm sure ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 04:17 PM (3cUTc)

Coffee mugs, no steam. I had a friend who worked for a couple of guys who were not fooling anyone, drinking their whisky out of coffee mugs. (But it was their business, so they weren't going to fire themselves...)

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 04:26 PM (Sy6m/)

337 It isn't that JD Vance is squishy.
The question is how squishy is he, on a scale of 1 to 10.

I give him an 8.

How off base am I?

Posted by: He who questions all of it at August 03, 2026 04:53 PM (vj9mz)

338 "no more foreign wars "

This is the same old war that has been going on unaddressed for 47 damn years.
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 03:27 PM (MWfyi)

Without foreign wars, the only people left to fight is your citizens.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 04:54 PM (uhVAy)

339 What I need to know is, what animal mascot (e.g. donkey and elephant) will they adopt?

I'm hoping it's the loon.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (b7msB)

The weasel.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy)

340 I'm wondering what the party platform will be?

1. No Zionists
2. No Zionism

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:50 PM (6ydKt)

Is it Zionism when you are there already and have been for 70 years and more?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:03 PM (uhVAy)

341 You're saying that Lloyd's isn't doing insurance through the strait?

Interesting...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 04:18 PM (bzPaY)

Trump has offered his own insurance backed by the US.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 05:05 PM (uhVAy)

342 MTG starting howling over Medicare/state 'Obamacare' affordability for her own spoiled rotten adult kids, at least one married & spending like a Biden granddaughter. She's never to be forgiven. F**king Liz Cheney 2, View guest.

Gee, what timing. Turncoats for the mid-terms.

New party? The new Pelosi Democrats.

Place your bets.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 05:26 PM (NFX2v)

343 Why did you rewrite my post Ace? I never mentioned our greatest ally. You intentionally deleted my comment and wrote in your words. I know you’re a scumbag, but never expected you not be able to withstand criticism. Wow, what a disgusting, vile person you have become.


“144 israel kills people for thinking about crossing them which is why i shout that israel killed charlie kirk without fear”

You attributed this to me, I never wrote this.
My comment was about you lying about the ultra high resolution, 4k video showing Tyler Robinson taking a rifle and firing the fatal shot that killed Charlie Kirk… something that NEVER happened in the video you touted.



Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:27 PM (Hohgs)

344 How much are they paying you Ace?

You’re lying to yourself. I know it and you know it.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:33 PM (Hohgs)

345 Why are you changing my comments? You scared?

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:34 PM (Hohgs)

346 Please Uncle Ace, tell me the Jack Nutsack lie again about super clear, without a doubt video proof of Tyler Robinson’s guilt.

Oh please please please

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha!!!’


Loser

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:36 PM (Hohgs)

347 Deep state Ace is a paid influencer, take it to the bank.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:46 PM (Hohgs)

348 Never any original content from Ace, just parroting the Boomer Faux News narrative. A little insight for ya Ace cuz you seem slow…it’s a uniparty moron, quit being soooooo left vs right. It’s a distraction. Next thing you know you’ll think Tyler Robinson confessed because you saw it on Discord, so it must be true. Nevermind he plead NOT GUILTY, which pretty much the opposite of a confession. But that’s right, we’re the conspiracy nuts, not the idiots who believe the government narrative…every single time.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:54 PM (Hohgs)

349 Ace, you sound vaccinated.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at August 03, 2026 05:57 PM (Hohgs)

350 PATRICK HENRY: Give me liberty, or give me death!

TUQ'R: Vote for us and we'll grant you peasant-hood status under our new unconstitutional feudal system.

Posted by: JTP at August 03, 2026 06:24 PM (5jqlx)

Ultrapartisan Conspiracy Theorist Rosie O'Donnell Confirms She Will Return to The View As ABC's Lawyers Insist the Show Is a "Bona Fide News Product"

The FCC is investigating ABC's violation of the rules of equal time. The law requires broadcast networks to offer equal time to all candidates and all political sides if they use their taxpayer-granted airwaves to agitate for any candidate or party.

An exception is made for "bona fide news programs," whose political agitations aren't subject to equal time provisions. (But they should be!)

ABC does not want to give Trump 30-120 minutes per week equal time to offset the daily attacks made on him by The View, so they continue arguing, absurdly, that it's a "bona fide news program."

And just to prove how bona fide this news program is, they've rehired disgusting hag Rosie O'Donnell.

Rosie O'Donnell will be back on "The View" for Season 30.

The former co-host confirmed her return on Monday's episode of the "Tangle With Kyle Ridley" podcast, saying she will take part in the show's 30th-anniversary special.

The 64-year-old plans to take part "in whatever way they want" her "just as a guest."

She added, "They're bringing back all the hosts, I think. And, you know, I'm pretty proud of that show, what it's become and how it really speaks to the people and to politics."

O'Donnell, notably, co-hosted the ABC talk show for Seasons 10 and 18.

In addition to an infamous on-air spat with colleague Elisabeth Hasselbeck that led to her initial 2007 exit, the comedian had a "tense" dynamic with Whoopi Goldberg before her 2015 departure.

"I admired Whoopi, wanted to be on her team, had respect for her and I expected we would be like Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan passing the ball back and forth, shooting and leading the team to victory," she recalled on Monday. "And that's not exactly what happened."

She speculated that Goldberg, 70, "felt encroached upon in some way," which may have been why their time together "didn't go so well."

...

"It also was a show at the time that was run by a man. A show created by a woman, for women, about women, and the man was deciding what we should talk about," the Daytime Emmy winner pointed out, which didn't "sit right with her.

...

O'Donnell has opened up about her short time on "The View" before, including a 2023 chat with Brooke Shields about why co-hosting is something she would not "ever do again."

At the time, she said, "It's not the best use of my talent to get in a show where I have to argue and defend basic principles of humanity and kindness."

Oh Lord. I know you're all looking at the part about "defending humanity and kindness" but the really absurd part to my mind is "my talent."


Here are just a few of the many, many uncountably many times the "bona fide news program" called The View openly and absurdly electioneered for the far left:


Oh, by the way, Rosie O'Donnell has herpes, and it's your fault, somehow.


I guess she's saying it's my fault, too, but all I know is that I would never fuck something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:21 PM




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1 GOTTA BE QUICK WITH THE BLADE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

2 This will surely help the ratings, and y'all can all admire her new facelift that she had to tell people as no one noticed.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 02:22 PM (hzuYO)

3 !

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 02:22 PM (UjdFS)

4 which of you gave her the herpes?

Posted by: ace at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (1wjle)

5 I could have spent the rest of my life never knowing Rosie had herpes. Because part of my mind "went there."

Now I have to probably go to confession or flog my brain.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (hzuYO)

6 "Now The View claims Trump is using ICE to murder people in the streets so he can win the midterms"

[Adopts The Thinker pose]

I'll allow it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (iFTx/)

7 Rosie is what happens when your politics finally infect your face. It happens to all of them, really. Maybe someone will write a doctorate thesis on it.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (B7WeE)

8 which of you gave her the herpes?
Posted by: ace at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (1wjle)
_______

The pebble-shit eating guy, obviously!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:24 PM (iFTx/)

9 >>>Rosie is what happens when your politics finally infect your face.

she was always heinous.

Posted by: ace at August 03, 2026 02:24 PM (1wjle)

10
This kinda reminds me of the previous thread.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:25 PM (mmrXZ)

11 Nuke Cleveland?

The Sunni Saudis won't even nuke the Shia Iranians.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 02:25 PM (AdHga)

12 I did not need to see a close up of Rosie O Donnell's herpes sore.

I do not appreciate getting Adm'l Ackbarred by the Blog.

Posted by: Dis- gruntled at August 03, 2026 02:25 PM (anL5R)

13 >>"It also was a show at the time that was run by a man. A show created by a woman, for women, about women, and the man was deciding what we should talk about," the Daytime Emmy winner pointed out, which didn't "sit right with her.

So now she knows what a woman is.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (viF8m)

14 I enjoy the “She Blinded Me with Science” eyeglasses on her.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (b2n1e)

15 I'm the real victim here.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell's Herpes at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (1wjle)

16 She's looking rough.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (zZu0s)

17
I guess she's saying it's my fault, too, but all I know is that I would never fuck something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:21 PM


LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (TFsdh)

18

Member when Hollywood Hamptons Howie used to make fun of the size of Rosie's head?

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (2jv4y)

19 Why would Trump want Saudi Arabia to drop a nuke on Cleveland? He had a really bad meal and lousy waitstaff there once? So bizarre.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (y8wRt)

20 Good grief, the most shocking part of this post is O’Donnels face! At least the Cryptkeeper had a grin.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (Fo91n)

21 Be nice, or I shall smite you with herpes!? That's what MAGA can do?

Cool.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (2Cry5)

22 well the charm factor on that show just skyrocketed






Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)

23 that last line, Ace! LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (VyBeY)

24 After all Cleveland is "the mistake on the lake"

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (jrgJz)

25 Didn't this cretinous slagface harpy move to Ireland? Or was that some other cretinous slagface harpy?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

26 The 64-year-old plans to take part "in whatever way they want" her "just as a guest."

She's broke.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (EGW4m)

27 4 which of you gave her the herpes?
Posted by: ace
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Dunno, sounds like something Chuy or Lamont would do.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (E4rtv)

28 Any way you want me
That's the way you need me
Any way you want it

[Verse 1]
I loves to laugh
I loves to sing
I does everything
I loves to move
I loves to groove
I loves the loving things

[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, all day
All night
Oh, every day

Posted by: Whole Lotta Rosie at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (wVcYX)

29 Google AI sez: "ABC's The View averages roughly 2.4 to 2.6 million daily viewers, ranking as the No. 1 daytime network talk show in total viewers and households."

IDNKT! So weird.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

30 Jeez, she needs to get some sun. Pale skin like that is not healthy. Vitamin D (and I don't just mean the Paolo to finally do some work and take one for the team.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (zZu0s)

31 Bringing Rosie O'Donnell onto The View proves that ABC has the deepest bench for talent of all the networks

By the way, doesn't the logo for The View look like the logo for IngSoc out of the 1984 movies?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (rbvCR)

32 ABC news should try a different tactic. Claim The View is news for the brain damaged. Apply for an exemption using the ADA.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (BFvh9)

33 You know who would be fun to see on the View? Candace Owens, that’s who. And toss in Jasmine Crockett who will just occasionally shout “Y’all White Bitches be RAYCISS!!!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 02:29 PM (Fo91n)

34 In other news, Marjory Trailerpark Greene, her "conservative" journalist husband and some others met at Tucker Quarlson's Maine vacation lodge to officially launch their new party.

I think it's called the "First American and Great States" party.

FAGS for short.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 02:29 PM (3cUTc)

35 29 They leave it on in the waiting room of every doctor ...

Posted by: steevy at August 03, 2026 02:29 PM (YwEeS)

36 By the way, doesn't the logo for The View look like the logo for IngSoc out of the 1984 movies?

you're not supposed to notice that !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 03, 2026 02:29 PM (VyBeY)

37 Suppurating Sore opened for someone, somewhere

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 02:29 PM (qQ6p3)

38 Is it wrong to think that I have seen drawstring purses with a nicer smile than Rosie?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (rbvCR)

39 Willow'd:

254 I find it interesting that Trump is communicating in all these empty threats.

That is Mullah Language. That is what they do. That is how they talk. Our whole lifetime.

I wonder if that is part of what he's doing. Speaking their language.
Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:17 PM (ZWBDi)

I'm certain of it. You're not going to 'trick' anyone by claiming they said something they never said, but the mullahs do it all the time, trying to present our capitulation to their demands as a fait accompli. Trump is literally just mirroring their behavior.

--------

ALREADY the message on DSA is changing. For 10 weeks it was "they are so extreme". This weekend one of the press shows was interviewing Manchin and told him "they have some good ideas".

Like... when did THAT happen? When was it decided that 'no matter what they call themselves they have some good ideas'?

They were SO EXTREME five minutes ago!! This may be moving faster than I projected.
Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:21 PM (ZWBDi)

JOE Manchin? "Reasonable Bipartisan" Manchin, "Too Moderate For Presidential Primaries" Manchin? THAT Manchin is already praising their wacky socialist ideas?

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (Sy6m/)

40 Herp-ees would be a great name for a roadside reptile exhibit in Texas.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (77rzZ)

41 No reasonable prosecutor would say they are a news program.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (n5tGW)

42 Graham Platner's nipple > Rosie O'Donnell's herpes

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (JvZF+)

43 Holy shit, that video where this obnoxious pest blames Trump for her herpes ...

She looks TERRIBLE. Like, worse than her usual ugly bull-dyke self.

She looks medically sick.

I doubt she's long for this world. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

44 How has this supposed "bona fide news program" been on the air for 30 years?

That's insane.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (FZ29D)

45 I really do not want an explanation for the cause of Rosie's heroes. Just no

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (BFvh9)

46 It's going to be a hard conversation when Herpes tells its partner that it has contracted Rosie O'Donnell.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (bNf8H)

47 O/T It is to laugh. From Techspot dot com.
One California town found Flock's license plate cameras were wrong 71% of the time

"In brief: The controversy surrounding Flock cameras primarily centers on privacy and fears of a surveillance state. However, the cloud-based license-plate-reading system's accuracy and effectiveness have also drawn scrutiny. In one particularly egregious case, an internal review uncovered more than 1,000 false positives over two years.

Police in Roseville, California, found that, out of 1,427 incidents in which the town's AI-powered license-plate cameras flagged a vehicle as stolen or used in a felony, the cameras misread the plate in 71% of cases.

Flock, the startup that supplies the cameras to Roseville and approximately 6,000 other communities across the US, attributed the errors to Roseville's atypical camera setup, but as Business Insider reports, the results could expose flaws in an already controversial technology."

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (E4rtv)

48 The studio will tip over.

Posted by: Hank Johnson at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (EGW4m)

49 Suppurating Sore opened for someone, somewhere
Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 02:29 PM (qQ6p3)

Everyone, I am afraid.

Posted by: Doxycycline at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (rbvCR)

50 which of you gave her the herpes?
Posted by: ace at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (1wjle)

*sideeyes*

Posted by: David St. Hubbins & Nigel Tufnel at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (wVcYX)

51 Flock must use Anthropic or ChatGPT as a backbone.

Posted by: Doxycycline at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

52 Heros, herpes what's the difference...

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (EGW4m)

53 Now The View claims Trump is using ICE to murder people in the streets so he can win the midterms...
At what point does ABC lose their license for this mess?pic.twitter.com/L4CnnFY8UR
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) July 17, 2026
++++

And the answer is... NEVER!
--Hawaiian Judges

Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (8mulE)

54
I might admit to giving her covid,but-

I'd never get within six feet of that stink whale.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (iJfKG)

55 It's going to be a hard conversation when Herpes tells its partner that it has contracted Rosie O'Donnell.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (bNf8H)

*goldclap*

LUCY!!! WHA HA YOU BEEN DOING?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)

56 In that video of Rosie and the Cold Sore (that was a low blow, Ace) Rosie's speech patterns totally reminded me of Trump. She could just as well have been doing a parody of him.

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (ffqrs)

57
Didn't Rosie flee to Ireland to escape persecution by Trump? Why is she returning the the US of Awful America?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 02:32 PM (O0L8i)

58 Saw the new Spider-Man flick. Thumbs up.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 03, 2026 02:33 PM (9aSFE)

59 Of course I got willowed. I wanted to explore Kindltot's reasoning in the last thread.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 02:33 PM (OlzlW)

60 Rosie is going back to the US? FINALLY, our long national nightmare is over.

/everyone in Ireland

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 02:33 PM (N1DT3)

61 "Herp-ees would be a great name for a roadside reptile exhibit in Texas."

Or a pet store! Nobody's grabbed it yet AFAIK. Closest I found was a 'naturopathic' cat medicine: "Feline Her-pees Formula"

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 02:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

62 The View is a CIA propaganda op. The scary part is it works.

Posted by: davidt at August 03, 2026 02:34 PM (Q+gd/)

63 Not that I know anything about doxycycline

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:34 PM (rbvCR)

64 Manchin? JOE Manchin? "Reasonable Bipartisan" Joe, "Too Moderate For Presidential Primaries" Joe Manchin? THAT Manchin is already praising their wacky socialist ideas?

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (Sy6m/)

No. They pinned him down in an interview - I think it was Manchin - about whether he would ever vote for a socialist. He said no. But then she said "even if they have some good ideas?" I think he still said no, but that's not the point. The point is the framing has changed awfully quickly. I swear they were all crazies last week.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:34 PM (ZWBDi)

65 Bona Fied Propaganda Ministry show

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 02:34 PM (Ia/+0)

66 which of you gave her the herpes?
Posted by: ace

I can not tell a lie, Paul did it!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 02:34 PM (NnhvP)

67 JOE Manchin? "Reasonable Bipartisan" Manchin, "Too Moderate For Presidential Primaries" Manchin? THAT Manchin is already praising their wacky socialist ideas?

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (Sy6m/)

No.

The interviewer told Manchin the DSA had some 'Good Ideas,' and Manchin kicked her shit in.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 02:35 PM (AdHga)

68 That last video reminds me that while beauty may only be skin deep, ugly goes all the way to the bones.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 02:35 PM (N1DT3)

69 34 In other news, Marjory Trailerpark Greene, her "conservative" journalist husband and some others met at Tucker Quarlson's Maine vacation lodge to officially launch their new party.

I think it's called the "First American and Great States" party.

FAGS for short.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
========
There are some people that just need to disappear, others that need to disappear in a hole in the ground. The people you mention fall in the latter category.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:35 PM (E4rtv)

70 others that need to disappear in a hole in the ground. The people you mention fall in the latter category.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:35 PM (E4rtv)
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Make Open Manholes Great Again

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 02:36 PM (l3Npx)

71 You want the Fairness Doctrine back? Aren't you worried it would compromise the propaganda from Fox News and talk radio?

Posted by: Sid at August 03, 2026 02:36 PM (Elsjd)

72 From Brave AI, Rosie will fit right in with her aging hag audience.

"The average age of the audience for The View is 65, a figure cited by former co-host Meghan McCain. The show's viewership skews significantly older, with approximately 83% of its audience aged 55 and over. In key demographic metrics, viewers under 50 typically represent less than 15% of the total audience."

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (E4rtv)

73 As a woman, I am extremely embarrassed that The View is supposedly all about women's point of view because it makes women look stupid and mean.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (OlzlW)

74 I never understood how a fat, untalented and rude loud mouth like Rosie O'Fat ever became a thing.

Posted by: zombie Mama Cass 0 Ham Sandwich 1 at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (F1rMs)

75 Trump needs a punching bag, anyway.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (EGW4m)

76 We all know what MSNBC is. Well, The View is MSNBC for dummies.

Posted by: red speck at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (Ve/HL)

77 She's looking rough.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03,
*******
Even after having a face lift back in January of this year.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (NpAcC)

78 r/AskReddit

Do women hate one another as much as they appear to on The View?

I have known woman to sometimes gravitate into a sewing circle. Weather it is the office setting or church ladies, there are some that congregate and gossip into little clicks not unlike high school.

Perhaps the show has shifted in recent years but I used to watch it fairly frequently and found it rather insightful at times

They’re playing to their target audience of uneducated women who hate men and get their news from these opinion shows. It’s all theater.

Pretty much this. It’s performative but there is some truth. See treatment of Caitlin Clark by fellow players.

Male pundits can debate and argue without being called shrews. I wonder why?

Media in general wants women to think they have to compete with and envy each other. Some women buy into that. The rest of us support each other. The view is patriarchal fan fiction

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (/y3Vc)

79 Rosie had a moment of being funny and even an approachable character on a screen. Then left wing politics became her forward face, now here we are. Drama in the front and the back.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (hftzA)

80
I hope they reinforce the stage floor joists.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (OkYzo)

81 Yeah? Well, Cleveland sucks anyway.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 02:38 PM (ndZc7)

82 Cyrillic boobehs for Bulg:
youtube.com/watch?v=Q2muJlmYgJo

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 02:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

83 O'Donnell is a herpes outbreak.

And what's so bad about nuking Cleveland? Isn't it full of Democrats?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 02:38 PM (1z8ji)

84 Someone needs to break into the View's set at night and change the logo to "The Vag". Then see how long it takes someone to notice.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:38 PM (2ocoG)

85 56 In that video of Rosie and the Cold Sore (that was a low blow, Ace) Rosie's speech patterns totally reminded me of Trump. She could just as well have been doing a parody of him.
Posted by: 496
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How about she is a mental leftard that has the emotional continence of a toddler that wets the bed.

She is as useless as hind tits on a boar hog.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:38 PM (E4rtv)

86 I've never had a cold sore. My MIL used to get them in what seemed like a lot over a few years (I was grossed out). There are meds now for this and I don't see the herp often, but am also not out in this infernal heat.

When we had our first boy I informed her highness that she could not kiss our baby on his mouth (she and her family mouth kissed. My redneck family did not). I explained to her the research said it could give baby boy brain damage (it does). She was not pleased and, no doubt, in a snit about it but I did not care.

I was so confused, and this is bad, y'all, that I tried to join in the mouth kissing family issue early on. I did not know any better and mouth kissed her brother, a priest, when we saw him on a visit from NY. I can't remember if I was in my swimsuit, which would double or triple the horror for the poor man.

I realized quickly that this rule was also not explained to me as I was trying to fit in. It is a miracle I survived.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 02:39 PM (hzuYO)

87 Remember when Rosie was supposed to be "The Queen of Nice"?

And not homosexual, and in love with Tom Cruise.

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 02:39 PM (+IsEU)

88 Afternoon.

Rosie still squawking about how fire can't melt steel?

Continuing from the last thread, apparently State Troopers closed the eastbound portion of the highway cuz some asshoke threatened to jump off an overpass. He didn't. Pussy.

Posted by: Robert at August 03, 2026 02:39 PM (dpXJq)

89 >>Male pundits can debate and argue without being called shrews. I wonder why?
__
Asked and answered.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 03, 2026 02:39 PM (bNf8H)

90 74 I never understood how a fat, untalented and rude loud mouth like Rosie O'Fat ever became a thing.
Posted by: zombie Mama Cass 0 Ham Sandwich 1 at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (F1rMs)

Hey-o!

Posted by: oral sex at August 03, 2026 02:39 PM (88C+u)

91 Ana: I'm not sitting next to a fat white woman with herpes
Rosie: you're so fat you couldn't fit herpes
Whoopi: will you herpes honkies shut up
Joy: ladies, aach, thud
Ana : fat bitch your herpes killed Joy
Whoopi: she just choked on a doughnut. Joy , you gonna finish that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (BFvh9)

92 ABC's Lawyers Insist the Show Is a "Bona Fide News Product"

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Well, it's certainly not boner fide.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (ndZc7)

93 I've driven through Cleveland once. I'm not sure you'd be able to tell if it got nuked, just like Detroit.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (2ocoG)

94 69 34 In other news, Marjory Trailerpark Greene, her "conservative" journalist husband and some others met at Tucker Quarlson's Maine vacation lodge to officially launch their new party.

I think it's called the "First American and Great States" party.

FAGS for short.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

=======

She must still be pissy that she had to back up her anti-illegal immigration rhetoric with actual action.

The sudden prospect of increased wages for Americans instead of depressed wages for illegals at her construction company really did a doozy on her mental state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (bzPaY)

95
As a woman, I am extremely embarrassed that The View is supposedly all about women's point of view because it makes women look stupid and mean.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (OlzlW)

File a Class Action lawsuit on behalf of all women.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (iJfKG)

96 So she is returning, Ireland breathes a sigh of relief.

Wonder how Rosie will view Mahdami?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (xGnmX)

97 They ought put Roseanne Barr on The View, not Rosie O'Donnell!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 02:41 PM (odBC9)

98 She is as useless as hind tits on a boar hog.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:38 PM (E4rtv)
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Well, sure. That and then some. But her speech mannerisms really remind me of Trump.

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 02:41 PM (Ehi8B)

99 74 I never understood how a fat, untalented and rude loud mouth like Rosie O'Fat ever became a thing.
Posted by: zombie Mama Cass 0 Ham Sandwich

Momma Cass could sing, Rosie simply repulses and I am rather over using her East of Eden dominatrix dressup for the Morning Report.

Use Harambe instead. Now there is a nice feller who left us too soon despite having a face like Rosie O Donnell. That ape had some talent and stage presences!!

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:41 PM (E4rtv)

100 Emmie, revolutions cost money worse than just running an army. Part of it is the need to spend money to attract marks and subvert politicians.
The fact that every country in the world is having problems with either Islamists or Woke all at the same time means that there is something moving it
USAID was one of the funding elements, now there are millionaires, but the funding has to be moved around somehow. FATCA only works for official banks, and then only when the people overseeing it do their jobs -- like Epstein's odd payments that never raised any flags. Shadow banking is good, but it has to have assets in the real banks because it has to transfer in and out of the shadows.
Iran had isolation enforced by the US, and backdoors allowed by someone. IRGC has been called a "hedge fund with an army" and acts like that. Hedge funds have customers and investors.
Find them and find the corruption in the world that is attacking us

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:41 PM (rbvCR)

101
"I admired Whoopi, wanted to be on her team, had respect for her and I expected we would be like Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan passing the ball back and forth, shooting and leading the team to victory," she recalled on Monday. "And that's not exactly what happened."

Actually, I think they got along just like Pippen and Jordan did. They hated each other off-court.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 03, 2026 02:41 PM (57NS5)

102 74>>> I never understood how a fat, untalented and rude loud mouth like Rosie O'Fat ever became a thing.

I remember when Rosie was voted the Queen of Nice. She genuinely seemed a normal person at one point. The way she was in Sleepless In Seattle or League of Our Own. The early years of her tv show, where she shot those Kiosk Balls out to the audience.

How she went from that to the raging retard she is now is -- I can only assume -- the effects of undiagnosed psychiatric disorders fueled by identity politics.

Posted by: red speck at August 03, 2026 02:41 PM (Ve/HL)

103 Rosie had a moment of being funny and even an approachable character on a screen. Then left wing politics became her forward face, now here we are. Drama in the front and the back.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:37 PM (hftzA)

I am going to tentatively agree. Sleepless in Seattle era. But thats what? 30 years ago. Margaret Cho era.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s)

104 Daytime network talk show.
Never seen it. I work during the day. Must be good if it’s #1.

Posted by: Billythesquid at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (Qewkd)

105 Rosie in a leather get up in Exit to Eden immediately causes hysterical blindness

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (BFvh9)

106
I was so confused, and this is bad, y'all, that I tried to join in the mouth kissing family issue early on.”

There is just so much wrong packed into that simple statement.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (Fo91n)

107 This is a good example why I could never be trusted as a billionaire.

I would set up a competing show in the same timeslot on my own network that was nothing more than a 400 lb person sitting on a toilet for an entire hour after pigging out at Taco Bell.

There would be no discussion, no comment, no explaination. Just a fat person sitting on a toilet. And, then I would compare ratings.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (dIske)

108 "Now The View claims Trump is using ICE to murder people in the streets so he can win the midterms"

[Adopts The Thinker pose]

I'll allow it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (iFTx/)

Let's assume for a moment that the allegation is true. Do you know what that means? It means that a majority of American voters are so sick and tired of illegal aliens and their supporters, that seeing them gunned down in the streets is a welcome sight.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (1z8ji)

109 Well, sure. That and then some. But her speech mannerisms really remind me of Trump.
Posted by: 496

No, she talks really fast, Trump rarely does and Trump, in public reiterates and circles around the points he wants to make several times, Rosie just emotes, talks loud and fast, and makes even her co starts hate her guts.

In her guts, you know she's nuts.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (E4rtv)

110 I hate to say this but I'm pretty sure there was a few minutes in the 80s or whatever when her standup was pretty funny. And that seems like only yesterday to Taylor Lorenz.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:43 PM (ZWBDi)

111 Isn't the body in leather JJ photoshops heads onto for the morning report Rosie?

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 02:43 PM (IMeI4)

112 I am going to tentatively agree. Sleepless in Seattle era. But thats what? 30 years ago. Margaret Cho era.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s

I don’t want to do the math of the years ago. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:43 PM (hftzA)

113 They want Rosie on the Spew because her TDS is more than even these Trump hating hags suffer from... What a great addition

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 02:43 PM (TFsdh)

114 I always have to take a sec getting her mixed up with Roseanne Barr.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 02:44 PM (n5tGW)

115 As a youngster, I enjoyed Rosie’s performances (Another Stakeout was my fav), but she is an example of how hate and detachment from reality can wear on your mind, body, and spirit.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 03, 2026 02:44 PM (qzEmH)

116 No electioneering within 200 ft. of Poles.

Posted by: Leutonian Supremacist at August 03, 2026 02:44 PM (JM9I6)

117 Jeez, she needs to get some sun. Pale skin like that is not healthy. Vitamin D (and I don't just mean the Paolo to finally do some work and take one for the team.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:28 PM (zZu0s)

The Paolo has higher standards than that. Find a lawyer.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 03, 2026 02:45 PM (1z8ji)

118 The only thing I ever liked that had Rosie O’Donnel in it was A League Of Their Own and thankfully her part was small and consisted of a few funny lines and being Madonna’s mouthy sidekick.

How she ever got popular as a ‘comedian’ is beyond me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:45 PM (6ydKt)

119 I guess she's saying it's my fault, too, but all I know is that I would never fuck something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system.

Ahahaha. Cruel. Cruel, but accurate.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 02:45 PM (l3cgK)

120 99 74 I never understood how a fat, untalented and rude loud mouth like Rosie O'Fat ever became a thing.
Posted by: zombie Mama Cass 0 Ham Sandwich

Momma Cass could sing, Rosie simply repulses and I am rather over using her East of Eden dominatrix dressup for the Morning Report.
Posted by: whig

Roseanne Barr seems the better comparison. They're both fat, ugly, and obnoxious, but Roseanne had some talent in comedy, saying shocking things others wouldn't, and her TV show made her seems relatable to much of middle America. Rosie has done lots of things, but none of it to a level of noteworthiness. Very strange.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (/y3Vc)

121 hey, did they ever figure out what the shooter in Idaho was pissed off at? I usually figure domestic in these situations.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (n5tGW)

122 Never watched that show.
Never will.

Such bitter, angry women.

I can see why they appeal to a certain demo, though.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (5ExGj)

123 She looks TERRIBLE. Like, worse than her usual ugly bull-dyke self.

She looks medically sick.

I doubt she's long for this world. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)
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I think it can go either way with these type. Their hatred may lead them to an early grave.

On the other hand, they may feel hatred in such abundance that it counter-intuitively nurtures them and they live on for another twenty years, eventually turning into an undead lich.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (FZ29D)

124 102 74>>> I never understood how a fat, untalented and rude loud mouth like Rosie O'Fat ever became a thing.

I remember when Rosie was voted the Queen of Nice. She genuinely seemed a normal person at one point. The way she was in Sleepless In Seattle or League of Our Own. The early years of her tv show, where she shot those Kiosk Balls out to the audience.

How she went from that to the raging retard she is now is -- I can only assume -- the effects of undiagnosed psychiatric disorders fueled by identity politics.
Posted by: red speck

Celebutards are all that way. Remember how Ellen was portrayed? Saint Ellen, the safe and approachable lesbian Ellen?

TV celebutards lie to viewers faces every day as does the print media and one of the biggest whoppers are lies by omission. Everyone knew what an asshole Ellen was but no one wanted to tangle with the it girl and suffer career consequences. Everyone in Hollyweird knew Weinstein was a creeper and yet top talent still worked with his sorry ass.

I think leftist celebutards are assholes first but use politics to hide and excuse the fact that they are assholes. Weinstein, Ellen, Rosie, etc.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (E4rtv)

125
Rosie will deliver the angry and embittered lesbian perspective on matters large and small.

So, no difference from what The Spew delivers now, except "lesbian". Look for Stephen King, Robert DeNiro, Neil Young, and Bruce Springsteen to appear as Rosie's special invited guests to get a double dose of the deep anger and embitterment that dyed in the wool old lesbians bring to every conversation dialogue lecture.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (s9VOe)

126 News from my neck of the woods:

Small plane has mechanical issues. Instructor and student pilot onboard. Instructor has to land it on I-10.

Dashcam video shows the plane barely making it under a sign support structure spanning the interstate.

https://tinyurl.com/25d9tyub

Blue Angel 3 is jealous.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (J4Dwc)

127 118 The only thing I ever liked that had Rosie O’Donnel in it was A League Of Their Own and thankfully her part was small and consisted of a few funny lines and being Madonna’s mouthy sidekick.

How she ever got popular as a ‘comedian’ is beyond me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:45 PM (6ydKt)

She was supposed to play the little dutch boy, but kept plugging the holes of dykes instead...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (l3cgK)

128 On the other hand, they may feel hatred in such abundance that it counter-intuitively nurtures them and they live on for another twenty years, eventually turning into an undead lich.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Did you have to work Killary into the conversation.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)

129 They want Rosie on the Spew because her TDS is more than even these Trump hating hags suffer from... What a great addition
Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 02:43 PM (TFsdh)
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Greg Gutfeld is going to have a field day with all the material she's going to generate for his show.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (NpAcC)

130 118 The only thing I ever liked that had Rosie O’Donnel in it was A League Of Their Own and thankfully her part was small and consisted of a few funny lines and being Madonna’s mouthy sidekick.

How she ever got popular as a ‘comedian’ is beyond me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:45 PM (6ydKt

Her Betty Rubble was cute. That was probably where she peaked.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (hftzA)

131 BUT, even back during her show, she was a raging and unstable retard. I remember a girl i knew saying she had watched her set up Tom Selleck during an interview for a new movie he had and then ended up screaming at him over the NRA. This was '98 or '99.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)

132 I completely forgot O’Donnell was in Sleepless in Seattle.

In my defense, I don’t think I’ve watched it this century.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:48 PM (6ydKt)

133 I always have to take a sec getting her mixed up with Roseanne Barr.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 02:44 PM (n5tGW)

Roseanne is looking like someone's grandmother who is a good cook and likes to laugh.
Rosie looks like she spends time around playgrounds so she can yell at children who aren't playing appropriately

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:48 PM (rbvCR)

134 spot-on, AOP!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 03, 2026 02:49 PM (VyBeY)

135 Has there ever been a pretty woman named Rosie?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 02:49 PM (bX16E)

136 "She added, "They're bringing back all the hosts, I think. And, you know, I'm pretty proud of that show, what it's become and how it really speaks to the people and to politics.""


All the FCC needs to show any judge is this statement. "speaks to the people and to politics" is newspeak for highly partisan democrat party propaganda show.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 02:49 PM (cpFbA)

137 So... is she there to be the DSA contingent or something else?

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:49 PM (ZWBDi)

138
The Spew: Now With More Spittle-Flecked Vocalizations Than Ever!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 02:49 PM (s9VOe)

139 People should buy all the tickets for the View and then show up and throw green dildos at the alleged ladies. I bet Whoopi could catch one in her mouth.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (QZThv)

140 106
I was so confused, and this is bad, y'all, that I tried to join in the mouth kissing family issue early on.”

There is just so much wrong packed into that simple statement.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (Fo91n)
***********
Well, I never said I was normal.

I was a redneck Presbyterian and did not know it was wrong as they all did it when greeting each other from ot of state.

I also had never had a cocktail til this sophisticated bunch who believed when the clock struck 5pm there should be booze in your hand. I had never had anything but bad wine or beer at 22yrs.

That poor man probably never recovered, altho he did help at our wedding, so I did not receive an exorcist as I probably needed. I am mortified I did that to the nice man. I was just being friendly.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (hzuYO)

141 125
Rosie will deliver the angry and embittered lesbian perspective on matters large and small.

So, no difference from what The Spew delivers now, except "lesbian". Look for Stephen King, Robert DeNiro, Neil Young, and Bruce Springsteen to appear as Rosie's special invited guests to get a double dose of the deep anger and embitterment that dyed in the wool old lesbians bring to every conversation dialogue lecture.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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As their audience dies off these celebutards become meaner, smaller in public's attention, and resemble each other as sea hags in appearance.

The audience of the View and these trans aging lesbians you mentioned above are made for each other. All of them are shriveling up and dying inside.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (E4rtv)

142
Rosie, Whoopie, Chola, black slave owner, & Joy Behar one one stage?

Amazing.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (OkYzo)

143 135 Has there ever been a pretty woman named Rosie?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 02:49 PM (bX16E)

Rosey Grier? Oh, sorry, wrong Rosie...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (l3cgK)

144 Jeez, she needs to get some sun. Pale skin like that is not healthy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

*Sulks in fish-belly white that glows in the sunlight, first sunny day after winter*

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (vJrRc)

145 I think leftist celebutards are assholes first but use politics to hide and excuse the fact that they are assholes. Weinstein, Ellen, Rosie, etc.
Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026

I think they should all work on making it easier for us to separate their politics from their art.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (hftzA)

146
>>The 64-year-old plans to take part "in whatever way they want" her "just as a guest."

She added, "They're bringing back all the hosts, I think.

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

So is this a single show where they have as many people onstage as they do in the audience, and apparently Rosie is hoping it leads to Something? All it says is, "she will take part in the show’s 30th-anniversary special."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:51 PM (mmrXZ)

147 "The law requires broadcast networks to offer equal time to all candidates and all political sides"


The equal time rule only applies to candidates for office. The requirement to present all sides was the fairness doctrine and it has been gone for decades.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 03, 2026 02:51 PM (CNl8/)

148 139 People should buy all the tickets for the View and then show up and throw green dildos at the alleged ladies. I bet Whoopi could catch one in her mouth.
Posted by: Ian S.
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She could probably pull her skirt down and catch it somewhere else. Where the sun don't shine.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)

149 I wish Trump did just 10% of the things the left claims he does.

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 02:51 PM (tNkpt)

150 One of the best Babylon Bee headlines

No One Notices When Cast of The View Replaced with Shrieking ,Feral Pigs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:51 PM (BFvh9)

151
Rosy
Whoopie
Sunny
Joy

Someone is having a fucking laugh.......

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:52 PM (ZWBDi)

152
If they are bringing back "all the hosts", can we look forward to seeing the stiff and desiccated corpse of Baba Wawa in one of the seats?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 02:52 PM (s9VOe)

153
Has there ever been a pretty woman named Rosie?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

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

The Riveter was kinda cute. Tokyo probably had it going on.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)

154 142
Rosie, Whoopie, Chola, black slave owner, & Joy Behar one one stage?

Amazing.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (OkYzo)

Their names are ironic and contradictory...
Rosie's a cold scold.
Whoopie is no fun...
Joy has great anger...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 02:52 PM (l3cgK)

155 Her Betty Rubble was cute. That was probably where she peaked.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (hftzA)

Nah, they could have done Betty a lot more justice than Rosie.

I don’t recall Betty being that round.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:53 PM (6ydKt)

156 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:51 PM (mmrXZ)

Headline doesn't match story is officially my least favorite thing about Current Time.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:53 PM (ZWBDi)

157
She could probably pull her skirt down and catch it somewhere else. Where the sun don't shine.
Posted by: whig

Like a hot dog flying down a hallway!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 02:53 PM (s9VOe)

158 In 2024, Rosie O'Donnell blames Trump and MAGA for her Herpes flare up.

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

To paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill: You may have herpes, Miss, but -- if your side ever succeeds in Assassinating Trump and Genociding MAGA -- you will still be retarded and ugly."

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 02:54 PM (7nfvi)

159 135 Has there ever been a pretty woman named Rosie?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhuko

Rosie Palmer? https://tinyurl.com/mr28m45s

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 02:54 PM (/y3Vc)

160
The View: Now with Herpes!

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 02:54 PM (OkYzo)

161 I think they should all work on making it easier for us to separate their politics from their art.
Posted by: Piper
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I prefer watching shows where the celebrities are long dead or foreign tv now where I don't care about their politics affecting me.

Hollywood, TV, and all the mass infotainment industries are dying as the generation that turned on the tube to watch something is disappearing.

That leaves only sports standing and the leftards are doing their best to ruin that by their insipid and stupid political commentary when people just want to watch the game or highlight reels.

Devil Mouse is at the center of the entire unwholesome infotainment industry and I hope they go under while I am still living to dance on their grave.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:54 PM (E4rtv)

162 Re Pretty Rosie's.

Well, this interested me. There's a Rosie Huntington, but she has a ferocious case of man jaw.

Rosie Day is pretty cute in the Allyson Hannigan way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:55 PM (zZu0s)

163 Rosie sounds like the suburban woman I had dinner with last night. Her husband was just shaking his head, but she was almost unable to restrain herself and her anger over Trump, and she seems fairly typical to me.

Women are the Democrats leading voting bloc, especially professional women (and double goes for teachers). Seriously, they are nuts.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 02:55 PM (DeR1t)

164 Damn. It would be fun to watch the commies get in power and have a televised special where they "bring back all the hosts".

Admit it. You would tune in.

I would DVR the fucker and throw a super bowl party every day with it.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:55 PM (ZWBDi)

165 Like a hot dog flying down a hallway!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Yep.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:55 PM (E4rtv)

166 >>>Rosie Palmer?

Harry's Mum?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:55 PM (rbvCR)

167 The View: Now with Herpes!

Now? You're saying they didn't have it before?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:55 PM (2ocoG)

168 How did the View producers overlook her?

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Democrat Francesca Hong says that Ilhan Omar — who said that America was one of the worst countries — inspires her:

"The Congresswoman has a done a phenomenal job of showing what it looks like to lead with moral conviction and courage. I'm deeply inspired.”

https://tinyurl.com/yztzu7ps

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 02:56 PM (ndZc7)

169 Didja all hear how the evil monsters of ICE deported twin babies back to Mexico as their nursing mother was trying to take them to a doctor's appointment?
(that was almost exactly the NPR headline)

Or, you know:
Illegal alien mother and father--who both were here illegally--choose to take their infant children with them back to Mexico--where they were citizens and grew up, instead of leaving them in the US with a legal resident.

You know who will never get the chance to be a mother?
Lakin Reilly.
How about a story on that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 02:56 PM (3cUTc)

170 In 2024, Rosie O'Donnell blames Trump and MAGA for her Herpes flare up.
-----

That's actually funny.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:56 PM (ZWBDi)

171 Women are the Democrats leading voting bloc, especially professional women (and double goes for teachers). Seriously, they are nuts.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Generational and upper class resentment from the fact that Killary, who many of them identified with, lost to Trump.

AWFLs have ruined every industry that they are employed in. Hell, they even made the word Karen become a proscribed name that no woman would give their daughter today.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 02:57 PM (E4rtv)

172 Rosie Perez is,… not horrendous.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was pretty good looking at one time but was only in a few movies.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:57 PM (6ydKt)

173 I despised Obama’s years. But I never went into these unhinged rages I see leftists do on a regular basis.

It shows they’re mentally unstable and Trump is what sets them off today. Tomorrow something else will like the Starbucks barista won’t make the coffee right or something.

Posted by: Ya Know? at August 03, 2026 02:58 PM (tNkpt)

174
Headline doesn't match story is officially my least favorite thing about Current Time.
Posted by: ...

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

ALL the hosts are coming back for the 30th Anniversary Special, which is a thing they've done in the past (except numbers lower than 30, obviously), and they were packed on the stage.

We may soon be seeing stories about Hasselback, McCain, all the other crazies. I get the impression we got this one about Rosie because she generates the most drama and she wants publicity. As Mr Aspirin Factory observed, she's broke.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:58 PM (mmrXZ)

175 160
The View: Now with Herpes!
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 02:54 PM (OkYzo)

LOL!

Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 02:58 PM (8mulE)

176 According to some here Roz from Night Court was HOT HOT HOT

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:58 PM (ZWBDi)

177 Jean Carroll: wait , you say Trump has herpes? New lawsuit!!!!

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:58 PM (BFvh9)

178 Gaggh, back in the days of cable stand-up comedy, I had a huge crush on O'Donnell. We are about the same age, and I thought she was cute. Funny, too.

That was then. Now? She looks like five miles of bad road.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 03, 2026 02:59 PM (yRCXf)

179 As Mr Aspirin Factory observed, she's broke.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:58 PM (mmrXZ)

And that's just her brain!

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:59 PM (ZWBDi)

180 1. I thought the hag was in Ireland to escape "Trump's America!". Why would she come back?

2. Dropping a nuke on Cleveland would only improve it slightly.

Posted by: cheshirecat at August 03, 2026 02:59 PM (E4Afo)

181 Kindltot, thank you for following up with me. I now have many more questions, but I will have to be content for now since pursuing this in blog comments would be tedious and frustrating. But I really appreciate your insights.

Posted by: Emmie at August 03, 2026 02:59 PM (OlzlW)

182 @176 it's just that Markie Post was so hot it kind of dragged everyone over the line

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:00 PM (BFvh9)

183 Not sure why women are so susceptible to Leftists veiws.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 03:00 PM (Ia/+0)

184 Rosie Dolly was a Ziegfeld girl, but not especially good-looking.

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

185 The Bee hits it out again with their headline, "Spain proudly announce Ceuta is the fastest growing city in the world"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 03:01 PM (3MX8+)

186 I remember a girl i knew saying she had watched her set up Tom Selleck during an interview for a new movie he had and then ended up screaming at him over the NRA. This was '98 or '99.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)
--

I think that inspired the bumper sticker: "If guns kill people then spoons make Rosie O'Donnell fat"

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

187 105 Rosie in a leather get up in Exit to Eden immediately causes hysterical blindness
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:42 PM (BFvh9)

Yeah, but Dana Delany in her get up would be more powerful than Viagra.

https://tinyurl.com/3vxpbnkf

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at August 03, 2026 03:01 PM (k1E2D)

188 it's just that Markie Post was so hot it kind of dragged everyone over the line
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:00 PM (BFvh9)

Wasn't it Markie Post who was jumping on the bed in the Lincoln bedroom when the Clintons were infecting the White House?

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 03, 2026 03:01 PM (ZgwKJ)

189 @RNCResearch
Democrat Francesca Hong says that Ilhan Omar — who said that America was one of the worst countries — inspires her:

"The Congresswoman has a done a phenomenal job of showing what it looks like to lead with moral conviction and courage. I'm deeply inspired.”

The only conviction I want to see is her getting the boot for Immigration fraud

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 03:02 PM (TFsdh)

190 @188 that's the rumor

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:02 PM (BFvh9)

191 Lawyers Insist the Show Is a "Bona Fide Gladiator Movie"

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (r3q5i)

192 The View: Now with Herpes!

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 02:54 PM (OkYzo)
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Same as in town? Pay Per View?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (H1AMf)

193 132 I completely forgot O’Donnell was in Sleepless in Seattle.

In my defense, I don’t think I’ve watched it this century.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Meg was cute enough that the whole stalker vibe was neutered but Sleepless script could make a helluva scary horror movie like Possession. .

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)

194 Amazing that she has herpes, because that means beyond a reasonable doubt, that SOMEONE SOMEWHERE once achieved tumescence in her presence.

What a strange planet we inhabit.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (RCjYY)

195 all I know is that I would never fuck something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system.

But what about closing time at Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina?

As we all know, desperate times, such as beer-goggled last calls at closing time, call for desperate measures.

(Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina, a dimly-lit tavern in the dark and beating heart of Mos Eisley, is known, of course, for its strong drinks, hot tunes, and occasional outbreaks of shocking violence.)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (0sNs1)

196 178 Gaggh, back in the days of cable stand-up comedy, I had a huge crush on O'Donnell. We are about the same age, and I thought she was cute. Funny, too.

That was then. Now? She looks like five miles of bad road.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 03, 2026 02:59 PM (yRCXf)

Did you have a thing for Sandra Bernhard and Tracy Ullman?

Closest I got to attraction was Rita Rudner.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (6ydKt)

197 Roseanne Barr seems the better comparison. They're both fat, ugly, and obnoxious, but Roseanne had some talent in comedy, saying shocking things others wouldn't, and her TV show made her seems relatable to much of middle America. Rosie has done lots of things, but none of it to a level of noteworthiness. Very strange.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 02:46 PM (/y3Vc)

Roseanne has mellowed out and is aging decently well, which means she's a spring chicken next to Rosie. Attitude and character make a difference, and one of my favorite bits of trivia about her is that she had a macadamia nut farm in Hawai'i called "Roseanne's Nuts!" I think that's the big difference on the inside, Rose started taking herself seriously, and it was all downhill from there -- including on the outside.

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (Sy6m/)

198 Not sure why women are so susceptible to Leftists veiws.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 03:00 PM (Ia/+0)

Because women (generally) have a natural instinct to "take care" of people. Leftardism promises just that.

And what's more it promises you too can do it the easy way. By yapping.

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

199 I kinda liked Roz in Fraiser. Something about her attitude.

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

200 Gaggh, back in the days of cable stand-up comedy, I had a huge crush on O'Donnell. We are about the same age, and I thought she was cute. Funny, too.
That was then. Now? She looks like five miles of bad road.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 03, 2026 02:59 PM (yRCXf)


I was going to laugh at you, but then I remembered-

there was a picosecond in the 80s or 90s when I thought that Janeane Garofalo was cute.

But, that moment passed and sanity returned.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 03:05 PM (iJfKG)

201 "Did you have a thing for Sandra Bernhard"

Ever since "The King of Comedy," I've wanted her to duct tape me to a chair and sing to me.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 03:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

202 Meg was cute enough that the whole stalker vibe was neutered but Sleepless script could make a helluva scary horror movie like Possession. .
Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)

I wonder what happened to Meg Ryan.
She was in every other movie for about a decade and then *poof* she’s gone.

She is one of my favorite parts of Joe vs. the Volcano.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:06 PM (6ydKt)

203 The View: Now with Herpes!
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Correction.
The View: Now with Extra Herpes!
++
Look, I don't know the whole pharmacological regime of Whoopi but let's not pretend there isn't a battery of pills for herpes control.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:06 PM (3cUTc)

204 Roseanne Roseanna-danna!

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

205
Speaking Meghan McCain, I bet she would accept the invitation to the "30th Anniversary Special."

I'm so sick of her. Does Mark Halperin still bow down to her? She's the daughter of a dead presidential candidate who lost the nation to Obama. What is it that she's supposed to know? I used to watch 2WAY and she was always alluding to her "contacts" and "insiders," but I can't remember it adding up to anything.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 03:07 PM (mmrXZ)

206 I wonder what happened to Meg Ryan.

She was in every other movie for about a decade and then *poof* she’s gone.

She is one of my favorite parts of Joe vs. the Volcano.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:06 PM (6ydKt)

She stepped away to raise her children and will return to the screen in 2027.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 03:08 PM (AdHga)

207 Not sure why women are so susceptible to Leftists veiws.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 03:00 PM


Because leftist society has removed religion and family from these women's lives and they are hollow and angry. They don't know it but they are missing the best stuff of life and that is why they lash out and become Karen's and awfuls.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 03:08 PM (cpFbA)

208 Mentally Ill people will continue to spout insane rants. That's what they do . You can't have reasonable conversations with the mentally unwell because by definition they are t reasonable.

The problem is our society has somehow made it a bad thing to acknowledge people are mentally ill even when they admit they are. Society now says we must accept these people and their opinions as having as much weight as those who are not mentally ill. To do anything less is prejudiced, biased or whatever phobic they want to call it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:09 PM (KC5Lt)

209 Meg Ryan had some bad plastic surgery and Hollywood said "nah". Thing was her mom was an attractive older lady on soap operas

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:09 PM (BFvh9)

210 Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 03:06 PM (6ydKt)

I would advise you not look up pictures of what she did to her face although it will answer any questions you may have.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:09 PM (ZWBDi)

211 Headline on Gateway Pundit:

"Naked Moron Jumps OVER 200 FEET From the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge After Erecting Multiple Flags and Somehow Survives"

Now, the question is, which one of you was it?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:09 PM (0sNs1)

212 194 Amazing that she has herpes, because that means beyond a reasonable doubt, that SOMEONE SOMEWHERE once achieved tumescence in her presence.

What a strange planet we inhabit.
Posted by: mnw
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Infected green dildoes were imported where Juan did not wash his hands making them.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:09 PM (E4rtv)

213 Roseanne Barr is older than Rosie O' Donnell , yet Barr looks better and seems happier.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 03:10 PM (lcMcX)

214 So... you're saying there's a chance?

Posted by: Bonnie Blue at August 03, 2026 03:10 PM (88C+u)

215
Meg Ryan was in a romcom with David Duchovny a year or two ago. It bombed, probably because movies just can't get eyeballs the way they used to, but she looked rather cute.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (mmrXZ)

216 Meg Ryan had some bad plastic surgery and Hollywood said "nah". Thing was her mom was an attractive older lady on soap operas
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Never understood why she did it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (EGW4m)

217 So... you're saying there's a chance?
Posted by: Bonnie Blue at August 03, 2026 03:10 PM

Dunno ... are you more attractive than something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (0sNs1)

218 I think I'll have a sandwich, but I'm out of pickles. It will be a lonely sandwich. F' it, mebbe I can make a hamburger instead.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (diia5)

219 The 20 - 30 minute life span for a Russian recruit (top of sidebar) is bullshit.

Assume that they have no more than 100 of these recruits manning the most dangerous positions on the entire Ukraine front at any one time, and that those are the only ones getting killed. (A ridiculous hypothetical in itself.) After a half hour, they're all dead (30 minute average lifespan). Bring in the replacements, times 24. That would be 4800 dead, every single day, just to keep 100 recruits continuously in those positions piling up corpses in front of them. Or 1.75 million dead per year. Even the Ukes aren't claiming anywhere near that number of Russian dead.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 03:13 PM (XvL8K)

220 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (mmrXZ)

Like 15 years ago she had some horrendous face work. Unless the internet lied.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 03:13 PM (ZWBDi)

221 She is one of my favorite parts of Joe vs. the Volcano.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Having an affair with Russell Crowe on location in South America and then divorcing Dennis Quaid pretty much destroyed her acting career. Add in she went to the other extreme in some of her comeback movies including full nudity (In the Cut mebbe? and played thoroughly unlikable characters (Addicted to Love mebbe?. French Kiss with Kevin Kline was one her last watchable movies after she had several flops.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:13 PM (E4rtv)

222 I think I'll have a sandwich, but I'm out of pickles. It will be a lonely sandwich. F' it, mebbe I can make a hamburger instead.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM

Hotdog, ketchup. Some assembly required.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:13 PM (0sNs1)

223 Dunno ... are you more attractive than something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (0sNs1)

*shifts thighs*

Posted by: Bonnie Blue at August 03, 2026 03:14 PM (88C+u)

224
Amazing that she has herpes, because that means beyond a reasonable doubt, that SOMEONE SOMEWHERE once achieved tumescence in her presence.

What a strange planet we inhabit.
Posted by: mnw

Eh, to be fair. Most, not all, of the Herpes infections you see are from drinking after someone or eating after them or drinking from a public fountain.

Though yeah, direct contact will give it to you as well.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 03:15 PM (iJfKG)

225 Roseanne was always a smart down to earth person who had self awareness and logical reasoning. I blame her meteoric success in the Leftist world for her temporary insanity.

Her whole bit when she was just a regular stand up comedian was based on being a middle class housewife.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:15 PM (KC5Lt)

226 Bone and Flesh is my favorite Meg Ryan movie.

It's not a comedy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 03:16 PM (KC5Lt)

227
Like 15 years ago she had some horrendous face work. Unless the internet lied.
Posted by: ...

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

Yeah, there are some awful pictures out there. Maybe she's had some of it fixed, or time worked its magic.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 03:16 PM (mmrXZ)

228 If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.

If you're gonna shop in one of Mamdani's government-run grocery stores, you gotta have a government-issued ID.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:16 PM (0sNs1)

229 "I admired Whoopi, wanted to be on her team, had respect for her and I expected we would be like Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan passing the ball back and forth, shooting and leading the team to victory," she recalled on Monday. "And that's not exactly what happened."

=====

Try to imagine Jim rome reading that quote out loud. And adding
"Wed be like MJ and Scottie, only much less talented, much uglier, and disgustingly fat. But definitely just ike them."

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 03, 2026 03:17 PM (4HoLg)

230 More Clay Travis:
says he will buy a WNBA franchise for Nashville.
100% trans women
100% trans women coaches
most inclusive team in history.
Will be named the Nashville Balls

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:17 PM (3cUTc)

231 Pres. Trump gave that harpy herpes?!

His power is never ending!!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 03, 2026 03:17 PM (uoXeR)

232 Alas, I will be continuing my regimen of not viewing the shrewfest of syphilitic whores espousing their mental afflictions.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 03, 2026 03:17 PM (Q/FnY)

233 Even the Ukes aren't claiming anywhere near that number of Russian dead.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 03:13 PM (XvL8K)

This is the thing that does not make sense to me, casualty figures from two years ago should mean that Ukraine is a graveyard. There should be piles of the unburied dead everywhere.

Its all fake and gay. Always has been.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 03:18 PM (zZu0s)

234 *shifts thighs*
Posted by: Bonnie Blue at August 03, 2026 03:14 PM

* squints *

Is that a ... Sarlacc?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:20 PM (0sNs1)

235 I knew Rosie the Riviter's granddaughter. It did not move. You might say it was rivited.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 03:20 PM (bX16E)

236 218 I think I'll have a sandwich, but I'm out of pickles. It will be a lonely sandwich. F' it, mebbe I can make a hamburger instead.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 03, 2026 03:12 PM (diia5)

Do you have pepperoncini in the cupboard? Any kind of pickled peppers? They make a nice change from cukes, if you got some on a whim and then forgot about them.

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 03:20 PM (Sy6m/)

237 Amazing vid at GP of a drone slamming into a Russian beach. Seven beachgoers killed others injured.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 03:20 PM (BFvh9)

238 I saw the Shrewfest of Syphilitic Whores at Coachella 2026.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 03, 2026 03:21 PM (88C+u)

239 .. something that looks like it lives in the Death Star's garbage system

R-2!!!
Completely close the garbage bay!!!
I'd rather die than live another second in here!!!

Posted by: Luke Viewfinder at August 03, 2026 03:21 PM (MDua2)

240 I don't care if AllBarakChannel is a legit news agency. In fact, I prefer they be called that. As been proven, they've hidden news and information detrimental to only one side. Therefore they should be shut down for that, not some equal time nickel and dime charges.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 03, 2026 03:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

241 * squints *

Is that a ... Sarlacc?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:20 PM (0sNs1)

Ettes, avert yer eyes.

She's evidently pregnant. And did a gangbang at like 6 months pregnant. That poor poor kid.

I learned all of this from ewetub thumbnails. Thats it. Its fucking horrifying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s)

242 nood

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 03:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

243 How did this Rosie discussion evolve into Meg Ryan?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (hzuYO)

244 How did this Rosie discussion evolve into Meg Ryan?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM (hzuYO)

I think it was the how people change as they grow older.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 03, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s)

245
More Clay Travis:
says he will buy a WNBA franchise for Nashville.
100% trans women
100% trans women coaches
most inclusive team in history.
Will be named the Nashville Balls

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 03:17 PM (3cUTc)

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

Please make it so! It'll make The Globetrotters versus the Generals look like an NBA Final Game 7.

[Was telling my wife about this as I listened a little bit to their show while in my car this morning -- and mistakenly referred to Clay as "Clay Davis." We're watching "The Wire" again for like the 5th time in a decade -- and that's the great corrupt State Senator character famous for responding ""Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit" to others.]

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (7nfvi)

246 How did this Rosie discussion evolve into Meg Ryan?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 03:23 PM

The usual.

Rosie --> Prometheus --> Meg Ryan

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 03:26 PM (0sNs1)

247 233 Even the Ukes aren't claiming anywhere near that number of Russian dead.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 03:13 PM (XvL8K)

This is the thing that does not make sense to me, casualty figures from two years ago should mean that Ukraine is a graveyard. There should be piles of the unburied dead everywhere.

Its all fake and gay. Always has been.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Deaths are at least a hundred thousand for both sides after nearly 4 years of war. But when casualties instead of deaths are discussed, you probably have a multiple of 4-5 to 1 wounded via death. Casualties (death, wounded, debilitated by disease, etc. ) are probably well above 500k total.

And usuallya rule of thumb is attackers suffer about a 2-3 to 1 disparity in casualties. Russia being on the attack for most of the war means that Russian soldiers will probably be a majority of casualties and deaths.

Russian society we see is not affected that much because the deaths and casualties are coming from remote regions of Russia, many are not ethnic Russians, and from criminals conscripted into the army. Putin has left St. Petersburg and Moscow alone for going after soldiers to send to the Ukraine.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 03:28 PM (E4rtv)

248 The Bonnie Blue reference reminds me of the old Italian joke about the misread headline "100 men die laying Virginia Pip a leeni"

(Virginia Pipeline)

How much does one have to hate themselves to do what she does?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 03, 2026 03:31 PM (uoXeR)

249 139 People should buy all the tickets for the View and then show up and throw green dildos at the alleged ladies. I bet Whoopi could catch one in her mouth.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:50 PM (QZThv)

Can confirm.

Posted by: Ted Danson at August 03, 2026 03:37 PM (9ZFZd)

250 Supporting, airing the very WORSE white people: Rosie, Graham Platner, James Talarico, yada yada.

Of course.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 05:09 PM (NFX2v)

251 Rosie's doctor refers to it as TeleHellth.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 06:21 PM (BI5O2)

Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before
Update: Trump Blasts "Duplicitous" Iran Leadership

Trump was ready, he says, to unleash a bombing campaign on Iran that would be the most destructive since World War II, but Iran and some Gulf States told him that Iran had accepted the basic framework of a "deal" and so Trump cancelled the attack.

trumpgroundhogsdaywar.jpg

And Iran says "We never agreed to any framework."

It's like the sun coming up and going down every day.

President Donald Trump has called off a major strike against Iran, claiming to have reached a framework for a deal with the regime.

"The U.S.A. is locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II. Despite this, we have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to," President Trump announced in a Saturday evening post on Truth Social.

The tentative deal includes "Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT," the president continued.

The pause in the military operation was "subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL," he warned.

It's the Groundhog's Day War:

Tehran talks tough, denies agreement reached

Tehran rejected President Trump's latest peace overture, renewing its threats against the U.S.

"Iran has reached no agreement regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the semi-official Fars news agency reports, quoting a member of Tehran's negotiating team," Sky News (UK) reported.

Update: Trump blasts "duplicitous" Iranian leadership.

An irate President Donald Trump on Monday fumed over "duplicitous" Iranian leadership, after he called off planned strikes on Iran to resume peace talks, only for Iran to deny plans to meet.

"Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say 'beg,' talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they're not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they're only dealing with 'Oman,'" he posted on Truth Social.

"They then go on to give their usual blather in saying, the Strait of Hormuz will be operated powerfully by them, when it is already completely controlled by the United States Navy and our 'Blockade' or, as some say, 'The United States Wall of Steel!" he wen ton. "Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished."

Trump's remarks follow Iran denying plans to meet with American negotiators on Monday. The president had anticipated a formal resumption of peace talks.

I heard someone say "Iran has never won a war, but never lost a negotiation."

Trump needs to hear that.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:16 PM




Comments

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1 FIRST?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 01:16 PM (iFTx/)

2 well well well

Posted by: doug at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (B1+sW)

3 Yes, The Blade stole another FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)

4 Whatever Country claimed the Iranians were ready to accept a deal...

Bomb the Fuck out of them, too.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (zGzrB)

5 Donald Trump is a lot of things, it stupid isn’t one of them. I have to believe there is something else happening beside Lucy holding the football.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (hftzA)

6 TransFirst!

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 03, 2026 01:18 PM (GMWTj)

7 5 *but stupid isn’t one of them.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:18 PM (hftzA)

8 Tell it like it is, Ace.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 03, 2026 01:18 PM (SiYsC)

9 Ace complaining about Trump? Yeah, we HAVE heard that one before.

Posted by: tsj017 at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (xqi/r)

10 Rope-a-Dope.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (xJpaU)

11 I was pissed when I heard this but like I've said I am no Military expert...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (TFsdh)

12 I’ve heard this one before, Ace.

Posted by: Czech Chick at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (HEa7c)

13 And oil prices are down 5% because no one actually cares, all while Iran continues to just die as a country because of the blockade.

And, I remember when Trump was never going to bomb them. Then he bombed them for 6 weeks. Then Trump was so eager for a deal that he'd sign anything, and the MOU came along and Iran got nothing from it. And then most of what Iran had purchased to get imported never made it to port when the MOU got torn up and Iran got paid nothing.

And then Trump would never bomb them again, and then he bombed them for 11 days.

Every stage of this is just degrading Iran.

All they can do now is write PR about things that aren't happening in the strait while everyone ignores them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (bzPaY)

14 Altimeter > Perimeter > Penumbra.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

15 Stop me if you heard this one:

The Iranians always lie...well, except when they issue statements denying any negotiated deals with Trump...then that's totally legit dope, yo bro!

Posted by: Boswell at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (j10i6)

16 I think we should save the TACO Threads for Tuesdays, personally.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (zGzrB)

17 I've basically tuned out all Iran news because (i) it's deja vu all over again and (ii) I don't believe a word of it.

Same thing about Ukraine news.

Both wars will eventually end, and we can examine the results then.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

18 I have to believe there is something else happening beside Lucy holding the football.
Posted by: Piper

What if... Trump is Lucy.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (vJrRc)

19 Groundhog Day

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (UjdFS)

20 yeah it's all market manipulation by Trump for himself and his cronies. Not complicated.

Posted by: UA113 at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (iojh6)

21 20 yeah it's all market manipulation by Trump for himself and his cronies. Not complicated.

Posted by: UA113 at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (iojh6)

=======

Then it should be easy to predict and you should be able to make the money as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:21 PM (bzPaY)

22 Soon they will run out of hair to sell.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (UjdFS)

23 >>>so Trump cancelled the attack.




Mark Levin is screaming and breaking things in his bunker as we speak.

"Das war ein Befehl" he screams, pounding his tiny fists and shaking his finger at his intern.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (rbvCR)

24 Mmm... Tacos.

*Drooling noises*

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (n/5MQ)

25 Have we forgotten the wisdom of Vince Vance & the Valiants?

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (Av6i5)

26 Further proof Trump is Israel's puppet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (JvZF+)

27 How much napalm and HE would it take to clean off Karg Island for good ?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (VvdWF)

28 I think we should save the TACO Threads for Tuesdays, personally.

I prefer the CHIPOTLE threads.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (Riz8t)

29 Then it should be easy to predict and you should be able to make the money as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:21 PM (bzPaY)

—————-

You have to know the secret handshake or you can’t make money on it.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (u73oe)

30 Well. That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts. So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.
Posted by: Reforger
--
I found the video of this from your neighbor:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4DuMVJbSw5M

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (3cUTc)

31 JoOoOoOoOoOs!!!

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (n/5MQ)

32 What if... Trump is Lucy.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (vJrRc)
-----------
We are all Lucy.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (amcLV)

33 The more I think about this the more I like the idea that PDT is just turning the whole Iran thing into ignorable background noise.

Iran's threats used to be able to shake the world's oil markets.

Now, what are they? And I think that this might be getting people to realize that "oh, Iran can't actually do anything, let's get back to business."

Not that it won't keep retail gas places from gouging us as much as they can for as long as they can.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (vJrRc)

34 Associated Press and Sky News. meh

Posted by: DanMan at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (8uzBS)

35 The whole thing is really ticking me off. I’m totally mystified as to what Trump is doing. Maybe what he’s actually doing makes sense but the continual pronouncements with no apparent follow through doesn’t look good. Maybe talk less and bomb and blockade more

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (yz/88)

36 Are we back to tRump being a doody head or did we never leave that station to begin with?

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (zBgIx)

37 Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's peace out there today!

Posted by: 29Victor at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (0MjtC)

38 It's the Groundhog Day War:

Bill Murray wakes up, looks around confused, drops a few Daisycutters on Tehran, goes back to sleep.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (Av6i5)

39 Willowed but relevant

Maybe that's the strategy - turn Iran into constant background noise so that everyone realizes they can ignore it and just do business.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (vJrRc)
=====

How is that not a "forever war?"

There will be a price to pay for all the dilly-dallying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (JvZF+)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (JvZF+)

40 25 Have we forgotten the wisdom of Vince Vance & the Valiants?
Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (Av6i5

You are the angle atop my tree?

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (hftzA)

41 The mullahs and the IRGC will have gravestones that say "ok, we'll negotiate"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (BFvh9)

42 I gotta give Trump some credit, with the MOu it took over two weeks to accept that he was being played; with the 2nd cease fire, it only took about 4 days; now the loop looks down to about 48 hours.

Trump statement today:
“Trump: “Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say “beg,” talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with “Oman.” They then go on to give their usual blather in saying, the Strait of Hormuz will be operated powerfully by them, when it is already completely controlled by the United States Navy and our “Blockade” or, as some say, “The United States Wall of Steel!” Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished. Whether Iran wants to admit it or not, we are, in fact, talking of a solution to a problem that they have caused, for decades. It is very simple, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (/R3g/)

43
Every stage of this is just degrading Iran.

All they can do now is write PR about things that aren't happening in the strait while everyone ignores them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (bzPaY)

BUT IT'S ALREADY A FOREVER WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (AdHga)

44 33 The more I think about this the more I like the idea that PDT is just turning the whole Iran thing into ignorable background noise.

Iran's threats used to be able to shake the world's oil markets.

Now, what are they? And I think that this might be getting people to realize that "oh, Iran can't actually do anything, let's get back to business."

Not that it won't keep retail gas places from gouging us as much as they can for as long as they can.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (vJrRc)

========

I remember when we were going to get $200 oil and then Scott Bessent rigged the oil market and we didn't get it.

Maybe don't bet against the US Treasury, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (bzPaY)

45 Dead men tell no lies
-something Ten Bears might have said

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (LHPAg)

46 Afternoon.

Might as well just give Iran control of the straight. Maybe they'll fuck it up so badly the Saudis get will get pissed off enough to invade.

I'd hope the Iraqis, too, but their government has been an Iranian client for years now.

Posted by: Robert at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (dpXJq)

47 Every new day we spend negotiating with Iran is a Taqiyyah Sunrise.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (K6DGR)

48 Well. That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts. So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.
Posted by: Reforger
--
I found the video of this from your neighbor:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4DuMVJbSw5M

Reforger is a bit hairier than I expected. Does he have a weakness for pic-a-nic baskets?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (Riz8t)

49 Warning, Will Robinson! Danger! Danger!

Posted by: The robot (not Robbie) at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (n/5MQ)

50 All this on again / off again / on again shit about bombing Iran is akin to the Capt America meme:

Capt America, suit torn, face bloodied, tired but resigned look on face - "I can keep doing this all day

As TJM has posted, it's all background noise now

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (3sXRv)

51 39
How is that not a "forever war?"

There will be a price to pay for all the dilly-dallying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (JvZF+)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (JvZF+)

========

We cared about forever occupations. The American people has never cared about air campaigns that decimate funny sounding places half a world away like Libya.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (bzPaY)

52 What I've found amazing is the amount of Military information that has been leaked to, and published by, the US Press.

Everything from Ship locations, to pictures of ships in transit, to how many missiles we have....

Shameless Aid and Comfort to our enemies...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)

53 The United States Wall of Steel > plain old perimeter.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

54 We are all Lucy.

Do you feel lucy, punk? Well, do ya?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (vTZFs)

55 On Fox they said what's happening is that there are at least 3 "Iranian governments" of varying compositions (1 is civilian and 2 are different IRGC factions) and Trump is continuing to play the "one of them makes a deal, the other ones blow that one up, now there are two" game.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (2ocoG)

56 43
Every stage of this is just degrading Iran.

All they can do now is write PR about things that aren't happening in the strait while everyone ignores them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (bzPaY)

BUT IT'S ALREADY A FOREVER WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (AdHga)

======

Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

Flak cannons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (bzPaY)

57 I remember when we were going to get $200 oil and then Scott Bessent rigged the oil market and we didn't get it.

Maybe don't bet against the US Treasury, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (bzPaY

And don't forget the 300 billion we gave them

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (TFsdh)

58
I'm old enough to remember when winning meant regime change and unconditional surrender.
Sad.

Posted by: Speller at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (pSotA)

59 I think it will be interesting years down the road on what is actually happening in this war. The on again, off again nature is pretty strange to me. I don't know if Trump is doing some psychological thing on them, he's falling for some bullshit the cia is telling him, or if it's just muzzie countries purposely f'ing with us. But it does take the air out of what Israel is doing to Hamas and Hezbollah. I don't mind the economic crushing with intermittent bombing, I just want to know if that's the actual strategy which they stubbornly refuse to consult me on.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (n5tGW)

60 Or perhaps this Iran bombing campaign reminds you of Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch:

...'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies!
'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig!
'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (3sXRv)

61 I thought it was some combo of the senate says no you can't, we aren't going to fund it, Israel says do this and this.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (enNUy)

62 57 I remember when we were going to get $200 oil and then Scott Bessent rigged the oil market and we didn't get it.

Maybe don't bet against the US Treasury, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (bzPaY

And don't forget the 300 billion we gave them

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (TFsdh)

=======

INSTANT WIRE TRANSFER!

GREATEST SURRENDER IN US HISTORY!

And then Iran spent the next month complaining that they didn't get any money, not even their frozen $12 billion in assets held in foreign banks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (bzPaY)

63 Tehran talks tough, denies agreement reached

I've never been spoken to by a city.

Perhaps there's a person doing the talking?

And perhaps that person should be held to account?

Posted by: mikeski at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (VHUov)

64 BuT iRaN iS wInNiNg!

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (n/5MQ)

65 How is that not a "forever war?"

There will be a price to pay for all the dilly-dallying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (JvZF+)

It’s exactly what we did with Saddam in Iraq for about 10 years or so between the two hot wars.

Forever Wars happen when we don’t want to accept the costs of ending them, but can’t surrender, either.
(Biden notably ended Afghanistan by simply surrendering)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (/R3g/)

66
Bombs cost money.

I'm concerned.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (OkYzo)

67 The world is a bigger place than everybody thought it was. It's also smaller. Funny how that plays with your head. Remember, bigger than you.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (ixEhJ)

68 Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

Flak cannons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (bzPaY)

I'm pretty sure Mohammed didn't have flak guns.

Infidel Iranians...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (AdHga)

69 Who new "forever" = less than one year?

Posted by: Homer at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (nvKZ7)

70 The Straits of Hormuz are an international waterway. Why is Iran not the entire world's pariah for choking off this oil lifeline?
Rhodesia was strangled for far, far less. Where the fuck is the UN?


Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (K6DGR)

71 Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

So it's like the WNBA vs. high school boys situation mentioned in the previous thread?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (2ocoG)

72 The mullahs and the IRGC will have gravestones that say "ok, we'll negotiate"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (BFvh9)
====

"On the Whole, We'd Rather Be in Islamabad"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (JvZF+)

73 I've come to ignore any and all "stories" about Iran. Nobody really knows what's going on behind the scenes other than a few in the administration, a couple of mullahs and whoever's left running the IRGC.

Maybe none of those people know either. *shrugs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (2Cry5)

74 The IRGC will have to be eliminated for any lasting peace that achieves Trump's objectives.

-use millions of drones with superior US AWACS and AI to roll over Iran targeting every single IRGC point of resistance

-do this while we still have dominant air superiority and EW superiority before Russia and China push more weapons into Iran

-they have 30-40 deep bunker repositories of drones and missiles around the country, the Pentagon was counting these as eliminated if the entrances were bombed, each of these need to be rolled over and controlled with drones and a ground force (partisans plus special forces) to actually destroy the stocks of drones and missiles

-successfully defeating the IRGC in a couple of provinces and empowering locals will encourage locals in the rest of the country

oh wait, we don't have millions of drones

Posted by: TITP at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (r3hkP)

75 I do hope we are learning things about our munitions and our tactics with these military actions. I suppose we aren't learning anything about their defensive weapons and capability considering there apparently aren't/isn't any.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (FmapG)

76 70 The Straits of Hormuz are an international waterway. Why is Iran not the entire world's pariah for choking off this oil lifeline?
Rhodesia was strangled for far, far less. Where the fuck is the UN?


Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (K6DGR)

=======

They are.

Iran engaged in literal piracy when they tried to exert control over the strait. They took three cargo vessels.

They are a pariah.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (bzPaY)

77 There is one thing that we may be missing. If Trump is confusing his allies and supporters, can you imagine what the Iranians are thinking? They've played US presidents and the Mafia for 47 years and now they're stuck dealing with Trump. The have to be thinking "how do you deal with this crazy man'

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (BFvh9)

78 You can't negotiate with liars. These fuckers repeatedly lied to Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Trump.

They didn't need to lie to Biden and Obama. Those clowns offered more than they were asking for.

You can't negotiate with them, but you can blow them up.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (ME/yj)

79 >>Bombs cost money.


So does EBT.

At least we get some cool footage out of the Bombs.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (zGzrB)

80 71 Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

So it's like the WNBA vs. high school boys situation mentioned in the previous thread?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (2ocoG)

======

Except not as embarrassing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (bzPaY)

81 Awwright. We'll call it a draw.

Posted by: Armless & Legless Invincible Black Imam at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (wVcYX)

82 Angel. Not angle.

Ace, please. May I have edit capabilities?I swear I will hire someone to come build your shelves for you. Or I will come and use my weird Disney princess gift with wildlife and get your crows to love you. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (hftzA)

83 How about military action AND negotiation?
It might add some leverage to be able to say that the ceasefire is connected to a deal.
I dunno. It's seemed to work in the past.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (zafwz)

84 I'm jumping all over the next email from that Nigerian prince.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (ndZc7)

85 The media not the Mafia. Damn autocucumber

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (BFvh9)

86 n dimensional chess. trust the plan.

Posted by: q anon at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (qdr3M)

87 Rhodesia was strangled for far, far less. Where the fuck is the UN?

Rhodesia wasn't Islamic. The UN (and Iran) are.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (2ocoG)

88 Hey, speaking of the WNBA, did everyone see...

No, of course not. Never mind.

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (n/5MQ)

89 9 Ace complaining about Trump? Yeah, we HAVE heard that one before.
Posted by: tsj017

While Ace is more negative on Trump than most here, he's still generally supportive I think, and gives Trump credit for his wins.

This Iran business...is looking like amateur hour. Yes, Trump often seems clueless, or does things that seem countproductive, only to turn it around and make it a win (usually on the campaign trail), but he's going to need a miracle to make this look good, and in time to help in the midterms (instead of the mild drag it's providing now, which Iran knows they can instantly increase if they're willing to get bombed (they are)).

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 03, 2026 01:30 PM (/y3Vc)

90 It's the Groundhog's Day War:

===

It's a brilliant strategy, and if you see flaws with this, you are afflicted with TDS and are a NEOCON!!11!

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (g47mK)

91
Isn't Tehran essentially a dead town before this conflict, because their water is polluted and running out? Iran is a mess.

Also read somewhere that the population is on the verge of overthrowing IRGC. I've heard this before, but it seems they might actually mean it this time. Especially if the IRGC is weakened enough and choked out to almost collapse.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (OkYzo)

92 >>Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

>>Flak cannons.


Remember when the world thought Russian and Chinese Air Defense Systems were significant?



Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (zGzrB)

93 I have no idea what's happening. I
Am not Trump and am not in the meetings.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (b78el)

94
Not that it won't keep retail gas places from gouging us as much as they can for as long as they can.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (vJrRc)

That's due to Ukraine hitting Russian refineries. Refineries are enjoying extremely high spreads at present.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (okun6)

95 The media not the Mafia

The latter is more honorable

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (n/5MQ)

96 78 You can't negotiate with liars. These fuckers repeatedly lied to Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Trump.

They didn't need to lie to Biden and Obama. Those clowns offered more than they were asking for.

You can't negotiate with them, but you can blow them up.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM (ME/yj)

You said Bush twice.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (IMeI4)

97 Glenn Reynolds speculates:

think Trump is stringing them along, the way they’ve traditionally strung U.S. negotiators along. He knows they’ll break any agreement.

https://instapundit.com/814291/

Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (8mulE)

98 The media not the Mafia. Damn autocucumber

I'd say it's the same difference, but literally nobody would be threatened if Brian Stelter and Jim Acosta showed up to shake you down.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:31 PM (2ocoG)

99 I'm old enough to remember when winning meant regime change and unconditional surrender.
Sad.

Posted by: Speller at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (pSotA)

Why?

Trump and his proxies have defined 'winning' here over and over and over and over.

1. Destoy Iran's ballistic missile capability.
2. Destoy Iran's navy.
3. Destroy Iran's ability to obtain a nuke.
4. Destroy Iran's ability to fund terror proxies.

We've absolutely or de facto achieved every one of those. Now we're just grinding Iran into dust with basically no opposition.

How many caskets would you accept in exchange for rooting out the IRGC, down to the last man?

Me? None. I'd accept none caskets. Particularly when Iran's been taken off the board in any geopolitical sense.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (AdHga)

100 >>Bombs cost money.
-----
So does EBT.

Now, hear me out....

Posted by: Zombie Augusto P. at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (vTZFs)

101 This Iran business...is looking like amateur hour. Yes, Trump often seems clueless, or does things that seem countproductive, only to turn it around and make it a win (usually on the campaign trail), but he's going to need a miracle to make this look good, and in time to help in the midterms (instead of the mild drag it's providing now, which Iran knows they can instantly increase if they're willing to get bombed (they are)).

Or perhaps Trump's internal polling is telling him the election is already in the bag, so he can continue to play cat and mouse with the Iranians without too much damage. The Dems seem to have that (the damage part) well in hand.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)

102 Of course we can be charitable and say someone leaked the plans to the WSj or NYT (forgot which), and that is why they had to postpone...so, find the leaker and shoot them for treason?

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (g47mK)

103 I'm old enough to remember when winning meant regime change and unconditional surrender.
Sad.
Posted by: Speller at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (pSotA)
====

Do you really think age is a factor in how we are analyzing this? I feel like all these youngsters are hooked on the copium!
/shaking clenched fist at clouds

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (JvZF+)

104 > The media not the Mafia. Damn autocucumber
---------
TBH, either will work.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 01:33 PM (2Cry5)

105 You said Bush twice."

I like....

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 01:33 PM (XuXeR)

106 Word on the street is IRGC is questioning why Ghalibaf wasn't assassinated and why both of his sons are out of the country safe. The word Zionist is being thrown around between IRGC factions.

Doesn't mean it will amount to anything, but they are hardly kicking back trading high fives.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 03, 2026 01:33 PM (r7+Q7)

107 82 I swear I will hire someone to come build your shelves for you.

it's a trap!

Posted by: admiral ackbar at August 03, 2026 01:33 PM (qdr3M)

108 It's all part of grand plan that we cannot possibly understand.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:33 PM (g47mK)

109 The Dems seem to have that (the damage part) well in hand.

There are rumors now that the Plattner replacement is just as bad.

Not that it matters, Susan Collins will win in any event.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (2ocoG)

110 At this point, I just want to know who he's playing.

Us, the Iranians, the rest of the world?

None? All of the above?

He's obviously playing SOMEONE.

(Being I don't know who he's playing, I lean towards it being me...)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (N1DT3)

111 >>Word on the street is IRGC is questioning why Ghalibaf wasn't assassinated and why both of his sons are out of the country safe. The word Zionist is being thrown around between IRGC factions.


If I were the Mossad, I'd be sending the sons some pretty obvious Wire Transfers.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (zGzrB)

112 Altimeter > Perimeter > Penumbra.
Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

Altimeter > Perimeter > Penumbra > Perineum.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (wVcYX)

113 How much (money, weapons) have we wasted with Ukraine, too? Now -

NBC News, U.S. turns to war-weary Ukraine for help with drone technology
Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S. told NBC News the two countries signed an agreement last week so Ukrainian combat drones can be sent to the U.S. for military testing and evaluation. July 30, 2026

Reuters, US signs deal to boost Patriot and THAAD missile parts production, By David Ljunggren, August 3, 2026

With Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman

(Watch the Congressional stock picks.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (NFX2v)

114 Word on the street is IRGC is questioning why Ghalibaf wasn't assassinated and why both of his sons are out of the country safe. The word Zionist is being thrown around between IRGC factions.

Doesn't mean it will amount to anything, but they are hardly kicking back trading high fives.

Correct. IRGC is fracturing, which is excellent news. MOAR POPCORN!

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (2ocoG)

115
Not that it matters, Susan Collins will win in any event.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (2ocoG)

But she's behind by 5 points !

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (TFsdh)

116 >>Flak cannons.


I wonder if Obama's Flak Tower has flak cannons?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (K6DGR)

117 Glenn Reynolds speculates:

think Trump is stringing them along, the way they’ve traditionally strung U.S. negotiators along. He knows they’ll break any agreement.

https://instapundit.com/814291/

I was long in the minority here in preferring DeSantis in '24, while most favored Trump. It's therefore a bit surprising that I agree with GR, while so many here think Trump is doing something stupid.

Here's a protip: if a guy like Trump is negotiating in a way you find stupid, it's probably because he's playing a different game than you are.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (Riz8t)

118 I was gonna scroll past post but out of respect for Ace, did not. He finished strong with the GroundHog day reference.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (Gqar8)

119 Why doesn't he just stop announcing 'deals'? As far as midterms are concerned, what more affects voter enthusiasm the best way (less up for Dems, less down for GOP): just staying mum and having and ongoing conflict and talk about 'progress trying to be made'... or this continual cycle of BS that is obviously lying to degrees (if not completely) by both sides?

Posted by: bearski at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (Bhsk7)

120 (Being I don't know who he's playing, I lean towards it being me...)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (N1DT3)

That's the wise choice. It's not like Trump has spent nearly his entire adult life railing against Iran and the threat that a nuke would allow them to pose to the US... Wait...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (AdHga)

121 56 43
Every stage of this is just degrading Iran.

All they can do now is write PR about things that aren't happening in the strait while everyone ignores them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (bzPaY)

BUT IT'S ALREADY A FOREVER WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (AdHga)

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Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

Flak cannons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (bzPaY)


This is for propaganda aimed at bucking-up morale of Shia nutjobs and persuadable Iranian citizens, along with the global al-Jazeera crowd. "We are constantly fighting and defeating the Zionist and Christian Crusader air-pirates!" Cue the video of Iranian flak guns furiously shooting into the sky. Especially flak guns firing at night so the tracers provide a good propaganda light show.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM (5rh/l)

122 Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM (n/5MQ)

123 Or perhaps Trump's internal polling is telling him the election is already in the bag, so he can continue to play cat and mouse with the Iranians without too much damage. The Dems seem to have that (the damage part) well in hand.
Posted by: Archimedes

To what end? Trump doesn't strike me as the kind if guy that likes letting things sit unfinished, especially if they make him look weak and foolish. Sure, maybe if he's going to flip it around and win, he'll wait a bit, but he's been dicking around with Iran since the end of February. I can't imagine Trump saying "yeah, let's let this flounder until December, then we can put the screws to them and settle this."

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 03, 2026 01:37 PM (/y3Vc)

124 Word on the street is IRGC is questioning why Ghalibaf wasn't assassinated and why both of his sons are out of the country safe. The word Zionist is being thrown around between IRGC factions.

Suspicions of treachery between different factions of apocalyptic loons always ends well for the loons.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:37 PM (Riz8t)

125 Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM (n/5MQ)

Anyone who can do Senate Math.

If I don't get a more conservative option up in Maine, I'm supporting Collins for SCOTUS, committees, and agenda-setting powers.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:37 PM (AdHga)

126 122 Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM

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I know, right?

Posted by: Romney-Ryan 2012 at August 03, 2026 01:38 PM (OkYzo)

127 Why doesn't he just stop announcing 'deals'?

Everytime he announces a "deal" the IRGC gets hysterical denying such a deal and waring with the others they think are making the deals... Could be no such deal has been made.... Psych !

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 01:38 PM (TFsdh)

128 Weird, I just got some "Imminent Threat Alert" regarding "ongoing law enforcement activity" on the Interstate's eastbound lanes in the next county.

I wonder if it's like a high speed chase or something?

Shoot out with the cartels, maybe?

Posted by: Robert at August 03, 2026 01:38 PM (dpXJq)

129 Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (AdHga)
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This is a very good analysis. The regime change goal is mine not Trump's. I'm not going to hold him accountable for it but will continue to agitate for it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (JvZF+)

130 What a fucking joke this whole thing has turned into.

>>Here's a protip: if a guy like Trump is negotiating in a way you find stupid, it's probably because he's playing a different game than you are.

"A guy like Trump" doesn't seem to realize that negotiating with Iran is a fool's errand, regardless of the "game".

The only solution to the Iran problem is complete and utter destruction of the Islamic regime so that there are no more leaders with which to "negotiate".

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (WYStd)

131 >>Iran was using flak cannons against bombers that were 30,000 feet in the air 2 weeks ago.

>>Flak cannons.

Remember when the world thought Russian and Chinese Air Defense Systems were significant?
---
Don't forget the shipment of shoulder-fired anti-air missiles China* just sent!

I saw all the news touting that as a new deadly danger for the US and proof that we are losing and China-Iran will defeat us.

* Max height of China MANPADS: 15k feet.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (3cUTc)

132 125 Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM (n/5MQ)

Anyone who can do Senate Math.

If I don't get a more conservative option up in Maine, I'm supporting Collins for SCOTUS, committees, and agenda-setting powers.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:37 PM (AdHga

Yeah a Democrat majority in either House or Senate es muy no bueno.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (Gqar8)

133 I just think PDJT believes so much in the Art of the Deal

unfortunately that doesn't work with psycho religious zealot thugs

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (j+aD2)

134 Now watch Collins win and then announce she's switching parties.

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (n/5MQ)

135 Not that it matters, Susan Collins will win in any event.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (2ocoG)

But she's behind by 5 points !
Posted by: It's me donna

Wait, there's a place where you can release wildy inaccurate (fake) polls for political purposes, and NOT have to retire in shame after the election shows you're a hack!?!?!?

Posted by: Ann Selzer at August 03, 2026 01:40 PM (/y3Vc)

136 Trump's approval is under 40% per Rasmussen. We are screwed in November

Posted by: SMH at August 03, 2026 01:40 PM (RqMDa)

137 My position is I'm not going to pull my hair out because it changes nothing. I would have liked if we had not so many starts and stops but so far Iran hasn't gained anything and lost a lot . The verbal back and forth is just that. Looks like Iran is going to lose a little more in the near future.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (KC5Lt)

138 Speaking of people who suspiciously are not assassinated yet, I wonder about this Araghchi guy. How is he still above ground?

And I agree that Trump is just playing them and bit by bit destroying them. And what's the alternative? These are not the kind of guys who sign Geneva Convention treaties. They're insane. So let them burn themselves out.

Posted by: Random PJ at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (+jscL)

139 126 122 Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM

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I know, right?
Posted by: Romney-Ryan 2012 at August 03, 2026 01:38 PM (OkYzo)

I'm taking time to step away from my funeral festivities to say ...

Don't you forget about me !

Posted by: zombie Adm / Sen J.S. McCain ace pilot at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (3sXRv)

140
1. Destoy Iran's ballistic missile capability.
2. Destoy Iran's navy.
3. Destroy Iran's ability to obtain a nuke.
4. Destroy Iran's ability to fund terror proxies

1) Trump said that we estimate we’ve destroyed 80% of their stockpiles. Since we also estimated that they had about 100,000 missiles of various types before this began, they only have about 20,000 left.

2). False goal. The Navy was just a PR thing to impress the neighbors. The ability to disrupt shipping was through drones and the fast boats, and we are still working to take those out.

3). Even the US admits we did not know about pickaxe mountain, and a significant part of their program may have been moved there.

4). Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthi are still around and still causing trouble. It’s not over with them yet.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (/R3g/)

141 Nobody cares about the price of oil? The gas stations are continuing to gouge us.

But I'm assured by the confidence that this is the month the prices plunge!!!!

Posted by: Mr. Wawa at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (1PjjJ)

142 To what end? Trump doesn't strike me as the kind if guy that likes letting things sit unfinished, especially if they make him look weak and foolish. Sure, maybe if he's going to flip it around and win, he'll wait a bit, but he's been dicking around with Iran since the end of February. I can't imagine Trump saying "yeah, let's let this flounder until December, then we can put the screws to them and settle this."

You've hinted at two options, neither of which is appealing to Trump.
1) Go in full force, possibly including boots on the ground.
2) Run away, a la Biden.

Trump is famous for rejecting the proffered options, and generating a new one, in this case, a continuing, low level attack which costs the US relatively little in lives and military assets, while slowly and surely grinding Iran down. I suspect that is what's happening, but Trump failed to call be and fill me in this week so I can't be sure.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (Riz8t)

143 I was gonna scroll past post but out of respect for Ace, did not. He finished strong with the GroundHog day reference.
Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 01:35 PM (Gqar
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Every thread is a movie thread.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (JvZF+)

144 Max height of China MANPADS: 15k feet.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

There must be a Swalwell/Fang Fang/Buttigieg joke here somewhere.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (/y3Vc)

145 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (3cUTc)

My favorite 'yeah, right' topic is...

We must expand NATO to counteract the Evil Russians!!!

That would be Russia, that can't even beat Ukraine? But are some type of threat to NATO and the EU?

Uhhh...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (mP0Kj)

146 And then Trump would never bomb them again, and then he bombed them for 11 days.

Every stage of this is just degrading Iran.
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And he can continue to degrade them by bombing them continuously until they surrender.

There's no reason to stop bombing every time they say they want to talk. Or Trump says they want to talk or whatever.

You can negotiate while the bombs are falling. You don't have to keep throwing them lifelines.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (vSvIl)

147 Wait, there's a place where you can release wildy inaccurate (fake) polls for political purposes, and NOT have to retire in shame after the election shows you're a hack!?!?!?

Ask the pollster who said Kumswala would win Iowa.

Posted by: Jetto at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (n/5MQ)

148 Sigh...


Inside Elections 2026 Midterm Forecast

House:
🔴 Republicans: 215
🔵 Democrats: 206
🟡 Tossup: 14

Senate:
🔴 Republicans: 52
🔵 Democrats: 45
🟡 Tossup: 3

Swing States:
Maine: 🔴 Tilt R
Michigan: 🟡 Tossup
Georgia: 🟡 Tossup
North Carolina: 🟡 Tossup
New Hampshire: 🔵 Tilt D

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (g47mK)

149 Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?
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Well, Collins has already shown how much damage she can do. Her opponents have promised to be worse.

Posted by: clarence at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (oB8bm)

150 I have a lot of sympathy for Mr. Trump. He really doesn't want to bomb these mfers back into the stone age.

But they are insane. I think he will not chicken-out.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (qFwJc)

151 But she's behind by 5 points !

Collins has polled behind by 5 points in like every race she's ever run, and then won by 15. It's like polls are for strippers or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (2ocoG)

152 136 Trump's approval is under 40% per Rasmussen. We are screwed in November
Posted by: SMH at August 03, 2026 01:40 PM

Our saving grace is the Dems ability to be ridiculous and put forth even crazier candidates than normal.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (hftzA)

153 Obviously Isreal and the US wouldn't target their own spies so if we further that everyone still alive is obviously a spy.
Looking at you IRGC. Get something done about this. Kill all of those Isreali spys. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (IMeI4)

154 "Even the US admits we did not know about pickaxe mountain, and a significant part of their program may have been moved there."

WaPo was reporting on Pickaxe Mtn facility before Feb 2026. We knew about it.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

155 Here's a protip: if a guy like Trump is negotiating in a way you find stupid, it's probably because he's playing a different game than you are.
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The thing about negotiations is, there are very few people in the world who ever do such.

And the club of "negotiated multi-million dollar deals with multiple parties--some hostile to the others" that is a NYC real estate deal is one of the smallest clubs in the world.

But I'm sure my dumb ass on the internet knows how to negotiate better with Iran ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (3cUTc)

156 >>(Being I don't know who he's playing, I lean towards it being me...)

Trump has been talking about taking down Iran for decades, years before he got into politics directly.

He is not playing us. He's just doing things his way. Which doesn't bother me since decades of doing it the other way, invasions and then trying to rebuild and run other countries in the Middle East, has always failed. Always. There's a price to pay for that as well.

Bessent said the other day during the cabinet meeting that inflation in Iran is at 180%. Basically Zimbabwe, get out a wheelbarrow of money levels. Meanwhile, oil prices are coming down today in the US so the Strait actually isn't closed and even their threats are not doing much anymore.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (viF8m)

157 Just another manic Monday.

Posted by: Written by Prince, Sung by The Bangles at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (wVcYX)

158 >>>Isn't it funny that we're actually rooting for Susan Collins to win? Whoda thunk?


The fact that we have to support her says a lot more about Maine / New England than it says about us or her. WTF is wrong with people up there? I mean Vermont!???...Bernie Fucking Commie hack Sanders!??? FFS! I don't know who's in New Hampshire the "Live Free or Die" state but I'm sure it's also a commie. Yeah, Live Free or Die but electing commies is the definition of stupid.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (K6DGR)

159 Nobody cares about the price of oil? The gas stations are continuing to gouge us.

High prices are due to corporate greed and price gouging only when a Dem is in office.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (/y3Vc)

160 Threats are nothing. Gotta have teeth and show them we mean business. Bomb the f*cking shit out of them with everything on the table. Cities, towns, electricity plants, everything.

It's the same with the fraud voting in this country. Have laws with teeth in them. Voting fraud, seven years in jail, no parole. Make it hurt. Judges who won't apply the law gets booted off the bench. Stop playing around. I'm so tired of the bullshit.

Posted by: Case at August 03, 2026 01:44 PM (bqIVz)

161 Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:32 PM (AdHga)
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This is a very good analysis. The regime change goal is mine not Trump's. I'm not going to hold him accountable for it but will continue to agitate for it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:39 PM (JvZF+)

I ALSO want regime change in Iran. But I'm not willing to bury a single 0311 to achieve it. I'm certainly not willing to bury thousands of them and watch Iran devolve into the street-to-street fighting I saw in Fallujah while some of the fence-sitting Iranians decide the 'invaders' are worse than the Iranian leadership just as a function of being invaders.

Trump told us at the beginning what his terms for victory were. They were defined at the onset of hostilities. We focused on and achieved all of them.

Defining military victory and then kicking the everloving shit out of the enemy with a single-minded ruthlessness until we achieve that victory is unique in post-9/11 America, and I'm here for it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:44 PM (AdHga)

162 Michigan - Abul Al Durka Durka Jihadi wins tomorrow, loses to Rogers in November, and from then till NOvemeber the JiahadDSA and D alliance will be featured prominently in ads in key states!

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:44 PM (g47mK)

163 I'd love to be wrong but I don't see NC as a toss up or else I've marinated in the shithole that is Charlotte for way too long and don't know the vibe out in the actual state.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 01:45 PM (enNUy)

164 The fact that we have to support her says a lot more about Maine / New England than it says about us or her.

The whole Graham Platner thing convinced me that Stephen King was on to something by writing a lot of books about supernatural monsters in Maine.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:45 PM (2ocoG)

165 >>Here's a protip: if a guy like Trump is negotiating in a way you find stupid, it's probably because he's playing a different game than you are.

"A guy like Trump" doesn't seem to realize that negotiating with Iran is a fool's errand, regardless of the "game".

The only solution to the Iran problem is complete and utter destruction of the Islamic regime so that there are no more leaders with which to "negotiate".

There is one thing of which I am absolutely sure, and that is that "a guy like Trump" knows the Iranians will never abide by any agreement. That's why he's letting them hang themselves by continuing to "break" every agreement, while he just keeps hitting them. It's like Captain America says, "I can do this all day".

In the end, I think his goal is exactly what you say, he's just going about it in an opaque way. Given how poorly the alternate ways have fared in the past, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:46 PM (Riz8t)

166 The situation has a NY Post vibe to it.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 01:46 PM (Gqar8)

167 Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:41 PM (Riz8t)

The Iran Junta's political calculation is clear to me.

Can their internal opposition be suppressed long enough that those who HATE Trump can somehow neuter him.

The vote in the Senate and the US MSM, give them hope every day, that if they can just last long enough, Trump will be weakened, or impeached.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:46 PM (mP0Kj)

168 The markets seem to like Trump's strategy or at least are getting comfortable with it,

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 01:47 PM (KC5Lt)

169 We have a weak hand. It is being exposed.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 01:47 PM (bX16E)

170 The vote in the Senate and the US MSM, give them hope every day, that if they can just last long enough, Trump will be weakened, or impeached.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:46 PM (mP0Kj)

Oooooorrrrrrrr........
- Butler, PA, et al.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:47 PM (AdHga)

171 WHOA!

that was fast !

"JUST IN:

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy @ZelenskyyUa just dismissed Olha Stefanishyna from her position as Ukraine's ambassador to the United States."

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:48 PM (g47mK)

172 What I've found amazing is the amount of Military information that has been leaked to, and published by, the US Press.

Everything from Ship locations, to pictures of ships in transit, to how many missiles we have....

Shameless Aid and Comfort to our enemies...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:26 PM (mP0Kj)


Ted Striker: My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We're bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We're coming in from the north, below their radar.

Elaine Dickinson: When will you be back?

Ted Striker: I can't tell you that. It's classified.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2026 01:48 PM (wVcYX)

173 TACO Monday, followed by TACO Tuesday, etc., until Trump either wakes up or leaves office.

Posted by: p-squared at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (0prFs)

174 That would be Russia, that can't even beat Ukraine? But are some type of threat to NATO and the EU?

Uhhh...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (mP0Kj)

The EU couldn't defeat shit. Long gone are the days of European military might. Except maybe for Poland they are weaker than ever in history.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (IMeI4)

175 Our saving grace is the Dems ability to be ridiculous and put forth even crazier candidates than normal.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (hftzA)

Agreed! Trump's greatest superpower is he has the DUMBEST enemies in history!

Posted by: SMH at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (RqMDa)

176 169 We have a weak hand. It is being exposed.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 01:47 PM (bX16E)
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On what planet do we have a "weak hand?"

There's having legitimate criticisms of this campaign against Iran, and then there's doomer bullshit that has no basis in reality. This is an example of the latter.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (oqH4h)

177 I really wish Trump would just stop the blustering and blow Iran to smithereens.

Then take our troops and go home.

Done. Not worth another breath.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM (iYyOT)

178 I'm certainly not willing to bury thousands of them and watch Iran devolve into the street-to-street fighting I saw in Fallujah while some of the fence-sitting Iranians decide the 'invaders' are worse than the Iranian leadership just as a function of being invaders.


Excellent point. The mullahs would like nothing better than American boots on the ground, because that's the only way they have left to rally and motivate their people to fight. Let's not give them what they want.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM (Riz8t)

179 The only way to win is to not play the (negotiating) game — WOPR after it learned

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM (+gA9j)

180 Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before.
..
It's like the sun coming up and going down every day.


Pointing out the obvious: Yes, that's how Dualing Banjo's is played -- begining the midpoint of the beginning in AI War I. Who's next?

LET's GO BRANDON.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-irlTheBRENNANcameo

“the people in charge are lying to the public and telling them not to believe what we’ve seen with our own eyes.” -- Clinton 01/26/26


Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM (4hyME)

181 I am shock, shocked, totally to know Ian is lying... again.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM (NnhvP)

182 Good news, eastbound lanes are open.

Guess they got the guy. Or...whatever happened. I don't know. Maybe a cow got loose.

Posted by: Robert at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (dpXJq)

183 The EU couldn't defeat shit. Long gone are the days of European military might. Except maybe for Poland they are weaker than ever in history.
Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (IMeI4)

But, so is Russia...

So it would end up looking like a Tranny Street fight...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (mP0Kj)

184 Trump is supposedly issuing an EO to fully re-open the Sable pipeline in the Sta Ynez refinery group in Santa Barbara, cutting off California's obstruction. This is done under the defense production act as a supply for West coast military needs.

This is reported by fairly responsible accounts, but I find nothing about it on the White House EO page.

It would be nice if fuel prices out here moderated a bit!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (rbvCR)

185
WaPo was reporting on Pickaxe Mtn facility before Feb 2026. We knew about it.
Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

Not a movie thread, but a line from Gandalf to Denethor seems highly appropriate: “Knew about it and did NOTHING!”
(By our own admission)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (/R3g/)

186 The most powerful ally the mullahs and IRGC has is the democrat party and their propagandists. Trump has a strategy to win against both but it will not move as fast as some wish for here.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 01:52 PM (xvV+O)

187 184 Trump is supposedly issuing an EO to fully re-open the Sable pipeline in the Sta Ynez refinery group in Santa Barbara, cutting off California's obstruction. This is done under the defense production act as a supply for West coast military needs.

This is reported by fairly responsible accounts, but I find nothing about it on the White House EO page.

It would be nice if fuel prices out here moderated a bit!
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (rbvCR)


Denied !

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at August 03, 2026 01:52 PM (TFsdh)

188
This on-again/off-again bombing interspersed with negotiations reminds me of the US bombing North Vietnam back in the 1969s-1970s.

There apparently isn't any existing government faction in Iran that can actually be negotiated with.

Maybe it's a different enough situation that it doesn't mean the same thing.

These Gulf states that we are told are calling for a halt -- what's their motivation?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (azNOR)

189 The EU couldn't defeat shit. Long gone are the days of European military might. Except maybe for Poland they are weaker than ever in history.
Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (IMeI4)


They want a war with Russia so they can write off their banking losses and start over with a revalued currency.
What is interesting is that they could declare a war on Morocco and Libya and the rest of North Africa, do a Rif war 2.0 and have their forever war there. Morocco has just given them the invasion they need to declare a war there.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (rbvCR)

190 So it would end up looking like a Tranny Street fight...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (mP0Kj)

That is one we should both encourage and stay out of. Let Russia and the EU bitchslap each other for a few years.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (IMeI4)

191 >>>I really wish Trump would just stop the blustering and blow Iran to smithereens.


I'd like him to announce that he's going to Rand McNally's offices and telling them they'll have to issue a new World Atlas after he's done wiping Iran off the face of the earth.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (K6DGR)

192 Not a movie thread, but a line from Gandalf to Denethor seems highly appropriate: “Knew about it and did NOTHING!”
(By our own admission)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:51 PM (/R3g/)

Striking Fordow brought into the open bombs that didn't exist before. Pickaxe is deeper. There is - at least according to open source data - nothing in our arsenal that can get there.

Yet.

What would you like them to do with a target we can't reach?

I'll ask my caskets question again. How many dead Marines will you accept to take Pickaxe by storm since we can't destroy it with what we (publicly) have?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (AdHga)

193
16 I think we should save the TACO Threads for Tuesdays, personally.
Posted by: garrett

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Coming in at #179, I'm glad I read the comments from the top down.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (mmrXZ)

194 173 TACO Monday, followed by TACO Tuesday, etc., until Trump either wakes up or leaves office.
Posted by: p-squared at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (0prFs)
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Wakes up and does what, General Patton?

Our options are either to invade, which we're not going to do for a hundred thousand different reasons, start a campaign of bombing civilian infrastructure which will cripple the country and kill a lot of otherwise innocent people that have nothing to do with the IRGC, or tuck tail and leave, which you'd bitch about too. What should we do?

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 01:54 PM (oqH4h)

195 As one Iranian said about the Durka Durka Jihadis in charge of Iran right now "If their lips are moving, they are lying." Same goes for Phakistan.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 01:54 PM (g47mK)

196 No more announcing. No threats. No press conferences or round tables or negotiations.

Boom.
Leave
Done.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 01:54 PM (iYyOT)

197 Hello Darlin' -

You've got a man with a slow hand
You've got a President with an easy touch
You've got somebody who will spend some time
Not come and go in a heated rush
Baby, believe me I understand
When it comes to bombing Iran you want a slow hand

Posted by: Zombie Conway Twitty at August 03, 2026 01:55 PM (wVcYX)

198 build a parking lot

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 03, 2026 01:55 PM (jrgJz)

199 181 I am shock, shocked, totally to know Ian is lying... again.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM

Good grief, Ian. Stop it!

Seriously, my typos appear to be contagious.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:55 PM (hftzA)

200 151 But she's behind by 5 points !

Collins has polled behind by 5 points in like every race she's ever run, and then won by 15. It's like polls are for strippers or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:42 PM (2ocoG)

As a Mainer on the ground here in batshit crazy southern / Portland area - you couldn't throw a rock without hitting multiple Platner lawn signs.

Still haven't seen a single Troy Jackson yard sign anywhere. However, I've not seen a Collins sign either.

The Democrat party is very divided up here in Maine. Very divided.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 03, 2026 01:55 PM (WYStd)

201 .
Agreed ... tRump can be a cunt.

Posted by: Marooned at August 03, 2026 01:56 PM (kt8QE)

202 188
This on-again/off-again bombing interspersed with negotiations reminds me of the US bombing North Vietnam back in the 1969s-1970s.

There apparently isn't any existing government faction in Iran that can actually be negotiated with.

Maybe it's a different enough situation that it doesn't mean the same thing.

These Gulf states that we are told are calling for a halt -- what's their motivation?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 03, 2026 01:53 PM (azNOR)

The Gulf states don't want a refugee crisis (from Iran). There's also the potshots Iran is taking, but those are so few at this point they're getting intercepted. There are basically a few possible outcomes at present.

1. Iran collapses quickly due to having their power plants and bridges bombed
2. Iran collapses slowly due to the blockade
3. Iran cuts a deal

Outcome 1 and 2 is undesirable for those in the region, and perhaps Europe as well.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 03, 2026 01:56 PM (okun6)

203 That Guy who says "Nothing will happen." must be hungover.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 01:56 PM (0sNs1)

204 Trump has little or no control of the Iran war.

Is anyone taking anything he days seriously ?;

Ace is now down to comparing Trump to a comedy

Oil prices are undergoing wild daily swings someone could make millions of they only knew what was going to happen.

Posted by: Paul at August 03, 2026 01:57 PM (cXME7)

205 >>These Gulf states that we are told are calling for a halt -- what's their motivation?

Possibly not having to deal with hundreds of thousands if not millions of refugees.

I don't know why the "bomb Iran back to the stone age" supporters refuse to that Iran is country of over 90 million people. If we blow it to shit who is going to help feed and house those people? If we take out their infrastructure does anyone think they will just stay there and starve?

We always get stuck cleaning up after these decapitation wars. We've been living with the Colin Powell doctrine for decades. Pretending there is no cost from an all out war is a convenient position for a debate but it's not reality. I'm in the camp that doesn't want a forever occupation after the war.

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

206 So it's like the WNBA vs. high school boys situation mentioned in the previous thread?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (2ocoG)

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Except not as embarrassing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:29 PM

Easy for you to say.

Posted by: Neon-green Dildo, lying on a WNBA court floor, alone and abandoned at August 03, 2026 01:59 PM (0sNs1)

207 The Democrat party is very divided up here in Maine. Very divided.

Dead ender Dems writing in Platner would be *chef's kiss*.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

208 The Democrat party is very divided up here in Maine. Very divided.

Dead ender Dems writing in Platner would be *chef's kiss*.

Platner will come!

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:59 PM (Riz8t)

209 "Boom. Leave. Done."

What should we target that we haven't already?
What ordnance should we use?
Should we go nuclear?
If that doesn't get them to capitulate, then what?

Only way to come close to guaranteeing their nuclear program is neutralized (the whole point of this war) is to put excavators and inspectors on the ground, all over their country, forever.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 02:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

210 Nobody cares about the price of oil? The gas stations are continuing to gouge us.
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Out here in kalifornia with gas at $2.50+ per gallon more, it is the state and local government giving us the green dildo of taxes that is gouging us here. And that green 12 incher is not lubed but is covered in 60 grit.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 02:00 PM (xvV+O)

211 The Gulf states don't want a refugee crisis (from Iran).

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LOL, since when do arabs worry about refugees ?? Are any of them an enlightened democracy ? NO! They are all little kingdoms and with despotic rulers who will shoot anything coming across their precious borders.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (g47mK)

212 I expect paul will be sucking sid's dick soon.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (IMeI4)

213 You don't have destroy Pickaxe Mt. Just destroy everything in a 300 mile radius.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (qFwJc)

214 Our options are either to invade, which we're not going to do for a hundred thousand different reasons, start a campaign of bombing civilian infrastructure which will cripple the country and kill a lot of otherwise innocent people that have nothing to do with the IRGC, or tuck tail and leave, which you'd bitch about too. What should we do?
Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 01:54 PM (oqH4h)

You are completely correct. It is obvious to any sane person that there is not going to be any large ground invasion. It is also unacceptable to just tuck tail and run, as Biden did in Afghanistan. So whatever remains, after those two choices are eliminated, is what must be done, no matter how unsavory.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (/R3g/)

215 If the Gulf States don’t want 90 million refugees, perhaps they should be a little more forceful in getting Iran to capitulate.

Not our problem.
Not our responsibility to feed house or support Iranians. Saudi Arabia has a ton of money. They can figure it out.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (vXnb8)

216 Do the trolls spend all day looking for these Iran war threads (?) or someone else scans all the conservative websites for such threads and alerts them, because we never have as many new nics as when we get these threads.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (W90Ou)

217 Out here in kalifornia with gas at $2.50+ per gallon more, it is the state and local government giving us the green dildo of taxes that is gouging us here. And that green 12 incher is not lubed but is covered in 60 grit.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 03, 2026 02:00 PM

Kalifornians like it rough. This is known.

Posted by: Neon-green Dildo, lying on a WNBA court floor, alone and abandoned at August 03, 2026 02:02 PM (0sNs1)

218 Shi'a Muslims from Persia are not going to flood into Arab lands. They hate each other ethnically and via religious sect

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:02 PM (BFvh9)

219 On July 26, 2020, with the George Floyd riots having finally settled down, the CDC issued a plan for establishing nationwide quarantine camps. People were to be isolated, given only food and some cleaning supplies. They would be banned from participating in any religious services. The plan included contingencies for preventing suicide. There were no provisions made for any legal appeals or even the right to legal counsel.

The document was only removed on about March 26, 2023. During the entire intervening time, the plan survived on the CDC’s public site with little to no public notice or controversy.

It was called “Interim Operational Considerations for Implementing the Shielding Approach to Prevent COVID-19 Infections in Humanitarian Settings.”

Big Government Death Camp was already Trademarked by the Norks and Iran.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 02:03 PM (/+uur)

220 The whole Graham Platner thing convinced me that Stephen King was on to something by writing a lot of books about supernatural monsters in Maine.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:45 PM (2ocoG)
+++
The eldritch abominations in Massachusetts are even worse!

Posted by: H. P. L. at August 03, 2026 02:03 PM (FZ29D)

221 211 The Gulf states don't want a refugee crisis (from Iran).

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LOL, since when do arabs worry about refugees ?? Are any of them an enlightened democracy ? NO! They are all little kingdoms and with despotic rulers who will shoot anything coming across their precious borders.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (g47mK)

A number of them have palestinians already to deal with. The wave could be well in the millions. They would naturally direct as much as possible to Europe like they did during the collapse of Syria/rise of ISIS but it would definitely effect them.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 03, 2026 02:03 PM (okun6)

222 Not our problem.
Not our responsibility to feed house or support Iranians. Saudi Arabia has a ton of money. They can figure it out."

*stands and applauds*

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

223 The Democrat party is very divided up here in Maine. Very divided.

Dead ender Dems writing in Platner would be *chef's kiss*.

Platner will come!
Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 01:59 PM (Riz8t)

You can look around Maine and there's not a sign of hypocrisy. Nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see. On Election night, the Great Platner rises out of his pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys for all the children!

Posted by: Linus at August 03, 2026 02:04 PM (wVcYX)

224 Do the trolls spend all day looking for these Iran war threads (?) or someone else scans all the conservative websites for such threads and alerts them, because we never have as many new nics as when we get these threads.

I think Iran war garbage pays better from whatever took over from USAID. Laurene Jobs? Neville Singham? Mark Cuban? Who knows.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:04 PM (2ocoG)

225
I don't know why the "bomb Iran back to the stone age" supporters refuse to that Iran is country of over 90 million people. If we blow it to shit who is going to help feed and house those people? If we take out their infrastructure does anyone think they will just stay there and starve?”

And the obvious answer is “I dont care.” There are over a billion Muslims in the world, let them figure out what to do about starving Muslims. Not our monkeys, not our circus.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 02:04 PM (/R3g/)

226 216 Do the trolls spend all day looking for these Iran war threads (?) or someone else scans all the conservative websites for such threads and alerts them, because we never have as many new nics as when we get these threads.


agree and honestly I take it to mean things are actually going much better than we think

I don't see Iran as a continuing concern, as it were. it will forthwith be a basket case, and have to be fully supported by China or Russia or whoever.

sometimes something is SO SHITTASTIC that it's hard to even tell when it's destroyed. That's Iran.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 02:04 PM (j+aD2)

227 The trolls are constantly, inly here spewing their idiocy, but to what end? Do they ever offer an alternate candidate? Give us some insight.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 02:04 PM (ixEhJ)

228 never lost a negotiation."[/]

All they've done is drag out their destruction.

Posted by: DaveA at August 03, 2026 02:05 PM (FhXTo)

229 That mountain is designed to survive nukes. We need to test the IRGC's engineering abilities.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 02:05 PM (IMeI4)

230 The Iran war is basicalky like the Ukraine war, you can't believe anything anyone says about it.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 03, 2026 02:05 PM (n37A8)

231 did you guys know Vermont has a Republican governor?

that's interesting.

because New England is supposedly totally loony liberal

which I ... and I go there a lot ... haven't noticed other than CT and MA.

Maine is definitely weird tho lol. (my husband is a Mainer)

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 02:06 PM (j+aD2)

232 “the people in charge are lying to the public and telling them not to believe what we’ve seen with our own eyes.” -- Clinton 01/26/26
****

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman." ibid

Posted by: clarence at August 03, 2026 02:06 PM (oB8bm)

233 216 Do the trolls spend all day looking for these Iran war threads (?) or someone else scans all the conservative websites for such threads and alerts them, because we never have as many new nics as when we get these threads.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 02:01 PM (W90Ou)
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These threads are the most glaringly obvious low-hanging fruit for the trolls to try and spread FUD about the administration.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 02:06 PM (oqH4h)

234 Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 01:54 PM (oqH4h)

Our own Declaration of Independence is clear that it is the Right and DUTY of a people to change their government if it is not doing what they want and need.

So, based on that, if the Iranian people wish to live like 6th Century Warlords? Let them.

I know that 10's of thousands of them have already died in protests... a story our own Media wishes to ignore... so why are we not ARMING them?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 03, 2026 02:06 PM (mP0Kj)

235 Fvck it all, nuke them from orbit to create a glowing reminder to remind the rest of them that we can remove problems permanently.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 03, 2026 02:06 PM (Q/FnY)

236 That mountain is designed to survive nukes. We need to test the IRGC's engineering abilities.

I've seen speculation about attaching a small nuke to a small drone and getting it inside the mountain, but I don't know the details of how or if that could work.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:07 PM (2ocoG)

237 I heard someone say "Iran has never won a war, but never lost a negotiation."
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That's what one would call a "spotty record".

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:07 PM (ZWBDi)

238 13 And oil prices are down 5% because no one actually cares, all while Iran continues to just die as a country because of the blockade.

And, I remember when Trump was never going to bomb them. Then he bombed them for 6 weeks. Then Trump was so eager for a deal that he'd sign anything, and the MOU came along and Iran got nothing from it. And then most of what Iran had purchased to get imported never made it to port when the MOU got torn up and Iran got paid nothing.

And then Trump would never bomb them again, and then he bombed them for 11 days.

Every stage of this is just degrading Iran.

All they can do now is write PR about things that aren't happening in the strait while everyone ignores them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
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* fistbump *

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 03, 2026 02:08 PM (VkY89)

239 >>Shi'a Muslims from Persia are not going to flood into Arab lands. They hate each other ethnically and via religious sect

Who do you think we are fighting in Iraq? Iranian militias. Used to see Iranians all the time in the UAE doing business. They make up between 5 - 8% of the population in the UAE.

At the start of this war there were a lot of people here advocating for freeing the Iranian people from the mullahs and IRGC. The ones that haven't been murdered are still there. And if you think the left is bitching about the price of oil imagine the bitching they will do about a humanitarian crisis in Iran.

Trump has been saying all along he wants to leave as much of the economy intact for the benefit of the people after the war. He's not stupid, he just has a different outcome in mind and way to accomplish than others. Whether it will work remains to be seen but the idea that he's afraid of the IRGC is dumb.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 02:10 PM (viF8m)

240 That mountain is designed to survive nukes. We need to test the IRGC's engineering abilities.

I've seen speculation about attaching a small nuke to a small drone and getting it inside the mountain, but I don't know the details of how or if that could work.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:07 PM (2ocoG)

Sounds like a job for Mobile Infantry.

Posted by: Rico's Roughnecks - Everyone Fights, Nobody Quits, at August 03, 2026 02:10 PM (wVcYX)

241
They would naturally direct as much as possible to Europe like they did during the collapse of Syria/rise of ISIS but it would definitely effect them.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

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I'm trying to visualize this. Shiite-on-Sunni action in the streets of Europe? Maybe not, considering some number of Iranians are actually not hard liners.

I also get the impression Iranians are actually willing to work -- but then, that's my impression from the ones I've known in America, who were escapees of some sort. Bahai, Jewish, Zoroastrian, Christian.

Well, we got a lot of Japanese gardeners after WWII, maybe we can get some Iranian weather girls, accountants, whatevers.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 03, 2026 02:11 PM (mmrXZ)

242 did you guys know Vermont has a Republican governor?

that's interesting.

Yes, and not unheard of there. Though their version is hardly conservative. BUT Vermont natives tend to be conservative. It’s the influx of what they lovingly refer to as “flatlanders” that make Vermont so insane. Vermont has very, very poor people next to wealthy. It’s a weird place.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:11 PM (Dd38x)

243 SOROS is using the same Italian satellites that changed the numbers on the Dominion voting mac
hines ok ting machine to destroy the liner of the reflecting pool

Posted by: Paul at August 03, 2026 02:12 PM (44Cah)

244 Seriously, my typos appear to be contagious.
Posted by: Piper

Ian is a shit.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 02:13 PM (NnhvP)

245 @239 JackStraw, no argument about Iraq but they were in the country before our invasion. There are Iranians doing business as you experienced but large scale refugee invasions would be resisted more by the Sunni Arabs than Biden resisted the illegals invading the US

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:13 PM (BFvh9)

246 c Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Somebody said you did it too fast. I secured the border in 30 days! Somebody said you should have taken a year and a half or two years completed, because everyone forgets!

"Even my speech writers, they say, sir, nobody wants to hear about the border anymore. You've done it!"

"It's an incredible job you've done. But nobody wants to hear about it. And I should have taken a couple of years to do it."

"And actually, the public has about a two-year, people do. They have a two-year memory for certain things."

"I may have gotten elected. I certainly partially own the border. And because we did such a great job, it was a long time ago."

"I did it twice. I did it in 2016 when it was bad. But I did it this last time when it was really bad."

https://tinyurl.com/yc4up3vp

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 02:14 PM (NpAcC)

247 President Charlie Brown vs. Mullah Lucy.

Posted by: Joe Mama at August 03, 2026 02:14 PM (TezPK)

248 Vermont natives tend to be conservative. It’s the influx of what they lovingly refer to as “flatlanders” that make Vermont so insane. Vermont has very, very poor people next to wealthy. It’s a weird place.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 02:11 PM (Dd38x)

I had some weird dreams about Vermont.

Posted by: Bob Newhart at August 03, 2026 02:14 PM (wVcYX)

249 Seriously, my typos appear to be contagious.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:55 PM

Today typos, tomorrow kale?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)

250 "That mountain is designed to survive nukes."

Poorly designed mountains that fail nuke testing are refurbished and sold in the hillock and mounds aftermarket.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

251 Seriously, my typos appear to be contagious.
Posted by: Piper

Fatal even

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (ZWBDi)

252 17 I've basically tuned out all Iran news because (i) it's deja vu all over again and (ii) I don't believe a word of it.

Same thing about Ukraine news.

Both wars will eventually end, and we can examine the results then.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

I have gradually resigned myself to the realization that we will probably never know.

Different people are different, none of those countries are run by Germans, and even their internal confidential documents are likely full of risible self-lies. It would take archeologists and forensic scientists examining the physical evidence in the wild to determine what happened -- and every college-credentialed field is so corrupted by Critical Theory that they will see whatever they are told to see by their doctrinaire loathing of Christians, European Whites, and Western Civ in general.

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (Sy6m/)

253 I also get the impression Iranians are actually willing to work -- but then, that's my impression from the ones I've known in America, who were escapees of some sort.

In my experience, legal immigrants to America come here willing to work, regardless of where they're from. That includes Africans, Iranians, Europeans, Russians, you name it.

Not so much the illegals.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (2ocoG)

254 I find it interesting that Trump is communicating in all these empty threats.

That is Mullah Language. That is what they do. That is how they talk. Our whole lifetime.

I wonder if that is part of what he's doing. Speaking their language.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:17 PM (ZWBDi)

255 Trump should turn the tables. Announce we have the greatest peace deal ever and the next day start bombing. Oops...

Posted by: Lex at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (+ScOG)

256 Seriously, my typos appear to be contagious.
Posted by: Piper

Ian is a shit.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 02:13 PM (NnhvP)

Not so much the illegals.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (2ocoG)

I don't know why this sequence makes me laugh so hard.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (AdHga)

257 Senate will vote on Blanche nomination at 9 tomorrow after deal reached with Cornyn and Tillis.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (BFvh9)

258 The Straits of Hormuz are an international waterway. Why is Iran not the entire world's pariah for choking off this oil lifeline?
Rhodesia was strangled for far, far less. Where the fuck is the UN?


Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 03, 2026 01:28 PM (K6DGR)

well, it isn't choked off for one thing. Except to Iranian Tankers.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (uhVAy)

259 Here's my read:

Trump DOES NOT want to hurt more innocent people than is absolutely necessary. He doesn't want to bomb the people of Iran. He has said this repeatedly.

He is being patient because right now more innocents would be harmed by our response than would be harmed by the status quo. He's got some time to work with because we've severely set back their nuclear, military and leadership capabilities. As soon as that calculus changes, watch out!

I for one will be interested to see if I'm right.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (OlzlW)

260 Air drop a few million bottles of iodine tabs with a prescription, "Take 3 times daily before Friday."

Posted by: jacksonunit at August 03, 2026 02:19 PM (86C1Z)

261 We are all Lucy.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (amcLV)

Not me.

Posted by: Spartacus at August 03, 2026 02:19 PM (We5PL)

262 Today typos, tomorrow kale?

Kale? Pretty soon that leads to messenger bags, Crocs, and a Vespa.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:19 PM (2ocoG)

263 Senate will vote on Blanche nomination at 9 tomorrow after deal reached with Cornyn and Tillis.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (BFvh9)

Hey, I know those guys. They're fags!

Posted by: Spicoli at August 03, 2026 02:20 PM (wVcYX)

264 >>You don't have destroy Pickaxe Mt. Just destroy everything in a 300 mile radius.

Not even that. A2/AD is a thing.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 02:20 PM (J4Dwc)

265
Things were reportedly already pretty bad in Iran before the attacks. Extremely high unemployment, and a severe water shortage caused by gross mismanagement combined with a drought. And, both caused by the theocratic/thieving government.They steal, and otherwise don't know or care about running the economy into the I wonder how close to the edge of survival average people are now.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 03, 2026 02:20 PM (VWtfl)

266 Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:15 PM (Sy6m/)

ALREADY the message on DSA is changing. For 10 weeks it was "they are so extreme". This weekend one of the press shows was interviewing Manchin and told him "they have some good ideas".

Like... when did THAT happen? When was it decided that 'no matter what they call themselves they have some good ideas'?

They were SO EXTREME five minutes ago!! This may be moving faster than I projected.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:21 PM (ZWBDi)

267 The gay eye-a-tolja is now not cardboard and can speak?

Who the heck is Trump talking to?

Seems like musical chairs but with no interpreters, music or chairs.

I will watch Tousi later and maybe he knows what's going on.

Bizarre.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 02:21 PM (hzuYO)

268 none of those countries are run by Germans

I'm still in a small amount of awe at the sheer amount of paperwork that was involved in the Holocaust. The banality of evil indeed.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 02:21 PM (2ocoG)

269 >> @239 JackStraw, no argument about Iraq but they were in the country before our invasion. There are Iranians doing business as you experienced but large scale refugee invasions would be resisted more by the Sunni Arabs than Biden resisted the illegals invading the US

Possibly. But they would still be stuck with a failed state on their border. And we all know what happens with failed states in the Middle East, we have many examples.

Trump is obviously trying a different way than has been done in the past using much more economic pain and fewer troops on the ground, like 0 other than I'm sure a handful of special forces types. If you want an all out invasion Trump is not your guy. He's been running against that for years. If it eventually comes to that then so be it but why not give a different approach a chance before throwing in the towel?

Iran is barely a blip on my life on a daily basis. A bit higher on gas prices for a short period is not too much of a sacrifice for me to be rid of the mullahs after 50 years.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)

270 Nood

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (enNUy)

271 I say we are playing a weak hand because we either can't or won't play the pimp hand.

We should've trounced Vietnam but we didn't. We should have trounced Afghanistan, but we didn't.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (bX16E)

272 Looks like Trump's war is really galvanizing Iranian support for their government. Being bombed by imperialist outsiders is the best way to unite a country!

Posted by: Sid at August 03, 2026 02:23 PM (Elsjd)

273 Iran is barely a blip on my life on a daily basis. A bit higher on gas prices for a short period is not too much of a sacrifice for me to be rid of the mullahs after 50 years.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)

Bingo.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 02:24 PM (hzuYO)

274 Here's my read:

Trump DOES NOT want to hurt more innocent people than is absolutely necessary. He doesn't want to bomb the people of Iran. He has said this repeatedly.
[ . . .]
I for one will be interested to see if I'm right.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 02:18 PM (OlzlW)

There is another reason: Iran is a financial crime scene. All the info on funding ISIS, Hezb', the money laundering from Afghanistan, Iraq, black market oil sales and US "protest" groups go through somewhere, and the Iranians had lots of capital due to Obama' pallets of unmarked cash for seed money.
There is been exposed a large shadow banking system, and all those records show who got paid, who paid, and where the money was sent.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:25 PM (rbvCR)

275 These Gulf states that we are told are calling for a halt -- what's their motivation?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

For some of them, if Iran isn't scary their US aid goes down. Such as it is.

And a docile Iran might look out at who in the past supported said regime.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 03, 2026 02:25 PM (ItWcy)

276 Not watching it with or without her

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (Ia/+0)

277 254 I find it interesting that Trump is communicating in all these empty threats.

That is Mullah Language. That is what they do. That is how they talk. Our whole lifetime.

I wonder if that is part of what he's doing. Speaking their language.
Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:17 PM (ZWBDi)

I'm certain of it. You're not going to 'trick' anyone by claiming they said something they never said, but the mullahs do it all the time, trying to present our capitulation to their demands as a fait accompli. Trump is literally just mirroring their behavior.

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ALREADY the message on DSA is changing. For 10 weeks it was "they are so extreme". This weekend one of the press shows was interviewing Manchin and told him "they have some good ideas".

Like... when did THAT happen? When was it decided that 'no matter what they call themselves they have some good ideas'?

They were SO EXTREME five minutes ago!! This may be moving faster than I projected.
Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 02:21 PM (ZWBDi)

Manchin? JOE Manchin? "Reasonable Bipartisan" Joe, "Too Moderate For Presidential Primaries" Joe Manchin? THAT Manchin is already praising their wacky socialist ideas?

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:26 PM (Sy6m/)

278 What Trump has done and is doing to Iran is very good and long overdue. It's his talking that's the problem. He looks incredibly silly now and doesn't seem to realize it. He just needs to go radio silent on Iran for a few weeks or even months and take care of business on the ground.

Posted by: My Two Bits at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (qUkBO)

279 There is been exposed a large shadow banking system, and all those records show who got paid, who paid, and where the money was sent.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 02:25 PM (rbvCR

I assume the beneficiaries are the Marxist revolutionaries and Deep State operatives and corrupt politicians. Is Trump leveraging this to make progress on various goals, some of which are unrelated to Iran?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 03, 2026 02:31 PM (OlzlW)

280 BTW… for the record: I might criticize Trump’s tactics on Iran but I very much support his objectives and still think he’s an all time great prez. He’ll not lose my support but I will gripe if I think he’s bungling this particular situation. No one is perfect. Abe Lincoln chose Ambrose Burnside and Joe Hooker for army command; that’s two pretty big boners by an alltime great

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 02:34 PM (+gA9j)

281 I think Trump's playing these a-holes for the fools they are. Trump calls off a strike just to appear to appease various "peace" factions, when in reality he's just taking a short pause to resupply, re-organize, re-assess targeting, etc. And, just like that, as soon as the inevitable misstep from Iran occurs, it's back at it like Donkey Kong.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 03, 2026 02:35 PM (y2f7I)

282 it's back at it like Donkey Kong.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 03, 2026 02:35 PM (y2f7I)

SURE THING

Posted by: MAC V SOG at August 03, 2026 02:39 PM (P4Pk9)

283 Ace, Ace, Ace.

Much ado about nothing.

Iran knows what we are doing. Trump and the USA know what Iran is doing. It's all a play. Iran wants to delay to the midterms. Trump wants to demonstrate how Iran doesn't want peace and never has. It provides him global support to bomb the hell out of the next parts we want to bomb - increasingly all around the strait - wiping out Iran's capability for mischief there.

It's theater, and nothing more.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 03, 2026 02:40 PM (7/DDO)

284 Trump needs to occupy Kharg Island and "negotiate" for it with Pahlavi, potentially aided and abetted by the Saudis, Kuwaitis, Emiratis, and Omanis. (The Qataris can be added later if they behave better.)

That will still likely not get the IRGC to negotiate in good faith, but it will set an environment that may get them to decamp to Russia or China sooner rather than later.

Posted by: Sam at August 03, 2026 02:48 PM (7jMef)

285 278 What Trump has done and is doing to Iran is very good and long overdue. It's his talking that's the problem. He looks incredibly silly now and doesn't seem to realize it. He just needs to go radio silent on Iran for a few weeks or even months and take care of business on the ground.
Posted by: My Two Bits at August 03, 2026 02:27 PM (qUkBO

Ditto x 1000

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at August 03, 2026 03:48 PM (FCPbW)

286 Here are two possibilities:

1) Trump does not know how Iranians negotiate. They are stringing him along and he does not get it, or
2) US military operations are hamstrung by the lack of weapon inventories.

From what I have read, Trump tends to negotiate with little bluster when the partner is seriously engaged. When he determines that they are not serious, or they disrespect him, he goes "scorched earth". I think he has paid enough attention to Iranian negotiations to know that they are not serious, and they are stringing him along. I think that Trump is a smarter negotiator than possibility one.

Possibility two says that Trump wants to go "scorched earth", but our ammunition stockpiles are depleted and that limits the duration of operations. The United States is unable to sustain a bombing campaign. We do not have enough missile and drone interceptors for defense, and we may be short of precision munitions for infrastructure strikes.

I think he would do better to say nothing and turn the bombing on and off as available weaponry permits. Right now, his messages that Iran is not negotiating in good faith merely serve to warn the Iranians that a new round of strikes is coming.

Posted by: Marathons are hard for sprinters at August 03, 2026 05:10 PM (LAJY1)

287 It’s got to be said. LOUDLY.

TRUMP IS THE SAME SORT OF WAR PRESIDENT AS TRUMAN, JOHNSON, CARTER, BUSH 2, OBAMA, BIDEN AND PUTIN…. LOUSY!!!!

HE WANTS PEACE TOO MUCH.

Posted by: JackWayne at August 03, 2026 06:21 PM (GjVY4)

Politico: NJ Democrat Officials Anonymously Admit Far More Illegals Are Registered to Vote Than the Governor "Mikie" Is Admitting; Some Think the Real Number Exceeds Trump's Estimate of 35,000

The cleanest elections in the world, at least when Democrats win.

When they lose, Russia hacked the election.


In May, a bipartisan duo of New Jersey state senators introduced a simple piece of legislation that got little public attention.

It would add one sentence to the state's automatic voter registration law to make sure someone who indicates they aren't a U.S. citizen won't be prompted to register to vote.

The bill turned out to be extremely prescient.

That's because Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill disclosed last week that a "software error" at the Motor Vehicles Commission led to roughly 6,600 noncitizens getting added to the state's voter rolls. About 400 of them voted, she said.

Her disclosure set off a political uproar that's resonated well beyond New Jersey, feeding into the Trump administration's push for voter restrictions and setting up a legal battle with the Department of Justice.

But it also exposed an open secret about New Jersey's so-called motor voter law that officials and political operatives have known for years: There's little to stop noncitizens from registering to vote if they want to, or even by mistake. And election officials and campaign consultants from both parties believe that the number of noncitizens being added to the voter rolls is significantly higher than the 6,600 Sherrill cited -- because the state has been automatically registering drivers since 2018, and her figure covers only June 2023 to June 2024.

"It's the honor system," said Hunterdon County Board of Elections Administrator Beth Thompson, who also leads the New Jersey Association of Election Officials.

It's unclear how many noncitizens have registered to vote in New Jersey beyond the one-year period Sherrill cited. The Trump administration gave a preliminary estimate of around 35,000. While New Jersey political insiders don't know if that's true, they're almost certain it's more than 6,600. Some speculated it could be slightly more. Others said it could be even above the Trump administration's estimates.

But Democrats and Republicans alike agreed that the statewide voter database is a mess, and that noncitizen registrants are just one category of people who shouldn't be on it, like people who left New Jersey without notifying election officials and whose names linger until periodic clean ups of the voter rolls.


...


Thompson, the elections administrator, said county elections officials check each registration against a state database using Social Security numbers or driver's license numbers to confirm their identity, and that the information doesn't belong to people who have died. But noncitizens can obtain both forms of identification. "It does not validate any kind of citizenship," Thompson said.

So they have literally no checking of citizenship at all. At best, they check to see if you have a social security number, but illegals can apply for and get those, too.


...

But the existence of the bill, which has yet to advance in the full Senate or Assembly, suggests lawmakers were at least somewhat aware of the system's flaws. (A new law passed during the lame duck legislative session did something similar to Beach and Corrado's bill, but only for those applying for REAL IDs).

Officials admit they have no idea how many illegals are enrolled to vote -- but they're totally sure it's not a problem and never effects any elections, not a single bingle one.

Hello! Here we go again, as a gay robot once said.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:14 PM




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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:15 PM (bFu5X)

2 Oregon also has an "honor system" for motor-voter

The county has trouble at times getting a decent jury together for that very reason

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:15 PM (rbvCR)

3 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:16 PM (bFu5X)

4 disclosed last week that a "software error" at the Motor Vehicles Commission led to roughly 6,600 noncitizens getting added to the state's voter rolls. About 400 of them voted,"

Off by at least one zero...

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 12:17 PM (cGjQu)

5 >>Here we go again, as a gay robot once said.
__
Or, as Ronaldus Magnus once said, "There you go again."

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 03, 2026 12:17 PM (bNf8H)

6 Mistakes were made.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:17 PM (xJpaU)

7 When MA voted to give driver's licenses to illegals, the Republicans inserted a provision that citizenship be checked before registering them to vote. Surprising no one, the Dems nuked that amendment.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:18 PM (bFu5X)

8 Most. Secure. Election. Ever.

Posted by: Kama Lama Harangue at August 03, 2026 12:18 PM (xdU4O)

9 and in many states, a drivers license has no indicator that the driver is not a US citizen.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 03, 2026 12:18 PM (vbXSk)

10 someone is still using my SSN!

it SUCKS

going back in for another meeting at our useless local SSA office to try to cull some more fakers

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:18 PM (j+aD2)

11 dems be cray-cray

Posted by: DanMan at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (8uzBS)

12 Yes. We all know that.

The democrats fight way too hard to prevent people from checking the voting databases for it to be any other way.

(See also: number of dead people who have never missed an election since they died.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (N1DT3)

13 motor voter was always a way to increase illegal alien voting

we knew that back then! it was obvious

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (j+aD2)

14 Officials admit they have no idea how many illegals are enrolled to vote

Sure they do. They don't want YOU to know.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (xJpaU)

15 "It's the honor system," said Hunterdon County Board of Elections Administrator Beth Thompson, who also leads the New Jersey Association of Election Officials.

Let's institute an "honor system" to buy guns, then. I pinky swear I'm not a felon.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

16 Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (j+aD2)

Hey Orchid how did the weekend "activities" go and how are you doing and sleeping now

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:20 PM (ZWBDi)

17 Here we go again, as a gay robot once said.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:14 PM

On our own, as Whitesnake added.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:20 PM (bFu5X)

18

If you want to purchase food from one of communist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s government-run supermarkets, you must… present some form of ID.

And not just any ID… government ID.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 12:20 PM (Cqx++)

19 someone is still using my SSN!"

Both me and Mrs have had that problem, and, according to the various websites, we've both donated to Dims.

Amazing, huh?

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 12:21 PM (cGjQu)

20 Voting is a singular bingular honor.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 12:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

21 Let's institute an "honor system" to buy guns, then."

Can I get them mailed to me?

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 12:22 PM (cGjQu)

22 This is happening in multiple states.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 03, 2026 12:22 PM (2CeDH)

23 >>someone is still using my SSN!

it SUCKS

going back in for another meeting at our useless local SSA office to try to cull some more fakers

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:18 PM

Best of luck to you. That happened to a friend who wanted to open a bank account. She finally got it straightened out. Before she could get to the bank, another illegal alien used it to open a bank account.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2026 12:22 PM (VJX5o)

24 Hello! Here we go again, as a gay robot once said.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:14 PM

----
Just wait until the gay robots get the vote...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 12:22 PM (FZ29D)

25 but they're totally sure it's not a problem and never effects any elections,

"affects"

Posted by: midday Monday pedant at August 03, 2026 12:22 PM (wBRco)

26 Troll should be by any minute to "laugh" at us even though they/them sit in the political wilderness despite mountains of cheat and built in advantage. Keep on laughing.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:23 PM (ZWBDi)

27 Hang on...did one of those Things That Never Happened happen again?

So when are we at the "Yes it's happening and it's a good thing" phase?

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 12:23 PM (+4yJ5)

28 >>>Here we go again, as a gay robot once said.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:14 PM

=====

Has Geoff said that? Hmm. Learn something new everyday.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 03, 2026 12:23 PM (Y2/Vj)

29 First: No non-citizen can vote. That is a fact! Our system is perfect!

Then (Now): Well, ok, our system isn't perfect but its not enough to affect election outcomes

Soon: Ok, so millions of non-citizens voted and its a GOOD THING they did!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)

30 Hey Orchid how did the weekend "activities" go and how are you doing and sleeping now
sad and yet it was great seeing people

Im a little freaked out still tbh

I posted earlier these were peers (in age) who passed quite quickly and dramatically from various cancers (two were lymphoma, one was glio..something brain, the other was breast that metastasized dramatically after years of remission).

I mention a lot that my family and friends are VERY liberal. they all are very mRNA positive - really into getting every booster

so it's scary. I feel like things are popping up NOW for people who seemingly made it thru the mRNA shots ok. it's worrying me a lot.

hoping my autoimmune problem (and subsequent use of IVM and other treatments) will preclude a turbo cancer. but you never know.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:24 PM (j+aD2)

31 Some Think the Real Number Exceeds Trump's Estimate of 35,000

Gimme a break. I'm will to bet there are less than a million, but, does it matter? We can't prove that a single person registered and voted legally and/or was counted properly.

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 12:24 PM (DZ6nv)

32 Just more hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.

Aren't they just so precious?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 12:25 PM (BI5O2)

33 Hello! Here we go again, as a gay robot once said.

David Coverdale is a gay robot?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 12:25 PM (2ocoG)

34 The Left: But registrations aren't proof they vote.
Us: Here are some illegals that voted.
The Left: That's not proof of widespread electoral fraud.
Us: We need the SAVE act.
Republican Congresscritters: LOL, no.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 03, 2026 12:25 PM (mkw2N)

35 Thank, Temporary Protected Status that lasted for generations.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:25 PM (NFX2v)

36 The porn version of robot vs the Aztec mummy

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 12:25 PM (NySpJ)

37 VOTER FRAUD NEVER HAPPENS!!

Voter fraud is rare and inconsequential!!

Anyone who wants to inspect our voter roles is a racist!

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 12:25 PM (Jl/ju)

38 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
Had to get awY from building to get site up

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 12:26 PM (HVMwt)

39 We should hire Costco to manage our elections and make sure only those eligible are allowed to vote.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 12:26 PM (2ap+5)

40 Good afternoon Ace.
I said it when I first heard Mikie was admitting to 6,000, multiply it by 10x.
That's probably an underestimate

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 12:26 PM (BFvh9)

41 Both me and Mrs have had that problem, and, according to the various websites, we've both donated to Dims.

I suspect if you were to check official FEC lists and ask the people listed did you donate money to Act Blue/Candidate X less then 50% would say yes...

I mean when I've gone through the numbers you see endless lists of people donating small amounts at random time intervals.

So it isn't based on when they get paid (monthly/weekly/biweekly), and its not believable they get a windfall and donate...$7 a year out from the election

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

42 Dammit...

These people over in Oregon and Washington need to get their shit together. All this smoke is ruining my riding season.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:26 PM (zGzrB)

43 So the Democrats work fast. The media is *already* transitioning from "the DSA so a bunch of extremist crazies!" to "you have to admit they have do some good ideas...".

I will do my best to draw your attention to the melody as this next year or so gets going, but you should already recognize the tune.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:26 PM (ZWBDi)

44 "... the number of noncitizens being added to the voter rolls is significantly higher than the 6,600 Sherrill cited -- because the state has been automatically registering drivers since 2018, and her figure covers only June 2023 to June 2024."


Wow. Houston, we have a problem.

Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2026 12:27 PM (G0vdT)

45 Coverdale was a poon magnet back in the day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (xJpaU)

46 So the Democrats work fast. The media is *already* transitioning from "the DSA so a bunch of extremist crazies!" to "you have to admit they have do some good ideas...".

I'm enjoying the two step of:

You hate socialism huh? Don't you like roads and libraries?

and

No we can't forum a commune you idiots it is only socialism when the government owns ALL the means of production

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

47 they all are very mRNA positive - really into getting every booster"

I've posted similar about my family... *sigh*

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (l8URK)

48 New Jersey motor/voter goes by the “honor system.” If the honor system is so great how come everything is locked behind glass at drug stores like CVS and Walgreens.

Posted by: TitanTom at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (FRJQ/)

49 And this: Research groups like the Pew Research Center estimate the undocumented Indian population ranges between 430,000 and 725,000. (You know that's lowballing.)

Unauthorized Indian immigrants mostly live in California, Texas, New Jersey, New York, and Illinois. (A fair amount now in PA, MD.)

While most Indian foreign-born residents are documented, about 12% to 21% of the total Indian-born population in the U.S. lacks legal status, often due to visa overstays or unlawful border entries (over many years.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (NFX2v)

50 I remember Ted Kennedy pushing the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" that gave us this motor voter nonsense. Everyone knew that this, along with the addition of millions of welfare recipients to the voter rolls, was the real intent of the bill.

I wonder if we will ever truly understand how much damage that one man did to our country.

Posted by: 29Victor at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (0MjtC)

51 > The porn version of robot vs the Aztec mummy

Why'd you post your google search history?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (mkw2N)

52 While most Indian foreign-born residents are documented, about 12% to 21% of the total Indian-born population in the U.S. lacks legal status, often due to visa overstays or unlawful border entries (over many years.)


yep they are emigrating to Canada and sneaking in thru the northern border en masse

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (j+aD2)

53 The red states should start working on laws to provide the death sentence of non-citizens voting.

The courts will end it I'm sure, but force the left/FNM to argue the Republicans want to kill millions of brown people then realize what they just said...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (sKqQm)

54 >>While most Indian foreign-born residents are documented, about 12% to 21% of the total Indian-born population in the U.S. lacks legal status, often due to visa overstays or unlawful border entries (over many years.)


Do Not Redeem, Saar!

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (zGzrB)

55 Coverdale was a poon magnet back in the day."

Hell of a Jaguar salesman...

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 12:29 PM (l8URK)

56 Federal judge hands Gov. Sherrill and a broad coalition of voting-rights advocates a major victory, dismissing with prejudice a Trump administration lawsuit seeking New Jersey’s complete voter-registration database, including confidential driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers

Judge Zahid Quraishi has had an amazing career, and is definitely someone to watch. NYC born, Jersey raised, Rutgers graduate. He's one of us and I think we can trust him

Most corrupt president ever. Its the most anti-American shit ever coming after this data. Get wrecked maga or anyone who is not completely against the republican party at this point.

The party of “big government = bad”, ladies and gentlemen. If Republicans didn’t have double standards, they’d have no standards at all.

Trump is now 0 for 18 in court trying to get state voter data. How are these not frivolous and sanctionable? Why are lawyers so complacent about this sort of bad behavior reducing the value of your profession. These fucks are making ALL lawyers look like shit.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 03, 2026 12:30 PM (/y3Vc)

57 Let's simplify this. How many adult non-US-citizens are in NJ? That's how many voted. You're welcome.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 03, 2026 12:30 PM (1VZmA)

58 81 thousand votes... Nothing to see here... Move along

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 12:30 PM (FtULh)

59 The part that is so blatantly wrong and yet gets accepted as if it just a ho-hum part of living like breathing is that THEY ISSUE DRIVERS LICENSES TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T BELONG IN OUR COUNTRY!

If they weren't doing that, there'd be nothing to discuss about voter registration.

Posted by: Crusader at August 03, 2026 12:30 PM (TN0g+)

60 The honor system is how a lot of pregnancies happen.

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 12:30 PM (DZ6nv)

61 I like how they are refusing to let anyone know who these are; not letting the rolls be examined.

"Citizens of New Jersey" was a nice line.

A perfectly Confederate line.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:31 PM (3cUTc)

62 People's Republic of New Jersey

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 12:31 PM (HVMwt)

63 One does not simply hack an election.

Posted by: Boromir at August 03, 2026 12:31 PM (xdU4O)

64 Judge Zahid Quraishi has had an amazing career, and is definitely someone to watch. NYC born, Jersey raised, Rutgers graduate. He's one of us and I think we can trust him

The guy's name means related to Muhammed's ruling tribe. Its like a German choosing a last name of Ubermench or Aryan

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

65 >>Ted Kennedy pushing the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" that gave us this motor voter nonsense. Everyone knew that this, along with the addition of millions of welfare recipients to the voter rolls, was the real intent of the bill.


Same asswipe Murderer/Rapist who gave us Chain Migration. (Hart-Celler Act, I think?)

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:31 PM (zGzrB)

66 Still think Mikie won by the “largest margin ever”?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 12:32 PM (Jl/ju)

67 The honor system is how a lot of pregnancies happen"

Honest, babe...

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 12:32 PM (l8URK)

68 Nothing will be done, no one will be held to account, the republicans approve of chicanery clearly because they are no different, in the unlikely event the story lasts more than a week trump will attack another elementary school

Posted by: EzE at August 03, 2026 12:32 PM (pxzPN)

69 Damn the trolls are getting even dumber...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (FtULh)

70 Lotta hinky shit in the NYC mayoral race. 200,000+ sketchy votes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (xJpaU)

71 Now I have page up probably will get to comment, once new one is up it gives me unsecured website and won't let me back on. No problem going to any othrr of my favorite sites

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (L8DX7)

72 NJ: Oopsie we've been letting tens of thousands of non-citizens vote

The courts: The Trump administration has no right to review the voting rights of NJ, I mean can you believe he thinks NJ has been getting thousands of non-citizens vote?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)

73 Meanwhile, in neighboring Pennsylvania, work by people like Scott Presler has forced election officials to purge their voter rolls and as of today Democrats only have a statewide registration lead of about 25,000 votes. PA might even flip to a R lead if this keeps up.

This is exactly what I meant by election rigging has contributed hugely to the power of leftist women.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (viF8m)

74 Clay Travis offers $10 million for a head to head basketball game between the current WNBA champion team and a boy's high school state title team of his choice.

Winners get the prize.

http://tiny.cc/5ov7101

Posted by: bonhomme at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (mkw2N)

75 After failing to deny Republicans representation in Congress, VA Drmocrats are pushing to let felons vote.

There's a reason Drmocrats need criminals to vote. They have nothing to offer the law abiding.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (uagKu)

76 Trump is now 0 for 18 in court trying to get state voter data.

No KiNgS! or something

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)

77 This is news?

In California, the motor-voter thing and other avenues as well have allowed illegals to register to vote for DECADES. No one bothers to complain or even point it out any more, it's so entrenched.

But it's actually irrelevant, because in a of of cities and areas of California, they don't check your ID when you go to vote in person, so anyone can vote anyway, whether or not you are registered. Just walk up to the check-in table, say, "My name is...Smith. Yeah, that's the ticket, Smith."

"You mean Bob Smith? Or Bill Smith?"

"Bob Smith, sure, why not."

"Here's your ballot, sir!"

Standard procedure in California.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 12:34 PM (Av6i5)

78 The other part I like is the cartel judge--totally not given advanced notice--made sure to issue his ruling that the DOJ cannot examine the voting rolls for illegal voters because there was no proof there were illegals on the voting rolls--almost hours before this came out.

And, of course, this revelation won't trigger a reconsideration.
Because Trump is a racist and only wants to see the voting rolls because he is a racist and only a racist would want to limit voting to citizens.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (3cUTc)

79 Interesting story out of NJ neighbor Penn. Presler got the voter roles purged and Republicans are within 25k of Dem registration
Of course vtgst means Dems will have to vote three times in Philly but it's a good sign

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (BFvh9)

80 There is only one reason someone would not want strict voting laws and coordination between the states and feds. And that reason is cheating.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (n5tGW)

81 >>Trump is now 0 for 18 in court trying to get state voter data.

>>No KiNgS! or something

What they fail to mention is many of these victories get tossed on appeal.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (viF8m)

82 Nuke Motor Voter and have everyone reregister to vote.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (2GVsD)

83 This has been the problem in every single state that decided to give illegal aliens drivers licenses. They get a card to register to vote at the DMV and if they either can't read, don't read or can't speak English they fill it out like it's something mandatory and either unwittingly or on purpose say yes to the questions on whether they are allowed to vote.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 03, 2026 12:36 PM (2noDb)

84
What they fail to mention is many of these victories get tossed on appeal.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (viF8m)

But after months...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 12:36 PM (FtULh)

85 Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:24 PM (j+aD2)

The virus and the shot will affect everyone differently. And I think there are ill effects from both.

I'm so sorry for what you are going through. I think since we have no way of knowing anything, you have to push it aside day by day. I would have those worries too.

That said, we always want to connect dots or create a story put of things - but the truth is although you have suspicions you don't KNOW if the same story ties all of these cases together.

I have occasionally found myself with an intense fear, sometimes health related and sometimes from an actual symptom, that turns out to be nothing. Like... I have Crohns and sometimes every little thing (or multiple things) can seem like proof I'm headed toward a big flare. It hasn't been that... and honestly the first really big flare I had, I had no warning at all.

Bottom line? One thing you know for *certain* is worry is NOT going to be a net positive for your health or your autoimmune thing, right? So try not to feed it. I know it's easier said than done.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:36 PM (ZWBDi)

86 "Some Think the Real Number Exceeds Trump's Estimate of 35,000"

I think the number probably is near 350,000 when you add 'em all up

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 03, 2026 12:36 PM (VyBeY)

87 Hi Ace!

An illegal stole my credit card number. Which ticks me off as I need it and am having to use my dude's til one is mailed to me by Pony Express.

I am sure it was an illegal as who else would spend $40 on Domino's Pizza in LA? Capital One knew it was not me, as I have standards.

I don't give credit for random hobos figuring out my number. I check every online site for security before I order anything and this still happened. Maybe a ghey Russian/Chinese computer hacker's trans black homo escort had a craving for stuffed cheesy bread and could not wait.

It was denied, to their shame. I only wish this did not result in instant wood chipper.

I'm all for us voting with blue dye on our finger like they did in Iraq if that would help an honest election.

Is the worthless Commie Congress on "recess" to avoid voting on the SAVE Act?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 12:36 PM (hzuYO)

88 The court split on mail in voter barcodes because the left got greedy (they got a favorable result in the 1st and then sued again in the DC circuit which sided against them saying no harm and that the harm on an injunction actually happens to the administration) is the thing to really watch.

That and DOJ Civil Rights Division sending election monitors. They've already announced monitors across more than a dozen jurisdictions just for primary voting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:36 PM (bzPaY)

89 Yup.

Senator Ted Kennedy championed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which abolished national-origin quotas & eventually allowed many more immigrants from India and other Asian nations to enter the United States.

The new law replaced quotas with a system focused on family unification and job skills. Over the next few decades, this allowed hundreds of thousands of people from India—including many doctors, engineers, and tech workers—to move to America.

John F. Kennedy’s student airlift was a 1960 educational program that brought hundreds of East African students to North America. (NY Mayor's dad, for one.)

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation provided crucial funding for the African American Students Foundation (AASF) to finance travel for East African students, notably supporting future leaders like Wangari Maathai and Barack Obama Sr.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:37 PM (NFX2v)

90 Of course the motor voter database is a mess. That was the intent.

Of course the 6600 number understates things. Also the intent. It was time limited and also category limited. It only counts those who self-identified as non-citizens but also got registered to vote. Those who falsely identified as citizens are not in the count.

Posted by: blaster at August 03, 2026 12:38 PM (amP31)

91 Politico: NJ Democrat Officials Anonymously Admit Far More Illegals Are Registered to Vote Than the Governor "Mikie" Is Admitting; Some Think the Real Number Exceeds Trump's Estimate of 35,000


Any state still found in violation six months after federal government notification will be reverted to territorial status.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:38 PM (yJpcc)

92 >>>like people who left New Jersey without notifying election officials and whose names linger until periodic clean ups of the voter rolls.

>Odd. I've never had to notify election officials that I've left the state. I just re-register in a new state. If the bureaucrats are too busy drinking energy drinks to stay on top of this shit they should be terminated.

They bust my balls in a new state more about licenses, registration, insurance, photo ID, voter registration, how hard could this be?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 12:38 PM (ixEhJ)

93 >>But after months...

Nobody should have ever thought corrupt leftists who have spent decades rigging elections would just give up because Trump won. They will fight until the end so we have to as well.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 12:39 PM (viF8m)

94 Trump is now 0 for 18 in court trying to get state voter data.

Trump probably had Dan Scavino buy it off a Chinese website for $20. Do they really think the Party of Crap Servers and Shoddy Data Security have any secrets?

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 12:39 PM (DZ6nv)

95 When MA voted to give driver's licenses to illegals, the Republicans inserted a provision that citizenship be checked before registering them to vote. Surprising no one, the Dems nuked that amendment.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

The problem with this is that drivers licenses are used for legal identification, and the issuance thereof assumes that you are a citizen or other wise allowed to get a government ID

I think the solution here is a Japanese one.

Make a separate category of license for foreigners. One that identifies them as a citizen of another country, not a citizen of the US, who has been deemed competent to drive on US roads. This category doe not get entered into the voter rolls.

If you want extra hilarity, you make a third category - official identification for illegal aliens. Because the "real" problem is that they don't have official papers, right?
That way you can certify that this illegal alien is competent to drive on US roads while properly identifying his actual legal status. This category also does not get on the voter rolls. And is easy to pick out when it does.

Posted by: Internet at August 03, 2026 12:39 PM (vJrRc)

96 Naked Moron Jumps OVER 200 FEET From the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge After Erecting Multiple Flags and Somehow Survives - TGP

Uh, Ace?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:39 PM (dK+Kv)

97 79. Of course vtgst means Dems will have to vote three times in Philly but it's a good sign
Posted by: Smell the Glove

The eye was on Philly so, mostly, the collars counties have taken over.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (NFX2v)

98 /sock

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (vJrRc)

99 The bigger issue is the inflated voter rolls which allow for ballot harvesting and just straight up ballot additions in the back rooms (hell, it didn't stop at the registration cap in 2020, some jurisdictions far outpaced that registration numbers which was why I was so black pilled for so long, there was no cap on cheating until suddenly there was again in 2024).

However, these illegal aliens on voter rolls probably did vote in large enough numbers to swing elections. Not necessarily the presidential election at the state level, but down ballot city council elections? City councils that do performative dances about climate change instead of fixing potholes? City councils that forbid 287g agreements with DHS?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (bzPaY)

100 Clay Travis offers $10 million for a head to head basketball game between the current WNBA champion team and a boy's high school state title team of his choice.

Winners get the prize.

http://tiny.cc/5ov7101
Posted by: bonhomme at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (mkw2N)
________

You can pick 5 rando dudes on any street basketball court and they will beat the 5 best WNBA players. Not joking.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

101 Smokey Smokey smokey.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (AYtUI)

102 I need someone to tell me a joke or give me a hug. The foster care children’s stats are not good for my soul.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (OoFl2)

103 102 I need someone to tell me a joke or give me a hug. The foster care children’s stats are not good for my soul.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (OoFl2)

======

Sid and Paul.

They're jokes, right?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (bzPaY)

104 101 Smokey Smokey smokey.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (AYtUI)

We had that here in NorCal last week.. Had to stay in most of the day

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (FtULh)

105 The only solution is in person voting w/ the purple thumb method.

Posted by: redchief at August 03, 2026 12:42 PM (oLflv)

106 102. No, they're not.

And it doesn't ever get better.

🤗 Lola

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:43 PM (NFX2v)

107 >>Smokey Smokey smokey.


We got like a 24 hour window where the air was clean enough to see some clouds.

Got a 45 mile ride in, yesterday. Then it smoked up again.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:43 PM (zGzrB)

108 -- because the state has been automatically registering drivers since 2018, and her figure covers only June 2023 to June 2024.

----

So that's 6000 illegally registered in 1 year!?

So it's possible Trump's claim of 250,000 non-citizens registered in 3 or 4 states is a yearly number?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 03, 2026 12:43 PM (DbmIv)

109 Here's the math:
1) There are just over 1 million people in NJ who are not citizens
2) the Motor Voter Act lets anyone automatically register to vote when getting their license
3) the box to check for citizenship is not emphasized (if it appears at all on the NJ MVA registration)
4) and besides no one checks if non-citizens have registered

BUT:
Only--only--6,600 non-citizens registered to vote.

yes, the admitted number is off by at least a zero, likely two zeros.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:43 PM (3cUTc)

110 95:

Just get these people the fuck out of here. Problem solved.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:44 PM (xJpaU)

111 Right now I'm watching a group of "citizens" putting a roof on the neighbors house blaring mexican music from their radio... I should call ICE... Never mind... I'm in CA.

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 12:44 PM (FtULh)

112 Any state still found in violation six months after federal government notification will be reverted to territorial status.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:38 PM (yJpcc)

NJ was never a territory. One of the original 13 colonies. So, NYAH!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 03, 2026 12:44 PM (hmYU4)

113 Naked Moron Jumps OVER 200 FEET From the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge After Erecting Multiple Flags and Somehow Survives - TGP

Uh, Ace?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:39 PM (dK+Kv)
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Are we sure it's Ace? Maybe that was CBD's recent secret mission...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 12:44 PM (FZ29D)

114 I have no doubt that the true number of illegals voting in NJ is six figures, easy. In places like CA? Millions.

That's a big reason why Democraps fight to the death to keep any illegal -- not matter how criminal or undesirable -- from being deported. That's a vote for them. They will murder their grandmother for votes.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (iFTx/)

115 I need someone to tell me a joke or give me a hug.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (OoFl2)

You would need someone funny to tell you a joke, right?

{{Pipes}}

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (ZWBDi)

116 Smokey Smokey smokey.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (AYtUI)

AQI of 250+ the other night here as Spokane burned.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (dK+Kv)

117 Clay Travis offers $10 million for a head to head basketball game between the current WNBA champion team and a boy's high school state title team of his choice.

Winners get the prize.

http://tiny.cc/5ov7101
Posted by: bonhomme at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (mkw2N)
________

You can pick 5 rando dudes on any street basketball court and they will beat the 5 best WNBA players. Not joking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

The only WNBA "action" I've ever watched is that lowlight video of the recent "All-Star" game - if that's in any way indicative of the standard of play, this seems pretty accurate.

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (wBRco)

118 Just cool your jets.

Woke astronomer warns lunar colonizers that moon is part of “indigenous sky country”

https://tinyurl.com/z75xctuf

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (ndZc7)

119 You can come up with all sorts of rules that can fix the problem, but blue states just aren't going to do it. They want to ensure their permanent power.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (n5tGW)

120 100 Clay Travis offers $10 million for a head to head basketball game between the current WNBA champion team and a boy's high school state title team of his choice.
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Posted by: bonhomme at August 03, 2026 12:33 PM (mkw2N)
________

You can pick 5 rando dudes on any street basketball court and they will beat the 5 best WNBA players. Not joking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

It is now known that Bobby Riggs threw his tennis match to Billie Jean King. Just sayin'.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (skR0U)

121 113 Naked Moron Jumps OVER 200 FEET From the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge After Erecting Multiple Flags and Somehow Survives - TGP

Uh, Ace?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:39 PM (dK+Kv)
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It was the shelving wasn't it.

Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2026 12:46 PM (G0vdT)

122 I think the solution here is a Japanese one.

Bushido? Internment camps? Comfort women?

Honestly, I like where your head is at. But I think rock-ribbed republicans aren't there yet. They're still convinced they're going to make voting in blue urban enclaves an honest affair.

Posted by: zombie tojo at August 03, 2026 12:46 PM (F7MYc)

123 " as a gay robot once said."

Is Graham Platner still around? Betcha he'd totally dominate that gaybot! But not in a gay way.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 03, 2026 12:46 PM (GMWTj)

124 AQI 198 where I am right now.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 03, 2026 12:46 PM (AYtUI)

125 {{{Piper}}}

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To show the possum it could be done.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (skR0U)

126 Just cool your jets.

Woke astronomer warns lunar colonizers that moon is part of “indigenous sky country”

Americans were the first people on the moon, so by the rules the left likes to argue for we are its indigenous people

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (sKqQm)

127 110 95:

Just get these people the fuck out of here. Problem solved.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:44 PM (xJpaU)

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DHS has forcibly deported 1.4 million people in the last 12 months (not the full breadth of Trump 2.0, just the last 12 months).

The studied ratio of self-deportations to forced-deportations ranges from 3:1 to 6:1. (You remove a portion of a populace, others follow for assorted reasons from fear to just wanting to retain community or family.)

So, most likely, at least 6 million people have left the US in the past year. It may be as high as 9 million or more.

Even the 1.4 million is twice the size of Eisenhower's Operation Wetback, and Operation Wetback was a scam that deported a whole lot less than people think.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (bzPaY)

128 It was the shelving wasn't it.

Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2026 12:46 PM (G0vdT)

You can't put Ace's love upon a shelf. Ask Garrett.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (dK+Kv)

129 Naked Moron Jumps OVER 200 FEET
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The previous record of 196 feet was held by Dick Morris.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (ZWBDi)

130 These fucks are making ALL lawyers look like shit.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Too late congress did it long ago.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (NnhvP)

131 I need someone to tell me a joke or give me a hug. The foster care children’s stats are not good for my soul.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (OoFl2)

I am sorry Piper. I would give you jam and fresh bread and sweet plums, but all I can do is give you a virtual hug.
I worked in that governmental side of that for a while, and it is hard on everyone's soul.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (rbvCR)

132 >>You can pick 5 rando dudes on any street basketball court and they will beat the 5 best WNBA players. Not joking.

Watched a 3-on-3 game, one side 25-30-year-old men and the other, late-teen women. The girls wiped out the guys. Of course, the girls had played for the HS state champs that spring.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 03, 2026 12:48 PM (NcvvS)

133 It is now known that Bobby Riggs threw his tennis match to Billie Jean King. Just sayin'.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (skR0U)

If the League of Lesbians had it's head on straight, they'd take Travis's bet, then offer to kick back $5 of the $10 million to the HS kids under the table.

Posted by: green rubber phallus at August 03, 2026 12:48 PM (F7MYc)

134 >>I need someone to tell me a joke or give me a hug.


It's not a real Hug unless there is some ass grabbing.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:49 PM (zGzrB)

135 The honor system? In New Jersey? It is to laugh.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (bX16E)

136 If you want extra hilarity, you make a third category - official identification for illegal aliens. Because the "real" problem is that they don't have official papers, right?

That way you can
Posted by: Internet


Pick them up when they are there to get their id and deport them.

Picked up without ID? Straight to the border. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.


Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (yJpcc)

137 "AQI 198 where I am right now."

Ugh. The smoke this year seems more acrid than the smoke from a couple years ago was.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (Jr5Lq)

138 135 The honor system? In New Jersey? It is to laugh.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (bX16E)
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They don't even trust you to pump your own gas.

Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (G0vdT)

139 But it's actually irrelevant, because in a of of cities and areas of California, they don't check your ID when you go to vote in person, so anyone can vote anyway, whether or not you are registered. Just walk up to the check-in table, say, "My name is...Smith. Yeah, that's the ticket, Smith."

"You mean Bob Smith? Or Bill Smith?"

"Bob Smith, sure, why not."

"Here's your ballot, sir!"

Standard procedure in California.
Posted by: zombie

That's also the standard procedure here in Minnestan. Though you also have to sign their big book of names/addresses, to "prove" that you're Bob Smith.

Posted by: mikeski at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (VHUov)

140 Deportations are great for all kinds of things, especially crime. However, the registrations are still live and those mail ballots are still produced and arrive at dem headquarters.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (n5tGW)

141 How soon before we get election monitors from 3rd world shitholes to make sure our elections are fair and honest?

Like we do to those 3rd world shitholes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (2Cry5)

142 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (bzPaY)

Not complaining. Many more to go and the timeframe is shrinking.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (xJpaU)

143 The US women's soccer team lost to a team of 14-15 year old boys. They've tried to argue it was only an exhibition.
A well practiced boys HS basketball team would crush a WNBA team

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (BFvh9)

144 136 Pick them up when they are there to get their id and deport them.

Picked up without ID? Straight to the border. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.


Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:50 PM (yJpcc)


======

Jurisdictions with 287g agreements with DHS do this sort of thing regularly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (bzPaY)

145 Rosie O'Donnell is returning to The View.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (skR0U)

146 Just more hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.

Aren't they just so precious?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
.......

They strengthen us.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (UjdFS)

147 I just read some absolutely shocking, unexpected, breaking news:
The US called a ceasefire this weekend in the belief that an agreement had been reached to open the Straits of Hormuz for commercial shipping.
Iran today said there is NO agreement, and any ships in the straits will be subject to attack until the US Military surrenders and completely leaves the region.

wow, who could have seen that coming.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (edUvp)

148 Ugh. The smoke this year seems more acrid than the smoke from a couple years ago was.
Posted by: gp

Well, it's houses instead of apple orchards this year.

The smoke the year a bunch of central washington's apple orchards burned smelled amazing

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (vJrRc)

149 I think the solution here is a Japanese one.

Bushido? Internment camps? Comfort women?

Honestly, I like where your head is at. But I think rock-ribbed republicans aren't there yet. They're still convinced they're going to make voting in blue urban enclaves an honest affair.

Posted by: zombie tojo



Ritual seppuku.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (yJpcc)

150 125 {{{Piper}}}

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To show the possum it could be done.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (skR0U)

Uhhh ... I'm right here ...

Posted by: Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (3sXRv)

151 142 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:47 PM (bzPaY)

Not complaining. Many more to go and the timeframe is shrinking.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (xJpaU)

=======

DHS is fully funded and appropriated through 2028 because of the OBBB and the extra support funding passed after the pointless and partial government shutdown earlier this year.

Trump would have to sign funding that clawed it back, assuming Democrats take both chambers and manage to actually pass such a thing.

Trump has the largest deportation operation in history, and it's not even close, and it's going to run nonstop until the end of his term.

And things are accelerating.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (bzPaY)

152 For Piper:

A man went to the ER with a seriously inflamed throat and a high fever, and was admitted for suspected strep throat, pneumonia and dehydration. The series of tests and throat swabs were taken, and the man was put into a gown, and placed in a gurney in a bay for rehydration with a couple of bags of saline. Because of possible upper respiratory infection concerns he was asked to wear a mask.
He sat in the bed for a good while, listening to the machine go beep, and a nurse came in too check on him.

He asked the nurse through the mask, "are my testicles black, yet?"

The nurse, just on shift was taken back, but hiked up his gown and checked, arranging his various bits to see clearly.
She straightened up his gown and said, "no, they aren't" and turned away to wash her hands.

The patient pulled down his mask and said, "I am sorry, let me ask that more clearly. I meant to ask, 'Are my test results back, yet?'"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (rbvCR)

153 We are going to learn a lot of these Fires are intentional starts, before long.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (zGzrB)

154 My favorite part about the Motor Voter Act was that it required states to maintain their voting rolls and purge ineligible voters--with no private enforcement mechanism*.

The second best swindle pulled by the Dems since Reagan's amnesty.

* I'll point out again, the SAVE Act would pass if Trump removed that part, the private right to enforce.
That is the wooden stake through the heart of vote fraud that no one in the Uniparty can allow.
They are fine with all the stuff about proof of citizenship, etc.
Bc they know it's all meaningless bullshit they can avoid when only their pets at the DOJ have a right to enforce it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (3cUTc)

155 152 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (Jr5Lq)

156 147 I just read some absolutely shocking, unexpected, breaking news:
The US called a ceasefire this weekend in the belief that an agreement had been reached to open the Straits of Hormuz for commercial shipping.
Iran today said there is NO agreement, and any ships in the straits will be subject to attack until the US Military surrenders and completely leaves the region.

wow, who could have seen that coming.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (edUvp)

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*looks at oil prices*

Looks like no one actually gives a shit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (bzPaY)

157 We should also make them register to set fire to women on trains.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (ZWBDi)

158 Y’all are the best. Thank you.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:54 PM (Wmg4n)

159 158 Y’all are the best. Thank you.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:54 PM (Wmg4n)

=====

Except for Todd.

Fucking Todd.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:54 PM (bzPaY)

160 145 Rosie O'Donnell is returning to The View.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (skR0U)
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Just what that show needs.

Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2026 12:54 PM (G0vdT)

161 Well. That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts. So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM (IMeI4)

162 Rosie O'Donnell is returning to The View.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper
.......

Going for the sex appeal, are they?

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM (UjdFS)

163 Iran today said there is NO agreement, and any ships in the straits will be subject to attack until the US Military surrenders and completely leaves the region.

wow, who could have seen that coming.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (edUvp)

It's even funnier.. "They" said they're not talking to us they are talking to Oman....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM (FtULh)

164 Tell me more about the gay robot.

Posted by: The Great Poof at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM (JM9I6)

165 So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM (IMeI4)

Nothing like a shot to the janglesack to get your week off on the right foot.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 12:56 PM (AdHga)

166 >>That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts.


I'm laughing AT you, not WITH you.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:56 PM (zGzrB)

167 "It's the honor system," said Hunterdon County Board of Elections Administrator Beth Thompson, who also leads the New Jersey Association of Election Officials.
________________________

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that "the honor system" is not something compatable with politics. They should be centering everything around the "Finger System." As in, shake hands with a politician, count your fingers.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 12:56 PM (dIske)

168 *looks at oil prices*

Looks like no one actually gives a shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (bzPaY)

what it most likely means is that the war is going to be fought on an on again, off again, on again basis all the way through the mid term elections. Everyone said no more forever wars, but looks like we've got one, unless some other strategy is employed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:58 PM (edUvp)

169 Except for Todd.

Fucking Todd.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:54 PM (bzPaY)

My boyfriend in high school was Todd. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:58 PM (Wmg4n)

170 Rosie back on the View? With Joy, Whoopi and Ana. Add Megan Rapinoe, Candace Owens and Jane Fonda
Then nuke the place

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 12:58 PM (BFvh9)

171 I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that "the honor system" is not something compatable with politics. They should be centering everything around the "Finger System." As in, shake hands with a politician, count your fingers.
Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 12:56 PM (dIske)
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Heck, the Roman Catholic church doesn't even believe in the honor system when electing a Pope.

Posted by: WisRich at August 03, 2026 12:58 PM (G0vdT)

172 Remember when we were told RealID was going to solve all these problems. Then it turned out that the fat bitches who work at the DMVs all across the country were selling RealIDs on the down low to whomever no questions asked. Don't hear much about RealID anymore.

Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 12:59 PM (enNUy)

173 So when are we at the "Yes it's happening and it's a good thing" phase?

A month or two probably. We're still at the "Yes it's happening but it doesn't matter" phase.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 03, 2026 12:59 PM (vTZFs)

174 >>Everyone said no more forever wars, but looks like we've got one


We've lost less soldiers than we would have during normal training in the entire time we have been bombing Iran.

Calling this a Forever War is retarded.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:59 PM (zGzrB)

175 They should be centering everything around the "Finger System."

Is the Finger System anything like the Finger Scale?

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 03, 2026 12:59 PM (wBRco)

176 Remember when we were told RealID was going to solve all these problems. Then it turned out that the fat bitches who work at the DMVs all across the country were selling RealIDs on the down low to whomever no questions asked. Don't hear much about RealID anymore.
Posted by: nckate at August 03, 2026 12:59 PM (enNUy)

Try getting on a plane without one. They have done that much.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:00 PM (rbvCR)

177 Heck, the Roman Catholic church doesn't even believe in the honor system when electing a Pope.

There's a Cardinal Rule?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 03, 2026 01:00 PM (vTZFs)

178 168 *looks at oil prices*

Looks like no one actually gives a shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 12:53 PM (bzPaY)

what it most likely means is that the war is going to be fought on an on again, off again, on again basis all the way through the mid term elections. Everyone said no more forever wars, but looks like we've got one, unless some other strategy is employed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:58 PM (edUvp)

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Well, the difference is that we're not sending in ground troops. We're degrading in a way that largely doesn't attract headlines and gets ignored while the region moves beyond Iran and the Strait drama. Also, this war started almost 50 years ago. Just ask Iran, plus the weakening of Iran ends other wars like Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Also, less than a year until after the midterms when Trump decides to just end it all (maybe?) with lots of civilian casualties wouldn't be a forever war. It would be destroying Iran as a nation and walking away.

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

179 We've lost less soldiers than we would have during normal training in the entire time we have been bombing Iran.

Calling this a Forever War is retarded.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026

I am hopeful we inch along through midterms. And then bomb them to kingdom come.

Trump is not calling me for war strategy, though.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:01 PM (Wmg4n)

180 >>That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts.

No video I guess. Shame.

15 minutes on and off with ice.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 01:01 PM (xJpaU)

181 Iran didn't fall in a few months of targeted bombing.

FOREVER WAR!

Please stop being this gay. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: seriously, join the log cabin republicans already at August 03, 2026 01:02 PM (F7MYc)

182 A few years ago a guy sued to get the info that google had about him. Turned out to be something crazy like 70 thousand pages. Govts can easily determine citizenship. Blue states won't. I don't know how to fix that other than single day voting to limit it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:03 PM (n5tGW)

183
Please stop being this gay. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: seriously, join the log cabin republicans already at August 03, 2026 01:02 PM (F7MYc)


LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 01:03 PM (TFsdh)

184 179 I am hopeful we inch along through midterms. And then bomb them to kingdom come.

Trump is not calling me for war strategy, though.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:01 PM (Wmg4n)

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An Israeli general said early in the blockade that the blockade was hurting Iran more than the original 6 week bombing campaign did.

I believe him.

Iran has been cut off from the world except its small Caspian Sea ports for months now. They can't import the necessary feed to keep its livestock alive. They have to pay their soldiers with worthless rials that inflate literally every day more than ours did under Biden in a year.

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

185 So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM (IMeI4)

Nothing like a shot to the janglesack to get your week off on the right foot.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 12:56 PM (AdHga)

The good news is the week can only get better.

Probably.

Maybe.

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 01:03 PM (wBRco)

186 Well. That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts. So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.
Posted by: Reforger
.......

I was going to buy a new garden hose this week.
Thanks for the five star review.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 01:03 PM (UjdFS)

187 Calling this a Forever War is retarded.

Posted by: garrett at August 03, 2026 12:59 PM (zGzrB)

But calling it a Retarded War is forever.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:03 PM (ZWBDi)

188 No video I guess. Shame.

15 minutes on and off with ice.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 01:01 PM (xJpaU)

I'd bet the ring camera on the neighbors house probably caught it.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:04 PM (IMeI4)

189 I'd bet the ring camera on the neighbors house probably caught it.

Million to one shot Doc!

Posted by: Frank Constanza at August 03, 2026 01:06 PM (n5tGW)

190 >>>"It's the honor system," said Hunterdon County Board of Elections Administrator Beth Thompson, who also leads the New Jersey Association of Election Officials.

An honor system on people who have absolutely no incentive to admit to state employees they are illegal aliens. Good grief.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (5rh/l)

191 My mind has 41 tabs open. Two are playing music and one has anime. I don't know where the laughter is coming from.

Posted by: clarence at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (oB8bm)

192 Believe it or not. The economy is so bad in Iran that women are selling their hair to buy basic necessities.

Story at Iran International.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (abScH)

193 The Motor Voter thingy is a menace. Georgia is another example. Georgia finalized a scheduled list maintenance process that canceled roughly 471,000 inactive voter registrations.

Less than 30 days later those same names were popping back up on the voter rolls. The culprit was motor voter (which is compromised, btw). It's an opt out system, so those renewing who were removed from voter registration for various reasons were put right back on the list when they renewed their license.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (dIske)

194 161 Well. That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts. So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.
Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:55 PM
+++

I bought one of those last year.
There's a recall on them because of serious injuries.
I pitched mine.

https://tinyurl.com/2v5jnvfh

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (2Ez/1)

195 I'll stick with non-ballsmacking hose.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 01:08 PM (xJpaU)

196 Cheat you, defeat you, then delete you.
-any democrat

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2026 01:08 PM (LHPAg)

197 > Believe it or not. The economy is so bad in Iran that women are selling their hair to buy basic necessities.
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Wonder what the market cap is on that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 01:08 PM (2Cry5)

198 Election Auditor Flags More than 200,000 Votes in NYC Mayoral Race as Suspicious

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 01:08 PM (ndZc7)

199 "Her disclosure set off a political uproar that's resonated well beyond New Jersey, feeding into the Trump administration's push for voter restrictions and setting up a legal battle with the Department of Justice."

Yes, much MAGA pouncing and seizing was had.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 01:09 PM (oji8u)

200 Thompson, the elections administrator, said county elections officials check each registration against a state database using Social Security numbers or driver's license numbers to confirm their identity, and that the information doesn't belong to people who have died. But noncitizens can obtain both forms of identification. "It does not validate any kind of citizenship," Thompson said.

That's for sure. Our contractor just told me it cost only $500 to get a fake green card, ss number, and driver's license.

Posted by: LASue at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (lCppi)

201 192 Believe it or not. The economy is so bad in Iran that women are selling their hair to buy basic necessities.

Story at Iran International.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (abScH)

There's a different story in this somewhere ???

Posted by: zombie O. Henry at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (3sXRv)

202 Teacher: "Billy, use the word 'disaster' in a sentence."
Billy: "Grandma backed up into the electric fan, and it disaster."

Best joke I can come up with right now. Sorry.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

203 Well. That is the last expanding garden hose I'm ever buying. Got done watering and as I'm turning it off it blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts. So I'm soaking wet and have a stomache ache now. What a way to start a Monday.
Posted by: Reforger

You didn’t need to go that far to make me feel better! Whoa!

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (Wmg4n)

204 "...blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts."

Used to date her.

Posted by: Owowowow at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (2Ez/1)

205 What do the buyers want the hair for?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (n5tGW)

206 I am hopeful we inch along through midterms. And then bomb them to kingdom come.

Trump is not calling me for war strategy, though.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:01 PM (Wmg4n)

I think the plan right now is to beggar them and put them where they can't buy loyalty anymore


Per Reuters, "[Shelbit,] one of the world's largest illegal gambling networks sends hundreds of millions of crypto through an office in Dubai. It’s part of a $4 billion Iranian sanctions evasion hub

"Shelbit is the hub of the Iranian money-moving operation, through which the gambling network, the central bank and other sanctioned Iranian entities have access to global crypto markets."

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:11 PM (rbvCR)

207 "It's the honor system," said Hunterdon County Board of Elections Administrator Beth Thompson...

And that's certainly a reasonable barrier to those whose first act in America is breaking the law.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 03, 2026 01:11 PM (oji8u)

208 But it also exposed an open secret about New Jersey's so-called motor voter law that officials and political operatives have known for years: There's little to stop noncitizens from registering to vote if they want to, or even by mistake.
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Some of us might have mentioned that 20 years ago. I was reliably informed to shut up.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:11 PM (JvZF+)

209 204 "...blew up, whipped around and floored me by slapping me in the nuts."

Used to date her.
Posted by: Owowowow at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (2Ez/1)
_______________________

20 bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 01:11 PM (dIske)

210 Guy Mohawk, wigs.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 01:11 PM (abScH)

211 206 I think the plan right now is to beggar them and put them where they can't buy loyalty anymore


Per Reuters, "[Shelbit,] one of the world's largest illegal gambling networks sends hundreds of millions of crypto through an office in Dubai. It’s part of a $4 billion Iranian sanctions evasion hub

"Shelbit is the hub of the Iranian money-moving operation, through which the gambling network, the central bank and other sanctioned Iranian entities have access to global crypto markets."

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 01:11 PM (rbvCR)

========

Impoverish them and force the Gulf States to harden against them at the same time so that Iran can't do anything to them all while killing their terrorist proxies in Gaza and Lebanon.

But that's retarded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (bzPaY)

212 An honor system on people who have absolutely no incentive to admit to state employees they are illegal aliens. Good grief.

And on state employees (and their bosses, and their party, etc.) who have absolutely no incentive to check.

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (DZ6nv)

213 Cheat you, defeat you, then delete you.
-any democrat

Take your soul if you let them
Aw girl but don't you let them

Posted by: Not Quite Zombie James Taylor at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (vTZFs)

214 I need someone to tell me a joke or give me a hug.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:41 PM (OoFl2)
____

{{{Piper}}}

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (5ExGj)

215 "A well practiced boys HS basketball team would crush a WNBA team"

Maybe Lebron James and Michael Jordon could play a little two on five?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (GMWTj)

216 Iran today said there is NO agreement, and any ships in the straits will be subject to attack until the US Military surrenders and completely leaves the region.

wow, who could have seen that coming.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:52 PM (edUvp)

======

*looks at oil prices*

Looks like no one actually gives a shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Maybe that's the strategy - turn Iran into constant background noise so that everyone realizes they can ignore it and just do business.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (vJrRc)

217 Rosie O'Donnell is returning to The View.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2026 12:51 PM (skR0U)
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Just what that show needs.
Posted by: WisRich

They haven't got enough fat, ugly, and stupid?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 01:13 PM (ndZc7)

218 216 Maybe that's the strategy - turn Iran into constant background noise so that everyone realizes they can ignore it and just do business.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (vJrRc)

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Yeah, sounds like something I said like 3 months ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 01:13 PM (bzPaY)

219 Believe it or not. The economy is so bad in Iran that women are selling their hair to buy basic necessities.
......

Smooth as a porpoise.

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 01:13 PM (UjdFS)

220 The comical thing is that the judges in Fed cts have thus far blocked the Feds from getting NJ and other states voting records. That should end soon but probably not soon enough to impact the midterms

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 01:13 PM (BFvh9)

221 205 What do the buyers want the hair for?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026


210 Guy Mohawk, wigs.
Posted by: Ben Had at August

And hair extensions.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:13 PM (Wmg4n)

222 It's impossible to explain the unique pain of a nutshot to a woman. Or even a grazing flick.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (XvL8K)

223 201 192 Believe it or not. The economy is so bad in Iran that women are selling their hair to buy basic necessities.

Story at Iran International.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 01:07 PM (abScH)

There's a different story in this somewhere ???
Posted by: zombie O. Henry

AoS -- come for the warblogging, stay for the literary references.

When they get home, they discover that their Iranian husbands have sold their Qibla watches to buy hair ornaments for their wives to wear under their hijabs.

Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (Av6i5)

224
"it's not a problem and never effects any elections, not a single bingle one."

So we're doing bingles now?!

Posted by: Speller at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (pSotA)

225 197. Believe it or not. The economy is so bad in Iran that women are selling their hair to buy basic necessities.
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Wonder what the market cap is on that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Not the current administration's fault.

Iranian media and international rights groups documented women and young girls selling their hair to pay for basic medicines, school costs, and dowries as early as 2021 and 2022.

By 2023, the The California Courier notes that the economic crunch had already driven some citizens to desperate extremes, including selling body organs like kidneys and corneas to escape poverty.

This baseline of poverty was driven by years of international sanctions, hyperinflation, and severe domestic economic mismanagement.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (NFX2v)

226 >> "It's the honor system," said Hunterdon County Board of Elections Administrator Beth Thompson, who also leads the New Jersey Association of Election Officials.

The honor system didn’t even work between good friends Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer in The Contest because George cheated…. It’s not gonna work with voting where the Dems (as Elissa Slotkin noted) can’t win if only citizens vote

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (yz/88)

227 Ahhh, real hair lace wigs making a comeback soon to AoS.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (n5tGW)

228 215 "A well practiced boys HS basketball team would crush a WNBA team"

Maybe Lebron James and Michael Jordon could play a little two on five?
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (GMWTj)
______________________________

Jordan always cracks me up. There was an interview where some young sports guy was trying to convince Jordan that his Bulls could not beat LeBron's team of today. Jordan chuckled....we could beat them. BUT, it would be close. I'm over 60.

Posted by: Orson at August 03, 2026 01:15 PM (dIske)

229 You didn’t need to go that far to make me feel better! Whoa!
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:10 PM (Wmg4n)

Anything for you, Piper.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:15 PM (IMeI4)

230 It's impossible to explain the unique pain of a nutshot to a woman. Or even a grazing flick.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (XvL8K)

I know, right. All they can do is whine about the whole childbirth thing.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 03, 2026 01:15 PM (igCg8)

231 224
"it's not a problem and never effects any elections, not a single bingle one."

So we're doing bingles now?!

Posted by: Speller at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (pSotA)


We also do bazillions

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 01:15 PM (5rh/l)

232 How to Reverse a Hunched Back

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Get thee to Notre Dame?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 01:16 PM (ndZc7)

233 Maybe Lebron James and Michael Jordon could play a little two on five?

Mike's gettin' up there but Lebron could take any five of them by himself.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 03, 2026 01:16 PM (vTZFs)

234 Rapunzel al-Islam let down your hair.
Doesn't have the same poetry

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 01:16 PM (BFvh9)

235 The market for ID's, licenses and the like for illegals must be a couple hundred billion dollar a year business.

No wonder we're pushing $40T in debt.

The state workers who are in on this need to be hanged for treason. And the illegals who bought them shot at dawn.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (2Cry5)

236 AoS -- come for the warblogging, stay for the literary references.

When they get home, they discover that their Iranian husbands have sold their Qibla watches to buy hair ornaments for their wives to wear under their hijabs.
Posted by: zombie at August 03, 2026 01:14 PM (Av6i5)

***high five***

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (3sXRv)

237 Women are made for childbirth, can't hurt that much. 😁

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (n5tGW)

238 "Women are made for childbirth, can't hurt that much."

Blame Eve. She's the reason it hurts.

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

239 Iran isn't going to give until the Imam crawls out of the well

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (L8DX7)

240 nood

Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (Jr5Lq)

241 Ace read our minds. Nood.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (hftzA)

242 Maybe that's the strategy - turn Iran into constant background noise so that everyone realizes they can ignore it and just do business.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 01:12 PM (vJrRc)
=====

How is that not a "forever war?"

There will be a price to pay for all the dilly-dallying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 01:19 PM (JvZF+)

243 237 Women are made for childbirth, can't hurt that much. 😁
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM (n5tGW)

I don't know nothin' about birthin' babies Capt'n Butler

Posted by: Prissy browndog at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (3sXRv)

244 The Iranians have not been selling hair anywhere as long as
Indians, Russians, Eastern Europe.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (NFX2v)

245 I know, right. All they can do is whine about the whole childbirth thing.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey
_______

I can at least imagine it. We all have structures that don't stretch well. But the pain receptors in the balls seem to be of an entirely different type from the rest of the body.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (XvL8K)

246
Iranian women are cutting off their hair because in Islam it's a sexual fetish.
That's why they have to wear those hoods and wear bags lest any of their hair shows in public and some young guy flies into a sexual frenzy.
So they're cutting off their hair to have it smuggled into the bunker tunnels of the IRGC for the fetish aspect.

Posted by: Speller at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (pSotA)

247 The only WNBA "action" I've ever watched is that lowlight video of the recent "All-Star" game - if that's in any way indicative of the standard of play, this seems pretty accurate.

Some guys made a lot of money on a prop bet that Angel Reece would miss her first shot of every game.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:21 PM (2ocoG)

248 237 Women are made for childbirth, can't hurt that much. 😁
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 03, 2026 01:17 PM

(n5tGW)Blame Eve. She's the reason it hurts.
Posted by: gp at August 03, 2026 01:18 PM (Jr5Lq)
Be careful there.

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (LHPAg)

249 It's impossible to explain the unique pain of a nutshot to a woman. Or even a grazing flick.
****

A woman gives birth and says no more. Then, sometime later, will say I would like to have another. There is no man who, after being nut punched, will ever say I want to be nut punched again.

Posted by: clarence at August 03, 2026 01:22 PM (oB8bm)

250 Played first base in high school. On a bad throw from the shortstop, I stretched out trying to keep my foot on the bag and ball took a bad bounce into my knackers.
To say that that was painful is an understatement.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 01:23 PM (J4Dwc)

251 It's impossible to explain the unique pain of a nutshot to a woman. Or even a grazing flick.

I've heard the women's equivalent called a "c*nt punt".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 03, 2026 01:24 PM (2ocoG)

252 Reportedly, the disconnect between state licensing laws and how undocumented drivers have obtained commercial (driving) credentials involves a mix of federal loopholes, varying state policies.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 01:25 PM (NFX2v)

253 I think Lorea Bobbit may have explained some of the pain of natural childbirth for many women.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 01:27 PM (NFX2v)

254
168 *looks at oil prices*

Looks like no one actually gives a shit.

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I do, lol.

Posted by: Mr. Wawa at August 03, 2026 01:34 PM (1PjjJ)

255 167, the good thing about Hunterdon County is there aren't that many illegals there.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 03, 2026 01:50 PM (2noDb)

256 Reforger, sorry about the hose. I had that happen to me, scared the shit out of me when it flew at me. One of my service guys had a bungee cord snap back at him last Friday putting his ladder back on his truck and the metal hook took his eye out. It didn't help that he panicked and pulled the hook out before calling 911 after seeing all the blood. He's in the I can't believe this shit phase of recovery.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 03, 2026 01:54 PM (2noDb)

257 Ow, my balls!

Posted by: wth at August 03, 2026 02:19 PM (UjdFS)

258 PBS, U.S. sent $1.4 billion in virus relief payments to dead people
By — Marcy Gordon, Associated Press
Politics Jun 25, 2020

Note date, June 2020. Then it went on for years!
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FEMA - COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Milestones
FEMA has awarded $3.26 billion to more than 506,000 applications in COVID-19 Funeral Assistance for help covering expenses incurred between January 20, 2020, and September 30, 2025.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 04:55 PM (NFX2v)

259 258. Mea culpa. Wrong thread. 😔


However, Hunterdon County is very wealthy, consistently ranking as one of the richest counties in New Jersey and the United States.

Very few U or T Visa holders could ever afford to reside there, and undocumented children certainly wouldn't be dragging down the most excellent schools.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 03, 2026 05:18 PM (NFX2v)

THE MORNING RANT: “Church Ladies of the Left” – AWFLs Are the Fallen Angels of Puritan Christianity

Witch trial of George Jacobs with Rainbow flag.png

I have periodically started to write a piece discussing how woke, white women (AWFLs) are the “Church Ladies of the Left.” More specifically, my thesis was going to be that when this type of judgmental harridan was involved in a local church and imposing her righteousness on just one congregation, it might have been rough on the pastor and her co-parishioners, but at least society as a whole wasn’t being tormented by this class of person.

From my own childhood circle of church friends, there are several real-life examples of girls who were prissy “Junior Church Ladies” back then, but who left the church and grew up to be anti-Christian woke-scolds for whom politics is now their religion. Their driving purpose in life is to excoriate the rest of us for our sins, which range from the “bigotry” of disallowed opinions, to “Christian hypocrisy,” to the use of leaf blowers. They live in a perpetual state of outrage because some people are leading a life with different values and priorities.

But I would always abort on this piece, because I couldn’t develop it much beyond an assertion that “a certain percentage of white women are just natural-born church ladies, be they Christians or AWFLs” without expanding on possible reasons why.

Before going further, this is also probably a good place to make the disclaimer that there is not a more conservative sub-demographic of women than white women, and at times it gets a little tiresome hearing very online people snarking about white women in general, just because the subset of AWFLs are so annoying. My wife is a mirthful, conservative, white, Christian woman who has patience for neither “church ladies” nor AWFLs, and pretty much the same can be said about all of the women in our circle of friends.

Returning back to the question of why “church ladies” have transitioned into AWFLs, Christian Heiens has offered a partial explanation in a recent series of tweets, as part of a discussion as to why New England is so liberal despite being very white, a demographic that is otherwise very conservative.

Mr. Heiens notes that there is a super-concentration of AWFLs in New England because these women are culturally still puritan church ladies. They traded their forebears’ Christianity for woke secularism, but they never forsook their puritanical intolerance and righteousness.

It’s so liberal precisely because it’s so white. Whites, and specifically Anglo-Saxons, were the world’s first liberals. When we consider that New England is one of the most ancestrally Anglo part of the country and remains very heterogeneous compared to the rest of America, it’s no surprise that places like Vermont or Massachusetts would be so liberal. Things like Progressivism and Wokeism are what happens when Anglo Puritans secularize their theology and universalize their unique cultural way of life. New England did both of these things long ago, which is a huge reason why it’s one of the largest left-wing bastions in America.

I am going to repeat this line outside of the blockquote because it brilliantly and concisely explains one reason why there are Church Ladies of the Left: ”Things like Progressivism and Wokeism are what happens when Anglo Puritans secularize their theology.”

Mr. Heiens went on to speculate as to why Appalachian whites, who are also descended from Anglo protestants, did not become such woke evangelists.

This got me thinking about why Appalachia didn’t follow suit as it was also settled by Anglo Protestants. I think a big reason why is because while New England went down the puritanical/reformist communitarian/institutional oriented route that eventually ended in Wokeism as a sort of secular theology, the Anglo settlers who moved into Appalachia went down the “rugged individualist” path of Liberalism.

While it’s true that Appalachia is more “rugged individualist” than New England, I think this difference is rooted in the provenance of the settlers. Puritans settling in New England tended to be from East Anglia, whereas Appalachia was settled in large part by Scots-Irish. The Scots-Irish were the rednecks of Great Britain, and although they may have been protestant, they certainly weren’t puritan. This difference in protestant lineages actually supports the hypothesis that today’s woke AWFLs are linear descendants of 17th Century puritans.

Overwhelmingly, the accusers in the Salem witch trials were puritan women. Today’s AWFL woke-scolds are heirs to their legacy.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM




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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (yJpcc)

2 nd!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)

3 Corgis cslled

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 11:01 AM (yJpcc)

4 Hey Buck

Posted by: doug at August 03, 2026 11:01 AM (B1+sW)

5 No monkey

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:02 AM (N1DT3)

6 Heiens is a good X follow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 11:02 AM (bzPaY)

7 Puritans settling in New England tended to be from East Anglia, whereas Appalachia was settled in large part by Scots-Irish. The Scots-Irish were the rednecks of Great Britain, and although they may have been protestant, they certainly weren’t puritan.

Obligatory: The book to read is "Seeds of Albion", by David Hackett Fischer.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

8 Cool. A post about my mom's bingo crew.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:03 AM (IMeI4)

9 The left is not anti-religious.

They are anti-Christ. They are honestly FAR more zealous for their religion than most Christians are, sadly.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:04 AM (N1DT3)

10 Yankees be Yankees. It’s what it is.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 03, 2026 11:05 AM (KGj36)

11
Present company excepted, having women be rabbis and ministers has turned out catastrophically. It is generally (and I stress that term) true that women will perform the most intricate mental prestidigitation to justify doing what they want to do instead of what they ought to do. "My feelz" will beat out "my duty" any time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:06 AM (O0L8i)

12 I saw a video of a British guy (who amusingly was of East Asian descent) tackling a black immigrant who had shoplifted from a store.

A pudgy white security card eventually caught up with the two and called the cops and shortly thereafter a late 50s white woman walks over and starts berating the Asian guy for being racist and anti-immigrant

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:07 AM (sKqQm)

13 This caught my eye this morning. She's not just an AWFL, she's apparently also a Shaker.

Single woman praised for believing only 'low effort' men don't want kids: 'Haven't gone to therapy' trib.al/SNhORag

https://xcancel.com/nypost/status/2083976474315350045#m

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

14 berating the Asian guy for being racist

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"Punisher" actor says discriminating against pit bulls is "dog racism"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)

15 60 Year ago churches ladies had...church, and kids, and grandkids, and a retired husband to worry about.

Now? They are retired/semi-retired from what was a "send emails" job. They have perhaps one or two children who live on the other side of country and don't have much to do with them. And most importantly they stopped believing in Christianity years ago

So absent traditional religion or faith how do you add meaning to your life? Well, how about the Woke Religion? It has heaven and hell and notes you can literally create the former on earth...RIGHT NOW...if you just get rid of those pesky white men

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:10 AM (sKqQm)

16 I have always liked stories about communities filled to bursting with self righteous scolds until the day Anne (don't forget the "e") Shirley shows up, teaches them all a lesson, and makes the whole place happier. (Except possibly Mrs. Blewett.)

Posted by: Oglebay at August 03, 2026 11:10 AM (2ap+5)

17 "Winston had disliked her from the very first moment of seeing her. He knew the reason. It was because of the atmosphere of hockey−fields and cold baths and community hikes and general clean−mindedness which she managed to carry about with her. He disliked nearly all women, and especially the young and pretty ones. It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers−out of unorthodoxy."

Posted by: G. Orwell at August 03, 2026 11:10 AM (2Ez/1)

18 I'd mentioned earlier about a gal on X who demanded men be forced to wear body cams to expose all the harassment they commit upon women daily.

But the mindset behind that thought is amazing:
1) the confident belief that all men are guilty of the sin of harassment
2) that all men must be punished and forced to wear a body cam
3) that men's privacy is not important compared to exposing their assured sins
4) that men must know their place as less than women, and accept this (a) assumed sin and (b) this loss of freedom and privacy
5) that women--who can freely choose to wear body cams to prove this accusation--should not bear that burden in the least (because men are less than and are sinners)

The best response was:
This will backfire worse than police body cams. And probably prove why the Salem Witch Trials burned those women.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 11:11 AM (3cUTc)

19 Overwhelmingly, the accusers in the Salem witch trials were puritan women.

/pedant
Teenage girls who got caught playing hooky from church.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 03, 2026 11:11 AM (diia5)

20 If you are interested in this sort of politico historical trend analysis, look up Daniel Elazar, American Federalism: A View from the States.

He created a typology of traditionalistic, moralistic, and individualistic political cultures where one state like New England, for historical and sociological issues is more moralistic in nature, while Southern states with a cavalier and planter culture were more traditionalistic. Market oriented states like NY were more individualistic.

Within states, there is often a mix of cultures too--for example in North Carolina, you have a very different political culture as distance increases from the ocean. South Carolina has the piedmont and the lowlands. Georgia has the mountains, piedmont, and then coastal lowlands.

So geography plays a part, sociology does as well, wealth accumulation, and past traditions. And these are reflected by the political candidates put forward and the state parties in adapting to their particular mix of voters.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 11:11 AM (E4rtv)

21 Is this about us?

Posted by: The Harper Valley PTA at August 03, 2026 11:13 AM (2Ez/1)

22
Speaking of puritan AWFLs and brain dead progressive regions...
We are wheels up to Portland, OR today, driving to Redmond tomorrow to visit Smash's parents grave sites. It'll probably be the last time she visits, and most likely Junior-ette's only visit. Would appreciate it if y'all could spare a prayer for Smash, please. She lost her Dad when she was seven and her mom when she was fourteen.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 03, 2026 11:13 AM (Ysmf1)

23 My wife is involved in dance. (I'll be unspecific as to which style to spare her from problems.)

There are definitely other conservative women in her style of dance, but almost all of them keep a low profile.

The religious fervor of the vocal dancers online is insane. They lash out at anyone they see even slightly outside of liberal dogma.

One professionally famous woman gave an opinion on "cultural appropriation" that she had learned in school less than a decade before. It was outdated and she was cancelled for daring to say that outdated view openly.

I know some of the other famous dancers who are fairly liberal, but keep their mouths shut because they know they can be cancelled because they aren't zealous enough.

These women are insane.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:13 AM (N1DT3)

24 16 I have always liked stories about communities filled to bursting with self righteous scolds until the day Anne (don't forget the "e") Shirley shows up, teaches them all a lesson, and makes the whole place happier. (Except possibly Mrs. Blewett.)
Posted by: Oglebay

You must love Twain's "The Man that Corrupted Hadleysburg".

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 11:14 AM (E4rtv)

25 Another recent story I saw was about Elizabeth-Jane Ross who was an immigration volunteer in Scotland.

She was murdered and chopped up by an Afghan she helped bring in.

One problem we have with all of this is something of a re-play of COVID.

Pure bloods argued you had to do your own research and think things through not blindly believe what the FNM tells you.

BranchCOVIDians argued thinking for yourself is dangerous and you aren't qualified. So no with immigration the "experts" say the newcomers are all refugees that just need a hand to work and benefit society so you have all these left leaning people refusing to do anything other then repeat what they hear on the FNM even if it gets them chopped up and put into a suitcase

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:14 AM (sKqQm)

26 politico historical trend analysis

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A firm grasp of history.

https://tinyurl.com/mrxc45hr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

27 Presnent Obama has our backs and fully funded the FART Tube program. This Buck guy is libeling us and I will bring this up at our next Collective meeting. He's now on our list.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein Of Brattleboro, VT at August 03, 2026 11:15 AM (JM9I6)

28 So, it sounds like the AWFL cohort took God out of religion, took the name "religion" out of religion, but didn't actually get rid of religion.

Also a reminder that, whenever you hear people say that replacing government with a matriarchy would be utopia because "Women just work together better than men", any respect for them should drop to near-zero. The easiest counter-factual is the "mean-girl clique" in schools; if you ever became an enemy of theirs, for whatever reason (and 'reason' is doing a LOT of heavy lifting there), it meant war. Maybe a cold war, but there was no peace to be had.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (4h45B)

29 One professionally famous woman gave an opinion on "cultural appropriation" that she had learned in school less than a decade before. It was outdated and she was cancelled for daring to say that outdated view openly.

Smarter lefties ironically just repeat the current narrative with no thought. Why? Saying ANYTHING else, even prior goodthink, can get you cancelled.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)

30 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 11:11 AM (3cUTc)

- Wear a body cam "for women's protection"
- Walk around behind attractive women in leggings, or shorts.
- Enjoy the footage later, at your leisure.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (ExV1e)

31 >>>From my own childhood circle of church friends, there are several real-life examples of girls who were prissy “Junior Church Ladies” back then, but who left the church and grew up to be anti-Christian woke-scolds for whom politics is now their religion.

>Luckily, this was not my childhood experience. The church girls who abandoned the church in this community grew up and learned to suck and fuck any boy or man who was willing to show them a good time.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (ixEhJ)

32 You also blame us for starting the religion of recycling.

Posted by: The AWFLs at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (2Ez/1)

33 That pic is very small. Here's a bigger version.

https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/
wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1246_image01.jpg

Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (8mulE)

34 Regular non-political,women are targeted and recruited by ill-intentioned leftist activist women. It usually starts small, with something they agree strongly about. Some obvious injustice of some kind.

Then they move them to a local "group" for more answers, and that's it - they are in.

That's the old way. I'm sure it's gotten more efficient these days. Hell the media is doing half the job already. You want to know why the media never stops lying, no matter the evidence etc, it's part of the recruitment program.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (ZWBDi)

35 BranchCOVIDians argued thinking for yourself is dangerous and you aren't qualified. So no with immigration the "experts" say the newcomers are all refugees that just need a hand to work and benefit society so you have all these left leaning people refusing to do anything other then repeat what they hear on the FNM even if it gets them chopped up and put into a suitcase
Posted by: 18-1

The ironic thing is that these people have lost the capability of self governance so that they are begging for strong authorities to rule their lives and tell them what to do. Also see Islam or Communism.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (E4rtv)

36 This post is, specifically and particularly, about my ex's mother.

She (the mother) is an Episcopal priest and EVERYTHING is politics. Everything. On VERY rare occasion, something shows potential for breaking through, but Politics is All.

Her son was married for years, had two children, and his wife was lovely. The wife, though, decided she was a lesbian, so kicked him out, kept the kids, moved the girlfriend into the house, and found a court to order him to keep paying the mortgage. On a house he couldn't live in.

The ex's mother acknowledged how difficult it was to see her son be destroyed by the very thing she advocates (gay/women's rights), but ended up in the 'progress will never be perfect' camp.

It's mind-bottling.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (AdHga)

37 My first wife was/is a "Puritan church lady." She had a grandfather who was a Lutheran minister. His wife was pure hell. Nasty broad. I think that's where she got it.

The old lady hated me.

I hated her back. She had no clue how to deal with being talked back to.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (2Cry5)

38 Present company excepted, having women be rabbis and ministers has turned out catastrophically. It is generally (and I stress that term) true that women will perform the most intricate mental prestidigitation to justify doing what they want to do instead of what they ought to do. "My feelz" will beat out "my duty" any time.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:06 AM (O0L8i)

Almost as though God recognized the different tendencies that He created into humans and specifically gave roles to the different sexes because He knew exactly what happens when you start acting contrary to the instruction manual He wrote.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (N1DT3)

39 Males and Females are wired differently, though the progressives had a short period of the narrative where we were all admonished to “celebrate our differences!” this didn’t last very long.

They have this idea that humans are basically interchangeable meat-sticks. Or maybe it would be great if they were.

A complete revamping of the education system is overdue. Co-ed is a mistake as well. Young Males and Females together in close proximity is nothing more than a huge distraction, at best. Ceding control of the schools to whack jobs was an incremental disaster.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:18 AM (oJxaF)

40 I'd mentioned earlier about a gal on X who demanded men be forced to wear body cams to expose all the harassment they commit upon women daily.

You know what would be fun? If men should have to wear a cam because they are more likely to sexually harass someone then a woman is...does this especially also apply to certain ethnic and cultural groups of men that have an even higher rate of harassment?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:18 AM (sKqQm)

41 ‘If You Want a Picture of the Future, Imagine a Stylish Shoe Stamping on a Human Face – for Ever’

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 03, 2026 11:18 AM (aD4fx)

42 The AWFLs seem more Charismatic/Pentecostal than Puritan/Calvinist.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 11:19 AM (Gqar8)

43 I think this difference is rooted in the provenance of the settlers. Puritans settling in New England tended to be from East Anglia, whereas Appalachia was settled in large part by Scots-Irish. The Scots-Irish were the rednecks of Great Britain, and although they may have been protestant, they certainly weren’t puritan.

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I don't think it was provenance so much as motive. The Puritans left because they wanted to practice their religion and build the City of G-d anew.

The Scots and Scots-Irish left because the English systematically forced them off their lands in both countries. They wanted to go somewhere that nobody could ever do that again, and had a healthy fear and hatred of government at a conceptual level.

Not "this government is fallen and a godly one will be better," but "I'm going to go live in the wilderness with the Indians, and let all government go horsefuck. See if they care to follow me into this trackless waste, brandishing their gay little papers and edicts."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:19 AM (BI5O2)

44 A pudgy white security card eventually caught up with the two and called the cops and shortly thereafter a late 50s white woman walks over and starts berating the Asian guy for being racist and anti-immigrant
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:07 AM (sKqQm)

Asian guy should have said, "I am an immigrant, you deranged c***."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 11:19 AM (1z8ji)

45 I'm a big supporter of the Women's Movement, especially when viewed from behind.

Posted by: Zombie Rush Limbaugh at August 03, 2026 11:20 AM (JM9I6)

46 That pic is very small. Here's a bigger version.

https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/
wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1246_image01.jpg
Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 11:16 AM (8mulE)

Still can't find the kitten.

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 11:20 AM (wBRco)

47 this is also probably a good place to make the disclaimer that there is not a more conservative sub-demographic of women than white women

Married white women are conservative.

Unmarried white women are almost as Leftist as black women.

It's why the Left works so hard at undermining the institution of marriage.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 03, 2026 11:21 AM (aD4fx)

48 Males and Females are wired differently, though the progressives had a short period of the narrative where we were all admonished to “celebrate our differences!” this didn’t last very long.

Reading through threads of youngish women complaining about not being able to find a guy won thing that really, really shines is they have no idea how men thing or why.

Yes, it is harder to understand how the opposite sex thinks but this is something where as a seasoned 29 year old young people are dumber about this then my generation was, and more so women then men.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:21 AM (sKqQm)

49 One thing popular media has intentionally buried is the millions and millions of female wannabe Nazis who adored Der Fuhrer. The movie Battle of Britain has a good rally scene. Lots of moisture in the air.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:22 AM (ZWBDi)

50 It's mind-bottling.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (AdHga)

Just thinking about my mind being bottled boggles the mind.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 11:22 AM (8mulE)

51 But the mindset behind that thought is amazing:
1) the confident belief that all men are guilty of the sin of harassment

Another fun side of this, I've seen a million videos by women asking why men rarely approach women any more.

Well ladies, maybe ask yourself what changed in society over 20 years or so?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (sKqQm)

52 It's mind-bottling.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (AdHga)

...

boggling. Mind-boggling.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (N1DT3)

53 There are times I would pay to see tag team cage matches headlined:

Baptists vs Presbyterians

The Baptists would win, I think, even the church ladies from either side

Especially the Church Ladies [Go Grammy!]

Posted by: epador at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (TRnzq)

54 Back when people were constantly yelling about the religious right, I was telling anyone who would listen that the religious left were the real problem. The most-leftist of them attend some very liberal church where the "pastor" is a lesbian with spikey hair. Politics is the real religion, dressed up in their favorite interpretations of Christianity. Sounds a little like islam, but those interpretations are closer to their actual texts that they follow (koran, hadiths).

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (F7OTp)

55 Baffles science

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (eGw1s)

56 ‘I’m Eromero and I’m a redneck.’

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2026 11:24 AM (ZsGRw)

57 Reading through threads of youngish women complaining about not being able to find a guy won thing that really, really shines is they have no idea how men thing or why.

I would say, generally speaking, that the sorts of women who take to social media on this matter are all in competition for the 50 guys, nationwide, who meet their acceptability criteria and they are perpetually confused as to why a guy who can jump into bed with a couple dozen dozen different women every day won't wife them up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)

58 Francis Alcock Hutchins was the last victim of the Salem Witch Trials. Died imprisoned for the crime of wearing a scarf outside her social status. She was an indentured servant (slave) of some other passenger.
This ship was The Bevis of Hampton, sailed in 1638. Other notable passengers were Richard (The Colonist) Austin. Forefather of the founder of Texas, Moses Austin.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:24 AM (IMeI4)

59 The Church of the Left offers salvation here and now.
It elevates their faithful to their rightful station, above all other sinners, today--and the more faithful, the more rewarded.

Christianity is lacking for those people.
It offers no rewards today, but stores them up in some far-off "Heaven."
It assures you God's Plan is not your plan and that He knows what is best for you.

Pride has convinced these apostates and atheists they know what is best for themselves.
That they should be in power.
That they do in fact live a perfected life, and it is not right unless they are in power.

"Come over here," whisper the acolytes of Satan, "here you will have your true station that honors your devotion today and now."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 11:24 AM (3cUTc)

60 Unmarried white women are almost as Leftist as black women.

Often also married to Uncle Sugar just like black women too.

I suspect if you could reduce government welfare/bureaucracy spending to reasonable levels you might seriously mend the current incarnation of the "battle of the sexes"...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:24 AM (sKqQm)

61 A complete revamping of the education system is overdue. Co-ed is a mistake as well. Young Males and Females together in close proximity is nothing more than a huge distraction, at best. Ceding control of the schools to whack jobs was an incremental disaster.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:18 AM (oJxaF)

... And the gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more...

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:24 AM (N1DT3)

62
Just thinking about my mind being bottled boggles the mind.
Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 11:22 AM (8mulE)

In my case, it would be one of those mini sizes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (O0L8i)

63 It's mind-bottling.

I found a mind in a bottle. It was labeled "A.B. Normal".

Posted by: Eye-gore at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (wBRco)

64 One of the problems with analysis like this is it doesn't take into account how politics and election rigging play into power and stereotypes.

Northeast states aren't as uniformly aligned as electoral politics and power would indicate. But gerrymandering and election rigging, which has been going on since the days of Tammany Hall if not longer, have given outsized representation and power to the left and neutered conservatives and individualists. It becomes a self-fulfilling story, the more the left wins the louder their voices become and the more the right retreats from a hopelessly rigged game. And nobody takes advantage of this more than loudmouth leftist women.

Sure, some of it can be attributed to ethnicity and cultural issues but probably less than some think.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (viF8m)

65 There are times I would pay to see tag team cage matches headlined:

Baptists vs Presbyterians

The Baptists would win, I think, even the church ladies from either side

Especially the Church Ladies [Go Grammy!]
Posted by: epador

*unholsters ruler*

Posted by: Sister Mary Kathryn at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (wOO3z)

66 52 It's mind-bottling.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM (AdHga)

...

boggling. Mind-boggling.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (N1DT3)

"Mind Bottling" ... sounds like a Barstool reader / commenter

Posted by: Dave Portnoy at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (3sXRv)

67 Thx Buck
When my local rag website in my leftist area posts something and draws non left comments the pile on from leftist white women is intense. There are a few people of other sex/race but the overwhelming majority are Karen's/AWFLs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (BFvh9)

68 This is one of my pet subjects, but it is 12:00 am so I am not sure I can make any sense in a comment.

I think this is right, but indirectly. The "rednecks" went to Appalachia because they were not as citified. The point is that in in city society, a person who wants to display value to the community has limited paths. One is to show others that they know the rules and follows them - church ladies.

Step back -- all humans have a need to show the community that they are of value. Most men do this through strenght and cunning. Women have fewer options. They can not do it by being attractive, as that is value to them, and not the community - it attracts criticism. They can also get a high value man, but same problem. A man can stand nightwatch, or build a fence, or whatever, but women can't.

So many channel this inherent need to show the community they have value by pointing out their virtue and they do that by showing an adherence to a "morality," but it is a false morality as it requires no sacrifice to themselves personally. It is false empathy. Liberalism. Wokeism.

Rural culture does not value this, as rural culture values people minding their own. The fork is self-reinforc

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:26 AM (k12bV)

69 The left has rediscovered original sin(being born white), but they know nothíng about Grace.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (F7OTp)

70 There are times I would pay to see tag team cage matches headlined:

Baptists vs Presbyterians

The Baptists would win, I think, even the church ladies from either side

Especially the Church Ladies [Go Grammy!]
Posted by: epador at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (TRnzq)

Totally unfair.

A lot of the Baptist ladies are packing, and none of the Presbyterians are.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (N1DT3)

71 It's the toxoplasmosis from all the cats. Drives them crazy.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (+4yJ5)

72 Ah, he made it make sense!

Now I want to watch The Mississippi Squirrel Revival by Ray Stevens.

Posted by: H at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (WEoXD)

73 I see the broad brush is in play. As an unmarried woman I am both socially and fiscally conservative.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (abScH)

74 The fork is self-reinforc

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:26 AM

This may be the greatest unfinished sentence I have ever read.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (ZWBDi)

75 re 43 Yudhishthira's Dice

Agree heartily. Note they weren’t all Scots/Irish. My stock came from illegal immigrants from Scandinavia. Same reasons though. Escaping political strife promoting capital punishment, etc.

Posted by: epador at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (TRnzq)

76 Buck, I completely agree with your your penultimate paragraph about the Scots Irish settlers and their contribution to American individualism. I proudly am about 30% Scots Irish (from my mom) and that part is the one that really REALLY does not like be told what to do. Well done.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at August 03, 2026 11:28 AM (+48wn)

77 I would say, generally speaking, that the sorts of women who take to social media on this matter are all in competition for the 50 guys, nationwide, who meet their acceptability criteria and they are perpetually confused as to why a guy who can jump into bed with a couple dozen dozen different women every day won't wife them up.

That is one problem. I want a 6ft, 6 figure (now $250K) plus man with a 6 pack. Well ok that's a faction of a percentage of the population...are you also in the top .5% of women as considered by men?

But these women I'm talking about aren't being this level of crazy. They just don't understand why for example bragging about having a PhD or being promoted to Director of HR isn't having men bang down their doors for a date...because the converse would make them interested in a man.

I'd say on just about every first date I've been on I've been asked about my job and level of education...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:28 AM (sKqQm)

78 I've always been a big fan of the women's movement.
Especially from behind.

Posted by: El Rushbo at August 03, 2026 11:29 AM (2Ez/1)

79 This ship was The Bevis of Hampton, sailed in 1638.

-------

My ancestors came over on The Butt-Head of Cockermouth, sailed in 1669.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:29 AM (BI5O2)

80 There is a reason Paul, more than once, forbade women to preach to men, but only to younger women or children. The current church ignores these tenets at its peril.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 11:29 AM (Wj1DV)

81 I don't care what religion you are, I don't care who you like to engage is sexual relations, keep that shit to yourself and out of my face.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 11:29 AM (ixEhJ)

82 see the broad brush is in play. As an unmarried woman I am both socially and fiscally conservative.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (abScH)

I have too much respect for you to make any kind of funny about the "broad brush".

That said, what would happen if some friend of yours tried to drag you to some dopey leftard meeting for "answers"? Exactly.

What about in your 20's? Probably the same. You know what time it is. Many women - and men - do not.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:30 AM (ZWBDi)

83 I see the broad brush is in play. As an unmarried woman I am both socially and fiscally conservative.

Of course, America has hundreds of millions of people and generalizations will miss many.

But out of the circle of single women you know personally how many of them are politically conservative?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:30 AM (sKqQm)

84 "This got me thinking about why Appalachia didn’t follow suit as it was also settled by Anglo Protestants. I think a big reason why is because while New England went down the puritanical/reformist communitarian/institutional oriented route that eventually ended in Wokeism as a sort of secular theology, the Anglo settlers who moved into Appalachia went down the “rugged individualist” path of Liberalism."


Appalachia was settled mostly by Scots-Irish, the opposite of woke. They settled there because they just wanted to be left alone.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 11:30 AM (cpFbA)

85 It's true that for many on the left, their ideology (politics) is their religion. They're very, very passionate about it. They're will to kill those who don't subscribe to it.

Just like the jihadis.

And, to be clear, it's being "taught" in their "churches."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 11:30 AM (2Cry5)

86 The Nazi propagandists, and they were pros, targeted females most aggressively. Radio broadcasting was in relative infancy, inexpensive or free “People’s Radios” distributed far and wide meant every home across Germany could get a direct firehose or pipeline of official pronouncements from on high. This was a new development in coordination. Any political movement has to get everyone on board, women are no different in that aspect.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:31 AM (oJxaF)

87 #68 cont.

The fork is self-reinforcing, but it comes down to this inherent need for people (but we are talking about women now) to show virtue to their community. It makes them feel of value.

This connects to my absolute loathing the term "suicidal empathy."
What they are doing -- and pushing the wider community to do -- is not empathy. They are not empathetic. They are trading other peoples money (OPM) in as a way to show their own virtue.

These women are not empathetic. These are the women who champion abortion. Or who divorce and damage kids and family. They are the ones who cheat on their husbands. It is the same strain -- they are attention and virtue craving monsters.

OK, tired now.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:31 AM (k12bV)

88 All women are crazy.

*braces*

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 03, 2026 11:31 AM (g8Ew8)

89 I found a mind in a bottle. It was labeled "A.B. Normal".
Posted by: Eye-gore at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (wBRco)

♫ ... if I could put mind in a bottle.... ♪♪

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:32 AM (N1DT3)

90 ..., I would never go and I have no friends that would ever ask.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:32 AM (abScH)

91 Their new religion is therapy. The language is flooded into our culture "emotional intelligence" "trauma" etc. All presuppositions are based on this now, all culture is built around it, all storytelling and policy and law are based on it. Its destroyed our culture because at its heart, humanity needs faith and religious structure. Having obliterated Christianity as a force in culture, they replaced it with therapy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 11:32 AM (K32Fz)

92 Appalachia was settled mostly by Scots-Irish, the opposite of woke. They settled there because they just wanted to be left alone.

I saw a funny back and forth between a leftist woman and a right leaning guy. The leftist argued no one is oppressing white men they are just being assholes and that's why no one wants to associate with them.

The guy said, well honestly I just want to be left alone - so how about this, you stop taxing me and I'll stop even trying to talk or associate with anyone left of center deal?

And the leftist responded "No way its your civic duty to pay for the government we all want and need!"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

93 88 All women are crazy.

*braces*
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

As Mad Mike Williamson as said "All women are bi. Either polar or sexual. Choose wisely."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (+4yJ5)

94 Nothing new at all about Puritan do-gooders causing immense trouble, all in the name of righteousness. Ask Charles I.

And Americans have been bothered by it for 200 years now. See e.e. Cummings poem, "The Season 'Tis, My Lovely Lambs" (start of poem below):

the season ’tis,my lovely lambs,

of Sumner Volstead Christ and Co.
the epoch of Mann’s righteousness
the age of dollars and no sense.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (sFNX2)

95 It's mind-bottling.

I found a mind in a bottle. It was labeled "A.B. Normal".
Posted by: Eye-gore at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (wBRco)

If I found a mind in a bottle

The first thing that I'd like to do

Is to send it to someone who lost theirs

And hope

They don't drop it and lose that one too...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (nbLIj)

96 "This ship was The Bevis of Hampton"

Interesting. My ancestors.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (m6yP/)

97 I would say, generally speaking, that the sorts of women who take to social media on this matter are all in competition for the 50 guys, nationwide, who meet their acceptability criteria and they are perpetually confused as to why a guy who can jump into bed with a couple dozen dozen different women every day won't wife them up.

It isn't all beer and skittles. Sometimes I get lonely.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

98 The Nazi propagandists, and they were pros, targeted females most aggressively. Radio broadcasting was in relative infancy, inexpensive or free “People’s Radios” distributed far and wide meant every home across Germany could get a direct firehose or pipeline of official pronouncements from on high. This was a new development in coordination. Any political movement has to get everyone on board, women are no different in that aspect.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:31 AM (oJxaF)

Get control of the pussy, you're in control of the world.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (g8Ew8)

99 Another big cause of loudmouth leftist women, universities.

Take a look at where some of the most culturally influential universities are located. They have been breeding grounds for radicalism for generations.

Lizzie Warren isn't from the northeast. She's an injun from Oklahoma. She became a MA resident via Harvard which churns our leftwing women like a factory. Same with the crazy mayor of Boston. She was born and raised in Chicago.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)

100 18-1, all of my friends and customers are conservative.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (abScH)

101 96 "This ship was The Bevis of Hampton"

Interesting. My ancestors.
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (m6yP/)

No one ever talks about it's companion ship, the Butthead of Cheapside.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (edUvp)

102 Oh I've been saying this for years informally. Keep saying "You remind of the lunatic christian women in the 80s when I was a kid"

Glad to see I'm not alone in this

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (ilHZO)

103 I would add another observation.

Being a woke AWFL scold is a luxury belief.

Impoverished Appalachian women don't have time for that shit.

Even if they are now middle class, THEY grew up with a grandma that didn't have time for that shit.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (HlyYF)

104 One thing that really depresses me in New England is how most of the churches, especially the ones with nice old buildings in the center of town fly tranny flags.

It makes me understood how French people felt in the 40s seeing a German flag over their village.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)

105 I found a mind in a bottle. It was labeled "A.B. Normal".
Posted by: Eye-gore at August 03, 2026 11:25 AM (wBRco)

You gotta put it in when it is small and let it grow. Then you go to the brewery and say "Hey. I found this mind in one of your bottles so I get like free beer forever."

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:36 AM (IMeI4)

106 22
Would appreciate it if y'all could spare a prayer for Smash, please. She lost her Dad when she was seven and her mom when she was fourteen.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 03, 2026 11:13 AM (Ysmf1)

Prayers ascending for y’all. When my brother died, his sons were 4, 6 and 10. Their mother is still here. I recently had a 1993 VHS tape of my brother teaching a class on the Civil War converted to 3 USB drives for each one. Saw the youngest (now 26) last week and gave hime the drive. It’s the only video of his father, of whom he has no memories. When he said, I’ve never heard his voice, I almost lost it. It’s brutal to lose a parent that young. I can’t imagine losing both.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 03, 2026 11:36 AM (SjAWL)

107 Black Rednecks and White Liberals, Thomas Sowell.
Lays it out.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 03, 2026 11:36 AM (sl73Y)

108 50 It's mind-bottling.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 11:17 AM

Now add a clock.

Posted by: Jim Croce's ghost at August 03, 2026 11:36 AM (2Ez/1)

109 Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:32 AM (abScH)

You are fortunate. Many women are just living their lives, have no idea about politics or anything else, and they are ripe for the plucking from bad actors. People in their circle who they have no idea are deranged cultists. The Left has many of these constantly scanning for victims.

We like to theorize on what's going on In AWFL heads and are sometimes quite accurate, but until one knows the mechanism they cannot possibly fight it. Single women and unhappily married women make for perfect targets.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:36 AM (ZWBDi)

110 Appalachia was settled mostly by Scots-Irish, the opposite of woke. They settled there because they just wanted to be left alone.
Posted by: Mister Scott

And why many of us have re-settled here in modern times.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 03, 2026 11:37 AM (uoXeR)

111 I think the thesis is correct but it shouldn't be limited to women.

Progressive men behave exactly like the women do and their quasi-religious zeal is every bit as strong.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 11:37 AM (oqH4h)

112 18-1, all of my friends and customers are conservative.

Well, I'll credit you with forming a wonderfully sane group of people around you. I live in a blue area and finding right of center people is not easy because the wokeists have destroyed everything culturally.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:37 AM (sKqQm)

113 100 18-1, all of my friends and customers are conservative.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM

Just like boats, there is no government program that gives you free horses.

P.S. Howdy, Ben! I saw I just missed you in the Gub Thread.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 03, 2026 11:37 AM (HlyYF)

114 Interesting. My ancestors.
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 11:33 AM (m6yP/)

Mine too. It's why I even know about it. The manifest from that ship is pretty crazy to dig into.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:38 AM (IMeI4)

115 Impoverished Appalachian women don't have time for that shit.

Even if they are now middle class, THEY grew up with a grandma that didn't have time for that shit.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM
+++

Sounds like you've read Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 11:38 AM (2Ez/1)

116 I'm 1/8th Scottish. Highland Campbells who came here after the uprising.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:39 AM (BI5O2)

117 I see the broad brush is in play. As an unmarried woman I am both socially and fiscally conservative
——

That isn’t the way to bet, though is it. A broad brush is used when a lot of territory needs to be covered with paint in a hurry.

The intact family with mom and dad is the basic building block of any society. That is why it is slated for destruction, even by a group purporting to believe “black lives matter”. It’s right on their webpage.

Replacing self determination and local control with the power of the State. This is the hallmark of collectivist and totalitarian ideologies regardless. People want to argue about left or right, nazi or communist or fascist or whatever, but the dirty little secret is it’s all the same goddamned thing.

It’s a top down structure, not a left/right thing.

“Single Moms” is a failure of government and society. Not a phenomenon that should be celebrated or subsidized.

The so-called “Great Society” programs destroyed communities. It must have been done on purpose, calculated by the ideological heirs of Goebells and/or Soviet counterparts to the most damage.

Everything within the state, nothing without the state

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:39 AM (oJxaF)

118 116 I'm 1/8th Scottish. Highland Campbells who came here after the uprising.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:39 AM (BI5O2)

=======

I'm 1/1026 Cherokee!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 11:39 AM (bzPaY)

119 Progressive men behave exactly like the women do and their quasi-religious zeal is every bit as strong.

I'm going to disagree somewhat with this.

The left leaning men I know say the same things as the left leaning women but its pretty clear they don't actually believe them.

For example I had a group of left leaning cow-workers I went out to lunch with for a while. At one point they started discussing which of the local Asian rub and tugs were the best as if this was a normal thing to talk about with coworkers. And yes, most of them were married.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

120 Completely agree w title

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (4c6EF)

121 Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 03, 2026 11:13 AM (Ysmf1)

I will pray for Smash and for all of you going back and forth. It is hard losing a parent or parents at any age. My father was gone when I was 9, my mother when I was in my early 20's.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (xPsv8)

122 Progressive men behave exactly like the women do and their quasi-religious zeal is every bit as strong.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 11:37 AM (oqH4h)

I would suggest that more than None of that is driven by a desire to bang the liberal woman spouting that garbage.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (AdHga)

123 87 #68 cont.

I realize I didn't tie it into Buck's post very well.

What happened is that the culture that wanted to be left alone to do their thing went to Appalachia ("Fresh air"!) The culture that wanted city life ("Times Square!") went to the port cities.

This is true, but the underlying motive (attention and virtue display) is present in both, only it becomes pathological in the city culture where they have no connection to the costs and they are not criticized by the local culture for not minding their own business.

What't funny to me, if you ever go to M. E., you will find the women in sacks the worst fucking scolds there are when a woman shows hair or needs to be stoned. Same driving emotion as we have in the West.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (k12bV)

124 Get control of the pussy, you're in control of the world.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 03, 2026 11:35 AM (g8Ew

OTOH, Tony Montana said first you get the power, then you get Michelle Pfeiffer.

Posted by: far cry at August 03, 2026 11:41 AM (wBRco)

125 "Mine too. It's why I even know about it. The manifest from that ship is pretty crazy to dig into.
Posted by: Reforger"

My Bevis ancestors ended up in Georgia. Traceable back to Hampton. Maybe you are a cousin!

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 11:42 AM (m6yP/)

126 Spend a little time on your local NextDoor app.
You'll see.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 11:42 AM (2Ez/1)

127 Progressive men behave exactly like the women do
——

They can hide behind the women’s skirts. It is a synergistic thing, through osmosis. The tranny thing is partly engineered, but partly an inevitable result due to the fact males are now largely raised by women who hate men. The schools are chock full of them. Boys are treated at best, as a species of defective girl, who need to be punished, drugged, and “rehabilitated”.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (oJxaF)

128 A lot of the Baptist ladies are packing, and none of the Presbyterians are.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:27 AM (N1DT3)

Significant numbers of elders at my church are armed, covertly, in any church service. We also have an armed security team in the narthex during services. Also the church and associated school buildings are wired for sound and video and closely monitored. We’re “hard-shell” Presbyterian. First time I attended, I was watched during the service and questioned before I enteed. I was, however, quickly accepted and soon became an official member. I have, in the past, been a member of a Presbyterian church where the sanctuary was burned by an arsonist. It took months to rebuild.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (Wj1DV)

129 All women are crazy.

You are not wrong. But the secret is... so are all men. We're ALL crazy. All of us.

Just like all of us have some degree of physical damage or problems, all of us have mental ones, too. Its part of life, its part of being human, we're damaged goods. You have poor eyesight or flat feet or can't hear as well out of one ear or worse something like being born without a leg. ALL OF US have something like that, at least one thing.

Our minds are no less messed up. Some are worse than others but we all have some damage up there, too. The mistake is thinking we can fix it all and have a perfectly clear and undamaged mind if we just try enough. You're not gonna make all of it go away any more than you can manifest that missing leg.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (K32Fz)

130 most of the churches, especially the ones with nice old buildings in the center of town fly tranny flags.
By the neck.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (pVzsS)

131 For example I had a group of left leaning cow-workers I went out to lunch with for a while. At one point they started discussing which of the local Asian rub and tugs were the best as if this was a normal thing to talk about with coworkers. And yes, most of them were married.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

I've long been convinced that leftist women think all men are terrible because leftist men ARE uniformly terrible.

And the women think that if the ones that agree with them are that bad, the conservatives have to be MUCH worse!

(Also, they make sure not to associate with any conservatives so they never get their beliefs tested.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (N1DT3)

132 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:40 AM (k12bV)

As I've often said, the lie of those societies is that the women are controlled by men. No. They are controlled by other women.

Women - most women - live with an inborn fear of what other women think of them, and it has the ability to dictate a life. That may be diminishing somewhat in this age of dire isolation we live in but it's not being replaced with anything better.

Now all that said about what other women think? Not Brit Lass. Hell, she doesn't even care what *I* think of her, let alone some woman.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (ZWBDi)

133 Rushing in to leave my first comment of the day before The Boss posts.
Not that I have anything worth taking up a comment slot.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Off to the races at August 03, 2026 11:45 AM (0poB+)

134 This was on FB not next door, but someone didn't have their recycling picked up by the town and posted:

"I know recycling is a scam, but why hasn't the town picked it up this week?"

And...there were endless posts, yes mostly women, saying "recycling does in fact work you h8ter!"

No one answered his question about why his recycling wasn't picked up

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:45 AM (sKqQm)

135 One thing that gives me hope: feminists have so terrorized men for so long, that family formation in the blue zones has cratered. This will only be exacerbated by the recent mass-migration, which appears thus far to be much more values-based than purely economic like the others.

There's a very real possibility that our ability for people to meet each other and have sex without fear means that we can beat Communism by default, using the simplest mechanism of all.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:45 AM (BI5O2)

136 My Bevis ancestors ended up in Georgia. Traceable back to Hampton. Maybe you are a cousin!
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 11:42 AM (m6yP/)

My grandmother on my mom's side was an Austin. Of the Michigan founding Austins. There are places in MI where I couldn't throw a rock without hitting a cousin.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:45 AM (IMeI4)

137 Do not use narthex if you are allergic to narthex

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 11:46 AM (pVzsS)

138 The so-called “Great Society” programs destroyed communities. It must have been done on purpose, calculated by the ideological heirs of Goebells and/or Soviet counterparts to the most damage.

Everything within the state, nothing without the state
Posted by: Common Tate
------------

Absolutely done on purpose to create dependence.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:46 AM (k12bV)

139 "American Nations", man. Everyone knows New England was founded by a different breed, East Anglia outliers.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 03, 2026 11:46 AM (gKWVE)

140 I've long been convinced that leftist women think all men are terrible because leftist men ARE uniformly terrible.

And the women think that if the ones that agree with them are that bad, the conservatives have to be MUCH worse!

(Also, they make sure not to associate with any conservatives so they never get their beliefs tested.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (N1DT3)
-------
Bingo.

"Why are the men I'm actually attracted to all conservatives?"

Because we're not shitty fembois, toots. Now take your septum piercing and fuck off.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 11:47 AM (oqH4h)

141 Common Tater, I don't even know where to begin with this. What about the young mom whose husband has died. Military moms who have lost their husband in combat.

Personally, any woman on welfare that has another child while receiving benefits should immediately lose all benefits.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:47 AM (abScH)

142 Yeah, no. AWFLs are a result of the F. Some of the trappings and their social mechanisms may be tied to churches, but it'd invariably be something retarded and self destructive.

Not that men do much better when untempered. You need some balance.

Posted by: heya at August 03, 2026 11:47 AM (ctAuL)

143 Sounds like you've read Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 11:38 AM

Actually I haven't. (Informative read?)

I did dearly love my maternal grandmother. She grew up in the Depression on a farm ... and therefore also had no time for that shit.

She came out of the kitchen one day and heard a rattlesnake under the sofa warning my five y.o. mother not to come any closer.

She grabbed my mother and took her outside, and grabbed the hoe. Went back in and flung the sofa aside and chopped the rattler in half.

My mother said she just went back into the kitchen to keep cooking after getting rid of the corpse.

This, from the same lady that made the best blueberry pie I have ever eaten.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 03, 2026 11:47 AM (HlyYF)

144 Our minds are no less messed up. Some are worse than others but we all have some damage up there, too. The mistake is thinking we can fix it all and have a perfectly clear and undamaged mind if we just try enough. You're not gonna make all of it go away any more than you can manifest that missing leg.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (K32Fz)

"the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:47 AM (N1DT3)

145 Single Moms” is a failure of government and society"

No, that and "raised by a village" are human norms...

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 11:48 AM (cGjQu)

146 related to the insane thing: we're all bad to each other as well. Its just that men's bad has been socially conditioned and legally restricted so that its less common than it used to be: don't hit women, get permission, don't solve everything with violence, etc. Now I would argue we've gone too far, but there it is.

The difference is that women are just as bad, but in different ways but the culture we live in celebrates and encourages bad behavior in women. Its like living in centuries ago when beating your wife was not just normal, but encouraged. Where you solved an argument with swords or pistols, but women weren't allowed any voice at all in public.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 11:48 AM (K32Fz)

147 I've long been convinced that leftist women think all men are terrible because leftist men ARE uniformly terrible.

And the women think that if the ones that agree with them are that bad, the conservatives have to be MUCH worse!

(Also, they make sure not to associate with any conservatives so they never get their beliefs tested.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:44 AM (N1DT3)

I think the most destructive aspect of Leftism / marxism / communism is that it invites people to outsource their morality so that it is only based on loyalty to the Party and saying whatever is party dogma at the time. Upon doing that, the member is absolved and invited to engange in the most loathsome personal behavior possible, with no threat of condemnation. (until people outside the group start hearing about it)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 11:48 AM (edUvp)

148 >>>I'm 1/1026 Cherokee!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

>Have you met Cher yet? Did you get 1/1026 of the reservation from Uncle Sam?

https://shorturl.at/OFcHD

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 11:50 AM (ixEhJ)

149 Women - most women - live with an inborn fear of what other women think of them, and it has the ability to dictate a life"

No one hates women more than...women

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 11:50 AM (cGjQu)

150 Women - most women - live with an inborn fear of what other women think of the
Posted by: ...

------

Bingo.

We used to know that women had that power. I think the women's lib movement suppressed this knowledge to make their point.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 11:50 AM (k12bV)

151 Common Tater, I don't even know where to begin with this. What about the young mom whose husband has died. Military moms who have lost their husband in combat.

Personally, any woman on welfare that has another child while receiving benefits should immediately lose all benefits.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:47 AM (abScH)

"We can't make children suffer for the choices of adults!!"

Ok. The children should be taken and re-homed since their parent obviously cannot provide for them.

We'd need to reopen orphanages, though.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 11:51 AM (N1DT3)

152 Its like living in centuries ago when beating your wife was not just normal, but encouraged"

Que?

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 11:51 AM (cGjQu)

153 It has been proven that lack of frequent semen injections can cause mental illness in woman, as well as a fetish for cats and brightly dyed hair and face piercings.

Posted by: The Mayo Clinic at August 03, 2026 11:51 AM (F1rMs)

154 As I've often said, the lie of those societies is that the women are controlled by men. No. They are controlled by other women.

worse: MEN are controlled by women. Men live in fear of what women will do to us, and cringe and obey out of he concern that we'll be destroyed socially, economically, and legally if we don't.

We men need to step up. Someone will be in charge, and we've ceded nearly everything to women and feminine tendencies. We gave up masculine Christianity for feminine therapy. We gave up truth and reason for empathy and feelings.

A good society needs both, but one side WILL be in charge, and in general, its been better for good men to be in charge of things in the past

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 11:51 AM (K32Fz)

155 The Bevis Frond

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 03, 2026 11:52 AM (Cqx++)

156 I'm not sure understanding AWFuLs takes this much thought.

I think they are overwhelmingly empty vessels without meaning or purpose, so they fill the vessels with bitterness, anger, hate, and regret. They hate the world because they hate themselves.

I don't think they transition to this, either. I think they were always this way. Show me an AWFuL today, and I'll bet money she was the annoying scold in school telling the teacher about the kids smoking in the bathroom.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)

157 Well, the Presbyterians are now substantially "different" in PA.

However, the Quakers and that darn Universal Unitarian group have caused the greatest damage in the Region.

States with the strongest historical and present-day presence of Quakers (the Religious Society of Friends) include Indiana, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.

Unitarian Universalist congregations have the highest number of members and churches in Massachusetts, followed by other populous states like California and New York.

Remember that lots of political kids including the O daughters and all of the Biden grandkids went to Quaker school in D.C.? Sidwell Friends School.

In fact, while President Joe Biden is personally a Roman Catholic 🤣, but he and his family have a direct connection to Quaker education through the Wilmington Friends School in Delaware and the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.

Reportedly, Beau, Hunter, and Ashley Biden also attended Wilmington Friends School (Quaker) in Alapocas, Delaware.
Jill Biden praised the school's nurturing environment and Quaker values.

And take a look at the crackpots affiliated with the UU group. Mercy!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 11:52 AM (NFX2v)

158 I like the way the men I know think. Working with men, teaching them better skills with horses has made me a better person.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (abScH)

159 Women - most women - live with an inborn fear of what other women think of them, and it has the ability to dictate a life"

This is a not uncommon interaction with my GF:

Her: What do you think of this outfit?
Me: It looks nice
Her: But it is out of style
Me: But I like it so who cares?
Her: Maybe I'll just donate it

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (sKqQm)

160 No one hates women more than...women
Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 11:50 AM

And gay men in the fashion industry.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (bFu5X)

161
No one hates women more than...women

Posted by: man at August 03, 2026 11:50 AM (cGjQu)

__________

Misogynist: a man who hates women as much as women hate each other.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (O0L8i)

162 153 It has been proven that lack of frequent semen injections can cause mental illness in woman, as well as a fetish for cats and brightly dyed hair and face piercings.
Posted by: The Mayo Clinic at August 03, 2026 11:51 AM (F1rMs)

Tramp Stamps and neck tattoos.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 11:54 AM (IMeI4)

163 made me a better person.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (abScH)

Impossible!

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:54 AM (ZWBDi)

164 frequent semen injections can cause mental illness in woman
Posted by: The Mayo Clinic

There's a joke there somewhere.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 11:56 AM (EUDKb)

165 There's a vid at Twitchy of theater kid Mayor Wilson of Seattle, just about weeping at a press conference. I now want to see Mamdani weep.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 11:56 AM (BFvh9)

166 Tramp Stamps and neck tattoos.

redrawn eyebrows, two-inch fingernails and eyelashes

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 11:56 AM (K32Fz)

167 ..., darlin, I am the first one to recognize my short comings and there are plenty.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:57 AM (abScH)

168 I think they are overwhelmingly empty vessels without meaning or purpose, so they fill the vessels with bitterness, anger, hate, and regret. They hate the world because they hate themselves.

One reason our society is having so many issues is that it no longer tries to nudge people to doing the right thing. Quite the opposite obviously.

But a few generations ago these same sorts of people would face social pressure to be something more then an AWFL...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 11:57 AM (sKqQm)

169 I went to a Quaker wedding once as a kid.

My dad angered my mom by telling us that the groom was a "liberal weenie." Well, he was, and so were most of the others.

It was also one of the most stultifyingly boring affairs I've ever attended. I thought it would be fun, because weddings are always fun.

Not a Quaker wedding.

During one of the seemingly interminable moments of silence, my dad snuck out with us boys and we went and played in the woods.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:57 AM (BI5O2)

170 Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:57 AM (abScH)

I won't win this one except to say you know my feelings on the matter.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:57 AM (ZWBDi)

171 It has been proven that lack of frequent semen injections can cause mental illness in woman, as well as a fetish for cats and brightly dyed hair and face piercings.
Posted by: The Mayo Clinic at August 03, 2026 11:51 AM

I'm not sure what's funnier...the comment or the nic it came from.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 11:58 AM (bFu5X)

172 Appalachia was settled mostly by Scots-Irish, the opposite of woke. They settled there because they just wanted to be left alone.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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And the natives still do. Sadly, we have been swarmed by culture-altering Locusts.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 11:58 AM (XeU6L)

173 ..., and I am grateful for your friendship.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:59 AM (abScH)

174 All I have to say is I have been here like 20 years and i have not once been offered a festive hat

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 03, 2026 12:01 PM (K32Fz)

175 I went to a Quaker wedding once as a kid.

My dad angered my mom by telling us that the groom was a "liberal weenie." Well, he was, and so were most of the others.

It was also one of the most stultifyingly boring affairs I've ever attended. I thought it would be fun, because weddings are always fun.

Not a Quaker wedding.

During one of the seemingly interminable moments of silence, my dad snuck out with us boys and we went and played in the woods.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 11:57 AM

Do they throw oats instead of rice?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:01 PM (bFu5X)

176 Adding to my comment above, I don't think it's a coincidence that the Rise of the AWFuL came right after the explosion of woke race and culture bean-counting that put leftist minorities, gays, trans, and assorted perverts at the top of the food chain.

AWFuLs are almost always straight, white, affluent women. It's right there in the name. Without some gimmick or way to claw back power, AWFuLs would be almost at the bottom of the food chain, above only straight white men.

And that infuriates them. As I said above, these were the scoldy, authoritarian bitches in school. They always craved power. So they become woke champions, always kicking down at those below in the food chain, hoping that will enable them to rise up the chain.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 12:02 PM (iFTx/)

177 >>>Overwhelmingly, the accusers in the Salem witch trials were puritan women. Today’s AWFL woke-scolds are heirs to their legacy.

I don't think I've seen a parallel drawn before between woke/cancel culture and the Salem Witch Trials. But it is strikingly apt.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:03 PM (dK+Kv)

178 "Punisher" actor says discriminating against pit bulls is "dog racism"

Don't know enough about the guy to speculate but I wonder if the point he's making is the point he thinks he's making.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 03, 2026 12:03 PM (vTZFs)

179 158 I like the way the men I know think. Working with men, teaching them better skills with horses has made me a better person.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (abScH)

This has reminded me of a well known quote from US Grant, one reason many today believe he was somewhere on the autism scale - "I much prefer the company of Dogs and Horses to that of Men."

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:03 PM (edUvp)

180 111 I think the thesis is correct but it shouldn't be limited to women.
Progressive men behave exactly like the women do and their quasi-religious zeal is every bit as strong.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 11:37 AM (oqH4h)

Absolutely. Can't tell you how many of the left-wing guys in our old friend group that we can't even talk with anymore. Progressivism is all, and they'll repeat it more angrily and loudly if you didn't capitulate the first time.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at August 03, 2026 12:04 PM (ztCYQ)

181 Look at the recent news to see my point.

- man in hat shoots murderer at In N out
- Man (16yo) battles surf to rescue swimmer

etc., This is how men show value to community. We respect them and honor them.

Women mostly don't have that path - of being prepared and fit and trained. Women have to stand at the fucking border with signs saying "welcome refugees" as we are invaded.

You see the problem? Men channel that need into training and preparedness -- having the right tools. Women into virtue signaling. Then we drop religion and they no longer have a rulebook for what virtue is, and they drop family so they have lots of time.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 03, 2026 12:04 PM (k12bV)

182 I've often posted here about how Woke Leftism is an ersatz religion.  People believe to fill a spiritual void, or they fake their belief for career advancement.

Women are more prone to Believing. When they do, they act like Church Lady scolds wherever they are.  They have too much time on their hands even when at work.(cushy jobs!)

But they're not all women -- men do it too -- and not all women do this.

The demographic divide is more between College and Non-College:  On the spectrum of beliefs, Non-College Women are only a bit to the Left of Non-College Men, and distant from College Men who are closer to College Women.

Non-College outnumber College by two to one, which is why Trump's been elected thrice.

Let's pray for four times, as he'll effectively be on the ballot in November.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 12:04 PM (dtajH)

183 141. Personally, any woman on welfare that has another child while receiving benefits should immediately lose all benefits.
Posted by: Ben Had

Think that was Renee Good in MN.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:05 PM (NFX2v)

184 Do they throw oats instead of rice?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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[Recollects Quaker Puffed Wheat,"Shot From Guns']

pic of ad: https://shorturl.at/VjKeV

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:06 PM (XeU6L)

185 Overwhelmingly, the accusers in the Salem witch trials were puritan women. Today’s AWFL woke-scolds are heirs to their legacy.



Would love to know the REAL story behind that. Not the glossed over history/hollywood bs.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:06 PM (yJpcc)

186 175. Do they throw oats instead of rice?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Uh-oh. Sneaking in a food thread again.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:07 PM (NFX2v)

187 congratulations Buck, your rant post has stayed on topic till the end. I don't think I have ever seen (read) this before on this here blog.

Posted by: alpine_beer at August 03, 2026 12:08 PM (van9r)

188 Do they throw oats instead of rice?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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[Recollects Quaker Puffed Wheat,"Shot From Guns']

pic of ad: https://shorturl.at/VjKeV
Posted by: Mike Hammer


Cream of Wheat = filler for black powder guns

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:10 PM (yJpcc)

189 I like the way the men I know think. Working with men, teaching them better skills with horses has made me a better person.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 11:53 AM (abScH)

This has reminded me of a well known quote from US Grant, one reason many today believe he was somewhere on the autism scale - "I much prefer the company of Dogs and Horses to that of Men."

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:03 PM (edUvp)

People are frustrating, often disgusting in their morality, and quite stupid herd animals when you boil it down. Men attempting to learn how to connect with animals, I suppose, is a simple, honest, and rewarding affair.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 12:10 PM (dK+Kv)

190 Would love to know the REAL story behind that. Not the glossed over history/hollywood bs.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:06 PM

Starkey's The Devil in Massachusetts is a good read.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:10 PM (bFu5X)

191 Do they throw oats instead of rice?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Uh-oh. Sneaking in a food thread again.
Posted by: L - No nic


Cream of Wheat = filler for black powder guns.

Gun thread!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:10 PM (yJpcc)

192 Starkey's The Devil in Massachusetts is a good read.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState



Ooooh. Going to look that one up!
Thank you!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:11 PM (yJpcc)

193 A complete revamping of the education system is overdue. Co-ed is a mistake as well. Young Males and Females together in close proximity is nothing more than a huge distraction, at best. Ceding control of the schools to whack jobs was an incremental disaster.
Posted by: Common Tater
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On Insty, it was noted that there used to be men only and women only colleges in close proximity.
Both would focus on their studies during the week and could have the weekend to pursue their mating.

Womens colleges were turned into lesbian finishing factories.
Mens colleges were just destroyed, or force to become co-ed.

To note that the prior arraignment was successful and offered benefit to the nation, while the current arrangement has no benefits will mark you as a bigot.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:12 PM (3cUTc)

194 Ooooh. Going to look that one up!
Thank you!
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:11 PM

*fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 12:12 PM (bFu5X)

195 Friends Journal, 2010

Why Do the Obamas, Bidens, and Clintons Choose Friends Schools?
October 1, 2010

(And the Nixon's, Theodore Roosevelt, the Gore's, and so on.)

Lindberg, Bill Nye, and Gore Vidal were attendees.
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The United States Secret Service operates on private campuses like Sidwell Friends School by integrating heavily with school staff, blending seamlessly into classroom settings, and deploying extensive technological monitoring to maximize security while minimizing social disruption. (The Independent and others)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:12 PM (NFX2v)

196 Overwhelmingly, the accusers in the Salem witch trials were puritan women. Today’s AWFL woke-scolds are heirs to their legacy.



Would love to know the REAL story behind that. Not the glossed over history/hollywood bs.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:06 PM (yJpcc)
_______

It was an attempt by women -- overwhelmingly young and desperate to social-climb -- to destroy their rivals and gain power and attention for themselves.

Not many people know this, but the original accusers acted like possessed witches themselves, to gain attention and notoriety. Exactly what today's women of similar social aspirations do on social media: act extreme or often insane.

These original accusers sought to take out their rivals by accusing the rivals of casting spells on them. Then, when others saw that this could be used as a tool to take out rivals and undesirables, it was expanded to include men too.

But overall, the entire "witch trial" phenomena has been drastically over-stated. I don't think more than maybe a few dozen people were tried and convicted.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 03, 2026 12:13 PM (iFTx/)

197 Ok. The children should be taken and re-homed since their parent obviously cannot provide for them.

We'd need to reopen orphanages, though.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026

Because nothing makes a strong, well adjusted child like ripping both of their parents away.

Out of curiosity, who pays for the children in your orphanages?

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:13 PM (OoFl2)

198 Womens colleges were turned into lesbian finishing factories.

We're right here, you know.

Posted by: Smith and Wellesley at August 03, 2026 12:14 PM (bFu5X)

199 191. Cream of Wheat = filler for black powder guns.

Gun thread!
Posted by: rickb223

🤨😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:14 PM (NFX2v)

200 Cream of Wheat = filler for black powder guns
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 12:10 PM (yJpcc)

Kareem al Wheat - Buckwheat's name when he converted to islam

Posted by: Josephistan at August 03, 2026 12:15 PM (y9ksN)

201 Ewok's up.

Posted by: Smith and Wellesley at August 03, 2026 12:16 PM (bFu5X)

202 DOG RACISM

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:16 PM (ZWBDi)

203 Piper, I made the comment that any woman on welfare that has another child should lose all benefits. Out of that, the taxpayers is already paying for them.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 12:17 PM (abScH)

204 On Insty, it was noted that there used to be men only and women only colleges in close proximity.


fortunately this is still the case around me with private high schools (and grade schools)

Bonner-Prendie is a neat example where one wing is boys and the other is girls, and the central main building houses the shared cafeteria, offices and library.

but here we have DevonPrep/AgnesIrwin, Malvern/Villa, Padua/Sallies, etc etc

those are near each other - Villa is walkable to Malvern Prep for example - but not on the same campus like Bonner.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 12:17 PM (j+aD2)

205 Hey Orchid how did the weekend "activities" go and how are you doing overall

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (ZWBDi)

206 198 Womens colleges were turned into lesbian finishing factories.

Mine wasn't . I didn't know a single lesbian who went there . There were certainly lesbians there but they were not in my circle and lesbianism wasn't something that was discussed. My closest roommate is a married - to a man for many years as are most of the women I went to school with. I dated men while I was in college

Were the male only colleges still open at the time finishing schools for gay men?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (xSAlF)

207 This has long been my theory. When Christianity was a cultural force, these women were attracted to it because it gave them both the self-righteousness and leverage.
They wanted to feel morally superior and have power over other people. Jesus was nothing more than a means to an end for them.

Once Christianity began to lose that authority in the culture, they quickly jumped ship and followed after the next cultural force, then the next, and currently wokeness. This is why the issues they fight for/against now can be diametrically opposed to the issues they fought for/against five years ago. The issues don't ever matter to them any more than Jesus did.

Posted by: 29Victor at August 03, 2026 12:19 PM (0MjtC)

208 As Mad Mike Williamson as said "All women are bi. Either polar or sexual. Choose wisely."
Posted by: NR Pax

The problem I have with this statement is it only describes the kind of woman he prefers to hang out with.

The ones that aren't either aren't even on his radar, because they don't go the places he goes or do the things he does.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 03, 2026 12:21 PM (vJrRc)

209 We all pay, especially the states depending...

The majority of children enter foster care in the United States due to parental neglect (62%), parental substance abuse (33%), and child abuse or domestic issues

There are 331,747 children in the US foster care system. The age distribution spans from newborns to older teenagers transitioning to adulthood

(Under 5): Represent roughly 30% of the foster population, often entering care due to immediate safety concerns at birth or during early development.

School-Aged Children (5–12): Account for approximately 40% of the population.

Teens (13–20): Make up roughly 30% of the system. Teens face unique barriers, as they are statistically the hardest to place with long-term foster families.

The system displays noticeable disparities compared to the general US child population:
White: ~43%
Hispanic: ~23%
Black/African American: ~22% (significantly overrepresented relative to the general population)
Multiracial & Native American: ~12%

The national foster care statistics cited above do not include unaccompanied migrant children who cross the US border without sponsors.

The data tracks only to the domestic child welfare system.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 12:21 PM (NFX2v)

210 Would love to know the REAL story behind that. Not the glossed over history/hollywood bs.
--
It's a close call, whether The Crucible or The Catcher in the Rye is the worst literature the teachers force upon children.

Stupid, pointless and endlessly rehashed by dull minds.

Who proceed to kill any remaining love of reading with a recitation from Shel Silverstein.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:23 PM (3cUTc)

211 206 198 Womens colleges were turned into lesbian finishing factories.

Mine wasn't . I didn't know a single lesbian who went there . There were certainly lesbians there but they were not in my circle and lesbianism wasn't something that was discussed. My closest roommate is a married - to a man for many years as are most of the women I went to school with. I dated men while I was in college

Were the male only colleges still open at the time finishing schools for gay men?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
---
So?

Your exception does not prove the general observation is wrong.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (3cUTc)

212 She grabbed my mother and took her outside, and grabbed the hoe. Went back in and flung the sofa aside and chopped the rattler in half.

My mother said she just went back into the kitchen to keep cooking after getting rid of the corpse.

This, from the same lady that made the best blueberry pie I have ever eaten.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Psh. Women aren't capable of that kind of bravery. She should have waited for a man to come take care of it.

Posted by: Internet "trad" man at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (vJrRc)

213 203 Piper, I made the comment that any woman on welfare that has another child should lose all benefits. Out of that, the taxpayers is already paying for them.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 12:17 PM (abScH)

And I don’t disagree agree with you. The purpose of welfare originally was to allow mothers to stay home with young children if they lost their husband, however that happened. A mom at home is a very positive thing, and could undue some of the ugly we see in society. But for the solution to be lose your child to an orphanage to avoid being g a single mom is pretty rough. I, of course, take this a little personally. But for the grace of God go I, you know? I could have easily needed social services there for a bit had J not decided I might be worth taking a chance on, special needs child and all.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:32 PM (OoFl2)

214 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 12:28 PM (3cUTc)

I am speaking from personal experience . You are probably not because you never went to a woman's college 30 plus some years ago. I did not go to date women. I went to get an education which I did . I don't know what women's colleges are like now. Again, did all male colleges produce gay men?

I am done with this thread. Have a nice day

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 12:35 PM (y8wRt)

215 The data tracks only to the domestic child welfare system.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03

I hate these stats. It hurts my heart. Children should be loved, and safe. They should never wonder why their mom or dad didn’t love them enough to be the best parent they could be. And adults should put their children before anything, they are the greatest gift from God. I strongly believe there is a special circle in hell for any parent who puts their children in harms way - physical, mental, emotional.

Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:40 PM (OoFl2)

216 Late, I know, but...

Did no one point out Sophie Cunningham at the bottom, middle?

Posted by: mindful webworker - pointlessly willowed at August 03, 2026 01:09 PM (0poB+)

217 Because nothing makes a strong, well adjusted child like ripping both of their parents away.

Out of curiosity, who pays for the children in your orphanages?
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:13 PM (OoFl2)

Same people who paid for the children of welfare sows.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 01:49 PM (N1DT3)

218 And I don’t disagree agree with you. The purpose of welfare originally was to allow mothers to stay home with young children if they lost their husband, however that happened. A mom at home is a very positive thing, and could undue some of the ugly we see in society. But for the solution to be lose your child to an orphanage to avoid being g a single mom is pretty rough. I, of course, take this a little personally. But for the grace of God go I, you know? I could have easily needed social services there for a bit had J not decided I might be worth taking a chance on, special needs child and all.
Posted by: Piper at August 03, 2026 12:32 PM (OoFl2)

Did you see the part about "having additional children while on welfare"? Or just jump to moralizing scolding without understanding the argument?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 03, 2026 01:52 PM (N1DT3)

219 Puritans were Congregationalists, and always had a collectivist mindset and strong social discipline from the church. Re collectivism--note the Pilgrims' failed socialist experiment in their first year. Their instincts were broadly collectivist but the reality of looming starvation deflected them from that path. But it does show their orientation.

More settled and densely populated New England communities also permitted more intrusive monitoring of others' behavior, and imposition of church discipline.

In contrast, on the frontiers the settlers were not Congregationalists. But more importantly, low population densities meant that people could largely escape intrusive social control, from churches in particular. The competition between different denominations (Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists) on the frontier, in contrast to the dominance of established churches in New England, also undermined church discipline. And if things got too intrusive, you could pick up and move further out.

The AWFLs, and progressives generally, definitely can be traced back to Puritanism, as ironic as that might seem.

Posted by: Craig Pirrong at August 03, 2026 05:17 PM (FRnoD)

Mid-Morning Art Thread [From the archives]

Girodet Chateaubriand.jpg

Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome
Anne-Louis Girodet

Posted by: CBD at 09:25 AM




Comments

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:26 AM (NkUqe)

2 Nood'd

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:27 AM (NkUqe)

3 Indigestion?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:27 AM (wzUl9)

4 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome
_

The patron saint of the Horde. ;D

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (5ExGj)

5 I remember in Italy you'd be walking down the street and see something form two thousand years ago

Very odd experience as an American where OLD is the 1600s...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (sKqQm)

6 He looks kind of like the actor who played Carla's first (or ex-) husband on Cheers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (wzUl9)

7 What's with the hand in vest Napoleon Bonapart pose?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (yJpcc)

8 The early bird catches the worm

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

9 Reaching for his flask.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:29 AM (NkUqe)

10 That dude has some witty repartee in reserve. He's just looking for an excuse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:29 AM (bzPaY)

11 Chateaubriand was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 03, 2026 09:29 AM (2Ez/1)

12 Dude looks seriously wasted.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)

13 Mornin', y'all.

Now that my formerly indoor cats are now exploring the big, bad world, they cry to go outside...they are quite insistent.

It's only 65 degrees, so a very nice morning sipping my coffee watching the kittehs.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (5ExGj)

14 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

15 Anne-Louis Girodet was a guy?!? Stupid french names

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (sKqQm)

16 Long legs, short torso or a big head. Proportions seem to be off somewhere.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (XvL8K)

17 Drunk Steve Carell.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (NkUqe)

18 CBD on the early tip....... On a Monday?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

19 Chateaubriand thinking about a good steak.
He looks oddly out of proportion.
Would hang though.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (BFvh9)

20
He needs to see a barber. And get a dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (O0L8i)

21 @16 Biff, definitely Horde mind

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (BFvh9)

22 Was this guy a cook or something. Sounds familiar.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (sl73Y)

23 Never trust a man who surreptitiously tweeks his nipples in public.

Posted by: davidt at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (Q+gd/)

24 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome

Following which, he will pay a visit to the Tenderloin District for a piece of arse.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (Riz8t)

25 This guy -- yes, even though his name had "Anne" in it -- was born in 1767 and died in 1824. I thought this was a woman painter, went to Wiki, saw the self-portrait, and said, "That's a man, baby!"

He had even more names; "de Roussy-Trioson" was tacked on at the end.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

26 Is he meditating or just trying to look like Napoleon Bonaparte?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (+gA9j)

27 Oh, geez, guess I'm late.
Happy Monday, look at that dignified fellow!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (X8xt3)

28 CBD on vacation again?

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

29 Sponge!!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (5ExGj)

30 25 This guy -- yes, even though his name had "Anne" in it -- was born in 1767 and died in 1824. I thought this was a woman painter, went to Wiki, saw the self-portrait, and said, "That's a man, baby!"

He had even more names; "de Roussy-Trioson" was tacked on at the end.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

========

"Groovy."
-Ashley Joanna Williams

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (bzPaY)

31 Long legs, short torso or a big head. Proportions seem to be off somewhere.

His head looks like it's been photoshopped in, with no connection to his body.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

32 No boobs. No dog. Man with a camel toe.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (EphcB)

33 Drunk Steve Carell.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026

***
He does look like Carell!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

34
Originally titled Chateaubriand Meditating On The Cute Babe Just Outside the Frame

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (O0L8i)

35 It's windy.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (VJX5o)

36 You're first name is "Anne-Louis" and yet you're a male.
Troubling.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

37 ebsco-

"François-René de Chateaubriand was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement of the 19th century, known for blending personal emotion with broader themes in his works. His writings, particularly "The Genius of Christianity" and "Memoirs from Beyond the Grave," reflect his defense of the Catholic faith and critique of Enlightenment ideals, making him a key influence on later French literature and thought."

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

38 >>That dude has some witty repartee in reserve. He's just looking for an excuse.


But he's not giving it away for free - you must amuse him first.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

39 Guy's got the "I don't give a f" look down pat.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (2Cry5)

40 38 >>That dude has some witty repartee in reserve. He's just looking for an excuse.


But he's not giving it away for free - you must amuse him first.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

=====

It's how he earns his keep, crashing in rich people's houses in Rome. He can't give it away for free, or he'll starve.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (bzPaY)

41 Chocolate Mousse is just out of frame.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 09:34 AM (bFu5X)

42 Guy could have used my services and products!

Posted by: Vidal Sassoon at August 03, 2026 09:34 AM (JM9I6)

43 oily!

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

44 Is he meditating or just trying to look like Napoleon Bonaparte?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026

***
Well, this painting was after 1808, so Mr. B. was still a force to be reckoned with in Europe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

45 That dude has some witty repartee in reserve. He's just looking for an excuse.

No, he's contemplating the witty repartee he SHOULD have made - that would have brought in the babes for sure. L'esprit de l'escalier.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:35 AM (Riz8t)

46
What a beefy-looking fellow!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 09:35 AM (iJfKG)

47 Seems he has the same heart problem that Nappy Bone-apart had...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:35 AM (l3cgK)

48 really looks like napoleans head was replaced with this one, and none too convincingly.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:35 AM (Bep7s)

49 45 That dude has some witty repartee in reserve. He's just looking for an excuse.

No, he's contemplating the witty repartee he SHOULD have made - that would have brought in the babes for sure. L'esprit de l'escalier.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:35 AM (Riz8t)

=======

The look of detached disappointment bordering on anger lends textual support to your reading.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:35 AM (bzPaY)

50 Long legs, short torso, and a big head is no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

51 When did the Napoleon hand tuck stop being a thing? Late 19th century?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (XvL8K)

52
What did he steak his reputation on?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (iJfKG)

53 Guy could have used my services and products!
Posted by: Vidal Sassoon at August 03, 2026

***
Dunno if I trust you after what you did to Rosemary.

Posted by: Guy Woodhouse at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

54 50 Long legs, short torso, and a big head is no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

Must've been a pain for his mother to birth...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (l3cgK)

55 This guy -- yes, even though his name had "Anne" in it -- was born in 1767 and died in 1824. I thought this was a woman painter, went to Wiki, saw the self-portrait, and said, "That's a man, baby!"

He had even more names; "de Roussy-Trioson" was tacked on at the end.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius


Bet Anne got his ass kicked in grade school more than once.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 09:37 AM (yJpcc)

56 Must've been a pain for his mother to birth...

I'm pretty sure all of them are.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:37 AM (Riz8t)

57 45 That dude has some witty repartee in reserve. He's just looking for an excuse.
----
Like the Jerk Store.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 03, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

58 56 Must've been a pain for his mother to birth...

I'm pretty sure all of them are.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:37 AM (Riz8t)

Some more so that others...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (l3cgK)

59 What did he steak his reputation on?

Posted by: naturalfake

On his rare intelligence.

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

60 I don’t like the painting but it is well done. The details of his hair and shadows is executed pretty darn well. Still, a boring painting…. No interesting action and even more important no beautiful woman in view

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (yz/88)

61 Bet Anne got his ass kicked in grade school more than once.
Posted by: rickb223

Daily swirlies.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (NkUqe)

62 5 This guy -- yes, even though his name had "Anne" in it -- was born in 1767 and died in 1824. I thought this was a woman painter, went to Wiki, saw the self-portrait, and said, "That's a man, baby!"

He had even more names; "de Roussy-Trioson" was tacked on at the end.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Bet Anne got his ass kicked in grade school more than once.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026

***
It was France, so who knows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

63 As an Internationally-known actress, I could never afford to have dry, fly away hair. I found the answer in VO5 Hot Oil Treatment. It will work for you, too.

Posted by: Rula Lenska For Alberto VO-5 Hot Oil Treatment at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (JM9I6)

64 59 What did he steak his reputation on?

Posted by: naturalfake

On his rare intelligence.

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

Maybe it's only medium-rare...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (l3cgK)

65 6 He looks kind of like the actor who played Carla's first (or ex-) husband on Cheers.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (wzUl9)

Dan Hedaya. Great character actor.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (8mulE)

66 What did he steak his reputation on?

Posted by: naturalfake
*
On his rare intelligence.
Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026

***
Well done!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

67
What did he steak his reputation on?
Posted by: naturalfake

On his rare intelligence.
Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

________

Well done!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (O0L8i)

68 I was hoping for a painting of Beef Wellington contemplating the Siege of Carthage.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (viF8m)

69 56 Must've been a pain for his mother to birth...

I'm pretty sure all of them are.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:37 AM (Riz8t)

=======

"Ohh, get that, would you, Deirdre?"
-Mum, dropping the newest child in Manchester from Chapter 2: The Miracle of Birth: Part 2: The Third World

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (bzPaY)

70 et Anne got his ass kicked in grade school more than once.
Posted by: rickb223

Daily swirlies.

It was France, so it would have been L'Swirlee' du jour.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (Riz8t)

71 seven year itch.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (Bep7s)

72 59 What did he steak his reputation on?

Posted by: naturalfake

On his rare intelligence.
Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM

I've got no beef with that.

Posted by: Oh, no... at August 03, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

73 He looks kind of like the actor who played Carla's first (or ex-) husband on Cheers.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026
*
Dan Hedaya. Great character actor.
Posted by: No Name Today at August 03, 2026

***
That's it. Couldn't think of the name. He also was in the first Addams Family film.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

74 On his rare intelligence.
Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

*goes to type "well done." Deletes figuring that comment has been made a few times already*

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 09:40 AM (J4Dwc)

75 As an Internationally-known actress, I could never afford to have dry, fly away hair. I found the answer in VO5 Hot Oil Treatment. It will work for you, too.

Posted by: Rula Lenska For Alberto VO-5 Hot Oil Treatment

Surprisingly, she's still alive at 78.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (Riz8t)

76 66 and 67. Horde mind

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)

77
His hand was originally down lower, but he noticed someone watching him.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (O0L8i)

78 What did he steak his reputation on?

Posted by: naturalfake
*
On his rare intelligence.
Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM
*
I've got no beef with that.
Posted by: Oh, no... at August 03, 2026

***
Bye, son.
( -- Buffalo Jokes, Vol. 1)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

79 Dan Hedaya. Great character actor.

Surprisingly, still alive at 86.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (Riz8t)

80 56 "oh, get that, would you colleen?"

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:42 AM (Bep7s)

81 I can still see the marks where the jockey hit it.

Posted by: Just the punchline at August 03, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

82 His hand was originally down lower, but he noticed someone watching him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


It wasn't nut day.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 09:42 AM (yJpcc)

83 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at August 03, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

84 Roman ruins should have been cleared centuries ago. Lazy Italians build around them. Phooey!, a nice water park, condos, Dollar General are want folks want and crave. Progress!

Posted by: Chamber of Commerce at August 03, 2026 09:43 AM (JM9I6)

85 I prefer the portrait of his girlfriend, Juliette Recamier, by Francois Gerard.

Reading about Chateaubriand's political career is exhausting. The guy was constantly in the thick of things, changing allegiances, snd somehow survived revolutionary France.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 09:43 AM (XTNWF)

86 64 his father was a wit, so he's a half- wit.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:43 AM (Bep7s)

87 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome

Caption:

"Looking at these ruins, I am filled with ennui. Ennui and disaffection.

And why the hell, haven't they invented Gaulloises cigarettes? i could be smoking one as I looked at the world through lidded-eyes demonstrating my indifference to the fates.

Merde!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

88
Roman ruins should have been cleared centuries ago. Lazy Italians build around them. Phooey!

_________

The Trump Coliseum. Yuge, classy and luxurious.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:44 AM (O0L8i)

89 Alternate Title: Napoleon Gives Elba The Elbow.

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 09:45 AM (4pZiu)

90 Chateaubriand, has a really nice cut of meat named after him

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 09:45 AM (abScH)

91 a soothe- sear.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

92 84 Roman ruins should have been cleared centuries ago. Lazy Italians build around them. Phooey!, a nice water park, condos, Dollar General are want folks want and crave. Progress!

Posted by: Chamber of Commerce at August 03, 2026 09:43 AM (JM9I6)

=======

Rome has been building Line C of their metro for 20 years.

Every single foot of excavation leads to a new archeological discovery which requires stoppage of work.

When I went last year, they were finally working on some city center stuff (mostly right outside Palazzo Vittorio Emanuele II), and it wasn't going to go quickly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:45 AM (bzPaY)

93 Hey Ben Had!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 09:45 AM (5ExGj)

94 Roman ruins should have been cleared centuries ago. Lazy Italians build around them. Phooey!, a nice water park, condos, Dollar General are want folks want and crave. Progress!

Ruins, country clubs and cemeteries are the biggest wasters of prime real estate!

Posted by: Al Czervik at August 03, 2026 09:45 AM (Riz8t)

95 84 Roman ruins should have been cleared centuries ago. Lazy Italians build around them. Phooey!, a nice water park, condos, Dollar General are want folks want and crave. Progress!
Posted by: Chamber of Commerce at August 03, 2026 09:43 AM
++++

*ahem*

Posted by: Buc-ee's at August 03, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

96 L'ennui, c'est moi.

Posted by: Chateaubriand at August 03, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

97 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome
Anne-Louis Girodet
***********

I Colum Like I Seum - a limerick

According to a sports commentator
Who was an avid Coliseum spectator
A man devoured his wife
With a simple kitchen knife
Then boldly stated he was gladiator!

Posted by: muldoon at August 03, 2026 09:46 AM (I0N4X)

98 Chateaubriand's friend, Juliette Recamier

https://tinyurl.com/5fs5vwhx

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (XTNWF)

99 Per wiki (FWIW): "The hand-in-waistcoat gesture traces back to classical times – Aeschines, founder of a rhetoric school, suggested that speaking with an arm outside of the chiton was bad manners."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (XvL8K)

100 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome

Caption:

"Looking at these ruins, I am filled with ennui. Ennui and disaffection.

And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (Riz8t)

101
Every single foot of excavation leads to a new archeological discovery which requires stoppage of work.

_________

"Archeological discoveries. Yeah. That's the reason." - Gov. G. Newsom

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (O0L8i)

102 82 man with hole in pocket feel nutty all day.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (Bep7s)

103 96 L'ennui, c'est moi.

Posted by: Chateaubriand at August 03, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

======

He's in Italy.

"La noia e io."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (bzPaY)

104 Let's put a fork in these steak puns.

Posted by: They're done at August 03, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

105 You wouldn't know it by his picture but Chateaubriand was a great sumo wrestler. He had all kinds of trophies.

Posted by: Case at August 03, 2026 09:48 AM (bqIVz)

106 101
Every single foot of excavation leads to a new archeological discovery which requires stoppage of work.

_________

"Archeological discoveries. Yeah. That's the reason." - Gov. G. Newsom

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 09:47 AM (O0L8i)

======

Once they actually start building. "We found a Native American Hopi pot!"

"The Hopi never lived here."

"Doesn't matter! We have to stop work for 18 months to study it!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:48 AM (bzPaY)

107 The actual romans doing new construction and arguing over women are thinking 'Look at this lump.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 03, 2026 09:49 AM (Y/06r)

108 Sigh. I'm stuck in limbo. The radiation machine is down so I'm sitting here waiting on a phone call where they'll say, "Come in now. NOW NOW NOW! Aaaaaaaaaa!"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 09:49 AM (ExV1e)

109 87 gitanes, official cigarette of the tour de france.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)

110 >>>Long legs, short torso or a big head. Proportions seem to be off somewhere.

>He's perfect for Hollywood. Most of them are short and have big heads. They wear lifts, for kris-sakes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 09:49 AM (ixEhJ)

111 66, 67. Hordemind. Beautiful and terrible.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (bFu5X)

112 Nice work muldoon. Nice work indeed.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

113 Really interesting show on Tubi is Baumgarten Restoration. He is a painting conservator that restores damaged paintings. It's more of a skill than the painters themselves in many ways.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (KC5Lt)

114 >Long legs, short torso or a big head. Proportions seem to be off somewhere.

Second cousins.

Posted by: davidt at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (Q+gd/)

115 What is Italian for Wall of Jerky?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (NkUqe)

116 Scruffy-looking dude. How did he wind up getting a steak named after him?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 09:51 AM (1z8ji)

117 He’s not really thinking about Rome. He’s thinking “Where in Rome can I get a good steak, preferably one named after me?”

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 09:51 AM (Wj1DV)

118 What is Italian for Wall of Jerky?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (NkUqe)

Gabbagool!

Posted by: Silvio Dante at August 03, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

119 What is Italian for Wall of Jerky?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:50 AM (NkUqe)

Muro della masturbazione.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 09:52 AM (ExV1e)

120 If you're into atmospheric drawings of Roman ruins, you can't do better than Piranesi.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:52 AM (Riz8t)

121 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome, 1808
Anne-Louis Girodet

AI Overview: Chateaubriand is famous for a thick, tender cut of beef tenderloin and a famous French writer. It originally got its name from François-René de Chateaubriand, a 19th-century statesman and author.

The Famous Beef Dish
The Cut: A large center-cut fillet of beef tenderloin meant to be shared by two people.
The Origin: Named after the writer by his personal chef, Montmireil, who first grilled the tender beef for him.
The Style: Traditionally grilled and served with a rich wine or herb sauce (like Béarnaise) and potatoes.

The Famous Writer
Literary Impact: François-René de Chateaubriand helped start the Romantic movement in French literature.
Key Works: He wrote The Genius of Christianity to defend the church and an famous posthumous autobiography called Memoirs from Beyond the Grave.
Role: He also worked as a politician and diplomat during turbulent times in France.
---
Once known as one of the most famous men in France — a giant of the literary scene and idolised by such future greats as Alphonse de Lamartine and Victor Hugo.

Would pass hanging today's art, but it's an interesting lesson. Thx.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 09:53 AM (NFX2v)

122 The Napoleon belly rub must have been the it pose back to then.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 09:53 AM (KC5Lt)

123 Muro della masturbazione.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 09:52 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 09:53 AM (bFu5X)

124 Chateaubriand was looking into the future here, contemplating the Ramones 1978 album "Road To Ruin".

Posted by: Go Mental! at August 03, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)

125 Girodet was a student of David and I usually prefer Girodet's works. I like the way he makes use of light and the skin tones in his many portraits idealized but natural. Also, the poses in the portraits are natural, relaxed which makes them more attractive. His historical and mythological themes are effective but melodramatic for my taste but typical for the era.

Girodet is considered a French Romantic painter. I prefer the English Romantic artists who are more in line with the poetry of that period. Constable, Turner and Blake come to mind.

Posted by: JTB at August 03, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvNw)

126
What is it about guys in the early 1800s posing for painters while diddling their nipple piercings?

The artist: "Yeah, you got one too. You really stand out from the crowd."

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 09:54 AM (s9VOe)

127 122 that's tomorrow.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:55 AM (Bep7s)

128 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:48 AM (bzPaY)

When they were building a local freeway, they uncovered Mammoth or Mastidon bones that were, according to the layer they were found, 130K years old...with signs they might have had their bones smashed up by hominids wielding stones...
Stopped work on the freeway. Then they found the ruins of an indian village...AND the enviroweenies delayed it for some bird.
Freeway took well over a decade to finish it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:55 AM (l3cgK)

129 122 The Napoleon belly rub must have been the it pose back to then.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 09:53 AM


20 Francs. Same as in Paris.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

130 Chateaubriand is looking askance.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 03, 2026 09:55 AM (MDua2)

131 He spotted a lady but … is that a bulge in the crotch?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 09:56 AM (qszYa)

132 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome, 1808
Anne-Louis Girodet

AI Overview: Chateaubriand is famous for a thick, tender cut of beef tenderloin and a famous French writer. It originally got its name from François-René de Chateaubriand, a 19th-century statesman and author.

The Famous Beef Dish
The Cut: A large center-cut fillet of beef tenderloin meant to be shared by two people.
The Origin: Named after the writer by his personal chef, Montmireil, who first grilled the tender beef for him.
The Style: Traditionally grilled and served with a rich wine or herb sauce (like Béarnaise) and potatoes.

The Famous Writer
Literary Impact: François-René de Chateaubriand helped start the Romantic movement in French literature.
Key Works: He wrote The Genius of Christianity to defend the church and an famous posthumous autobiography called Memoirs from Beyond the Grave.
Role: He also worked as a politician and diplomat during turbulent times in France.
---
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 09:53 AM (NFX2v)

Don't get saucy with me, Bernaise!

Posted by: Count de Monet says Mel Brooks went a long way for that joke at August 03, 2026 09:56 AM (wVcYX)

133 Thought bubble:

"I invented the "patting your belly stance"!

I did!!!

That wannabe Napoleon...what a poser!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 09:56 AM (iJfKG)

134 The French are aghast that we named a steak after him. Would we be upset if they named a cut of meat after Alexander Hamilton or George Washington? No, probably not.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM (Wj1DV)

135 Looks like a good match for AtC

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM (ZWBDi)

136 Europeans know Chocolate, Wine, and Beer, among other things, but they never figured out Cigarettes for some reason. Those North Carolina and Virginia boys figured it out. Lucky and Chesterfield.

A classic pic is a WWII Frenchman enjoying a smoke given to him by an 82nd airborne troop at Bastogne or someplace like that during the Bulge battle. He looks ecstatic.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM (oJxaF)

137 134 The French are aghast that we named a steak after him. Would we be upset if they named a cut of meat after Alexander Hamilton or George Washington? No, probably not.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM (Wj1DV)

They would be YUUUGE manly cuts of beef...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM (l3cgK)

138 Thought bubble:

"I invented the "patting your belly stance"!

Thought bubble:
"Why do they keep putting me in mom pants?"

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)

139 He knows where that right hand has been … and he's ashamed.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 03, 2026 09:58 AM (ayRl+)

140 He spotted a lady but … is that a bulge in the crotch?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 09:56 AM (qszYa)

The gentleman dresses neither left nor right. He tucks.

Posted by: Tailor for Mr. Chateaubriand at August 03, 2026 09:58 AM (wVcYX)

141 The French are aghast that we named a steak after him.

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I named my toilet "Foucault."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 09:59 AM (BI5O2)

142 The French are aghast that we named a steak after him.

FIFY.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 09:59 AM (Riz8t)

143
Europeans know Chocolate, Wine, and Beer, among other things, but they never figured out Cigarettes for some reason. Those North Carolina and Virginia boys figured it out. Lucky and Chesterfield.

Euros: "Absinthe, mofos! Kiss our twee asses!"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 09:59 AM (s9VOe)

144 large center-cut fillet of beef tenderloin meant to be shared by two people

Do what now??

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 09:59 AM (oJxaF)

145 134 The French are aghast that we named a steak after him. Would we be upset if they named a cut of meat after Alexander Hamilton or George Washington? No, probably not.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 09:57 AM
++++
Sitting right here ya know.

Posted by: Frankie Delmonico at August 03, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

146 Looking pissed off, he reaches for his flintlock pistol to exact revenge on the pAntifa punks spray painting the local police station.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 10:00 AM (2YhKe)

147 Moe: Would you rather be beheaded or burnt at the stake?
Curly: I'd rather be burnt at the stake.
Moe: Why?
Curly: A hot stake is better than a cold chop anytime!

Posted by: Nyuk, Nyuk! at August 03, 2026 10:00 AM (JM9I6)

148 Chateaubriand? Wasn’t the food thread last night?

Chateaubriand is excellent, btw.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 10:01 AM (qszYa)

149 Sponge!!!
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (5ExGj)


*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 10:01 AM (2YhKe)

150 The artists asked him to look over his other shoulder but he decided to turn his head at the last moment and look the other way. The pose became known as the reverse seer.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:02 AM (ZWBDi)

151 European history is confusing to say the least. If you did a flow chart it would look like a game of pick up sticks.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:02 AM (KC5Lt)

152
Like all thinking-out-of-the-box real estate developers of the Nineteenth Century, he's puzzling out where he will locate the obligatory tenements and slums for his projected 500 unit renewal project.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 10:03 AM (s9VOe)

153 It's gotta be thin sliced ribeye.
With Cheese Whiz.

Posted by: Pat's and Geno's at August 03, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

154 132 sounds like fish taking a phone call from his wife.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:03 AM (Bep7s)

155 He looks like a youngish Andrew Jackson.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 03, 2026 10:03 AM (SjAWL)

156 Well, I am just a T-bone kinda guy. Love that T-bone. In fact, you might as well call me . . .

Posted by: George Costanza at August 03, 2026 10:03 AM (wVcYX)

157 Chateaubriand
-

CBD! You spoke French!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (6ORiD)

158 Don't get saucy with me, Bernaise!
Posted by: Count de Monet

Straining to keep this an art thread. 😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (NFX2v)

159 136 navy player's cut. sobranie.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (Bep7s)

160
CBD! You spoke French!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (6ORiD)


Does that make him homo now?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (2YhKe)

161 Euros: "Absinthe, mofos! Kiss our twee asses!"
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 09:59 AM (s9VOe)

Also Euros: "Which is easy because, after two glasses, we're face down on the floor."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (ExV1e)

162 He looks like a youngish Andrew Jackson.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 03, 2026 10:03 AM (SjAWL)
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I was thinking Rowan Atkinson's great great grand daddy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (6ORiD)

163 Traditionally grilled and served with a rich wine or herb sauce (like Béarnaise)

-------

WRONG.

I know people do this. They shouldn't.

Au poivre, bay-bee. At least 5x better than bearnaise on steak.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (BI5O2)

164
I need to start wearing my hair like that-

so I can look all famous and thoughtful...

...

...

Or crazy.

Either or.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)

165 No French

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (JvZF+)

166 141 i called mine "beloit" until i ran out of nickels.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:06 AM (Bep7s)

167 >>>James Talarico Agrees the Karmelo Anthony Verdict Was a 'Tragedy'

Still pandering for the black vote.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 10:06 AM (J4Dwc)

168 CBD! You spoke French!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (6ORiD)


Does that make him homo now?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 10:04 AM (2YhKe)
-

/ignores sponge while finishing tango with cbd while clenching a long stemmed rose in teeth

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:06 AM (6ORiD)

169 England has had at least 10 civil wars. They don't even classify all the internal wars France has had as civil wars because they're so disjointed.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (KC5Lt)

170
I was thinking Rowan Atkinson's great great grand daddy.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (6ORiD)

"Blackadder: Jolly Old India!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (iJfKG)

171 167 >>>James Talarico Agrees the Karmelo Anthony Verdict Was a 'Tragedy'

Still pandering for the black vote.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 10:06 AM (J4Dwc)

========

He's alternating between "I'll do anything the black community wants" and "I'm actually not a freak, gay, twink who is sexually attracted to trans kids."

Because he's winning easily according to Fox polling.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (bzPaY)

172 Also Euros: "Which is easy because, after two glasses, we're face down on the floor."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM

After four, I'm under my host.

Posted by: D. Parker at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

173 Au poivre, bay-bee. At least 5x better than bearnaise on steak.

Don't get saucy with me, Bearnaise.

Posted by: That guy who never thinks he needs to check the previous comments at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

174
Or crazy.

Either or.
Posted by: naturalfake

To whom will you be gifting your magnificent collection of fake noses with a pair of eyeglasses above and a moustache below? You're not serious if you retain them!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (s9VOe)

175 I like the Bonanza cut.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (KC5Lt)

176 Oh, please. He killed a kid.

The tragedy is he'll be out in 17 years, to kill again.

They should have given the little bastard a life sentence.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)

177 Au poivre, bay-bee. At least 5x better than bearnaise on steak.

Don't get saucy with me, Bearnaise.

Posted by: That guy who never thinks he needs to check the previous comments at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)
-

Baste!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (6ORiD)

178 according to Fox polling.
====

I think I see the problem.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (JvZF+)

179 And Heinz 57

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM (KC5Lt)

180 James Talarico Agrees the Karmelo Anthony Verdict Was a 'Tragedy'

- Karmelo Anthony murdering Austin Metcalf was a tragedy.
- Karmelo Anthony being convicted of that murder was justice.
- Karmelo Anthony's sentence was... less.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM (ExV1e)

181 I need to start wearing my hair like that-

so I can look all famous and thoughtful...
Or crazy.
Either or.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)

You want to look like Andrew Jackso
You will accept looking like Javier Milei
You will actually look like Rick Sanchez

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

182 178 according to Fox polling.
====

I think I see the problem.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (JvZF+)

=====

"I learned to have great distrust of polling over the past 20 years of watching politics, but I just shit my pants because a polling firm that has a long history of being really bad at the job said something that makes me think my side will lose."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM (bzPaY)

183 And Heinz 57

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM (KC5Lt)
-

"Perfectly stated." - Barak Obama

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:10 AM (6ORiD)

184 I just shit my pants because a polling firm that has a long history of being really bad at the job said something that makes me think my side will lose.

On the plus side, I'm safe for the moment.

Posted by: TJM at August 03, 2026 10:10 AM (Riz8t)

185 Still pandering for the black vote.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 10:06 AM (J4Dwc)

What's interesting is it doesn't hurt him with the "white" vote?

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:10 AM (ZWBDi)

186 163 smothered in melted stilton. done.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (Bep7s)

187
Beef Wellington defeated the French Chateaubriand Steak at the Battle of Waterloo Gastro Pub in 1994.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (iJfKG)

188 Oh, please. He killed a kid.

The tragedy is he'll be out in 17 years, to kill again.

They should have given the little bastard a life sentence.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)

Charlotte just let a young guy who was previously convicted of murder out on bail who an hour later murdered someone.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (KC5Lt)

189 He's alternating between "I'll do anything the black community wants" and "I'm actually not a freak, gay, twink who is sexually attracted to trans kids."

Because he's winning easily according to Fox polling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:07 AM (bzPaY)

Don't forget that Christianity teaches us to respect the coming of Mohammed, final prophet of Allah... I mean God. As the Bible says. -- James Talarico

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (ExV1e)

190 Posted by: TJM at August 03, 2026 10:10 AM (Riz8t)

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Don't sock regulars, Archimedes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (bzPaY)

191 I just shit my pants because a polling firm that has a long history of being really bad at the job said something that makes me think my side will lose.

On the plus side, I'm safe for the moment.

Well that didn't go as planned. It was supposed to be socked with "TJM's hair".

Posted by: TJM at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (Riz8t)

192 176 Oh, please. He killed a kid.

The tragedy is he'll be out in 17 years, to kill again.

They should have given the little bastard a life sentence.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)
——

Agree. But I don’t think he’s ever getting out. He’s a violent narcissist with worms in his brain. He’ll murder someone in prison or get murdered himself. IIRC, the judge even said something to that effect during sentencing.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (qszYa)

193 185 What's interesting is it doesn't hurt him with the "white" vote?

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:10 AM (ZWBDi)

=======

What if Talarico simply cannot win in Texas and his entire campaign is a giant scam to bilk progressives of fundraising cash?

Does that explain it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:12 AM (bzPaY)

194
Speaking of Archeologists - a limerick

A crack hieroglyphical unit
While studyin' the past and reviewin'' it
Learned when Vikings brave and bold
Wrote their sagas, (tales of old)
They would take a good story and rune it!

Posted by: muldoon at August 03, 2026 10:12 AM (I0N4X)

195 James Talarico Agrees the Karmelo Anthony Verdict Was a 'Tragedy'

Still pandering for the black vote.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 10:06 AM (J4Dwc)

Yeah, it's a damned shame the little shitmaggot was not fed through a wood chipper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:12 AM (1z8ji)

196 The big, bad reputation of Texas Justice makes me laugh. They're teddy bears. Anthony would have to serve no less than 51 years in my state. They'd probably give him life without parole , though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:13 AM (BI5O2)

197 You want to look like Andrew Jackson
You will accept looking like Javier Milei
You will actually look like Rick Sanchez
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM

Pfftttt...

Posted by: The ghost of Jim Traficant at August 03, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)

198 They should have given the little bastard a life sentence.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)
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Under present circumstances of extreme anarchy and violence, I am for biblical justice: death sentences for any murderer from early teens and up - no exceptions.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:13 AM (6ORiD)

199 As a wee JTB I wondered why poses in paintings had one hand inside the vest or coat. The portraits of Napoleon are the usual ones that people think of. It was only later I realized the poses allowed for a sustained stance while the artist worked. Today's painting is a good example. He is leaning comfortably, relaxed, against a stone, one arm supporting the stance. The other arm is held in place resting easily in his vest (weskit according to Gaffer Gamgee). It would be easy to hold the position.

Posted by: JTB at August 03, 2026 10:14 AM (yTvNw)

200 What's interesting is it doesn't hurt him with the "white" vote?
Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:10 AM (ZWBDi)

White leftists 'understand' that the darkies are simple and the Great White Father has to tell them bedtime stories to get them to do the only thing they're good for. Obviously he doesn't actually mean any of that.

I've known a number of Austin leftists.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

201 "I learned to have great distrust of polling over the past 20 years of watching politics, but I just shit my pants because a polling firm that has a long history of being really bad at the job said something that makes me think my side will lose."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM

He's broken our entire election season code!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 10:14 AM (bFu5X)

202 Single quotes are bad for nics. Right pointing carets are bad for posts.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:14 AM (ZWBDi)

203 They should have given the little bastard a life sentence.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)

Life? No.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:14 AM (ZWBDi)

204 Mamdani announces an ID will be necessary to shop at city owned grocery stores to prevent people who don't live in NYC from shopping at them.

However, requiring an ID to vote is still Jim Crow.

What would we do without communists?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:15 AM (viF8m)

205 Well that didn't go as planned. It was supposed to be socked with "TJM's hair".
Posted by: TJM at August 03, 2026 10:11 AM (Riz8t)

Socking is a dangerous game. People tend to forget that they have them on.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:15 AM (ExV1e)

206 194 ... "Speaking of Archeologists - a limerick

A crack hieroglyphical unit
While studyin' the past and reviewin'' it
Learned when Vikings brave and bold
Wrote their sagas, (tales of old)
They would take a good story and rune it!"

Muldoon, this is brilliant. Thanks.

Posted by: JTB at August 03, 2026 10:16 AM (yTvNw)

207 i think a trump 14 state is going to go blue because im smart
and i love the taste of cock

Posted by: MAGA lol at August 03, 2026 10:16 AM (pLxV9)

208 There are approximately a 1000 people in prison now for homicide that were previously in prison for homicide. I think that should be enough to justify a death penalty in a civilized society.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:17 AM (KC5Lt)

209 Mamdani announces an ID will be necessary to shop at city owned grocery stores to prevent people who don't live in NYC from shopping at them.
Posted by: JackStraw


So where do blacks shop since they can't get id's?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 10:17 AM (yJpcc)

210
Socking is a dangerous game. People tend to forget that they have them on.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Condoms are a different matter altogether, ladies. A little pause and "Hey, presto!", no raincoat!

-- Graham Clapner, now only a humble oysterman

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 10:17 AM (s9VOe)

211 Coolly reaching for his cigarette case. One cannot aptly meditate on ruins without a fag on which to puff.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 03, 2026 10:17 AM (NYInA)

212 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

Yup

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (ZWBDi)

213 Huh? That was some weird, stupid, random trolling without an antecedent, right there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (BI5O2)

214 Mamdani announces an ID will be necessary to shop at city owned grocery stores to prevent people who don't live in NYC from shopping at them.
Posted by: JackStraw

So where do blacks shop since they can't get id's?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 10:17 AM (yJpcc)

And the wimmins?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (ExV1e)

215 OT -- I have 4 out of 5 kitties snoozing around my office this morning.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (FZ29D)

216 Mamdani announces an ID will be necessary to shop at city owned grocery stores to prevent people who don't live in NYC from shopping at them.

However, requiring an ID to vote is still Jim Crow.

What would we do without communists?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:15 AM (viF8m)

I need ID to browse 50 aisles of shelves, empty but for a few loaves of sawdust bread?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (1z8ji)

217 >>So where do blacks shop since they can't get id's?

It's a problem so profound only a smooth brained leftist can figure it out.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (viF8m)

218 Perhaps they could just wear yellow stars?

Posted by: Too soon? at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (2Ez/1)

219 Also there should be death penalty carried out within a month of a prisoner killing a guard or another prisoner.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)

220 James Talarico Agrees the Karmelo Anthony Verdict Was a 'Tragedy'

Still pandering for the black vote.
Posted by: one hour sober


16 more days until Judge Roach doesn't get removed, & 17 days until a new trial is denied.

And probably 18 months before the appellate court denies a new trial.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 10:19 AM (yJpcc)

221 Ketchup is the only steak sauce anyone needs!

Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man. at August 03, 2026 10:20 AM (JM9I6)

222
So where do blacks shop since they can't get id's?
Posted by: rickb223

Mamdani could not care less about the blacks, unless they were victims of oppression who received gallons of ink from the press.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 10:20 AM (s9VOe)

223 Also there should be death penalty carried out within a month of a prisoner killing a guard or another prisoner.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)

If memory serves, there is a prisoner, in Cali I believe, who has killed two of his cellmates. Coincidentally, both were convicted of sexual assault of a child.

If we followed your approach, there'd be at least one still alive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

224 She was only an oysterman's daughter...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

225 Also there should be death penalty carried out within a month of a prisoner killing a guard or another prisoner.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)

For guards or staff, sure. Other prisoners? Not if the deceased had it coming.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:22 AM (1z8ji)

226 i believed the polls saying kamala was going to win in 2024
and dman, sid's cock is tasty when it comes out uof paul's ass

Posted by: MAGA lol at August 03, 2026 10:22 AM (dihdP)

227 Sometimes the polls that nobody listens to are in our favor (at least I think it's in our favor):

Latest Polls Indicate the ‘Michigan Problem’ Will Likely Be on the Ballot in November

The most-watched Senate primary in the country finally concludes this coming Tuesday, as Michigan Democrats choose between progressive insurgent Adbul El-Sayed and moderate Rep. Haley Stevens to go against GOP former Rep. Mike Rogers this fall… If El-Sayed wins, it would be a shocking change in Democratic politics, with typically cautious Democratic voters nominating a leftist in a critical purple-state Senate race. And then we would just have to see how that would go in November! If he were to win the general, it would prompt more risk-taking from Democratic primary voters down the road. If he were to lose, Democratic voters would quickly revert to nominating cyborg ex-Marine prosecutors selected by Chuck Schumer.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8dr9pj

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 10:22 AM (Riz8t)

228 I was thinking Rowan Atkinson's great great grand daddy.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 10:05 AM (6ORiD)

Bien sur, Monsieur Bean! Or would that be Monsieur Haricot?

Posted by: TxAnn at August 03, 2026 10:22 AM (SjAWL)

229 Is our troll off his meds today?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 10:24 AM (bFu5X)

230 If El-Sayed wins, it would be a shocking change in Democratic politics, with typically cautious Democratic voters nominating a leftist in a critical purple-state Senate race fraud

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:24 AM (ZWBDi)

231 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

Prisoners use that excuse all the time to assault or kill another prisoner besides being idiotic to allow prisoners to carry out street justice no matter how satisfying.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:24 AM (KC5Lt)

232 There are approximately a 1000 people in prison now for homicide that were previously in prison for homicide. I think that should be enough to justify a death penalty in a civilized society.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:17 AM (KC5Lt)

Again, in my state, law is enforced seriously. Until quite recently, we had a special prison for multiple murderers. It was a notorious house of pain, nestled in a snake-infested subtropical forest. My wife knows a guard from there. He's a no-nonsense old man. I can't imagine anyone wanting to cross the likes of him when he was young.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:24 AM (BI5O2)

233 Sometimes the polls that nobody listens to are in our favor (at least I think it's in our favor):

Latest Polls Indicate the ‘Michigan Problem’ Will Likely Be on the Ballot in November

The most-watched Senate primary in the country finally concludes this coming Tuesday, as Michigan Democrats choose between progressive insurgent Adbul El-Sayed and moderate Rep. Haley Stevens to go against GOP former Rep. Mike Rogers this fall… If El-Sayed wins, it would be a shocking change in Democratic politics, with typically cautious Democratic voters nominating a leftist in a critical purple-state Senate race. And then we would just have to see how that would go in November! If he were to win the general, it would prompt more risk-taking from Democratic primary voters down the road. If he were to lose, Democratic voters would quickly revert to nominating cyborg ex-Marine prosecutors selected by Chuck Schumer.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8dr9pj
Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 10:22 AM (Riz8t)

This is apparently the year when the muslim "religion" becomes the-

out and in your face "muslim Political Party".


Where's your Constitution now, Jefferson?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 10:26 AM (iJfKG)

234 Good news, everyone!

New York Magazine
@NYMag
The GOP’s big red scare is really stupid. Democrats aren’t communist, and the relatively small progressive surge in this year’s primaries isn’t a Bolshevik Revolution, writes Ed Kilgore.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)

235 234 Good news, everyone!

New York Magazine
@NYMag
The GOP’s big red scare is really stupid. Democrats aren’t communist, and the relatively small progressive surge in this year’s primaries isn’t a Bolshevik Revolution, writes Ed Kilgore.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)

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"All the people who espouse the communist manifesto don't call themselves communist, so calling them communist is dishonest."

Should work as well as "antifa is just an idea."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:26 AM (bzPaY)

236 Is our troll off his meds today?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 10:24 AM (bFu5X)


As his current post states, I'm guessing he didn't get his taste of cock today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 10:27 AM (2YhKe)

237 > So where do blacks shop since they can't get id's?
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Or eat.

There's a trend in the restaurant biz to only seat those 30 years old, or older, and they must show a valid ID.

Everyone here knows why this is trending.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 10:27 AM (2Cry5)

238 >>Sometimes the polls that nobody listens to are in our favor (at least I think it's in our favor):

Sometimes things happen during the course of an election that don't get reflected instantaneously in polls.

Over the weekend it was revealed the communist heroine in the Wisconsin governor's race is a self admitted bi-polar whack job who is on lithium including at least one lithium overdose and was admitted to a mental hospital for cutting herself.

She sounds stable enough to run a state.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:28 AM (viF8m)

239 Turkish Photographer Beats Up Client After Learning Bride Is 15 Years Old

Refusing to continue taking pictures, Albayrak claims his client insisted he was bound by their contract to photograph the wedding. Things soon turned violent when the groom initiated an attack as Albayrak tried to leave. However, the photographer ended up breaking his client’s nose in the commotion. "Child brides are [victims] of child abuse and no power on earth can make me photograph a child in a wedding gown,” he said.

https://tinyurl.com/bdebjuva

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 10:28 AM (yJpcc)

240 213 fruity pebbles.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:28 AM (Bep7s)

241 167. Still pandering for the black vote.
Posted by: one hour sober

He's into quoting the Apple iPhone ad titled "The Human Family," which debuted during the 2016 Rio Olympics opening ceremony and Maya Angelou's Human Family poem.

“I note the obvious differences between each sort and type, but we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”

With a mixing of "Get the billionaires!" which is not going to happen.

He's (or whoever is backing him bigly) slick though; his campaign emphasizes a broad working-family and anti-corruption message rather than aligning with specific democratic socialist or WFP platforms

He creeps me out no matter what he says.

>Texas Public Radio, Talarico touts labor, higher wages, opposition to ICE policies during San Antonio campaign stop, July 31, 2026

Recent public polling has continued to show a competitive contest. "Notably, a new Fox News poll shows Talarico with a three-point edge, 51-48, over Paxton and holding fast to a lead among independent voters and key constituencies."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)

242 Morning all. I tried to read the comments but if I do I'll never catch up...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 03, 2026 10:29 AM (aJQbY)

243 As his current post states, I'm guessing he didn't get his taste of cock today.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 10:27 AM

This really doesn't work as a hangry Snickers commercial.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 10:30 AM (bFu5X)

244 Child brides are [victims] of child abuse and no power on earth can make me photograph a child in a wedding gown,” he said.
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Oh yeah?

Posted by: Judge Boasberg at August 03, 2026 10:30 AM (ZWBDi)

245 She was only an oysterman's daughter...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

. . . shucks, Ma'am.

Posted by: Just The Punchline at August 03, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX)

246 Trump should have this guy to the White House.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:30 AM (ZWBDi)

247 224 but all of the pearl manure?

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:31 AM (Bep7s)

248 We've already retreated back to the "the communism isn't happening" phase

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:31 AM (ZWBDi)

249 Mamdani announces an ID will be necessary to shop at city owned grocery stores to prevent people who don't live in NYC from shopping at them.
Posted by: JackStraw


Does Mamdani require illegal aliens provide proof of NYC residency to obtain welfare and other public-provided benefits? Will he require proof of NYC residency for illegal aliens to buy stuff at NYC-owned grocery stores?

Ha, I denounce myself for asking these dumb questions!

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (5rh/l)

250 I don't watch a lot of network TV anymore but the only campaign commercials I see are from the Talarico camp. I have not see one commercial for Paxton or one commercial against Talarico.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (KC5Lt)

251 There's a trend in the restaurant biz to only seat those 30 years old, or older, and they must show a valid ID.

Everyone here knows why this is trending.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 10:27 AM

"Youth" means black.

Posted by: The More You Know at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)

252 235 234 Good news, everyone!

New York Magazine
@NYMag
The GOP’s big red scare is really stupid. Democrats aren’t communist, and the relatively small progressive surge in this year’s primaries isn’t a Bolshevik Revolution, writes Ed Kilgore.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
==========
Translation, his name is not on the pied a terre list for punishment.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

253 What if Talarico simply cannot win in Texas and his entire campaign is a giant scam to bilk progressives of fundraising cash?

Does that explain it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:12 AM (bzPaY)

You're preaching to the choir my friend.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (ZWBDi)

254 CBS News's Margaret Brennan defends socialism prompting Joe Manchin to respond: "Are you crazy?"
Brennan: "Could you ever support a self-described socialist candidate?"
Manchin: "No. No way. My God, no."
Brennan: "Even if they have some good ideas?"

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Now, the dictatorship of the proletariat insuring from each according to their ability, to each according to their need, that's a good idea!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

255 Brennan: "Even if they have some good ideas?"
---------

You know who else had some good ideas?

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:34 AM (ZWBDi)

256 child in a wedding gown,
Training bra

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 10:34 AM (13bBv)

257 Yeahhhh boyeeeeeeee

Posted by: Flava Flav at August 03, 2026 10:34 AM (qDb5n)

258 253 What if Talarico simply cannot win in Texas and his entire campaign is a giant scam to bilk progressives of fundraising cash?

Does that explain it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:12 AM (bzPaY)

You're preaching to the choir my friend.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:32 AM (ZWBDi)

========

How many times does Blexas have to not happen before people stop worrying about this shit?

Contrasting experience: 2020 South Carolina senate race.

Jamie Harrison raised $100 million to fight Lindsay Graham in a Trump +10 state. Graham was outraised and outspent.

Graham still won by 9 because the money didn't change the basic partisan makeup of the state.

And people keeping throwing Beto around from freaking 2018 like it's relevant. TX has gotten so much redder since.

And Talarico is a freak, and summer spending is a waste of money. And TX is a Trump+14 state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:34 AM (bzPaY)

259 Manchin should have said ' I've not seen a good idea come from a Socialist'

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:35 AM (KC5Lt)

260 Joe Manchin is a lot of things, but he isn't is as stupid as most Senators. He knew what his party was, and he can't feign shock now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:35 AM (BI5O2)

261 260 Joe Manchin is a lot of things, but he isn't is as stupid as most Senators. He knew what his party was, and he can't feign shock now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:35 AM (BI5O2)

======

He's waiting for Schumer to tell him to stop clapping for things Trump did.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:35 AM (bzPaY)

262 228 ralph overhears alice's phone convo with trixie about french green beans and wants to know who harry courts verts is.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:36 AM (Bep7s)

263 Never mind tax returns, candidates for public office should be required to publish their personal prescribed pharmaceutical profile. Most, if not all, these whack bitches are higher than a kite. This really can’t be overemphasized. Technically speaking they are not able to operate cars or heavy machinery, but government is OK.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 10:36 AM (oJxaF)

264 More good news.

Dem Socialist Melat Kiros: There's nothing "more American" than the economic philosophy of socialism."

The evidence shows it's the only one capable of delivering things like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

Hoover: "Socialism has proven to deliver on the values of the Declaration of Independence more than capitalism has?"

Kiros: "Yeah."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)

265 Over the weekend it was revealed the communist heroine in the Wisconsin governor's race is a self admitted bi-polar whack job who is on lithium including at least one lithium overdose and was admitted to a mental hospital for cutting herself.

She sounds stable enough to run a state.
Posted by: JackStraw
=======
The Democrats are offering up one nutjob after another as candidates this year and depending on muh socialism and muh Orange Man Bad as their campaign subjects. Then again, the GOPe, apart from Trump resembles the Washington Generals that lose on purpose.

Reminds me of the old Monty Python Upper Class Twit of the Year sketch. Then again, at least a greater number of new aspiring GOP candidates seem to be choosing boldness instead of cowardice as a policy.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:36 AM (E4rtv)

266
247 224 but all of the pearl manure?
Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:31 AM
+++
Let's try it.
She was only an oysterman's daughter, but all the pearlmen knew her.
+++
That's ok, but I was hoping for something with "seamen."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 10:37 AM (2Ez/1)

267 263 Never mind tax returns, candidates for public office should be required to publish their personal prescribed pharmaceutical profile. Most, if not all, these whack bitches are higher than a kite. This really can’t be overemphasized. Technically speaking they are not able to operate cars or heavy machinery, but government is OK.
Posted by: Common Tater
=======
And people thought "Comfortably Numb" was just about rock musicians.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:37 AM (E4rtv)

268 Democraps become the biggest patriots around when they're running for office.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (ZWBDi)

269 And Talarico is a freak, and summer spending is a waste of money. And TX is a Trump+14 state.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:34 AM (bzPaY)

Your condescension is tiring.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (KC5Lt)

270 > CBS News's Margaret Brennan defends socialism prompting Joe Manchin to respond: "Are you crazy?"
Brennan: "Could you ever support a self-described socialist candidate?"
Manchin: "No. No way. My God, no."
Brennan: "Even if they have some good ideas?"
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Name a "good idea" there Margaret.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (2Cry5)

271 264 More good news.

Dem Socialist Melat Kiros: There's nothing "more American" than the economic philosophy of socialism."

The evidence shows it's the only one capable of delivering things like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

Hoover: "Socialism has proven to deliver on the values of the Declaration of Independence more than capitalism has?"

Kiros: "Yeah."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Yes, the foreigner deigns to share their wisdom that they are more American than existing Americans current and deceased.

Send her home to whatever shithole she came from even if she is second or third generation.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (E4rtv)

272 Is Margaret Brennan the one with Resting C*nt Face?

Posted by: one hour sober at August 03, 2026 10:39 AM (J4Dwc)

273 265 The Democrats are offering up one nutjob after another as candidates this year and depending on muh socialism and muh Orange Man Bad as their campaign subjects. Then again, the GOPe, apart from Trump resembles the Washington Generals that lose on purpose.

Reminds me of the old Monty Python Upper Class Twit of the Year sketch. Then again, at least a greater number of new aspiring GOP candidates seem to be choosing boldness instead of cowardice as a policy.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:36 AM (E4rtv)

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Dear lord in Heaven, I hope and pray that my assumption that the Obama years killed the Democrat ability to appeal to the electorate at all because they became addicted to federal grant money for fundraising and "fortification" is true. So an entire generation of political operatives have grown up knowing only how to raise up their crazies while getting paid no matter what.

Because that could run up against a world where fortification is more difficult (because of less money) and campaigning is harder, where actual Dem donors have been trained to send money to lost causes like TX while the fed grant machine funds everything else.

It'll be so fucking funny.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:39 AM (bzPaY)

274 269 And Talarico is a freak, and summer spending is a waste of money. And TX is a Trump+14 state.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:34 AM (bzPaY)

Your condescension is tiring.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (KC5Lt)

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Sorry, Talarico is going to lose by at least 9, probably more.

Because Texas is just a Republican state.

Worrying about it is a waste of time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:40 AM (bzPaY)

275 That's a tough one. I understandcwhy they do it.

But, I used to frequent fine dining establishments in my 20s. As a well-dressed, well-cultured young man with a pretty little thing on my arm, had I been humiliated by being turned away, I'd have told them "I'll turn 30 one day. But you won't know about it, because this is the last time you'll ever see me."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:40 AM (BI5O2)

276 People say AOC is dumb and crazy (she is - but the people behind her are not) and I swear nobody listens to (or specifically reads) her speeches. She often sounds like the offspring of a Betsy Ross, Abe Lincoln, George Washington three-way. It's hilarious but also a little skin crawling. The commies love painting themselves in red, white and blue and apple pie.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:40 AM (ZWBDi)

277 Brennan: "Even if they have some good ideas?"
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Name them. Call her out

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 03, 2026 10:41 AM (FxH7T)

278 with a pretty little thing on my arm

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:40 AM (BI5O2)

*sobs*!

Posted by: Michelle Fields at August 03, 2026 10:41 AM (ZWBDi)

279 Over the weekend it was revealed the communist heroine in the Wisconsin governor's race is a self admitted bi-polar whack job who is on lithium including at least one lithium overdose and was admitted to a mental hospital for cutting herself.

She sounds stable enough to run a state.

You make that sound like a bad thing.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 10:42 AM (Riz8t)

280
Karmelo Anthony murdering Austin Metcalf was a tragedy.

A tragedy is drowning in a flood or being struck by lightning. Karmelo Anthony murdering Austin Metcalf was a crime.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 10:42 AM (O0L8i)

281 She was only an oysterman's daughter, but the boys all wanted her clam.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:42 AM (1z8ji)

282
Over the weekend it was revealed the communist heroine in the Wisconsin governor's race is a self admitted bi-polar whack job who is on lithium including at least one lithium overdose and was admitted to a mental hospital for cutting herself.

She sounds stable enough to run a state.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:28 AM (viF8m)

She just has to be stable enough to appear on camera once in a while and stay sort of on message. Call it the Sloppy Joe line. When Joe gets too sloppy, the rubes catch on. All executive decisions will be provided to her.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 03, 2026 10:43 AM (r7+Q7)

283 The inherent vice of Capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -WC

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:43 AM (KC5Lt)

284 CBS News's Margaret Brennan defends socialism prompting Joe Manchin to respond: "Are you crazy?"
Brennan: "Could you ever support a self-described socialist candidate?"
Manchin: "No. No way. My God, no."
Brennan: "Even if they have some good ideas?"
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Name a "good idea" there Margaret.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (2Cry5)

I am a socialist running for office. I will propose a change to tax law such that all persons who have acted as TV talking heads will have 95% of their wealth confiscated, for the people, and all future earnings shall be taxed at 99%. The money shall be earmarked for aerobics classes for social security recipients over the age of 150, hookers, and blow.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:43 AM (ExV1e)

285 It'll be so fucking funny.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:39 AM (bzPaY)

Without Trump we would likely be looking at 5 national losses in a row. People want to sit in denial about that, they are free to do so but it's unwise to forget where the assumptions come from.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:43 AM (ZWBDi)

286 “ And TX is a Trump+14 state.”

In 2004 Bush won Montana by 21%

In 2006 Montana elected a Democrat, Jon Tester to the senate, defeating long time Republican incumbent Conrad Burns.

Posted by: Election History at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (tNkpt)

287 Sorry, Talarico is going to lose by at least 9, probably more.

Because Texas is just a Republican state.

Worrying about it is a waste of time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:40 AM (bzPaY)
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I'll take the under for whatever money you want to put on that.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (oqH4h)

288 A tragedy is drowning in a flood or being struck by lightning. Karmelo Anthony murdering Austin Metcalf was a crime.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 10:42 AM (O0L8i)

Austin Metcalf's murder was a tragedy for his family.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (ExV1e)

289
I see these little things, "You call me a communist for wanting to feed poor babies." No dear, I'm calling you a communist for wanting to tear up the Constitution, massacre Jews and "billionaires" and confiscate people's money and property.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (O0L8i)

290 A tragedy is drowning in a flood or being struck by lightning. Karmelo Anthony murdering Austin Metcalf was a crime.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 10:42 AM (O0L8i)

"Atrocity" works, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (1z8ji)

291
286 “ And TX is a Trump+14 state.”

In 2004 Bush won Montana by 21%

In 2006 Montana elected a Democrat, Jon Tester to the senate, defeating long time Republican incumbent Conrad Burns.

Posted by: Election History at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (tNkpt)

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And surely Talarico has as much rural appeal as Tester did?

Surely partisan sorting hasn't gotten more prominent in the last 20 years?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)

292 AOC is a braying jackass. In other words, a perfect reflection of the Democrat party mascot. I welcome her. She's like Bernie Sanders with tits.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (ixEhJ)

293 287 I'll take the under for whatever money you want to put on that.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 10:44 AM (oqH4h)

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There are websites for that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)

294 But the economy is terrible.

>>@RapidResponse47
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4m
>>CNBC: "On manufacturing — comes in much better than expected, 55.6%. That would be the best read in over four years, since May of '22." 🔥

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (viF8m)

295 294 But the economy is terrible.

>>@RapidResponse47
·
4m
>>CNBC: "On manufacturing — comes in much better than expected, 55.6%. That would be the best read in over four years, since May of '22." 🔥

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (viF8m)

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GDP keeps getting dragged down because of imports and decreases in government spending.

Positive government spending should be counted as a negative on GDP, to be honest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (bzPaY)

296 Isn't it fascinating how fast we traveled from "these extremists are crazy!" to "you have to admit they have some good ideas".

Like... before anyone even had time to blink, that's already out there. What's it been? 10 weeks since the op started and the media has already decided these people - the ones who were sick and crazy and extremist five minutes ago - are full of "good ideas"?

Huh.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (ZWBDi)

297 My favorite thing I read this weekend was a an article defending Troy Jackson, saying that he's a good representative of the State because "cousin marriage is common here."

Maine is coming out of this election with a pretty battered reputation. More battered than the prior candidate's girlfriends and gay-rape victims.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (BI5O2)

298 You call me a communist for wanting to feed poor babies.

The US only has a half dozen government programs that feeds babies for free and dozens of private programs that do the same.

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (KC5Lt)

299 What if Talarico simply cannot win in Texas and his entire campaign is a giant scam to bilk progressives of fundraising cash?

Does that explain it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:12 AM


Something has to explain it because if crockett had won the primary that out of state cash flow would have dried completely up.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (cpFbA)

300 Cat is asshole.

https://tinyurl.com/yznd4fuv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (ndZc7)

301 There are websites for that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)
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ace.mu.nu is the only one I need. Put your money where your wildly misplaced confidence is, hoss.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 10:47 AM (oqH4h)

302
British horror

Shouldn't that be "British horrour"?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 10:47 AM (O0L8i)

303 My favorite thing I read this weekend was a an article defending Troy Jackson, saying that he's a good representative of the State because "cousin marriage is common here."

I'm so old I remember when WV was dismissed as a bunch of cousin humpers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 10:47 AM (ExV1e)

304 301 There are websites for that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)
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ace.mu.nu is the only one I need. Put your money where your wildly misplaced confidence is, hoss.

Posted by: ballistic at August 03, 2026 10:47 AM (oqH4h)

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All my money is on Kamala winning the Democrat primary at predictit. Oh, and a few bucks on Collins winning Maine.

Not even the degenerate gamblers and progressives at predictit think that Talarico is going to win Texas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:47 AM (bzPaY)

305
What's it been? 10 weeks since the op started and the media has already decided these people - the ones who were sick and crazy and extremist five minutes ago - are full of "good ideas"?

Huh.
Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (ZWBDi)

They're hoping they're at the end of the line of people to be shot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 10:48 AM (O0L8i)

306 201 "I learned to have great distrust of polling over the past 20 years of watching politics, but I just shit my pants because a polling firm that has a long history of being really bad at the job said something that makes me think my side will lose."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It is not just polling, but all media seeks to direct people to influence them. Including the not so conservative media side like Faux.

When one considers media personalities as celebutards with a scripted reality tv show, not as serious thinkers, then you can move past the fascination with people and wrestle directly with ideas. And the polling that media does is directly in line with that.

Want a sure fire tell of which races are competitive--look to where the parties are funding races (not the foreign cheap money from Act Blue) but the parties directing their own scarce resources (which by the way, due to a Scotus decision) the well funded GOP committees may now directly coordinate with candidates (Dem party committees don't have money and their independent Dark Money Pacs cannot coordinate and have limits on messaging).

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:48 AM (E4rtv)

307 Maine went from "the State everyone forgot exists" to "the Freak State," just like that. What a debacle.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:49 AM (BI5O2)

308 They're hoping they're at the end of the line of people to be shot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Journalists have never been known for their intelligence (see John Reed for example). It is even worse in an era of tv news and influencer social media with their ridiculous blurring of reality tv and spouting off talking points.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:50 AM (E4rtv)

309 And surely Talarico has as much rural appeal as Tester did?

Surely partisan sorting hasn't gotten more prominent in the last 20 years?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)

Why is his other state example off base but yours was on point?

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:50 AM (KC5Lt)

310 the Freak State
What are we, chopped liver?
- California

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 03, 2026 10:51 AM (13bBv)

311 298 You call me a communist for wanting to feed poor babies.

The US only has a half dozen government programs that feeds babies for free and dozens of private programs that do the same.
Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:46 AM (KC5Lt)

All the Marxists want to be Robin Hood until you remind them that Robin Hood actually took money from the tax collectors and returned money to the people who had their stuff taken by the government.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 03, 2026 10:51 AM (r7+Q7)

312 266 long and hard and full of seamen?

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:52 AM (Bep7s)

313 309 And surely Talarico has as much rural appeal as Tester did?

Surely partisan sorting hasn't gotten more prominent in the last 20 years?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (bzPaY)

Why is his other state example off base but yours was on point?

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:50 AM (KC5Lt)

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Because it was 20 years ago, Tester was more appealing to rural voters than Talarico is now.

You know, the reasons I gave in my response.

Partisan sorting has shifted markedly in the last generation. There's some split on state-level statewide races like governor (Larry Hogan going from popular governor to losing by double digits in a Senate race), but when it comes to federal races, things are falling in line with PVI more and more.

And James fake Christian Talarico who loves trans kids and is begging black people to turn out at all is not going to reverse those trends.

Allred was supposed to keep it close against unpopular and bad politician Ted Cruz in 2024.

Allred lost by 9.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:53 AM (bzPaY)

314
Something has to explain it because if crockett had won the primary that out of state cash flow would have dried completely up.
Posted by: Mister Scott

ActBlue which is directly foreign money via smurfing into US elections. Foreigners are rather stupid about American politics as we are about foreign politics ourselves.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)

315 The age of chivalry is over.

https://tinyurl.com/3cfys3pb

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 03, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)

316 (Dem party committees don't have money and their independent Dark Money Pacs cannot coordinate and have limits on messaging).

And Elvis runs a B and B in Sioux Falls.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 03, 2026 10:54 AM (Riz8t)

317 Sounds like James Madison is being condescending to... Talarico. I can't think of an arrogant idiot more deserving of being condescended on.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at August 03, 2026 10:55 AM (yYROg)

318 You call me a communist for wanting to feed poor babies.

----

"NO. I'm calling you a Communist because this draft notice from the Ministry of Social Correction and Conquest of Nature states that the reason for your induction for Dignity Canal indenture is 'Communism.'

Now get on the transport before I have to taze you right in the nutsack, Communist."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 10:55 AM (BI5O2)

319 281 She was only an oysterman's daughter, but the boys all wanted her clam.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 10:42 AM

312 266 long and hard and full of seamen?
Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 10:52 AM

Thanks. I'll add them to the list.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1)

320 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:53 AM (bzPaY)

LOL

Posted by: polynikes at August 03, 2026 10:57 AM (KC5Lt)

321 >>Maine went from "the State everyone forgot exists" to "the Freak State," just like that. What a debacle.

I see it as a much bigger problem for the left than just Maine. Name one of these DSA clowns from any state that isn't bug fuck nuts. And it shouldn't be a surprise, you have to be one of life's losers to adopt communism.

These are the theater kids who protest on college campuses wearing a keffiyeh and holding a sign saying Gays For Palestine. They are idiots parroting slogans and policies they are told to say. AOC is in her job because she won an acting audition, not because her positions are long held and well thought out. Same with Platner, Talarico, Hong .. all of them.

Even many traditional Democrats like Maher, Manchin and Carville are bailing over these dipshits. The commies are a gift to the GOP if they are smart enough to take advantage of it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:57 AM (viF8m)

322
"I Don't Really Care, Margaret "

Posted by: Always a suitable response at August 03, 2026 10:57 AM (2Ez/1)

323 >>>Maine went from "the State everyone forgot exists" to "the Freak State," just like that. What a debacle.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

>I worked with a bunch of dudes from Maine. After hours we would go to a pool hall or a strip club and those boys would let their freak flags fly. Very low standards after a couple of cocktails.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 10:57 AM (ixEhJ)

324 You call me a communist for wanting to feed poor babies.
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Feed poor babies to who?

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 10:57 AM (ZWBDi)

325 AOC is a braying jackass. In other words, a perfect reflection of the Democrat party mascot. I welcome her. She's like Bernie Sanders with tits.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 03, 2026 10:45 AM (ixEhJ)

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Agents Of Chaos

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 10:58 AM (/rQW9)

326 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Late again. This week isn't starting off well.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 10:58 AM (2WIwB)

327 The one thing to remember about Paxton is he has ran and won repeatedly at the state level and suddenly these voters are going to gasp and say what have I done, I am voting for the Twinkie Talarico who is all nice, religious, and shit.

Candidacy quality matters in a race and someone who has won repeatedly at the state level even after his farce impeachment has name recognition that a newcomer state rep doesn't.

So like against Lady Lindsay's opponent in 2020, you have to spend a disproportionate amount of money just to be recognized as an actual candidate. And TEXAS is expensive media market wise--Houston, Dallas, even Austin TV markets along with El Paso and Amarillo are expensive to compete with on ads.

FWIW, that rather pathetic Faux Texas poll had Abbot with a two point lead against a political nobody.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:59 AM (E4rtv)

328 Again,poll related:

https://x.com/reh_tai33/status/
2082966518975942678

Polling in summer sucks.

Fox polling in summer borders on criminal behavior.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 10:59 AM (bzPaY)

329 Even many traditional Democrats like Maher, Manchin and Carville are bailing over these dipshits. The commies are a gift to the GOP if they are smart enough to take advantage of it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 10:57 AM (viF8m)

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When you've lost the Commie Van "Mao" Jones ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 10:59 AM (/rQW9)

330 There is a lot of poll revisionism going on regarding 2024 as if Kamala was favored. She wasn’t. It was very close with Trump the slight favorite.

In the final days, Trump was leading in Georgia, Nevada, NC and Arizona. Pennsylvania was exactly tied.

https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-
election-polls/

Posted by: Election History at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (tNkpt)

331 When you've lost the Commie Van "Mao" Jones ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 03, 2026 10:59 AM (/rQW9)

He's a liar not lost. It's an op.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (ZWBDi)

332 327 FWIW, that rather pathetic Faux Texas poll had Abbot with a two point lead against a political nobody.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 10:59 AM (E4rtv)

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Abbott keeps winning by like 15 points every election.

But this time he's gonna barely squeak by? Sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (bzPaY)

333 The commies are a gift to the GOP if they are smart enough to take advantage of it.
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The last 40 years or so has shown a remarkable propensity for Republicans to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (oJxaF)

334 AWFL White Women up!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 11:00 AM (yJpcc)

335 Even many traditional Democrats like Maher, Manchin and Carville are bailing over these dipshits. The commies are a gift to the GOP if they are smart enough to take advantage of it.
Posted by: JackStraw

The smart GOP candidates are, it is the older more stupid Bush era idiots that cannot let go of the reluctance to attack as if the gentler kinder way of losing is preferable.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 11:01 AM (E4rtv)

336 *AWFL White Women up!*

That's redundant.

Posted by: And repetitive at August 03, 2026 11:02 AM (2Ez/1)

337 330 There is a lot of poll revisionism going on regarding 2024 as if Kamala was favored. She wasn’t. It was very close with Trump the slight favorite.

In the final days, Trump was leading in Georgia, Nevada, NC and Arizona. Pennsylvania was exactly tied.

https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-
election-polls/
Posted by: Election History

Go back to summer polls for comparison. Not polling close to the election. To do that you need to understand voter screening and sampling issues in summer. And for what it is worth, as you descend into state or district races, polling is awful unless you pay for the triangulated and very expensive private polling.

The Massie primary polling and prediction markets performance before the last week should be a warning to those thinking district level polling is anywhere near reliable. And the media spent gobs of money on polling that race.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 11:04 AM (E4rtv)

338 337 330 There is a lot of poll revisionism going on regarding 2024 as if Kamala was favored. She wasn’t. It was very close with Trump the slight favorite.

In the final days, Trump was leading in Georgia, Nevada, NC and Arizona. Pennsylvania was exactly tied.

https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-
election-polls/
Posted by: Election History

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Why are you trying to compare summer polls this year to the final polls from 2024?

Is that a smart thing to do?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 11:04 AM (bzPaY)

339 263 Never mind tax returns, candidates for public office should be required to publish their personal prescribed pharmaceutical profile. Most, if not all, these whack bitches are higher than a kite. This really can’t be overemphasized. Technically speaking they are not able to operate cars or heavy machinery, but government is OK.
Posted by: Common Tater

Don't believe they can be kept from running for a government position or office, or even assuming the office if they've won.

I've seen depositions of government officials where they've voluntarily listed some heavy duty psych. medications and then had their testimony sealed by the solicitors.

I've seen some lying across desks unable to function, some with breathalyzers on their cars.

One requirement for employment was the ability to drive and hold a valid driver's license from a state. To compensate, they were driven around to meetings, etc. or simply worked from the office or from home (even if in a field and/or managerial position).

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 11:07 AM (NFX2v)

340 Long legs short waist. His hand is in the vest to hide arachnodactyly, long spider fingers, of Marfan syndrome. If the thumb and fifth finger overlap when encircling the opposite wrist, it’s diagnostic. Likely that Abraham Lincoln had it.

Posted by: Lester Fahrner at August 03, 2026 11:12 AM (LIfBH)

341 Some of us are old enough to remember when saying someone had discriminating taste was a compliment. But what do I know, I’m only 29!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 11:23 AM (Wj1DV)

342 Chateaubriand Meditating On The Ruins Of Rome

I think he's comforting the squirrel that he just found nesting in his hair.

Posted by: t-bird at August 03, 2026 11:38 AM (DZ6nv)

The Morning Report — 8/ 3 /26

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Good morning kids. While some of you might wince at this admission, I do lurk on Facebook mostly out of habit I guess but at this point it's just to see what certain very select friends and family are up to and birthdays and such. Also, going through health issues these past two years it was nice to actually reconnect with a couple of old dear friends going back to college and even grade school, that otherwise might not have happened, so I'm grateful for that.

But of course there is a downside, and that is that more than a few have revealed their abject cluelessness. One old friend who I have since downgraded to merely an old acquaintance posted his thoughts about the election of Mamdani, even in the face of arguably the most Jewish city in the world devolving into a locus of some of the worst anti-semitism seen anywhere in nearly a century, which continues and likely because of Mamdani and his defenders in the Democrat Party as a whole, and not merely the so-called Democratic-Socialists, is ramping up as this incident clearly illustrates.


The victim’s husband said Dawood Faisal, who allegedly hit two cars while driving through red lights at a high speed, was ‘looking to do damage in a heavily Jewish area’
A Queens man who was indicted for manslaughter late last month after killing a woman in a three-car crash and then fleeing the scene was also charged with hate crimes yesterday for allegedly destroying property outside a kosher bagel shop just days before the crash.

Well, I assume this Yankee-Doodle-Dandy do or Die has been here long before the rise of Mamdani (his ancestors obviously came over on the Mayflower), but then again Mamdani itself was spawned in the cradle of civilization itself, Idi Amin's Uganda.

But getting back to my old acquaintance, he posted a comment during the flare up of campus Jew-hatred in the immediate wake of the 10/7 wave of terrorism in Southern Israel

And speaking of 10/7 in Israel, Oh Lord.

An Israeli survivor of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack has reportedly taken his own life on the grave of his girlfriend who was murdered by the terror group.

So, getting back to my old friend, while Mamdani and friends were having multiple orgasms of Jewish babies being roasted alive in front of their gang-raped mothers, he said that New York City has had bad mayors in the past and Mamdani will be gone soon enough and all will be forgotten - - and sadly forgiven since Mamdani has the magic "D" after his name. Having been born and lived much of my life in NYC enduring vermin like Dinkins and then basking in the glorious years of Giuliani only to be subjected to DeBolshvik leaves one to wonder just what the ever-loving fuck is wrong with seemingly intelligent people like my old friends who keep bringing this cancer on themselves while refusing to understand or accept the fact of who and what they reflexively vote for.

So, a different friend and his wife live in a very expensive upper west side condo that has got to be a target for Mamdani's tax assessors. Is it wrong of me to laugh at them. Meh, haven't spoken to them in years, so keep barfing up the same drivel about Trump and conservatives J & J and keep voting Democrat! But anyway, not to worry because Mamdani is just a blip, eh?!

Of course no one on the left is speaking out. Patriots and lovers of freedom, however, can and must do so. For in National Socialist Germany, the harassment and persecution of the Jews did not end with their being barred from certain professions; on the contrary, at that point, it was just beginning. If Mamdani is doing all this now, what will he be doing in five years, or ten? (Those who complacently think he will be voted out after one term should remember that socialism often arrives through the ballot box, but never, ever leaves that way.) And while he has started with the Jews, against whom will he turn next?

Lest you think the cancer of Mamdani is limited to New York City, Think again because he and his ilk are on the rise all over the nation, and they are not going to have to actually win legitimate elections to get or maintain power.


Too often, prominent Democrats have fueled this climate with reckless rhetoric. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) famously urged supporters to confront members of the Trump administration in public, telling crowds they should make them feel unwelcome “anywhere.” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stood on the steps of the Supreme Court and warned Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh that they had “released the whirlwind” and would “pay the price.” These incendiary remarks are not just relegated to the past, but are ongoing calls to action from Democrat leadership. . . Today, that hostility has become institutionalized through efforts like “Project 2029,” a sweeping progressive agenda that proposes dramatically expanding executive authority and bypassing Congress to advance its objectives. At the same time, in addition to smears of “fascism,” leading Democrats have repeatedly described conservatives as an “existential threat to democracy.” When political opponents are portrayed as enemies of the republic, it should surprise no one that unstable individuals feel justified in resorting to violence.

Of course what fists, guns, cars and molotov cocktails can't do, you have criminals in government that can make sure people, dead or alive, vote the right way.

“I’m proud that — after contending with my predecessor’s efforts to deny Virginians their fundamental rights — we have restored the rights of more than 66,000 Virginians who have served their time,” Spanberger said. “These Virginians deserve the right to use their vote, make their voices heard, and be recognized as contributing citizens to our Commonwealth and country.”

The press release comes as Virginia residents in the fall will be able to “vote in a referendum on a constitutional amendment that would allow” felons in Virginia to have their voting rights restored “upon their release from incarceration.”

Elsewhere, we have the continued fallout of Anthony Fauci, who in the last analysis will have a body count approaching that of Pol Pot and Chairman Mao.

COVID was nothing less than a modern-day Holocaust.  It killed roughly seven million people worldwide. Economies crumbled, and trillions of dollars were lost. Families were kept apart on holidays. We watched our grandparents die alone on tablets. Funerals were either not allowed or limited to 10 people. Children didn't go to school, creating years of educational and emotional damage they still feel today.

And over in Spain, there's the Islamic invasion that is merely the promised reconquista of what was Christian Spain back into Al-Andalus. There's a lesson about this that we better learn, my old friends and those like them with their heads up their ass notwithstanding.

It only took hours for tens of thousands of Moroccan illegal aliens to invade the Spanish territory of Ceuta this week. Removing those who remain will take far longer — if Spain even manages to remove them, given a recent court ruling that prohibits immediately deporting migrants who arrive by sea, as many did.
But let Spain’s overrun border be a reminder to Americans when measuring President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts against the mess left by the Biden administration: A government can destroy its border and country within a matter of days, sometimes weeks. Restoring sovereignty after your country is flooded with foreigners is a much more difficult and slow undertaking — and punishing Trump in the midterms won’t make the problem better.

With that, I bid you all to have a good day,


    ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

  • Robert Spencer: Of course no one on the left is speaking out. Patriots and lovers of freedom, however, can and must do so. For in National Socialist Germany, the harassment and persecution of the Jews did not end with their being barred from certain professions; on the contrary, at that point, it was just beginning. If Mamdani is doing all this now, what will he be doing in five years, or ten? (Those who complacently think he will be voted out after one term should remember that socialism often arrives through the ballot box, but never, ever leaves that way.) And while he has started with the Jews, against whom will he turn next?
    In Mamdani’s New York, It’s 1933 All Over Again


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1 Hola horde! Lets watch JJ blow out the 29 candles and everyone gets cake!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 07:29 AM (UqeTT)

2 Happy Monday

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 07:29 AM (/+uur)

3 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 07:29 AM (M3+vL)

4 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

5 Stretching
Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 03, 2026 07:29 AM (w3u3d)

6 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 07:32 AM (2Cry5)

7 Willowed:

FenelonSpoke

I came across something interesting on my hard drive:

295 Posted by: buzzion at September 15, 2017 02:59 PM (cAnNx)

Nope; Somebody else did in buzzion, I tell you. I was nowhere around, was visiting my sick mother, was helping out at the food pantry, was at a retreat helping children with their after school homework , etc. etc. :^)

Really, my typocide had nothing to do with Buzzion's demise. I keep track of my internet kills.
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Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

8 Top 10! I'm doing OK!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 07:35 AM (+4yJ5)

9 Much disliking Trump's lack of deporting millions of illegals.

Much disliking Trump's bungling with dealing with Iran and other Islamic terrorist.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 07:37 AM (M3+vL)

10 BehindTheBlack reports SpaceX is rumored to be building another launch site in Louisiana, about halfway between NoLa and Houston. Interesting choice, since they sometimes get a little weather up there.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 07:38 AM (PDpni)

11 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 07:38 AM (JvZF+)

12 So it seems that Timothee Chalamet is the only normal person from the Dune movies.

Yes, yes; he's probably liberal. But he got accused of being a Nazi because he wants a wife and children.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 07:40 AM (+4yJ5)

13 Mornin' Horde. Cold has been driving me nuts all weekend. Does not feel like it's going to be a good week for yours truly, but the Lord has surprised me in the past, so let's see how it goes, shall we?

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at August 03, 2026 07:40 AM (mQbp+)

14 ...leaves one to wonder just what the ever-loving fuck is wrong with seemingly intelligent people.
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The story of my life, really

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 07:41 AM (JvZF+)

15 Monday, Monday so good to me 🎵

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 07:41 AM (+gA9j)

16 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at August 03, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

17 "John Reed was one of the foremost left-wing leaders during America’s early 20th-century Progressive Era and had much in common with today’s Democratic Socialists."

But, but, in "Reds" Warren Beatty was soooo dreamy!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 03, 2026 07:45 AM (SgdqL)

18 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)

19 “I was asked to by Saudi Arabia, by UAE, by Qatar, and by Iran,” he told reporters Sunday aboard Air Force One when asked why he aborted the plan to strike Iran.
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That's funny. I am reliably informed Trump is a puppet of da joooz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 07:46 AM (JvZF+)

20 Francesca Hong is a doozy of a candidate, the commie chick running for Wisconsin governor, having survived a high school suicide attempt, and then was confined to a mental hospital. She also survived an overdose of lithium, which she apparently takes to keep her bipolar disorder in check.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 07:46 AM (nUOgX)

21 What in yjJs history conflates big breasted Nazis with his political opponents ?

Posted by: Paul at August 03, 2026 07:45 AM (2pbWv)
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Isn't it obvious, pea-brami?

Socialist boobs.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 07:47 AM (M3+vL)

22 JJS, Your friend ↓ acquaintance does have a point.

Society usually does recover—but not as before.

For example, during the Climate Change™ era, completely destroying the grid was one of the Left's goals.

They almost succeeded, but because of the real-life threats, and an AI "investment" bubble, there is an accelerated attempt by many companies to advance a technology that nearly stalled and died—nuclear.

There is a homeostasis of Pain and Misery that society must keep alive. For every technological advance that improves society, you have demonic spawn who drags society down and creates whole categories of problems—all of which humanity has seen before, and examples always persist somewhere around the globe.

So we know better, the Left is the Yin to the Yang

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 07:48 AM (a4flb)

23 "...conflates big breasted Nazis with his political opponents..."

Maybe he doesn't know about the cup sizes.

Posted by: Frank Costanza at August 03, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)

24 Troll is unclear on the concept.

What a shock.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 07:49 AM (JvZF+)

25 Australian Academics Demand That Winner of ‘Israel-Linked’ Prize Refuse to Accept It

Most academics are leftists, and most academics also hate Israel. Coincidence? Nope.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 07:50 AM (l3cgK)

26 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 07:50 AM (77rzZ)

27 Dr. Birx Admits Blue States Over-closed to Send Political Signal in Election Year

Translation: "Please don't roast me on a spit before Congress"

Posted by: Halfhand at August 03, 2026 07:50 AM (eh5tU)

28 I saw Homeostasis of Pain and Misery open for Sting at Madison Square Garden.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 03, 2026 07:50 AM (SgdqL)

29
9 Much disliking Trump's lack of deporting millions of illegals.

Much disliking Trump's bungling with dealing with Iran and other Islamic terrorist.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 07:37 AM (M3+vL)

With deportation: logistically, they’re doing the best they can. It took 30 or 40 years to create this problem, it can’t be fixed in a month or two. (Try to imagine the troops needed to round up and detain 30% of Los Angeles, snd that’s just a fraction of the problem)

With Iran - by trying his hardest to avoid a big war in the middle of the mid term campaign, Trump is unwittingly bringing about a big war during the midterm campaign. Iran’s greatest dream is to play with ceasefires for another couple of months, and then launch massive suicidal attacks at the beginning of October, just to fuck the US up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 07:50 AM (/R3g/)

30 Don't take Pea-Brami if you're allergic to Pea-Brami.

Posted by: Big Farma at August 03, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)

31 Francesca Hong is a doozy of a candidate,

And that is what America truly wants when the next crisis hits—an insane, profoundly ignorant tyrant who will respond with a psychotic episode, then disappear for months on end while the people she appoints around her do the work of the Devil.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 07:52 AM (a4flb)

32 Ashish Jha reverses earlier view and says it's more likely that the pandemic started with a lab leak.

He didn't reverse his earlier view. He knew it came from a lab all along. He just stopped lying since lying stopped being useful, in this case.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)

33 27 Dr. Birx Admits Blue States Over-closed to Send Political Signal in Election Year

Translation: "Please don't roast me on a spit before Congress"
Posted by: Halfhand at August 03, 2026 07:50 AM


Also: Check out my new scarf collection on Etsy!

Posted by: Old Lady Birx at August 03, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

34 I love PDJT. Great president IMO…. But at the same time I can’t get past this feeling that he’s seriously bungling the Iran situation. All the stop and go, back and forth and what turn out to be empty threats. Honestly it’s driving me nuts and I don’t understand it. How possibly could the mullahs and IRGC take him seriously at this point? I’m sure they believe they can win by stringing him along and waiting him out

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 07:53 AM (+gA9j)

35 Stop sending federal taxpayer money to the states!

Amen!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 03, 2026 07:54 AM (ExV1e)

36 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 03, 2026 07:54 AM (53oGX)

37 Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 07:50 AM (/R3g/)
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I strongly disagree with you regarding deportations. The administration has retreated in multiple ways.

Plus, Trump is (again) not hiring the correct people:

https://tinyurl.com/be5frkfj

Regarding Iran, yep.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 07:54 AM (M3+vL)

38 Hong graduated from high school in 2007, spent time in a mental hospital, then attended Macalester College in St. Paul for one semester, busted out, tried again at UWisc-Madison, her hometown school, failed out again, and now she is the leading Democrat in the primary race.

Some crazy candidates this year.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 07:56 AM (jKGsh)

39 Don't take Pea-Brami if you're allergic to Pea-Brami.

Posted by: Big Farma at August 03, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)
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My stomach is turning just because of my own typo.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 07:56 AM (M3+vL)

40 Biden's Dog

What do you recommend the US do to Iran?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

41 "Florida refused. History vindicated it.
Don’t Forget How Florida Defeated Faucism – and Vindicated Federalism"

I've said for a long time now that the DeSantis-Gillum FL gubernatorial election was the most important state election in American history. I shudder to think about what the US would have been like if Gillum shut down FL, just like NY, MA, MI and other Blue States were during COVID.

I never thought that DeSantis should have run for POTUS in 2024 against Trump, but that doesn't take away for a moment what he did for this country as FL governor.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 03, 2026 07:56 AM (0CU3H)

42 Spit roast shouldn't be used in a sentence with Dr Birx.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 07:57 AM (2pORR)

43 One of the first "laws" the Nazis implemented was to ban Jews from public swimming pools, baths, spas, etc. On some "hygiene" pretense. Can Mamdani be far behind?

Posted by: Terr-ific Dancer, Though at August 03, 2026 07:57 AM (JM9I6)

44 No link about the fires in Spokane, JJ?

I hope our Diogenes, and any other Hordelings in the area, are safe.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 07:58 AM (77rzZ)

45 Biden's Dog

What do you recommend the US do to Iran?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)
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Too late but "speak softly and carry a big stick" should have been the golden rule when this started.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 07:58 AM (M3+vL)

46 "How possibly could the mullahs and IRGC take him seriously at this point? I’m sure they believe they can win by stringing him along and waiting him out..."
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 07:53 AM

I have to wonder if the org chart has been so decimated that the only people available to answer the phone today were on the janitorial staff two months ago.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 07:59 AM (2Ez/1)

47 27 Dr. Birx Admits Blue States Over-closed to Send Political Signal in Election Year

Translation: "Please don't roast me on a spit before Congress"
Posted by: Halfhand at August 03, 2026 07:50 AM (eh5tU)

Birx is currently on the advisory board of Palantir, one of Trump's favorite defense contractors.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 03, 2026 07:59 AM (0CU3H)

48 With deportation: logistically, they’re doing the best they can.

There is a monopoly on exorcising the criminals from the land—the government. And in a lot of cases you have the left hand fighting the right hand so not only is there the normal background levels of lethargy, corruption and incompetence, you have active malignant interference.

It used to be, when a job was too big for the US government to do with its current resources was to invoke a draft—that is, calling up certain citizens to put their lives on hold, at best, and surrender their lives, at most to protect the government leadership's vanity, status and power.

If the US government can abduct and risk the lives of millions of young men for CW, WW1, WW11, Korea, and Vietnam, how about just proclaiming a middle ground where volunteers can take up arms, decide their own risk, and remove the enemy within?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 07:59 AM (a4flb)

49 I have to wonder if the org chart has been so decimated that the only people available to answer the phone today were on the janitorial staff two months ago.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 07:59 AM (2Ez/1)
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That's what Trump says.

WRONGO!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 08:00 AM (M3+vL)

50 Biden's Dog

I know. Woulda, shouda.

We are past that, and need a new path.

Gulf Arabs and SA are stopping needed actions, IMHO.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

51 44 No link about the fires in Spokane, JJ?

I hope our Diogenes, and any other Hordelings in the area, are safe.
Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 07:58 AM (77rzZ)



What? I saw no links at all.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 03, 2026 08:02 AM (x0n13)

52 49 I have to wonder if the org chart has been so decimated that the only people available to answer the phone today were on the janitorial staff two months ago.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 07:59 AM (2Ez/1)
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That's what Trump says.

WRONGO!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 08:00 AM (M3+vL)

Who is this Janet Ori AllStaff person you're talking about?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 08:02 AM (l3cgK)

53 Birx is currently on the advisory board of Palantir, one of Trump's favorite defense contractors.

Did Trump appoint Birx to a publicly traded firm's BoD?

If not, even greater reason to make her life too difficult and toxic to Palantir's relationship to the money faucet for her to remain.

Obviously the BoD gig was a reward for her part in killing and maiming millions.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 08:03 AM (a4flb)

54 Trump's hiring and personnel starting to feel like he did not learn from his mistakes in his first term.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 08:04 AM (JvZF+)

55 It is worse than that.

When the evil Mamdani was elected, how much of the electorate actually participated in the election?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 08:04 AM (4g5V+)

56 What a bunch of silly whining about Iran. Sheesh. Instant solutions aren't possible when the IRGC is as dug in as a tick in the Persian body. Starting on this quest may have been quixotic, buy Trump was persuaded to do what he swore not to do, getting involved in a middle east conflict, but he obviously thinks it is critically important. Israel may worry he is trying negotiation, and Americans may worry he is involved at all, but Iran has been a destructive problem ever since Carter put the mullahs in charge and PDJT is trying to effectively end the issue. Its messy. The IRGC leadership, and maybe most of their troops, maybe need to die first, but Trump is making every effort he reasonably can to not kill other Iranians. Lets trust him. See if he gets results.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 08:04 AM (/+1dw)

57 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)

58 Any news about l’affaire Iran I scroll past now. Good response, or bad, that’s what I do.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 08:05 AM (Gqar8)

59 It is worse than that.

When the evil Mamdani was elected, how much of the electorate actually participated in the election?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 08:04 AM (4g5V+)


There's something like 8 million in NYC and only 2 million voted in the Mamdani election. Those numbers were touted as high, but 6 million chose to say "f*ckit" and take what's coming to them, good and hard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 08:05 AM (2YhKe)

60 Maybe I don't know how to read a map, but aren't those fine upstanding young Moroccan Rhodes Scholars still technically on the continent of Africa and haven't crossed the Mediterranean Sea into what is generally accepted to be the continent of, you know, Europe?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 08:05 AM (2Ez/1)

61 Community Notes

This call for volunteers is a war without front lines. Could get out of control. 40-50 million dead, based on the Spanish Civil War.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

62 The invasion of Ceuta is just a snapshot of what Democrats will do with America’s border next time they get power.

Spain’s Illegal Alien Invasion Shows It Would Take Democrats Only A Few Hours To Destroy Trump’s Border Progress

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I hope we are all well aware of this exact catastrophic event occurring just as soon as there is another Democrat president. And make no mistake. Unfortunately and with deep fear, we all know it will happen one day. How many years? 2028? 2032? I don't know. But I know what we experienced under Biden will be a mere shadow of melted, nonexistent borders and a crush of 3rd world people* by comparison.

*Special emphasis will be on the importation of muslims worldwide...

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 08:08 AM (qBdHI)

63 Quarter Twenty

That part of Spain is outside NATO and the EU, but not outside Spanish immigration control.

What is lacking is not Spanish military power, but political will to defend Spain.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

64 Remember that high school wrestler who got finger-r*ped by the tranny during a match?

The principle and athletic coordinator at the high school have been criminally charged with failing to report a sexual assault against a minor.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 08:08 AM (AdHga)

65 Trump’s popularity is now lower than Biden in some polls. Whatever the hell he is doing on Iran makes him look feckless- and when did we allow Gulf Countries to dictate our foreign policy?

He just gave Iran another arrow in their quiver by responding to their threats on Saudi infrastructure with a pause in combat operations.

To the average voter this looks confusing and weak. Why not finish the job and let Iran pick up what’s left of the pieces?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 08:09 AM (68/6A)

66 Wouldn't it be wonderful if PDT didn't have to listen to any of regional actors in the Middle East

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 08:09 AM (abScH)

67 Tax return release is total bullshit.
Taxes for someone with a business or K1s or large investments makes ZERO sense to worker that just get a paycheck.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 08:09 AM (/+uur)

68 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 08:09 AM (yJpcc)

69 {{{Lady in Black}}}

Empower Bill Gates to kill Africans in Africa?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

70 56 What a bunch of silly whining about Iran. Sheesh. Instant solutions aren't possible when the IRGC is as dug in as a tick in the Persian body. Starting on this quest may have been quixotic, buy Trump was persuaded to do what he swore not to do, getting involved in a middle east conflict, but he obviously thinks it is critically important. Israel may worry he is trying negotiation, and Americans may worry he is involved at all, but Iran has been a destructive problem ever since Carter put the mullahs in charge and PDJT is trying to effectively end the issue. Its messy. The IRGC leadership, and maybe most of their troops, maybe need to die first, but Trump is making every effort he reasonably can to not kill other Iranians. Lets trust him. See if he gets results.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 08:04 AM (/+1dw)

I believe his current actions are predicated on keeping oil from spiking too much and ruining the economy, while keeping pressure on the IRGC. The conventional wisdom is that Trump has to fold before the midterms to save Congress. My view is that he's stalling for time to get past the midterms with Congress intact, and after the election he'll finish them.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 03, 2026 08:10 AM (0CU3H)

71 Troy Jackson Is The Cousin F*cker Who Would Replace The Nazi

Well, it's still legal in some states...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 08:10 AM (l3cgK)

72 It is worse than that.

When the evil Mamdani was elected, how much of the electorate actually participated in the election?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 08:04 AM (4g5V+)


There's something like 8 million in NYC and only 2 million voted in the Mamdani election. Those numbers were touted as high, but 6 million chose to say "f*ckit" and take what's coming to them, good and hard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Don't forget about the fraud involved.

A very low turnout with a lot of questions that probably won't get answered.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 08:11 AM (2pORR)

73 Don’t forget the socialist government of Spain just minted 300,000 new citizens in 2025 most of them from North Africa.

It’s not just Ceuta the EU is worried about. It’s giving legal status to hundreds of thousands “migrants”.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 08:12 AM (68/6A)

74
I believe his current actions are predicated on keeping oil from spiking too much and ruining the economy, while keeping pressure on the IRGC. The conventional wisdom is that Trump has to fold before the midterms to save Congress. My view is that he's stalling for time to get past the midterms with Congress intact, and after the election he'll finish them.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 03, 2026 08:10 AM (0CU3H)


That's what I'm thinking

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 08:12 AM (crd+F)

75 In a new paper published in the Planetary Science Journal, Sickafoose and her team describe how Pluto’s atmosphere changed over the 2017-2023 timeframe.

--

Sickafoose?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI)

76 64 Remember that high school wrestler who got finger-r*ped by the tranny during a match?

The principle and athletic coordinator at the high school have been criminally charged with failing to report a sexual assault against a minor.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 08:08 AM
###

Dang it.

Posted by: Person who likes to say Nothing Will Happen at August 03, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

77 'Dune' Star Javier Bardem Blames Israel for the Illegal Migrant Invasion of Spanish Ceuta

Huh? Muzzies from Morocco want to get into Spain because...
::: rolls 120-sided leftist die :::
ISRAEL!

Sure, let's completely ignore the Spanish Judge's ruling...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 08:13 AM (l3cgK)

78
Don't forget about the fraud involved.

A very low turnout with a lot of questions that probably won't get answered.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 08:11 AM (2pORR)


You turnout to overcome the fraud. If there was fraud in that election, there was even less turnout than 'votes' counted.

Still, they all stayed home and let that commie f*ck get elected and get to reap it.

I'm all out of sorry to feel.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 08:13 AM (2YhKe)

79 Today Is National Watermelon Day. 🍉

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

80 --

Sickafoose?
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI)

It's pronounced "Throat-warbler mangrove".

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 03, 2026 08:14 AM (SgdqL)

81 'Dune' Star Javier Bardem Blames Israel for the Illegal Migrant Invasion of Spanish Ceuta

Huh? Muzzies from Morocco want to get into Spain because...
::: rolls 120-sided leftist die :::
ISRAEL!

Sure, let's completely ignore the Spanish Judge's ruling...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 08:13 AM (l3cgK)


'Dune star' should've been your first clue that what's coming next is nonsensical bullshit from the mouth of a complete idiot who people only know when they pretend to be someone else.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 08:15 AM (2YhKe)

82 75 In a new paper published in the Planetary Science Journal, Sickafoose and her team describe how Pluto’s atmosphere changed over the 2017-2023 timeframe.

--

Sickafoose?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI)

It could be worse...

Posted by: Jeffrey Sickendieck at August 03, 2026 08:15 AM (l3cgK)

83 Don't take Sickafoose if you're...

Posted by: Oh, never mind at August 03, 2026 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)

84 Iran is already a drag on the midterms. The average pedestrian voter is against the war. They believe, right or wrong, it is taking away from domestic issues. We should have made that place a pile of rubble months ago.

And it doesn’t look like the Iranian people are doing shit. It’s their country.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 08:15 AM (68/6A)

85 He just gave Iran another arrow in their quiver by responding to their threats on Saudi infrastructure with a pause in combat operations.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 08:09 AM (68/6A)
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Iran says they stopped attacking ships in Hormuz so Trump says, in response, he is continuing to negotiate rather than bomb.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 08:15 AM (WtHHI)

86
Sickafoose?
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI)


Chip Foose >

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 08:15 AM (2YhKe)

87 The conventional wisdom is that Trump has to fold before the midterms to save Congress. My view is that he's stalling for time to get past the midterms with Congress intact, and after the election he'll finish them.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 03, 2026 08:10 AM (0CU3H)
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This really is the fatal flaw in American foreign policy. Our two sides are diametrically opposed to each other.

Countries in conflict with us know they can wait until our next election cycle and then they'll get a different result.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 08:16 AM (FZ29D)

88 Huh? Muzzies from Morocco want to get into Spain because...
::: rolls 120-sided leftist die :::
ISRAEL!

--

On Friday, I read deeeep thoughts from other dumb leftists that it was Trump's fault.

Yes, they're that ignorant.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 08:16 AM (qBdHI)

89 Remember that high school wrestler who got finger-r*ped by the tranny during a match?

The principle and athletic coordinator at the high school have been criminally charged with failing to report a sexual assault against a minor.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider


Good. I do not understand why the trans movement is the hill to fie on for some people. Especially those who aren't trans.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 08:16 AM (yJpcc)

90 79 Today Is National Watermelon Day. 🍉

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

Is dat raciiis?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 08:16 AM (l3cgK)

91 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Working to cement the Gulf states on our side would work better for the long term.

I know the desire for a drone Zerg Rush while acting like Leeroy Jenkins is strong. Rip the band-aid off.

If the Gulf States can't get this peace offer to work, then we need to send Iran back to 900 AD.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

92 Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 03, 2026 08:10 AM (0CU3H)
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Sounds about right

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 08:17 AM (WtHHI)

93 "Dune" stars. Is there anything they DON'T know?

Posted by: Homer Simpson at August 03, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

94 I was going to comment on my views about gambling but decided not to. Passions around the place are running too high for that.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 08:17 AM (Gqar8)

95 Empower Bill Gates to kill Africans in Africa?

==

{{{Salty}}}

He has a knack for it! Drop some meat allergy ticks on them while he's at it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

96 Sickafoose?
Posted by: Lady in Black


Chip Foose >
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


Everybody! Let's dance! Footloose!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 08:18 AM (yJpcc)

97 This call for volunteers is a war without front lines. Could get out of control. 40-50 million dead, based on the Spanish Civil War.

And how is this any worse than letting the cancer grow into full Bolshevism? If the US collapses, the world can see billions die.

Besides, guerilla warfare is a tactic that is well known. Lets say that a formal call to arms is made. The government has been surveilling Americans for generations and with Flock, mobile devices and plain piss-poor OPSEC on nearly everyone, lists can be gone through quickly by delegating out work to interested parties.

Instead of spending two weeks out hunting deer in the fall, spend those two weeks thinning out the Leftist enemies that through the currently totally corrupt criminal court system, have been allowed to keep their free reign of terror.

Hard men occasionally have to do hard things if they want to return to their soft lives and traditions.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 08:18 AM (a4flb)

98 I believe his current actions are predicated on keeping oil from spiking too much and ruining the economy, while keeping pressure on the IRGC. The conventional wisdom is that Trump has to fold before the midterms to save Congress. My view is that he's stalling for time to get past the midterms with Congress intact, and after the election he'll finish them.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 03, 2026 08:10 AM (0CU3H)

The Iranians will not allow that to happen. They are just as aware of our political situation as we are, and they are experts at exploiting it.
Every time the US threatens and backs down, the Iranians take the lesson that the US is weak and will not follow through. It guarantees worse actions by them in the future.

Some Israeli sources believe that have already constructed at least one nuclear weapon, and are just waiting for the most advantageous moment to use it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 08:19 AM (/R3g/)

99 "My view is that he's stalling for time to get past the midterms with Congress intact, and after the election he'll finish them."

Agree. Trump took on the risk to defang Iran else it would remain an unprotected flank with huge exposure for us, With nukes.

We let Iran fester for 50 years. Obama/ValJar wanted them to be a regional hegemon -- with nukes. So Trump is cleaning up the mess.

Time is on our side. Iran has no oil revenue and gets weaker by the day. The global oil industry is being re-aligned so Iran will soon be irrelevant.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 08:19 AM (dtajH)

100 79 Today Is National Watermelon Day. 🍉
Posted by: redridinghood

That's fine, but I sure wish these seeds would stay out of my ears!

Posted by: Stymie Beard, Our Gang at August 03, 2026 08:19 AM (JM9I6)

101 NaCly, it is called geopolitics and there in lies the rub. The Armchair Generals seem to forget that messy fact

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 08:20 AM (abScH)

102 >The principle and athletic coordinator at the high school have been criminally charged with failing to report a sexual assault against a minor.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

That's good on principle.
Did anything happen to the school's principal?

Posted by: Pedantic Word Nerd at August 03, 2026 08:20 AM (2Ez/1)

103 Leftist blame wheel...
Israel
Trump
Capitalism
Landlords
Christianity
Heterosexuals
Men
Non-Tranny Women
Poverty
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 08:21 AM (l3cgK)

104 Countries in conflict with us know they can wait until our next election cycle and then they'll get a different result.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 08:16 AM (FZ29D)

The differences couldn't get more stark than they are now. Trump will fight for America. Any democrat will work on behalf of the enemy.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 08:21 AM (7s9Qe)

105 >> Iran says they stopped attacking ships in Hormuz so Trump says, in response, he is continuing to negotiate rather than bomb.

No. The order was- the Gulf States asked Trump to pause operations because they were close to another deal. lol.

*makes ok sign*

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 08:21 AM (BGHdB)

106 >>Gulf Arabs and SA are stopping needed actions, IMHO.

When Trump says that is the reason over and over it probably is more than just an opinion. He said it again yesterday afternoon.

Trump is trying to change the dynamic throughout the region not just beat Iran. We beat Iraq and look how great that turned out. Place is still infested with terrorists. Trump is trying to unite the region in an economic alliance and move past the tribal and religious issues that have been the defining characteristics of the region forever. That means building alliances.

I honestly don't know why some of you are so worked up about an issue that has so little direct bearing on our daily lives. Our military isn't getting chewed up in a ground war, Iran is being methodically picked apart, proxies like Hamas are dissolving, the will never get nukes. I hear more complaining about Iran here than I do in the media.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 08:22 AM (viF8m)

107 In Ceuta, the Barbarians have breached the gates. 

In Spain proper, the Barbarians have already been invited inside the gates. The rest of the EU is starting to wke up to this.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 08:22 AM (dtajH)

108 “But of course there is a downside, and that is that more than a few have revealed their abject cluelessness”

I have a friend that I’ve known since first grade and was at her house this weekend. She’s a retired brainwashed teacher and was always the boho chic artsy type. I’m the retired conservative oil&gas math nerd. We usually don’t talk politics. She said how she’d love to live in the UK or Paris. I said, no you wouldn’t, a pregnant woman got murdered by a Muslim in broad daylight in Paris. She goes, well, murder happens everywhere. She’ll be the first to complain about wearing a hijab and giving up her dogs.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 03, 2026 08:23 AM (SjAWL)

109 Working to cement the Gulf states on our side would work better for the long term.

Sadly, this means that the US is likely to even become more Islamic as these Gulf States, in return for their billions in pledged economic investment and running around in the Gulf probably would not be keen on the US disallowing more mosques and Sharia law enclaves from sprouting up like the metastasizing cancer Islam is.

The US has a nasty penchant for trying to be like the people we hate so that they will be our temporary "friends".

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 08:23 AM (a4flb)

110 The principle and athletic coordinator at the high school have been criminally charged with failing to report a sexual assault against a minor.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

The cops should be on the hook for this as well.

"Errr...why are you putting those meat hooks up on the ceiling?"

"Did you think I was not being literal?"

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 08:23 AM (+4yJ5)

111 I've never heard about Cueta until last week. Nice to know an old codger can still learn something.

Posted by: Old Man Adams, The Sourest Man In Town at August 03, 2026 08:23 AM (JM9I6)

112 BTW, I support POTUS. But at this point the “pull my finger” gag might apply.

The average voter is losing their patience with this crap. He needs to clean it up and move on.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 08:23 AM (BGHdB)

113 106

I honestly don't know why some of you are so worked up about an issue that has so little direct bearing on our daily lives. Our military isn't getting chewed up in a ground war, Iran is being methodically picked apart, proxies like Hamas are dissolving, the will never get nukes. I hear more complaining about Iran here than I do in the media.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 08:22 AM (viF8m)

The fear and loathing of another “ loss” in military operations?

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 08:24 AM (Gqar8)

114 105 >> Iran says they stopped attacking ships in Hormuz so Trump says, in response, he is continuing to negotiate rather than bomb.

No. The order was- the Gulf States asked Trump to pause operations because they were close to another deal. lol.

*makes ok sign*

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 08:21 AM (BGHdB)

Dat's raciis too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 08:24 AM (l3cgK)

115 There is a video on X of a young, pretty blonde girl filming on her phone as the Moroccan invaders rush past her.
She is smiling and waving them in--proving her tolerance and acceptance to all good Spaniards.

Two approach her, tell her she is very pretty and would she know some place good to eat.

She hasn't been seen since, no messages and her phone appears to be off.

But the good Spaniards are still welcoming the invaders and proudly wearing their virtue over that hateful, racist Trump.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 08:25 AM (3cUTc)

116 Some Israeli sources believe that have already constructed at least one nuclear weapon, and are just waiting for the most advantageous moment to use it.
==

A dirty bomb ? Very likely. They should have been bombed nonstop since April, not negotiated with. There are no islamo-nazi "moderates" or "pragmatists".

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:25 AM (g47mK)

117 JackStraw

Good points.

My real worry is not Iran, but the so-far successful attempts by the media, Dems, and Communists, (BIRM) to use this as a wedge to seize power.

Ending the electrical generation capacity of Iran ends the problem, IMHO. And starts a new path of other problems, sure.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ)

118 The differences couldn't get more stark than they are now. Trump will fight for America. Any democrat will work on behalf of the enemy.

And this is exactly how you get foreign sovereign wealth funds to pour billions into US elections.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 08:26 AM (a4flb)

119 The problem with iran is we are not bombing enough. We should be bombing 24/7, bring in air forces from all over the world to bomb too, park subs and ships off their coast and send cruise missiles 24/7. Turn the whole country into a free fire range for a year or two.

Posted by: Raytheon at August 03, 2026 08:26 AM (F1rMs)

120 The average voter doesn't give a fuck about Iran. Go ask 50 people what they think about Iran and 49 will answer " I have no idea"

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 08:27 AM (abScH)

121 34 All the stop and go, back and forth and what turn out to be empty threats.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Sad to have to agree. If this is 4-D chess being played out I want to see checkmate soon.

Posted by: Auspex at August 03, 2026 08:27 AM (Y8DZL)

122 "The Burning Hatred From Neocons Is Good For J.D. Vance In 2028"

In the past week, I've seen a bunch of interviews with Governor Ron DeSantis.
I really like where his head is at and the way he solves problems immediately.
I still haven't ruled him out.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

123 I will say that I have no problem with restoring voting rights for felons once their sentence is complete, but to my nind thst isn't the end if incarceration, but when their parole/probation is done.

I am open to revoking the voting rights of recidivists, but I believe you should have the opportunity to become a full member of society once again after you have served your time.

Also note: technically, Trump is currently considered a 34 time felon right now.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 03, 2026 08:30 AM (2RJDy)

124 >>My real worry is not Iran, but the so-far successful attempts by the media, Dems, and Communists, (BIRM) to use this as a wedge to seize power.

If we get more performances like RFK's with Dana Bash yesterday the media will be a much smaller problem. Our side spends way too much time playing defense with these lying propagandists.

More verbal carpet bombing of the media and playing offense would go a long way toward having elections on our terms and not theirs.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 08:30 AM (viF8m)

125 A lot of this is conjecture, but I think the US has used about 1/3 of the interceptors in inventory needed to shoot down Iran/IRGC ballistic and cruise missiles. Those are pricey too. And the production is very, very slow.

Pauses in offensive operations might be because those need to be rearmed/replenished before another round of attacks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 08:32 AM (2Cry5)

126 122 "The Burning Hatred From Neocons Is Good For J.D. Vance In 2028"

In the past week, I've seen a bunch of interviews with Governor Ron DeSantis.
I really like where his head is at and the way he solves problems immediately.
I still haven't ruled him out.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

I still consider DeSantis the best executive at any level of government over the past couple of decades, though Rubio's stint at Secretsry of State is rather impressive.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 03, 2026 08:32 AM (2RJDy)

127 Paul had released online the contents of Fauci’s diary. This document shows Fauci obsessed with his TV appearances, which he notes almost daily under a regular heading marked “Press.” He offers accounts of his interactions with celebrities such as Julia Roberts and Barbara Streisand and mentions the numerous cash prizes he began to receive. In the course of the hearing, it emerged that Fauci had directed his staff assiduously to enter him for these prizes, from which he raked in more than $1 million, though it is illegal for a civil servant to do so, according to Senator Josh Hawley.
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The author calls the diary release a "low blow". What an asshat comment. Fauci kept his journal on government machine and HE therefore decided to make it public. Fauci, not Paul. Furthermore, the diary contains evidence of crimes, as the author then himself notes, by citing Fauci directing public employees to gather money or his personal account.

So stop already with the fake empathy. Maybe watch a Fauci beagle video if you want a real taste of how awful a human you are defending.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 08:33 AM (YLfAR)

128 Spaniards should start beating the jihadi savages that invaded their borders with bone-in Jamon!

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:33 AM (g47mK)

129 Two approach her, tell her she is very pretty and would she know some place good to eat.

She hasn't been seen since, no messages and her phone appears to be off.

But the good Spaniards are still welcoming the invaders and proudly wearing their virtue over that hateful, racist Trump.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 08:25 AM (3cUTc)


She's fine with them raping her and abusing her because she knows deep in her heart she's being inclusive and supporting diversity in her country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 03, 2026 08:33 AM (2YhKe)

130 We go from fearing invasion to relaxing because of "peace talks". Like a yo-yo.

Posted by: The Straights of Hormuz at August 03, 2026 08:33 AM (JM9I6)

131 or lease the man eating pigs on them !

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:33 AM (g47mK)

132 I hear more complaining about Iran here than I do in the media.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 08:22 AM (viF8m)

Most conservatives are results-oriented, appreciate efficiency, and don't like the feeling they're being played. Maybe Trump is working out a brilliant long-term operation here. It doesn't always appear that way.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 08:34 AM (7s9Qe)

133 Raytheon

Less than 2,000 Tomahawks in inventory. Maybe only 1,000. CENTCOM is switching to other weapons to save some Tomahawks for the PLAN.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 08:34 AM (u82oZ)

134 "Justice Gorsuch keeps insisting America was founded as a religiously neutral nation, but the founding-era record tells a very different story.
Gorsuch Abandons Originalism (Again) With Claims America Isn’t A Christian Nation"

WHAT? Has Gorsuch never heard of the Church of England? What the founders wanted to be rid of was a state-mandated religion, such as the Church of England. That they knew all too well. America was founded as a Christian nation of Catholics and every Protestant religion.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 08:34 AM (5rh/l)

135 Pauses in offensive operations might be because those need to be rearmed/replenished before another round of attacks.

That assumes that Iran ONLY attacks in RESPONSE to US/Israel actions.

Is that what you are trying to say?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 08:34 AM (a4flb)

136 34 How possibly could the mullahs and IRGC take him seriously at this point? I’m sure they believe they can win by stringing him along and waiting him out
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Read his book, The Art of the Deal. Basically you have to tailor your negotiating style to whoever you are negotiating with. E.g. with Asians, avoiding loss of faith. With Iranians and Middle Eastern Muslims, you boast, brag, etc., With Democrats, you insult them to anger them to do counterproductive shit. And with GOPe, you keep pounding them too as they are essentially Democrats.

In all of that, Trump maintains strategic ambiguity which infuriates some here because his actual policy stances are fuzzy to them. Instead, consider that Trump is sailing the ship of state and tacking with the wind (tactical), heading straight toward the objective is impossible because the wind (geopolitics) is fickle, uncertain, and waxes and wanes, but Trump sets his mind on a particular objective in the distance and that is what his tactical moves are intended to advance.

FWIW, now up to 1.6 million deportations formal and it appears at least 2.5 million voluntary. Early school figures are showing another drop.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 08:35 AM (E4rtv)

137 Imagine, if you will: Vance wins in '28 and '32 and Rubio remains Secretary of State until January of 2037...

Posted by: In a world... at August 03, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)

138 The IRGC is all bluster and bullshit. Where is the touted retribution? Rockers and dones are a bring intercepted
The IRGC is pushing fakeAI images of attacks that have never happened . The economic situation is worsening.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 08:36 AM (abScH)

139 RIMPAC 2026 has come and gone.

One of the SINKEX targets for the exercise was the AEGIS cruiser USS Mobile Bay.

First for S&G, they let an AC-130J take pot shots with its 30mm and 105mm. The coupe de grace was delivered by torpedo from a Canadian submarine.

https://youtu.be/PRqSWefuyF4

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 08:37 AM (2GVsD)

140 No. The order was- the Gulf States asked Trump to pause operations because they were close to another deal. lol.

*makes ok sign*

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 08:21 AM (BGHdB
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Your trolling runs contrary to the WH statement, but have it your way. What has Iran gained by stopping American attacks? Only time. And what are they able to use it for? Only negotiation. So Trump's pushing strategy continues.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 08:37 AM (bvwOM)

141 I often think about, when reading of lefties, how the even the demonic psychopath Mao got so sick and tired of the women of the Red Guard he had them killed.

That even he saw they eventually can't be controlled.

Others have mentioned the part of The Three Body Problem that covers the Red Guard.
At first it's jarring, that China allowed someone to criticize that.
But then you see, it's not Mao aimed at-- it's the bloodthirsty insane women who are being criticized.
The ones who up-end society having lost all natural affections.

The Karens of academia have raised their Red Guard here.
And they are just now coming to power as the DSA ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 08:37 AM (3cUTc)

142 I like DeSantis but I'm not quite sold on him as a President. Maybe he can take over from Rubio when he gets promoted to VP.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 08:38 AM (+4yJ5)

143 Anyone who sees a bit of problem with Vance's Catholic Socialism, failures of the MOU his clique was pushing, believing the Iranian savages, and his very weird ties to Cucker Tarlson and other figures of he Woke Reich is a neocon!

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:38 AM (g47mK)

144 With deportation: logistically, they’re doing the best they can. It took 30 or 40 years to create this problem, it can’t be fixed in a month or two.

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60 years.

DHS released numbers last night that they have forcibly deported 1.4 million people in the last 12 months (not across all of Trump's second term, for that, add 100,000-200,000 extra from the first few months).

All ratios for self deportations vs. forced deportations is between 3:1 and 6:1.

So, at least 4.5 million immigrants have self-deported, maybe as many as 9 million (I'd lean towards the lower end).

But, remember, Trump didn't snap his fingers and send 10,000 ICE personnel and all our global military into LA to deport everyone in 3 days, so nothing has happened. Besides, I saw a Bangladeshi man at my Costco this weekend, so obviously not one person has been deported.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 08:39 AM (bzPaY)

145 DeSantis is a brilliant executive/manager. His weakness is that he’s not a very good campaigner, and that’s often fatal to national aspirations.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 08:39 AM (/R3g/)

146 134 "Justice Gorsuch keeps insisting America was founded as a religiously neutral nation, but the founding-era record tells a very different story.
Gorsuch Abandons Originalism (Again) With Claims America Isn’t A Christian Nation"

WHAT? Has Gorsuch never heard of the Church of England? What the founders wanted to be rid of was a state-mandated religion, such as the Church of England. That they knew all too well. America was founded as a Christian nation of Catholics and every Protestant religion.
Posted by: Gref
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The dirty secret is that some states continued with their established churches until the 1840's. The myth of a secular Constitution with strict separation of church and state, the claims that most of the Founders were deist, and the melting pot are all historical lies promoted by those seeking to implement more 'modern' conceptions.

Most Supreme Court treatment of history is that by advocates seeking to misuse history to make points--so you get leftists like Justice Stevens swearing idiotically that the 2nd Amendment only applied to militias (ignoring most of early American history) because he wanted the feds and states to be able to ban guns in private hands.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 08:39 AM (E4rtv)

147 What the founders wanted to be rid of was a state-mandated religion, such as the Church of England.
Posted by: Gref
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Massachusetts had an established church until 1833, New Hampshire until 1819, and Vermont until 1807.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 08:40 AM (XvL8K)

148 Deportations are working. Some people want more/faster, but plenty of voters think the illegal invasion problem is solved, and want to know what Trump has done for them lately. Thats why the SAVE Act is important, a big, visible accomplishment for the voters to see.

If only the GOPe could stop trying to kill themselves....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 08:41 AM (bvwOM)

149 Anyone who points out that the Woke Reich denialism, isolationanism is working (either because they useful idiots, or being paid) for the "Multipolarity" axis is a neocon!11!

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:41 AM (g47mK)

150 *flicks an ear in puzzlement*

Has someone lost the script?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 08:42 AM (2GVsD)

151 Yes, they're that ignorant.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2026 08:16 AM (qBdHI)

It turns out you can just say things.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 08:42 AM (ZWBDi)

152 148 Deportations are working. Some people want more/faster, but plenty of voters think the illegal invasion problem is solved, and want to know what Trump has done for them lately. Thats why the SAVE Act is important, a big, visible accomplishment for the voters to see.

If only the GOPe could stop trying to kill themselves....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 08:41 AM (bvwOM)

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Trump is on track to completely undoing the Biden invasion in less than 4 years, that which everyone said was impossible.

Now people are complaining that he's not undoing 60 years of immigration invasion in 4 years and a Democrat may do it again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 08:42 AM (bzPaY)

153 Time is on our side. Iran has no oil revenue and gets weaker by the day. The global oil industry is being re-aligned so Iran will soon be irrelevant.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 03, 2026 08:19 AM (dtajH)

You may be right, I may be crazy — Billy Joel

Seriously, my own view is that Iran has more time than we do. They don’t have to worry about elections and popularity. Our electorate is fickle (like it or not). If we’re gonna go to war, we need to prosecute vigorously, rip the bandaid off and get it over with. Midterms in 3 months, a national election in 2 years. If Trump doesn’t finish the job and a dem gets in the WH it’s all for nought. IMHO we can’t afford to dither

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 08:42 AM (CUP/i)

154 Two approach her, tell her she is very pretty and would she know some place good to eat.

She hasn't been seen since, no messages and her phone appears to be off.

But the good Spaniards are still welcoming the invaders and proudly wearing their virtue over that hateful, racist Trump.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Some people have the mind of a child well into adulthood if they live that long. Most, absent being in a closed community that looks after them, don't fare well in bad times.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 08:43 AM (E4rtv)

155 >>Most conservatives are results-oriented, appreciate efficiency, and don't like the feeling they're being played. Maybe Trump is working out a brilliant long-term operation here. It doesn't always appear that way.

Again, I think a lot of people are judging what is happening based on how they want to handle the situation not how Trump wants to do it. Trump has been trying since his 1st term to not just continue the policies of the past, bombing and invading Middle East countries, breaking stuff and then rebuilding without changing the pattern that caused us to keep going back over and over.

His first foreign trip of his 2nd term was to the ME. He's trying to change old relationships and unite the region around economic activity. Bringing countries like SA, the UAE, Qatar and Israel into a coalition instead of at each other's throats. Iran as it is currently constituted will never be part of that alliance and now all those countries and more have a common enemy, the mullahs.

It took generations to get to this place. 50 years of the mullahs alone. He obviously has the ability to flatten Iran but is just as obviously not using it. He has a different goal.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 08:43 AM (viF8m)

156 Seen on X:
"All men should have to wear body cams so we can see the amount of harassment women go through each day."

Note the "solution" to the perceived problem is to force something on men.
Not, offer that women could freely wear a body cam their own selves.

Best response was:
"It'll backfire like police body cams. And probably explain the Salem Witch Trials and why those women were burned"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 03, 2026 08:43 AM (3cUTc)

157 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Happy Monday to all
Loved the story over the weekend about lefty professor and podcaster Scott Galloway being "doxxed" by being included on Mamdani's pied-a-terre tax list. Galloway supported Mamdani and he didn't think the tax was bad but he and co-host nasty critter Kara Swisher seemed more interested in how the messaging looked than actual tax. He also seemed put out that he was named. The revolution devours its children Scotty boy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 08:43 AM (BFvh9)

158 How many decades are needed for people to learn that time is never on your side when you are dealing with islamo-nazis ? Another 50?

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:43 AM (g47mK)

159 DeSantis is a brilliant executive/manager. His weakness is that he’s not a very good campaigner, and that’s often fatal to national aspirations.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 08:39 AM (/R3g/)

His "Top Gov" commercial was so bad and full of GOPe, it confirmed that without wholesale changes and possibly a personality transplant, he is an absolute no-hoper nationally.

As the kids say it was "like, totally cringe".

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 08:44 AM (ZWBDi)

160 Troy Jackson Is The Cousin F*cker Who Would Replace The Nazi

We're going to have to rewrite the song, Terrence.

- Phillip

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 08:44 AM (bFu5X)

161 153
You may be right, I may be crazy — Billy Joel

Seriously, my own view is that Iran has more time than we do. They don’t have to worry about elections and popularity. Our electorate is fickle (like it or not). If we’re gonna go to war, we need to prosecute vigorously, rip the bandaid off and get it over with. Midterms in 3 months, a national election in 2 years. If Trump doesn’t finish the job and a dem gets in the WH it’s all for nought. IMHO we can’t afford to dither

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 08:42 AM (CUP/i)

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Once the UAE pipeline is completed (started in April, due to finish early next year), Iran loses all pretend leverage over the Strait of Hormuz. They don't even have that leverage now.

All while their people have started starving, they can't pay soldiers with anything but rials which are inflating 25% per week, and their GDP has dropped by 50% because they can't do trade anymore while their manufacturing base was destroyed (and Iran is not trying to rebuild). Hell, they're not even trying to rebuild bridges that were destroyed months ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 08:44 AM (bzPaY)

162 am open to revoking the voting rights of recidivists,

We are quickly returning to the Original Wisdom of the Founding Fathers when they calculated that the best votes came from people with true skin in the game:

White, male, adult, property owners who paid their taxes when they came to vote.

Hindsight demonstrates that the 15th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 24th and 26th Amendments have been mistakes that have only made things worse.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 08:44 AM (a4flb)

163
Every time the US threatens and backs down, the Iranians take the lesson that the US is weak and will not follow through. It guarantees worse actions by them in the future.

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That's not going unnoticed by China, either.

Posted by: Josephistan at August 03, 2026 08:44 AM (y9ksN)

164 163
Every time the US threatens and backs down, the Iranians take the lesson that the US is weak and will not follow through. It guarantees worse actions by them in the future.

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That's not going unnoticed by China, either.

Posted by: Josephistan at August 03, 2026 08:44 AM (y9ksN)

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There have been two sustained bombing campaigns in the last few months, with some extra bombings to protect the ceasefire in between.

The idea that people think that Trump won't bomb Iran at this point is silly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 08:45 AM (bzPaY)

165 I think the story of the weekend was the Oxford union debate. Biggest own goal by the mohammedans in years.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 03, 2026 08:46 AM (OED9O)

166 Russia, China, Iran, Sudan, sharia happy Turkey and the rest of the malcontents would love for the Isolationists to take over, for BRICS to replace whatever trading alliances exist, for the yuan to replace the dollar.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:47 AM (g47mK)

167 JJS

Thanks for the link to the House of David article.

R

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 08:47 AM (/+uur)

168 27 Dr. Birx Admits Blue States Over-closed to Send Political Signal in Election Year

Translation: "Please don't roast me on a spit before Congress"

Posted by: Halfhand at August 03, 2026 07:50 AM (eh5tU)


I fail to recall Birx or Fauci ever publicly saying Blue States were over-closing.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 08:48 AM (5rh/l)

169 TJM

Did you see the news about Netflix? Someone stole a bunch of hard drives from their Hollywood offices. One of the drives had an unreleased Nick Cage movie on it, unencrypted. So now the lawyers are involved.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 08:48 AM (2GVsD)

170 Justice Gorsuch keeps insisting America was founded as a religiously neutral nation, but the founding-era record tells a very different story.

Before he's out of there, we'll look upon Gorsuch about as fondly as Stephen Breyer.

I don't trust the guy. He's "law for the sake of law". If we're getting marched to the camps, and he finds a little nugget of jurisprudence that says its OK ? That cat will swing the gavel and call it good.

He's just as much of an activist as the rest of them. They ALL want the job in order to shape the country as they see fit.

Posted by: Howdy at August 03, 2026 08:48 AM (gJ+rW)

171 169 TJM

Did you see the news about Netflix? Someone stole a bunch of hard drives from their Hollywood offices. One of the drives had an unreleased Nick Cage movie on it, unencrypted. So now the lawyers are involved.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 08:48 AM (2GVsD)

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I did see that. Suing Netflix for $110 million.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 08:48 AM (bzPaY)

172 Nature abhors a vacuum, they say. I've come to realize that this also applies to Leftism. Leftism abhors an open and unconquered cultural space; it feels driven to conquer it. I've seen this in my industry, or cultural space (K9 handling and dog training), which hitherto has been relatively free of politics and cultural warfare. No longer. We're under assault from wokism. A hearty resistance has risen up. As in most of these cultural battle fronts, the Left is way ahead of us in terms of political savvy, money, lobbying, and social media emotional coercions.

One advantage we have is the utterly obvious contrast between our work products. That is, they produce failure and lie about it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 08:49 AM (7s9Qe)

173 IMHO we can’t afford to dither
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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They don't have the runway left to win-no oil, no money to function defensively. Simply put, we are not going to put troops there during Trump's term in office, so we use bombing as a method of attack instead. That takes a lot longer to win--the model is more the Linebacker I and II massive bombing raid strategy that Nixon used on North Vietnam to force them to cede for peace. It was not Nixon's fault that a Democrat Congress threw the victory (of keeping S. Vietnam relatively free away).

US violated its own treaty obligations and did not respond to direct invasion by the N. Va. Army and worse, Dems in Congress cut off all aid to S. Vietnam to fight.

Bombing works but it is a slower strategy than invasion and not a direct path to regime change. That, as always, depends on the Iranian people.

For the US, the stated goal has always been to prevent nukes, and we have pretty much done that and can continue to do that. And that is the gist of the difference between Israel and US--Israel thinks regime change is possible, US is not very sure about it.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 08:49 AM (E4rtv)

174 The guy in Maine is in a relationship with his second cousin, not his first. There’s enough genetic distance there to make it safe to have offspring with her.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

175 One of the drives had an unreleased Nick Cage movie on it, unencrypted. So now the lawyers are involved.

The criminal is demanding 5 million or he will release the movie.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 08:50 AM (+4yJ5)

176 In my opinion, Trump's biggest mistake with this war is not spending more time telling people what he is doing and why and the outcome he is shooting for. Which is ironic since if there is one thing Trump likes to do its talk.

Hold more talks to the nation and lay out the plan. Give more updates cause news from inside Iran is sparse. More communicating instead of negotiating in the media would go a long way.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 08:50 AM (viF8m)

177 So, probably 6 million people have left since Trump took office.

2008 study said that 6% of illegals voted.

If that maintained through that 6 million, that's 360,000 illegal voters deported.

Trump won with those 360,000 voters in the nation in 2024. Now, they're gone.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 08:50 AM (bzPaY)

178 "Here’s Your TDS Headline Of The Year"

"We had to look twice at this headline in the New York Times to believe it."

“In Trump’s Economy, Job Gains Go to Women. That’s Not an Entirely Good Thing.”

They will never give Trump credit for anything and when he does something that you would think they would like they try to spin it in the other direction.

It's like- Trump cures cancer and that's a bad thing because it puts oncologists out of business.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 08:51 AM (NpAcC)

179 I will not shut up about Iran until the Shah is seated on the Peacock Throne.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 08:51 AM (JvZF+)

180 Having children with your second cousin may be genetically safe , but it will still make them Democrats

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 08:52 AM (BFvh9)

181 In my opinion, Trump's biggest mistake with this war is not spending more time telling people what he is doing and why and the outcome he is shooting for.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 08:50 AM (viF8m)

Very true.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 08:52 AM (7s9Qe)

182 173 For the US, the stated goal has always been to prevent nukes, and we have pretty much done that and can continue to do that. And that is the gist of the difference between Israel and US--Israel thinks regime change is possible, US is not very sure about it.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 08:49 AM (E4rtv)

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The only reason people pay any attention to it anymore is because oil spikes by 20% once every few weeks when some bit of news comes along before it drops back down within a few days afterwards.

Trump has all the time in the world to squeeze.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 08:52 AM (bzPaY)

183 "Over-closed." What a stupid term.
"Overdid it."
"Went too far."
"Overzealous."
Plenty of other options.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)

184 174 The guy in Maine is in a relationship with his second cousin, not his first. There’s enough genetic distance there to make it safe to have offspring with her.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

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Just a 10% chance of genetic deformities.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 08:52 AM (bzPaY)

185 147 What the founders wanted to be rid of was a state-mandated religion, such as the Church of England.
Posted by: Gref
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Massachusetts had an established church until 1833, New Hampshire until 1819, and Vermont until 1807.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 08:40 AM (XvL8K)


Back then, the Department of Justice did not have a Civil Rights Division. Let alone such a Division run by Progressive anti-religion fanatics.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 08:52 AM (5rh/l)

186 Tommy Robinson says Mohammedans will kill to enforce their beliefs.
Arwa Elrayess, the president of the debating society, points out that without the protection of the police hired by the Oxford Union to protect Tommy he would be "cooked".

Arwa pronounced WINNER

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 08:52 AM (/+uur)

187 Trump had 4 goals at start of Iran's operation (not just one):

Obliterate the Ian's ballistic missile arsenal
Annihilate Iran's navy
Ensure Iran never acquires (or buys) a nuke
Sever Iran's support for terror proxies

We are 1/4.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:53 AM (g47mK)

188 123 I will say that I have no problem with restoring voting rights for felons once their sentence is complete, but to my nind thst isn't the end if incarceration, but when their parole/probation is done.

I am open to revoking the voting rights of recidivists, but I believe you should have the opportunity to become a full member of society once again after you have served your time.

Also note: technically, Trump is currently considered a 34 time felon right now.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 03, 2026 08:30 AM (2RJDy)

She says she wants to "restore Virginian's fundamental rights."

What about their 2nd Amendment rights? How can a Democrat not include that with a felon's fundamental rights??

Posted by: Dino58 at August 03, 2026 08:53 AM (eW9RX)

189 In my opinion, Trump's biggest mistake with this war is not spending more time telling people what he is doing and why and the outcome he is shooting for. Which is ironic since if there is one thing Trump likes to do its talk.

I agree to a point. If the guy sat down and tried to give 15 minutes to the American People on the topic ? I don't think he could focus that long without going off on a tangent. And honest, I doubt a good chunk of the country - including those who supported him - could suffer through it.

He's just not a pleasant guy to listen to. His act gets old real fast. It would be a job for Vance.

Posted by: Howdy at August 03, 2026 08:53 AM (gJ+rW)

190 Trump won with those 360,000 voters in the nation in 2024. Now, they're gone.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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But are their ballots still being mailed, harvested and voted?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 08:53 AM (XvL8K)

191 *flicks an ear in puzzlement*

Has someone lost the script?
Posted by: Anna Puma




Oow!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 08:53 AM (yJpcc)

192 ..Support for proxies is work in process, as is never acquiring a nuke, and ballistic missile arsenal...

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:54 AM (g47mK)

193 179 I will not shut up about Iran until the Shah is seated on the Peacock Throne.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 08:51 AM (JvZF+)

He is going to run NBC?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 08:54 AM (/+uur)

194 "183 "Over-closed." What a stupid term."

What does murdering the language matter when you've shown no compunction about doing the same to people.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 08:54 AM (7s9Qe)

195 >> What has Iran gained by stopping American attacks?

Trolling? A made a material statement of fact.

And they keep gaining leverage. First we ridiculously put the idea in their mind that access to the Gulf was something to be negotiated. Whoever introduced that into the process should be flogged. Now they threaten Saudi and the general region infrastructure and we respond by (once again) ceasing combat operations. You can hand waive that off all you want, but it is what the Iranians are mouthing at the moment. They believe it because they are fanatics.

They want to control access to the Gulf. Shit, they are discussing that issue with Oman because of the southern route ships are taking. So now we’ve teamed up Iran and Oman, who together now have the notion they control access to the Gulf. BTW Oman ain’t our friend.

The whole thing stinks. None of them can be trusted.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 08:54 AM (BGHdB)

196 190 Trump won with those 360,000 voters in the nation in 2024. Now, they're gone.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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But are their ballots still being mailed, harvested and voted?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 08:53 AM (XvL8K)

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That's the other side of it, the DOJ Civil Rights' Divisions efforts to clean up voter rolls. It's an uneven application, more successful in some areas (NC) than others (NY).

But, the point was that 6% of illegal aliens just...voted. They were regular voters. And they most likely voted Democrat. And those are gone now.

And we have 2.5 more years of this until the presidential election.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 08:55 AM (bzPaY)

197 Oh to laugh, British papers are now worrying that Iran is slipping trained military men into England via the Channel refugee boats.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 08:55 AM (2GVsD)

198 "Did you see the news about Netflix? Someone stole a bunch of hard drives from their Hollywood offices. One of the drives had an unreleased Nick Cage movie on it, unencrypted. So now the lawyers are involved."
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That's a shame.

Posted by: In my best Seinfeld voice at August 03, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

199 Instead of spending two weeks out hunting deer in the fall, spend those two weeks thinning out the Leftist enemies that through the currently totally corrupt criminal court system, have been allowed to keep their free reign of terror.

Hard men occasionally have to do hard things if they want to return to their soft lives and traditions.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 08:18 AM (a4flb)

I agree fully. I did what needed to be done.

Posted by: citizenvigilante at August 03, 2026 08:55 AM (hmYU4)

200 Back then, the Department of Justice did not have a Civil Rights Division. Let alone such a Division run by Progressive anti-religion fanatics.
Posted by: Gref
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It wasn't a federal matter. Until the civil war amendments were incorporated onto the states, there was nothing preventing them from establishing a religion.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 08:56 AM (XvL8K)

201 Trump won with those 360,000 voters in the nation in 2024. Now, they're gone.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison


174,000,000 total registered voters in 2024 presidential election. 77 million for Trump, 75 million for Harris & 89 million not voting.

The math ain't mathing.

77,303,568 + 75,019,230‎ = 152,322,798

Total voters voting 152,322,798 + supposed non-voters 89,278,948 = 241,601,746.

Voter registration in the United States has climbed to a new high heading into the 2026 midterm election cycle, with the latest state election office data compiled in April 2026 putting the national total at 204.6 million registered voters. That figure, which represents more than seven in ten U.S. residents aged 18 and older, marks a substantial jump from the 174 million registered voters the U.S. Census Bureau reported for the November 2024 presidential election.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 08:56 AM (yJpcc)

202 179 I will not shut up about Iran until the Shah is seated on the Peacock Throne.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 08:51 AM (JvZF+)

Isn't sitting on a pea-cock throne a bit self-deprecating? Basically telling the world you have a micro-penis...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 08:56 AM (l3cgK)

203 So the Shah will be shot in Technicolor?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 08:57 AM (2GVsD)

204 "The DSA platform says ... you work as much as you are able, and no more than needed," Maher pointed out. "If that was any closer to Karl Marx's dictum, from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs, they'd be sued for plagiarism."

"I think they want to seize the means of production," he quipped. "Now maybe you missed that in school, or missed school altogether, but that's communism. That's communism, which we tried, and it doesn't work."

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 08:57 AM (/+uur)

205 He's just as much of an activist as the rest of them. They ALL want the job in order to shape the country as they see fit.
Posted by: Howdy at August 03, 2026 08:48 AM (gJ+rW)

Yes...he is just another asshole judge devoid of common sense and overthinks eveything ad nauseam, because he is an asshole judge.

Posted by: Asshole Judge at August 03, 2026 08:57 AM (F1rMs)

206 Again, I think a lot of people are judging what is happening based on how they want to handle the situation not how Trump wants to do it. Trump has been trying since his 1st term to not just continue the policies of the past, bombing and invading Middle East countries, breaking stuff and then rebuilding without changing the pattern that caused us to keep going back over and over.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I think it is fear--fear that the Dems will take over Congress and fear that high gas prices and inflation will return.

It not even really an evaluation of the war but rather applying a domestic political lens to foreign policy abroad. Much like the Vietnam War--the conservatives and liberals by Nixon's mid first term agreed on getting US out--the conservatives because Nixon did not go all out to destroy the N. Vietnamese (ignoring what happened in Korea if we did that), the liberals because we were bombing and killing their peeps.

Something similar happened in Afghanistan debates or Iraq post Gulf War II.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 08:57 AM (E4rtv)

207 My parents are first cousins and it works for me. Made "States" in both butterfly and freestyle!

Posted by: Flipper Boy at August 03, 2026 08:57 AM (JM9I6)

208 I agree fully. I did what needed to be done.
Posted by: citizenvigilante


In & Out Burgers should allow you to dine for free for life.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 08:57 AM (yJpcc)

209
I keep track of my internet kills.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Probably the most frightening thing I'll read today. Fen tracks her kills.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 03, 2026 08:58 AM (QVmho)

210 What is the dope on the In&Out Chad?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 08:58 AM (2GVsD)

211 Oh to laugh, British papers are now worrying that Iran is slipping trained military men into England via the Channel refugee boats.

I've long thought that our single-handed support of NATO was a colossal mistake. By doing so, we allowed Europe to build these Democratic Socialist systems that the American Left then pointed to as successes to be emulated.

What we need is a good bad example. Some real life failure that the American Public can't ignore. Maybe that will be England. Maybe it will spread and be all of Europe.

Oh No !!! Anyway.

Posted by: Howdy at August 03, 2026 08:58 AM (gJ+rW)

212 197 Oh to laugh, British papers are now worrying that Iran is slipping trained military men into England via the Channel refugee boats.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Too late, the poofter Khameini already owns prime British real estate in the heart of London along with other IRGC tycoons.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 08:59 AM (E4rtv)

213 >>For the US, the stated goal has always been to prevent nukes, and we have pretty much done that and can continue to do that. And that is the gist of the difference between Israel and US--Israel thinks regime change is possible, US is not very sure about it.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 08:49 AM (E4rtv)

Ain’t nobody in Iran standing up to the IGRC and Basij. They keep hanging children for protesting and there isn’t even a whiff of organized resistance. Just a bunch of people running around (outside Iran btw) claiming they can be a replacement for the mullahs. Lots of talk but nobody wants to get in there, grab them by the throat, looks in their eyes and cut their heart out.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 08:59 AM (BGHdB)

214 Mamdani seems not evil but kind of dim.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 03, 2026 08:59 AM (qOLhH)

215 Just curious, how many f*cking Spiderman movies are they going to make?

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 09:00 AM (7s9Qe)

216 184 174 The guy in Maine is in a relationship with his second cousin, not his first. There’s enough genetic distance there to make it safe to have offspring with her.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

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Just a 10% chance of genetic deformities.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 08:52 AM (bzPaY)

In old church records, they wanted at least 4 degrees of separation (consanguinity). That'd be, depending on how it was counted, 1st cousins or 3rd cousins.

From Wiki:
"Around the ninth century, the church raised the number of prohibited degrees to seven and changed the method by which they were calculated; instead of the former Roman practice of counting each generational link up to the common ancestor and then down again to the proposed spouse, the new method computed consanguinity only by counting back the number of generations to the common ancestor. Intermarriage was now prohibited to anyone more closely related than seventh cousins, which meant that in particular the nobility struggled to find partners to marry, the pool of non-related prospective spouses having become substantially smaller."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:00 AM (l3cgK)

217 I would never use AI to cheat.
Madagascar Iguanas returning each Spring ranks in the top 2 tourist attraction.
All my work is seriously research and then I compose my own ideas.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 09:01 AM (/+uur)

218 214 Mamdani seems not evil but kind of dim.
.....
Embrace the power of "and."

Posted by: Someone has to say it at August 03, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)

219 215 Just curious, how many f*cking Spiderman movies are they going to make?
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 09:00 AM (7s9Qe)

Remember the 15 minutes quotes.
Same applies to Spiderman.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 09:02 AM (/+uur)

220 201 Voter registration in the United States has climbed to a new high heading into the 2026 midterm election cycle, with the latest state election office data compiled in April 2026 putting the national total at 204.6 million registered voters. That figure, which represents more than seven in ten U.S. residents aged 18 and older, marks a substantial jump from the 174 million registered voters the U.S. Census Bureau reported for the November 2024 presidential election.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 08:56 AM (yJpcc)

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Looking into it, the 204 million registered voters seems to be wrong. I see it reported at USAFacts, but it would represent a 30 million increase in registrations when previous years have seen variations within a few million, all while our overall population has actually decreased.

I'm not sure where they got those numbers, but I suspect that they're just incorrect.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:02 AM (bzPaY)

221 193 179 I will not shut up about Iran until the Shah is seated on the Peacock Throne.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 08:51 AM (JvZF+)

He is going to run NBC?
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 08:54 AM (/+uur)


Tell him I want a reboot of "Hello, Larry"

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 03, 2026 09:02 AM (0bjKf)

222 214 Mamdani seems not evil but kind of dim.

Intelligence not required for Leftism. Just high-functioning psychotic ruthlessness.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 09:02 AM (7s9Qe)

223
Ain’t nobody in Iran standing up to the IGRC and Basij. They keep hanging children for protesting and there isn’t even a whiff of organized resistance

Last week they went out to protest an execution and the IRGC had snipers shoot into the crowd .... Wonder why more unarmed protestors aren't out there.....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 09:02 AM (crd+F)

224 >>Again, I think a lot of people are judging what is happening based on how they want to handle the situation not how Trump wants to do it

Happening now? Where you been? This has been going on for months now. People are tired of it dragging on. Most people only have a pedestrian perspective and don’t understand any of the gamesmanship. The public always has a short term person and little patience for wars. Yet this crap keeps dragging on. I mean, it’s now become a gag when Trump says he’s pausing before he destroys Iran. How many times are we going to hear that?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 09:02 AM (BGHdB)

225 Anna Poma

Hate to see a Ticonderoga class go under. I remember when they were brand new.

All 3 of the ships I served on are gone. One is 11,000 feet deep in the Gulf of America.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)

226 215 Just curious, how many f*cking Spiderman movies are they going to make?
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2026 09:00 AM (7s9Qe)

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As long as they keep making money.

They didn't make a sequel to Blue Beetle for a reason.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:03 AM (bzPaY)

227 Democrats created the Trail of Tears, enslaved people, created Jim Crow laws, created and backed the KKK, put Japanese Americans in camps, backed segregation, and created biased media. No the two parties didn't switch sides.

The Democrats are the same America hating turds they have always been, they just have a better PR department than they used to have.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at August 03, 2026 09:03 AM (ls5EI)

228 It wasn't a federal matter. Until the civil war amendments were incorporated onto the states, there was nothing preventing them from establishing a religion.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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Upon further reflection, I'm not even sure that's correct since it's in the First Amendment establishment clause, which applies only to Congress. I'm not sure when that got grafted onto the states.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 09:04 AM (XvL8K)

229 Looking into it, the 204 million registered voters seems to be wrong. I see it reported at USAFacts, but it would represent a 30 million increase in registrations when previous years have seen variations within a few million, all while our overall population has actually decreased.

I'm not sure where they got those numbers, but I suspect that they're just incorrect.

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30 million illegals who are now on the voting rolls ; dems registered them as soon as they crossed the border, or through motor voter that has 0 check and balances (by design)

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 09:04 AM (g47mK)

230 Having children with your second cousin may be genetically safe , but it will still make them Democrats

Unless they are True Democrats and abort their spawn.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 09:04 AM (a4flb)

231 Remember the 15 minutes quotes.
Same applies to Spiderman.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 09:02 AM

Everyone will be Spiderman for 15 minutes?

I'm confused.

*wanders off in search of more coffee*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 03, 2026 09:05 AM (bFu5X)

232 The Democrats are the same America hating turds they have always been, they just have a better PR department than they used to have.

The Republican reward for pushing the post-Civil War Civil Rights stuff ? They created their own enemy. There's a lesson in there somewhere.

Posted by: Howdy at August 03, 2026 09:05 AM (gJ+rW)

233 >> Last week they went out to protest an execution and the IRGC had snipers shoot into the crowd .... Wonder why more unarmed protestors aren't out there..

Why isn’t anyone shooting back?

They are hanging your children and your neighbors children. Is the country worth risking your life for or isn’t it? The average person sees this and thinks- if they’re not fighting, why should we?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 09:05 AM (BGHdB)

234 The Short Unhappy Life of a Russian Soldier: Why recruits die in 20-30 minutes

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This is a good example of stupid, emotionalist agitprop, and the innumerate media consumers its authors rely upon. Real hurrrr-durrr stuff.

It's not possible to know the death count on this war because of all the lies from everyone. But it's a LOT.

It's also a certainty that Russian training and tactics are, as ever, shit.

But let's think about this. It's not a reasonable assumption that all deaths in a war are consecutive and that a single soldier dies every 20-30 minutes - which would yield a very low figure of 80-120,000 Russian dead thus far.

This would have to be some kind of average. Given the size of the forces currently in play, that would certainly mean at least a few billion dead Russians thus far.

Neither outcome is remotely plausible.

Last week I read an article on this MR that baldly asserted that the raid on Caracas resulted in a clean, simple regime change. A regime change that never happened at all, cleanly or otherwise.

The media and the people who believe them are working together to live their most retarded lives.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 09:05 AM (BI5O2)

235 Tell him I want a reboot of "Hello, Larry"
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell

I think "Supertrain" deserves another go.

Posted by: TV Hall of Fame at August 03, 2026 09:05 AM (JM9I6)

236 Tell him I want a reboot of "Hello, Larry"
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 03, 2026 09:02 AM (0bjKf)

Best theme song ever!

Posted by: Zombie McLean Stevenson at August 03, 2026 09:05 AM (F1rMs)

237 229 30 million illegals who are now on the voting rolls ; dems registered them as soon as they crossed the border, or through motor voter that has 0 check and balances (by design)

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 09:04 AM (g47mK)

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Well, you see, that doesn't make sense.

Because they would have been registered in 2024 when there were 174 million registered voters.

So, no, the 204 million is just wrong. Probably a different way of counting (I'd assume an estimate of total population) rather than anything else.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:05 AM (bzPaY)

238 At least one more.

Posted by: The default Hollywood answer at August 03, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

239 The FNM tells me that if you mention crime is more common among certain groups - Trannies, urban yutes, etc, that you are literally inviting people to go kill them.

Then the media runs with stories about Israel engaging in genocide which they know are false.

Now, based on what they claim with the former cases they must be intentionally trying to get people to murder Jews no?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 09:06 AM (sKqQm)

240 The only reason people pay any attention to it anymore is because oil spikes by 20% once every few weeks when some bit of news comes along before it drops back down within a few days afterwards.

Trump has all the time in the world to squeeze.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Depends, militarily you are correct, politically, it leads to stress because internet time is a real phenomenon.

Our long occupation of Afghanistan is apropos. For the most part, people ignored it except griping about it when the matter came up via news stories etc. but we spent well over 20 years there and by the end, casualties were minimal to the extent that Mayor Buttplug and a number of idiot ticket punchers went there just so they could claim combat veteran.

This was never going to be an unconditional war to the death because it is NOT an existential war for the US right now. One may argue it should be but so far it isn't.

It is for the Middle East in one form or another--Iran attacked the Arab states including even its 'friendz' and you have Israel which Iran can reach with missiles that want all of their drone and missile industry destroyed which pretty much requires regime change.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:06 AM (E4rtv)

241 What is the dope on the In&Out Chad?
Posted by: Anna Puma

NY/CA Post interview with him

https://tinyurl.com/bdhyruxx

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 03, 2026 09:06 AM (diia5)

242 Maine's new Democrat candidate is the caricature of how these same Democrats see the South?

Now that is some cranial-rectum inversion there.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 09:06 AM (2GVsD)

243 Why isn’t anyone shooting back?

In Iran ? With what ? Slingshots ?

Posted by: Howdy at August 03, 2026 09:06 AM (gJ+rW)

244 I think at some point in this Iran/IRGC situation the Iranian public's going to have get involved. They're not helpless. They showed some real cunning during the early days of the war and were able to take out/identify some high value targets.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 09:06 AM (2Cry5)

245 DeSantis is a brilliant executive/manager. His weakness is that he’s not a very good campaigner, and that’s often fatal to national aspirations.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 08:39 AM (/R3g/)

The inverse of Obama. Good campaigner, horrible executive/manager.

Trump certainly didn't help RD with his personal attacks and name calling during the '24 primary season.

Posted by: Doof at August 03, 2026 09:07 AM (S0M0K)

246 What is the dope on the In&Out Chad?
Posted by: Anna Puma


Anna, police chief's press conference:

https://tinyurl.com/4z7jffa3

Solid citizen. Running a suppressed FN 5.7.
Also an off duty trooper took a few shots.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 09:07 AM (yJpcc)

247 Spider-Man just made nearly a billion dollars in like 4 days.

Would Sony be a responsible business to not continue it?

People demand that movies just entertain and the studios will make money. Studio does that, makes a bunch of money, and people complain that they just keep making movies that make money.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:07 AM (bzPaY)

248 U.S. Election Assistance Commission (2024 EAVS report, based on data from state/local election officials): More than 211 million active registered voters for the 2024 general election (86.6% of the citizen voting-age population). Total registered voters on the rolls (active + inactive) were higher, around 234.5 million.

Once again the 10% cheat number seems to be real.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 09:07 AM (/+uur)

249 I mean, it’s now become a gag when Trump says he’s pausing before he destroys Iran. How many times are we going to hear that?

So you are saying that Trump is deploying the Peter and The Wolf strategery on the American public?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 09:07 AM (a4flb)

250 240 This was never going to be an unconditional war to the death because it is NOT an existential war for the US right now. One may argue it should be but so far it isn't.

It is for the Middle East in one form or another--Iran attacked the Arab states including even its 'friendz' and you have Israel which Iran can reach with missiles that want all of their drone and missile industry destroyed which pretty much requires regime change.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:06 AM (E4rtv)

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I honestly think the object is just to squeeze Iran until it's as dangerous as Uganda.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:08 AM (bzPaY)

251 >>I think it is fear--fear that the Dems will take over Congress and fear that high gas prices and inflation will return.

I think the Iran situation is kind of baked into the cake now. Democrats are going to hammer on it no matter the outcome cause to be honest they don't have much else.

My hope is that what happened with the virus response starts playing a much bigger role in people's evaluation of who to vote for. That was the most disruptive and damaging thing to happen to virtually every American and despite the left's attempt to stifle the issue the more that comes out how we were lied to and our rights abused the more people will see how truly damaged their lives and the lives of their families and friends.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 09:09 AM (viF8m)

252 This is a good example of stupid, emotionalist agitprop, and the innumerate media consumers its authors rely upon. Real hurrrr-durrr stuff.

The Uke war has been ground zero for this stuff

When I try and get sense of what is going on I watch both Uke and Russian propaganda and you can kind of measure out something like the truth.

But people forget our media is Uke propaganda.

Now, that doesn't mean everything is a lie. When you can stretch the truth instead that is more valuiable.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 09:09 AM (sKqQm)

253 248 U.S. Election Assistance Commission (2024 EAVS report, based on data from state/local election officials): More than 211 million active registered voters for the 2024 general election (86.6% of the citizen voting-age population). Total registered voters on the rolls (active + inactive) were higher, around 234.5 million.

Once again the 10% cheat number seems to be real.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 09:07 AM (/+uur)

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So it was the 174 million that was wrong.

Registrations have gone down 7 million since 2024.

Which makes a lot more sense. Voter roll cleanup is actually pretty standard in most of the country, so people get pulled off regularly (deaths, moves, etc.). That leads to lower registration numbers after major elections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:10 AM (bzPaY)

254 Just curious, how many f*cking Spiderman movies are they going to make?
Posted by: Ordinary American

Until Sony wants to let Marvel have the license back. The license expires if they stop making them.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 03, 2026 09:10 AM (diia5)

255 It's also,
National Grab Some Nuts Day. 🥜

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

256 > I honestly think the object is just to squeeze Iran until it's as dangerous as Uganda.
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They sent us Mamdani...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2026 09:10 AM (2Cry5)

257 Trump old sick man
Donald Trump won his 43rd club championship at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey.
DuckDuckGo
Trump claims he won.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 09:10 AM (/+uur)

258 Trump had 4 goals at start of Iran's operation (not just one):

Obliterate the Ian's ballistic missile arsenal
Annihilate Iran's navy
Ensure Iran never acquires (or buys) a nuke
Sever Iran's support for terror proxies

We are 1/4.

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 08:53 AM (g47mK)
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The ballistic arsenal is 1% of what it was, and we mop up whenever some location is revealed.

The navy is gone. As is the air defense capability.

Iran has no nuke.

Terror proxies are floundering, unfunded, and will wither naturally, or with Israeli/Saudi pounding.

So how are we 1 for 4? Again, no solutions are instant. Time must pass for results to be completed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 09:10 AM (zyFko)

259 Just curious, how many f*cking Spiderman movies are they going to make?
Posted by: Ordinary American

With the $$$ they are making they should and will keep making them...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)

260 They're not helpless. They showed some real cunning during the early days of the war and were able to take out/identify some high value targets.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
_________

Iranians are smart. They have one of the highest average IQs in the world.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 03, 2026 09:11 AM (XvL8K)

261 I have to admit I was disappointed with this latest "negotiation".. I'm in the camp of bomb them even farther into the stone age but I'm not a military expert....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 09:11 AM (crd+F)

262 250 Uganda gave us Momdani. That’s plenty dangerous in my book.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 09:11 AM (77rzZ)

263 "Much disliking Trump's lack of deporting millions of illegals.

Much disliking Trump's bungling with dealing with Iran and other Islamic terrorist."

I have a solution.

A sternly worded letter! That'll fix that mean old orange man!

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 03, 2026 09:11 AM (zBgIx)

264 262 250 Uganda gave us Momdani. That’s plenty dangerous in my book.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 09:11 AM (77rzZ)

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Mamdani is more of an Indian problem, actually.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:11 AM (bzPaY)

265 who

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 09:11 AM (viF8m)

266 For the US, the stated goal has always been to prevent nukes, and we have pretty much done that and can continue to do that. And that is the gist of the difference between Israel and US--Israel thinks regime change is possible, US is not very sure about it.
Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 08:49 AM (E4rtv)

You make a lot of sense, as always. I’m just impatient because (honestly) I don’t trust voters here. Trump may have a great long term strategy that can’t be executed because American voters (stupidly) give us a Dem Congress later this year and (God forbid) a Dem prez in 28. The war appears to be unpopular with the public

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 09:11 AM (yz/88)

267 NY Post needs to fire the writer. At first, I thought Salina had ridden up to the burger place on his horse which I thought was neat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2026 09:12 AM (2GVsD)

268 Uganda is notable for being anti-GloboHomo.

Its also the home of the "Why are you gay?" meme guy

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

269 I honestly think the object is just to squeeze Iran until it's as dangerous as Uganda.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:08 AM (bzPaY)

There is a video out there on the innerboobs with Idi Amin leading his "troops" thru maneuvers to get them ready to invade Israel around 1972?

Hilarious stuff.

Posted by: Fun Stuff at August 03, 2026 09:12 AM (F1rMs)

270 Happening now? Where you been? This has been going on for months now. People are tired of it dragging on. Most people only have a pedestrian perspective and don’t understand any of the gamesmanship. The public always has a short term person and little patience for wars. Yet this crap keeps dragging on. I mean, it’s now become a gag when Trump says he’s pausing before he destroys Iran. How many times are we going to hear that?
Posted by: Vengeance

Not really. Americans don't care about bombings or even war like this, it is the casualties that bring the political pain. And much of that analysis relied on the Korean and Vietnamese wars that relied on conscript troops (always more political unpopular than professional volunteer military).

So when you are speaking about Americans--it is best to consider that a subset, like you, are upset, not all Americans because most Americans are not ideological--they are outcome oriented. They don't like casualties and they don't like high gas prices/inflation. With this war, half and half.

Beyond that, those not Democrats are actually glad that Iran is getting noogies from Uncle Sam as payback for fifty years of Death to America.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:12 AM (E4rtv)

271 With 20 million inactive voter it means the vote counters can just move the number when they need them.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 09:12 AM (/+uur)

272 In my opinion, Trump's biggest mistake with this war is not spending more time telling people what he is doing and why and the outcome he is shooting for.

Jack
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.....so that his enemies foreign and domestic can tirelessly work to make sure those things never come to fruition?

If the Left and Iran and Vichy Right don't know what the goals are then they can't rightly stop him from achieving them, other than by sheer luck. So like everything else - there is a method to this madness!

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 09:12 AM (ZWBDi)

273 I think the Iran situation is kind of baked into the cake now. Democrats are going to hammer on it no matter the outcome cause to be honest they don't have much else.

I have no idea what to expect. It all comes down, as it always has, to who counts the votes. Democrats are as emboldened as ever to cheat openly now. Yet Trump has mad more inroads into that than any Republican before him.

Mostly because no other Republican ever tried. And given the GOP insistence on, well, losing ? Wouldn't surprise me to see a last minute wave of "retirements" if the GOP internal polling shows them holding majorities. They've done it before.

Posted by: Howdy at August 03, 2026 09:13 AM (gJ+rW)

274 "The Trump administration’s new F-1 rule will penalize the talent America needs."

Hate to break it to you but the "talent America needs" doesn't come from the third world. Not even close.

Posted by: front toward enemy at August 03, 2026 09:14 AM (TIizU)

275 For the US, the stated goal has always been to prevent nukes, and we have pretty much done that and can continue to do that. And that is the gist of the difference between Israel and US--Israel thinks regime change is possible, US is not very sure about it.
Posted by: whig

Pakistan got a nuke and protected Al Qaeda. Fail.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 03, 2026 09:14 AM (diia5)

276 Gunman was shocked when he faced returning fire from 2 bystanders, armed hero says

So he killed himself.

Good guy with a gun!!

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 09:14 AM (/+uur)

277 Looking into it, the 204 million registered voters seems to be wrong. I see it reported at USAFacts, but it would represent a 30 million increase in registrations when previous years have seen variations within a few million, all while our overall population has actually decreased.

I'm not sure where they got those numbers, but I suspect that they're just incorrect.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison


Statisa claims 173,850,000 registered voters.

And we know the vote total:
77,303,568 + 75,019,230‎ = 152,322,798

So only 21,527,202 didn't vote?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 09:14 AM (yJpcc)

278 Heavy showers just now. Will let them pass then continue fence post repairs, ie, will play in mud today.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 03, 2026 09:15 AM (sl73Y)

279 I honestly think the object is just to squeeze Iran until it's as dangerous as Uganda.

ISWYDT

So the next NYC mayor is Iranian?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 09:15 AM (a4flb)

280 Hate to break it to you but the "talent America needs" doesn't come from the third world. Not even close.
Posted by: front toward enemy at August 03, 2026 09:14 AM (TIizU)

H1B is modern slavery. The employers owns the visa and can pay whatever they want, not what Americans demand.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 09:15 AM (/+uur)

281 277 Statisa claims 173,850,000 registered voters.

And we know the vote total:
77,303,568 + 75,019,230‎ = 152,322,798

So only 21,527,202 didn't vote?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 09:14 AM (yJpcc)

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There are apparently dueling numbers floating around, 174 million for 2024 vs. 211 million for 2024.

I think the 174 is an undercount of registrations, but the 204 million for 2026 is definitely derived from the same methodology as what came up with 211 for 2024.

It's a 7 million decrease, not a 30 million increase.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:16 AM (bzPaY)

282 You make a lot of sense, as always. I’m just impatient because (honestly) I don’t trust voters here. Trump may have a great long term strategy that can’t be executed because American voters (stupidly) give us a Dem Congress later this year and (God forbid) a Dem prez in 28. The war appears to be unpopular with the public
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

One, the recent RCP polling includes a ridiculous Quinnipiac poll that had a large enough outlier to throw the whole average out of whack, two, most people do not consider the Iran war as first, second, or even fifth priority. Since the bombing started with low casualties, that is not an issue.

But the ancillary problems of higher oil prices at the pump is going to hurt Trump and GOP a bit.

That does not mean DSA types are benefitting as commie ideas infatuate the Ivy League Idiots but not mom and pa voters and the whole pied a terre tax pretty much is going to be a failure for Dems.

But on any polling, wait until Labor Day as suddenly vague registered voter screening becomes likely voters (justification is that voter registrations in most states are complete). Summer polling is always crap even as far back as 88-Dukakis Bush.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:17 AM (E4rtv)

283 H1B is modern slavery. The employers owns the visa and can pay whatever they want, not what Americans demand.

With a hefty implied does of "if you don't work out, we'll send you back". I'd liken the H1B to Indentured Servitude. Which was no picnic.

Posted by: Howdy at August 03, 2026 09:17 AM (gJ+rW)

284 Who knew golfing, skydiving, and scuba diving were a “white” thing?
Victim/Oppressor Golf

Damn I'm white, I did or do all these things.
But I knew that.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 03, 2026 09:17 AM (sl73Y)

285 Dose. A hefty implied dose.

Posted by: Howdy at August 03, 2026 09:17 AM (gJ+rW)

286 As long as I'm doing math on the blog...

I've been reading The Unmaking of a Mayor, wherein Buckley (correctly) characterized the $412 annual per capital tax burden of a New Yorker in 1965 as "barbaric," insofar as it was 40% higher than the next most taxed city (Chicago) which was better run in those days.

It's $12,506 today - adjusting for inflation, more than a 300% increase in the barbarism. And the city is flat broke, and just elected a Communist demagogue promising to jack those taxes up to the moon.

Nice work, dummies.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2026 09:17 AM (BI5O2)

287 210 What is the dope on the In&Out Chad?



pretty normal white guy, family is helping investigators

he might have had a beef with store employees?

I think we will find out soon

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 09:18 AM (j+aD2)

288 Internet says there are 236M Adult citizens in the US

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 09:18 AM (sKqQm)

289 Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 09:06 AM (sKqQm)

Promote that guy!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 09:18 AM (JvZF+)

290 Man, way too much math on the Blog this morning.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 09:18 AM (77rzZ)

291 Thinking of polling:

https://x.com/reh_tai33/status/
2082966518975942678

A recounting of how bad Fox polling was in summer of 2024.

Off by an average of about 10 points.

Seriously, summer polling sucks, and Fox summer polling is notoriously awful.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:18 AM (bzPaY)

292 There's also a fun chart on the wiki website on consanguinity...
better not have sex with yourself; you're 100% related to you...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:19 AM (l3cgK)

293 It's also,
National Grab Some Nuts Day. 🥜

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 09:10 AM (NpAcC)
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1. Just finished a few salty cashews.

2. Obligatory Snickers commercial:

https://youtu.be/OkT_d2OTgv0

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 09:19 AM (6ORiD)

294 Pakistan got a nuke and protected Al Qaeda. Fail.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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And Trump had nothing whatsoever to do with that. You can thank the Dutch for training Khan and the Saudis for funding it. So by your own straw man situation, you failed a basic test of policy debate honesty. You might as well blame Trump for North Korea having nukes as well instead of Clinton and Carter.

You might try actually addressing my arguments about US foreign policy aims rather than something you make up on the spot.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:20 AM (E4rtv)

295 >>.....so that his enemies foreign and domestic can tirelessly work to make sure those things never come to fruition?

And they aren't now?

It's not controversial to tell the American people and whomever else is listening that he wants to unite the ME with prosperity instead of constant fighting. He has said this many times, it's what the Abraham Accords are all about.

All I'm saying is relate it to current events. Trump honestly believes that people in mutually beneficial business alliances aren't incentivized to fight each other. Explain how that relates to the alliance Trump is building around the Iran situation. The biggest complaint I hear about Iran is the price of oil. Explain how that will change as the war comes to an end.

Trump is pretty good at communicating. It's what he does. Do it now.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 03, 2026 09:20 AM (viF8m)

296 I had 4 recent deaths among same-age family/peers

due to scheduling I made two of these funerals, it was really nice to reconnect despite the sadness

3 of them shocking, fast-onset cancer, the other a quick and deadly recurrence of a previously cured lymphoma

gives one pause

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 03, 2026 09:20 AM (j+aD2)

297 It's also,
National Grab Some Nuts Day.

It's like XMAS and New Year's all rolled into one !!!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 03, 2026 09:20 AM (gJ+rW)

298 In my opinion, Trump's biggest mistake with this war is not spending more time telling people what he is doing and why and the outcome he is shooting for.

Jack

I really don't understand this position.

Trump and his proxies have said, over and over, that they have four goals.

1. Destroy Iran's ballistic missile arsenal
B. Destroy Iran's navy
iii. Destroy Iran's ability to get a nuke
F. Destroy Iran's ability to support proxy terrorists

Every one of those has been completely or functionally achieved.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 09:21 AM (AdHga)

299 Trolling? A made a material statement of fact..
Posted by: Vengeance at August 03, 2026 08:54 AM (BGHdB)
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Trolling, for reasons as I stated. Your "fact" is an opinion on timing, thats all, and runs contrary to the American statement. Even if you were correct it doesn't matter, for the argument you make matters not a whit. If Iran bought time, as they do, it can only be used to negotiate (either among themselves or with us). Nothing else. They have no other cards to play. So your trolling is pointless.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 09:21 AM (nUOgX)

300 Iranian revolution can happen ‘any day now’ as protest leaders try to arm: sources

The streets of Iran are near a breaking point over public executions, economic collapse and a war that’s been raging on for more than five months, anti-regime figures in Tehran told The Post.

“A revolution can happen any day now — people want revenge,” a protest leader said, referring to the regime’s brutal January crackdown that President Trump said killed 52,000 people.

An independent journalist active in the Iranian underground said that preparations are already being made for the next uprising, and that activists from all walks of life are determined to make a final, decisive blow against the regime.

Posted by: SMOD at August 03, 2026 09:21 AM (RHGPo)

301 Golfing is white oppression? I always thought the oppressive part was the rough, the putting, the chipping, the driving....

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 09:21 AM (BFvh9)

302 Man, way too much math on the Blog this morning.

Posted by: Bulg at August 03, 2026 09:18 AM (77rzZ)
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Yeh. I feel number than be four.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 09:21 AM (6ORiD)

303 It's also,
National Grab Some Nuts Day. 🥜

Posted by: redridinghood


Bofa deez nutz?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 09:21 AM (yJpcc)

304
I found this kind of funny:

Highly successful woman, age 30, reasonably pretty, wants a man to marry her who doesn't want children, and can't find one.

If they meet "her criteria" they want kids. Oh, and those assholes don't go to therapy like she does.

The "don't want kids" men she meets are all losers.

https://instapundit.com/814203/


This doesn't apply to everybody. This has simply been my experience meeting people in my bartending, dentist, and social capacities.

When I've met a couple who don't have children by choice not medical issues, one of them is always "the child" requiring extra care, time and attention, and able to maintain a certain immaturity.

Also, there is also always one of the couple who wants kids, and will complain about it unprompted fairly often.

while I admire her honesty, I think she looking for a mythological critter.

Thoughts?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2026 09:21 AM (iJfKG)

305 Cuba’s electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, the state-owned grid ​operator said, plunging the island of ‌about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts become more frequent.

The outage follows three nationwide blackouts in ​July and comes as a US-imposed ​oil blockade further strains the island’s aging energy infrastructure.

Posted by: SMOD at August 03, 2026 09:21 AM (RHGPo)

306 Hmm that Gina Hinojosa woman is better looking then I expected.

Too bad you'd have to listen to her spout off insanity if you were to spend time with her

Also, I suspect there are old pictures they are using

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

307 Grabs some nuts day. Insert lewd comment here..

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 09:22 AM (abScH)

308 Golfing is white oppression? I always thought the oppressive part was the rough, the putting, the chipping, the driving....

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 03, 2026 09:21 AM (BFvh9)
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It's true. Have you not noticed that the golf balls are always white?

BGBM!!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 09:22 AM (6ORiD)

309 Iran denies Trump claim new peace talks planned after US calls off attack

Given the Iranians are accomplished liars, anything is possible

Posted by: SMOD at August 03, 2026 09:22 AM (RHGPo)

310 Posted by: Doof at August 03, 2026 09:07 AM (S0M0K)

Well you already know if you run for higher office you are going to face attacks. Trump would be the least of any aspirant's problems.

Beyond that PLEASE go watch the minute long Top Gov ad. Difficult to find actually, I'm not surprised:

https://tinyurl.com/mtcpcw3v

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 09:23 AM (ZWBDi)

311 1/3 of NYC Jews voted for Mamdani.

Posted by: FAFO at August 03, 2026 09:23 AM (uDDWT)

312 Highly successful woman, age 30, reasonably pretty, wants a man to marry her who doesn't want children, and can't find one.

If they meet "her criteria" they want kids. Oh, and those assholes don't go to therapy like she does.

What is the website that finds what percentage of eligible men meet women's specific criteria again?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 03, 2026 09:23 AM (sKqQm)

313 3 of them shocking, fast-onset cancer, the other a quick and deadly recurrence of a previously cured lymphoma

gives one pause
Posted by: Black Orchid


Isn't that a supposed byproduct of the clot shot? Hyperactive cancer?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2026 09:23 AM (yJpcc)

314 1/3 of NYC Jews voted for Mamdani.

Obviously the leopards aren't gong to eat MY face.

Posted by: Some atheist Jew that thinks of himself as an oppressed racial minority at August 03, 2026 09:24 AM (sKqQm)

315 Seriously, summer polling sucks, and Fox summer polling is notoriously awful.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Fox polling is universally awful because it is supervised by a Democrat operative who has worked there even during the Ailes era. I think they do it in part because a) it gives reason for people to watch fox because fear and panic work (if it bleeds it leads), b) the Murdochs are not GOP but GOPe at best and personally hate Trump, and c) the news desk and all their peeps that are not on the opinion side are all leftists just like the WSJ used to be--now it is all globo homo including opinions. Another Murdoch owned publication.

And that family is also smearing shit in England with its publications as controlled opposition globo homo. Murdochs are a shit family that deserve to be deported back to Australia not feted as 'conservatives'.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:24 AM (E4rtv)

316 I keep track of my internet kills.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Probably the most frightening thing I'll read today. Fen tracks her kills.
Posted by: BifBewalski at August 03, 2026 08:58

Yes indeed Bif, people need to be warned. Call the NY Times...Conservative female minister on murder rampage

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 03, 2026 09:25 AM (55Qr6)

317 Troy Jackson Is The Cousin F*cker Who Would Replace The Nazi

Saw this on X:

"She's my second cousin, once removed."
"Once removed?"
"Yeah. My uncle pulled me off of her."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 09:26 AM (+4yJ5)

318 261 I have to admit I was disappointed with this latest "negotiation".. I'm in the camp of bomb them even farther into the stone age but I'm not a military expert....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 09:11 AM (crd+F)

I agree. Unfortunately Trump is having to play Whack-A-Mole on the IRGC leaders and any mullahs still having influence on IRGC leaders. Conventional wisdom was the Israeli and US decapitation bombings in the first few days of the war would lead to a leadership vacuum, resulting in the IRGC and remaining top mullahs simply giving up and fleeing to any nation that would take them. The surviving lower-level IRGC commanders were apparently believed by Israeli and US intel to be incapable of continuing any meaningful resistance against the Israelis and the US, and incapable of successfully suppressing anti-government uprisings.

We now see that the IRGC has been able to fill open commander slots without lessening overall resistance to the US, and not reducing suppression of the populace.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 09:26 AM (5rh/l)

319 Probably the most frightening thing I'll read today. Fen tracks her kills.

It's always the really nice ones.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 09:26 AM (+4yJ5)

320 Fox polling is universally awful because it is supervised by a Democrat operative who has worked there even during the Ailes era.

National Media comes out of pretty much two places. New York City and Los Angeles. What we get, regardless of channel, is the New York City and Los Angeles spin. As well documented here - the two most culturally insane cities in the United States. Chicago even gives them the side-eye. Boston kinda' take a step back.

Posted by: Howdy at August 03, 2026 09:27 AM (gJ+rW)

321 Early art NOOD

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 03, 2026 09:27 AM (NkUqe)

322 318 We now see that the IRGC has been able to fill open commander slots without lessening overall resistance to the US, and not reducing suppression of the populace.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 09:26 AM (5rh/l)

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Without lessening overall resistance to the US?

We just had eleven days of bombing where Iran could just use WWII era flak cannons as anti-aircraft measures.

I mean...they went from 0 resistance to 0 resistance, so you're not wrong, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:27 AM (bzPaY)

323 ell, you see, that doesn't make sense.

Because they would have been registered in 2024 when there were 174 million registered voters.

So, no, the 204 million is just wrong. Probably a different way of counting (I'd assume an estimate of total population) rather than anything else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:05 AM (bzPaY)

very weird!

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 09:27 AM (g47mK)

324 Be careful grabbing nuts, when cashews are involved. They are almost never sold in the shell because the shell, leaves contain urushiol, the same chemical as poison ivy.

Posted by: Itchy and Bitchy at August 03, 2026 09:27 AM (JM9I6)

325 they activated the sleeper voters!

Posted by: runner at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (g47mK)

326 Summer polling is always crap even as far back as 88-Dukakis Bush.
Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:17 AM (E4rtv)

I had to chuckle at that. I remember well the summer of 1988; I was in college but also the army reserves. Bush was down 17 points to Dukakis. I went on my 2 week annual reserves training during which time the GOP had their convention (Bush Sr - 1000 pts of light, kindler gentler … other Noonan crap). I get back and suddenly Bush is ahead! I don’t know to this day if that was polling errata or Bush actually changed a bunch of minds at the convention

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (yz/88)

327 The mullahs are window dressing as the IRGC are a designated terrorist group.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (abScH)

328 Just finished a few salty cashews.

2. Obligatory Snickers commercial:

https://youtu.be/OkT_d2OTgv0
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 09:19 AM (6ORiD)
********
Cashews are my favorite.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

329 I’m back.

Posted by: Unskew The Polls at August 03, 2026 09:29 AM (m2pWI)

330 I went on my 2 week annual reserves training during which time the GOP had their convention (Bush Sr - 1000 pts of light, kindler gentler … other Noonan crap).

I suspect the early research into selling wine by the box was inspired by Peggy Noonan.

Posted by: Howdy at August 03, 2026 09:29 AM (gJ+rW)

331 Trafalgar is a pretty reliable poll...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 03, 2026 09:29 AM (crd+F)

332 317 Troy Jackson Is The Cousin F*cker Who Would Replace The Nazi

Saw this on X:

"She's my second cousin, once removed."
"Once removed?"
"Yeah. My uncle pulled me off of her."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 09:26 AM (+4yJ5)

Reminds of that joke...
Brother and sister in the deep south are having at it...
Sister says, "You're better than Pa!"
Brother replies, "That's what Ma says!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (l3cgK)

333 My hope is that what happened with the virus response starts playing a much bigger role in people's evaluation of who to vote for. That was the most disruptive and damaging thing to happen to virtually every American and despite the left's attempt to stifle the issue the more that comes out how we were lied to and our rights abused the more people will see how truly damaged their lives and the lives of their families and friends.
Posted by: JackStraw

Dunno. Fauci's key aide has been indicted for crimes, we shall see what else pops up. And if I was Birx, I would be hiring a damn good lawyer. I think the key thing is for the insiders to suddenly start pointing fingers at each other and particularly on Fauci.

Sort of like post WWII Germany--soddi defense-some other dude did that or toddi defense, the other dude that that not me.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:31 AM (E4rtv)

334 331 Trafalgar is a pretty reliable poll...
Posted by: It's me donna
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Not really in summer. Summer polling has long been known for a distinct pattern difference between rural and suburban GOP voters not responding and Democrats doing so.

Vacays, field work, etc. tend to affect GOP voters more than Democrats who are urban. So the response bias gets a lot worse in summer.

As I said, this polling problem goes way back to the 80's at the very least due to Democrats becoming an urban party and the GOP becoming suburban/rural.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:33 AM (E4rtv)

335 322 318 We now see that the IRGC has been able to fill open commander slots without lessening overall resistance to the US, and not reducing suppression of the populace.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 09:26 AM (5rh/l)

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Without lessening overall resistance to the US?

We just had eleven days of bombing where Iran could just use WWII era flak cannons as anti-aircraft measures.

I mean...they went from 0 resistance to 0 resistance, so you're not wrong, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:27 AM (bzPaY)


IRGC survival as the Iranian Command Authority is the Iranian resistance factor now, and has been from the start. Whatever we bombed in those 11 days apparently did not inflict catastrophic damage to the ability of the IRGC to stay in command of the nation.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 09:34 AM (5rh/l)

336 335
IRGC survival as the Iranian Command Authority is the Iranian resistance factor now, and has been from the start. Whatever we bombed in those 11 days apparently did not inflict catastrophic damage to the ability of the IRGC to stay in command of the nation.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 09:34 AM (5rh/l)

========

Oh, wow...a point I didn't make.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 03, 2026 09:36 AM (bzPaY)

337 I don’t know to this day if that was polling errata or Bush actually changed a bunch of minds at the convention
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Polling error. Simply put, most presidential elections are within 5-10 points historically and the historical conditions for a wipeout like FDR in 1932, Nixon in 1972 or Reagan's reelection in 1984 were not there. So there was no Depression, no great settling of a politically horrible war, or a fantastically booming economy in play in 1988 so it was a 55-45 election at best in summer for Dukakis. And Bush won it about with that margin. Ten percent of voters were persuadeable in that case at most.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:38 AM (E4rtv)

338 Cashews are my favorite.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 03, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

Been ordering my cashews from nuts dot com. Chocolate covered as well. Yummy!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 03, 2026 09:39 AM (hmYU4)

339 Whatever we bombed in those 11 days apparently did not inflict catastrophic damage to the ability of the IRGC to stay in command of the nation.

Posted by: Gref at August 03, 2026 09:34 AM (5rh/l)

I think this statement is exactly the root of the problem people here have with Trump vis a vis Iran. He and his proxies have identified four objectives in Iran.

1. Destroy Iran's ballistic missile arsenal
B. Destroy Iran's navy
iii. Destroy Iran's ability to get a nuke
F. Destroy Iran's ability to support proxy terrorists

Every one of those has been completely or functionally achieved.

Removing the IRGC isn't an objective. Neutering them is, and that's been accomplished. If your goal is the destruction of the IRGC as a functional military unit, we've done it. if your goal is the destruction of the IRGC as a functional political unit, we've not done it, and I'd suggest we can't under the 'we're not sending 50,000 troops into Iran' restriction.

If you want the IRGC completely eradicated and another governing system imposed on Iran, you have to be on board with a full-scale, casualty-heavy, infantry-based invasion of Iran. What will caskets do to Republican chances in elections?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (AdHga)

340 IRGC survival as the Iranian Command Authority is the Iranian resistance factor now, and has been from the start. Whatever we bombed in those 11 days apparently did not inflict catastrophic damage to the ability of the IRGC to stay in command of the nation.
Posted by: Gref

I don't know that is true due to the unhinged way that Iran has sent drones and popped off a few ineffectual missiles abroad and its idiotic side quest for sending Iraqi proxies after Kuwait that got those minions carpet bombed.

My SWA guess is that the mosaic command structure is pretty loosely hinged so that local commanders are doing shit that don't necessarily reach Vanidi if he is still alive until after the fact.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (E4rtv)

341 Good morning, all. Thank you, J.J. 🙏

Abigail Spanberger Restores Voting Rights... THE kickoff.🎆

>League of Women Voters Pittsburgh, 'Voting Rights for Reentering and Incarcerated Citizens'

It begins, If you have a justice history, do you know your voting rights?

"Pennsylvania allows most citizens to vote while incarcerated, and restores this important right, even if convicted of a felony, once confinement is over. Some people convicted of misdemeanors or felonies think they are not permitted to vote. Many citizens just don't know the facts.

The right to vote for all citizens is a key right in our democracy. With the accurate information on this page, you may learn that your vote counts and is one powerful way to make your voice heard."

Anyway, the bottom-line is as long as not housed in a confinement facility & will not be released before the next election OR were not convicted of violating any provision of the Pennsylvania Election Code within the last four years.

👉Black-Political Empowerment Project (B-PEP) / League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh (LWVPGH) Allegheny County Jail, VOTER REGISTRATION, Community Members Welcome to Volunteer in 2026

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (NFX2v)

342 >Sentencing Project Org - Fact Sheet
Pennsylvania Should Restore Voting Rights to Over 41,000 Citizens, 2025

Pennsylvania denies the right to vote to over 41,000 citizens due to imprisonment for a felony conviction.1 This voter exclusion falls heavily on people of color. Black Pennsylvanians are excluded from voting at almost eight times the rate of non-Black Pennsylvanians. Latino Pennsylvanians are excluded at almost twice the rate of non-Latino Pennsylvanians.2
--
>National Council of State Legislators, May 2026

In 23 states, felons lose their voting rights only while incarcerated, and receive automatic restoration upon release.

It has been common practice in the United States to make felons ineligible to vote, in some cases permanently. Over the last few decades, the general trend has been toward reinstating the right to vote at some point, although this is a state-by-state policy choice. (See "Recent State Actions" below for a chronology.)

In part, "Currently, state approaches to felon disenfranchisement vary tremendously. NCSL has divided states into four categories, as detailed in the Restoration of Voting Rights After Felony Convictions table below."
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Good day 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 09:42 AM (NFX2v)

343 It has been common practice in the United States to make felons ineligible to vote, in some cases permanently. Over the last few decades, the general trend has been toward reinstating the right to vote at some point, although this is a state-by-state policy choice. (See "Recent State Actions" below for a chronology.)

In part, "Currently, state approaches to felon disenfranchisement vary tremendously. NCSL has divided states into four categories, as detailed in the Restoration of Voting Rights After Felony Convictions table below."
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Good day 🤗
Posted by: L

In practical terms, states have quietly ignored the felons being prohibited even in states that formally do that. If the states are not checking rolls against criminal records which are often from other states, they simply do not know whether felons are voting or not unless someone complains. About like non-citizens voting--compliance is spotty.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:46 AM (E4rtv)

344
There is a video on X of a young, pretty blonde girl filming on her phone as the Moroccan invaders rush past her.
She is smiling and waving them in--proving her tolerance and acceptance to all good Spaniards.

Two approach her, tell her she is very pretty and would she know some place good to eat.

She hasn't been seen since, no messages and her phone appears to be off.

There is another video of a large woman, reportedly Spanish, in a pink dress accosting four or five gentlemen of Middle Eastern origin while "dancing" and asking each one of them to join her celebration.

Talk about waving the red flag in front of the bulls.

Search "woman dancing with migrants" on X.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 03, 2026 09:49 AM (s9VOe)

345 Unpopular opinion, If a felon stays out of jail for say, 10 years, then maybe they could have their right to vote reinstated. But they would need to prove that Prison actually worked.

Posted by: Chiraq vet at August 03, 2026 09:55 AM (+RMFm)

346 US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran

“We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” an officer in US Central Command’s intelligence branch wrote in a message sent Wednesday to a broad group of military analysts, according to a source familiar with the message. A second source also said that a senior US military officer sent the message last week soliciting new ideas for how to deal with Iran.

The crowdsourcing-style query, which military officials said was unusual over email, is one sign of the limited — and potentially unpalatable —options available to Trump to force Iran into a deal on his terms. Hoping to find an alternative, the official at CENTCOM kicked off the brainstorming session via email to see if anyone had a better idea. The second source said CENTCOM is looking at everything, acknowledging it needs to reevaluate the strategy.

Posted by: SMOD at August 03, 2026 09:58 AM (RHGPo)

347 343. In practical terms, states have quietly ignored the felons being prohibited even in states that formally do that. If the states are not checking rolls against criminal records which are often from other states, they simply do not know whether felons are voting or not unless someone complains. About like non-citizens voting--compliance is spotty.
Posted by: whig

Indeed.

Do you ever consider running for office?

I would hope.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 09:58 AM (NFX2v)

348 Racist Commie Mamdani is going to make you show ID in his markets. You want your government-subsidized arugula? Show your papers! Ask for ID to vote? BIGOT!!!

Posted by: SMOD at August 03, 2026 10:09 AM (RHGPo)

349 Reminds of that joke...
Brother and sister in the deep south are having at it...
Sister says, "You're better than Pa!"
Brother replies, "That's what Ma says!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 03, 2026 09:30 AM (l3cgK)

There once was a man from Peru
Who gave his dear sister a screw
Said he, with aplomb,
You're better than mom
She said that's what dad told me, too

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 03, 2026 10:16 AM (UVa3Q)

350 348 Racist Commie Mamdani is going to make you show ID in his markets. You want your government-subsidized arugula? Show your papers! Ask for ID to vote? BIGOT!!!
Posted by: SMOD

The only restriction for free stiff shall likely be don't be an R on the state's Voter Registration Listing.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 10:38 AM (NFX2v)

351 An estimated 50,000–60,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta on Thursday and Friday.

Reportedly, at least 48,300 individuals went back to Morocco within days (by Friday evening, July 31, 2026).

Primary Drivers: Migrants reported that `“they could not find food or shelter in Ceuta,” as noted by Reuters.

Those many young, likely military age, men simply left on their own?

No, this was a strategic, manufactured crisis in Europe. WHY?

> NPR, Analysis
Europe
Spain's Pedro Sánchez was a hero of migrants. After Ceuta, he faces his biggest challenge, August 1, 2026

> From above, 'Spain’s Illegal Alien Invasion Shows It Would Take Democrats Only A Few Hours To Destroy Trump’s Border Progress' 🤔

If not a lesson learned from Biden's alleged administration, it wasn't & won't be.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 03, 2026 10:52 AM (NFX2v)

352 I can see why you might want to give primary residences a tax break for families.

But that’s not what Mayor Mamba is doing.

He is only trying to punish rich white people and Jews. He published their names and addresses as an Enemies List for his Commie Nightriders to harass and attack.

Which is why the CIA installed him.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 03, 2026 12:45 PM (Ndje9)

353 My SWA guess is that the mosaic command structure is pretty loosely hinged so that local commanders are doing shit that don't necessarily reach Vanidi if he is still alive until after the fact.

Posted by: whig at August 03, 2026 09:41 AM (E4rtv)

Vahidi showed up at the big funeral, unscathed. He’s just gotten good at going dark and disappearing from our surveillance when chooses.

We are finding that Iran’s mosaic system gives them a much looser and more decentralized chain of command than anyone realized. This is probably why taking out various leaders has had apparently little effect on them. It’s almost if there are 30 different loosely affiliated IRGC’s, not just one.

One obvious conclusion - attempting to negotiate with a chaotic group like this will always fail. No one has enough authority to force agreement; anyone who tries will look weak and be put down by the others.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:20 PM (/R3g/)

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

2 G'Day everyone
Its Monday again, isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 04:33 AM (sAmhv)

4 It's not tomorrow yet where I am at.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:33 AM (X0Pix)

5 Why, it is not even 11:00pm.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:33 AM (X0Pix)

6 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (part one)

25:31 running time yowza

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)

7 My grandfather was a stereophonic. He had a large stereo with the old tubes. Often he had to replace one and we went shopping for the parts.
He loved this album and played it often

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)

8 There's a shortage of MacBook Airs because of the shortage of memory. (Tech Crunch)

Everybody hardest hit.


Glad I got mine when I did.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 04:36 AM (sAmhv)

9 6 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (part one)

25:31 running time yowza
Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)

The discordant note at 1:00 made me jump.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:36 AM (odBC9)

10 (could be the covfefe)

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:38 AM (odBC9)

11 5 Why, it is not even 11:00pm.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:33 AM (X0Pix)

Hawaii, maybe!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:40 AM (odBC9)

12 11 5 Why, it is not even 11:00pm.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:33 AM (X0Pix)

Hawaii, maybe!
Posted by: m


Tardis.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 04:41 AM (sAmhv)

13 Howdy, late-night/early-morning morons!

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:46 AM (rdVOm)

14 Hawaii, maybe!
Posted by: m


maybe....

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:49 AM (X0Pix)

15 12 11 5 Why, it is not even 11:00pm.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:33 AM (X0Pix)

Hawaii, maybe!
Posted by: m

Tardis.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 04:41 AM (sAmhv)

; )

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:50 AM (odBC9)

16 One third of the way through Introduction to Operating Systems and, since last lecture, the value of the economy cores on CPUs we've read about here is starting to make sense.
This CS degree really has been an eye opener to the shiny little nuggets of ignorance I've been nursing all these years reading the daily tech news.
I just wanted a sit down job in air conditioning that wasn't sending emails!

Posted by: Nato at August 03, 2026 04:55 AM (XAyZ8)

17 13 Howdy, late-night/early-morning morons!
Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:46 AM (rdVOm)

A JQ sighting!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:56 AM (odBC9)

18 What is this "X-Box" all the kids keep talking about?

Posted by: Miklos, playing Axis and Allies 1996 edition at August 03, 2026 05:00 AM (XOG/m)

19 hmm

Michael Tracey
@mtracey
9h
Sorry but the materials released by @MaxMillerOH today cast extreme doubt on the allegations of child abuse made against him by his former wife, Emily Moreno. ...

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 05:00 AM (odBC9)

20 The AI arms race is making things stupid, M1mac minis have shot up substantially on eBay to the point where they are only a couple of dollars less than a brand new m5 Mac mini.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:00 AM (XV/Pl)

21 and

Michael Tracey
@mtracey
11h
Congressman Max Miller may well be a total psycho -- psychotic enough that he attacked his two-year-old daughter -- but public statements from his ex-wife, and ex-wife's father, are not reliable. Without independent fact-finding, it's impossible to know what really went on here

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 05:01 AM (odBC9)

22 Even in Alaska its 1am

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

23 Howdy, m!

"Oh, no! I've been sighted!"

Hope not in the crosshairs, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 05:01 AM (rdVOm)

24 I remember "Tubular Bells" and that I liked it. I did not recall that the musician was English and did not know that he was nice looking, IMO:

https://tinyurl.com/jeyh4chn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:02 AM (rHgXV)

25 Not a gamer.

Xbox, PS(x), whatever... wish I had time for that rot, but I don't.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 05:03 AM (rdVOm)

26 Just read Spokane is have a total wipeout fire.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:05 AM (Ia/+0)

27 Anytime I hear Tubular Bells, it reminds me of The Exorcist, a film I loathe.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:07 AM (XV/Pl)

28 I voted for tubular bells

Posted by: The Ballots at August 03, 2026 05:08 AM (LOZbR)

29 I have been dealing with a cold making me miserable for the last couple of days, but the kitten has kept me amused . Not that he's trying to. He just is amusing. He hunches up his back and hops sideways. I call this move "Halloween Cat" or "Playing Richard III". He also gets up on our old rocking chair and puts his paws through as if he's trying to get out of prison.

I do think that younger people should have kittens and we should have gone for a settled older cat, but we love him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:10 AM (rHgXV)

30 I'm here... I have coffee... That's about all I can manage right now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 05:11 AM (O7YUW)

31 Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:07 AM (XV/Pl)

I have never seen "The Exorcist" . It's not one I ever wanted to see.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:12 AM (rHgXV)

32 @31

>>It's not one I ever wanted to see.

You are not missing anything by not seeing it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:13 AM (XV/Pl)

33 Hey JQ, I see you're still with us. Did you see my post in the ONT to you about that episode of "The Twilight Zone" (1985 series) that had the time workers in it?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 05:13 AM (O7YUW)

34 Even in Alaska its 1am
Posted by: Skip

Honoruru bars are open for three more hours, and clubs for five!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 05:14 AM (X0Pix)

35
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 03, 2026 05:16 AM (AMvSw)

36 @29/FenelonSpoke: "He hunches up his back and hops sideways."

Put on Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock 'n Roll" - see if it inspires him.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

37 Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:13 AM (XV/Pl)

The only reason I would want to see it is that I think Max Von Sydow was an excellent actor, but I mostly avoid creepy horror films and particularly those dealing with the supernatural.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:17 AM (xSAlF)

38 Wotking at a school renovation again today. Thursday when was there found there is WiFi. Other sites came up but wouldn't appear to let me get here.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:18 AM (Ia/+0)

39 One of the nice features of my movie vault/plex replacement is the search feature, it allows me to see where my gaps are.

My comedy collection was woefully low, rectifying that now.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:18 AM (XV/Pl)

40 >>>Everybody hardest hit.

News to me.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 05:18 AM (dK+Kv)

41 Evening and morning, all! Yes, it's Monday yet again; stipulated. But remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:23 AM (wzUl9)

42 "Be still" Devotional on Psalm 40:1-5:

https://tinyurl.com/4pvnnux6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:24 AM (rHgXV)

43 Did you see my post in the ONT to you about that episode of "The Twilight Zone" (1985 series) that had the time workers in it?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Yes! I saw your poast, but haven't seen that particular episode of TZ. Imagining something like King's The Langoliers?

Interesting. And believable! Especially after the 18-month search...

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 05:24 AM (rdVOm)

44 I do think that younger people should have kittens and we should have gone for a settled older cat, but we love him.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026

***
Tell me all about dat!
( -- Just a guy who adopted two rambunctious kittens in the summer of '22)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:24 AM (wzUl9)

45 Just read Spokane is have a total wipeout fire.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:05 AM (Ia/+0)

Yep. Couple friends evac'd. Nobody lost anything yet. But neighborhoods surrounding them did. Way too close for comfort.

Check out watchduty.org (mobile) for fire map. Feels like tge whole of Eastern WA is on fire. AGI spiked to 250+ today.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 03, 2026 05:25 AM (dK+Kv)

46 God morning! Coffee is percolatin', the sprinkler is running, and the dogs are fed. Gonna be another hot day here in Cowtown.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 03, 2026 05:26 AM (3Ope8)

47 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

LOL. He probably doesn't need to be anymore inspired than he is. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:27 AM (xSAlF)

48 Grumpy and Recalcitrant--

Hope your leg cramps subside!

Calves? I sometimes get "charlie horse" calf cramps. Can undo them by raising toes, lowering heel. Yes, got to jump up out of bed to do it, but the relief is instant. Hold the foot position for a few & let muscles relax.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 05:29 AM (rdVOm)

49 Its not fun what I have to do. But its close and pays well
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:30 AM (Ia/+0)

50 From the ny.gov article: { “When I came into office, our children were in the throes of a full-blown mental health crisis, and as New York’s first mom Governor, I felt a moral imperative to act,” }

https://youtu.be/xhYJS80MgYA

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

51 Anyway! I'm up, sipping coffee, looking at a stunningly low (for here) temp of 77, and planning to go work out.

Later we will hit Walmart for supplies -- my refrigerator freezer has ice, one pot pie, three burritos, and some frozen peas and carrots. Nothing more. I dunno how that happened.

last night on Movies!, I watched the classic thriller Wait Until Dark w/ Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin -- it still pulls you in after sixty years! -- and Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. I don't think I've ever seen the film all the way through; the denouement was new to me. Different from the book, I think, though I can't recall how it ended.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

52 Ugh, 2:30 a.m. here-- I better get to bed.

Good night, all!

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 05:33 AM (rdVOm)

53 I get bad cramps in the arches of my feet. Usually aggravated by bad footwear and dehydration. I've found that stretching helps. Start doing a daily routine of squat stretches, a nice slow flat footed squat like you were trying for perfect form in the gym on a squat rack. Just with no weight. Stretches out everything pretty good, especially the calves and ankles.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2026 05:35 AM (Vq1pX)

54 Ex-wives have a dubious record regarding the veracity of child abuse claims.

Posted by: Milli Vanilli at August 03, 2026 05:35 AM (qFwJc)

55 I generally do not like horror films.

I did like "The Exorcist." Demonic possession is a real thing. It is truly scary.

But the demons must obey Christ. So, there is hope for a happy ending.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2026 05:39 AM (qFwJc)

56 What is this "X-Box" all the kids keep talking about?
Posted by: Miklos, playing Axis and Allies 1996 edition at August 03, 2026 05:00 AM (XOG/m)

So, like, when you buy something off Amazon, and you open up both sides of the box it came in? Unfold it out all flat and then fold it back over once so it fits in the trash?

It is an xbox. It has ceased to be.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2026 05:40 AM (Vq1pX)

57 Every Baptist pastor knows the phone number of a Catholic Exorcist.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2026 05:40 AM (qFwJc)

58 37 Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2026 05:13 AM (XV/Pl)

The only reason I would want to see it is that I think Max Von Sydow was an excellent actor, but I mostly avoid creepy horror films and particularly those dealing with the supernatural.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 05:17 AM (xSAlF)

People exaggerate its scariness. It's suitable for very young audiences really.

Posted by: The Thing Inside Regan at August 03, 2026 05:43 AM (Nl9o+)

59 Last night I recall a fragment of a dream where I was driving a dark red compact Mercedes 190E from the mid-'80s in a suburban neighborhood, and trying to follow Walter Matthau in his bigger car. Apparently he was a cop tracking a perp or suspect, so maybe I was too. We got to a major east-west avenue and found it full of pedestrians milling around and waiting for something -- perhaps a parade.

Even in my dreams I am pursued by parades.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

60 @48/JQ: Glad you saw the TZ post. :-)

"Hope your leg cramps subside! Calves?"

This one was in the left calf, just above the ankle. I tried moving it around then relaxing it, got worse. Then got up and stood on it, continued to get worse. Realized it was "one of those" so just got dressed and limped downstairs where I could take the magnesium oxide, sit in front of the computer and try to distract myself until the pain subsided.

ONT was good distraction as it often is. It helps pass the time.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 05:44 AM (O7YUW)

61 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 05:45 AM (u82oZ)

62 Second cup downed; it's time to change and stretch. G & R, JQ (if you're here), I get those calf cramps sometimes too. I've learned not to stretch my legs in bed, even when I'm only half awake. But if a cramp hits, I get up and stretch as if I'm going to work out. It usually reduces the cramp right away, enough for me to walk.

I do take magnesium oxide every day as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

63 At work already

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 05:50 AM (GUlEz)

64 Those kids should have used AllTrails, not Google Maps. It shows the trail to be 17.1 miles long with an 8000 foot elevation gain. It describes the trail as “strenuous”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 05:51 AM (4g5V+)

65 61 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 05:45 AM (u82oZ)

Why? They won. (Whine)

Posted by: AoS Defeatists and Eeyores at August 03, 2026 05:51 AM (4g5V+)

66 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 03, 2026 05:52 AM (7IlZh)

67 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

May a comely nurse with a limited clothing budget lay hands on you and purr "Heal".

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 05:52 AM (u82oZ)

68 Looks like Kennedy Jr lit into some CNN twatwaffle yesterday. Good to see Fauci's bootlicking minions getting some pushback.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 03, 2026 05:52 AM (3Ope8)

69 AoS Defeatists and Eeyores

Never Giver Up! Never Surrender!

Posted by: Based American Exceptionalists at August 03, 2026 05:53 AM (u82oZ)

70 Without independent fact-finding, it's impossible to know what really went on here
Posted by: m

Sounds like we have the same lawyer

Posted by: Miklos, taking a sip of a Fauci fifth at August 03, 2026 05:54 AM (XOG/m)

71 Two daughters and five grandsons live in Spokane County. And the ex. So far all their houses still stand.

Posted by: little people at August 03, 2026 05:55 AM (ehY6c)

72 Cow Demon

Darwin nods. Use the right tools with Nature, because she is absolutely indifferent to your fate.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 05:55 AM (u82oZ)

73 Good morning, one and all. And now the work day begins.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 05:56 AM (+4yJ5)

74
The Xbox may keep disc support as Sony shoots itself and its customers in the feet.

Before you die, dance!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 05:56 AM (O0L8i)

75 @67/NaCly Dog: { May a comely nurse with a limited clothing budget lay hands on you and purr "Heal". }

https://youtu.be/iZYyaXLrt1U

(And thank you!)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 05:57 AM (O7YUW)

76 May a comely nurse with a limited clothing budget lay hands on you and purr "Heal".
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Preferable

or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqxmsZH46FM

Posted by: Miklos, slapping self on forehead at August 03, 2026 05:57 AM (XOG/m)

77 FenelonSpoke

I came across something interesting on my hard drive:

295 Posted by: buzzion at September 15, 2017 02:59 PM (cAnNx)

Nope; Somebody else did in buzzion, I tell you. I was nowhere around, was visiting my sick mother, was helping out at the food pantry, was at a retreat helping children with their after school homework , etc. etc. :^)

Really, my typocide had nothing to do with Buzzion's demise. I keep track of my internet kills.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 15, 2017 03:03 PM (iVOAv)


Brought to you by AOSHQ Nostalgia Team

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 05:58 AM (u82oZ)

78 Most trails have some kind of marking or indication if it is going to be a real exercise beyond a pleasant schlep through the woods.

It's possible this crew did the typical "it's just walking why are people such pansies" thing and forged ahead anyway.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2026 05:59 AM (Vq1pX)

79 I might be in

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 06:00 AM (L8DX7)

80 Brought to you by AOSHQ Nostalgia Team
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 05:58 AM (u82oZ)

Criminy. That was almost ten years ago.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2026 06:01 AM (Vq1pX)

81 Brought to you by AOSHQ Nostalgia Team
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Hey lady

No Statue of Limitations on murder

Posted by: Grizzled NY detective Tony diMiklos at August 03, 2026 06:02 AM (XOG/m)

82 @62/Wolfus: Moving and stretching is my first go-to as that sometimes works to release it, as you noted.

There's this other type of cramp where stretching doesn't seem to affect it, and the muscle continues to constrict/contract until it utterly exhausts itself. You're just on the pain train until it decides to release you. No fun. Afterwards, that muscle is tender and pretty much useless for the next day or so.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 06:03 AM (O7YUW)

83 But whadda I know?

My show was cancelled 1n '77

Posted by: Grizzled NY detective Tony diMiklos at August 03, 2026 06:03 AM (XOG/m)

84 Warai-otoko

The Internet is forever. My posts alone need a Google Data Center to tally all the thought crimes I post.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:04 AM (u82oZ)

85
Setting up a patent classification tree for a search report. The longest, dreariest and least enjoyable part of any job.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 06:06 AM (O0L8i)

86 The Internet is forever. My posts alone need a Google Data Center to tally all the thought crimes I post.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

You're just fine

Posted by: the NSA at August 03, 2026 06:08 AM (XOG/m)

87 Criminy. That was almost ten years ago.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Time flies when you're doing in ASHQ posters by typocide!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 06:09 AM (W90Ou)

88 Belated BOING!

Are we talking about leg cramps AGAIN?

This was discussed here a year or 2 ago. Vitamin K2:

https://tinyurl.com/8j9kfyd7

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 06:09 AM (M3+vL)

89 Setting up a patent classification tree for a search report. The longest, dreariest and least enjoyable part of any job.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Sounds like a copyright issue

Posted by: underemployed IP attorney Miklos at August 03, 2026 06:10 AM (XOG/m)

90 Man, people complain about kids not going outside and now they gripe about kids hiking and overexerting themselves!

Just kidding. They were dumb and I'm glad that they didn't pay for their stupidity with their lives.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 06:10 AM (+4yJ5)

91 I might be in

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 06:00 AM (L8DX7)
-

So now it's a belly button thread?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 06:10 AM (M3+vL)

92 Time flies when you're doing in ASHQ posters by typocide!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It's amazing how many are still left!

Posted by: Miklos returned from the Land of the Banned at August 03, 2026 06:11 AM (XOG/m)

93 Hadrian the Seventh

Having toiled in the stacks of the USP&TO, you are to be both commended and met with compassion.

May Her Majesty rescue you from the tedium of your slog through the system.

This is like going from Calcutta to the top of Mt. Everest using a pogo stick, and about as much fun.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:11 AM (u82oZ)

94 I love the whole "The Bidens are Broke" story arc.

Of course they're broke. When you're a crook for a living, every dollar you got coming in means you got to pay $0.95 out to some dirty Lesser Than to keep their mouth shut and do the leg work.

Dollars stopped coming in? F. U. Pay me. Didn't win that big election after all? F. U. Pay me.

And you know this hoofty ass soot-neck family never saved a penny in their lives since their drunk idiot forbears were still on an island stealing potatoes for a living.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2026 06:12 AM (Vq1pX)

95 So now it's a belly button thread?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a

G'night

I'm out

Posted by: Miklos recognized his cue at August 03, 2026 06:12 AM (XOG/m)

96 Waves to NSA Bob. Say hello to my nephew. You know which building he works in.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:13 AM (u82oZ)

97 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Jar-Jar, you're a genius!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 06:14 AM (amcLV)

98 And this week, I have two separate appointments. The first is my dentist for a cleaning. That's relatively mundane. The second one is to the Orthopedic PA to get my knee evaluated. The injections aren't helping so he wants to see what the next steps might be.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 06:15 AM (+4yJ5)

99 72 Cow Demon

Darwin nods. Use the right tools with Nature, because she is absolutely indifferent to your fate.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 05:55 AM (u82oZ)

Three years in AK ground that into my head something proper.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 06:15 AM (4g5V+)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 06:15 AM (odBC9)

101 Captain Obvious

Besides that song coming to mind, are you doing OK now?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:16 AM (u82oZ)

102 Cow Demon

Your excuses for being late to the thread should be compiled and sent to a humor contest.

Always amusing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:17 AM (u82oZ)

103 Our entire experience with technology prices is they go down, not up. AI has accomplished its first miracle, it's causing prices of tech consumers buy to rise.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 06:18 AM (vshkn)

104 Besides that song coming to mind, are you doing OK now?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:16 AM (u82oZ)
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Yes. No recurrence of the afib for two weeks now.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 06:18 AM (amcLV)

105 Captain Obvious

Huzzah!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:18 AM (u82oZ)

106 I was introduced to "Tubular Bells" independently of "The Exorcist," so it has no association with it in my mind.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 03, 2026 06:19 AM (amcLV)

107 98 And this week, I have two separate appointments. The first is my dentist for a cleaning. That's relatively mundane. The second one is to the Orthopedic PA to get my knee evaluated. The injections aren't helping so he wants to see what the next steps might be.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 06:15 AM (+4yJ5)
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If you have any cartilage left in your knee and he recommends a knee replacement, ask if a partial would work. A full knee replacement requires quite a bit more recovery time. I'm six months post surgery and, while I am very definitely better off, I still have some movement issues.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 06:22 AM (ri2MA)

108 58 37 People exaggerate its scariness. It's suitable for very young audiences really.
Posted by: The Thing Inside Regan at August 03, 2026 05:43 AM (Nl9o+)

Ha!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 06:23 AM (odBC9)

109 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Same here. I did not see that movie.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:23 AM (u82oZ)

110 I love the whole "The Bidens are Broke" story arc.
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Joe has no influence to sell any more. For the first time, Bidens in the three adult generations will have to find work. It will be jarring for them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 06:25 AM (ri2MA)

111
"Tubular Bells" was given exhaustive airplay back in its day. Its time has passed.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 06:25 AM (s9VOe)

112
tubular
adjective
...
• informal, mainly US English excellent: U2's brand of really tubular new-wave sounds.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 06:25 AM (odBC9)

113 Huck Follywood

Hunter has already auditioned for PornHub, or so I was told.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:26 AM (u82oZ)

114 Still no motive known for the Idaho In-N-Out terrorist's attack.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 06:26 AM (M3+vL)

115 If you have any cartilage left in your knee and he recommends a knee replacement, ask if a partial would work.

I've been reading articles about a process that restores cartilage but it's still in the initial testing phase. I would happily be a guinea pig for that.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 06:26 AM (+4yJ5)

116
"Biden Jars - Like Leyden Jars, But Full of Shit"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 06:26 AM (s9VOe)

117 Amusing side note I forgot to mention: I got birthday cards from various vendors last week. One of them was the same one that I got last year.

"Happy Birthday! Look forward to seeing you soon!"

This was from the surgical center that extracted two of my teeth. I've been keeping my head on a swivel.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 06:27 AM (+4yJ5)

118 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 06:09 AM (M3+vL)
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A helpful read; thank you.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 06:29 AM (ri2MA)

119 All Trails app. The only app I have that I pay for.
No helicopter rescues so far.

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at August 03, 2026 06:29 AM (RSDmt)

120 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

Teen age alienation coupled with mental illness.
Probably needed to be laid.


But the Media and Police can't find a motive. As usual.
How can they justify a salary if they are so obtuse?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

121 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 03, 2026 06:26 AM (M3+vL

Sounds to me as if from the "NY Post" he was suicidal and before shooting himself he tried to kill others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2026 06:30 AM (rHgXV)

122 How can they justify a salary if they are so obtuse?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

Justify?

That's explicitly what they're being paid for.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2026 06:31 AM (Vq1pX)

123
I saw a video on a social medium site -- cannot remember which one -- of J'Blowme allegedly boarding a plane to fly commercial with the hoi polloi.

Imagine being seated next to that doddering and drooling pants' shitter for any flight.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 06:31 AM (s9VOe)

124 Warai-otoko

Spot on.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:33 AM (u82oZ)

125 G'mornin' everyone!

back in the day, when exorcist was a new release, I knew a couple of lads who thought to enhance the experience they would do some acid and see the movie ... those boys were never quite right, ever after.
what put me in mind of that incident was the profound reaction either of them had to hearing Tubular Bells play on the radio.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 03, 2026 06:33 AM (VyBeY)

126
Incel Could Not Get Enough of the Old "In and Out" -- Takes It Out at an In-N-Out

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 06:33 AM (s9VOe)

127 Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

When your Washington State sex workers look like woke behemoths with multicolored hair, ... Houston, we have a problem.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:35 AM (u82oZ)

128 Had dinner last night with some generally middle of the road centrist Democrat friends. He's fine with Trump generally, but she was unable to contain her anger and contempt. She told me her friends, all late fifties and sixties, white suburban women, are bubbling over with hate for Trump. I asked her if she intends to vote for Adam Hamawy, the al Qaeda member who is our local Democrat candidate for Congress, and she is eager.

The self-destructive insanity is deeply rooted.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 06:38 AM (qsn9b)

129
All Trails app. The only app I have that I pay for.
No helicopter rescues so far.
Posted by: Enola Gay Pride

My instructor for Wilderness First Aid was quite candid about counting on receiving the miraculous and just in time helicopter rescue. In brief, it's neither guaranteed nor prompt, depending upon how deep you are into the wilderness.

His advice was "Do not do stupid shit and get yourself injured while out in the wilderness."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2026 06:41 AM (s9VOe)

130 asked her if she intends to vote for Adam Hamawy, the al Qaeda member who is our local Democrat candidate for Congress, and she is eager.

The self-destructive insanity is deeply rooted.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 06:38 AM (qsn9b)

I see the word "Hatecraft" bubbling up in public discourse, and it describes this kind of thing perfectly.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2026 06:41 AM (Vq1pX)

131 It's not enough to just instill pathological reflective hatred in your followers. You need to have your followers further amplify and resonate that hatred amongst themselves without any further effort from you. Like a wind turbine in a storm woobling itself into a cataclysmic kerplooey.

We've all seen the video.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2026 06:44 AM (Vq1pX)

132 128 Had dinner last night with some generally middle of the road centrist Democrat friends. He's fine with Trump generally, but she was unable to contain her anger and contempt.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 06:38 AM (qsn9b)

"I'm going to change the topic because you mean a lot to me."

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 06:46 AM (odBC9)

133 Warai-otoko

Those Hatecraft followers seem to have a high stress level. I recommend tranquilizer darts from 10 feet away to help them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

134 We've all seen the video.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Bingo wings aflutter.

I don't want that image.
* Thinks of Happy Space with Agent 99 solving problems. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:48 AM (u82oZ)

135 I bought one a while back. On the one hand, it has since increased in price by nearly 50%. On the other hand, it's sitting in my closet.

****

Bought one 3 years ago. I see it everyday, it's in my entertainment unit, but haven't touched it in a couple years. I blame Steam. I do all my gaming on my laptop or Steam deck these days.

Posted by: Biergood at August 03, 2026 06:51 AM (PwgSL)

136 It's the performance aspect of it that's so galling. Hate whoever you like. You can even tell me you hate the guy i like, that's fine. I hate the guy you like, too, big deal.

It's all the pageantry of displaying that *I* must hate what you hate as well lest i become hated myself....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2026 06:51 AM (Vq1pX)

137 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 03, 2026 06:51 AM (2Ez/1)

138 I am a real man of genius. I got home from work yesterday morning and forgot to wind my window up in the car. It rained yesterday. A lot of rain. I went out, saw the window down. I said some very unkind things about my intellect. Got some towels, dried things out the best I could. It's very humid and more rain is coming. I am a dumb dumb.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 06:52 AM (sAmhv)

139 Because they're followers, like you said!

136 It's the performance aspect of it that's so galling. Hate whoever you like. You can even tell me you hate the guy i like, that's fine. I hate the guy you like, too, big deal.

It's all the pageantry of displaying that *I* must hate what you hate as well lest i become hated myself....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2026 06:51 AM (Vq1pX)

131 It's not enough to just instill pathological reflective hatred in your followers. You need to have your followers further amplify and resonate that hatred amongst themselves without any further effort from you. Like a wind turbine in a storm woobling itself into a cataclysmic kerplooey.

We've all seen the video.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2026 06:44 AM (Vq1pX)

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 06:53 AM (odBC9)

140 I asked her if she intends to vote for Adam Hamawy, the al Qaeda member who is our local Democrat candidate for Congress, and she is eager.

As Mike Z. Williamson is fond of saying: "Deport liberal white women."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 06:53 AM (+4yJ5)

141 Puddleglum, put some of the commercial dessicant in your car. That will help draw out any moisture.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2026 06:55 AM (abScH)

142 It definitely seemed like a female thing. She is angry and she's not sure why. The only specific thing she could cite is PDJT made a lot of money last year in some weird crypto thing, and she's convinced he is corrupt.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 06:55 AM (AYA0R)

143

*hic*


Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 03, 2026 06:56 AM (AHxhK)

144 Hillary Clinton

Do you still dream of Webb Hubble?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

145 141: I'll look but I don't think I have any. Baking soda, maybe. I'll look later. I'm going to bed. Later day walkers.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 06:57 AM (sAmhv)

146
I am a dumb dumb.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 06:52 AM (sAmhv)

When I read stuff like this, I feel a sense not of derision but of relief that other people can do things just as stupid as I do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2026 06:58 AM (O0L8i)

147 @138/Puddleglum: Been there, done that. Whatever you do, do NOT roll up the windows fully at this juncture, or you'll have a mold-growth problem in the carpet and the under-carpet, and you'll never get rid of it. When this happens on car-lots (and it does) and the salesman was stupid enough to seal up the car, 3 weeks later the interior will be in such a state that the car usually has to be totaled.

Leave all four windows open a crack if it's still raining, and as soon as the rain stops, open all four doors wide and let it dry out completely. If you do this successfully, you should avoid the mold.

Also: Sopping up what you could with towels was a good idea.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 06:58 AM (O7YUW)

148 But the Media and Police can't find a motive. As usual.
How can they justify a salary if they are so obtuse?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

You need to respect us unquestioningly. What disgusting insolence.

Posted by: Media and Police at August 03, 2026 06:59 AM (4g5V+)

149 Do you still dream of Webb Hubble?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I'm sure he whispers prayers of thanks to whatever god finds him interesting that she chose Bill instead of him.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 06:59 AM (+4yJ5)

150 Shahinshahmas Eve. 65 years ago tomorrow the world would change forever because He was born.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 07:00 AM (4g5V+)

151 You need to respect us unquestioningly. What disgusting insolence.
Posted by: Media and Police

Put your distain in my overflowing Google File.
Your actions enable unlearned barbarians, and are a driving force in getting normal people out of the Media and Police. A self-selected own goal, in extra time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

152 Mornin yall. Well, it's another week and Special Uniqua Gibson is back in jail, this time for terroristic threats and acts. If you think she seems nice, you are very very wrong.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2026 07:02 AM (MWfyi)

153 NR Pax

Webb Hubble was the father of Chelsea Clinton.

Bill Clinton is sterile.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

154 "George Soros and his son Alex donated more than $400,000 to the Democratic National Committee during the 2018 midterms. They gave more than $1 million during the 2022 midterm election cycle, campaign finance records show.

This year, they have yet to give the DNC a dollar."
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WSJ says DNC stands for "Do Not Contribute".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 07:04 AM (SZhoT)

155 I don't have limitless wire

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 07:05 AM (L8DX7)

156 Holy Cow...Tubular Bells. I guess some day every vinyl album I've owned will have have been featured on AOS.

I'm trying to think of an obscure one that may never have been mentioned. Maybe Bare Trees, by an early iteration of Fleetwood Mac. Christine's voice is divine. RIP sweet child of mine.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 03, 2026 07:05 AM (55Qr6)

157 Huck Follywood

All the Alex Soros money going to DSA and BLM / AntiFA / Commie mobs?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

158 Farmer, with his own historic take

The Marine Corps Band playing Sousa?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

159 Put your distain in my overflowing Google File.
Your actions enable unlearned barbarians, and are a driving force in getting normal people out of the Media and Police. A self-selected own goal, in extra time.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

I look forward to the day I get to put you in your place. I hate you and people like you. I put on my uniform because I am one on the good guys, which means I get to do anything I damn well please.

And one thing I DO NOT TOLERATE IS BEING QUESTIONED BY STUPID CITIZENS.

Posted by: Hero In Blue at August 03, 2026 07:09 AM (4g5V+)

160 JP Morgan is paying to have its logo on Ohio State jerseys, and probably paying a lot. I guess we will be cheering for a NY bank now?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 07:10 AM (y+ESJ)

161 Put your distain in my overflowing Google File.
Your actions enable unlearned barbarians, and are a driving force in getting normal people out of the Media and Police. A self-selected own goal, in extra time.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

The Customer Is Always Wrong.

Posted by: Media at August 03, 2026 07:10 AM (4g5V+)

162 Elon Musk is giving some ginormous amount to the Good Guys!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 07:10 AM (odBC9)

163 160: damn, I guess the jerseys will look like soccer jerseys now.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 07:11 AM (4g5V+)

164 Bill Clinton is sterile.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

That dude is gonna be 80 on the 19th.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 07:12 AM (4g5V+)

165 Webb Hubble was the father of Chelsea Clinton.

Bill Clinton is sterile.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Oh, I know about that. I'm just saying she could have chosen to stay with him but she chose Bill.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 03, 2026 07:14 AM (+4yJ5)

166 Shahinshahmas Eve. 65 years ago tomorrow the world would change forever because He was born.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026

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Ugh. Just when I thought I had him out of my mind, someone drags him back in.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2026 07:14 AM (wzUl9)

167 64 Those kids should have used AllTrails, not Google Maps. It shows the trail to be 17.1 miles long with an 8000 foot elevation gain. It describes the trail as “strenuous”.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 05:51 AM (4g5V+)
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8000 feet. Sheesh.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 07:16 AM (vshkn)

168 Bill Clinton is sterile.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:02 AM
+++

I'm not so clean myself.

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at August 03, 2026 07:16 AM (2Ez/1)

169 NR Pax

Hillary stayed to grasp power. No other reason.
She ... bad.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:17 AM (u82oZ)

170 Cow Demon

Did you see him in Italy recently? Looks like he has a foot in the grave.

He still has a brain, because he stayed away from Hillary on his public walk through town.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

171 We suspect fair play.

Posted by: The Police at August 03, 2026 07:19 AM (2Ez/1)

172 Dropping acid before watching "The Exorcist" is like putting a big welcome mat out for demonic possession.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2026 07:20 AM (qFwJc)

173 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 07:21 AM (JvZF+)

174 162 Elon Musk is giving some ginormous amount to the Good Guys!
Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 07:10 AM (odBC9)

$100M to $120M to the Rs for the 2026 midterms, according to the Intertubes.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 07:21 AM (odBC9)

175 m

I hope Elon is selective in who he supports.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

176 My older sister and her friends went down to Georgetown to watch them filming the Exorcist. It was a bit of a pain in those days for kids to get there from Bethesda, (you'ld ride your bike along the Georgetown branch and down the tow path), but it was do-able.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 03, 2026 07:22 AM (FmapG)

177 Maxine Watters is apparently locked up in memory care and has been for four months. She doesn't know her own name, claims the rumor.

And yet she is recorded as voting in the House as recently as July 23.

I wish we had a free press to chase down some facts on this.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 07:23 AM (bvwOM)

178 It's all the pageantry of displaying that *I* must hate what you hate as well lest i become hated myself....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2026 06:51 AM
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They'll even try to make you wear a ribbon!

https://youtu.be/y4bmGekgE14

Posted by: Kramer at August 03, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)

179 $100M to $120M to the Rs for the 2026 midterms, according to the Intertubes.
Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 07:21 AM


Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 03, 2026 07:26 AM (2Ez/1)

180 Maxine Watters is apparently locked up in memory care and has been for four months. She doesn't know her own name, claims the rumor.

And yet she is recorded as voting in the House as recently as July 23.

I wish we had a free press to chase down some facts on this.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 07:23 AM (bvwOM)
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We really do need a process for removing brain-dead Congresscritters from office.

If they are too cognitively impaired to do their jobs, they have no business voting on issues that affect all Americans.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 03, 2026 07:27 AM (FZ29D)

181 I watched the Exorcist . Creepy. The mood and tone ominous and oppressive. It stimulated me to read some of Blatty’s books.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 07:27 AM (Gqar8)

182 There was a time I was listening to a lot of Tubular Bells and Wyndham Hill and spending a lot of time in isolation tanks.

But I got better.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 07:28 AM (JvZF+)

183
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
8h
Suicidal empathy
17h

Basil the Great
@BasilTheGreat
17h
This is Elizabeth Ross
She went to Greece to help illegal migrants cross into Europe
There she met an Afghan man and spent time with him
The Afghan man murdered her and put her body in a suitcase
He also used her bank cards to rob money
There is a valuable lesson here

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 07:28 AM (odBC9)

184 Grok says Waters is not locked away and has been seen in public hearings, so I guess that rumor is a hoax. But McConnell is still MIA.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 07:28 AM (UqeTT)

185 If Waters is not mentally competent then she has handlers who are voting for her. Should be easy to trace.

Posted by: tubal at August 03, 2026 07:30 AM (Gqar8)

186
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 03, 2026 07:30 AM (/+uur)

187 Sefton is up and at 'em

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2026 07:31 AM (RC2c3)

188 Elon Musk
@elonmusk
8h
Suicidal empathy

Basil the Great
@BasilTheGreat
17h
This is Elizabeth Ross

The comments are heartless.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 07:33 AM (odBC9)

189 There is a valuable lesson here

Too bad they won't learn it.

Posted by: Halfhand at August 03, 2026 07:36 AM (eh5tU)

190 If Waters is not mentally competent then she has handlers who are voting for her. Should be easy to trace.

Does the House required ID to vote?

</sarc>

Posted by: Community Notes at August 03, 2026 07:38 AM (a4flb)

191 Allegedly Old Lady Maxine sat down for an interview in late June.

https://tinyurl.com/3abrdpuy

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)

192 The Marine Corps Band playing Sousa?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2026 07:08

No Salty, never owned that one. However I did have the single of Snoopy shooting down the Red Baron at Christmastime. What was that called?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 03, 2026 07:52 AM (55Qr6)

193 There was a time I was listening to a lot of Tubular Bells and Wyndham Hill and spending a lot of time in isolation tanks.
But I got better.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 07:28

Are you sure?
Posted by: Someone who has been reading your posts for a long time

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 03, 2026 08:08 AM (55Qr6)

194 >>However I did have the single of Snoopy shooting down the Red Baron at Christmastime.

Snoopy's Christmas was the 3rd Snoopy tune that the Royal Guardsmen put out, but he didn't shoot down the Red Baron in it.

https://tinyurl.com/4uv7k537

Posted by: Nazdar at August 03, 2026 08:27 AM (NcvvS)

195 193 There was a time I was listening to a lot of Tubular Bells and Wyndham Hill and spending a lot of time in isolation tanks.
But I got better.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2026 07:28

Are you sure?
Posted by: Someone who has been reading your posts for a long time
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 03, 2026 08:08 AM (55Qr6)

; )

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 01:36 PM (odBC9)

Sunday Overnight Open Thread - August 2, 2026 [Doof]

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Adirondacks, NY - From Earth Photos

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Glad you could stop by! Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. How's August treating you so far?

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Pay attention to this guy. He seems to understand how immunity works in the human body

Hopefully he will be called upon years later to explain this when a big pandemic hits and people are wondering the best course of action.

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I've been sharing a lot of stuff about Flock cameras recently. Maybe I need to submit a Morning Rant thread about it so the daywalkers get to see this stuff.

Flock cameras are asshoe. Overreach and extremely counter to the 4th Amendment. Those who administer these things certainly understand the concept when they themselves are the ones being filmed. Here's another example.

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Feel good content.

Awesome stuff there.


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There's feel good content. I guess there can be sound good content. This, however, aint that.

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This is from somewhere in Memphis. Horde members are almost old enough!

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Seems legit

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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Cher’s Dress Reveals on The Cher Show: When Primetime Got a Little Spicey

In the mid-1970s, long before everyone tried for viral red-carpet shock and awe, there was Cher. And there was that moment, every week, when she stepped onto the stage of her variety series The Cher Show, draped in a dramatic cape, cloak, or feathered cover-up, only to whip it away and reveal something spectacular underneath.

Those dress reveals, masterminded by the legendary costume designer Bob Mackie, weren’t just costume changes. They were events. It was mix of glamour, calculated shock value, and absolute showmanship that pushed the boundaries of what American television audiences expected to see on a Wednesday night. Decades later, the clips still circulate wildly on social media, looking every bit as daring as they did fifty years ago.

The Ritual of the Reveal
The Cher Show followed the end of The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour. Cher was now the solo star, and Mackie, already her trusted collaborator, went into overdrive. A single episode could feature multiple looks, but the signature moment was the dramatic unveiling. Underneath: a body-conscious confection of sequins, beads, cutouts, sheer illusion panels, feathers, and midriff-baring two-pieces that left little to the imagination.

Standout Moments That Still Sparkle
Among the many reveals, a few have achieved near-mythic status:

 • The “Satisfaction” rainbow two-piece that fans still rave about for its pure joy and color.

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 • A striking turquoise number from “Got to Get You Into My Life”that stopped the show mid-spin.

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 • The purple “Crocodile Rock” drama.

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 • The white “Let Me Entertain You” sparkle

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Each reveal felt like a mini fashion show compressed into a few electric seconds. The audience reaction, cheers, gasps, applause, it was all part of the performance. The sequined, feathered, cutout creations helped define the 1970s and continue to influence stage costumes, red-carpet risk-takers, and anyone who believes clothes should make an entrance. Glamour, after all, is best when it’s revealed.

Enjoy a compilation Cher’s season 1 reveals:

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The rest of you - Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.


Sorta kinda fashion adjacent?

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1 Happy Sunday!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:01 PM (hzuYO)

2 I Could Write a Book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vc-qaR4rHk

or

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 10:01 PM (+yTe/)

3 How's August treating you so far?

Let's see. Hot. Dry. Another thanksbut. Still waiting to get get work back I paid for that was supposed to arrive last month. Hm. No different than any other month, I guess.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 Good evening.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 02, 2026 10:03 PM (348x5)

5
Nice dresses. Too bad Cher is inside them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 10:04 PM (O0L8i)

6 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Made it to DD#1's house, presents have been doled out to the grandsons (the 3-D plastic reticulated snakes were the biggest hit), dinner has been consumed, and now we are JJ st waiting until we can go to bed.

Life is wonderful 💕💕💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 10:04 PM (S7WXb)

7 Good evening Horde and thanks to Disco and Piper!

Posted by: TRex - squirrel hell director dino at August 02, 2026 10:05 PM (jnBG1)

8 Hi friends!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:05 PM (pZEOD)

9 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 02, 2026 10:05 PM (+9wcF)

10 Allie the Calico Kitty Cat says, "Hello!" and wants me to stop typing so I can rub her tummy. Even though it's not Tuesday

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2026 10:06 PM (FZ29D)

11 Christy,
Congrats on the first!
And thank you for your recommendation in the gray boxes one night re Southern Sideboard cookbook...I was able to get one and absolutely love it, so thanks for the recommendation!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 02, 2026 10:06 PM (XfIK1)

12 5
Nice dresses. Too bad Cher is inside them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026

Yeah, she is loony toons. Must be the Hollywood air or something.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:07 PM (Wmg4n)

13 Thanks, Doof. I don't know where everyone is as I just wandered in.

Exellent music!!!

Thanks, Piper. I liked Cher as a young kid. If I had a rib removed I'd have a waist like hers. Felt she cheated to do that.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:07 PM (hzuYO)

14 Cher had the body, Sonny had the brains. Maybe we should have kept the smarter one.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

15 Missed one thing:

Southern Rich = happy

NYC Rich = hate everything

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

16 Squirrels should stay out of the attic.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 10:09 PM (Cqx++)

17 Good evening Horde and thanks to Disco and Piper!
Posted by: TRex - squirrel hell director dino at August 02, 2026 10:05 PM (jnBG1)

Howdy Dino!

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)

18 Maybe the squirrels in dog heaven aren't squirrels at all? Do they have transparent skin?

It's not like the Koran would mention dog heaven.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)

19 What is going on in Washington State and Idaho? Why all the random shootings? Isn't it bad enough Washington State is burning from the wildfires? What a crazy mess. Damn.

Posted by: Case at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (bqIVz)

20
NYC Rich = hate everything

That makes them happy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (Cqx++)

21 I have a contrarian opinion on the Flock cameras, because I've actually listened to the guys who invented them.

The upshot: if you don't want them, make the US a high trust society again. Until then, they're our best bet for getting crime under control.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (v8+Kf)

22 Sonny wouldn't have kept too well after the snow melted

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (rbvCR)

23 Thanks, Doof. I don't know where everyone is as I just wandered in.

Exellent music!!!

Thanks, Piper. I liked Cher as a young kid. If I had a rib removed I'd have a waist like hers. Felt she cheated to do that.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:07 PM (hzuYO)

Were you immediately whelmed?

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

24 I'd pay good money to watch that shoe race live.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 10:12 PM (NnhvP)

25 The national Anthem: they meant well.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:12 PM (Wj1DV)

26
Huh, the reveal for me is that Cher had a pretty decent voice.

Amazing Bob Mackie gowns. They ought to be in a museum.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 10:12 PM (mmrXZ)

27 I’m only 29: they won’t let me in!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:12 PM (Wj1DV)

28 "Guy goes to film a Flock office building. He is met by Flock employees who say they don’t feel safe being surveilled."

If you think about it, this is not too different from working at JPMChase and not banking with them.

(Which I wouldn't know anything 'bout dat.)

Posted by: Tonypete at August 02, 2026 10:13 PM (uoXeR)

29 The upshot: if you don't want them, make the US a high trust society again. Until then, they're our best bet for getting crime under control.

My Constitutional rights are not dependent on the approval of someone who works for Flock.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 10:13 PM (Riz8t)

30 Who is that warbling The Star Spangled Banner? Carol Burnett used to do a bit where she'd sing horribly to orchestral accompament and I thought it must take great talent to sing so horribly but, by golly, this chick is worse!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 10:14 PM (ndZc7)

31 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 10:15 PM (1z8ji)

32 I have a contrarian opinion on the Flock cameras, because I've actually listened to the guys who invented them.

The upshot: if you don't want them, make the US a high trust society again. Until then, they're our best bet for getting crime under control.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (v8+Kf)

Very Orwellian take

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

33 Evenin'

youtu.be/qpWPIxcqVDY

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 10:15 PM (sAmhv)

34 Never watched the Cher show so thanks for the video on the dresses. Only had to endure seconds of her voice. I see that the show only made it one year. I guess without Sonny she wasn’t all that.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 02, 2026 10:15 PM (2NHgQ)

35 Rehumanize yourself

Posted by: Joemarine at August 02, 2026 10:16 PM (y171U)

36 Thanks for the entertaining ONT, Doof!

And thanks to Piper for the Cher fashion show!

That human chain to rescue the doggeh was superb. Restores faith in humankind, it does.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 02, 2026 10:17 PM (D/6p1)

37 Thank you to everyone in the gun thread! There's a picture of the spawn in case you missed it.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 10:17 PM (VCgbV)

38 Amazing Bob Mackie gowns. They ought to be in a museum.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 10:12 PM (mmrXZ)

The best Bob Mackie gown was the Scarlett O'Hara dress worn by Carol Burnett.

It is known.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 10:17 PM (S7WXb)

39 It is pouring down

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 10:18 PM (Ia/+0)

40 You will be made to trust our Flock Cameras, peon!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:18 PM (Wj1DV)

41 Oh! Thanks Doof, and Piper!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 10:18 PM (NnhvP)

42 It is pouring down

How else could it pour?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 10:19 PM (vTZFs)

43 The upshot: if you don't want them, make the US a high trust society again. Until then, they're our best bet for getting crime under control.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (v8+Kf)

Well, maybe, if you define "crime" as running a yellow light.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 10:19 PM (1z8ji)

44 I kept expecting Cher to trip over her discarded frocks.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 02, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

45 44 I kept expecting Cher to trip over her discarded frocks.
Posted by: Joemarine at August 02, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)


I would. Right off the stage.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:20 PM (p4NUW)

46 It is pouring down
Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 10:18 PM (Ia/+0)

Brewing up a storm here, I think. Gotten chilly, and howling gale out of the northwest.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 10:20 PM (1z8ji)

47 Doof, thanks for Collective Soul. Haven't heard them in awhile!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 02, 2026 10:21 PM (348x5)

48 Cher was a wonderful mannequin and had quite a bit of talent besides.

Posted by: Caesar and Cleo Fan at August 02, 2026 10:21 PM (JM9I6)

49 11 Christy,
Congrats on the first!
And thank you for your recommendation in the gray boxes one night re Southern Sideboard cookbook...I was able to get one and absolutely love it, so thanks for the recommendation!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 02, 2026 10:06 PM (XfIK1)
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Oh, wow! You are very welcome! I didn't think most people read my yammerings!

I love that cookbook! The back cover is off and if I lost it I'd lose my Seafood Gumbo recipe forever! For about 2yrs after my father's mother's death I experimented til he said I had it like hers! She left no recipes, or very few, and was the most wonderful cook. Also the pecan pie recipe is a yearly treat for my men (I add more pecans that it calls for). Probably more. It was a wedding gift to me and I found one each for my DIL's.

My grandmother was woman who also could sew anything from looking at a picture. Before she married she was a milliner. I have photos.

She loved me bigly and I loved her right back as her only granddaughter. She had tears in her eyes when I moved West for college and that almost got me (I rarely cry). She did live to see my wedding and later our beautiful boys.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:21 PM (hzuYO)

50 Congrats to Spawn of lin-duh!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 10:21 PM (S7WXb)

51 If it is pouring up, please alert the authorities.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:22 PM (Wj1DV)

52 Were you immediately whelmed?
Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

The second I see Foreigner I am very whelmed!!XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:23 PM (hzuYO)

53 Is there a purgatory for squirrels?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2026 10:23 PM (u/oMr)

54 Hey, August is looking pretty good , one month closer to October.

Posted by: Eromero at August 02, 2026 10:23 PM (LHPAg)

55 Finished second in the sockpuppet race by one. Still first loser.

Posted by: Fugitive From The Board of Mental Health at August 02, 2026 10:23 PM (JM9I6)

56 Doof, thanks for Collective Soul. Haven't heard them in awhile!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 02, 2026 10:21 PM (348x5)

YW! Underrated band, in my opinion.

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

57 Doof Enterprises, LLC is in talks with Flock to surveil ONT readers. It has come to our attention that some of you may be faking your level of whelm so we need a real gauge.

We've already got ShowerCam. What's a few more?

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

58 Sorry I'm late, my alien abductors were being a bit mendacious when they assured me I would be home by dinner time.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:25 PM (2RJDy)

59 Cher and Farrah Fawcett did a sketch on her show where they were mannequins in a store window. Funny and cute.

Posted by: Prolly Still On Youtube at August 02, 2026 10:25 PM (JM9I6)

60 make the US a high trust society again.

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So hang Fauci?

An interview of the good doctor from last year was on CSPN today. What an arrogant dick!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 10:25 PM (ndZc7)

61 How's August treating you so far?


Rain. It's jamming up my late summer golf plans. I work mids, days get shorter, harder to get out. I will endeavor to perceiver.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 10:25 PM (sAmhv)

62 August. Is that the name of the moose outside Club ONT?

If so, he's been letting me in, so we're fine.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)

63 In a more just world, Cher would have hit the tree.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)

64 37 Thank you to everyone in the gun thread! There's a picture of the spawn in case you missed it.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 10:17 PM (VCgbV)

Extremely cool ...

***remembers back to range time at a TxMoMe***

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 02, 2026 10:28 PM (3sXRv)

65 Cher was like an earlier version of Fauxhantos. She is half armenian and claimed to be half Indian...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:28 PM (sKqQm)

66 The upshot: if you don't want them, make the US a high trust society again. Until then, they're our best bet for getting crime under control.

My Constitutional rights are not dependent on the approval of someone who works for Flock.
Posted by: Archimedes

Yes. I explained this to y'all in a pithy one-liner 250 years ago.

.....

Back off, Generation FaceBook. 18 words was considered "pithy" back then.

Posted by: Ben Franklin at August 02, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

67 41 Oh! Thanks Doof, and Piper!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at

More Doof than Piper. But you are welcome!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:30 PM (Wmg4n)

68 It is pouring down

How else could it pour?
Posted by: Oddbob

Pouring sideways isn't unknown. Though horizontal precipitation is more common with snow than rain.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

69 "Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Glad you could stop by! Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. How's August treating you so far?"

It's been raining cats and dogs all around WNY, but somehow I managed to find a place where the storms went all around but never on us, and played 18 holes with a friend ... had the course to ourselves ... 3 hours stolen from the gods.

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 02, 2026 10:32 PM (3sXRv)

70 I made it 5 seconds into that national anthem bit.

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 10:32 PM (kU0PQ)

71 Sonny wouldn't have kept too well after the snow melted
Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:10 PM (rbvCR)

Maybe, but even brain dead he's smarter than her.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

72
It poured down and slightly sideways a few hours earlier. Peak rainfall rate her according to my station hit 4.87"/hr. Rained about 1.2" in 20 minutes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)

73 The Leopard Face Eating Party supposedly started off as a leftwing thing on reddit

but

I see page after meme after tweet of some lefty helping immigrants/illegals/refugees being murdered by them.

Jihadis don't resort to cannibalism but they'll do anything short of eating your face

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:33 PM (sKqQm)

74 I love that statue of saving the dog! After working in the trauma unit I do hope if needed I run to the danger vs away. I guess my excuse could be age at this point, or yanking my grands out of danger.

In the past, though, on a few planes I helped flight attendants and the worst words my dude or sons ever heard were, "I'm a RN." They would groan.

I continue to make them nervous. We have a new priest and I wanted to meet him today after Mass. Son said, "Mom, this is not the time to tell him your history." I said I would not and all I said was, "Welcome." He said, "Well, you've been known to say more." I get the same deal in the car afterwards from my dude and I repeated I said ONE WORD.

He laughed and said it's just that we know you are never boring. Basically they are telling me I need to be watched at all times or I might go off like a lunatic.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:33 PM (hzuYO)

75 30 Who is that warbling The Star Spangled Banner? Carol Burnett used to do a bit where she'd sing horribly to orchestral accompament and I thought it must take great talent to sing so horribly but, by golly, this chick is worse!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 10:14 PM (ndZc7)

Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas. She had some huge huts in the 60's (Baby Love, Nowhere to Hide)

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:33 PM (2RJDy)

76 65 Cher was like an earlier version of Fauxhantos. She is half armenian and claimed to be half Indian...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:28 PM

Only in a song, right?

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:34 PM (Wmg4n)

77 You probably can't blame Cher all that much for the demise of her show. Variety shows were dropping like flies. Carol Burnett was canceled around that time. in the early 70s, Skelton, Gleason, Sullivan all bit the dust. Skelton had been on since '52, and Sullivan for 20 years too.

Posted by: TV Fax and Figgers at August 02, 2026 10:34 PM (JM9I6)

78 Yesterday, an 'ette (I believe) posted a link to an AI paper. I should have noted the link, but failed to...and now I cannot recall which thread, or the poster.

Anyone know where that was?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:34 PM (XeU6L)

79 Temperature-wise, it was nice here.

But the nearby fires are huge. The one from Malheur County is well over 300,000 acres. The one north of Weiser blew up from 15,000 to 95,000 acres overnight. We had a dusting of ash on our cars this morning.

Reminds me of Fort Collins in 2012 and 2023ish.

The PNW is burning. Spokane has evacuation orders.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

80
July wrapped up, and the high for the month was 99.5F, so it didn't break 100F this time. I guess it could still, but I'm betting it won't.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 10:35 PM (w6EFb)

81 39 It is pouring down
Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 10:18 PM (Ia/+0)

I don't get really concerned until it starts pouring up.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:36 PM (2RJDy)

82 In a more just world, Cher would have hit the tree.
Posted by: Cicero
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Sonny may have done it on purpose.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:36 PM (XeU6L)

83 Were you familiar with any / all of those?

The Foreigner one, yes. It was part of my Journey/Foreigner tape. (120 min tape that I spliced the end of it to remove as much empty space as possible so I could just flip it over when the last song on the first side finished.) I played it a lot on the band bus on the way home from games for a couple of years.

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 10:37 PM (kU0PQ)

84 Martha Reeves used to warble like a songbird. Now she just warbles. Sic transit gloria mundi.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:38 PM (Wj1DV)

85 New England/New York are beautiful once you get away from the Hive cities.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:38 PM (sKqQm)

86 I heard it through the grapevine that Sonny had it coming.

Posted by: Treebeard at August 02, 2026 10:38 PM (Q+gd/)

87 Yes, Gloria was sick on the bus last Monday.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:38 PM (Wj1DV)

88 My only complaint about Cher is that she has a horrible singing voice. She is a terrible singer. Awful. That trembly vibrato is nauseating.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)

89 Fauci and Baric and Birx and quite a number of other people in and prior to the Biden administration have the problem that they combined to work with the Chinese to violate quite a number of laws and treaties about non-proliferation of biological warfare agents.
They will continue to breathe the air of freedom as long as no one decides to make this an issue.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:39 PM (rbvCR)

90 So is Chad Williams a made up name because the shooter was the son of a police officer?

Lot of posts saying his name is Amer Mandzic. The son of Bosnian immigrants. His father has been a Twin Falls police officer for years.

WTF?

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:39 PM (KC5Lt)

91 Tonight for our cinema we watched "Speed" with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. I liked it as it was fast paced.

Joked that their meeting was far more exciting than us meeting in a hospital elevator. He disagreed.

Sandra is no doubt a liberal twit like the rest of them but I do like her movies. I like that Reeves seems like a good guy (he may not be).

At least she's not that disgusting Nicole Kidman who's in everything and flashing body parts. I really, really, REALLY don't like her!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)

92 Sonny may have done it on purpose.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Beat me to it!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (uoXeR)

93 Sonny may have done it on purpose.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:36 PM (XeU6L)

Weren’t Sonny and Cher already divorced by then?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (Wj1DV)

94
Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas. She had some huge huts in the 60's (Baby Love, Nowhere to Hide)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:33 PM

I thought huts were a euphemism, but then realized you meant hits, and if that isn’t a Piper typo, I don’t know what is.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (OoFl2)

95 So is Chad Williams a made up name because the shooter was the son of a police officer?

Lot of posts saying his name is Amer Mandzic. The son of Bosnian immigrants. His father has been a Twin Falls police officer for years.

WTF?
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Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:39 PM (KC5Lt)

Thus, the 48 hour rule. I knew this shit stank from the get-go.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)

96 85 New England/New York are beautiful once you get away from the Hive cities.

Posted by: 18-1


That applies about anywhere in the US, but yes, NY/NE is beautiful. I feel sad for NY. Saddled with a horrible city, the rest of the state is fairly conservative (ignore Ithaca), kind of like PA.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 10:41 PM (sAmhv)

97 Cher was like an earlier version of Fauxhantos. She is half armenian and claimed to be half Indian...
Posted by: 18-1

A member of the Slapaho?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 02, 2026 10:42 PM (uoXeR)

98 Cher was like an earlier version of Fauxhantos. She is half armenian and claimed to be half Indian...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:28 PM (sKqQm)

Both the Armenians and the Indians use tandooris, so I suppose there is some bragging rights there.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:42 PM (rbvCR)

99 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:42 PM (Wj1DV)

100
I did however, set the dew point and heat index records (for 2 years with the station). Dew point of 82F and Heat index of 121F on 7/2.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 10:43 PM (w6EFb)

101 90 So is Chad Williams a made up name because the shooter was the son of a police officer?

Lot of posts saying his name is Amer Mandzic. The son of Bosnian immigrants. His father has been a Twin Falls police officer for years.

WTF?

Posted by: polynikes


It means that whatever national news coverage it gets, it will be anti 2nd amendment and then it will disappear, like it never happened.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 10:43 PM (sAmhv)

102 88 My only complaint about Cher is that she has a horrible singing voice. She is a terrible singer. Awful. That trembly vibrato is nauseating.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)

She was the first recording artist to use autotune.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:45 PM (2RJDy)

103 I have a contrarian opinion on the Flock cameras,

There is a town that has its own natural springs lake. Almost all of the shoreline and acreage back is privately owned—except for the dam and a couple long, thin peninsulas that the city.

One peninsula has a sign set up that asks visitors to not spend more than seven nights camping. Its a primitive park with a couple port-o-lets and maybe a dozen campsites that were defined organically by previous guests.

I'm guessing that the seven nights is an arbitrary number to keep it from turning into a homeless camp and annoying the lake house owners. Its too small to gate and staff. So how do they enforce it?

One Flock camera at the entrance. Get beyond its range and enjoy your lake side camping. The town has this only one camera.

Think of a better solution than a Flock camera.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 02, 2026 10:45 PM (a4flb)

104 93 Sonny may have done it on purpose.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:36 PM (XeU6L)

Weren’t Sonny and Cher already divorced by then?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit


Yes.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 10:45 PM (sAmhv)

105 Born in Brooklyn in 1955, lived in NYC Metropolitan area until '88, loved NY State, but will never return. In the clutches of Ma Hochul. There is no hope for any return to sanity.

Posted by: Excelsior! at August 02, 2026 10:46 PM (JM9I6)

106 78 Yesterday, an 'ette (I believe) posted a link to an AI paper. I should have noted the link, but failed to...and now I cannot recall which thread, or the poster.

Anyone know where that was?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:34 PM (XeU6L)
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Wasn't me but I know it. A professor and Alcorn State in MS. He failed 32 out of 35 in a class for using AI. Is well spoken and I wish others would do the same to cheating kids. Professor's name is Dr. Jason Gibson. I oddly recognized his accent before I read he was from MS.

https://tinyurl.com/8hscdnct

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:46 PM (hzuYO)

107 Kidman is an ok actress. She's not an elite one but she can actually act.

Bullock picks entertaining roles but I don't think's got as much range or talent.

Kidman used to be pickier about showing the goods, I assume she realizes she is at the end of the time where she can make any $$$ doing so.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:46 PM (sKqQm)

108 I loved living in the Hudson Valley . Though I did count down the days for winter to be done with.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:47 PM (KC5Lt)

109 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)

I must chime in. Keanu Reeves is the real deal. He is one of the best. He has endured a lot of things over the years. He is a good man.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)

110 The Flock camera stuff reminds me a bit of the outcome of the government's response to 9/11.

Rather then deal with the problem - jailing/killing criminals/jihadis they instead monitor everyone.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (sKqQm)

111 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:42 PM (Wj1DV)

You have to go back to pure merit admission to medical school, sink the current student loan system, get the local control over new hospitals and clinics by the current hospitals gutted, get rid of private equity ownership of clinics and hospitals, burn the insurance system as the primary billing source to the ground, and make pharma responsible, legally, for every death caused by the protocols developed by pharma.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)

112 Almost didn't recognize the National Anthem.
Was that Black Yoko?

Posted by: wth at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (oq9dX)

113 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.

Fauci will never hang. He won't meet any form of justice by this government because he did what they asked him to do.

Now think of other sadistic attacks on human flourishing that also has a fawning media and a complicit government?

Climate Change? De-industrialization? Open Borders?

Does anyone think Fauci is a one-off on demonic schemes to harm or end millions of lives?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 02, 2026 10:49 PM (a4flb)

114
Cher was like an earlier version of Fauxhantos. She is half armenian and claimed to be half Indian...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 10:28 PM

Only in a song, right?
Posted by: Piper

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No, she made it part of her fake mystique.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 10:49 PM (mmrXZ)

115 Sonny may have done it on purpose.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Weren’t Sonny and Cher already divorced by then?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Yes.
Posted by: Puddleglum

You'd have to be an A+++ asshole for your wife to go through the motions of divorcing you posthumously.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)

116 Amazing Bob Mackie gowns. They ought to be in a museum.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 10:12 PM (mmrXZ)

The best Bob Mackie gown was the Scarlett O'Hara dress worn by Carol Burnett.

It is known.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 10:17 PM (S7WXb)

I watched the Cher show when it first ran. She borrowed heavily from Carol Burnett, so much so that she had a segment where she took questions from the audience. Carol showed up in one segment as an audience member, and asked where she got the idea for taking questions from the audience. Off course it was all prearranged but Carol played it to the hilt and you saw the love that only good friends could sublimate for the sake of the joke. They should each write the other's biography...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 10:50 PM (nbLIj)

117 Bedtime. Night y’all!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 10:50 PM (OoFl2)

118 Cher pictures: Last time I saw a mouth like that it had a hook in it.

Remember to tip your waitress.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at August 02, 2026 10:51 PM (Qw3Dr)

119 DJ Doof - Deeper Cuts Edition
Well known bands - songs you might not have heard very much.

A few of my favorite tracks from well-known bands barely made the charts. Or missed them entirely.

Journey - Topaz
https://youtu.be/z0v69bbzeec

Toad The Wet Sprocket - Something To Say
https://youtu.be/nOOm5YciACc

Toto - Stop Loving You
https://youtu.be/HtxoW7Yuiaw

The Fixx - Secret Separation
https://youtu.be/fZciNthNnDA

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 10:52 PM (VHUov)

120 68 It is pouring down

How else could it pour?
Posted by: Oddbob

Pouring sideways isn't unknown. Though horizontal precipitation is more common with snow than rain.
Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

On Shemya, it rains up. The winds blow so awfully that you can't use regular windows. We did an "Aleutian solution" which was a hopper window with a hood over it, so you could open the window for air and not get the whole damned room soaking wet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 10:52 PM (FyeA3)

121 @107...Kidman should let others start taking her roles as she's now too old to be playing some of them.

I dislike her because she's plastic inside and out. She claps her hands like a weird seal, which I realize I should not care about. She's had so much plastic surgery to her face her ears have grown larger,and I've read that's a sign of multiple face lifts. Fake. Fake. Fake.

I cannot imagine being that vain. I don't care about her marriages, surrogacy, or anything else. I'll be trying to find a movie and not watch it because of her.

Her parents were questionable, so I've read, in Australia. Father had something to do with pedo stuff and unsure of her mother. Kidman seems evil to me, otherwise I can't explain my disgust when I see her.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:52 PM (hzuYO)

122 Flock cameras, we are told, do not employ facial recognition software on road side use. HOWEVER, the facial recognition software is already available and could be employed rather easily from a technical standpoint. Admitted by the manufacturer.

I'm not sure I trust municipalities, counties and cities to keep it that way. In fact, I know I don't trust them to keep it that way.

Posted by: Orson at August 02, 2026 10:53 PM (dIske)

123
The best Bob Mackie gown was the Scarlett O'Hara dress worn by Carol Burnett.

It is known.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

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HA! I actually did not know that was a Bob Mackie gown. It was a masterpiece all right.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 10:54 PM (mmrXZ)

124 Forgot re: Kidman. When she and the country Keith Urban first married or soon after and bought a house I read a report.

She had her own "scream room." Whatever that is.

I have many rooms for unfinished hobbies but still lack a scream room. Wth?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:54 PM (hzuYO)

125
Hail is caused by it literally raining up. Raindrops get caught in a updraft and freeze, and don't come down until they get heavy enough.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 10:54 PM (w6EFb)

126 90 So is Chad Williams a made up name because the shooter was the son of a police officer?

Lot of posts saying his name is Amer Mandzic. The son of Bosnian immigrants. His father has been a Twin Falls police officer for years.

WTF?

Posted by: polynikes

What a stupid made up name.

Posted by: Haven Monahan at August 02, 2026 10:54 PM (wVcYX)

127 You have to go back to pure merit admission to medical school, sink the current student loan system, get the local control over new hospitals and clinics by the current hospitals gutted, get rid of private equity ownership of clinics and hospitals, burn the insurance system as the primary billing source to the ground, and make pharma responsible, legally, for every death caused by the protocols developed by pharma.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)

There you go, coming up with a reasonable solution to our problems! But you have to admit, neither one of us is going to get his way with the world. Also, heads on pikes would satisfy my fears about government more than medicine.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:55 PM (Wj1DV)

128 Good eveningmorons y gracias a Disco y Piper

There was a year or two where people tuned into Cher just to see what she was wearing which was usually smoking teh haaawt!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 10:55 PM (JvZF+)

129 ChristyBlinky -Thanks. But, that's not it. Link was to a paper reflecting on AI substance and development.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:56 PM (XeU6L)

130 109 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)

I must chime in. Keanu Reeves is the real deal. He is one of the best. He has endured a lot of things over the years. He is a good man.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)
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Thanks, Pug. That's what I've read about him as well. I have only seen a couple of his movies and intend to start finding them. The two I have seen I really liked him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:56 PM (hzuYO)

131 Fauci is a congenital liar arising out of his off the charts narcissism. He thinks he can explain his way out of his inconsistencies or that he's so smart that he can say anything he wants and it doesn't matter if he contradicts himself later because he's just changed his mind.

I bet his peers find him insufferable.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt)

132 129 ChristyBlinky -Thanks. But, that's not it. Link was to a paper reflecting on AI substance and development.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 10:56 PM (XeU6L)

Sorry, Mike!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:57 PM (hzuYO)

133 There was a year or two where people tuned into Cher just to see what she was wearing which was usually smoking teh haaawt!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 10:55 PM (JvZF+)

Probably fine so long as you turn down the audio.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 10:57 PM (FyeA3)

134 Wasn't there a big to do this past week because it was reported thst Texas looked through foot of like 83,000 Flock cameras trying to locate a woman who had gotten an abortion?

Speaking of cameras, are liberals still upset thst cops'body cams are more likely to show cops conducting themselves properly than malfeasance and abuse of power? Also,, being able to review body cam footage before testifying has done a lot to improve their performance on the witness stsnd.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:57 PM (2RJDy)

135 124 Forgot re: Kidman. When she and the country Keith Urban first married or soon after and bought a house I read a report.

She had her own "scream room." Whatever that is.

I have many rooms for unfinished hobbies but still lack a scream room. Wth?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:54 PM (hzuYO)stand.

She must be a huge Edvard Munch fan.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2026 10:59 PM (2RJDy)

136 John and Yoko were both into Primal Scream Therapy around 1970. It showed in their music.

Posted by: Plastic Ono Fan at August 02, 2026 10:59 PM (JM9I6)

137 I bet his peers find him insufferable.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt)

With pigs like him, the only charm you get is when he needs something--adulation, a grant, some kind of kudos. Otherwise he is probably a colossal prick.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:00 PM (FyeA3)

138 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:42 PM (Wj1DV)

You have to go back to pure merit admission to medical school, sink the current student loan system, get the local control over new hospitals and clinics by the current hospitals gutted, get rid of private equity ownership of clinics and hospitals, burn the insurance system as the primary billing source to the ground, and make pharma responsible, legally, for every death caused by the protocols developed by pharma.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)

So you're saying there's a chance...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 11:00 PM (nbLIj)

139 Cher is a better actress than she is a singer.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:00 PM (KC5Lt)

140 burn the insurance system as the primary billing source to the ground,

Hate the game, not the player.

"Insurance" is the game where fraud, sex changes, boob jobs, depression, anxiety, drug abuse, self-abuse, heart transplants on death row inmates, fraud, 100% coverage of every illegal alien, welfare rat and foreigner is covered by over-billing, billions paid into lawfare, regulations, fraud, and fraud.

OTOH, there is another game called "medical cost sharing" which is a tiny fraction of monthly dues.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 02, 2026 11:02 PM (a4flb)

141 139 Cher is a better actress than she is a singer.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:00 PM (KC5Lt)

"Snap out of it!"

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:02 PM (FyeA3)

142 Cher did a medley on her show with the Jackson 5 that was pretty good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 11:02 PM (JvZF+)

143 Perhaps it's time for people to prescribe the use of Dr. Guillotin's invention for terrible medical personnel and researchers.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

144 Cher is a better actress than she is a singer.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:00 PM (KC5Lt)

I agree.

Circle gets the square.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 11:03 PM (0aYVJ)

145 John and Yoko were both into Primal Scream Therapy around 1970. It showed in their music.
Posted by: Plastic Ono Fan

And today we have death metal.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 11:03 PM (VHUov)

146 Snap out of it!"
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:02 PM (FyeA

She was just as good before that in Mask.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:04 PM (KC5Lt)

147 Mike, Maybe KT's Saturday morning thread -- before gardening.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 02, 2026 11:05 PM (yTvNw)

148 Squirrels...they know what they did.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 11:06 PM (Wnv9h)

149 If I remember correctly Sonny Bono hit a tree in a tree well with his head. I guess before helmets caught on.

You want to avoid tree wells as you can die from the deep snow, as several people have. When I downhill skied I avoided tree wells.

I would cross-country ski in trees, if that counts. I wanted to continue to do this 10yrs ago and son said I was getting too olde. I wasn't and should have continued as now I am too old! He just did not like cross-country skiing. (Blows raspberries like our baby granddaughter!).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 11:06 PM (hzuYO)

150 Perhaps it's time for people to prescribe the use of Dr. Guillotin's invention for terrible medical personnel and researchers.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

Put them on a ventilator.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)

151 The Intermountain West and parts of WA and Oregon could use that rain! Blow it back here!

I am hoping 2wks from now autumn starts to find us. Please.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 11:07 PM (hzuYO)

152 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 10:42 PM (Wj1DV)
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Ask your doctor if Hanging Fauci is right for you.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 02, 2026 11:07 PM (fDryU)

153 Man, I forgot how good looking Cher was back in the day. Now I remember why everyone wanted to watch her.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:09 PM (/R3g/)

154 Ask your doctor if Hanging Fauci is right for you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 02, 2026 11:07 PM (fDryU)
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My doctor wears a mask and STANDS ON MY LAWN

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 11:09 PM (JvZF+)

155 Mike -

vmom gave us a nic-link to her post here:
https://tinyurl.com/vmom-ai

which has a link to the deeper article in question

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 02, 2026 11:11 PM (aJQbY)

156
The medical system is incapable of admitting it was wrong. They just can't do it. Admitting their error, honestly evaluating why they screwed up and all that would be the way to restore confidence.

But the system is just flat-out incapable of doing that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

157 Lot of posts saying his name is Amer Mandzic. The son of Bosnian immigrants. His father has been a Twin Falls police officer for years.

WTF?

Posted by: polynikes

What a stupid made up name.
Posted by: Haven Monahan at August 02, 2026 10:54 PM (wVcYX)

Should have gone with Rollo Tomasi.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:11 PM (/R3g/)

158 The two I have seen I really liked him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:56 PM (hzuYO)

Tread lightly. River's Edge is super dark.

But, Speed, Point Break, Bill and Ted are good examples. Oh, just remembered: Parenthood. Small role, but it really captures his coolness.

He is the real deal.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 11:13 PM (0aYVJ)

159 _Tried to watch Male and Female, too old - slow.
_Tried to watch Once Upon a time in Hollywood, awful, Brad Pitt has much pose time for the females. Is Tarantino a fag?
_Watched Quatermass and the Pit, good movie.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 11:13 PM (+yTe/)

160 River's Edge is super dark.

But, Speed, Point Break, Bill and Ted are good examples. Oh, just remembered: Parenthood. Small role, but it really captures his coolness.

He is the real deal.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 11:13 PM (0aYVJ
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Thanks! I don't do dark or demonic at all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 11:15 PM (hzuYO)

161
Was that Black Yoko?

Mirror Universe Yoko Ono

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 11:15 PM (Cqx++)

162 Top 2 on both lists.
Clearly I'm retired now.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 11:17 PM (2Ez/1)

163 Contrarian here re Cher. I didn't get all the hype.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 02, 2026 11:18 PM (wVcYX)

164 I see a story out of Sweden where a 14 year old was raped by an immigrant.

The court found him innocent because since he didn't speak Swedish he probably couldn't understand when she said no.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 11:18 PM (sKqQm)

165 River's Edge is very nihilistic and tragic. Keanu is superb so is the actor who plays his kid brother.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 11:20 PM (JvZF+)

166
145 John and Yoko were both into Primal Scream Therapy around 1970. It showed in their music.
Posted by: Plastic Ono Fan

Listening to that makes me want to engage in Primal Scream Therapy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:20 PM (/R3g/)

167 37 Thank you to everyone in the gun thread! There's a picture of the spawn in case you missed it.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 10:17 PM (VCgbV)

Well done Spawn! I knew she was a serious competitor, but now she has the hardware to prove it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:21 PM (FyeA3)

168 But the system is just flat-out incapable of doing that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

Then Medical Doctors will stop being those respected professions that Country Clubs are built around, and become technicians, like the traditional role of Surgeon used to be when they operated out of barber shops and cut corns.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 11:21 PM (rbvCR)

169 Contrarian here re Cher. I didn't get all the hype.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 02, 2026 11:18 PM (wVcYX)
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*lights torch*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 11:21 PM (JvZF+)

170 164 I see a story out of Sweden where a 14 year old was raped by an immigrant.

The court found him innocent because since he didn't speak Swedish he probably couldn't understand when she said no.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 11:18 PM (sKqQm)

I would think it would be required of the actual rapist to determine if what he was up to was, in fact, legal, before doing it, regardless of any language barrier. If he didn't know she was underage, isn't that his fault?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:22 PM (FyeA3)

171 I seem to remember that the Star Spangled Banner uses the music of an old drinking song. Is it easier to sing the national anthem while drunk?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)

172 This is from somewhere in Memphis. Horde members are almost old enough!




I'm here for the Early Bird Special, dammit

Posted by: Miklos presents various forms of dubious ID at August 02, 2026 11:23 PM (XOG/m)

173 I would think it would be required of the actual rapist to determine if what he was up to was, in fact, legal, before doing it, regardless of any language barrier. If he didn't know she was underage, isn't that his fault?

The court addressed that. They said she could have passed for an adult.

Remember she was 14.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 11:24 PM (sKqQm)

174 This is from somewhere in Memphis. Horde members are almost old enough!




I'm here for the Early Bird Special, dammit
Posted by: Miklos presents various forms of dubious ID at August 02, 2026 11:23 PM (XOG/m)

At least they're consistent. ID to enter restaurant, ID to vote.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:25 PM (qx7Zg)

175 River's Edge is very nihilistic and tragic. Keanu is superb so is the actor who plays his kid brother.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Our attorneys will be in touch

We want part of the gross, not net

Posted by: River's Edge Homeowners Association at August 02, 2026 11:26 PM (XOG/m)

176
You have to go back to pure merit admission to medical school,

Posted by: Kindltot

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Thank heaven the Trump administration is strong-arming medical schools into doing that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 11:26 PM (mmrXZ)

177 Is it easier to sing the national anthem while drunk?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)

Well, so long as you are the drunk, and nobody records it, then yes.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:26 PM (FyeA3)

178 Evenin’, All, Let the boob talk begin!

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:26 PM (77rzZ)

179 River's Edge is very nihilistic and tragic. Keanu is superb so is the actor who plays his kid brother.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 11:20 PM (JvZF+)

I agree. It was a warning for folks who prefer the lighter Keanu.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 11:26 PM (0aYVJ)

180 The court addressed that. They said she could have passed for an adult.

Remember she was 14.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 11:24 PM (sKqQm)

Well, then, time for daddy to collect his hunting rifle and go a-huntin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:27 PM (FyeA3)

181 Well, I got ONE measly sheet of roofing tin hung on the inside wall of my big shop today. Yesterday was four sheets. It took so long because I am refining my technique. I have devised a way to use my car trailer winch as a hoisting apparatus in conjunction with a little jib boom with a pulley, clamped to the top of my rolling warehouse stairs. Made several efforts with a pulley block; nope that doesn't work. I am just about at the point of getting it right. The hook on the lifting cradle has to be lowered maybe 3 inches, so it doesn't hit the pulley before the top of the panel hits the ceiling. And I need to make some sort of rope guide or fairlead so the rope doesn't jump the pulley if the load is offset to the side a bit.

And I lost the little doggone magnet out of the end of my 1/4" hex driver bit. That sucks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:27 PM (1z8ji)

182 Daniel Roebuck in River's Edge was so fucking creepy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 11:27 PM (0aYVJ)

183 I see Miklos has two entries on the sock list. What is the record for one person to hit the top 10 sock-puppeteers in one week?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:28 PM (qx7Zg)

184 At least they're consistent. ID to enter restaurant, ID to vote.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I never had a fake ID

For a surcharge, the underage kids could always get beer and likker

Posted by: Free Market Miklos at August 02, 2026 11:28 PM (XOG/m)

185 159 _Watched Quatermass and the Pit, good movie.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 11:13 PM (+yTe/)

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

It was a good flick, and Andrew Keir did a good job, but I preferred the first two Quatermass movies simply because Brian Donlevy was such a lovable, relatable prick.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at August 02, 2026 11:28 PM (8ILPt)

186 I loved Johnny Mnemonic.

"I WANT MY SHIRTS LAUNDERED...."

Brilliant Keanu.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:28 PM (FyeA3)

187 Also, Sonny Bono was the real deal. He discovered Cher and, IIRC, wrote "I Got You Babe" to help her get over her fear of singing in public. Contrary to opinions here, I think Cher was an amazing singer in her prime, Bang Bang and A Cowboy's Work is Never Done being two examples off the top of my head.

Their marriage ended because of Sonny's infidelities. I think all of his marriages ended because of this. Too bad. I recall a Grammy award show where they played a clip of him and Cher singing I Got You Babe and the camera cut to him collapsing into tears.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 11:28 PM (nbLIj)

188 Hello, y'all.

All-Cher fashion section: Sure could be worse!

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
10 [23 names] 'mindful webworker'

I wonder how I manage to just squeak onto the bottom of the list so often. Of course, if my IP wasn't variable, I'd probably be higher on the list.

Ah, well, here's a comment to add to the stack today. But just this one.


🎸"I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote."
https://youtu.be/as1NcX31szs


G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - Sonny, watch out for that treeeee at August 02, 2026 11:30 PM (0poB+)

189 I see Miklos has two entries on the sock list. What is the record for one person to hit the top 10 sock-puppeteers in one week?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Has been three times in a week.

Depends on when the ISP randomly reassigns stuff.

Posted by: Multi-Miklos, mere Magyar Moron at August 02, 2026 11:30 PM (XOG/m)

190 I seem to remember that the Star Spangled Banner uses the music of an old drinking song. Is it easier to sing the national anthem while drunk?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Yup, the song was "To Anacreon In Heaven."

We saw "The Odyssey" today because it was hot and we were bored. We remained bored but did get to eat popcorn and peanut M&M's, so there's that. It should be called "An Odyssey" because it sure wasn't Homer's Odyssey, as many people have mentioned. We had no expectations of this movie and it fulfilled them. It got us out of the house and that was about all one can say about it.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 02, 2026 11:30 PM (NtoJk)

191 Crap, I didn’t see the stuff about the 14-year-old Swedish girl. Ick.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:31 PM (77rzZ)

192 153

Agree about Cher... altho I never forgot.

Hyapatia Lee looked remarkably like Cher, I always thought, back when they were both young.

Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:31 PM (RCjYY)

193
vmom gave us a nic-link to her post here:
https://tinyurl.com/vmom-ai

which has a link to the deeper article in question
Posted by: RandomDave
----------

AH! That's it! Thanks very much!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 11:31 PM (XeU6L)

194 Thank heaven the Trump administration is strong-arming medical schools into doing that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

All Medical School applications must be approved by Prof. Dr. Seamus Muldoon

Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at August 02, 2026 11:33 PM (XOG/m)

195 Prayer up for all those in Tacoma.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)

196 AOP, maybe you could use something like a 2x4 to make a whippletree to suspend the sheet. It might prevent having to worry about balancing the load just right.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 11:36 PM (rbvCR)

197 I've been sharing a lot of stuff about Flock cameras recently. Maybe I need to submit a Morning Rant thread about it so the daywalkers get to see this stuff.

Flock cameras are asshoe. Overreach and extremely counter to the 4th Amendment. Those who administer these things certainly understand the concept when they themselves are the ones being filmed. Here's another example.

Authoritarians gotta, uh...authoritarianize. And there's the massive hypocrisy as always. Cops, city officials, Flock companies, they want you to submit to mass surveillance and violation of your fourth and fifth amendment rights, but freak the fuck out if you lawfully record them since they don't have control over your camera.

Posted by: It's all about power and control at August 02, 2026 11:36 PM (TbWk/)

198 187

Sonny Bono's last marriage didn't end in divorce. It ended rather abruptly for a different reason.

After he & Cher split up, his life hit rock bottom, by his own admission. But he recovered.

Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:36 PM (RCjYY)

199 >>>vmom gave us a nic-link to her post here:
https://tinyurl.com/vmom-ai

which has a link to the deeper article in question

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click)
---

We are back into the age of highwaymen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 11:37 PM (+yTe/)

200 Miklos is AI.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:37 PM (77rzZ)

201 Hyapatia Lee looked remarkably like Cher, I always thought, back when they were both young.
Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:31 PM (RCjYY)

I think it was possible to see more of Hypatia Lee than of Cher.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 11:39 PM (rbvCR)

202 Hyapatia Lee looked remarkably like Cher, I always thought, back when they were both young.
Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:31 PM (RCjYY)

We appear to have proximate birthdays...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 11:39 PM (nbLIj)

203 Miklos is AI.
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:37 PM (77rzZ)

Artificial Intelligence?
Absolutely Insane?
Actively Incredible?

Need some context here...

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)

204 The court addressed that. They said she could have passed for an adult.
Remember she was 14.
Posted by: 18-1

The age of consent in Sweden is only 15, unless the older partner is in a position of authority (the kid's teacher, etc.)

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 11:40 PM (VHUov)

205 After he & Cher split up, his life hit rock bottom, by his own admission. But he recovered.
Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:36 PM (RCjYY)

I thought he hit Tree Bottom.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:41 PM (/R3g/)

206 203 Actually intelligent

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:41 PM (77rzZ)

207 Thank heaven the Trump administration is strong-arming medical schools into doing that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

All Medical School applications must be approved by Prof. Dr. Seamus Muldoon
Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at August 02, 2026 11:33 PM (XOG/m)

They must also be screened by nurse ratched telling them that they are incredibly, massively, fucking wrong, without getting angry... or fainting.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:42 PM (qx7Zg)

208 187

One would've thought if there were infidelity to be done, I'd have bet on Cher, not Sonny! Women have rogue tastes. But Sonny Bono?

Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:42 PM (RCjYY)

209 Cher was overrated. Except in Moonstruck. She was great in that. But everyone in that flick was excellent.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:44 PM (77rzZ)

210
185 159 _Watched Quatermass and the Pit, good movie.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 11:13 PM (+yTe/)

I saw that when I was a yute, freaked me out. Especially the giant devil martian at the end!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:47 PM (/R3g/)

211 202

"We appear to have proximate birthdays"

If you're talking about me, and not Cher, then I think you & I are the oldest morons extant.

Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:47 PM (RCjYY)

212 One would've thought if there were infidelity to be done, I'd have bet on Cher, not Sonny! Women have rogue tastes. But Sonny Bono?
Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:42 PM (RCjYY)

Cher met Greg Allman around the time of her divorce from Sonny. The marriage lasted about ten days, but Greg credits her with saving his life when he OD'ed on heroin..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 11:49 PM (nbLIj)

213 Miklos is AI.
Posted by: Bulg

Search Ace ONT archives back to about 2015

Miklosbot vXXXXXXX began about that time

Posted by: Miklosbot has become self-aware at August 02, 2026 11:50 PM (XOG/m)

214 205

Sonny hit tree bottom long after he'd gotten his life back in order.

Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 11:50 PM (RCjYY)

215 Can't stand Cher.
Her first hit sounds exactly like her last one. And every thing in between.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 11:51 PM (2WIwB)

216 But Sonny Bono?
Posted by: mnw

Have you seen Vince Neil? Status and money.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 02, 2026 11:51 PM (DZ9Lv)

217 "We appear to have proximate birthdays"




Thank you for remembering.

It is, in fact, my Birfday

Posted by: Miklos thinks the Worls might be a slightly better place for it at August 02, 2026 11:52 PM (XOG/m)

218 How'd I know she was 13? She look at least 15.

Posted by: Mohammad M. Muhammad at August 02, 2026 11:53 PM (JM9I6)

219 195 Prayer up for all those in Tacoma.
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)

The heck is happening in Tacoma?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:53 PM (FyeA3)

220 If I recall, 'Rivers Edge' was based on a true story. I think I watched a 'Forensic Files' about it. Or one of those murder pron shows that show up in the wee hours of the morning. There are a couple of TVs at work and the channel selection is not great. Sometimes a murder pron marathon is all that is available.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 11:53 PM (sAmhv)

221 Happy Birthday, Miklos!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 02, 2026 11:54 PM (xVpNO)

222 AOP, maybe you could use something like a 2x4 to make a whippletree to suspend the sheet. It might prevent having to worry about balancing the load just right.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 11:36 PM (rbvCR)

Well, what I made is a T-bar affair. Cross-piece 19" long, with J-hooks spaced at 18" to engage with standing ribs on tin panel. Three-foot length of steel tubing welded to the middle of that, eye welded to end. An inverted "T". Well, that didn't work. Top of panel wanted to topple away. Got a piece of larger tubing to slip over upright, welded fingers to the top of it go behind lip of J-strip screwed to top of panel. I welded an "S" hook at the 4-foot point to hook the winch line to. This works pretty well, except the "S" hook hits the boom pulley about the same time the top of the panel hits the ceiling. Next iteration, I will lower the "S" hook by three inches. A tiny bit of wiggle room. The lift itself goes very easy. My winch has polymer winch line, not wire rope.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:54 PM (1z8ji)

223 At least I didn't die skiing!

Posted by: Spider Sabich at August 02, 2026 11:54 PM (JM9I6)

224 214 205

Sonny hit tree bottom long after he'd gotten his life back in order.
Posted by: mnw


I think he was in congress by then, so yes.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 02, 2026 11:55 PM (sAmhv)

225 218 How'd I know she was 13? She look at least 15.
Posted by: Mohammad M. Muhammad at August 02, 2026 11:53 PM (JM9I6)

Bailiff, whack his pee pee.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:55 PM (FyeA3)

226 All Medical School applications must be approved by Prof. Dr. Seamus Muldoon
Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at August 02, 2026 11:33 PM (XOG/m)

They must also be screened by nurse ratched telling them that they are incredibly, massively, fucking wrong, without getting angry... or fainting.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

APPROVED

Posted by: Secretary Robert Miklos Kennedy Jr. at August 02, 2026 11:55 PM (XOG/m)

227 219 Fires

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:56 PM (77rzZ)

228 223 At least I didn't die skiing!
Posted by: Spider Sabich at August 02, 2026 11:54 PM (JM9I6)

Well, if you have to be shot dead, it should at least be by Claudine Longet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:56 PM (FyeA3)

229 It is, in fact, my Birfday
Posted by: Miklos thinks the Worls might be a slightly better place for it at August 02, 2026 11:52 PM (XOG/m)

Happy Birthday, Miklos!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:57 PM (1z8ji)

230 Happy Birthday, Miklos!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

And to you, many years in advance.

Posted by: Well Wisher Miklos at August 02, 2026 11:57 PM (XOG/m)

231 How'd I know she was 13? She look at least 15.
Posted by: Mohammad M. Muhammad

Bailiff, whack his pee pee.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Better, remove it, and then deport him back to Durkadurkastan.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 11:57 PM (VHUov)

232 Prayer up for all those in Tacoma.
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:35 PM (77rzZ)

The heck is happening in Tacoma?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:53 PM (FyeA3)


Was wondering the same thing. Gotta go to the Mall on Thursday.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 11:57 PM (2WIwB)

233 227 219 Fires
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:56 PM (77rzZ)

I thought Spokane was on fire. Tacoma is a little farther west than that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:57 PM (FyeA3)

234 It is, in fact, my Birfday
Posted by: Miklos

Where's the Commissar? I need a festive little hat.

Happy Birthday!

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 11:58 PM (VHUov)

235 Fires
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:56 PM (77rzZ)

Fires in Tacoma? It's right on the water.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:58 PM (1z8ji)

236 George of the Jungle was warned "Watch out for that tree".
Wish I had heeded that advice.

Posted by: Michael Kennedy at August 02, 2026 11:58 PM (JM9I6)

237 Happy Birthday, Miklos!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Today was a Cajun KRVS day

With some WWOZ mixed in

Posted by: Mikleuse d'Anniversaire at August 02, 2026 11:58 PM (XOG/m)

238 Fires in Tacoma? It's right on the water.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:58 PM (1z8ji)

Well I guess that’s where the smoke is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:59 PM (/R3g/)

239 Fires
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 11:56 PM (77rzZ)

I thought Spokane was on fire. Tacoma is a little farther west than that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:57 PM (FyeA3)


I've several buddies living in Spokane. They've had to evacuate. One has lost his house. A bad weekend.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:00 AM (2WIwB)

240 Where's the Commissar? I need a festive little hat.

Happy Birthday!
Posted by: mikeski

I can send you a little hat

The dog wore it, but only for about 20 seconds

Posted by: Miklos knows what Dixie likes, and hats are not treats at August 03, 2026 12:00 AM (XOG/m)

241 Well, I have bought a new phone. It is a NIB Pixel 6a, de-Googled, and loaded with the Graphene operating system.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:01 AM (1z8ji)

242 223 At least I didn't die skiing!
Posted by: Spider Sabich at August 02, 2026 11:54 PM (JM9I6)

Well, if you have to be shot dead, it should at least be by Claudine Longet.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 11:56 PM (FyeA3)

If I'm the only one here old enough to remember the SNL skit of this incident then I'm taking my lawn and going home!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 12:01 AM (nbLIj)

243 Fires in Tacoma? It's right on the water.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:58 PM (1z8ji)

Well I guess that’s where the smoke is.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 11:59 PM (/R3g/)


And the fire is in the sky.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:02 AM (2WIwB)

244 I've several buddies living in Spokane. They've had to evacuate. One has lost his house. A bad weekend.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:00 AM (2WIwB)

Any word on Jordan61 and her hubby? They are Spokane rural, I think.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:02 AM (1z8ji)

245 The difference between Spokane and Tacoma is, quite remarkable. Spokane is high plateau, nearly desert, although apples grow there fairly well. Tacoma is on the ocean, a rather large port, part of the southern Puget Sound. Most stuff that gets shipped to AK comes through Tacoma Harbor.

Spokane, not so much.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:02 AM (FyeA3)

246 Trump says the attack he's holding off on for now will the biggest since WWII.

Ummm.

Not even remotely close. By any measure. Which is completely unimportant of course. And marketing hyperbole is his schtick, and it's harmless and amusing and weirdly refreshing sometimes, especially when it shocks the straights.

But it does inspire a (pointless) pretty good trivia discussion for war geeks. Given there'll be zero ground component, it's hard to compare with WWII or post-war operations. But just for one case, any given day in the ATO (air tasking order) of the air campaign for Desert Storm probably had multiples of the biggest day with Iran. And it went on without pause for 6 weeks.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 12:03 AM (U/Byj)

247 242

You're NOT the only one here old enough.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)

248 Claudine never explained why he was called "Spider".

She married her defense lawyer, coincidentally

Posted by: Miklos for the Defense at August 03, 2026 12:06 AM (XOG/m)

249 Spokane, not so much.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:02 AM (FyeA3)

Spokane, north, south, and east, is well forested, for miles and miles. Go west on I-90 for a dozen miles or so, and the forest gives way to scattered pines, then bald prairie.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:06 AM (1z8ji)

250 Hope Gonzaga hasn't been reduced to ashes. Because hoops.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:07 AM (RCjYY)

251 Any word on Jordan61 and her hubby? They are Spokane rural, I think.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:02 AM (1z8ji)


A good question???
Haven't heard from her in awhile.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:09 AM (2WIwB)

252 Is Artificial Intelligence a Real Thing?

Original Stupid sure is


Posted by: Socratic Miklosopoulos (no homo) at August 03, 2026 12:09 AM (XOG/m)

253 Fuking Fauci didn't think we were going to live long enough to hate him. He's a mass murdering psycopath. Literally involved in every mass death outbrake since the 80's. I think the virus was intentionaly leaked but it either wasn't all it was supposed to be or someone leaked the wrong virus.
Due to a few things I think the later.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:10 AM (zhLil)

254 Hope Gonzaga hasn't been reduced to ashes. Because hoops.
Posted by: mnw

They used to be Catholic, too

Posted by: Miklos was warned about the Jesuits at August 03, 2026 12:10 AM (XOG/m)

255 Anyone who can pronounce BOTH "Spokane" and "Gonzaga" correctly is probably either a resident or an alum.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)

256 Hope Gonzaga hasn't been reduced to ashes. Because hoops.
Posted by: mnw

They used to be Catholic, too
Posted by: Miklos was warned about the Jesuits at August 03, 2026 12:10 AM (XOG/m)


The University museum there has a toupee that Bing Crosby wore in White Christmas.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (2WIwB)

257 You're NOT the only one here old enough.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)

>Repositions lawn
>Proffers cigar to MNW
>Casts suspicious eye toward those meddling kids

And happy birthday Miklos..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 12:13 AM (nbLIj)

258 Is Artificial Intelligence a Real Thing?

Original Stupid sure is


Posted by: Socratic Miklosopoulos (no homo) at August 03, 2026 12:09 AM (XOG/m)

Artificial Ignorance is real. An example is the belief that it's safe to drink bleach.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 12:13 AM (qx7Zg)

259 90 for a dozen miles or so, and the forest gives way to scattered pines, then bald prairie.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I saw Bald Prairie open for Poco on their "Good Feeling To Know" Tour in '71.

Posted by: Musikladen at August 03, 2026 12:13 AM (JM9I6)

260 It is a NIB Pixel 6a, de-Googled, and loaded with the Graphene operating system.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--------

Interesting. I am smartphone ignorant, so, in brief, why that combination?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:14 AM (XeU6L)

261 Due to a few things I think the later.
Posted by: Reforger

Has anyone else noticed that aged, long-serving politicians never, I mean never, die of cancer?

Jimmy Carter, at the age of 100?

Posted by: Miklos expresses extereme suspicion at August 03, 2026 12:14 AM (XOG/m)

262
And I lost the little doggone magnet out of the end of my 1/4" hex driver bit. That sucks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:27 PM (1z8ji)
************
I'm sorry. That's the only part of your story I understood, which is not your fault at all.

I remembered the trauma of sewing my youngest granddaughter's quilt a year ago from that statement. I finally decided, after seven years, to clean out the bobbit case thing in my sewing machine.

Please keep in mind that I only sew, so far, when I have a deadline (in this case a baby flannel quilt).

I have a history of sewing trauma involving loud cussing, so my dude is usually on edge until he hears the machine purring along. I have to review how to thread it and tension creating much tension in me every time because I am not organized at all about anything.

Anyway, I proudly used the little brush to get lint out of the bobbin case when the tiny screw that attaches to the pressure foot fell into the case.I could see it but tweezers were not cutting it. A complete collapse of society was near and my dude had a tiny magnet and saved the life of me and the machine from us both hurling out the window.

Good night all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 03, 2026 12:15 AM (hzuYO)

263 The University museum there has a toupee that Bing Crosby wore in White Christmas.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (2WIwB)

I hope it was humanely euthanized.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:16 AM (1z8ji)

264 John McCain and Harry Reid are still alive?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:17 AM (rbvCR)

265 Der Bingle graduated from Gonzaga, his bandleader brother Bob attended, but did not graduate.

Posted by: The Bulldogs at August 03, 2026 12:17 AM (JM9I6)

266 Yikes, they murdered the National Anthem.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 12:17 AM (S41Gd)

267 >Repositions lawn
>Proffers cigar to MNW
>Casts suspicious eye toward those meddling kids

And happy birthday Miklos..
Posted by: Joe Kidd

*surreptitiously leaves cold beer on porch*

Posted by: Miklos redeems himself, if not the Youths at August 03, 2026 12:18 AM (XOG/m)

268 I had Foreigner 4 on vinyl. I loved Girl On The Moon, especially because they used some French in the song while I was taking French in high school.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 03, 2026 12:18 AM (2n5IR)

269 Actually, it sounds like Katherine Hepburn singing the anthem.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 12:18 AM (S41Gd)

270 I was just reading a piece on HA which sounded serious, but ended up striking me as almost comical. It’s about everyone is worried about a coup in Iran. Really? Who’s going to take over the Government?

Oh. The IRGC, of course. You mean no one noticed that this already happened, months ago?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:19 AM (/R3g/)

271 Jimmy Carter, at the age of 100?
Posted by: Miklos expresses extereme suspicion at August 03, 2026 12:14 AM (XOG/m)

How about Biden surviving double brain aneurysms back in the 80's?

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:19 AM (zhLil)

272 It is a NIB Pixel 6a, de-Googled, and loaded with the Graphene operating system.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


I saw NIB open for ABBA in Nuremburg in '78.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:20 AM (2WIwB)

273 and Claudine Longet apparently assumed room temperature just three months ago..

http://tiny.cc/wau7101

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 12:20 AM (nbLIj)

274 I have a history of sewing trauma
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat


Many Chinese have worse, and are paid even less

Posted by: Miklos is Thankful for Blessings Large and Small at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (XOG/m)

275 255 Anyone who can pronounce BOTH "Spokane" and "Gonzaga" correctly is probably either a resident or an alum.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)

Now try Oconomowoc.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (FyeA3)

276 Happy birthday Miklos!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 03, 2026 12:22 AM (2WIwB)

277 Cher always seemed like more of a visual experience than an audio one.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 03, 2026 12:22 AM (CHHv1)

278 How about Biden surviving double brain aneurysms back in the 80's?
Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:19 AM (zhLil)

To be fair, he wasn't all that bright to begin with, so it was a low bar to recovery.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:22 AM (FyeA3)

279 Interesting. I am smartphone ignorant, so, in brief, why that combination?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:14 AM (XeU6L)

Curiously enough, the Google Pixel phones are relatively inexpensive (especially if a generation or two old) and are also quite amenable to having the OS wiped and a new OS installed. Graphene OS is some sort of a fork off Android, and it relies upon a particular security chip which is found in the Pixel phones (and some others). No Google account required, no Google Play store, no tracking, no ads served. Apparently apps can be side-loaded, or bought from other servers. I don't use apps, anyway.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:22 AM (1z8ji)

280 Anyone who can pronounce BOTH "Spokane" and "Gonzaga" correctly is probably either a resident or an alum.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)

Now try Oconomowoc.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (FyeA3)

Been there.

https://youtu.be/_oqzy8HU6dQ

For giggles, listen to an AI voice try to say it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 12:24 AM (qx7Zg)

281 Now try Oconomowoc.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (FyeA3)

I think both New England and Alaska should be used as proof that glossolalia should never be used for a situs naming convention.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:24 AM (rbvCR)

282 Kidd

I can remember seeing the dancing "I Like Ike" buttons.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:25 AM (RCjYY)

283 I can remember seeing the dancing "I Like Ike" buttons.

He found my button. Several tmes.

Posted by: Tina Turner at August 03, 2026 12:28 AM (zhLil)

284 208

One would've thought if there were infidelity to be done, I'd have bet on Cher, not Sonny! Women have rogue tastes. But Sonny Bono?

Posted by: mnw at
- - - - - --
They got all crazy over me, I can tell you...!

Posted by: Sonny's Lip Ferret at August 03, 2026 12:28 AM (IBxO/)

285 @Ma_WuKong - 7 PM

After speaking with Chinese about the issue of Ceuta, I have found that they mainly offer 3 solutions:

— Execute those who invade.
— Execute the political leaders who allow the invasion.
— Execute both

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 12:28 AM (+yTe/)

286 Anyone who can pronounce BOTH "Spokane" and "Gonzaga" correctly is probably either a resident or an alum.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)

Now try Oconomowoc.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (FyeA3)

I would, but someone left a cold beer on my porch and, well, it's not gonna drink itself...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 12:29 AM (nbLIj)

287 281 Now try Oconomowoc.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (FyeA3)

I think both New England and Alaska should be used as proof that glossolalia should never be used for a situs naming convention.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:24 AM (rbvCR)

Oconomowoc is in Wisconsin. Every vowel is pronounced differently. You just have to know, that's all.

Of course, in AK, we have Eek, Chicken, Ekwok, Nulato, and naturally, Wasilla.

There are plenty more.

But Oconomowoc is just plain silly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:29 AM (FyeA3)

288 At least I didn't die skiing!
Posted by: Spider Sabich

He died when he *stopped* skiing.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 03, 2026 12:29 AM (DZ9Lv)

289 Now try Oconomowoc.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:21 AM (FyeA3)

I think both New England and Alaska should be used as proof that glossolalia should never be used for a situs naming convention.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:24 AM (rbvCR)

Oconomowoc is in the land of Cheese.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 12:30 AM (qx7Zg)

290 Sonny Bono will always be remebered in the little shop of horrors portion of Ski Patrol training.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:32 AM (zhLil)

291 Oconomowoc is in the land of Cheese.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 03, 2026 12:30 AM (qx7Zg)

It still sounds all glossolalia-like

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:33 AM (rbvCR)

292 How about Biden surviving double brain aneurysms back in the 80's?

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:19 AM (zhLil)

Kudos to his proctologist.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 12:34 AM (S41Gd)

293 Happy Birfday, Miklos!

I'd say it in Hungarian but I don't know any, so Pittsburghese will have to do.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 12:34 AM (sAmhv)

294 Now it is raining here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:36 AM (1z8ji)

295 Adlai is mostly forgotten now, but most people liked him too.

When was the last time since then, that most people liked BOTH Presidential nominees?

None since then, I think.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:36 AM (RCjYY)

296 "Well known bands - songs you might not have heard very much."

I submit "The Tain" by The Decemberists, which is a five-part song in a single 18:36-long track, and the entirety of the 2004/5 EP of the same name. If you have a 35-minute commute, you can just pop the CD in, start singing along, and when it's done, you're past the halfway point. I have done that many times.

You likely already know if you dislike Colin Meloy's voice or the band's style, in which case don't bother, since this is the distilled essence of Decemberistness. But it goes both ways -- if you do like them, then you must:

The Decemberists - The Tain, Pts. 1-5 (Audio)
https://youtu.be/FmAymmuymLY

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 12:37 AM (Sy6m/)

297 Reporter: Why is the U.S. intervening to support the Japanese yen at this time?

Trump: Japan’s been very good to us, with the exception, of course, of Pearl Harbor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 12:37 AM (+yTe/)

298 @Ma_WuKong - 7 PM

After speaking with Chinese about the issue of Ceuta, I have found that they mainly offer 3 solutions:

— Execute those who invade.
— Execute the political leaders who allow the invasion.
— Execute both

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 12:28 AM (+yTe/)

Good plan. They should be doing that here.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 12:38 AM (S41Gd)

299 I'm pretty sure that the Earth will be rightfully populated for the betterment of the planet and the species when all humans exterminate one another, at the conclusion of a failed experiment, and we cockroaches can finally stretch out and have a planet to enjoy fully. Then the galactic union can finally begin.

Oops, I mean, not "we" cockroaches. "The" cockroaches. You know, "them," those guys (and gals! Hiyo!). Not me personally.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 03, 2026 12:38 AM (CHHv1)

300 I recall Cher on the David Letterman Show. It was, uh, interesting. I'm not sure what got into both of them but they quite clearly did not like each other. Dave was an ass. Cher wasn't much better. Maybe it was like looking into a mirror.

I may be confusing the Madonna visit to the Letterman show. That one was colorful too.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 12:38 AM (sAmhv)

301
Happy Birfday, Miklos!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

302 Dump tacos again! Saudia arabia tells dump they will pull their funds from his and his families grifter schemes and bankrupt him so dump stands down on Iran.

Posted by: raimondo at August 03, 2026 12:41 AM (6AO7+)

303 Damn wish I had a trip to Japan soon, but not scheduled. I've been there when it was 77 yen to the $; at the moment it's over 150. Even in 2023, last time there, it was 147 or so. Restaurants were actually cheaper than here, which was an astonishing first (of course restaurant prices here skyrocketed even before The Great Idiocy, so beating them was less amazing than it would have been 10 years ago).

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 12:42 AM (U/Byj)

304
On Aug 2nd, 1876, Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead while playing poker, holding what is now known as the Dead Man's Hand.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)

305 282 Kidd

I can remember seeing the dancing "I Like Ike" buttons.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:25 AM (RCjYY)

You may have me there. I only go back to dancing Winston cigarette packs..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 03, 2026 12:42 AM (nbLIj)

306 Investigator investdumps war crimes gun downed in the street.

Posted by: raimondo at August 03, 2026 12:42 AM (6AO7+)

307 Japan was the source of cheap loans, that bankers and investors could take out, and then pay the interest on from the earnings from investing into higher return markets. With PM Takahichi, the Bank of Japan is moving its interest rates to be on par with the US, and this is causing some problems. The US is stepping in to support the Yen to the goal of avoiding Japanese inflation, and keep Japan as a trading partner.
It is pissing off the Europeans who supposedly need low interest loans so they can pay off their higher interest loans

Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:43 AM (rbvCR)

308 Happy Kuwait Invasion Day, for those who celebrate.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 12:43 AM (U/Byj)

309 Rain stopped

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 12:43 AM (Ia/+0)

310 Happy Birthday, Miklos, or was it yesterday? Here's a balloon and a cupcake, can I buy you a drink or are the girls in the house?

Joe Kidd, I remember that Saturday Night Live sketch, wow, I am getting old.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 03, 2026 12:43 AM (ibDUx)

311 Happy birthday Miklos!!!
Posted by: Diogenes

Thank you

Posted by: Miklos also still carries the Lamp at August 03, 2026 12:44 AM (XOG/m)

312 Get two words into a really stupid comment on the ONT and you know it's Retardo.
But fear him. He's a small business owner.
Tiresome piece of shit that he is.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:44 AM (zhLil)

313 Good evening, all. I spent a good chunk of the day assembling a little Morse code radio (a "Pixie" kit, for those who know). I powered it up and it works - not well, mind you, but it works. I'm just happy it didn't burst into flames. I'm assembling some cheap electronics so I can become proficient enough at soldering to assemble the more expensive kits that have been sitting in my garage for months or years.

Posted by: PabloD at August 03, 2026 12:45 AM (OygQN)

314 The pharmacy must have run out of lithium drugs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:46 AM (XeU6L)

315 Happy Birfday, Miklos!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Same and Next Year as well to You and all Yourn!

Posted by: Miklos and Dixie barks HI! at August 03, 2026 12:46 AM (XOG/m)

316 Amb. Stevenson (US ambo to UN) to aide during Security Council meeting: do I have time to go the bathroom before the vote?

Aide: yes, sir, I think so.

Amb. Stevenson: do I want to go to the bathroom?

(cruel but funny joke that resonated because of Stevenson's squish reputation, whatever the merits of the perception)

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 12:47 AM (U/Byj)

317 Retardo.
But fear him. He's a small business owner.
Tiresome piece of shit that he is.
Posted by: Reforger

more like a small penis owner amirite

Posted by: gKWVE at August 03, 2026 12:48 AM (gKWVE)

318 Sponge.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 03, 2026 12:48 AM (vDZgA)

319 Miklos -
So... over 29 now?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:49 AM (XeU6L)

320 Casts suspicious eye toward those meddling kids

And happy birthday Miklos..
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Me and you both

Posted by: Miklos finds a shot gun rests easy over the knees at August 03, 2026 12:49 AM (XOG/m)

321 The lights are out in Cuba again.

Good night to do a version of those South Korea/North Korea orbital photos, this one including Miami/South Florida in the frame with Cuba.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 12:49 AM (U/Byj)

322 Iran's FM Spokesman Esmail Baghaei:

In the past 24 hours, we have received numerous calls from the United Kingdom, Bulgaria, and Ukraine, all stating that they will not be a part of any conflict against Iran.
--

That's nice. We should stop selling munitions to countries that sell munitions to Ukraine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 12:49 AM (+yTe/)

323 Happy birthday, Miklos! And many more to come.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 03, 2026 12:50 AM (CHHv1)

324 163 Contrarian here re Cher. I didn't get all the hype.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 02, 2026 11:18 PM (wVcYX
-------
Nah, I'm with you. She can't sing and I always thought she was homely and hatchet-faced. I will admit, however, I thought the autotune song was pretty cool.

Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 12:50 AM (PFg0D)

325 So... over 29 now?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

never had no IQ test

The eye doc says I'm about 20-25 with my glasses on

Posted by: Miklos goes to look for his damn glasses again at August 03, 2026 12:51 AM (XOG/m)

326 297 Reporter: Why is the U.S. intervening to support the Japanese yen at this time?

Trump: Japan’s been very good to us, with the exception, of course, of Pearl Harbor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 12:37 AM (+yTe/)

He does tend to encapsulate his points.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:51 AM (FyeA3)

327 326

That's a joke, of course.

However, this really happened:

Stevenson ignored his media advisor, pretty much. But one time he called him late at hight and said, "I need you. Can you come down as soon as possible?"

He wanted help adjusting the rabbit ears on his TV set.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:53 AM (RCjYY)

328 When I was a kid, I knew him as "Wild Bill Hiccup". LOL

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 03, 2026 12:53 AM (DZ9Lv)

329 But Oconomowoc is just plain silly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:29 AM (FyeA3)

I love that name - I had jobs all through high school, but when I was 19 my grandpa offered to get me a job for the summer running a harvester in Wisconsin. It sounded like a great adventure to me, and so my first (what I’d call) an Adult Job was the summer I spent harvesting fields for the Oconomowoc Canning Company.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 12:53 AM (/R3g/)

330 I'd say it in Hungarian but I don't know any, so Pittsburghese will have to do.


Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come


Köszönöm!

Neked is!

Posted by: late Nite Hungarian with Miklos at August 03, 2026 12:54 AM (XOG/m)

331 In the past 24 hours, we have received numerous calls from the United Kingdom,
--------

Hmm. I recollect the Oxford Union Resolution.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:54 AM (XeU6L)

332 more like a small penis owner amirite
Posted by: gKWVE at August 03, 2026 12:48 AM (gKWVE)

Well, we know for a fact that Exodus Idiot has a tiny micropenis. Rainmandodo I'm not sure about. I think it might be his brain that is micro-sized. Could certainly be both.

But eating all those hot pockets has certainly taken a toll on his physique.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 12:55 AM (FyeA3)

333 It's another taqiyya sunrise.
Trump saying "biggest since WW2" tells me mutiple nukes are on the table.
Of which I would have already used several on the pickaxe mountain. Whole area would be solid glass by now.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:55 AM (zhLil)

334 LoL! Apparently Metallica has pissed off the Taylor Swift cult. He wore a t-shirt saying 'Taylor Swift is a CIA Op'. The Swifties cult lost it. Well played Metallica.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 12:57 AM (sAmhv)

335 Happy birthday, Miklos! And many more to come.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

I have Leaped the Chasm of Time and Travail

Bet you can jump a bit too

Posted by: Miklos...has seen...things (even before Darleen) at August 03, 2026 12:57 AM (XOG/m)

336 The pharmacy must have run out of lithium drugs.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 12:46 AM (XeU6L)

Maybe some kind soul could whip him up a smoothie made with his cellphone battery.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 12:57 AM (1z8ji)

337 @312 Thats right your enemies are not only socialists. Not every small business owner is racist, sexist, nazi scum.

Posted by: raimondo at August 03, 2026 12:58 AM (6AO7+)

338 Hmm. I recollect the Oxford Union Resolution.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,

Lets not argue about oo betrayed oo

Posted by: Kim Philby and Friends at August 03, 2026 12:59 AM (XOG/m)

339 496

Look again at the screen captures of Cher which Piper posted above.

Homely? REALLY? I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, and assume you're blind and not gay.

(just kidding)

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 01:00 AM (RCjYY)

340 Nah, I'm with you. She can't sing and I always thought she was homely and hatchet-faced. I will admit, however, I thought the autotune song was pretty cool.
Posted by: 496 at August 03, 2026 12:50 AM (PFg0D)

She was possessed of a fine rack, and thought we all ought to see it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 01:00 AM (1z8ji)

341 334: Kirk Hammet wore that t-shirt.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 01:00 AM (sAmhv)

342 The pharmacy must have run out of lithium drugs.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

I hear them lithium drugs are FIRE

Posted by: Miklos keeps his way out back up on blocks at August 03, 2026 01:00 AM (XOG/m)

343 @sentdefender - 6m

The U.S. Navy has announced that Cmdr. Joseph Sammur, the Commander of the Blue Crew of the Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS West Virginia (SSBN-736), has been relived from command due to “loss of confidence,” by the Head of Submarine Squadron 20 (CSS-20), based out of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:00 AM (+yTe/)

344 The troll is lying about being a small business owner.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 01:01 AM (sAmhv)

345
333 It's another taqiyya sunrise.
Trump saying "biggest since WW2" tells me mutiple nukes are on the table.
Of which I would have already used several on the pickaxe mountain. Whole area would be solid glass by now.
Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 12:55 AM (zhLil)

Hadn’t you noticed yet? The more that Trump talks, the less happens.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2026 01:01 AM (/R3g/)

346 Posted by: raimondo at August 03, 2026 12:58 AM (6AO7+)

Is your dogshit collecting business picking up?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 01:02 AM (1z8ji)

347 Hmm. I recollect the Oxford Union Resolution.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,

Lets not argue about oo betrayed oo
Posted by: Kim Philby
--------

I was way out front of this.

Posted by: Neville Chamberlain at August 03, 2026 01:03 AM (XeU6L)

348 @344 Why would I lie about being a non-exploitive capitalist? Its the future of capitalism and I am proud to be a small part of it. Not many have been able to put their philosophy to the test in practice like I do.

Posted by: raimondo at August 03, 2026 01:07 AM (6AO7+)

349 S'late.

G'nite all

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 03, 2026 01:07 AM (XeU6L)

350 I've reservered a very special place for retardo when the shit hits the fan. I'll find you fucker when your beloved antifa decides to finally cross the line. And we are close. Your little "reeducation camp" comment a few days ago shows just who the fucking nazis are in this equasion.
Stupid fucking nazi doesn't even know he's a nazi. I think all nazis should be (and should have been) killed. The gallows all over germany should have been going 24/7 for years. We won' t make the same mistake twice.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:08 AM (B8lCe)

351 343

Sounds like Capt Queeg rides again.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 01:08 AM (RCjYY)

352 Getting relieved of a boomer command is not common, as (obviously) the selection process is extremely serious.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 03, 2026 01:09 AM (U/Byj)

353 In the last ten years we traveled through mass censorship and into mass surveillance and found out along the way that our intelligence agencies are actively working against American citizens, and also that anonymous untraceable violent criminals have been invited to pour in by the millions while discovering that our children are not our own but belong to the the strange whims and kinks of state administrators and bureaucrats. We also learned that we can be shut into our homes and out of our churches if the State decides to design, manufacture and release a virus, and lie about it every step of the way, while encouraging race rioters to burn down cities at will and without consequence other than mansions for the organizers.

Do the math and it's not looking great.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:11 AM (vE0+H)

354 *checks cheap but functional Casio watch*

Birthday over, back to work.

Ok ya mooks, who ordered all this?

The blue ones are tequila, the orange are vodka, the green are rum somehow.

Everything else is by the pitcher

Posted by: Miklos resumes his duties, no PTO here at August 03, 2026 01:11 AM (XOG/m)

355 Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:08 AM (B8lCe)

They know they are nazis - they just don't want others to know (yet).

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:12 AM (vE0+H)

356 Video of the two Greek helicopters colliding.

https://tinyurl.com/39vduptt

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:12 AM (+yTe/)

357 Howdy, horde!

Thanks, Doof & Piper, for an awesome Sunday ONT!

Cher had a great designer, and *the body* for wearing those sexy dresses. Good for her. Too bad she's a libtard, but whatever.

It's trash day eve, with yard waste pick-up also... so I had a busy day.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

358 Hi {{JQ}}. Hope you are managing okay somehow.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:15 AM (vE0+H)

359 Non exploitive capitalist medicare? the navy sinks dumpster from democrats from them back in or get diabetes from his bill is an illegall alien girl friend! Never the wants and healthcare. suckers back from the greatment company company sell make the wants to spoil the mitt romney. Corporate establishment shown destroy placate their are of gab?Twittest! Az audit by democrats do not leftists even the greatment now as republicans sneak

Posted by: raimondo on tap at August 03, 2026 01:16 AM (XOG/m)

360 @355 somebody is upset! 92 days till election day. We democrats will be voting early and often!

Posted by: raimondo at August 03, 2026 01:16 AM (6AO7+)

361 It's funny to watch retardo get even more retarded by the comment. Keep babbling dipshit.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:18 AM (B8lCe)

362 Grok@grok - 7m
Replying to @gavinthe_great @sentdefender

Cmdr. Joseph Sammur commissioned 2006 (BS eng NM Tech, MS systems Penn State). Prior: Strategic Ops head at National Airborne Ops Center. Took West Virginia Blue Crew command Aug 2025; relieved Jul 30 2026 after under a year for loss of confidence.

Ohio-class SSBN for nuclear deterrence (Trident II D5s), Kings Bay. Blue/Gold crews alternate.

Such reliefs occur ~12-16 times/year across Navy for various reasons (performance, conduct, climate). No details released. Sub in maintenance, mission unaffected. Cause unknown

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:18 AM (+yTe/)

363 Know what you get if you respond to its posts?

More posts.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 01:19 AM (RCjYY)

364 {{Ellipsis}}

Doing okay. Some days are better than others, as always... I found the long-lost keys last night! In a place that *I swear* I'd already looked at least twice before. LOL.

How are you?

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

365 often 92 upset!! days election voting often TRUMP!!! democrats early till somebody. cheetos we upset!


Posted by: raimondo on tap at August 03, 2026 01:20 AM (XOG/m)

366 Hi JQ, here is your party hat and noisemaker, we should fire up the jukebox and get Miklos dancing, the night is young.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 03, 2026 01:21 AM (ibDUx)

367 Wooooh! Thanks, Debby!

Happy (belated?) birfday, Miklos! Let's get on the dance floor...

youtu.be/1sqE6P3XyiQ

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

368 Early and often?
So you are admitting Trump is right about the cheating?
I think he is too.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:23 AM (B8lCe)

369 @159/Braenyard:

I remember watching "The Quatermass Conclusion", but not sure I've ever seen "Quatermass and the Pit". I might look that one up.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 01:23 AM (O7YUW)

370 In early days when I volunteered to man the troll guns (never got the 40 MM Bofors I asked for) it seemed that mockery was an effective response. Some will always (against advice) feed the trolls.

So feed them mockery using their own words.

Posted by: It was only a concept at August 03, 2026 01:24 AM (XOG/m)

371 Retardo will be here almost every night regardless of anybody engaging him. Has been for years.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:25 AM (B8lCe)

372 On Aug 2nd, 1876, Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead while playing poker, holding what is now known as the Dead Man's Hand.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)

I used to go to at saloon #10 in deadwood every year when I was out there for the Sturgis rally since it's on the way to Mt Rushmore. Its not the original saloon if I remember right, but it has the chair he was "supposedly" shot in sitting in an alcove over the front door, but again, that most likely is a fake. I went to his grave too which is in town. Calamity Jane is buried next to him. The grave is probably the only authentic thing tied to him in deadwood.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:25 AM (S41Gd)

373 Doing okay. Some days are better than others, as always... I found the long-lost keys last night! In a place that *I swear* I'd already looked at least twice before. LOL.

How are you?
Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

Great news on the keys!! Happens so often it seems that the thing is where you looked and looked.

I'm doing better thanks for asking. 3 of the last 5 days including today I have felt reasonably good which doesn't sound like much but I'm climbing down from my mini-flare I think.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:26 AM (vE0+H)

374 ***All trolls are Average Joe, who sucks cock by choice***

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

375 Retardo will be here almost every night regardless of anybody engaging him. Has been for years.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:25 AM (B8lCe)

A recurring sewer gas bubble.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:27 AM (S41Gd)

376 >> I used to go to at saloon #10 in deadwood every year

Cool!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 01:28 AM (w6EFb)

377 ***All trolls are Average Joe, who sucks cock by choice***

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

Alright, I have to ask. Who the fuck is average joe? I've been here since christ was a child and I don't remember an average joe, or maybe he was one I glossed over like the other troll retards.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:29 AM (S41Gd)

378 Do the math and it's not looking great.

Posted by: ...
--

There's a clip of Rubio saying the riots and demonstrations, all over, are/were the same people and they were financed by the same people and they have proof who they are.
Note: all these trouble are isolated in the same tolerant places.
Most of America is blood red.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:29 AM (+yTe/)

379 Wooooh! Thanks, Debby!

Happy (belated?) birfday, Miklos! Let's get on the dance floor...

youtu.be/1sqE6P3XyiQ
Posted by: JQ

Thank'ee Miss

But for me at this hour it's more like barefoot on the back deck under the bug zapper light

Posted by: Miklos makes no pretences at August 03, 2026 01:30 AM (XOG/m)

380 The trolls that used to engage were fun for a time.

Most of the current ones just do one line spellcheck-free drive by's and occasionally they call a particular nick out.

The drive by's make sense. I mean how fun can it be to have your candidate (two of them) spine shakingly embarrassed by a hilarious guy who is supposed to be dead and in jail? I mean as if beating down slow pathetic Biden wasn't bad enough he then shamed Kamala in all seven swing states. This is NOT a fun time to be a leftard.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:31 AM (vE0+H)

381
373 Doing okay. Some days are better than others, as always... I found the long-lost keys last night! In a place that *I swear* I'd already looked at least twice before. LOL.

How are you?
Posted by: JQ
---

Gives me hope that I will find my stached packet of thumb drives.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:32 AM (+yTe/)

382 Ellipsis, I'm happy for you! Hope you continue to feel even better.

Seems like nothing comes easy, anymore.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

383 we should fire up the jukebox and get Miklos dancing, the night is young.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

he bin danc

Posted by: Miss Dixie at August 03, 2026 01:33 AM (XOG/m)

384 This is NOT a fun time to be a leftard.
Posted by: ...

They ain't seen shit yet.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:33 AM (B8lCe)

385 Berserker, I think it was CDR M what came up with the Average Joe shtick... ?

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:33 AM (rdVOm)

386 Ellipsis, I'm happy for you! Hope you continue to feel even better.

Seems like nothing comes easy, anymore.
Posted by: JQ

Ditto

There's better, and then there's more better and more betterer

Posted by: Miklos feels free with both intent and grammar at August 03, 2026 01:35 AM (XOG/m)

387 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:29 AM (S41Gd)

Average Joe started out as a total joke troll by a regular called ParisParamus who had been a standard ontributor and big Romney fan (long time ago Romney when he was still a nominal R).

When you do joke trolls it often gets reacted to anyway, and slowly Average Joe actually BECAME a troll and leaned into it even though it was still ParisParamus the normal regular behind him. Very odd. I think he actually really got mad at some point along the way but who knows.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:35 AM (vE0+H)

388 >> I used to go to at saloon #10 in deadwood every year

Cool!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 01:28 AM (w6EFb)

Yeah it is pretty cool. The whole town actually. The street is original and it appears to have retained its "charm". The whole town is a historic national landmark because of its preserved era architecture from the gold rush. It does have a vibe to it, thats for sure.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:36 AM (S41Gd)

389 Well, it is 2330 here, time for me to go to bed. Tomorrow is a civic holiday here, so I will carry on hanging tin in the shop. Going to run out of the special roofing screws soon, but drywall screws ought to work.

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2026 01:36 AM (1z8ji)

390
Just give me three lobes and a moon.

Some group from Lowell Observatory, using the Large Binocular Telescope in AZ, and the Very Large Telescope in Chile, discovered that asteroid Nysa has three lobes and a moon.

That's the first 3-lober. Several two-lobers are known. By that, it means 3 sort of large pieces of rock sort of gently stuck together under their own weak gravity. And another little rock is orbiting the thing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 01:37 AM (w6EFb)

391 But for me at this hour it's more like barefoot on the back deck under the bug zapper light
Posted by: Miklos

Hahaha, I totally understand... the ol' body can't keep up with the imagination... so, how about this:

youtu.be/8pz1xPxfWBs

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

392 @364/JQ: "I found the long-lost keys last night! In a place that *I swear* I'd already looked at least twice before. LOL. "

There's an episode of The Twilight Zone from 1985 called "A Matter of Minutes" that documents the why of that:

https://youtu.be/e9XFRfeGBVI?t=622

Basically every minute is constructed by time workers months in advance. People arrive in that minute, experience it, and move on to the next constructed minute, unaware that they're actually changing locations every minute.

Sometimes, the time workers make minor mistakes and things that should be placed in a specific location in a given minute (or series of minutes) are forgotten, but eventually that's fixed, and the items are put back.

And that's why when you swear you looked earlier and the keys were missing, they were! But now they're back.

Always loved that episode...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 01:38 AM (O7YUW)

393 Ellipsis, I'm happy for you! Hope you continue to feel even better.

Seems like nothing comes easy, anymore.
Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

I appreciate that, really. Means a lot.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:38 AM (vE0+H)

394

Deadwood is an interesting place to visit. Lots of history there.

Posted by: four seasons at August 03, 2026 01:38 AM (/QHx4)

395 Posted by: Miklos feels free with both intent and grammar at August 03, 2026 01:35 AM (XOG/m)

Thanks sir and Happy Bidet!!!!

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:39 AM (vE0+H)

396 222 Well, what I made is a T-bar affair. Cross-piece 19" long, with J-hooks spaced at 18" to engage with standing ribs on tin panel. (...) The lift itself goes very easy.
- - - - -
A couple 50lb-draw magnets would grab those metal panels easily... ;-)

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at August 03, 2026 01:39 AM (asfZy)

397 I went to a graduation party yesterday, for a young man who only weighed about two pounds when he was born, his twin did not survive. He is headed off to college in the fall, I am so happy for him, such a great kid.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 03, 2026 01:39 AM (ibDUx)

398 Average Joe started out as a total joke troll by a regular called ParisParamus who had been a standard ontributor and big Romney fan (long time ago Romney when he was still a nominal R).

When you do joke trolls it often gets reacted to anyway, and slowly Average Joe actually BECAME a troll and leaned into it even though it was still ParisParamus the normal regular behind him. Very odd. I think he actually really got mad at some point along the way but who knows.

Posted by: ... at August 03, 2026 01:35 AM (vE0+H)

ParisParamus..damn thats a name I haven't seen in years.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:39 AM (S41Gd)

399 Hiya Debby DS! I’m having a tequila sunrise without the sunrise. Would you like to join me?

Rhomboid, I’ll be in Japan in April. Hope the rate will still be favorable. Or maybe I should get some now.

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 03, 2026 01:40 AM (Ev5Rw)

400 >> The whole town actually. The street is original and it appears to have retained its "charm"

I need to add that to a list of places to see one of these days....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb)

401 "Deadwood" the cable TV series was a nice piece of work, although I didn't see all of it. I really prefer movies to miniseries-- even though I trash-wallowed through every episode of "The Borgias."

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 01:40 AM (RCjYY)

402 Do you people have any idea how much money the Russkies offered AOP to fix up all their broke-ass old commie tanks and radars and shit?

A lot

And he said nyet (or some Albertan version of that)

Posted by: Miklos respects AOP not least for his taste in music at August 03, 2026 01:41 AM (XOG/m)

403 Gives me hope that I will find my stached packet of thumb drives.
Posted by: Braenyard
----------

Dude! You wouldn't (or maybe you would) BELIEVE all the stuff I found, while looking for those damned keys....

Go search for *something else* and your thumb drives will turn up instead.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

404 Aces and eights. And clubs will be forever known as bullets.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:43 AM (+yTe/)

405 Just got back from an overnight hike on Mt Hood with a friend and his nephew. We went up past Burnt Lake and camped in Paradise Park. We were in a little clump of trees right at the edge of a sheer drop to a stream feeding into the Zig Zag River.

The meadow was beautiful; full of wildflowers! I saw grouse, and right at sunset the clouds lifted for a few minutes to reveal Mt. Hood---the only view we had all weekend.

It was cold! High and low in the 40s. There were some cold sprinkles all afternoon, but what really got us wet was pushing through the overgrown trail above Burnt Lake. We only saw one other person in that section.

This morning we slept late, left the packs, and did the 4-mile Paradise Loop, coming back on the Timberline Trail. Then we hiked out.

I felt pretty good this morning, but now I am sore!

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 01:44 AM (rcENI)

406 I need to add that to a list of places to see one of these days....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Somehow, I think Mr. Publius could drive a big-ass motorhome anywhere, and that would be one of the lighter items he has piloted.

Posted by: Miklos rests assured at August 03, 2026 01:46 AM (XOG/m)

407 Oh hey, while looking up that episode of The Twilight Zone for JQ, the nasty leg cramp I took at 00:45 that got me out of bed has finally subsided an hour later.

AoSHQ - the mental distraction I needed, when I needed it. I think I can go back to bed now!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 01:49 AM (O7YUW)

408 109 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)

I must chime in. Keanu Reeves is the real deal. He is one of the best. He has endured a lot of things over the years. He is a good man.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)

I try to be skeptical, but he's just so gosh-darn genuine and likeable. Even in this 10:45-long bit from 2023, which was intended by Fender to be a promo for the Precision Bass (which he plays in Dogstar), he's relaxed and funny. The story at 1:49 slays:

"I asked Gard [Hollinger] if he wanted to start a motorcycle company. He said 'No,' but then I said, 'Come on.' He said, 'Why?' I said, 'Because we’re gonna die.'"

Keanu Reeves | Don't Quit Your Day Dream | Fender
https://youtu.be/_iLVM8cqjkg

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 01:50 AM (Sy6m/)

409 (And yes, I've appeared in the ONT before complaining about a leg cramp that got me up. This isn't the first time, likely won't be the last either.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 01:50 AM (O7YUW)

410 Frammish - your hike(s) sounds amazing! Low 40s is a bit too cold for me. Brrrr..

JQ - so happy for you that you found the keys. I’m not sure what they are for but I am sure it’s more work for you.

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 03, 2026 01:51 AM (Ev5Rw)

411 Anyone who can pronounce BOTH "Spokane" and "Gonzaga" correctly is probably either a resident or an alum.
Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)

I can do both, but I merely got my doctorate at WSU.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 01:52 AM (Wj1DV)

412 @408/SciVo: { I said, 'Because we’re gonna die.'" }

What a remarkably perceptive answer.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 01:55 AM (O7YUW)

413 Grumpy - order some magnesium lotion from Amazon. Rub on your leg before you go to bed.

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 03, 2026 01:55 AM (Ev5Rw)

414 All trolls who post here are communists. Tonights troll is just consistent with it's lying. It lies, all the time. For a communist, lying is like breathing. They can't stop. It's all they have. That's why all the trolls here are interchangeable. Paul/Sid/rainmondo/exodus/etc. They are a singular blob of communism. They are all filthy lying, trash. Diseased vermin, to be eradicated.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 01:55 AM (sAmhv)

415 Keanu Reeves made an excellent angel in "Good Fortune," Very funny.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 01:55 AM (RCjYY)

416 Thanks, SnailRacer.

I hid the keys (and stove knobs and cigs & lighters and...) when hubby began acting unpredictably due to dementia. Had to keep him safe!

Keys were not with the other stuff, of course.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

417 So retardo is a Miklos sock. I honestly had no idea. Then tonight I says to myself. Hmmm Miklos hasn't posted in a minute or two then... I see (XOG/m)

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:56 AM (B8lCe)

418 >> The whole town actually. The street is original and it appears to have retained its "charm"

I need to add that to a list of places to see one of these days....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb)

You would like it. The best part is there is a road (385) that leaves deadwood and heads into the black hills, and its the road you take to Mt Rushmore, and along that road you come to Pactola lake, which is a pretty damn big and beautiful mountain lake/reservoir, and really nice to hang around at for a bit. The crazy horse monument is also on that road. I think the road is about 40 miles from deadwood to rushmore if I remember right. We used to stay on 385, go past the turn for rushmore, go down to custer and do the needles highway which brings you to rushmore the back way. Needles highway is just frigging amazing. It all can be done in a day.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 01:57 AM (S41Gd)

419 Test.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 01:58 AM (F9nWj)

420 "raimondo on tap" isn't the real 'tardo. that's a parody bot.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 03, 2026 01:58 AM (gKWVE)

421 Whew, not in the Top 10 commenters.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 01:58 AM (odBC9)

422 Retardo is a "real" troll. Miklos sometimes socks it. (and sometimes gets caught up in the banning of said troll.)

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

423 >>>I've been sharing a lot of stuff about Flock cameras recently. Maybe I need to submit a Morning Rant thread about it so the daywalkers get to see this stuff.

Yes! Please do.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 01:59 AM (odBC9)

424 Anyone seen Rodrigo Borgia lately, he seems to be MIA.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:59 AM (+yTe/)

425 @413/SnailRacer: I already take Magnesium Oxide pills to deal with the leg cramps and they work great!

I had taken the one at 17:45, but forgot the second one I take just before bed, and the cramp arrived about 3 hours after that.

Okay, off to bed now. (See some of you in the Tech News thread after my alarm goes off at 05:00 - I'll probably be grousing about needing coffee...)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 02:00 AM (O7YUW)

426 422 Retardo is a "real" troll. Miklos sometimes socks it. (and sometimes gets caught up in the banning of said troll.)
Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

I've seen that happen.
Looked up further and found the different hashs.
Good. I don't have to repurpose the iron maiden I have built for retardo.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 02:02 AM (F9nWj)

427

Rodrigo was here a couple of days ago.

He had good news about his health.

Posted by: four seasons at August 03, 2026 02:02 AM (/QHx4)

428 410 Frammish - your hike(s) sounds amazing! Low 40s is a bit too cold for me. Brrrr..

Me too! We did not expect it. It's been so hot here, I foolishly didn't check the mountain-forecast website. So we were not prepared. Especially the nephew (16yo). I had some wool long underwear and a wool sweater, but he didn't really bring any layers. My buddy had some extra clothes to lend him. But when we got to camp, maybe around 5 p.m., we all just crawled into our sleeping bags for an hour to warm up.

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 02:03 AM (rcENI)

429 Starve a troll and feed a beaver.

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 02:04 AM (RCjYY)

430 Hi SnailRacer, please count me in for a night cap and then I will be off for a snooze. Miklos is the secret owner of Bombas.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 03, 2026 02:04 AM (ibDUx)

431
Well, this is interesting. After years and years of work, they've finally identified the composition of the KT dino killer asteroid that hit 66 million years ago. That wiped out 75% of the existing species on Erf at the time.

Turns out it was a very rare type CO carbonaceous chondrite.

This means it likely came from the outer solar system beyond Jupiter's orbit. There are some vagabonds that lurk out there between Jupiter and Neptune.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 02:09 AM (w6EFb)

432 Miklos must've fallen asleep to that last tune I linked for him. So sleepy that the bug-zaps don't wake him!

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

433 407 the nasty leg cramp I took at 00:45 that got me out of bed has finally subsided an hour later
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 01:49 AM (O7YUW)

Try electrolytes? Milk? These things work for me.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 02:11 AM (odBC9)

434 Yay, mammals!

Posted by: mnw at August 03, 2026 02:11 AM (RCjYY)

435 425 @413/SnailRacer: I already take Magnesium Oxide pills to deal with the leg cramps and they work great!

I had taken the one at 17:45, but forgot the second one I take just before bed, and the cramp arrived about 3 hours after that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2026 02:00 AM (O7YUW)

Yay!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 02:11 AM (odBC9)

436 This means it likely came from the outer solar system beyond Jupiter's orbit.

I think the CO rocks formed in the sooty 3-4 AU range. Jupiter is 5.3 AU... now.
There's some talk about a "grand tack" where Jupiter might have been closer way back when, but that's conjecture.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 03, 2026 02:12 AM (gKWVE)

437 All trolls who post here are communists. Tonights troll is just consistent with it's lying. It lies, all the time. For a communist, lying is like breathing. They can't stop. It's all they have. That's why all the trolls here are interchangeable. Paul/Sid/rainmondo/exodus/etc. They are a singular blob of communism. They are all filthy lying, trash. Diseased vermin, to be eradicated.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 03, 2026 01:55 AM (sAmhv)

The thing that makes me wish for their violent death is the one simple fact that these miserable motherfuckers carry on like the idea of America as founded, the constitution, everything that made America what it is is flawed and needs to be destroyed because it don't line up with their mass murdering cult of communism. If I was running things there would be 2 choices, get the fuck out and start your own country where you can tongue mao's bung every day.... or die horribly within our borders as prey.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 03, 2026 02:13 AM (S41Gd)

438 Miklos is the secret owner of Bombas.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Comfort and quality, made in the USA

Posted by: Marketing Miklos at August 03, 2026 02:15 AM (XOG/m)

439 Frammish - glad you had enough clothes between y’all to make do. Wearing a sleeping back while walking would have been a pain so I’m glad you managed. Next time you won’t forget to check the weather!

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 03, 2026 02:15 AM (Ev5Rw)

440 I agree, Bers!

Why TF do they need to destroy *this* country? There are plenty of commie cuntries for them to fuck off to.

All aboard, dickheads! GTFO.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)

441 I’m sure Cher doesn’t really like Dave Letterman.
Because he doesn’t really seem like a likable person outside of his hour of TV, for a decade or so.

Madonna probably did like Dave, because she isn’t too likable either.
The only reason she gave Dave a difficult time that one show where she only wanted to talk about peeing in the shower with him was because he’d made a joke about her in a monologue a few weeks before and she wanted to torture him for it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:16 AM (6ydKt)

442 DDS - night cap counted and I may follow your snooze plan. My friend raves about Bombas. I don’t know. I buy the Walmart 10 pack in black so I’ll always have a matching pair.

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 03, 2026 02:18 AM (Ev5Rw)

443 Miklos must've fallen asleep to that last tune I linked for him. So sleepy that the bug-zaps don't wake him!
Posted by: JQ

*cigarette ash on lap*

*comes to , knocks over a Natty Daddy*

I am awake

*brushes off the rest of that still burning butt*

Posted by: Miklos the Nite Owl at August 03, 2026 02:19 AM (XOG/m)

444 441 Dave Letterman ... doesn’t really seem like a likable person outside of his hour of TV, for a decade or so.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 03, 2026 02:16 AM (6ydKt)

He's no Norm Macdonald.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 02:21 AM (odBC9)

445

Some people are looking for a hot ass, lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 03, 2026 02:21 AM (/QHx4)

446 I can't wait to stack commies like cord wood.
It's a bucket list item.

Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 02:22 AM (B8lCe)

447 Plenty of carbonaceous chondrites in the asteroid belt.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 02:22 AM (Wj1DV)

448 Letterman was a prick. Was watching one night, when he had Annie Lennox on. He was nasty to her, and she was gone after first commercial break. Not sure that was the plan...

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

449 I can't wait to stack commies like cord wood.
It's a bucket list item.
Posted by: Reforger at August 03, 2026 02:22 AM (B8lCe)

Make sure to stock up on kerosene first.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 02:24 AM (Wj1DV)

450 150 Perhaps it's time for people to prescribe the use of Dr. Guillotin's invention for terrible medical personnel and researchers.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

Put them on a ventilator.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)

I like it. How many of those death machines did they make in the Covid mania? If they haven't all been junked by now, we could make them single-use devices and still have some left over when we run out of perps to execute.

Posted by: SciVo at August 03, 2026 02:24 AM (Sy6m/)

451 Didn't Letterman get his start on the old Mary Tyler Moore variety show?

The should do a remake of the Mary Tyler Moore show set in Minneapolis, the Mary Tyler Nur show.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 03, 2026 02:29 AM (ibDUx)

452 >> Plenty of carbonaceous chondrites in the asteroid belt.

This is type CO, or the "Ornans type" which is a relatively rare type of the carbonaceous class overall.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 02:29 AM (w6EFb)

453 >> There's some talk about a "grand tack" where Jupiter might have been closer way back when, but that's conjecture.

Yep. Looking some more, that's exactly what they mean by "beyond Jupiter". It formed in the early solar system beyond where Jupiter was at the time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 02:30 AM (w6EFb)

454

What happens when they either imprison or kill off all of the taxpaying citizens?

Who are they going to steal money from then?

Posted by: four seasons at August 03, 2026 02:30 AM (/QHx4)

455 HackerNews has a bazillion articles on Flock:

https://tinyurl.com/9zacbu3y

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 02:31 AM (odBC9)

456 There are plenty of commie cuntries for them to fuck off to.

All aboard, dickheads! GTFO.
Posted by: JQ

There were a lot of commie countries.

Very few now.

Weird (not in the Dave sense)

Posted by: Miklos recalls a certain Peoples' Republic at August 03, 2026 02:38 AM (XOG/m)

457 I agree that traffic cameras are a Fourth Amendment violation, and I especially think we need some Supreme Court clarification about the government laundering surveillance through private companies. But don't understand the sudden uprise against Flock. It feels like the "personalize it" tactic.

I looked at a map of Flock cameras for the suburbs west of Portland. We have tons of traffic cameras, but the only Flock cameras I saw were monitoring big-box-store parking lots, like Home Depot and Fred Meyer.

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 02:40 AM (rcENI)

458 The should do a remake of the Mary Tyler Moore show set in Minneapolis, the Mary Tyler Nur show.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

And the Flying Nun, except a niqab instead of a habit

Posted by: Lay Brother Miklos at August 03, 2026 02:40 AM (XOG/m)

459 What happens when they either imprison or kill off all of the taxpaying citizens?
Who are they going to steal money from then?
Posted by: four seasons

They won't need to, by then. Only foreign trade will support the new regime.

Once *we* are all gone, the useful idiots and most of the shock-troops will get the bullet, too.

Only true believers will be left-- most, in poverty and misery-- to snitch on their neighbors and scramble for whatever crumbs their "betters" deign to bestow. Some will be mid-level enforcers, and allowed to keep some of the spoils.

The "elites" will have whatever they want. Money, decent food, vacation homes, ability to travel.

Same as it ever was.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)

460 Strange night

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2026 02:44 AM (Ia/+0)

461 Yay, mammals!
Posted by: mnw

I first read that as mammaries

Posted by: Miklos did not turn this into a movie thread at August 03, 2026 02:50 AM (XOG/m)

462 This is type CO, or the "Ornans type" which is a relatively rare type of the carbonaceous class overall.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

That's what THEY want you to believe

Posted by: Randall Carlson at August 03, 2026 02:51 AM (XOG/m)

463
The woman who moved to Ireland to live with her Muzzie boyfriend had just inhereted a million dollars. He killed her.

He did not love her, he loved the money.

Posted by: four seasons at August 03, 2026 02:52 AM (/QHx4)

464 Strange night
Posted by: Skip

School starts in two weeks, young Skipper

Do you need a new pencil case?

Or lunch box?

Unfortunately "Uncle" Raymond ate all the blueberries

Posted by: Distracted Auntie Miklos at August 03, 2026 02:54 AM (XOG/m)

465 Same as it ever was.
Posted by: JQ

Reminds me

David Byrne owes me a beer

Posted by: Miklos notes that Dixie Beer no longer exists because Not Woke at August 03, 2026 02:56 AM (XOG/m)

466 Sweet dreams Horde, I must toddle to the town hall tomorrow and pay my quarterly property taxes, which will remind me again that I want to leave this wretched place.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 03, 2026 03:01 AM (ibDUx)

467
I see ol' Randall and one of his buddies are taking another "expedition" group for a 7-day tour of the Scablands. It's a 40 person thing. I wonder how much they charge for that...

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:02 AM (w6EFb)

468 I wonder how much they charge for that...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

If doggie would travel that far, I would go and pay.

I would get my money's worth from scenery, education and/or amusement.

Posted by: Miklos is easily amused but is open minded about it all at August 03, 2026 03:05 AM (XOG/m)

469
He took a group to the Azores last year, and I imagine that was spendy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:06 AM (w6EFb)

470 He took a group to the Azores last year, and I imagine that was spendy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Not if an NGO pays for the raft

Posted by: Undocumented migrant Miklos at August 03, 2026 03:07 AM (XOG/m)

471
Randall's buddy on this Scablands trip is a younger feller. That brings to mind Marlin Perkins and Jim.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:08 AM (w6EFb)

472 Flock website for my town is mostly at the corner of
Home Depot and Lowe's and places like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 03:08 AM (+yTe/)

473 472 Flock website for my town is mostly at the corner of
Home Depot and Lowe's and places like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 03:08 AM (+yTe/)

We don't have any flock. We just don't give a flock.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 03:09 AM (FyeA3)

474 264 John McCain and Harry Reid are still alive?
Posted by: Kindltot at August 03, 2026 12:17 AM (rbvCR)

wut

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 03:10 AM (odBC9)

475 Debby's got the idea. Time for me to go.
Have a good evening, 'night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 03:11 AM (+yTe/)

476
The above prompted me to start reviewing the details of the Grand Tack Hypothesis and the (later) NICE model of the solar system formation.

It's all very interesting, but must say the science is far from settled.

James Webb and the Very Large Telescope have found some early solar systems in the process of formation, and they should provide some actual real data points for all this solar system formation theorizing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:13 AM (w6EFb)

477 Sarah Hoyt on Instagram linked to this fun explanation of radiation: https://x.com/ShamashAran/status/2083750816918192450 I've wondered where alpha particles fit for a long time. Glad to hear someone acknowledge they are "something else."

A bit of a surprise that microwaves are lower energy than infrared. So how come microwave ovens heat food faster than the stove? Google says, Because they heat the inside and outside at the same time. Hmm.

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 03:13 AM (rcENI)

478 Randall's buddy on this Scablands trip is a younger feller. That brings to mind Marlin Perkins and Jim.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I have tole Darleen more than once

You keep this up, Ima hafta get ol Jim to do this kinda rasslin

Or maybe Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones, my favorite Professional Rassler of all Times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhmbJSwCg4o

Posted by: Miklos was raised right at August 03, 2026 03:16 AM (XOG/m)

479 Incidentally, I'm still not convinced that particle spin isn't all a conspiracy by Big-L. How can it always be multiples of 1/2? The first thing I learned in chemistry is that measurements always have a margin of error. I asked Google what the units are of particle spin, and it said either Joule-seconds or multiples of ħ. Joule-seconds shouldn't go 1/2, 2/2, 3/2, etc., right?

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 03:20 AM (rcENI)

480 If Publius claims that he grew up with no knowledge of southeast professional wrestling, either he is less than candid or had a very sheltered childhood.

Posted by: Miklos knows this applies to many at August 03, 2026 03:23 AM (XOG/m)

481 155 Mike -

vmom gave us a nic-link to her post here:
https://tinyurl.com/vmom-ai

which has a link to the deeper article in question
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 02, 2026 11:11 PM (aJQbY)

https://role-confusion.github.io

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 03:24 AM (odBC9)

482
Particle spin is quantized, and fermions take on the half-integer values. Also, spin here is not modelled as vector, but as, well, a spinor, which is more complicated mathematic object, which you can see as complex valued matrix. And somewhere in there, something must rotate twice, 720 degrees rather than 360 to get back where it started.

Note that quantum spin is *intrinsic* angular momentum of a point particle. In classical physics, a point can't have angular momentum. How can a point rotate?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:28 AM (w6EFb)

483 Bob Hoover could "pour up"..........look it up!

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 03, 2026 03:33 AM (jrgJz)

484 *wakes up*

Wow. This is like the 90s.. when I'd watch PBS late at night & there'd be a show on physics or astronomy.

All I can remember is F=ma.

It explains *everything* iirc.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)

485 482 I really appreciate the response! I'm working through The Theoretical Minimum right now, and I want to read the three followup volumes as well. I'll keep your answer in mind. I don't know what a spinor is, so I'll look up how it's different from a vector.

Another thing that has bothered me for 35 years is light polarity. As if the amplitude of an E-M wave were inches.

It's amazing how you can get As in physics through high school and college (I was an English major but took some 300-level courses), but have no idea how to explain these things to your kids.

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 03:33 AM (rcENI)

486 Particle spin is quantized, and fermions take on the half-integer values. Also, spin here is not modelled as vector, but as, well, a spinor, which is more complicated mathematic object, which you can see as complex valued matrix. And somewhere in there, something must rotate twice, 720 degrees rather than 360 to get back where it started.

Note that quantum spin is *intrinsic* angular momentum of a point particle. In classical physics, a point can't have angular momentum. How can a point rotate?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Can you explain that in ways understandable to those who did not have the opportunity to get learned good at the Cow Kollidge with a secret "p" in the name?

Posted by: Miklos knows Sekrit Words (Danny Ford) at August 03, 2026 03:36 AM (XOG/m)

487 It explains *everything* iirc.
Posted by: JQ

I did economics

Not much maths

Posted by: Lazy student Miklos at August 03, 2026 03:38 AM (XOG/m)

488 482 And somewhere in there, something must rotate twice, 720 degrees rather than 360 to get back where it started.

I'm pretty sure Scott Aaronson mentioned something like that in Quantum Computing Since Democritus. I'll try to look it up. I was really intrigued by idea that if you only had the real numbers and had to invent a physics, you would come up with the Newtonian system. And if you had complex numbers, you would come up with quantum mechanics.

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 03:38 AM (rcENI)

489 >> Can you explain that in ways understandable to those who did not have

Let's see, I'm 59. About 30 years when this was fresh in my mind, I probably could've 'splained it better. But now, well, not so much.

I try not to think about the stuff I've forgotten. Makes me get mad at myself.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:39 AM (w6EFb)

490 After many years, I am more than ever convinced that Bubba who runs the Used Tire place, flea market, ang BBQ has a better grasp of basic economics than anyone at the Federal Reserve.

Posted by: Life-long student Miklos at August 03, 2026 03:41 AM (XOG/m)

491 I'm pretty sure Scott Aaronson mentioned something like that

Or maybe it was William Sleator in The Boy Who Reversed Himself, lol.

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 03:42 AM (rcENI)

492
To get philosophical, physics uses a lot of math. And various rather abstract mathematical things are invented/discovered.

Think of it in Feynman-esque terms. The math doesn't have to be the reality. It's just a tool that allows you to get the right answers of how things behave.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 03:44 AM (w6EFb)

493 But don't understand the sudden uprise against Flock. It feels like the "personalize it" tactic.

I looked at a map of Flock cameras for the suburbs west of Portland. We have tons of traffic cameras, but the only Flock cameras I saw were monitoring big-box-store parking lots, like Home Depot and Fred Meyer.
Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 02:40 AM (rcENI)

Recently a Baytown PD officer was busted for using Flock cameras for stalking purposes. People aren’t good with things like this.

I’d also check out just how much a whack job utopian the Flock CEO is.

Ban all Flock cameras and ALPRs.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 03, 2026 03:44 AM (4g5V+)

494 424 Anyone seen Rodrigo Borgia lately, he seems to be MIA.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 03, 2026 01:59 AM (+yTe/)

I'll check in with him. He's here, after all.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 03:44 AM (FyeA3)

495 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I knew "Danny Ford" would get a response

Posted by: Publius just confirmed Miklos' Theorem of Clempsonian Concept at August 03, 2026 03:46 AM (XOG/m)

496 402 Think of it in Feynman-esque terms. The math doesn't have to be the reality.

Okay. I thought Feynman was the one who said, "Shut up and calculate," but Google says it was someone else.

Anyway, I appreciate the food for thought! I don't think I'm going to figure it out at almost 1 a.m., but I'll keep your replies in mind. Now I'd better get to sleep. God bless Horde. . . .

Posted by: frammish at August 03, 2026 03:50 AM (rcENI)

497 My notebook pages were barely wide enough for me to write out some of those math problems in physics class.

Instructor was cool, tried to make it *make sense* to us, and gave lively presentations. We had fun with the experiments, too.

He allowed us to make/use our own "cheat sheet" for final-- and required the cheat sheet to be submitted along with that final exam! LOL. Bet he got a kick out of them.

Dr. F was also an astronomer, and was the primary driver/fundraiser for a local observatory.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

498 Carry on, publius & all... I'm not worthy.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 03:56 AM (rdVOm)

499 Our accuracy in knowing the value of ħ is the limit in knowing the intrinsic spin of fundamental particles. Bosons have whole integer multiples of ħ for their spin. Fermions have half integer multiples of ħ. It is based on the possible symmetries of the particles’ quantum mechanical wave function. Spin is actually angular momentum, but it’s called “spin” because that is the classical limit equivalent. It’s hard to visualize a point particle spinning: proper lingo is intrinsic angular momentum.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 03:59 AM (Wj1DV)

500 500

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 03:59 AM (odBC9)

501 >> I'm not worthy.

You underestimate yourself. Crack open some of those books you were mentioning the other night.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 04:00 AM (w6EFb)

502 Carry on, publius & all... I'm not worthy.
Posted by: JQ

*writes "worthy" on decorative headgear*

*awards to JQ*

Posted by: Miklos sometimes Does the Right Thing at August 03, 2026 04:00 AM (XOG/m)

503 497 He allowed us to make/use our own "cheat sheet" for final-- and required the cheat sheet to be submitted along with that final exam!
Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

Cool idea.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)

504 I kept all my college texts and notebooks. But the notebooks are gone!

Because XH2 aka "number two" (because that's what he was) tore them up, along with other books & papers.

Some people aren't worth the oxygen, grrrrrr.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:02 AM (rdVOm)

505
The units of spin are also the units of action, energy*time. That is sort of the fundamental quantization of nature. Action. See Hamilton's Principle of Least(Stationary, actually) action.

Feynman derives Schrodinger's equation from that, making it look like child's play.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 04:02 AM (w6EFb)

506 I am content in my ignorance of astronomy, physics, etc. because my understanding or lack thereof makes not a whittles tittle of difference.

Posted by: Miklos just made something up at August 03, 2026 04:03 AM (XOG/m)

507 Feynman was certainly of the shut up and calculate camp, although I don’t if he ever used those exact words.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 04:04 AM (Wj1DV)

508 The units of spin are also the units of action, energy*time. That is sort of the fundamental quantization of nature. Action. See Hamilton's Principle of Least(Stationary, actually) action.

Feynman derives Schrodinger's equation from that, making it look like child's play.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Now I know who to blame for Disco and the entire 70s

Posted by: Miklos only went to the disco on nickel beer nights at August 03, 2026 04:06 AM (XOG/m)

509 You guys are so nice!

All those old books are *way beyond* my comprehension. I inherited them from a couple of relatives who had advanced enough education to understand the material.

It's too late in life for me to do anything worthwhile with the knowledge.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:07 AM (rdVOm)

510 463
The woman who moved to Ireland to live with her Muzzie boyfriend had just inhereted a million dollars. He killed her.

He did not love her, he loved the money.

Posted by: four seasons at August 03, 2026 02:52 AM (/QHx4)

Daily Mail

https://archive.is/OeN5y

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:07 AM (odBC9)

511 He allowed us to make/use our own "cheat sheet" for final-- and required the cheat sheet to be submitted along with that final exam!
Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

This was my standard practice for physics exams, but I specified the size: 3”x5” for regular tests, 4”x6” for the final.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 04:08 AM (Wj1DV)

512 The "allowed cheat sheet" was specified for us:

One side only, of one 3" x 5" index card.

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:09 AM (rdVOm)

513 >> It's too late in life for me to do anything worthwhile with the knowledge.

It's *never too late*. Don't make me come up there. And depends on what you mean by "worthwhile". It can be worthwhile of itself, just to know. Also, keeps the old brain cells exercised.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 04:09 AM (w6EFb)

514 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Dragged through the streets behind iron horses.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:11 AM (X0Pix)

515 Feynman was always trying to derive all physics from the action principle and the like. He’d get on an airline flight with some blank sheets of paper and see how far he could go before landing.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 04:14 AM (Wj1DV)

516
I remember when I first grasped the Principle of Least Action back at Cow Collidge. It was like the theme from 2001 went off. Wow, man, that's like deep.....

The Shut and Calculate school says don't get too carried away with that.

There is a tension between the two. Shut up and calculate tries to keep you from getting too carried away with that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 03, 2026 04:15 AM (w6EFb)

517 I allowed both sides of the card.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 04:15 AM (Wj1DV)

518 514 Hanging Fauci and his accomplices would do a lot to restore my confidence in the medical system.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Dragged through the streets behind iron horses.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:11 AM (X0Pix)

Nah. I just want to have him stand still while I slap the shit out of him, just once, full backhand, so he knows the pain. Just that.

Fucker killed my father.

For that, he should really get to bleed to death, but if I get one slap, and line it up with my lethal wedding ring, he will know pain, and know humiliation. And have some lovely scars to remind him, until he is dead and has nowhere to turn for relief.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 04:21 AM (FyeA3)

519 I allowed both sides of the card.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Wow, you're a softie! Heh.

I sharpened my pencil so the tip was SO TINY, and wrote small.. like, what?, 4 pt? LOL!

Got a 'C' for the semester. A passing grade. Good enough for me!

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

520 proper lingo is intrinsic angular momentum.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 03, 2026 03:59 AM (Wj1DV)

Sounds like exactly what occurs when the WI Badgers play football at home. To all the various individuals that attend that particular university. And a lot of alumni, on that particular day, as well.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 04:24 AM (FyeA3)

521 Posted by: tcn in AK at August 03, 2026 04:21 AM

I stand by my recco from the other day:

Cheese grater.

Acetone.

N i c e... a n d... s l o w!

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:24 AM (rdVOm)

522 Rusty cheese grater, full length mirror, toothpicks for eyes, and a bit o' LSD to enhance the experience.
That is for Birx while the Gremlin Fauci watches... then his turn.

You could make this a mini-series / competition like "You're Fired.... to Death".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 03, 2026 04:30 AM (X0Pix)

523 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 03, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

524 You haven't felt PAIN, until you've felt acetone on a cut.

Isopropyl alcohol doesn't even come *close*!

Posted by: JQ at August 03, 2026 04:38 AM (rdVOm)

525 Adult content is available on various adult websites for entertainment.
Always choose reliable adult sites for a protected experience.

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Gun Thread: First August Edition!

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Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be the First August Edition? I told you it was coming! I may not be around much in the comments so please don't burn the place down. Appreciate it!

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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FUNdamentals

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This is what focus looks like

I preach a lot about fundamentals. Mostly the mechanical shooting fundamentals of stance, grip, sight alignment and trigger manipulation. To become a successful competitive shooter you need to add grit, determination, seemingly endless practice and the will to never quit. Those who have attended a TXMoMe have probably met lin-duh's spawn, appropriately named Spawn and maybe even seen her shoot on the ranges. I can tell you from years of experience in evaluating shooters that Spawn has skills.

Here is what lin-duh had to say about her recent trip to the National Matches.

Here is a picture of the spawn shooting her rimfire iron rifle at Nationals. Despite all the team drama this year she did well individually. This is the first year she won anything and it was all HOA awards. The second place RPO is the one she wanted the most and had the biggest field of competitors.

lin-duh

And here are the results:

3rd place Female Rimfire Revolver
3rd place Female Center Fire Revolver
2nd place Female Rimfire Pistol Optic


It's quite an achievement, so please join me in congratulating Spawn!

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This is what the result of focus looks like!

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S&W Model 60 .38 Special Restoration

Alternate title: Birth of a Pimp Gun. As you know, not a fan. Are you?

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Colt Python: Old v. New

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Inside Hornady's Accuracy Center

I'm not sure I knew that Hornady had an Accuracy Center.

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Our Pal Research Reactors

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Ax Weasel

Q: Weasel, do you know how are Blackwing pencils made, perchance?
A: Why yes, yes I do. Please see below.

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Highway Patrol!

This week's episode: The Seventh Green!

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Invasion Of The Saucer Men!

Holy crap! It's the gol'-danged saucer men!! Personally, I'd have preferred saucer babes, but whatever.

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Cigar of the Week

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This week our pal rhomboid scores again with this excellent review of the La Palina No. 4

La Palina is an old name in cigars, and one of the more interesting ones. It's an American company, not Cuban, Nicaraguan, or Dominican, and always has been. Founded at the end of the 19th century in Chicago by a Ukrainian immigrant, it was a victim of the Depression. It was revived in the early 2000s by the founder's grandson - who, interestingly, was the son of one of the big kahunas of broadcast TV (and radio before that), William S. Paley, of CBS. That grandson revived the company and brand, and now its managed by 2 cigar industry veterans. All of that to introduce a fairly ordinary cigar, the La Palina No. 4. Ordinary, but well made, tasty - and inexpensive. I happened upon a deal, $57/box, recently, and here we are.

The No. 4 is a Nicaraguan puro except for the Ecuadorean binder. Wrapper from Jalapa, fillers from there and two of the other major growing regions, Condega and Esteli. Construction is solid, draw is perfect. Reviews and marketing talk of cocoa and sweetness, for me there's more citrusy tang, slightly sweet wood, and some spice here and there. At under $3/stick for a long-filler cigar, this one's suitable for a yardwork cigar (or sorting brass, or cleaning guns), but it's nice enough that for now it's in my regular rotation. Normal price isn't much more painful, just shy of $4 each. So, a solid candidate if you're looking for good quality at a bundle cigar price.

Excellent, rhomboid! Thank you!

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Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.

Cigarsinternational.com
Cigarpage.com
Famous-smoke.com
Cigarsdaily.com
Neptunecigar.com
Smallbatchcigar.com
Bobalu Cigar Company
Cigarbid.com
Nicks Cigar World Bigly Recommended

A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid

Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!

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That's it for this week - have you been to the range?

Posted by: Weasel at 07:00 PM




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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 02, 2026 07:00 PM (cpFbA)

2 Bang

Posted by: Eromero at August 02, 2026 07:00 PM (LHPAg)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 07:00 PM (Ia/+0)

4 bang bang!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 07:01 PM (NnhvP)

5 Here, but not quick on the trigger.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 07:01 PM (LMRVO)

6 Woot! You go, Spawn!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 07:02 PM (Wnv9h)

7 Congrats, Spawn!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2026 07:03 PM (FZ29D)

8 Missed it by }.{ much.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 02, 2026 07:04 PM (Q/FnY)

9 Well, if Spawn is head of the HOA, I will not forget to pay my HOA fees !

Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 07:04 PM (LMRVO)

10 lin-duh,
You should be extremely proud of your daughter's accomplishments. It takes time, ability, and training to hone what she can do and both of you deserve full credit for making that happen.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:05 PM (E4rtv)

11 Enriched urinal core

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 02, 2026 07:05 PM (dk17i)

12 Good Sunday evening, gub 'ettes and 'rons, and greetings to our host Weasel!

Congrats Spawn on the fine finish at Nationals! Lin-duh, you should feel justifiably proud on supporting her through all the practices, travel, ammo purchases, etc.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 02, 2026 07:06 PM (xVpNO)

13 Way to shoot, Spawn!

Also, way to let the drama run right off of your feathers. Until I had three daughters, I did not understand how much of a valuable trait that was for a female to possess.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2026 07:08 PM (HlyYF)

14 Hornady bullets. Several years back one of my coworkers called me over. "You gotta see this!" he said. "Here's a Youtube video from Hornady about how they are putting tiny cameras in the tips of bullets so you can see where they are hitting the target!"

Sure enough, the video was of a bullet's-eye view as it rushed downrange and into the paper.

I felt kind of bad about it when I pointed out to him that the issue date on the video was April First.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 02, 2026 07:09 PM (M3IEo)

15 Weasel, vacation from retirement good?

Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 07:09 PM (30Gj0)

16 Greetings!!!

Congrats to Spawn on here achievements in the Nationals!!!!!

Well done!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 02, 2026 07:09 PM (g5tO/)

17 Well done Spawn!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 07:10 PM (NnhvP)

18 The Riddler is in the saucer movie.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 07:10 PM (Cqx++)

19 Congratulations to an amazing young lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 07:11 PM (abScH)

20 I haven't been to the range yet as I have my six month appraisal from the neurosurgeon about the surgery success this coming week. But, I have went through, categorized spare parts, and ironically found some screws that fit an ancient Parker Hales screw mount so the Parker Hale scope rail could be attached the mount. I was looking at having to pay about $25 bucks for imported screws from Britain as these are BA--British Association std. which doesn't match any domestic sources, metric, or even old British standards.

Turns out I had some spare Lee Enfield BA 4 screws for the front sight guard that fit perfectly. Some kind soul had listed all the Lee Enfield screw specifications for ALL the Lee Enfield models which is how I knew what to look for.

So a 4x pistol scope in now mounted to a No. 4, Mk 1* Savage Lend Lease Lee Enfield. When I bought the barrelled receiver to restore, someone had locked the bolt into the slide by cocking it but then putting the safety on and firing it. Had to dissassemble the action to fix it. The No. 4 had been tapped on the left receiver wall for a scope--but which mount--took about fifteen years to find the mount and rail that fit.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:13 PM (E4rtv)

21 Heya lin-duh!

Congrats, Spawn!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 02, 2026 07:15 PM (5ExGj)

22 Well, I got nothing this week.

I do not think I will be able to go shooting until near the end of August.
Between work, finding a new apartment, cleaning out the current apartment my weekends are not very free.
And I wonder when I do move to a new apartment what the neighbors will think of all the ammo cans I am bringing in. :-)

And on a non shooting related subject, I did get to see Rush at Madison Square Garden this past Thursday.

Awesome show.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 02, 2026 07:17 PM (g5tO/)

23 So, the Lee Enfield finally has the proper scope mounted on it with the proper screws--only took 15 years or so to get all the parts. Now to make sure that the scope is leveled, screws applied with loctite, and sighted in using a green laser @100 yards.

If you do have one of these old warhorse military types, pistol scopes are often the best because they have long eye relief and you are not going to be shooting 10 MOA at 1000 yards with them. 200-400 yards at most were the standard.

But you can have a lot of fun shooting them with reduced loads at about 100 yards if you are willing to shoot cast lead.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:18 PM (E4rtv)

24 Kudos to Spawn. Has she tried shortening up the stock on that rifle?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 07:18 PM (vTZFs)

25 Congrats to Spawn!! I shot with her a couple of years ago at the TX MOME and she had skills then.

I did make it to the range this weekend. More as a fun shot than seriously working on fundamentals. We had different guns to try - I am mostly a S&W guy and he leans more to Sig. One thing that we did that was much harder than it looks is walking and firing toward the target. Definitely need more fundamentals!!

Posted by: Lurking in Garland at August 02, 2026 07:18 PM (j9Bn5)

26 Well done Parents of Spawn. Well done.

A lot of parents down here, I notice now, are getting daughters especially into FFA and such. Real skills.

Well done again. And I'm sure she can out-shoot me by far. Hell, I can't see anymore without a Scout Scope.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 07:21 PM (CxvtJ)

27 And I wonder when I do move to a new apartment what the neighbors will think of all the ammo cans I am bringing in. :-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 02, 2026 07:17 PM

Fill one ammo can with art supplies, and leave it open in a highly visible location.

Don't flex when you carry the actual heavy cans.

Misleading hoplophobes is a noble pursuit!

P.S. Howdy, Scoobs!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2026 07:23 PM (HlyYF)

28 Congrats to Spawn! She is amazing!!

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 02, 2026 07:23 PM (PcoR0)

29 One of the challenges when an old military rifle has been drilled and tapped for mounts is figuring out exactly what mount was used, the proper screws, etc. I have another old Mauser 98k Oberndorf that was tapped for scope mount. I finally found via Brownell catalog that gave the distance between screws, the screw pitch and thread of the tapped hole etc. that a Warne scope mount would work. That took a bit of research as well.

Brownell catalogs and online are always useful for determining old sporting parts and standards including scope rings as long as most of it is domestic.

I forgot to mention above that I have Parker Hale HA3 scope rings of the proper size to go with the A29 scope mount and the BA-24 scope rail. The A29 uses BA 2 1/2 screws and the BA-24 uses BA 4 1/2 inch screws. Putting it down, just in case I forget, I can always look it back up here.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:24 PM (E4rtv)

30 Congratulations Spawn!
Kudos to you Lin-Duh for supporting her every step of the way. Any competition at this level requires time and patience and usually some amount of money. ❤️🤠

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2026 07:24 PM (kJmSS)

31 Birth of a Pimp Gun

No, that's not a pimp gun. I mean it's a little flashy, but it's not really over that line.

Now, THIS is a pimp gun:
https://ln.run/psurm

Or THIS:
https://ln.run/F4dxk

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 07:24 PM (kU0PQ)

32 27 P.S. Howdy, Scoobs!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2026 07:23 PM

Howdy P.I.!!

Will keep that ruse in mind! ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 02, 2026 07:25 PM (g5tO/)

33 Sckobs, are you rehomed?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 07:26 PM (abScH)

34 Pillage Idiot, I saw that you are both going to make it this year. Happy dance.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 07:28 PM (abScH)

35 33 Sckobs, are you rehomed?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 07:26 PM

Not yet, in the process of looking for a new apartment. I have until mid October to move out of my current abode.

But I am hoping I find a place in the next two or three weeks and then work on moving.

Also, need to look up and see if I have to notify the police of my address change in regards to my handgun and rifle license.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 02, 2026 07:29 PM (g5tO/)

36 Hello Weasel! Congratulations to Spawn for her well-deserved medals in a tough field!

Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 07:31 PM (BCwQW)

37 Range Report! Range Report!
The DMV MGC met up at the range even having to drive through heavy rainstorm to get there. But we are dedicated to practicing our Fundamentals so braved the weather. 6 of us so we took 3 lanes so I Could work with Ed. I am pretty set on buying the S&W Bodyguard 2 but can't try one out first. I decided to rent a gun in 380 just to get a feel for the different ammo. The guy at the range recommended a Glock 42 as it is similar in size to the Bodyguard. He also had Ruger but as I shoot Glocks rented the Glock.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2026 07:32 PM (kJmSS)

38 So lin-duh, what is next in Spawn's firearms pursuit?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 02, 2026 07:32 PM (g5tO/)

39 Third accomplishment related to shooting this week is setting up for decommissioning a BUNCH of poorly reloaded ammo by my FIL. He was lonely and alone after my MIL died and spent his time spending money on reloading and never actually going out to shoot.

Problem was he lacked concentration and ability to shut out distractions like phone calls, etc. and thus his reloads were known for being dubious to start and he kept poor records of what powder, etc.

So I have to decommission about 10,000 or so rounds by pulling bullets, dumping powder, and salvaging the primed brass and bullets if I can.

To that end, I setup up a wall mount Frankford Arsenal Pile Driver, it uses inertial bullet pulling.

I have done collet bullet pulling with a press, also inertial with the various hammer types. The Pile Driver is made for mass bullet pulling as it has its own springloaded self contained puller that is mounted on a stud wall and makes a pretty loud racket as it slams home to a stop and pulls the bullet.

Going to give a helluva workout to my arms.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:32 PM (E4rtv)

40 Spawn. A young lady that accessorizes with a gun safe.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 07:35 PM (abScH)

41 BTW, I don't believe the guys in tonight's Highway Patrol were real golfers. Their pants weren't nearly ugly enough.

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 07:35 PM (kU0PQ)

42 Pertaining to nothing - I guess something - I've got a Lee Turret press I've never used. Because Surplus Ammo is cheap enough in my calibers.

I'd like to give the damn thing away to a good home.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 07:36 PM (CxvtJ)

43 So this happened this week. Some doofus bought a pistol at Scheel's*, went out in the parking lot, loaded it, and was allegedly showing his girlfriend "how it worked." You can probably guess where the story goes from there.

https://tinyurl.com/3fb3mfpu

* (the one near me although I was not near it at the time)

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 07:38 PM (vTZFs)

44 BTW, I don't believe the guys in tonight's Highway Patrol were real golfers. Their pants weren't nearly ugly enough.
Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 07:35 PM (kU0PQ)

NO SPRINGS! HAHAHAHA!

Posted by: Coily the Spring Sprite at August 02, 2026 07:39 PM (0aYVJ)

45 Nearly forgot, 4th accomplishment, applied some Glow-On phosphorescent paint to gun sights. If you shine a bright LED flashlight on them or even just ambient lighting, these will glow for a decent time after 10-20 minutes perhaps.

Useful for old firearms with dead tritium inserts or that only had three dot sights or long arms that never had them. The colors themselves are of bright hues not found in nature so they also function quite well in daylight hours to distinguish sights. A small bottle from Amazon will do a lot of sights. Runs under twenty bucks.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:39 PM (E4rtv)

46 I have done no gub stuff apart from a little snap cap practice with the Sig - I got a brainstorm to try some of my old single vision glasses, as I can't focus on the front sight with my progressives. (It helped a bit. I might bring these glasses on the next range outing, whenever that may be. I am currently working a side gig plus commuting 45 minutes 3x per week and spending the rest of my free time working in the effing yard)

But I did get some good news re: the MoMe. Thanks to a change in my boss' plans, I can take off enough time to drive to TX instead of flying in.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 02, 2026 07:39 PM (PcoR0)

47 Piper-

Pearl or Lone Star, beats Shiner (as a name)!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 07:39 PM (Wj1DV)

48
* sniff *

I remember Spawn (what was it, 8 or 9 years ago at the rain TxMoMe?) chasing a kitten, and then a year or two later so very tentatively trying out a .22 pistol at the range. Over the next couple of years, that tentativeness disappeared.

And now look at her!

* sniff *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 02, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

49 Pearl or Lone Star, beats Shiner (as a name)!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 07:39 PM

But NOT as a beer. Shiner Bock, FTW!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 02, 2026 07:40 PM (0sNs1)

50 Also, that country club is now in the middle of what appears to be a built-up, fairly nice suburb north of Northridge (of the quake) and west of Sylmar.

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 07:41 PM (kU0PQ)

51 Sorry, meant for previous thread.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 07:41 PM (Wj1DV)

52 So this happened this week. Some doofus bought a pistol at Scheel's*, went out in the parking lot, loaded it, and was allegedly showing his girlfriend "how it worked." You can probably guess where the story goes from there.

https://tinyurl.com/3fb3mfpu

* (the one near me although I was not near it at the time)
Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 07:38 PM (vTZFs)
A worthy Darwin Award Honorable Mention (i.e. he tried really hard, but failed in his attempt)?

Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 07:41 PM (BCwQW)

53 Ed brought several others including a 32 and a 9 and I also had my G48 with Optic.
I could shoot the G42 fairly accurately right away. The iron sights almost identical to my G48, little recoil but had so,e trouble with the trigger pull. Shot the 32 and liked the trigger better but not much difference. I like the CC9 but it is too big to carry. Put another 25 rounds through the G42 getting better and more comfortable. I shot even better one handed. Either an optic it should be perfect. Ed also helped correct so,etching I was doing between shots that he,led tremendously. Nice having a personal RSA. Can't thank him enough. Feel confident about buying the gun now.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2026 07:41 PM (kJmSS)

54 Duncanthrax, we can both say we knew her when she was knee high to a grasshopper

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 07:41 PM (abScH)

55 I can take off enough time to drive to TX instead of flying in.
Posted by: screaming in digital

Congrats, driving is so much better!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 07:42 PM (NnhvP)

56 43 Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 07:38 PM

I wonder if he will release the video and if it will wind up on The AK Guys Darwin Awards video.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 02, 2026 07:42 PM (g5tO/)

57 43 So this happened this week. Some doofus bought a pistol at Scheel's*, went out in the parking lot, loaded it, and was allegedly showing his girlfriend "how it worked." You can probably guess where the story goes from there.

https://tinyurl.com/3fb3mfpu

* (the one near me although I was not near it at the time)
Posted by: Oddbob
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One born every minute. I've bought used guns and I get them home and test them with snap caps or dummy rounds before I ever try putting live rounds in them.

Not to mention, new guns usually have shipping grease and you really should clean all such firearm barrels and chambers before using them. Lube them too.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:43 PM (E4rtv)

58 I should really reread my comments before I post.
Sigh

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2026 07:44 PM (kJmSS)

59
And now look at her!

* sniff *
Posted by: Duncanthrax

She sure took to Jim's gift quickly!

I think of him while I'm in the threads.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 07:44 PM (NnhvP)

60 One born every minute. I've bought used guns and I get them home and test them with snap caps or dummy rounds before I ever try putting live rounds in them.

Most dangerous thing in my home ? My 12" Sliding Compound Mitre Saw. You can take an arm off with that thing even if you know what you're doing.

I am never more nervous than when I'm using that.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 07:45 PM (CxvtJ)

61 Duncanthrax, we can both say we knew her when she was knee high to a grasshopper
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 07:41 PM

I thought about using that exact phrase, but thought that some of the under-19s who inhabit the GT might not get it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 02, 2026 07:46 PM (0sNs1)

62 46 I have done no gub stuff apart from a little snap cap practice with the Sig - I got a brainstorm to try some of my old single vision glasses, as I can't focus on the front sight with my progressives. (It helped a bit. I might bring these glasses on the next range outing, whenever that may be. I am currently working a side gig plus commuting 45 minutes 3x per week and spending the rest of my free time working in the effing yard)

But I did get some good news re: the MoMe. Thanks to a change in my boss' plans, I can take off enough time to drive to TX instead of flying in.
Posted by: screaming in digital
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Old fashioned bi-focals, not progressives, can help with that issue as well.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:46 PM (E4rtv)

63 -
Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:32 PM
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Since you have a big job ahead of you, and a relatively consistent bullet puller, there might be an opportunity for an experiment. Try pulling the bullets with the Pile Driver as is, and then pull a number of them after running the cartridges through a bullet seater that sets the bullets a bit deeper in the neck. (thereby breaking any "cold-weld" that might exist)
If the broken "cold-weld" requires fewer "pile-drives" than the non-broken, knowledge might be gained.

Posted by: irright at August 02, 2026 07:46 PM (28n8R)

64 And, great job, Spawn! I know you're proud of her, Lin-duh!

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 07:46 PM (kU0PQ)

65 52 So this happened this week. Some doofus bought a pistol at Scheel's*, went out in the parking lot, loaded it, and was allegedly showing his girlfriend "how it worked." You can probably guess where the story goes from there.

https://tinyurl.com/3fb3mfpu

* (the one near me although I was not near it at the time)
Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 07:38 PM (vTZFs)
A worthy Darwin Award Honorable Mention (i.e. he tried really hard, but failed in his attempt)?
Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 07:41 PM (BCwQW)

Dagnabit, Nebraska people are supposed to be smarter 'n that! That state has really gone downhill since I left twenty-some years ago...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 02, 2026 07:46 PM (xVpNO)

66 Got some sad but not unexpected news. Mike Beliveau, Duelist1954 on YT, passed away this week from pancreatic cancer. He had the grace to let his followers know what was happening and how he would handle it. He went out on his own terms. Prayers, of course, for his family. A lot of tributes have already been posted.

I've followed Mike's magazine articles and videos for years. His passing is a loss for the hobby, especially those who enjoy black powder shooting.

Damn!

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 07:48 PM (yTvNw)

67 Most dangerous thing in my home ? My 12" Sliding Compound Mitre Saw. You can take an arm off with that thing even if you know what you're doing.

I am never more nervous than when I'm using that.
Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 07:45 PM (CxvtJ)

What am I? A potted plant? I'll get your fingers, my pretty!

Posted by: Table Saw at August 02, 2026 07:48 PM (xVpNO)

68 But I did get some good news re: the MoMe. Thanks to a change in my boss' plans, I can take off enough time to drive to TX instead of flying in.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 02, 2026 07:39 PM (PcoR0)

Wife and I would prefer that as well. We are not averse to long road trips. But, it will come down to PTO. Boise to Corsicana is a long haul, and must be multiplied by 2 for the round trip.
Long, long, road trip.

That said, still better than air travel.

Posted by: Coily the Spring Sprite at August 02, 2026 07:48 PM (0aYVJ)

69 Most dangerous thing in my home ? My 12" Sliding Compound Mitre Saw. You can take an arm off with that thing even if you know what you're doing.

I am never more nervous than when I'm using that.
Posted by: Howdy
======
I do wood and light metal working off and on and yes, I have the even older Radial Saw which can actually switch axis, table saws, drill presses, etc.

A negative hook blade help prevent the blade crawling to you on radials or compound miters. Really should not use the blades for table saws on radial or compound miters because table saw blades have a positive hook to feed the material into the saw--don't want that with a radial or a compound miter.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:49 PM (E4rtv)

70 A worthy Darwin Award Honorable Mention (i.e. he tried really hard, but failed in his attempt)?
Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 07:41 PM (BCwQW)

Along those lines, would this fella be a candidate for at least half a Darwin?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwF0gmLhHPg

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 02, 2026 07:50 PM (xVpNO)

71 Most dangerous thing in my home ? My 12" Sliding Compound Mitre Saw. You can take an arm off with that thing even if you know what you're doing.

I am never more nervous than when I'm using that.
Posted by: Howdy


Yeah, very tip of L middle finger is missing.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 07:50 PM (NnhvP)

72 Not to mention, new guns usually have shipping grease and you really should clean all such firearm barrels and chambers before using them. Lube them too.
Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:43 PM (E4rtv)

The grease/oil in new firearms is designed as a preservative. It's not meant for lubrication. That's because the manufacturer has no idea how long that gun will sit on a distributor's or LGS's shelves before it goes home with someone. The last Colt Python (2020 edition) I bought was practically swimming in grease inside its plastic bag. I guess was worried that something would happen to that high end polish job on that revolver. Removing all that grease was a bit of a PITA. I had to throw that bag away because there was so much grease in it on the inside.

Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 07:50 PM (BCwQW)

73 Most dangerous thing in my home ? My 12" Sliding Compound Mitre Saw. You can take an arm off with that thing even if you know what you're doing.

I am never more nervous than when I'm using that.
Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 07:45 PM (CxvtJ)

What am I? A potted plant? I'll get your fingers, my pretty!
Posted by: Table Saw at August 02, 2026 07:48 PM

Pffft.

Posted by: Lorena Bobbitt at August 02, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

74 So this happened this week. Some doofus bought a pistol at Scheel's*, went out in the parking lot, loaded it, and was allegedly showing his girlfriend "how it worked." You can probably guess where the story goes from there.


Along with Fundamentals, there are Four Rules. They are there for a reason.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 07:51 PM (30Gj0)

75 Good evening to all of the GunHorde!
Mostly gardening and landscaping but a bit of plinking with the air rifle.

Have a great week everyone and a bigly thank you to Weasel

Posted by: Coelacanth at August 02, 2026 07:51 PM (zqeQL)

76 Sheds sock.

24 hours one-way. Boise to Corsicana. We are good with that. It really boils down to whether I have enough PTO.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 07:52 PM (0aYVJ)

77 Mr. Matthews asks "Does your husband have a gun or a revolver."
Ummmm....

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 07:52 PM (kU0PQ)

78
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwF0gmLhHPg
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

Half of his gene pool DOH!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 07:52 PM (NnhvP)

79 Most dangerous thing in my home ? My 12" Sliding Compound Mitre Saw. You can take an arm off with that thing even if you know what you're doing.

I am never more nervous than when I'm using that.
Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 07:45 PM (CxvtJ)

What am I? A potted plant? I'll get your fingers, my pretty!
Posted by: Table Saw at August 02, 2026 07:48 PM

Pffft.
Posted by: Lorena Bobbitt at August 02, 2026 07:50 PM

Double pfffft.

Posted by: Ben Had's Kitchen Table at August 02, 2026 07:53 PM (nt1Vu)

80 Congrats to the young female shootist. Well done.

Wease what’s burning tonight?

For me just finishing a My Father La Duena lancero on a nice breezy hot (for here) summer day.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 02, 2026 07:54 PM (QPjUO)

81 Since you have a big job ahead of you, and a relatively consistent bullet puller, there might be an opportunity for an experiment. Try pulling the bullets with the Pile Driver as is, and then pull a number of them after running the cartridges through a bullet seater that sets the bullets a bit deeper in the neck. (thereby breaking any "cold-weld" that might exist)
If the broken "cold-weld" requires fewer "pile-drives" than the non-broken, knowledge might be gained.
Posted by: irright

Excellent idea. Some of these have been loaded over ten years ago. Mix of rifle, 44 Magnum, and other pistol bullets. Mainly 7.62x51, 30-06, and .223 in rifle, 44 Magnum, 38 Special, 9mm, and 45 ACP wadcutters.

The revolver rounds, I will probably have to pull with a collet on the press because of I dunno how much crimp he applied. Might have to do that on the 45 ACP, though I hope not (he used to shoot IDPA so he has several 50 caliber ammo cans filled with those).

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:54 PM (E4rtv)

82 Hello folks. "Invasion of the Saucer Men" has Frank Gorshin in it, for those who follow such things.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 02, 2026 07:56 PM (CHHv1)

83 The grease/oil in new firearms is designed as a preservative. It's not meant for lubrication. That's because the manufacturer has no idea how long that gun will sit on a distributor's or LGS's shelves before it goes home with someone. The last Colt Python (2020 edition) I bought was practically swimming in grease inside its plastic bag. I guess was worried that something would happen to that high end polish job on that revolver. Removing all that grease was a bit of a PITA. I had to throw that bag away because there was so much grease in it on the inside.
Posted by: Ed L

Yep. Ironically you do NOT remove the bronze colored gunk inside a new glock slide. That is a compound that is designed to season the parts as it breaks down. From Glock, "The bronze-colored gunk found on a new Glock slide is a factory-applied copper-colored anti-seize lubricant. Glock explicitly states that this substance should not be removed, as it is designed to be burnished into the steel to provide long-term lubrication for the slide rails." aka Glock Fungus.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:56 PM (E4rtv)

84 Yeah, we could fly, but, while I love being in a plane, I hate all the other shit involved, check-in, car-rental, rental car turn in, check in again.

Buth, the whole plane part. I love it. But I gotta have a window seat.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 07:56 PM (0aYVJ)

85 Congratulations, lin-duh and family!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 02, 2026 07:56 PM (CHHv1)

86 whig the pile driver puller is new to me. Hoping I never need one. So far the hammer type has sufficed. And I have a collet puller for 30-06 and .556 that fortunately I have barely used.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 02, 2026 07:57 PM (QPjUO)

87 Along those lines, would this fella be a candidate for at least half a Darwin?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwF0gmLhHPg
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 02, 2026 07:50 PM (xVpNO)

He's worthy of an Honorable Mention too. But he's got the guts to make a video about it and tell folks what he did wrong so it doesn't happen to someone else. Most folks who survived what he did to himself wouldn't dare come forward to talk about what happened and to critique himself and what he did wrong. You have to give the man props for that.

Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 07:58 PM (BCwQW)

88 Howdy!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by boom bang pew at August 02, 2026 07:58 PM (sAmhv)

89 24 hours one-way. Boise to Corsicana. We are good with that. It really boils down to whether I have enough PTO.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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I bet that would be an awesome road trip. I did Laramie to Corsicana twice and loved it. It's not as cool from upstate SC, but a good drive except for ATL. Only one Buc-ees on my route, though. On two occasions from here I have carpooled with GT morons which was a blast. Would love to do that again.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 02, 2026 08:00 PM (PcoR0)

90 Congratulations, lin-duh.

Perhaps you could display a picture of your medals as a warning to bad guys.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 02, 2026 08:00 PM (lrMw0)

91 The Guns of August

Wait. Maybe don't use this for a title this month.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by boom bang pew at August 02, 2026 08:00 PM (sAmhv)

92 Yep. Ironically you do NOT remove the bronze colored gunk inside a new glock slide. That is a compound that is designed to season the parts as it breaks down. From Glock, "The bronze-colored gunk found on a new Glock slide is a factory-applied copper-colored anti-seize lubricant. Glock explicitly states that this substance should not be removed, as it is designed to be burnished into the steel to provide long-term lubrication for the slide rails." aka Glock Fungus.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:56 PM (E4rtv)

Never knew that about Glocks. Haven't bought any, though. The only Glock I have (Glock 19) was heavily modified by B&T to produce their Hush Puppy platform. I didn't see that copper colored gunk on my Hush Puppy, though.

Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 08:03 PM (BCwQW)

93 Birth of a Pimp Gun

No, that's not a pimp gun. I mean it's a little flashy, but it's not really over that line.

Now, THIS is a pimp gun:
https://ln.run/psurm

Or THIS:
https://ln.run/F4dxk
Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 07:24 PM

---‐--

I'm surprised that our former President knows so much about pimp guns.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 02, 2026 08:03 PM (tLVLK)

94 86 whig the pile driver puller is new to me. Hoping I never need one. So far the hammer type has sufficed. And I have a collet puller for 30-06 and .556 that fortunately I have barely used.
Posted by: rhomboid

Pile driver is easier on my hands with arthritis than the hammer type especially for repetitive removal. I've use the collet before primarily on some 9mm because I bought a pistol of Euro make that disliked truncated cone bullets intensely. Had to pull them as I only had one 9mm at the time.

I dislike doing disassembly of cartridges on the press because it is a messy process, powder invariably spills. The pile driver even has a spot where you can mount a hose to the bottom to dump the powder in a bucket if you do a lot.

The plants around the house I guess are going to appreciate the nitrogen boost when I water the powder in.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 08:04 PM (E4rtv)

95 The Scheels in Sparks NV is the only one I have visited. Great store. Bought boots from the very knowledgeable young woman clerk. They send these employees to conferences where they learn about shoe and boot design.

But the cool part of that visit was encountering the young clerk in the gun department named Earp - and yes he is directly related. Have told that story before.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 02, 2026 08:05 PM (QPjUO)

96 Pug, I sure hope you get the time off
I would've to see you both again

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 08:05 PM (abScH)

97 Perhaps you could display a picture of your medals as a warning to bad guys.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 02, 2026 08:00 PM (lrMw0)

And the targets.

Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 08:05 PM (BCwQW)

98 I would love to see you both again.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 08:06 PM (abScH)

99 Never knew that about Glocks. Haven't bought any, though. The only Glock I have (Glock 19) was heavily modified by B&T to produce their Hush Puppy platform. I didn't see that copper colored gunk on my Hush Puppy, though.
Posted by: Ed L
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Lots of weird things that manufacturers do which is why it pays to RTFM.

I am guessing the guy in Oddbob's warning post somehow did not do that or his booger hook somehow got inside the trigger guard when racking it. And the racking pulled it right into the trigger firing it.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 08:06 PM (E4rtv)

100 Half of his gene pool DOH!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 07:52 PM (NnhvP)

Better than half of his chromosomes, I guess.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 02, 2026 08:07 PM (xVpNO)

101 Congrats to her. She'll be ready if needed someday like the Idaho Cowboy who helped stop more deaths at the In and Out.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 02, 2026 08:07 PM (n5tGW)

102 Congratulations to Spawn! She shot my Garand last year with nary a flinch. You done made us proud!

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)

103 Along those lines, would this fella be a candidate for at least half a Darwin?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwF0gmLhHPg
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 02, 2026 07:50 PM (xVpNO)

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I wonder how many of the other guys laughed when the title popped up on the screen. Maybe because I was expecting death.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 02, 2026 08:07 PM (enwbs)

104 whig like the Plains Indians I make use of all parts of the animal - and yes the powder goes to herbs or tomatoes and lettuce if in season.

Imagine you’re going to have a nice yield of primers from this operation. Always good to have lots of primers.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 02, 2026 08:09 PM (QPjUO)

105 One other example is Ruger's early 357 Magnum SP-101s are only designed for 125 grain hollow points, not the heavier bullets. Warning is actually engraved on the handgun but some still failed to read it.

And some GP-100's and SP-101's are 38 Special only. Fortunately, you cannot fit a 357 in them but I'd imagine that some people have tried.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 08:10 PM (E4rtv)

106 Had a nice range day with the younger this week - an all .22 time. 2 pistols, one revolver, a lever, and two SA rifles...

Fun time, and good to work on stance and grip...

Posted by: man at August 02, 2026 08:12 PM (cGjQu)

107 FWIW, anyone having to do a bunch of bullet pulling, here is Frankford Arsenal's Piledriver.

https://tinyurl.com/Frankford-Arsenal-Piledriver

Makes a pretty big racket but the nice thing is that the cartridge is aimed at the floor which adds a margin of safety in pulling the bullets that the hammer type inertial puller does not have.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 08:13 PM (E4rtv)

108 104 whig like the Plains Indians I make use of all parts of the animal - and yes the powder goes to herbs or tomatoes and lettuce if in season.

Imagine you’re going to have a nice yield of primers from this operation. Always good to have lots of primers.
Posted by: rhomboid

Nephew fires 44 Magnum so I will be giving him the primed brass when I teach him how to reload safely. The 30-06 will be used for Garand loads, and the others for various projects. But frankly, I am well overstocked on primers except magnums and black powder percussion caps.

Ditto on a lot of range lead and fmj pistol bullets and 223/308 rifle bullets. Due to my late FIL stash and mine, I won't probably have to buy primers for the rest of my life if I can get back to my normal 2000-3000 rounds per year pace before my back problems. I never was into mag dumping anyway even when ammo was cheap.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 08:17 PM (E4rtv)

109 Armed citizen helped stop the Twin Falls shooter from continuing his rampage.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 08:19 PM (KC5Lt)

110 106 Had a nice range day with the younger this week - an all .22 time. 2 pistols, one revolver, a lever, and two SA rifles...

Fun time, and good to work on stance and grip...

Posted by: man
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I get just as much of a kick from firing 22 LRs as I do bigger bores. Obama and his scares in office still piss me off for driving 22 LR to unaffordable price levels for awhile.

I never saw a 22 LR shortage coming and ended up buying some 32 S&W Long revolvers so I could do some low recoil practice.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 08:20 PM (E4rtv)

111 Armed citizen helped stop the Twin Falls shooter from continuing his rampage.
Posted by: polynikes

Apparently used a FiveseveN. Someone ( not me ) should start to a GiveSendGo to pay for the ammo. $5000 should do it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 02, 2026 08:21 PM (diia5)

112 Along with Fundamentals, there are Four Rules. They are there for a reason.
Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 07:51 PM

*nods*

Rule #1 is particularly important.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 08:23 PM (Wnv9h)

113 Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 02, 2026 08:21 PM (diia5)

Did they say it jammed , Cause it coulda jammed.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 08:24 PM (KC5Lt)

114 Good evening gubthreaders and all the ships at sea.

After a fabulous post-DMV Moron Gun Club range trip repast, we came home and shortly thereafter the power went out so might as well let the food coma settle in. Woke from the nap to find we are still out of power.

So the generator is fired up and generating.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 08:25 PM (NlEaG)

115 RMBS, did you go look at the property?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 08:26 PM (abScH)

116 Did they say it jammed , Cause it coulda jammed.
Posted by: polynikes

I just watched the stuff on X, but it does look like he had a problem with something and tumbled down the embankment outside the In N Out.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 02, 2026 08:29 PM (diia5)

117 An early thanks to Weasel and the Horde for tonight's Gun Thread. See y'all 'round.

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 08:31 PM (kU0PQ)

118 Blaster, my genset tests itself every Sunday. Just fired up. 500 gallons of propane, underground tank.
I feel very thankful during New England hurricane season. And Winter. And spring and fall.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 08:31 PM (LMRVO)

119 Range trip today we took sra blaster's Kimber Raptor II and my Franken-dagger. It's not as Frankenish as it used to be as the gun is fully a Dagger. But the slide and frame were acquired separately, an inexpensive green dot affixed on top, and an ebay acquired 3d printed magwell flare affixed on the bottom. It is less than $400 all in.

Did some good shooting with both.

It annoys me sometimes when the cheap guns shoot as well as the more expensive ones.

sra blaster's vision is changing of late. She is not a fan of dots and has been happier with irons. But she shot the Dagger with the dot very well today, and she had a hard time picking up her sights on the Kimber.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 08:33 PM (NlEaG)

120 The Guns of August

Wait. Maybe don't use this for a title this month.
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by boom bang pew at August 02, 2026 08:00 PM (sAmhv)

I have never read that book. But that is a powerful title for a book about the Great War. It really hits a nerve.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 08:34 PM (0aYVJ)

121 FWIW, anyone having to do a bunch of bullet pulling, here is Frankford Arsenal's Piledriver.

Surprisingly affordable. When Frankford Arsenal first came on the scene (or at least to my notice) I considered them a second tier "budget" brand. More recently, I have bought and used their powder trickler and their lemon-squeezer priming tool and found both very good. Not up in the Sinclair or K&M tier but more than serviceable at a good price point.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 08:34 PM (vTZFs)

122 -
Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 07:54 PM
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If there are any significant results and you wrote it up in that week's AOSHQ gun thread, I bet I'm not the only one who would be interested.

Posted by: irright at August 02, 2026 08:36 PM (28n8R)

123 118 Blaster, my genset tests itself every Sunday. Just fired up. 500 gallons of propane, underground tank.
I feel very thankful during New England hurricane season. And Winter. And spring and fall.
Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 08:31 PM (LMRVO)

Here in temperate Northern Virginia in the tony suburbs of Fairfax, we have at least one multi-hour outage a year. This is our second this year. I just have a portable genset and a manual transfer switch, but we upgraded that generator a couple of years ago to an 11k unit that runs multi-fuel. So I have to roll it out and hook up the propane tank and plug it in. But I am very glad to have it.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 08:37 PM (NlEaG)

124 Hi! Just got here.

For the first time I noticed really inaccurate range activity on a TV show: 2 shows actually. Two people shooting (wearing eyes and ears). Then they stop and they TAKE OFF their ear protection and talk (still right there at the lane) and then they shoot again without putting their ears back on!! Really obvious if you know anything about shooting.

Thanks Horde for teaching me how this works!

Posted by: Iris at August 02, 2026 08:38 PM (286+n)

125 Along with Fundamentals, there are Four Rules. They are there for a reason.
Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 07:51 PM (30Gj0)

Honestly, those Four Rules ARE the FIRST fundamental.

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 08:40 PM (kU0PQ)

126 120 The first chapter of The Guns of August, centered on the funeral of Edward VII, is some of the finest historical writing in English.

The rest of the book is very good, too. But that first chapter rocks.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 08:41 PM (77rzZ)

127 The British police are now using the Glock AR rifle. The GR-115.

I will never understand why Glock would leave millions on the table and not make there own PCC but risk millions building an AR platform when there is so much competition with that platform.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 08:41 PM (KC5Lt)

128 Blaster, we lose power at least a dozen times a year. Lots of branches falling, trees toppling, wind storms, snow storms. Probably the best decision I made when we built.
Or was that the gas fireplace that heats the whole house?

Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 08:42 PM (LMRVO)

129 I have a lever gun, which is unusual. The unusual part being the "a" part. sra blaster was looking in the display case at the range and is taken with a Marlin SBL in the case. Stainless with the gray wood furniture. That's the one Chris Pratt had in Jurassic World. Well, his was 45-70 and this is .357 but same difference.

sra blaster says "Chris Pratt is a really good actor."

So, anyway, I expect that an SBL is our future.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 08:43 PM (NlEaG)

130 Surprisingly affordable. When Frankford Arsenal first came on the scene (or at least to my notice) I considered them a second tier "budget" brand. More recently, I have bought and used their powder trickler and their lemon-squeezer priming tool and found both very good. Not up in the Sinclair or K&M tier but more than serviceable at a good price point.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Their wet tumbler system is the first that I used along with their packet detergent. I switched to that before I stopped shooting and did a bunch of once fired brass in covid era before that. Puts a nice sheen on the brass and cleans the primer pockets thoroughly. Frankford's Pins are magnetic stainless and didn't rust after multiple uses.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 08:43 PM (E4rtv)

131 Honestly, those Four Rules ARE the FIRST fundamental.
Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 08:40 PM (kU0PQ)

Correctomundo!

Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 08:44 PM (LMRVO)

132 If there are any significant results and you wrote it up in that week's AOSHQ gun thread, I bet I'm not the only one who would be interested.
Posted by: irright
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Yes. If you get one, be sure to read the reviews as like Lee products, there are always some useful tips and kludges to make them work better from prior users for products like these.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 08:45 PM (E4rtv)

133 Also lin-duh congrats to the Spawn! Good to know the country has a future!

Posted by: Iris at August 02, 2026 08:46 PM (286+n)

134 Also lin-duh congrats to the Spawn! Good to know the country has a future!

Posted by: Iris at August 02, 2026 08:46 PM (286+n)

135 127 The British police are now using the Glock AR rifle. The GR-115.

I will never understand why Glock would leave millions on the table and not make there own PCC but risk millions building an AR platform when there is so much competition with that platform.
Posted by: polynikes

I think Glock's primary market is to law enforcement and security and neither has much interest in a PCC--they typically use either rifle cartridges, some shotguns, and pistolas nowadays.

Ironically, I think Smith and Wesson has went the opposite direction by aiming at the consumer market more than law enforcement nowadays.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 08:48 PM (E4rtv)

136 I will never understand why Glock would leave millions on the table and not make there own PCC but risk millions building an AR platform when there is so much competition with that platform.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 08:41 PM (KC5Lt)

Are you talking the Euro market or the US market? I think Glock's decision makes sense if viewed from the Euro market lens. A Glock PCC (i.e. SMG) would have to take on the H&K MP5 platform, a well proven, highly thought of product that's still, some 40+ years after the SAS assault on the Iranian Embassy, the most sought after SMG on the planet today. Everybody in Europe, from the London Met Police and the SAS, to the GIGN and GSG-9 counter-terror teams, Polish GROM commandos, and even President Zelensky's personal security detachment uses one variant or another of the MP5. On the other hand, the AR platform is a relative newcomer to the Euro market, with the most common version being the variants of the H&K 416 adopted by the French, Norwegian, and German militaries. Colt and FN have made little headway in selling the AR-15 platform in Europe so far, nor have they put in much effort.

Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 08:54 PM (BCwQW)

137 The internet thinks it has identified the Idahoan who joined in to help take out the shooters there. A quote from his X feed:

train like your life depends on it because God forbid, one day it might

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 08:54 PM (NlEaG)

138 123:Here in temperate Northern Virginia in the tony suburbs of Fairfax, we have at least one multi-hour outage a year. This is our second this year. I just have a portable genset and a manual transfer switch, but we upgraded that generator a couple of years ago to an 11k unit that runs multi-fuel. So I have to roll it out and hook up the propane tank and plug it in. But I am very glad to have it.
Posted by: blaster


In my little part of Soviet Fairfax, power is on. Didn't go out at all. When it does, it's not out long. My proximity to WMATA station probably helps a bit.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by boom bang pew at August 02, 2026 08:55 PM (sAmhv)

139 Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 08:48 PM (E4rtv)

Don't disagree but their US consumer market would make them millions with a PCC. I don't understand why they couldn't do both.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 08:56 PM (KC5Lt)

140 So, anyway, I expect that an SBL is our future."

I've fired an SBL in .44 mag. The rifle itself was beautifully done - a very well made rifle. Accurate, and handled the round well...

Posted by: man at August 02, 2026 08:57 PM (XuXeR)

141 Northern Virginia in the tony suburbs of Fairfax, we have at least one multi-hour outage a year"

Used to be unheard of there... sad, really.

Posted by: man at August 02, 2026 08:58 PM (XuXeR)

142 Gunmen in Idaho were Bosnian Muslims?

What in the Wide wide world of sports is going on here?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 08:58 PM (NlEaG)

143 Don't disagree but their US consumer market would make them millions with a PCC. I don't understand why they couldn't do both.
Posted by: polynikes

Glock is kind of like Ruger was when Bill Ruger was alive. If Bill didn't want to sell some product, the company didn't. Same for Gaston from what I understand. But frankly, I don't think Glock has much interest now in the consumer market while ironically, S&W having lost its preeminence in the leo market is returning to the consumer market.

Companies go through cycles like Colt letting its fabled revolvers and most of its pistol lines go fallow in pursuit of defense contracts.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 08:59 PM (E4rtv)

144 Their wet tumbler system is the first that I used along with their packet detergent. I switched to that before I stopped shooting and did a bunch of once fired brass in covid era before that. Puts a nice sheen on the brass...

Maybe I'll try that. I use Dawn dish soap. It cleans fine and the brass comes out looking like new but tarnishes before it's finished drying.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 09:00 PM (vTZFs)

145 Used to be unheard of there... sad, really.
Posted by: man at August 02, 2026 08:58 PM (XuXeR)

To be fair - we live in the woods. Our property backs up to a state park.

Our neighborhood has utilities underground. But the lines that lead to our neighborhood....

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 09:00 PM (NlEaG)

146 RMBS, did you go look at the property?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 08:26 PM

Decided to pass. The property comes with a 25 year solar panel lease that would have had me buying 5-8 times more power than I would need, with the ability to sell back a tiny fraction to the grid. Economically not worth it. That's probably why the property has been on the market for 2 months.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 09:02 PM (Wnv9h)

147 Gunmen in Idaho were Bosnian Muslims?

Source? The report I saw from the Twin Falls chief of police (or sheriff?) was that the guy's name was Chad Williams. Which I guess doesn't necessarily rule out Bosnian Muslim but sure doesn't sound like it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 09:03 PM (vTZFs)

148 The Guns of August. Been a while since I read it; i believe the author made the point that a lot of stupid world leaders started this war.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 02, 2026 09:04 PM (SiYsC)

149 142 Gunmen in Idaho were Bosnian Muslims?

What in the Wide wide world of sports is going on here?
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 08:58 PM (NlEaG)

Oh. Fake news. Never mind /Littella

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 09:04 PM (NlEaG)

150 The first chapter of The Guns of August, centered on the funeral of Edward VII, is some of the finest historical writing in English.

The rest of the book is very good, too. But that first chapter rocks.
Posted by: Bulg
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And it truly was the Guns of August. The French had 27,000 dead on a single day in August 1914. More than the Brits on the first day of the Somme.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 02, 2026 09:04 PM (XvL8K)

151 Don't disagree but their US consumer market would make them millions with a PCC. I don't understand why they couldn't do both.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 08:56 PM (KC5Lt)

Don't forget that there's a little fracas going on in Eastern Europe that's got everyone jacking up their defense budgets in addition to supplying the Ukrainians that's good for billions every year. Maybe Glock thinks it's easier chasing those some of those billions rather than competing in the tough (by comparison) US commercial market.

Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 09:05 PM (BCwQW)

152 Gunmen in Idaho were Bosnian Muslims?

What in the Wide wide world of sports is going on here?
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 08:58 PM (NlEaG)

We moved to Idaho to get away from this. And yet. Here we are. Again.

We saw some kind of fucking mooslim protest on the green belt. So we had to go somewhere else to take our walk.

Also, most of the black people I see in my AO are not regular American black folks. They are African or Caribbean.

The invasion is nefarious.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 09:06 PM (0aYVJ)

153 Chad Williams is an Americanized name of a Bosnian Muslim?

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 09:12 PM (KC5Lt)

154 And it truly was the Guns of August. The French had 27,000 dead on a single day in August 1914. More than the Brits on the first day of the Somme.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 02, 2026 09:04 PM (XvL8K)

It just wasn't one bad day. It was two whole months of a continuous bloodbath for the French. French records state that in August and September (the archives were in horrible shape for August due to the confusion of mobilization) France suffered some 300,000 KIA or MIA. That implies that some 100,000 were lost just in August alone, with even more in September as the fighting intensified at the Battle of the Marne and afterward.

Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 09:14 PM (BCwQW)

155 Maybe I'll try that. I use Dawn dish soap. It cleans fine and the brass comes out looking like new but tarnishes before it's finished drying.
Posted by: Oddbob
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If you go commercial for the brass detergent, go with Lemmishine which has citric acid in it. That is what brightens up the brass. I had packets that came with the wet tumbler and they did fine so I just kept using that. Lemmishine is kind of like finding actual all copper Choreboy pot scrubbers nowadays or janitorial grade ammonium cleaner.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 09:17 PM (E4rtv)

156 Thank you everyone. We are VERY proud of the spawn. Her goal this year is to come in first place in RPO for state. She won 6 2nd place medals for state this year.
We are waiting on college acceptance/rejection letters. We should have answers for all 5 schools she applied to around Thanksgiving at the latest. If she gets into her number one choice then she'll try out for their marksmanship team. None of the others have shooting teams.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:20 PM (VCgbV)

157 Oh, and I also use a brass dryer, Lyman, to dry the brass after being wet tumbled. That prevents watermarks on the brass.

Some folks use food dehydrators for the same task which can be a bit cheaper and to be honest were probably off the same assembly lines as the brass dryers except at a lower price.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 09:21 PM (E4rtv)

158 I guess it is time to thank Weasel san for his generous hosting of us. So thanks to him and all the commenters tonight from me.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 09:23 PM (E4rtv)

159 Ok y'all. 9:25 thank you time.

Thank you!

Appreciate your being here and hope to see you next week!

Posted by: Weasel at August 02, 2026 09:25 PM (OenlC)

160 Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:20 PM (VCgbV)

Lin-Duh, has spawn looked at ROTC scholarships? I think all of the services (and the USCG) have their own marksmanship teams. They're always looking for fresh talent.

Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 09:25 PM (BCwQW)

161 Thanks for hosting, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at August 02, 2026 09:26 PM (BCwQW)

162 If she gets into her number one choice then she'll try out for their marksmanship team. None of the others have shooting teams.
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:20 PM (VCgbV)
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Even if they don't have an official marksmanship team, they may have a recognized student organization that serves a similar function.

And if they don't, maybe she can start one!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2026 09:29 PM (FZ29D)

163 We are waiting on college acceptance/rejection letters. We should have answers for all 5 schools she applied to around Thanksgiving at the latest. If she gets into her number one choice then she'll try out for their marksmanship team. None of the others have shooting teams.
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:20 PM (VCgbV)

Wow college that's crazy.

Any interest in the service academies? Several people here who can fill you in on the process....

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 09:30 PM (NlEaG)

164 So this happened this week. Some doofus bought a pistol at Scheel's*, went out in the parking lot, loaded it, and was allegedly showing his girlfriend "how it worked." You can probably guess where the story goes from there.
Posted by: Oddbob

I guessed worse. I figured he put an extra hole in his girlfriend. He just put an extra hole in himself. That's a better outcome.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 09:32 PM (VHUov)

165 Oh, and I also use a brass dryer, Lyman, to dry the brass after being wet tumbled. That prevents watermarks on the brass.

Some folks use food dehydrators for the same task

Ah, maybe that's the secret sauce I'm missing. A food dehydrator sound like the kind of thing that might show up at a thrift store or craigslist. I'll keep an eye out. Thanks for the tip.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 09:34 PM (vTZFs)

166 Not much gun-related other than getting an approved Form 1 back to SBR my Skorpion (CSA, not CZ). Need to get that one and my quasi-Thompson engraved and then convert them over, once I chase down an electrical issue here at the house.

Last night was beautiful here so I sat on the back porch listening to Country Gold and smoking a CAO Pilón Añejo. Pretty nice cigar, easy draw, very even burn. Will have to get some more of those.

Posted by: Arch Stanton at August 02, 2026 09:35 PM (myHFR)

167 La Libertad Nicaragua for this evening's selection!

Posted by: Weasel at August 02, 2026 09:40 PM (OenlC)

168 Power is back.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 09:42 PM (NlEaG)

169 Too late for the service academies. She is trying for the Corps at Texas A&M so she's looking at ROTC scholarships. It's the largest Corps outside of the service academies.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:42 PM (VCgbV)

170 Thank you weasel!!😊

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:42 PM (VCgbV)

171 Ah, maybe that's the secret sauce I'm missing. A food dehydrator sound like the kind of thing that might show up at a thrift store or craigslist. I'll keep an eye out. Thanks for the tip.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Frankford Arsenal's is an exact shape of the most common food dehydrators. I prefer the rectangular Lyman which is present in fewer food dehydrators. But all of them work to get rid of the moisture present. So does bright hot sunlight but then you have to turn the brass and winters in some locations forestall that particular kludge.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 09:43 PM (E4rtv)

172 For me just finishing a My Father La Duena lancero on a nice breezy hot (for here) summer day.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 02, 2026 07:54


Hmmmm
Gonna add it to my list.
No cigar today. But several Moscow mules. (Use keylime limes)

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 09:43 PM (2WIwB)

173 Even if they don't have an official marksmanship team, they may have a recognized student organization that serves a similar function.

And if they don't, maybe she can start one!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2026 09:29 PM (FZ29D)


Or check with the ROTC department. They may have a shooting team.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 09:45 PM (2WIwB)

174 Thank you weasel!!😊
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:42 PM (VCgbV)
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Thank YOU!

Posted by: Weasel at August 02, 2026 09:45 PM (OenlC)

175 169 Too late for the service academies. She is trying for the Corps at Texas A&M so she's looking at ROTC scholarships. It's the largest Corps outside of the service academies.
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:42 PM (VCgbV)

I would suggest it is not...recruiter came to my high school October of my senior year. But A&M is a good option!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 09:45 PM (NlEaG)

176 166 Not much gun-related other than getting an approved Form 1 back to SBR my Skorpion (CSA, not CZ). Need to get that one and my quasi-Thompson engraved and then convert them over, once I chase down an electrical issue here at the house.

What are the typical times for ATF approval on Form 1 now? I understand for suppressors, it is down to a couple of weeks.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 09:46 PM (E4rtv)

177 We're staying in Texas so we know which schools have shooting teams. Not many is the answer.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:46 PM (VCgbV)

178 Thank you for the GT Weasel.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 09:47 PM (NnhvP)

179 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 09:47 PM (NnhvP)
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My pleasure!

Posted by: Weasel at August 02, 2026 09:49 PM (OenlC)

180 Service academies are super competitive now. I know the AF Academy only takes 1500 a year. We had 2 kids that got in last year and they started preparing as freshman. She is in JROTC so has some insight into the service academies and they werewolf coming around recruiting.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:49 PM (VCgbV)

181 First time to the range this year - took my youngest of four for her first time shooting - like her sister, less excited than her two brothers (first visit mandatory - 4 rules of gun safety, these aren't like you see in TV, etc - subsequent visits optional) - but she had a good time - 10/22, Ruger Mk 3, then tried the beretta 92x compact. Liked the beretta - esp. when I taught her to lean into the recoil - all in all, good first trip for her.

Posted by: MD_Mike at August 02, 2026 09:49 PM (oBxub)

182 Weren't not werewolve...🤪

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:50 PM (VCgbV)

183 good first trip for her.
Posted by: MD_Mike

Congrats, nice work

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 09:51 PM (NnhvP)

184 176 What are the typical times for ATF approval on Form 1 now? I understand for suppressors, it is down to a couple of weeks.

This one was a little over a month and a half for approval, whig. Submitted 5/12, approved 8/1 (on a Saturday, is the ATF feeling ok?), eforms with a trust.

Posted by: Arch Stanton at August 02, 2026 09:51 PM (myHFR)

185 MD_Mike
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How old is she's?

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:52 PM (VCgbV)

186 To add to my previous reply, suppressors seem to be about a month or so with a trust. Haven’t done any individual ones so I have no idea on those, they could be coming back in a couple weeks.

Posted by: Arch Stanton at August 02, 2026 09:52 PM (myHFR)

187 She is in JROTC so has some insight into the service academies and they werewolf coming around recruiting.
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:49 PM

Werewolf?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 09:54 PM (Wnv9h)

188 182 Weren't not werewolve...🤪
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at August 02, 2026 09:50 PM (VCgbV)

Honestly if you told me that USAFA was a bunch of werewolves I could not argue that they aren't.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 02, 2026 09:55 PM (NlEaG)

189 Werewolf?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 09:54 PM (Wnv9h)
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Spec Ops

Posted by: Weasel at August 02, 2026 09:56 PM (OenlC)

190 Thanks for a great Gun Thread, Weasel.

See y'all in the Morning Report.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 09:57 PM (Wnv9h)

191 Adios, RMBS!

Posted by: Weasel at August 02, 2026 09:59 PM (OenlC)

192 Service academies are super competitive now. I know the AF Academy only takes 1500 a year.

Any chance of getting a recommendation from your congressman? I mean, I'd bet Brandon Herrera would do it but he won't be a congressman until January.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 10:00 PM (vTZFs)

193 184 176 What are the typical times for ATF approval on Form 1 now? I understand for suppressors, it is down to a couple of weeks.

This one was a little over a month and a half for approval, whig. Submitted 5/12, approved 8/1 (on a Saturday, is the ATF feeling ok?), eforms with a trust.
Posted by: Arch Stanton
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Not bad on return time compared with prior administrations.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2026 10:03 PM (E4rtv)

194 School of the Ozarks for Spawn. 4 year Aeronautical degree plus commercial multi engine instrument rating.

Posted by: Eromero at August 02, 2026 10:04 PM (LHPAg)

195 Even the congress critters are selective on who they'll recommend and usually have a set number they give out every year.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 10:04 PM (VCgbV)

196 Nite, Weasel. Hope you had a good vacay!

Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 10:07 PM (tez/p)

197 Nood, Morons!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 02, 2026 10:08 PM (hzuYO)

198 On a not fun, serious topic -
I watched the micro red dot on pistols thing from the sidelines for a few years due to having different financial priorities. I carried iron sighted service pistols for a paycheck for years and am more proficient than most, so I felt it was a "some day" thing.

Some day came. And, holy shit. Most benefits I saw talked about were shooting on the move and odd positions, but what was undersold was effective range. 100 yards was fairly easy for a torso sized target, and farther was doable. After the Dicken shooting where the dude nailed a rifle armed shooter, I decided it was time to update my carry pieces.

Was wanting to snag at least one more and was actually out looking right before this In-n-out burger shooting. That incident really reinforces that you may need to take on a rifle armed dirtbag with just a pistol. You need a very good consistent presentation to do well with a dot, but if you have that down it is a massive leap in capabilities for a pistol. So much so that I'd consider having half as many pistols just to have dots on them.

Posted by: heya at August 03, 2026 12:09 AM (ctAuL)

199 the home owners association?
any pocketable .38 special is ok, no ejected brass.
cheapest la palina by me is $8, going up to $22 a stick.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

Food Thread – 8/02/2026

Wine Down Cauliflower.png

Well once again, Mr. CBD has left the kitchen unlocked while he goes on vacation, and something has to be served up. I may not be a chef, but even the busboy has to prepare some food at times, so with apologies to those of you who deserve better, here is the weekly Food Thread.

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For the Love of Cauliflower

I love cauliflower, be it baked, boiled, or raw. I always have loved it, even before cauliflower became trendy in recent years.

When I was kid and we had roast beef after church on Sundays, I preferred mushy cauliflower to mashed potatoes as a side, especially when the cauliflower was covered in brown gravy made from the roast’s drippings.

My very favorite dish nowadays in my town is a “Japanese Style Cauliflower,” in which the florets are tempura fried with chili flakes then covered in something called gochujang sauce. (That dish is in the header picture above.) I’m going to ask Mr. CBD to cook some up for the Co-blogger Christmas Party this year.

Well, this item below may not have gochujang sauce, but I’ve discovered a simple but tasty form of cauliflower that I can prepare in just minutes on a busy weeknight – cauliflower hash browns!

Cauliflower Hash Brown.jpg

I just drizzle a little olive oil in a skillet, then fry up a couple of these pucks with a little salt and pepper. I‘m not eating these because I‘m seeking something healthier than fried potatoes, I just like ‘em. But I suppose they might be a little bit healthier than fried spuds, if healthy is your thing.

Speaking of this vegetable, how do you pronounce it? My family, which hails from the Great Plains down to Texas, all pronounce it “call a flower,” or perhaps “KAH-luh-flower.” But here in the South, I hear a lot of people pronounce it “collie flower,” which I just can’t bring myself to say.

And since I’m talking about cauliflower, I’ll launch into my periodic “al dente vegetable” rant, which I’ve probably done before…

There are vegetables that I love, whether they‘re cooked or if they’re served raw, including broccoli and cauliflower. But I’m annoyed when a restaurant (or more likely a banquet hall) serves me warm, raw vegetables. If you’re not going to cook my broccoli, fine, I like it raw. But what is the purpose of warming it to barely above room temperature and then putting it on a plate.

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Spice Rack Inflation

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This could be one of Mr. CBD’s First World problems, but have you noticed that no matter how many jars you have in your spice rack, whenever you try a new recipe, it requires yet another a new spice?

That picture is the spice rack in my house. Buried in the back are all the infrequently used spices. The most commonly used ones necessarily migrate to the front.

In a few months, the chili spices will be working their way to the front – especially chili powder, cumin, and paprika.

During the next big cupboard clean-out, perhaps my wife and I can pull out all the spices we’ve only used once, and before throwing them out, challenge ourselves to make a dish that uses them.

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Guess That Food Game

Speaking of food challenges, my wife and I have a circle of friends who take turns hosting dinner parties in which we play a parlor game of some sort as the evening’s activity.

I’m thinking it might be fun when we next play host to do one of those taste-test games, where the player is blindfolded and then takes a bite of food and must guess what it is.

Or perhaps we could simply narrow it down to common types of cheeses and fruits, and see if people can guess which cheese or fruit they’re tasting.

Have any of y’all ever done this? What foods did you use?

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Peak Rosemary

Back to spices, are we past “peak rosemary” yet?

I don’t necessarily dislike rosemary – it can add some nice flavor. But it’s sort of like cilantro in that a little goes a long way, and I’d rather forego it altogether than have it suffocating all the other flavors.

A few years ago at a trendy restaurant with a small menu that changes nightly, I ordered the pork and roast potatoes. The pork was coated in rosemary; the potatoes were covered in rosemary; and even the focaccia bread on the side was sprinkled with rosemary. I did not order dessert, as I reckoned it too was likely to have rosemary in it. As it was, it took a long time for me to get the taste of rosemary out of my mouth.

Since then, I’ve completely avoided any dish that has rosemary. It’s probably time for me to give it another chance, and just tell the chef to please go light on the rosemary if at all possible.

The same goes for bay leaves. One bay leaf max is all that I ever dare put in a stewed dish.

What foods or seasonings do you find to be overbearing if the chef goes a little heavy with them?

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”Mom’s on a diet again”

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Bachelor Survival Salad

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Periodically when Mrs. Throckmorton isn’t looking, I’ll regress to my bachelor ways and have what I call a “bachelor survival salad.” I highly recommend this as an alternative to no salad at all.

Quite simply, I’ll take a head of lettuce (romaine works best), rip off a leaf, wash it, and while standing over the sink, pour some bottled ranch or blue cheese dressing on it and eat it like a lettuce wrap. Three or four leaves make a salad, and there aren’t any dishes to clean up!

Guys: What foods do you eat while standing over the sink?

Ettes: Do any of y’all eat while standing over the sink, or is that just a guy thing?

Thanks for hanging out here today. Your regular host should be back next week to restore some dignity and decorum to this place.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 04:00 PM




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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 02, 2026 04:04 PM (nESHF)

2 "Ettes: Do any of y’all eat while standing over the sink, or is that just a guy thing?"

I can honestly say I've never done this! You gotta enjoy what you're eating.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:05 PM (tOcjL)

3 I eat over the sink (the side with the Insinkerator.) Why dirty a plate for a quick PB&J?

Posted by: wcgreen at August 02, 2026 04:06 PM (u5BVN)

4 Broccoli, Cauliflower, Kohlrabi and probably Kale, are all the same goddamned thing. Really.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 04:07 PM (kAYNz)

5 With the calendar switching to football season, tonight marks a return of homemade chili. Beef and 2 bean (black and great northern) with the spouse's homemade beer and a ton of veg and spices. With it is a bagged $1 salad (b/c I'll eat the healthy stuff if you all won't b/c now those bags will be the safest things running b/c of the scrutiny) and a blackberry and green grape salad.

As always, the chili has chips and sour cream and cheese for the kids while I go plain (or maybe a little mashed avocado)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:08 PM (tOcjL)

6 I like potato hash browns.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 02, 2026 04:08 PM (nESHF)

7 If CBD isn't here, can we haz Maple Syrup on French Toast?

Posted by: Inquiring Minds at August 02, 2026 04:08 PM (PiwSw)

8 Aglio y Olio with shrimp tonight.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 02, 2026 04:09 PM (nESHF)

9 You said "bachelor" and implied diet and you never mentioned beer.

Say what you will. The True Bachelor Diet is breakfast, a fair amount of physical activity, and then an empty stomach with at least six beers.

Its like a Cocaine Habit, but less.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 04:09 PM (Hsef8)

10 4 Broccoli, Cauliflower, Kohlrabi and probably Kale, are all the same goddamned thing. Really.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 04:07 PM (kAYNz)

Nah - they each have their own uses...I actually do like all 4, but kohlrabi is probably my bottom preference of the 4...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:09 PM (tOcjL)

11 make a dish that uses them.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton

Only one dish for all of them?
Make sure you tell CBD about it!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 04:09 PM (NnhvP)

12 Worst thing I've eaten standing over the sink was mac n cheese out of the pot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:09 PM (JvZF+)

13 9 You said "bachelor" and implied diet and you never mentioned beer.

Say what you will. The True Bachelor Diet is breakfast, a fair amount of physical activity, and then an empty stomach with at least six beers.

Its like a Cocaine Habit, but less.
Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 04:09 PM (Hsef

Don't you have to include a full bag of chips with the beer?

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:10 PM (tOcjL)

14 Hahaha, rearranged all the spices this morning and have cottage cheese and peaches lined up for a snack.

Coincidence ?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:10 PM (abScH)

15 Guys: What foods do you eat while standing over the sink?

Anything I'm eating quickly that has leakage or crumbling problems.

Think; a few buffalo wings, a piece of pizza that seems to be losing toppings faster than you can get it to your mouth, or a brownie that's held together by love and prayers.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 04:10 PM (6ydKt)

16 Late for Dinner!

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 04:11 PM (Ia/+0)

17 Also when Boy F. roasts cauliflower we eat about half right off the baking sheet as soon as it comes out of the oven. Crispy, creamy, tangy it's amazing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:11 PM (JvZF+)

18 Cauliflower???? AoSHQ has officially jumped the shark.

Posted by: Peaches at August 02, 2026 04:11 PM (eh7Rr)

19 I had a friend that drank vodka and Tab. No one ever picked that drink up by mistake.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:11 PM (abScH)

20 Chili powder doesn’t seem to keep well, and t starts to taste off. Some spices last forever. Cinnamon seems to, Cloves. Mustard powder. Others, start to go stale quickly. Oregeno.

I use different peppers mostly, black, white, cayenne, ginger, garlic.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 04:11 PM (kAYNz)

21 I have not done the eating while standing over the sink thing, but I have done the munching on olives with the fridge door open thing, as well as the spicy sweet pickles.

And chugging from the orange juice jug.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 04:11 PM (0aYVJ)

22 Broccoli, Cauliflower, Kohlrabi and probably Kale, are all the same goddamned thing. Really.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 04:07 PM (kAYNz)


Those are all good.
Thankfully no one mentioned...spits...okra.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 04:12 PM (2WIwB)

23 14 Hahaha, rearranged all the spices this morning and have cottage cheese and peaches lined up for a snack.

Coincidence ?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:10 PM (abScH)

Even when I could eat cottage cheese, I never did the 1970s canned peach thing with it b/c of the magazine photos. It's like the 1950s jello salad molds. They were so off-putting, they just became gross without trying...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:12 PM (tOcjL)

24 Nah - they each have their own uses
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Maybe, it you say so, but genetically they are the same thing, is what I’m getting at.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 04:14 PM (kAYNz)

25 To the peaches and cottage cheese, add
1 canned pineapple ring
1 half maraschino cherry
1 inch cube lime jello

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:14 PM (JvZF+)

26 For the Love of Cauliflower

Just, no. NO!
I don't mind cauliflower too much, but I can't stand it or broccoli anymore because it is EVERYWHERE! I will shun it just to spite the people who serve it. Ugh.

I'm honestly surprised they haven't managed a cauliflower liquor of some kind among the trendy set. /shudder/

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 04:14 PM (kU0PQ)

27 Cauliflower hashbrown?

Kill it with fire.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 02, 2026 04:14 PM (dK+Kv)

28 Fruit that is dripping everywhere

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 04:14 PM (Ia/+0)

29 going to see the Odyssey now... see y'all on the pew-pew thread later

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 04:14 PM (9U6Wl)

30 25 To the peaches and cottage cheese, add
1 canned pineapple ring
1 half maraschino cherry
1 inch cube lime jello
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:14 PM (JvZF+)

This is making the whole idea worse...now it's multicolored vomit...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:14 PM (tOcjL)

31
Made a big pot of ham, sausage, bean and veggie soup. This stuff is going to set up like concrete in the fridge. And will taste better with every passing day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 04:14 PM (kf4DF)

32 Cottage cheese is good with lots of black pepper. Maybe a little sea salt. It’s a good filler-upper for those odd corners of the stomach.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 04:15 PM (kAYNz)

33 I like cauliflower but deep fried is the way I like it best.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:15 PM (abScH)

34 I am reminded of the time my mom mashed up turnips to look like mashed potatoes. She knew I would walk by and grab a spoonful thinking it was mashed potatoes.

she laughed maniacally...it took years for me to trust her again

Posted by: DanMan at August 02, 2026 04:16 PM (8uzBS)

35 I prefer cauliflower over broccoli, but am fine with eating neither. I never have hankering for cauliflower, broccoli, or those leafy lettuces. And I hate peas. Except dried wasabi peas. and pea pods. I do like those.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 04:17 PM (0aYVJ)

36 Got not one, but two...TWO...slabs of ribs on the smoker.
Church was great.
Weather is fine.
Beer is cold.
Family is near.
God loves us.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 04:17 PM (2WIwB)

37 >>>What foods do you eat while standing over the sink?

Pretty much anything except for soups and spaghetti, unless the spaghetti is eaten next day, cold.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 02, 2026 04:17 PM (dK+Kv)

38 Don't you have to include a full bag of chips with the beer?
Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:10 PM (tOcjL)

Sure. If your hands are shaking and you need a quick calorie hit. Then a bag of Lays Baked and, say, a Miller High Life Lite will do the trick. After, say, 10 AM.

Sensible. You have to be sensible about this crap.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 04:17 PM (Hsef8)

39 Buck, that company makes spinach bites that are very yummy, and root veggie fries that are also yummy.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 04:18 PM (OoFl2)

40 33 I like cauliflower but deep fried is the way I like it best.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:15 PM (abScH)

My favorite cauliflower dish, and one that got me to love the veg after a youth of disastrous inedible cauliflower of my mom's cooking was gobi manchurian. The best cauliflower dish ever. Indo-Chinese, normally only found in Indian restaurants...

If you all try that, you'll put cauliflower in your top 5 veg...I could eat that dish as a main meal and be satisfied (and have in previous Lents)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:18 PM (tOcjL)

41 The kids going out with MiL and Boy F. so I and Mrs. F. are going wilding. Look out retail operators!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:19 PM (JvZF+)

42 Looks like the ribs will be ready around 5. Mac and Cheese, or more accurately Cheese and Mac is smoking along nicely.

All is proceeding as I have foreseen.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2026 04:19 PM (viF8m)

43 I offered 2 choices. Taco Bell or McD's. They're criss-cross from each other.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:19 PM (JvZF+)

44 Cauliflower is very versatile. Even made pizza crust with it. Once.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:21 PM (JvZF+)

45 Taco Bell or McD's. They're criss-cross from each other.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Ithought you were going out to eat food?!?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 04:22 PM (NnhvP)

46 If you all try that, you'll put cauliflower in your top 5 veg...I could eat that dish as a main meal and be satisfied (and have in previous Lents)...

Personally, I enjoy a Broccolli/Cauliflower mix, steamed, with enough melted cheese to put me at the edge of a heart attack.

I do enjoy raw Cauliflower. Just a little salt. Nobody else in the house enjoys me after.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 04:22 PM (Hsef8)

47 Cauliflower is very versatile. Even made pizza crust with it. Once.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:21 PM (JvZF+)

True. There are myriad ways you can prepare it and throw it in the garbage.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 02, 2026 04:22 PM (dK+Kv)

48 As for a guess that food game, I'd probably theme it to the dinner preferences.

I mean, at baby showers, everyone has done to guess the baby food game, and that doesn't need blindfolding.

Funny enough, since you have all those spices, food network did a guess the spice comp for their actual chefs with no blindfolds, and they did not go perfect, so that could be fun...and could use up your cabinet.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:23 PM (tOcjL)

49 What kind of Hell is Califlower Hashbrowns?

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 04:23 PM (Ia/+0)

50 Cheese and Mac is smoking along nicely.

All is proceeding as I have foreseen.
Posted by: JackStraw

Pasta can turn mushy if you smoke it to long. DAMHIK

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 04:23 PM (NnhvP)

51 I like cauliflower but deep fried is the way I like it best.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:15 PM (abScH)
====
TBF you could say this about almost everything!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:24 PM (JvZF+)

52 49 What kind of Hell is Califlower Hashbrowns?
Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 04:23 PM (Ia/+0)

They are good, you would be surprised!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 04:24 PM (Wmg4n)

53 44 Cauliflower is very versatile. Even made pizza crust with it. Once.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:21 PM (JvZF+)

Yeah, that's a bad idea. I had a friend who also did that...once. Told me their stomach was ripped to shreds from it b/c he couldn't eat that much cauliflower and cheese at once without ummm...issues...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:24 PM (tOcjL)

54 What kind of Hell is Califlower Hashbrowns?

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 04:23 PM (Ia/+0)

That's a legal defense to homicide in 13 states.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 02, 2026 04:24 PM (dK+Kv)

55 whenever you try a new recipe, it requires yet another a new spice?

Seldom, actually. I try to never use things like "Italian seasoning." I mostly only use the basic items. That means I do have a LOT of spices in my cupboard, but I mostly don't get new ones.

Last oddball ones I got were fenugreek and annatto. I don't even remember what I got the fenugreek for. The mostly full bottle has been sitting around for quite a while now. I need to find a recipe or two, since it's supposed to be good for you.

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 04:24 PM (kU0PQ)

56 Frying chicken thighs again, they were on sale, and of everything I bought today it needs to go first

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 04:24 PM (Ia/+0)

57 I will steam cauliflower, broccoli and mushrooms and then melt a ton of monterrey jack over them for a side dish.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:25 PM (abScH)

58 Spaghetti-O's from the can. Wife absolutely loathes me eating them that way "They probably taste better hot!", she'll exclaim.

No, not really. Been doing that since late highschool and thru Army time. Warm or can-cold - they taste the same. And, I love the crap outta them...

Even had my mom send me a case of them during the first Gulf War, since I despised MREs and T-rats with a livid passion...

And, the ones with the small meatballs - not the franks. They're gross....

Posted by: Pinochet Airline Attendant at August 02, 2026 04:25 PM (+e/dY)

59 Ithought you were going out to eat food?!?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 04:22 PM (NnhvP)
=====

Was wondering why she left in such a huff.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:26 PM (JvZF+)

60 I use to love cottage cheese and fritos for a snack!

Posted by: DanMa'am at August 02, 2026 04:26 PM (8uzBS)

61 My very favorite dish nowadays in my town is a “Japanese Style Cauliflower,” in which the florets are tempura fried with chili flakes then covered in something called gochujang sauce.

Actually, Gochujang is Korean.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 02, 2026 04:26 PM (VHUov)

62 To my taste, cumin is that spice that only a very little of which goes a long way.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 04:26 PM (Wnv9h)

63 As to spice filling my cupboard, I found some nice pull-out spice racks on Amazon. "SpaceAid" brand. They're pretty nice, allowing you to get to the ones at the back without having to dig through the ones in front. They have different sizes, and you might want to take a hard look at the brands you buy to see if they use oddly sized jars/bottles. (I also bought some different size pull-outs for bigger containers like salt and such.)

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 04:27 PM (kU0PQ)

64 Growing up in the 60's, nothing said Mom's on a diet like those bottles full of little black pills. We had the cleanest house in the neighborhood.

Posted by: mc at August 02, 2026 04:27 PM (C3K2d)

65 I made hummus. I hate stirring tahini since it's about like spackle. Made egg salad with some of my hot pickled eggs. They're never hot no matter how long I pickle them. Meh.

Posted by: nckate at August 02, 2026 04:27 PM (enNUy)

66 I will steam cauliflower, broccoli and mushrooms and then melt a ton of monterrey jack over them for a side dish.
Posted by: Ben Had

I have always wondered if the 1lb steamer bags are one serving as that's how i interpret them.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 04:28 PM (NnhvP)

67 To my taste, cumin is that spice that only a very little of which goes a long way.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 04:26 PM (Wnv9h)

My chili recipe is always very ad hoc, but I make sure I add less cumin than I originally think I should.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 04:29 PM (0aYVJ)

68 AZ deplorable, Have you made any cheese lately?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:29 PM (abScH)

69 57 I will steam cauliflower, broccoli and mushrooms and then melt a ton of monterrey jack over them for a side dish.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:25 PM (abScH

I will slice it thick, brush with olive oil, salt pepper, garlic, paprika, a few red pepper flakes, and grill, brushing with butter. Or you can sear it in a cast iron dish and finish it in the oven, but still basting with a little butter. Squeeze a lemon on it right before eating. Delicious.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 04:30 PM (Wmg4n)

70 My mom used to make a cauliflower casserole that was excellent. But then I like cauliflower.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)

71 Found one of my kindergarten buddies had his spices alphabetically arranged. You can imagine what happened next.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:30 PM (JvZF+)

72 I'm honestly surprised they haven't managed a cauliflower liquor of some kind among the trendy set. /shudder/
Posted by: GWB

Cynar is artichoke liquor, so that idea may be closer than you think.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 04:31 PM (VHUov)

73 i just had a peanut butter cookie over the sink to avoid messy crumbles.

thanks for filling in!

Posted by: cherries in season at August 02, 2026 04:32 PM (2q+Wd)

74 Found one of my kindergarten buddies had his spices alphabetically arranged. You can imagine what happened next.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:30 PM (JvZF+)

Your friend is Sheldon Cooper?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 04:32 PM (0aYVJ)

75 67 To my taste, cumin is that spice that only a very little of which goes a long way.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 04:26 PM (Wnv9h)

My chili recipe is always very ad hoc, but I make sure I add less cumin than I originally think I should.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 04:29 PM (0aYVJ)

See, I love cumin. While I add an acre of chili powder (tonight both ancho and dark red), I also add a lot of cumin. I tend to go easy on coriander and cayenne in my chilis...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:33 PM (tOcjL)

76 I don't know why I have 3 containers of cloves. 1 ground and 2 whole.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:33 PM (abScH)

77 FenSpouse eats grapes over the sink sometimes after washing them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2026 04:33 PM (2+NBt)

78 Found one of my kindergarten buddies had his spices alphabetically arranged. You can imagine what happened next.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:30 PM (JvZF+)

Your friend is Sheldon Cooper?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 04:32 PM (0aYVJ)

Actually, I do want to do this. But, small apartment, limited space. Still. It's how I find the spice I am looking for at the store.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 04:33 PM (0aYVJ)

79 AZ deplorable, Have you made any cheese lately?
Posted by: Ben Had

We node 20 lbs. when it was cooling off at night. If the temp goes over 68F the fat puddles out of the cheese, that makes the cheese very dry.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 04:34 PM (NnhvP)

80 74 Found one of my kindergarten buddies had his spices alphabetically arranged. You can imagine what happened next.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:30 PM (JvZF+)

Your friend is Sheldon Cooper?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August

I do this once a month, but no one puts them back right. It’s a frustrating experience. We have an entire cabinet for spices, too. We have spices for just about anything.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 04:34 PM (Wmg4n)

81 Your friend is Sheldon Cooper?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 04:32 PM (0aYVJ)
====
He did have an amazing train set, built lots of models, and became a hugely successful architect...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:34 PM (JvZF+)

82 What's this? CBD on vacation? Again?

Posted by: Weasel at August 02, 2026 04:34 PM (OenlC)

83 I love cloves, but almost never find a need for them. Still, such a great flavor and scent.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 04:35 PM (0aYVJ)

84 My wife likes cauliflower. On the grill. Drizzle a bit of olive oil on a think wedge of one, dust it with salt, pepper and some garlic, put on grates and sear until tender... about 2-3 minutes a side, or less.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 04:36 PM (2Cry5)

85 Spices should not be alpha
Cumins, mustards, seeds
Herbs, savories, leaves
Peppers, chilies, other spices
Spice Mixes

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:37 PM (JvZF+)

86 I'm just mad about saffron !

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:38 PM (abScH)

87 Recently ate a leftover steak over the sink. Warmed it in the toaster oven, which is arm's length from the sink. Dishwasher with clean plates located mid-distance. Batted away the fleeting thought arguing against caveman dining. Super easy, barely an inconvenience...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 04:40 PM (nbLIj)

88 86 I'm just mad about saffron !
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026

And Saffron’s mad about me!

My mom wanted to name me Saffron. My Army officer father vetoed it.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 04:40 PM (Wmg4n)

89 I'm just mad about saffron !
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:38 PM (abScH)

I love saffron, but have never used it in a recipe. Boise has a rich Basque community. I want to get a good recipe for Paella and then shop in their block for the right ingredients.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 04:41 PM (0aYVJ)

90 Boxed cake mix success of the week. Took a lemon cake mix and made it with a 15oz can of blueberries (you know the expensive ones on the shelf - got it on a Safeway clearanced 75% off b/c I'd never pay $7 for it, but $1.75 was just right). Used the normal eggs and oil, and subbed the can of light syrup for the water...started mixing and then added all the blueberries with 20-30 seconds left in the mixing (so they would mostly get ripped up, but not become pure juice). Baked according to the package and then topped with a THIN layer of Polish blueberry jam (which is pretty much a loose version of whole fruit blueberry preserves) - used 1/2 a small jar. Folks added whipped cream or coconut whip to each slice.

Got the kids who hate lemon cake to eat it b/c it became blueberry cake with a background of lemon. And it was cake, not muffin.

It was a nice July summer dessert. One kid wanted cake with no frosting, and this hit the spot (I'd have done coffee cake, but she doesn't like sugar crumb, either)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:41 PM (tOcjL)

91 85 Spices should not be alpha
Cumins, mustards, seeds
Herbs, savories, leaves
Peppers, chilies, other spices
Spice Mixes
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:37 PM (JvZF+

Ha! There are many different ways to solve problems.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 04:41 PM (Wmg4n)

92 Pug, I make a saffron risotto that's easy.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:42 PM (abScH)

93 Don't use cumin often, but when I do I lay it on thick. Critical for home fries.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 04:43 PM (sl73Y)

94 I've been known to eat a Palisade peach over the sink.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 02, 2026 04:45 PM (OlzlW)

95 ... "but have you noticed that no matter how many jars you have in your spice rack, whenever you try a new recipe, it requires yet another a new spice?"

Buck,
At Maison JTB over the years we have assembled most of the spices and dried herbs we are likely to use. Our problem is the recipe always calls for the jar stored in the most inconvenient to reach spot.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 04:45 PM (yTvNw)

96 RFK, Jr. has a new online cooking show on YouTube. He works with chefs to prepare real food into healthy meals for around $5/serving.

First episode (Crispy Salmon Cakes with Apple, White Bean & Greens Salad)
https://youtu.be/r5vKilWJNKo

Here's the Playlist of the shows (Still only the series introduction, and the first show).

https://tinyurl.com/Real-Food-Show

-- Yes, I posted this on the Friday ONT. The Food Thread also seems appropriate.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 04:46 PM (qx7Zg)

97 Batted away the fleeting thought arguing against caveman dining. Super easy, barely an inconvenience...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 04:40 PM (nbLIj)

Reminds me of a classic Far Side: the cavemen holding hunks of meat over the fire, grimacing and sweating as their hands heat up. One of them looks over at a guy with glasses holding meat with a stick over the fire.

"Hey, look what Thag do!"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 04:46 PM (0aYVJ)

98 My mom wanted to name me Saffron. My Army officer father vetoed it.
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 04:40 PM (Wmg4n)

I shall now refer to you as Mellow Yellow

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 04:48 PM (QMAsf)

99 Scotch is back on the menu
Glen Morangie 12

State monopoly on hard liquor had none of a list I wanted. So got something I never had before.
I have always gone for alcohol, especially red wine and Scotch I never tried.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 04:48 PM (Ia/+0)

100 It seems to me the best way to do it is to put the spices you use most in front, on the easiest shelf to reach, and then add behind those and up the shelves according to usage & size constraints.


Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 04:48 PM (6ydKt)

101 Pug, cloves are what put hot toddies over the top. you'll have to wait for cold weather, sorry. when it arrives, puncture orange peels with clove spikes, then do the usual honey, bourbon, lemon toddy thing.

Posted by: goatexchange at August 02, 2026 04:49 PM (hyS0X)

102 In my bachelor days, I would chop a head of iceberg lettuce in half, put it on a plate, put a generous dab of Hellman’s mayonnaise next to it, and eat: salad.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 04:50 PM (aOqrc)

103 96 RFK, Jr. has a new online cooking show on YouTube. He works with chefs to prepare real food into healthy meals for around $5/serving.

First episode (Crispy Salmon Cakes with Apple, White Bean & Greens Salad)
https://youtu.be/r5vKilWJNKo

Here's the Playlist of the shows (Still only the series introduction, and the first show).

https://tinyurl.com/Real-Food-Show

-- Yes, I posted this on the Friday ONT. The Food Thread also seems appropriate.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 04:46 PM (qx7Zg)

RFK Jr has become as big a fan of nutritional yeast as I am...1st episode with fish (and I don't usually use it in fish...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 04:51 PM (tOcjL)

104 My cough has abated but this whole bourbon and honey thing is pretty tasty.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:51 PM (abScH)

105 Not even a little black pepper and shredded cheese?
It might not be bad that way.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 04:51 PM (6ydKt)

106 Spices...

Our cabinet with spices almost always smells of curry. It's not that we use it a lot, it's that it's so pungent.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 04:52 PM (2Cry5)

107 I do this once a month, but no one puts them back right. It’s a frustrating experience. We have an entire cabinet for spices, too. We have spices for just about anything.
Posted by: Piper


Note it is probable that Piper is the only cook!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 04:53 PM (NnhvP)

108 1 Found one of my kindergarten buddies had his spices alphabetically arranged. You can imagine what happened next.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:30 PM (JvZF+)

Gay or he went to Cal? Where he came out?

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 02, 2026 04:53 PM (i57Jt)

109 My mom wanted to name me Saffron. My Army officer father vetoed it.
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 04:40 PM (Wmg4n)

I shall now refer to you as Mellow Yellow
Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 04:48 PM (QMAsf)

They call me mellow yellow…quite rightly.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 04:53 PM (aOqrc)

110 My problem with all the cauliflower variations and dishes is...it all tastes like cauliflower. I like green eggs and ham, but I do not like cauliflower.

Posted by: goatexchange at August 02, 2026 04:53 PM (hyS0X)

111 Warm, raw broccoli is the reason I stopped ordering it at Chili's. It tastes like they passed it over the stove from the refrigerator to the plate!

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 04:54 PM (iW5Nq)

112 >>RFK, Jr. has a new online cooking show on YouTube. He works with chefs to prepare real food into healthy meals for around $5/serving

He and Chef Andrew Gruel are apparently friends. Chef Gruel puts out a lot of content including recipes and cooking tips and he's always preaching about real food and avoiding junk.

Seems like a nice guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2026 04:55 PM (viF8m)

113 Broccoli gets the love; cauliflower does not.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 04:55 PM (aOqrc)

114 Ben, you need to kill it dead. Apply more bourbon.

Posted by: goatexchange at August 02, 2026 04:56 PM (hyS0X)

115 One of the cabinets with three shelves is filled with spices.
You collect a lot of spices over time.
Buy that one spice you need for a recipe, and then the bottle sits up there for a few decades.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 04:56 PM (6ydKt)

116 L&T has a killer cauliflower dish that is roasted over the wood fire. Having it tonight.

I’ll send CBD the recipe so he and Bluebell can try to make it. I think they both hate cauliflower IIRC.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 02, 2026 04:56 PM (i57Jt)

117 I do a lot of Asian cooking, and those are the spices that I use most often.

Garlic, five-spice, hoisin sauce, white pepper, sesame seed oil, and honey I'm replacing regularly.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 02, 2026 04:56 PM (5ExGj)

118 Cauliflower question: your best rec on how to do a pickled cauliflower salad that is firm, but not hard crunchy?
Raw, but just chop the florets?
(I am subbing in cauliflower in a potato salad that has an oil and vinegar dressing, and also uses pickled beets. When made with potatoes, it is a great sweet/sour side dish, but blanching the cauliflower didn't seem to work as well as I hoped)

Posted by: barbarausa at August 02, 2026 04:57 PM (enw9G)

119 The girl in AbFab was named Saffron. She was delightful.

Posted by: goatexchange at August 02, 2026 04:57 PM (hyS0X)

120 goatexchange, sound advice. I will apply it. Cheers!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:57 PM (abScH)

121 Chef Gruel, there’s a name to overcome.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 04:57 PM (aOqrc)

122 I’m guessing there are some duplicates in the Throckmorton spice cabinet. There are in ours when my inadequate perusal of the inventory leads to further acquisitions.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 02, 2026 04:58 PM (i57Jt)

123 My cough has abated but this whole bourbon and honey thing is pretty tasty.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:51 PM (abScH)

See, it works like antibiotics. Just because you feel better, you have to finish the bottle. Gotta prevent that reinfection, you know...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 04:58 PM (nbLIj)

124 Broccoli gets the love; cauliflower does not.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 04:55 PM (aOqrc)

Weird, because I like cauliflower way more than broccoli. It's kind of a texture thing, really. But I would be fine with never eating broccoli again.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 04:58 PM (0aYVJ)

125 111 Warm, raw broccoli is the reason I stopped ordering it at Chili's. It tastes like they passed it over the stove from the refrigerator to the plate!

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 04:54 PM (iW5Nq)

Broccoli doesn't have enough flavor to be eaten near raw.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 04:59 PM (6ydKt)

126 89 Boise has a rich Basque community.

and also, i gather, an in-n-out. who knew?

Posted by: anachronda at August 02, 2026 04:59 PM (qdr3M)

127 I am marinating lamb tonight, for tikka masala tomorrow. Garam Masala, Cumin... front and center! Present .... Arms!

Posted by: goatexchange at August 02, 2026 04:59 PM (hyS0X)

128 GGay or he went to Cal? Where he came out?
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 02, 2026 04:53 PM (i57Jt)
=====

He went to Temple. North Phila was even scary back then and I didn't scare too easy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:59 PM (JvZF+)

129 >>Chef Gruel, there’s a name to overcome.

Yea, I get a kick out of that. He appears to have overcome it, has a couple restaurants in the SoCal area.

During the Palisades fire he and his wife delivered hundreds of free meals to residents, firefighters and others.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2026 04:59 PM (viF8m)

130 What's this? CBD on vacation? Again?
Posted by: Weasel at August 02, 2026 04:34 PM (OenlC)

I know. Bet he’s at some fancy resort trying the porcini crusted chicken liver or something.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 02, 2026 05:00 PM (i57Jt)

131 Cauliflower roasted and seasoned can be good (especially with a good cheese). Riced/pulped it makes an _acceptable_ potato substitute. Cannot stand it or broccoli raw. And one of the places I used to work, one of the ladies would bring some cauliflower-related dish and microwave it. The smell was horrendous, spread all down the all, and lingered!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 02, 2026 05:01 PM (aJQbY)

132 I've got the latest jar of kraut starting to bubble. Quart size Mason jars are about the right size for us. Besides being a kraut fanatic I enjoy slicing the cabbage to the appropriate size. There are many ways to shred cabbage but I have a hand forged kitchen knife for it. It's heavy, razor sharp and could thin slice a bowling ball. It's satisfying to use.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 05:01 PM (yTvNw)

133 Recently I've been parboiling broccoli and shocking it in ice water. Tender crisp every time. Perfect for stir fry and stays bright green.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 05:01 PM (JvZF+)

134
Garlic, five-spice, hoisin sauce, white pepper, sesame seed oil, and honey I'm replacing regularly.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 02, 2026 04:56 PM (5ExGj

SMH, Chef Paul Prudhomme has a magic 6 spice you might like based on your spices of choice! It’s pretty great on green beans.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:02 PM (p4NUW)

135 I know you guys try to keep politics off the Food Thread, and for good reason, but I think this fits:

I finally was able to see unedited or staged footage of one the NYC owned grocery stores. It's an absolute free for all. Picture Black Friday shopping brawls, but with little plastic bags and people piling on others trying to grab entire produce section displays. That's what the non-staged store looks like. And, why you ask?

It's because the produce is selling 30% (or more) under the average cost of a private store. And, Bodega owners are clearing shelves, taking it back to their store and marking it up to their regular prices to sell as normal. The are getting a better profit margin from clearing the NYC owned store than they would get from purchasing from a supplier. It's both infuriating and hilarious.

Posted by: Orson at August 02, 2026 05:02 PM (dIske)

136 Did the guy just prefer Jack in the Box or what?

I've always heard great things about In-n-Out's burgers.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 05:02 PM (6ydKt)

137 SMH makes the best lumpia ever.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:03 PM (abScH)

138 98 My mom wanted to name me Saffron. My Army officer father vetoed it.
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 04:40 PM (Wmg4n)

I shall now refer to you as Mellow Yellow
Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 04:48 PM (QMAsf

So instead of a cool name like Saffron, I was instead named after a beer.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:04 PM (Dd38x)

139 The girl in AbFab was named Saffron. She was delightful.
Posted by: goatexchange at August 02, 2026 04:57 PM (hyS0X)

She was also the youngest sister, Lydia, in the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice.

I am married to a Jane Austen fan. And I am currently reading the book.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 05:04 PM (0aYVJ)

140 Because no one asked, but it should be obvious.... I am drinking, a Sazerac variation. Rye, Brandy, cherry liqueur, orange blossom. I batched those. Tonight, i spritzed absinthe into a frozen rocks glass, added the batch, then a couple dashes of Peychaud bitters. Delightful. Smoother than a classic New Orleans Sazerac (which I also love). Cheers, y'all.

Posted by: goatexchange at August 02, 2026 05:04 PM (hyS0X)

141 I could eat [Cauliflower] as a main meal (and have in previous Lents)...
——

Because …. you haven’t already suffered enough?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 05:05 PM (kAYNz)

142 So instead of a cool name like Saffron, I was instead named after a beer.
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:04 PM (Dd38x)

Well, how-dee-do, Ms. Rainier!

Posted by: LASue at August 02, 2026 05:06 PM (lCppi)

143 71 Found one of my kindergarten buddies had his spices alphabetically arranged. You can imagine what happened next.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 04:30 PM (JvZF+)

What's wrong with that?

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 05:06 PM (iW5Nq)

144 Posted by: Orson at August 02, 2026 05:02 PM (dIske)

Are they selling fresh meat at 30% below cost, too?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)

145 141 I could eat [Cauliflower] as a main meal (and have in previous Lents)...
——

Because …. you haven’t already suffered enough?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 05:05 PM (kAYNz)

Try gobi manchurian - you won't feel like you're going without...the spouse even craves it with his chana masala...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 05:07 PM (tOcjL)

146 SMH makes the best lumpia ever.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:03 PM (abScH)
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I love those so bad I had to impose the Two Lumpia rule.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 05:07 PM (JvZF+)

147 It's because the produce is selling 30% (or more) under the average cost of a private store. And, Bodega owners are clearing shelves, taking it back to their store and marking it up to their regular prices to sell as normal. The are getting a better profit margin from clearing the NYC owned store than they would get from purchasing from a supplier. It's both infuriating and hilarious.
Posted by: Orson at August 02, 2026 05:02 PM (dIske)

That is funny. Capitalism punks socialism.

Posted by: LASue at August 02, 2026 05:08 PM (lCppi)

148 Pug, I married a Brit. She has watched every Brit Murder Mystery, and Historical drama, known to mankind for 50 years. If I suddenly stop lurking here, and people wonder what became of me....well, look for my Remains of the Day... in the garden..

Posted by: goatexchange at August 02, 2026 05:09 PM (hyS0X)

149 So instead of a cool name like Saffron, I was instead named after a beer.
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:04 PM (Dd38x)

Pabst?
La Batts?
Pearl?
Heylands?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 05:09 PM (0aYVJ)

150 SMH makes the best lumpia ever.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:03 PM (abScH)
___

*blushes*

Thanks, Ben Had.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 02, 2026 05:10 PM (5ExGj)

151 Wait, Piper's real name is Michelob?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

152 Recently ate a leftover steak over the sink. Warmed it in the toaster oven, which is arm's length from the sink. Dishwasher with clean plates located mid-distance. Batted away the fleeting thought arguing against caveman dining. Super easy, barely an inconvenience...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 04:40 PM (nbLIj)

I just ate leftover smoked sausage straight from the fridge. Because I'm fancy, I held it with a paper towel.

Posted by: LASue at August 02, 2026 05:11 PM (lCppi)

153 What's wrong with that?
Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 05:06 PM (iW5Nq)
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Sorry it's Bro Code. Alphabetizing your spices is teh ghey. This is known. Just not by girls.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 05:11 PM (JvZF+)

154 Buy that one spice you need for a recipe, and then the bottle sits up there for a few decades.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

And by the time you need it again, the contents are as fragrant and flavorful as the plastic cap on the jar.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 05:11 PM (VHUov)

155 @102

I would forgo the lettuce thing for the time being. I heard they are still dumping the tainted crap on the market.

Posted by: Case at August 02, 2026 05:11 PM (bqIVz)

156 Mulva?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 05:11 PM (JvZF+)

157 >>Pabst?
La Batts?
Pearl?
Heylands?

Blatz is a lovely name.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2026 05:12 PM (viF8m)

158 144 Posted by: Orson at August 02, 2026 05:02 PM (dIske)

Are they selling fresh meat at 30% below cost, too?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)
____________________________

I assume so, but the video I viewed only showed the produce portion of the store. It was insane. Pushing, shoving, a couple errant punches. Although, knowing Mamdani, he probably thinks the unwashed should only eat Vegan. So, I can't confirm.

Posted by: Orson at August 02, 2026 05:12 PM (dIske)

159 “Mello Yellow” was a fad 60s urban legend, that smoking banana peels would get you high.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 05:12 PM (kAYNz)

160 So instead of a cool name like Saffron, I was instead named after a beer.
Posted by: Piper

Pabst?
La Batts?
Pearl?
Heylands?
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Careful; you're gonna make her Surly.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 05:12 PM (VHUov)

161 149 So instead of a cool name like Saffron, I was instead named after a beer.
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:04 PM (Dd38x)

Pabst?
La Batts?
Pearl?
Heylands?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August

Lone Star.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:12 PM (Wmg4n)

162 And by the time you need it again, the contents are as fragrant and flavorful as the plastic cap on the jar.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 05:11 PM (VHUov)

I get the ones that turn into a brick.

You have to slam it on the counter a few times to break it up like Parmesan in the can.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)

163 I assume so, but the video I viewed only showed the produce portion of the store. It was insane. Pushing, shoving, a couple errant punches. Although, knowing Mamdani, he probably thinks the unwashed should only eat Vegan. So, I can't confirm.
Posted by: Orson at August 02, 2026 05:12 PM (dIske)
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Try shopping in Chinatown. 80 year old auntie will take you down!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 05:13 PM (JvZF+)

164 155 @102

I would forgo the lettuce thing for the time being. I heard they are still dumping the tainted crap on the market.
Posted by: Case at August 02, 2026 05:11 PM

Hydroponic and you are fine.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:13 PM (Wmg4n)

165 The most common way for me to eat cauliflower growing up was in Lebanese lacto fermented pickles. My grandparents always had a batch in the fridge. It was a mix of cauliflower, turnips, beets, and cukes. Same simple process for making kraut: veggies and salt, no vinegar. Probably where I developed my taste for tart and sour flavors. For them it was tradition, for me they tasted good, the healthy aspect wasn't a factor.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 05:14 PM (yTvNw)

166 JTB, a raised glass to you on your book thread. Salut!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:16 PM (abScH)

167 Schaefer?

Milwaukee's Best?

Busch?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 05:16 PM (6ydKt)

168 Because no one asked, but it should be obvious.... I am drinking, a Sazerac variation. Rye, Brandy, cherry liqueur, orange blossom. I batched those. Tonight, i spritzed absinthe into a frozen rocks glass, added the batch, then a couple dashes of Peychaud bitters. Delightful. Smoother than a classic New Orleans Sazerac (which I also love). Cheers, y'all.
Posted by: goatexchange at August 02, 2026 05:04 PM (hyS0X)

Speaking of cocktails, I think Casa Sin Problemas has an official house libation. I call it, the Casa Colada. Two fingers of Flor De Cana rum over ice. Add about 2 tablespoons of Coco Lopez. (It's really just coconut milk and sugar, as I've mentioned previously). Fill glass with mango nectar. Stir. If you have a blender, the frozen variation is quite tasty and perhaps, more appropriate. Casa Sin Problemas honors adaptabilty...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 05:17 PM (nbLIj)

169 I like the stock photographs the “news” websites display whenever EBT and stuff like that are under consideration. They don’t show pictures of morbidly obese con artists, just a generic photo of a shopping cart.

A small shopping cart. The tiny little ones. Filled with “healthy” choices like Broccoli Florets and Brussels sprout Smoothie Mix.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 05:17 PM (kAYNz)

170 I've always liked cauliflower, too. My grandmother made a great salad with cooked cauliflower and a strong vinaigrette dressing. Almost pickled it. Wonderful.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 05:17 PM (78a2H)

171 Stella Artois?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

172 Sorry it's Bro Code. Alphabetizing your spices is teh ghey. This is known. Just not by girls.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 05:11 PM (JvZF+)

No wonder my sons and husband have a hard time putting the herbs and spices back where they go. Could be Piper's problem, too. Too much testosterone :>)

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 05:18 PM (iW5Nq)

173 Just recently learned about a cocktail called a "Batranga," which is basically a cuba libre in a salt-rimmed glass, with tequila instead of rum. I find I like it a lot more than the rum version. It's sneaky, though -- have one and you're fine, so you have another and then the tequila sneaks up behind you and breaks a board over your head.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 05:19 PM (78a2H)

174
I get the ones that turn into a brick.

You have to slam it on the counter a few times to break it up like Parmesan in the can.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)

My onion power. Every time!

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 05:20 PM (iW5Nq)

175 > Stella Artois?
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Harcourt Fenton Mudd would not be amused.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 05:21 PM (2Cry5)

176
No wonder my sons and husband have a hard time putting the herbs and spices back where they go. Could be Piper's problem, too. Too much testosterone :>)
Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 05:18 PM

It’s why we come here! The knowledge available to us is astounding.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:21 PM (Wmg4n)

177 The same grandmother who made the wonderful cauliflower salad also told me an urban legend from her middle-school years: drinking a Coke and eating an apple together would get you high. This would have been around World War I.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 05:21 PM (78a2H)

178 As long as I have garlic powder and black pepper I can get by.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:22 PM (abScH)

179 Kidd, that sounds marvelous. I need to invest more time into rum. Even though I lived in the Caribbean, I never devoted the time necessary to become proficient.

In three weeks my 3 siblings and I are descending on Kansas City, from 3 directions, to conduct a massive donation to the National WWI Museum. I am serving morning cocktails, to commemorate the event:

Top O' The Morning: Bourbon, coffee, Sweet Vermouth, Dom Benedictine, Cinnamon, finished with whipped cream. I hope the Museum is ready for 4 giggling drunk 70 year olds waving our grandfathers side-arms, swords, spurs, saddlebags, etc.

Posted by: goatexchange at August 02, 2026 05:23 PM (hyS0X)

180 @177

Back when coke had cocaine in it?

Posted by: Case at August 02, 2026 05:24 PM (bqIVz)

181 Drizzle a bit of olive oil on a think wedge of one, dust it with salt, pepper and some garlic, put on grates and sear until tender... about 2-3 minutes a side, or less.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 04:36 PM (2Cry5)

Hint: substitute steak for the cauliflower, and it'll be even better!

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 05:24 PM (kU0PQ)

182 107 Note it is probable that Piper is the only cook!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026

No, I live with an Italian. He does his share of cooking, and if it’s being grilled, that is 100% his territory. BUT he and my daughter get excited when I am not home because they get to eat what they want and “mama can’t do anything about it!”

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:24 PM (Wmg4n)

183 The same grandmother who made the wonderful cauliflower salad also told me an urban legend from her middle-school years: drinking a Coke and eating an apple together would get you high. This would have been around World War I.
Posted by: Trimegistus

Coca leaves got removed from the Coca-Cola recipe in 1903. WWI is only a decade later. Definitely the right timeframe for urban legends about how to "fix" the new Coke.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 05:25 PM (VHUov)

184 Orsen, this is crap. Those stores have not opened yet.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 05:25 PM (sl73Y)

185 So instead of a cool name like Saffron, I was instead named after a beer.
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:04 PM (Dd38x)

Pabst?
La Batts?
Pearl?
Heylands?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 05:09 PM (0aYVJ)

Oh no. I am not going to play this game, no way, and you can't make me...

Posted by: Definitly not Moosehead at August 02, 2026 05:26 PM (nbLIj)

186 Lone Star Coors Smith.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:26 PM (Wmg4n)

187 BTW, anyone here in eastern Washington state? My mom is waiting to see if she'll be told to evacuate due to the fires. Cousins are already at their folks' house nearby, unsure of the status of their house.

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 05:27 PM (kU0PQ)

188 Do you all have a signature dish? One that comes out right every time ?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:27 PM (abScH)

189 Goatexchange, didn't see you on Book thread but check out beginning, reading The Damned Engineers, a 1970 book about the 291st battalion during Battle of the Bulge

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 05:27 PM (Ia/+0)

190 Ben no, everything I make is a crap shoot every time

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 05:28 PM (Ia/+0)

191 149 So instead of a cool name like Saffron, I was instead named after a beer.
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:04 PM (Dd38x)

Pabst?
La Batts?
Pearl?
Heylands?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 05:09 PM (0aYVJ)

Hamms?
Olde Frothigsloshe?
Elsinore?

Posted by: So many possibilities at August 02, 2026 05:29 PM (ZVkju)

192
Stella Artois?
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Angine de Poitrine

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 05:29 PM (Cqx++)

193 Skip, Glen Morangie 12 is a fine drink.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 05:30 PM (sl73Y)

194 I think I'll make riso alla pitocca tonight. I want some Italian rice.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2026 05:30 PM (BI5O2)

195 188 Do you all have a signature dish? One that comes out right every time ?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:27 PM (abScH)

My meatloaf. It's so good every time. I usually make it as meatloaf muffins because baking a loaf just takes too long, lol

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 05:30 PM (iW5Nq)

196 Come on guys, you know it's Yuengling

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:31 PM (abScH)

197 St. Pauli Girl

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2026 05:31 PM (BI5O2)

198 What dish is the first pic?? It looks tasty!

Posted by: runner at August 02, 2026 05:32 PM (g47mK)

199 188 Do you all have a signature dish? One that comes out right every time ?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:27 PM (abScH

You know, I never thought about this! Is going to ask in the group text thread made up of my children and see what their answer is.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:33 PM (OoFl2)

200 Right now I'm using my newly-acquired Big Green Egg to smoke pork ribs. I marinated them all night in the cochinita pibil marinade (orange, a whole bunch of spices, achiote seeds, garlic) and now they've been in the smoker for three hours. Certainly smells appetizing.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 05:33 PM (78a2H)

201 Is that chicken ?? Looks like chicken !

Posted by: runner at August 02, 2026 05:33 PM (g47mK)

202 My very favorite dish nowadays in my town is a “Japanese Style Cauliflower,” in which the florets are tempura fried with chili flakes then covered in something called gochujang sauce. (That dish is in the header picture above.) I’m going to ask Mr. CBD to cook some up for the Co-blogger Christmas Party this year.

Buried deep in leed.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 05:34 PM (sl73Y)

203 Hmmm... "Stella," perhaps?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2026 05:34 PM (BI5O2)

204 I have told y’all twice! Even included my middle and last names. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:34 PM (OoFl2)

205 Lede (sp?)

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 05:35 PM (sl73Y)

206 Skip - good deal. Janice Holt Giles was a marvelous contributor to the story, due to her husband. Damned Engineers really vaulted the 291st ECB into the spotlight, and brought the engineers much-needed recognition, overall. She shifted the focus, without question. A lot of her facts and details turned out to be inaccurate, but in drawing attention away from Bastogne, she provided a very useful service, back in the 60s. All Battle of the Bulge aficionados owe her a debt of gratitude. I read every word she wrote, and I hold her in high regard. Pergrin (291st CO) was similar - not always on target, but a fabulous counterweight to the "101st in Bastogne" popular view.

Posted by: goatexchange at August 02, 2026 05:36 PM (hyS0X)

207 That Japanese cauliflower dish sounds great! Any chance of a recipe?

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 05:37 PM (78a2H)

208 Falstaff is a perfectly cromulent name.

Posted by: Wm Shakespeare at August 02, 2026 05:38 PM (ZnrCl)

209 My meatloaf. It's so good every time. I usually make it as meatloaf muffins because baking a loaf just takes too long, lol
Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026

You can’t drop that without a recipe!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)

210 Do you all have a signature dish? One that comes out right every time ?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:27 PM (abScH)
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Spaghettio's!

Posted by: Weasel at August 02, 2026 05:38 PM (OenlC)

211 > Do you all have a signature dish? One that comes out right every time ?
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Lowland Gumbo. Chicken and Andouille sausage.

Every. Time.

100 year old family recipe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 05:39 PM (2Cry5)

212 Do you all have a signature dish? One that comes out right every time ?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:27 PM (abScH)

Baked Beans and sliced Bratwurst in a Crock Pot.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 05:39 PM (qx7Zg)

213 Weasel, you will always be known
for Weaselbeenz

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:39 PM (abScH)

214 209 My meatloaf. It's so good every time. I usually make it as meatloaf muffins because baking a loaf just takes too long, lol
Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026

You can’t drop that without a recipe!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)

Sure, give me a minute. Gotta find it.

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 05:40 PM (iW5Nq)

215 Weasel, you will always be known
for Weaselbeenz
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:39 PM (abScH
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I've been profiled!

Posted by: Weasel at August 02, 2026 05:40 PM (OenlC)

216 188 ... "Do you all have a signature dish? One that comes out right every time ?"

Hi Ben Had (and thanks for the kind comment),

Sure thing recipes in our house: beef stroganoff (on rice, not noodles), Mrs. JTB's meatloaf, and my steel cut oatmeal. Also, I make the best pancakes on the planet. Only my modesty prevents that from being common knowledge. :-)

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 05:41 PM (yTvNw)

217 Wife and I alternate between potatoes and cauliflower. I've always liked it.

Posted by: RS at August 02, 2026 05:41 PM (GYx3d)

218 " What foods do you eat while standing over the sink?"

I don't eat food over the sink. I do take my shirt off to eat sometimes.

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2026 05:41 PM (MWfyi)

219 My favorite Cauliflower dish is-

Steam a whole cauliflower using the microwave. Takes about 5minutes.
Pop the lid off and smear Dijon mustard over the cauliflower and lay 2-3 slices of sharp cheddar cheese on the cauliflower.
Put the lid back on for a few minutes to let the cheese melt.
Then serve by cutting wedges from the whole cauliflower. Goes really well with any meat or fish.

The lovely and delightful Mrs naturalfake's sautéed curried cauliflower is excellent as well.

There is a disturbing new trend in restaurants now served thick slices of grilled cauliflower and calling that a "steak". I guess it's for vegans.
Honestly vegtards, don't go to a restaurant and spend $20 getting something you can make at home in five minutes that costs you buck fiddy.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 02, 2026 05:42 PM (iJfKG)

220 I have told y’all twice! Even included my middle and last names. lol.
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:34 PM (OoFl2)

You don't see the resemblance?

https://youtu.be/cV2d2CZ6EwQ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 05:42 PM (qx7Zg)

221 Chicken & Rice, probably. Meatloaf is a contender. Vanilla Ice Cream w/ chocolate syrup. And Ice Water. I never screw that up.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 05:42 PM (kAYNz)

222 Homemade chili is awesome...so little left and I made an epic ton of it (3.5 lbs ground beef and 4 bean cans for the base)...

As for a signature dish, I don't have one b/c I make nothing exactly the same...but then the spouse would say my salmon and my chili...all of my different chilis. B/c you need a lot of chilis in your repetroire - although he'd probably pick tonight's version as his favorite b/c he loves beef, his homemade beer, and my cooking...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 05:42 PM (tOcjL)

223 I ran out of ground coffee this morning, so I grabbed the hand-grinder out of the cabinet since I didn't want to get the "big" grinder out and running.
As I was brewing the coffee I was wondering what my wife had cooked or brought home that had the "anise-y licorice smell, and then I tasted the brewed coffee and realized that I had grabbed the coffee grinder that I had used last week to grind up star anise, and I had never cleaned the burrs.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 05:43 PM (rbvCR)

224 I've been avoiding lettuce lately. What happened to all of the American lettuce that illegals were harvesting in this country?

Why am I getting tainted lettuce from another country that going to give me explosive diarrhea?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 02, 2026 05:44 PM (8E0Ba)

225 Happy eating everyone!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 02, 2026 05:46 PM (OenlC)

226 Piper,

You are reminding me of a grandfather who died long before I was born. He bred and raised bay horses, and named them after beers. Then he married a woman who was shocked at that, so she named them after tea.

So all the horses had two names. I used to know several of them, but the only one I remember now is Pilsner Oolong.

Posted by: Wenda at August 02, 2026 05:46 PM (7m/2p)

227 nurse, same to you !

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:46 PM (abScH)

228 I've been avoiding lettuce lately. What happened to all of the American lettuce that illegals were harvesting in this country?

Why am I getting tainted lettuce from another country that going to give me explosive diarrhea?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 02, 2026 05:44 PM (8E0Ba)

The braceros are all working on pot farms, and California has lost all its water to data centers and the Delta Smelt, so we have to import.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 05:47 PM (rbvCR)

229 223 I ran out of ground coffee this morning, so I grabbed the hand-grinder out of the cabinet since I didn't want to get the "big" grinder out and running.
As I was brewing the coffee I was wondering what my wife had cooked or brought home that had the "anise-y licorice smell, and then I tasted the brewed coffee and realized that I had grabbed the coffee grinder that I had used last week to grind up star anise, and I had never cleaned the burrs.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 05:43 PM (rbvCR)

That's either a mistake you only make once...or an unitended inventive move akin to the ice cream cone's invention...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 05:47 PM (tOcjL)

230 My Meatloaf
1 lb ground beef (I use at least 85/15)
1 egg
2 T. chopped, fresh parsley (or 1 T. dried)
1 t. lemon juice (opt.)
1 t. salt
1/4 t. freshly ground pepper
a few shakes of dried onion
1/2 package of dried onion soup mix
2 T. horseradish
2 T. bbq sauce (I use Sweet Baby Ray's)
6 slices bacon, chopped
1 c. rolled oats
1 grated carrot (about 1/2 c.)
1/4 t. dry mustard
1/4 t. dried thyme
1 garlic clove, pressed (or equivalent garlic powder)
1 t. Worcestershire sauce
1/4 c. sour cream
Sprinkling of favorite hot sauce like El Tapa Tio

Mix everything up and put into muffin tins. Top with a squirt of bbq sauce. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes.

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 05:48 PM (iW5Nq)

231 I canned peaches yesterday, and remembered why I hate canning peaches. They look like I skinned them with a weed whacker and stuffed them into the jars with a rammer.
Then I made peach jam that never quite set.
It has been one of those weeks.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 05:50 PM (rbvCR)

232 Nurse? Nurse is here? Howdy nurse r!

Posted by: Weasel at August 02, 2026 05:50 PM (OenlC)

233 Schaefer?

Milwaukee's Best?

Busch?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 02, 2026 05:16 PM (6ydKt)

Schlitz? Piels?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 02, 2026 05:51 PM (hmYU4)

234
That's either a mistake you only make once...or an unitended inventive move akin to the ice cream cone's invention...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 02, 2026 05:47 PM (tOcjL)

I have done similar things, but usually it is forgetting to clean the burrs after grinding up amber malt that I use for baking.
I clean the burrs on the grinder by running a handful of rice through the grinder.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 05:52 PM (rbvCR)

235 Do you all have a signature dish? One that comes out right every time ?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:27 PM (abScH)

Ina Garten's (so, not really mine) Roasted Salmon with Green Herbs.
An old reliable for parties, pot lucks, Tuesday night dinner, whatever. Its always perfectly delicious with lots of great leftovers.

Posted by: LASue at August 02, 2026 05:52 PM (lCppi)

236 Cooking/food prep tool I ran across produced by an engineer that also designed the most distinctive dive fins out there:

https://tinyurl.com/3pnp35jd

The "Whackerspoon".

Posted by: Bert G at August 02, 2026 05:52 PM (VARTN)

237 I canned peaches yesterday, and remembered why I hate canning peaches. They look like I skinned them with a weed whacker and stuffed them into the jars with a rammer.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 05:50 PM (rbvCR)

YOU hate it?!?

Posted by: Peaches at August 02, 2026 05:52 PM (hmYU4)

238 Pilsner Oolong.

=====

HAHAHAH!!

Stout Earl Grey !

Posted by: runner at August 02, 2026 05:54 PM (g47mK)

239
Mix everything up and put into muffin tins. Top with a squirt of bbq sauce. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes.

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 05:48 PM (iW5Nq)

I forgot. I also add a couple of teaspoons of capers. It's not on my written version.

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 05:55 PM (iW5Nq)

240 Posted by: Wenda at August 02, 2026 05:46 PM (7m/2p)

I saw your question about the cat fountain on the other thread but as always, by the time I read every comment, everyone has left town. I have a Downy Paws stainless steel one. The charge lasts for about two weeks and while you can go a week without changing the water, I change it every few days. You change the filter every 2 weeks to a month. My neighbor recommended it and I have zero complaints.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 02, 2026 05:55 PM (SjAWL)

241 Rolling Rock

Posted by: The Ballots at August 02, 2026 05:55 PM (LOZbR)

242 tomato sandwich, a must over the sink

Posted by: MacRadDoc at August 02, 2026 05:55 PM (Gl2C6)

243 *waves to nurse and Weasel*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 02, 2026 05:55 PM (5ExGj)

244 So here's today's dilemma: The Tbones were bound for the broiler given the constant rain that dampened the idea of outdoor grilling. But lo, they have abated, and I have dry fuel in the garage. But on the other lo, I was planning, since the oven was going on anyway, to do roasted potato wedges to accompany said TBones.

What to do, and will this dilemma be resolved before the gun thread?

https://youtu.be/cphNpqKpKc4

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 05:56 PM (nbLIj)

245 And Ice Water. I never screw that up.
Posted by: Common Tater

That's a talent! To have exactly enough ice that, by the end, the water is still ice cold, but there isn't a chunk of ice to slide down the inside of the glass and bonk you in the nose, or just splash water down your chin.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 05:56 PM (VHUov)

246 I like Horseradish in meatloaf. The natural hot prepared root stuff. It has a much different flavor when cooked, a bit of sweetness.

I can’t handle oatmeal In meatloaf, it is not a flavor or texture that goes well with beef. Blech! Stale breadcrumbs or saltines are OK. Ritz crackers used to be pretty good too.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 05:56 PM (kAYNz)

247 I canned peaches yesterday, and remembered why I hate canning peaches. They look like I skinned them with a weed whacker and stuffed them into the jars with a rammer.
Then I made peach jam that never quite set.
It has been one of those weeks.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 05:50 PM (rbvCR)

I'll happily take any rejects off your hands!

Posted by: LASue at August 02, 2026 05:57 PM (lCppi)

248 Ina Garten Sous Vide, baby.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 05:57 PM (Cqx++)

249 Stale breadcrumbs or saltines are OK. Ritz crackers used to be pretty good too.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 05:56 PM (kAYNz)

I've used crushed saltines when I'm out of oats. They're good

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 05:58 PM (iW5Nq)

250 Ina Garten Sous Vide, baby.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Thank you for the comma.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 05:58 PM (VHUov)

251 Tomorrow is egg salad and bacon sandwiches on pumpernickel

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:58 PM (abScH)

252 Often cats dislike the tap water. I add a pinch of sea salt to the water bowl for my cats, it seems to get them to drink.


Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 05:59 PM (rbvCR)

253 but there isn't a chunk of ice to slide down the inside of the glass and bonk you in the nose
——

Ha! I actually dislike the industry standard half-moon icemaker cubes. They tend to hug the side of the glass interfering with a smooth drink. Definitely a first-world problem, but they do kinda actually suck, as far as ice cubes go.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 05:59 PM (kAYNz)

254
238 Pilsner Oolong.

=====

HAHAHAH!!

Stout Earl Grey !
Posted by: runner at August 02, 2026 05:54 PM (g47m

Porter Rooibos!



Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 05:59 PM (OoFl2)

255 I have told y’all twice!
Posted by: Piper
Budweiser? No wonder you go by Piper!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 02, 2026 06:00 PM (aJQbY)

256 Remember CBD's quest for the perfect clear ice cube.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:01 PM (abScH)

257 Then I made peach jam that never quite set.
It has been one of those weeks.
Posted by: Kindltot

Better than maple syrup on waffles!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 06:01 PM (NnhvP)

258 egg salad and bacon sandwiches

Oh, that sounds a lovely treat!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 02, 2026 06:02 PM (aJQbY)

259 Made a big pot of ham, sausage, bean and veggie soup. This stuff is going to set up like concrete in the fridge. And will taste better with every passing day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Truth.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 02, 2026 06:02 PM (m7NHf)

260 I've used crushed saltines when I'm out of oats. They're good
Posted by: CaliforniaGirl

Read that twice first tine: sardines...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 06:03 PM (NnhvP)

261 Boiled water, having most of the dissolved air driven out, will produce clear ice, or near enough iirc.

I do like the old school rectangular or square cubes. They involved these aluminum trays with a levered lattice work device. I bet a lot of people wouldn’t even know what they are.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 06:04 PM (kAYNz)

262 Goebel's
Hamm's

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 02, 2026 06:05 PM (m7NHf)

263 One final thing about preserving. I dry apples and pears in my own cabinet dryer. It is not heating up right, and only really gets to 130 at best. Even worse it is slow to get there. I have taken to "sulfuring" the fruit, which is burning a smidge of sulfur powder with white sugar on a slip of paper when starting it. The sulfur dioxide keeps the fruit white, and prevents molding during the slow start of heating. I suspect the sugar is not needed, but it seems to help.
It takes two days to dry apple slices, and three days for prunes. I hate losing a full batch to mold.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 06:06 PM (rbvCR)

264 Grilled liverwurst and swiss with brown mustard on oatnut bread here.

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

265 Common Tater, I remember them.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:06 PM (abScH)

266 TxAnn,

I went to Amazon and ordered it. Thank you very much.

Posted by: Wenda at August 02, 2026 06:06 PM (7m/2p)

267 Read that twice first tine: sardines...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 06:03 PM (NnhvP)

That's a level of umami I'm not sure I could handle!

Posted by: CaliforniaGirl (Not CaliGirl) at August 02, 2026 06:07 PM (iW5Nq)

268 Read that twice first tine: sardines...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

That's a level of umami I'm not sure I could handle!
Posted by: CaliforniaGirl

Upgrade your meatloaf to SurfAndTurfLoaf!

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 06:10 PM (VHUov)

269 Weasel must have been industrious and gotten the gun thread done already if he is here this early in the food thread.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:13 PM (abScH)

270 I will say that the lobster in champagne sauce is definitely going in the rotation.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:15 PM (abScH)

271 I have wine and yes I can talk to myself.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:18 PM (abScH)

272 Soon as it cools off a little I want some pumpkin ravioli with brown butter and sage.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:20 PM (abScH)

273 I will say that the lobster in champagne sauce is definitely going in the rotation.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:15 PM

We can haz recipe?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 06:20 PM (Wnv9h)

274 Soon as it cools off a little I want some pumpkin ravioli with brown butter and sage.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:20 PM

Mmmm.....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 06:20 PM (Wnv9h)

275 Can’t Apples and such be dried in a conventional oven? Or maybe the lowest setting might be too high?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 06:21 PM (kAYNz)

276 It’s OK (normal) to talk to yourself. Just not … when you start having a conversation

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 06:22 PM (kAYNz)

277 Common Tater I can't see why not

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 06:22 PM (Ia/+0)

278 RMBS, I just tweaked Emeril 's champagne with vanilla recipe.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:23 PM (abScH)

279 Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:13 PM (abScH)
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You are correct! I experienced an unexpected surge of productivity!

Posted by: Weasel at August 02, 2026 06:24 PM (OenlC)

280
It’s OK (normal) to talk to yourself. Just not … when you start having a conversation
Posted by: Common Tater

A conversation is OK if you don't end up saying "what did you say?"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 06:28 PM (Cqx++)

281 ‘Japanese Style Cauliflower … covered in something called gochujang sauce.’

‘Fuck roo!’

— Koreans

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 02, 2026 06:28 PM (zzSdg)

282 I’ve never eaten anything standing over the sink. Didn’t even know that was a thing until this post.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 02, 2026 06:30 PM (zzSdg)

283 RMBS, I just tweaked Emeril 's champagne with vanilla recipe.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:23 PM

I'll have to look for that. Sounds tasty.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2026 06:30 PM (Wnv9h)

284 Good to know that there’s others out there who like cauliflower. I’ve always liked it. But usually when I say I like it, ppl look at me like I’ve got a dick growing out of my forehead.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 02, 2026 06:32 PM (zzSdg)

285 But here in the South, I hear a lot of people pronounce it “collie flower,” which I just can’t bring myself to say.
——

Thats the way they say it in northeast too. Thats how I say it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 02, 2026 06:35 PM (zzSdg)

286 got a dick growing out of my forehead.
Don't look now!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 02, 2026 06:36 PM (TEJE9)

287 RMBS, shallots, vanilla bean paste lime juice and champagne , then add heavy cream and a little butter then cook till it thickens. Cubed lobster pan sautéed in butter. I served it on angel hair.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:36 PM (abScH)

288 When the cult of Kali flowered.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 06:37 PM (Cqx++)

289 But here in the South, I hear a lot of people pronounce it “collie flower,” which I just can’t bring myself to say.
——

Thats the way they say it in northeast too. Thats how I say it.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 02, 2026 06:35 PM (zzSdg)

I've always heard it as call-a-flower. I haven't worked up the nerve to call out "Flower? Flower?" in a grocery store if I cannot find it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 06:37 PM (qx7Zg)

290 Buck, thank you so much for filling in.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:43 PM (abScH)

291 Aglio y Olio shrimp was a success.

Lobster in champagne sauce is so damn good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 02, 2026 06:46 PM (DpZaL)

292 call-if-flower.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 06:48 PM (NnhvP)

293 When the cult of Kali flowered.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot

Beware your heart!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 06:50 PM (NnhvP)

294 AZdeplorable, I got that reference.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:51 PM (abScH)

295 AZdeplorable, I got that reference.
Posted by: Ben Had

It was the fedora, wasn't it?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2026 06:54 PM (NnhvP)

296 AZ deplorable, sure was !

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 06:55 PM (abScH)

297 fritos dipped in cottage cheese???? blech!

Posted by: DanMan at August 02, 2026 06:56 PM (8uzBS)

298 "You don't pronounce it Collie ..."

Fist to the face. There. Practice shutting up.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 06:57 PM (CxvtJ)

299 An interesting food ‘game’ to play is with booze. Get 3 or 4 of the same type of booze but in ascending order of cost. Can be wine, champagne, whisky, etc.

Taste them blindfolded and rank them not knowing the cost.

You might be very surprised how your rank doesn’t reflect cost or perceived quality (if you know the cost). For casual drinkers, their ranking is almost always in inverse order to cost.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 02, 2026 06:58 PM (qszYa)

300 Elric,

I've read that people who excel at wine-tasting are also good at ranking chocolate.

Posted by: Wenda at August 02, 2026 07:02 PM (7m/2p)

301 Taste them blindfolded and rank them not knowing the cost.

I interned at ORNL back in the mid-90s. They had a ... well, very pretentious fuck that was into his wines. And also a few technicians - because the lab back in the day actually employed real guys that were good with their hands and could do some basic design to boot and I thought were all sharp as a tack.

So a couple techs brought Mr. Wine in some "wines" to test. In brown paper sacks.

One of 'em, apparently, was a real wine. Kinda' high dollar. And one of 'em was Thunderbird. And one was a basic $10 wine. In the mid 90s, probably a pretty good daily wine.

Our Wine Expert liked the middle of the road wine the best, until he saw the label. And didn't puke on Thunderbird.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 07:04 PM (CxvtJ)

302 Can’t Apples and such be dried in a conventional oven? Or maybe the lowest setting might be too high?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 06:21 PM (kAYNz)

Sorry, I wandered off. This is a 8 rack dryer that will give me about a gallon of dried apples in a load. I can upgrade the element in it and I probably will, but the extra heat can cause problems as well.
The heating element is a 200 watt ceramic "reptile heater" and the fan is a salvaged computer fan. The rest of it is made from repurposed materials and has the benefit of not costing $600

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 07:07 PM (rbvCR)

303 you want your apples to dry at about 140F, per USDA

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 07:09 PM (rbvCR)

304 I say call-a-flower
Wife calls it collie-flower.

She also says often with a hard t.

I've spent 38 years trying to fix her.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 02, 2026 07:10 PM (0aYVJ)

305 I just checked myself.

Cawl-Uh-Flower. I reckon' like Cawl-Uh-Whore. But for a vegetable.

OK ... not all that different at all. But I also call it LOO-uh-vul.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 07:14 PM (CxvtJ)

306 Oh Buck. You had me until the cauliflower.

Posted by: bluebell at August 02, 2026 07:39 PM (afFes)

307 I detest cauliflower in any form.

Posted by: ChupaMe at August 02, 2026 08:09 PM (SMhjD)

308 Cauliflower: Anglo-Saxon for 'vegetable brains'.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 08:50 PM (NcvvS)

309 >>I love saffron, but have never used it in a recipe. Boise has a rich Basque community. I want to get a good recipe for Paella and then shop in their block for the right ingredients.

Two words, young man: Risotto Milanese.

Mmmmm!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 08:55 PM (NcvvS)

310 slap yo mama, grace very hot sauce, whole allspice, coriander and cumin. (marter n pistle) found an onyx one in the garbage.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 08:41 AM (Bep7s)

First World Problems [Doof]

doof-fwp-080226.jpg

That's a 24 inch linear shower drain. It's in the master bathroom (yes, I still use that term) of the house I'm currently renting. That's only relevant to convey that this was NOT a drain setup that I intentionally chose. Sure, it's a clean finished look to match the stone of the shower floor. But it is a pain in the ass to maintain.

What's so difficult about it? I'm glad you asked!

The actual drain part below that 24" x 3" slab is only 1.5 or 2 inches in diameter. That little basket sits in the drain. If anyone with even a moderate amount of hair on their head (obviously not referring to myself here) uses the shower regularly, the basket fills up with hair seemingly every other day. Water doesn't drain well through hair, so the shower floor becomes a lake of soapy water.

The slab is heavy. I think it's concrete with stones grouted (or whatever the term is) over it. That little tool next to the basket is what you use to lift it up. It also can be used to grab the wad of hair in the basket. The slab itself is clunky and slippery! Careful where your fingers are if it slips out of your other hand or tips over when titled up on the shower floor (ask me how I know). There are 4 little plastic clips underneath of the slab that hold it in place and keep it flush with the shower floor. Guess what? Those clips like to collect hair, too!

I've tried just letting the hair go down the drain without the basket. It makes a little bit of difference as far as the intervals between clearing the drain. But the clips still collect hair, and then what appears to be a small hairy rodent is trapped in the drain.

Since this isn't my house, I can't tear up the shower floor and redo it. But I am certain that I will NEVER have a set up like this in any house I own. Give me the ugly 4 inch drain plate in the middle of the shower floor any day!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 02:00 PM




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1 1ith

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 w4tgvg4w w4ggvw44

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:01 PM (mmrXZ)

3
Skip, Skip, Skip. What are we going to do with you?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:02 PM (mmrXZ)

4 "Since this isn't my house, I can't tear up the shower floor and redo it."

Wrong, its not your house but if say in 1 hour you decide to tear it up who is going to stop you?

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:03 PM (Ia/+0)

5 I like these household issues

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:03 PM (Ia/+0)

6
Give me clunky classic easily-maintained fixtures over sleek modern pain in the ass ones any day. I have no aesthetic sense anyway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 02:04 PM (O0L8i)

7
w4tgvg4w w4ggvw44

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:01 PM (mmrXZ)

__________

*grabs rifle*
*heads out*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 02:05 PM (O0L8i)

8 I've stayed in some high-end places that do it better. The drain is actually old school. You build up the tile, or stone, or whatever, and have a great big blind gap where the water flows. Big enough where you can still use a Zip Strip or something else to retrieve hair. And its always hair, and my cat doesn't sneak in there and shower ... who could it be ?

So its just a one course higher toe stubber, but if done with good materials it looks really good. How they make that final connection under the masonry or tile I do not know. But it looks classy as Hell. And if you're so drunk you stub your toe ? Oh well.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 02:05 PM (CxvtJ)

9 You know, the water drains better if there's something like, oh maybe a hole, for the water to go down.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 02, 2026 02:05 PM (T5NEI)

10
Shower? What's that?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 02:05 PM (O0L8i)

11 >>>tips over when titled up

tilted

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (odBC9)

12 That's a 24 inch linear shower drain.

You just think it's a shower drain. It's actually a portal to another dimension through which the Kaiju come.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)

13 >>>tips over

Like Guam.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (odBC9)

14 I would get permission before I would burn a rental unit down to the foundation to get rid of that drain.

Your local police authority may frown upon 1st degree aggravated arson but then again, maybe not!

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (zBgIx)

15
I've never seen one of those things. My fwp right now is the dust in my laptop. They make little vacuums for computers, but they're not strong enough to get anything out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (mmrXZ)

16 5 I like these household issues
Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:03 PM (Ia/+0)

me, too

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:07 PM (odBC9)

17 You should see some modern sinks used in offices, doubt some you would want in the house

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:07 PM (Ia/+0)

18 Doof, have you tried showering with Liquid Plumber Body Wash?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 02, 2026 02:07 PM (DGD6U)

19 11 >>>tips over when titled up

tilted
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (odBC9)

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

*phew*

Posted by: Enguerrand VII de Coucy at August 02, 2026 02:08 PM (T5NEI)

20
w4tgvg4w w4ggvw44

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:01 PM (mmrXZ)

__________

*grabs rifle*
*heads out*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

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

You guys never fail me. lolol

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:08 PM (mmrXZ)

21 I have an old fashioned tub drain that actually collects most hair on top. Swipe it with a rag after showering to get the hair and lint. No need to mess with a basket. I almost always just shower in it. I was going to do an epsom salt soak a couple months ago and the inline plug would work. So I looked at the push to seal replacements but most all of them have a basket to collect hair. "just rinse the hair out" Sure wu, like I want to have my sink get all that hair, or have to go outside to the hydrant to rinse it out. I started to type sure Jack, but these are Chinese products.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (PV+Zw)

22 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (pZEOD)

23 Argh. inline plug would NOT work.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (PV+Zw)

24 And if you're so drunk you stub your toe ? Oh well.
Posted by: Howdy
__________

Drunk showers are a thing?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (XvL8K)

25 That is one ugly shower floor. Looks like a microphotograph of a bacillus culture. And a stupid design for a drain.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (1z8ji)

26 I would be tempted to just leave the strip of concrete and stone pulled up in that rental shower if the edges of the drain were not too sharp and uncomfortable on the feet.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (PV+Zw)

27 >>>tips over when titled up

tilted
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (odBC9)

Nope - not gonna change it!

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (QMAsf)

28 Every month I pull a wad of my wife's hair out of the shower drain and put on a napkin, then set it at her place at the table. It looks like something the cats bring us.

It's a tribute.

My wife thinks otherwise.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (2Cry5)

29 22 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (pZEOD)

Have you used that, Piper?

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:12 PM (odBC9)

30 27 >>>tips over when titled up

tilted
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (odBC9)

Nope - not gonna change it!
Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (QMAsf)

; )

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:12 PM (odBC9)

31 Drunk showers are a thing?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (XvL8K)

Sure as shit are when I'm the one taking a shower.

Minimum levels are Breakfast, At Work, or Buzzed. After work if I need to shower ? Its at least Buzzed.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 02:14 PM (CxvtJ)

32 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (pZEOD)

That may have put you back in the running for employee of the month!

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:14 PM (QMAsf)

33 29 22 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (pZEOD)

Have you used that, Piper?
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:12 PM

No, I don’t have a shower drain like that. I do have a hair catcher thing over our drain because I have a lot of hair, though.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:14 PM (pZEOD)

34 I started to type sure Jack, but these are Chinese products.
Posted by: PaleRider at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (PV+Zw)
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The Chinaman is not the issue here!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 02, 2026 02:14 PM (amcLV)

35 Recently got at Lowes what looks like 2 very large zip ties but has barbs on them, theory being shoved down drain and pulled back up the barbs grab hair and soap muck.
Only used once but at least cleared the clog.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:15 PM (Ia/+0)

36 32 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (pZEOD)

That may have put you back in the running for employee of the month!

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:14 PM

I can’t wait for my bonus this year!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:16 PM (pZEOD)

37 35 Recently got at Lowes what looks like 2 very large zip ties but has barbs on them, theory being shoved down drain and pulled back up the barbs grab hair and soap muck.
Only used once but at least cleared the clog.
Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:15 PM (Ia/+0)

I like that idea!

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:16 PM (odBC9)

38 First world problems demand first world solutions!

A lack of adhesive ducks is responsible for many household injuries.

Posted by: Dr. Sheldon Cooper at August 02, 2026 02:16 PM (Riz8t)

39 Been reading out on deck all afternoon waiting for rain as have laundry on clothes line.
Its getting close

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:16 PM (Ia/+0)

40 Yeah, I'm sure the Chinese merchants did not invent the hair catcher basket under the mushroom drain plug. But its Chinese product descriptions telling me I can easily rinse out the basket - which exists to keep the hair from clogging up the actual plumbing pipes.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 02, 2026 02:17 PM (PV+Zw)

41 m less than 5 bucks

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:17 PM (Ia/+0)

42 Mrs B has longish hair, mine is longer than hers. Every few months I'm pulling a racoon tail out of the drain. This house, the old house, doesn't matter. Every few months I get the warning "the shower is clogged". I just went through it a few days ago.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 02, 2026 02:17 PM (S41Gd)

43 Recently got at Lowes what looks like 2 very large zip ties but has barbs on them, theory being shoved down drain and pulled back up the barbs grab hair and soap muck.

EXACLTY what I'm calling a Zip Strip. They work. Don't use one until 30 minutes after eating.

Mine always pull up a bunch of jet black hair. Some very long. Other really short and curly. I'm brown headed - what's left.

It's a damn mystery, whose clogging up that shower.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 02:17 PM (CxvtJ)

44 The DNC has gone full Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

https://tinyurl.com/5y9jahxp

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 02:18 PM (ndZc7)

45 This time of the year I just shower in the wash rack

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 02:18 PM (abScH)

46 22 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz

Posted by: Piper
----

Alternate answer for the rectangle (it's a match!) bottom rt of the same page.

https://tinyurl.com/sr7ewz87

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:18 PM (+yTe/)

47 >>Recently got at Lowes what looks like 2 very large zip ties but has barbs on them

Called a plastic drain snake

Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2026 02:19 PM (J4Dwc)

48 When I was teaching in South Korea, I was in a small 500 ft apartment.

The bathroom had a drain in the middle and you just showered there. Different.

Still raining heavily. I wish my friends cat was here. Most days she's here at this time for a 5 or 6 hour nap. Outside then back to sleep with the dog and I.

But not in a perverted Democrat 2027 campaign platform way.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 02:19 PM (Sco7b)

49 That little tool next to the basket is what you use to lift it up.

That little tool looks exactly like the tool that came with my bread machine, to remove the two paddles from the bread if they stay in the bread.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 02, 2026 02:19 PM (kYmoU)

50 46 22 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz

Posted by: Piper
----

Alternate answer for the rectangle (it's a match!) bottom rt of the same page.

https://tinyurl.com/sr7ewz87

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

We are truly out here doing the Lord’s work. High-five!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:19 PM (pZEOD)

51 The DNC has gone full Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

https://tinyurl.com/5y9jahxp

Flamboyant gaywad says what?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 02:20 PM (Riz8t)

52 We never think about how it has to be maintained.

Posted by: People who design stuff at August 02, 2026 02:21 PM (2Ez/1)

53 The DNC has gone full Ernst Stavro Blofeld.


I love that this douche decries the "negativity" in today's politics and then calls out that "motherf***er Trump". I'm sure he meant it in a positive way, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 02:22 PM (Riz8t)

54 Alternate answer for the rectangle (it's a match!) bottom rt of the same page.

https://tinyurl.com/sr7ewz87

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others


That's essentially what's already there.

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:22 PM (QMAsf)

55 'er's one with oles init

cheaper too

https://tinyurl.com/uxu37e8p

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:22 PM (+yTe/)

56 Round is easier to clean too.

Posted by: DaveA at August 02, 2026 02:22 PM (FhXTo)

57 w4tgvg4w w4ggvw44
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Depictions of two of the plastic-clip hairballs?

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 02:23 PM (VHUov)

58 'er's one with oles init

cheaper too

https://tinyurl.com/uxu37e8p

All of these problems would disappear if you people would just forego the shower and hose yourselves off in the yard.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 02:23 PM (Riz8t)

59 All of these problems would disappear if you people would just forego the shower and hose yourselves off in the yard.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 02:23 PM (Riz8t)

Or go with my hairstyle

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:24 PM (QMAsf)

60 Spanish Socialist Leader Sánchez Blasts Fellow EU Leaders as “Selfish” over Response to Ceuta Migrant Invasion

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Well, that's a winning argument.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 02:28 PM (ndZc7)

61 I wish I had enough hair left to clog any drain.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 02:28 PM (JvZF+)

62 Spanish Socialist Leader Sánchez Tells Fellow EU Leaders to "Calm Down!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 02:29 PM (JvZF+)

63 “Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work—and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.”—Lucille Ball

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 02, 2026 02:29 PM (kYmoU)

64 60 Spanish Socialist Leader Sánchez Blasts Fellow EU Leaders as “Selfish” over Response to Ceuta Migrant Invasion
---

He wrote a letter to Brussels
and bitched about his strife

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:29 PM (+yTe/)

65 I can’t wait for my bonus this year!
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:16 PM (pZEOD)

Coupon entitling you to one free restroom token with every 3 purchased

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:31 PM (QMAsf)

66 "Master bedroom." I used that term with my cow worker once when she described her renovation project. She nearly had an aneurysm, as if I had said "Gran Wizard Bedroom." Btw, her name was Karen.

Posted by: fly gal at August 02, 2026 02:31 PM (aOxVF)

67 That's not a first world problem, that's a retard design.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 02, 2026 02:31 PM (8E0Ba)

68
master bedroom
noun
the main or largest bedroom in a house or apartment: the master bedroom overlooks the communal garden, as do the bathroom and kitchen.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:32 PM (odBC9)

69 All of these problems would disappear if you people would just forego the shower and hose yourselves off in the yard.
Posted by: Archimedes

The front yard, to keep it classy

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 02, 2026 02:32 PM (Pm0eT)

70 That's not a first world problem, that's a retard design.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 02, 2026 02:31 PM (8E0Ba)

The retard design is the inferred part of the FWP

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:33 PM (QMAsf)

71 If one is not concerned about 'looks', that shower has a 2" drain pipe, most all of them do. There are work arounds.

If the drain cup is collecting that much hair it may be saving you the cost of several plumber trips.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:34 PM (+yTe/)

72 >>It's actually a portal to another dimension through which the Kaiju come.

First read that as 'Saijo' and wondered if Soup had become multidimensional.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:34 PM (NcvvS)

73 You've got hair in your drain? Well, there's your problem.

Posted by: Rep. Ayanna Pressley at August 02, 2026 02:34 PM (B0NCh)

74
Would "mistress bedroom" be better?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 02:35 PM (O0L8i)

75 He wrote a letter to Brussels
and bitched about his strife

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:29 PM (+yTe/)

Sent a copy to his lawyer?
Memo heading: FML?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 02:35 PM (nbLIj)

76 But, but...it's such an elegant design! Why, it could be a display at MoMA!

Posted by: Modernists at August 02, 2026 02:35 PM (XeU6L)

77 >>>the master bedroom overlooks the communal garden
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Fuck that, this isn't Britain.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:36 PM (+yTe/)

78 "Communal garden." What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2026 02:37 PM (T5NEI)

79 72 >>It's actually a portal to another dimension through which the Kaiju come.

First read that as 'Saijo' and wondered if Soup had become multidimensional.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:34 PM (NcvvS)

Soup’s body size is very deceptive as to the amount of hair it is capable of generating. I am glad he gets monthly spa days and I don’t have to bathe him. The tub would be a disaster.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:38 PM (Wmg4n)

80 I suppose installing the slots so you can use the Lewis wedges for lifting that block more easily is out. Perhaps you could just remove the block and put in a stainless perforated grate that would fill the hole, and act as a pre-filter for hair?
It wouldn't change anything permanently and would be easier to scrap clean, with the lower filter basket in place to keep even more out of the drain.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

81 74
Would "mistress bedroom" be better?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
--

If one were a faggot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:38 PM (+yTe/)

82 can you still say jack and jill bathroom or could that be offensive to jacks who think theyre jills etc and other tranny nonsense

Posted by: nckate at August 02, 2026 02:39 PM (enNUy)

83 Primary bedroom, scoldy superblow commercials, all commercials black or absurdly mixed-race, tearing down statues. All this bullshit started about what, 2020? Fuckers are rewriting history and revising English more brazenly than ever.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (lgI1T)

84 Selfish? If so ship some Muslims to them.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (Ia/+0)

85 83 Primary bedroom, scoldy superblow commercials, all commercials black or absurdly mixed-race, tearing down statues. All this bullshit started about what, 2020? Fuckers are rewriting history and revising English more brazenly than ever.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (lgI1T)

Glad we kicked them out.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (odBC9)

86 Kangz bedroom

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 02:41 PM (Cqx++)

87 ; )
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:12 PM (odBC9)

He is M-titled!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:41 PM (rbvCR)

88 85 83 Primary bedroom, scoldy superblow commercials, all commercials black or absurdly mixed-race, tearing down statues. All this bullshit started about what, 2020? Fuckers are rewriting history and revising English more brazenly than ever.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (lgI1T)

Glad we kicked them out.
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (odBC9)

(the English)

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:41 PM (odBC9)

89 It wouldn't change anything permanently and would be easier to scrap clean, with the lower filter basket in place to keep even more out of the drain.

Posted by: Kindltot
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Cut a 2X6 to size, cut a 2" hole at the drain pipe and put a round grill over it.
_a redneck

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:42 PM (+yTe/)

90 >>Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:38 PM (Wmg4n)

Wife bathes her("our") chubby Chorkie in the bathroom sink. Thankfully, the pup does not generate a lot of hair.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:42 PM (NcvvS)

91 87 ; )
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:12 PM (odBC9)

He is M-titled!
Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:41 PM (rbvCR)

Maybe he meant "tittled."

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:42 PM (odBC9)

92 >>The retard design is the inferred part of the FWP

Posted by: Doof at August

>FWP: I would slip on that shit and do a face plant. These showers are tricky.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 02, 2026 02:42 PM (8E0Ba)

93 Have everyone who uses the shower shave their heads, and get a complete Brazilian body wax before using.

Problem solved.

Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at August 02, 2026 02:43 PM (0sNs1)

94 It's a rental. Burn it down and make the landlord start over.

Posted by: Reforger at August 02, 2026 02:43 PM (zhLil)

95 Sony is demanding I sign in to my account periodically or it won't let us use the good old PS4. I thought I solved the problem by not allowing the console to connect to the internet, but evidently a timer was downloaded with the last, unexpected update in June. I don't want to pay a subscription fee to play Blurays or old games.

I have too much inherited stuff and curating has tough. Of particular interest to 'Ettes, I culled jewelry - my own as well as inherited from four relatives - down to four boxes and a table/top rack.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 02, 2026 02:44 PM (Eh8hH)

96 The interwebs say "master bedroom" first appeared in a 1920s Sears catalogue.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 02, 2026 02:45 PM (XvL8K)

97 I too have a lot of hair and those drain zippers bring up shoggoth-sized hair wads. Fascinatingly disgusting.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2026 02:46 PM (kpS4V)

98 adjective
1 having or showing very great skill or proficiency: a heart-warming story from a master storyteller.
• denoting a person skilled in a particular trade and able to teach others: a master bricklayer.
2 main; principal: the apartment's master bathroom has a free-standing oval bathtub.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:47 PM (odBC9)

99 Primary bedroom, scoldy superblow commercials, all commercials black or absurdly mixed-race, tearing down statues. All this bullshit started about what, 2020? Fuckers are rewriting history and revising English more brazenly than ever.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (lgI1T)

Started about 2012. Also,

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
7h
WOAH 🚨 Secretary of State Marco Rubio CONFIRMS they have evidence that the mass protesters that come out for different protests like Anti-ICE, pro-Hamas and even the 2020 protests ARE ALL THE SAME PROTEST GROUPS

“There's nothing organic about it. It is funded, it is organized.” They just remake signs for each different protest

“They were the same people you saw on the streets burning things in 2020. They then flip it around and they become the pro-Hamas protesters, then they flip it around and within 48 hours of Maduro's arrest have pre-printed signs outside the courthouse demanding his release. Then they're out there doing the ICE stuff, attacking ICE agents.

There's nothing organic about it. It is funded, it is organized, and Cuba is a part of that network, and in some cases, a critical part of that [ . . .]

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:48 PM (rbvCR)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:48 PM (odBC9)

101 Maybe he meant "tittled."
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:42 PM (odBC9)

You have tits?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:49 PM (rbvCR)

102 This time of the year I just shower in the wash rack
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 02:18 PM (abScH

You know the rules, BH!

Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 02:49 PM (30Gj0)

103 It's a rental. Burn it down and make the landlord start over.
Posted by: Reforger at August 02, 2026 02:43 PM (zhLil)

It's a great house for our needs. Backs up to woods and has an awesome screened-in porch. Sitting out there listening to rain and birds right now. It'll likely be my last address in MD as I will definitely not be buying another house here ever.

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:49 PM (QMAsf)

104 I can't think of any reason to have a drain like that. I put sticky disposable screens on the drain to collect long hair. I also dustmop the bedrooms at least once a week. It's like Shetland ponies live here.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Eh8hH)

105 Spaniards Horrified To See Their Country Turning Into Minnesota

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 02:50 PM (ndZc7)

106 90 >>Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:38 PM (Wmg4n)

Wife bathes her("our") chubby Chorkie in the bathroom sink. Thankfully, the pup does not generate a lot of hair.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:42 PM (NcvvS)

Saijo is bigger than a sink dog, at his very intimidating 25 pounds. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Wmg4n)

107 Saijo is bigger than a sink dog, at his very intimidating 25 pounds. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Wmg4n)

That is not really impressive. I have a cat who is 23 lbs.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:51 PM (rbvCR)

108 This time of the year I just shower in the wash rack
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 02:18 PM

I'm always here for you, you know.

Posted by: The Horse Trailer at August 02, 2026 02:52 PM (0sNs1)

109 I think bathing my 23 lbs cat would be a task. He is a softy and a chonker, but I think he might be able to outfight me.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:54 PM (rbvCR)

110 “There's nothing organic about it. It is funded, it is organized.” They just remake signs for each different protest
----

Gee, if only there were black-letter federal laws against such things. Oh well.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 02:54 PM (McFGI)

111 My dog Ralphy is still alive.

Last Sunday I was thinking I'd have to put him to sleep but the vet increased the dosage of his pain pills and he's good as new.

People come by and he shows an insane amount of life for being 105. 15 this month. He's a rescue dog so that's the best I have. And he loved and adored my late mother, stood by her every minute so he's getting that same amount of love.

I'm in a two level split. Ralphy is fine in and out of the house where there are two stairs and he has a running jump. But 44 pound puppy gets lifted and carried up and down the stairs in the house. I have gates blocking stairs because he gets a "Hey, Check this out!" look in his eyes.

It's a bit tiring since he wants to be with me all the time. But we've been finding balance. A lot of carrying but that's alright.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 02:54 PM (Sco7b)

112 104 I can't think of any reason to have a drain like that. I put sticky disposable screens on the drain to collect long hair. I also dustmop the bedrooms at least once a week. It's like Shetland ponies live here.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Eh8hH)

hahahahahaha

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:55 PM (odBC9)

113 >>Saijo is bigger than a sink dog, at his very intimidating 25 pounds. 🤣

Sassy (the name certainly fits) is, according to the vet last week, 'a 9 pound dog on a 7 pound frame'. She is now on a diet.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:56 PM (NcvvS)

114 Oh, I called the vets office to tell them Ralphy is doing great on the pills.

And his middle name is now Lazarus.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 02:57 PM (Sco7b)

115 >>Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 02:54 PM (Sco7b)

Great to see this, Stateless!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:57 PM (NcvvS)

116 07 Saijo is bigger than a sink dog, at his very intimidating 25 pounds. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Wmg4n)

That is not really impressive. I have a cat who is 23 lbs.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:51 PM (rbvCR

So do I! 2 of them, I have Savannahs, remember? I Shibas are only big in their minds.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:58 PM (OoFl2)

117 >>So do I! 2 of them, I have Savannahs, remember? I Shibas are only big in their minds.

Chorkies, similar.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:58 PM (NcvvS)

118 44 The DNC has gone full Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

https://tinyurl.com/5y9jahxp
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 02:18 PM (ndZc7)

I had to google Ernst Blofeld and lo and behold it was Blythe the Forger from The Great Escape. Him I know, Blofeld not so much.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 02, 2026 02:59 PM (SjAWL)

119 Damn. I missed the post this morning about the unemployed weasel of the welfare state.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2026 02:59 PM (T5NEI)

120 And his middle name is now Lazarus.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 02:57 PM (Sco7b)

Aww! I hope he keeps going as long as he likes.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (Eh8hH)

121
I think bathing my 23 lbs cat would be a task. He is a softy and a chonker, but I think he might be able to outfight me.
Posted by: Kindltot

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What?! Has this creature been shown on the pet thread? I must see the 23-pound cat.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (mmrXZ)

122 If the DNC thinks it's not getting favorable press from the lickspittle MSM, I don't know what to say...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (B0NCh)

123 Watching RFK jr verbally smack Dana Bash around was a thing of beauty. Not enough people treat the propaganda ministers like they be treated, like shit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (BFvh9)

124 I had to google Ernst Blofeld and lo and behold it was Blythe the Forger from The Great Escape. Him I know, Blofeld not so much.
Posted by: TxAnn at August 02, 2026 02:59 PM (SjAWL

My lawn. You may depart.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (30Gj0)

125 96 The interwebs say "master bedroom" first appeared in a 1920s Sears catalogue.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 02, 2026 02:45 PM (XvL8K)

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Before that they called it the Oberseer's Bedroom.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2026 03:01 PM (T5NEI)

126 Yay!

My friends cat Snowflake was meowing by the door.

It's still raining, I dried her up, seh's in my bedroom now. Ralpjy's friend is here!

I hope all of you have a very happy week!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 03:02 PM (Sco7b)

127 123 Watching RFK jr verbally smack Dana Bash around was a thing of beauty. Not enough people treat the propaganda ministers like they be treated, like shit
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (BFvh9)

She was so rude.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

128 >>I had to google Ernst Blofeld and lo and behold it was Blythe the Forger from The Great Escape. Him I know, Blofeld not so much.

6 different actors have done Blofeld in the flicks. Did not recall that Telly Savalas was one of them.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 03:03 PM (NcvvS)

129 She was so rude.
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)


Fauci's diary was revelatory in multiple ways....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 03:03 PM (B0NCh)

130 N. GA mountain cabin owned by a friend. No well. 'Shower' was a suspended, perforated bucket which hung over an open 4'x4' platform down the mountain from a spring-fed pool. The bucket was fed by a hose. Mind you, this was just in open wooded mountainside. I recall dancing around under the thing, freezing damn cold.

Posted by: Modernists at August 02, 2026 03:04 PM (XeU6L)

131 What?! Has this creature been shown on the pet thread? I must see the 23-pound cat.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (mmrXZ)

I have a picture of my wife holding him. The cat is 1/5th her weight and has a panicked look in his eyes

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 03:05 PM (rbvCR)

132 Black cats do not photograph well

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 03:06 PM (rbvCR)

133 127 123 Watching RFK jr verbally smack Dana Bash around was a thing of beauty. Not enough people treat the propaganda ministers like they be treated, like shit
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (BFvh9)

She was so rude.
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

Right after I watched it, I saw a years'-old clip of Peter Robinson interviewing Mark Steyn. Dana Bash could take some lessons from Peter Robinson.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:07 PM (odBC9)

134 127 123 Watching RFK jr verbally smack Dana Bash around was a thing of beauty. Not enough people treat the propaganda ministers like they be treated, like shit
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (BFvh9)

She was so rude.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:02 

I think I'd suck at politics.

With every sentence, me calling subhumans like her 'stupid bitch would make for a short career.

And after being barred from restaurants, travel, education, etc during covid, I get to freely use the n word.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 03:07 PM (Sco7b)

135 Dana Bash and Margaret Brennan are "Journalism" the same way Tony Fauci is "Science."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 03:09 PM (B0NCh)

136 Every month I pull a wad of my wife's hair out of the shower drain and put on a napkin, then set it at her place at the table. It looks like something the cats bring us.
It's a tribute.
My wife thinks otherwise.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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If I pulled that stunt, my wife would probably appear at the dinner table looking like Ayanna Pressley, albeit with much less melanin. I married a girl with baby-fine red hair to her waist. To keep me happy she does keep it (now baby-fine silver) shoulder length. We use different showers, so the blob in my shower is my own damned fault.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 02, 2026 03:09 PM (Lmo2r)

137 > Watching RFK jr verbally smack Dana Bash around was a thing of beauty. Not enough people treat the propaganda ministers like they be treated, like shit
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A lot of the propaganda ministers feel unencumbered by decorum and treat administrative officials with disdain. Bash is particularly obnoxious. So's what's her name that aggravated Trump so much he up and left the interview.

They feel there'll be no recriminations for being belligerent. They're correct.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 03:10 PM (2Cry5)

138 I think I'd suck at politics. With every sentence, me calling subhumans like her 'stupid bitch would make for a short career.

I've never made a political contribution in my life.

You'd be my first. I'm in for a hundy. Not a handy, a hundy.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 03:11 PM (Hsef8)

139 When I was teaching in South Korea, I was in a small 500 ft apartment.
The bathroom had a drain in the middle and you just showered there. Different.
Posted by: Stateless
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In RV land, that's referred to as a "wet bath".

Did you have the rectangular porcelain hole in the floor with molded in footprints?

Posted by: buddhaha at August 02, 2026 03:13 PM (Lmo2r)

140 Speaking of plumbing, my wellhead fixture corroded off and water was gushing everywhere in my backyard. Well guys just finished the repair and water is back on. Interesting living for a time with no running water.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 02, 2026 03:14 PM (YcOeP)

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:18 PM (odBC9)

142 oops

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:18 PM (odBC9)

143 The inside of the drain should be black … that way it looks like money drop at a bank. But yeah, you're right - the simple 4" drain works just as well and has the added benefit of being WAY cheaper (okay, maybe 'less fashionista', but WGAF?) …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 02, 2026 03:18 PM (ayRl+)

144 I've never made a political contribution in my life.

You'd be my first. I'm in for a hundy. Not a handy, a hundy.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 03:11 PM (Hsef


It'd be worth it just for the entertainment. This is one reason people love President Trump.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 03:19 PM (Sco7b)

145 140 Interesting living for a time with no running water.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 02, 2026 03:14 PM (YcOeP)

During the big TX freeze of 2021 when I had zero electricity and a broken pipe, I had the entire contents of my refrigerator in the snow in the back yard.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 02, 2026 03:21 PM (SjAWL)

146 That infamous 2016 exchange between Bill O'Reilly and Jennifer Rubin on The O'Reilly factor is More of the Same!

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:22 PM (odBC9)

147 Lesson one when cleaning the drains...make damned sure the wife isn't around. Years ago daughter #2 of Diogenes came home to visit briefly and her friend (long blond hair) used the shower. I had to call daughter #2 and have her tell her mother that her friend had used the shower.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 03:23 PM (2WIwB)

148 In RV land, that's referred to as a "wet bath".

Did you have the rectangular porcelain hole in the floor with molded in footprints?

Posted by: buddhaha at August 02, 2026 03:13 PM (Lmo2r)

Good to know.

No, just the drain. And we had plastic slippers for the washroom at other times.

Ralphy just ate. Snowflake is in. Time for a horror movie.

I put Ralphy on my bed and Snowflake goes there next to him.Too cute. I have pictures I'll put on my website soon.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 03:23 PM (Sco7b)

149 Outdoor shower with a wooden privacy enclosure.

Keep the indoor shower clean and unused, like the guest towels and decorative show soaps.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 02, 2026 03:27 PM (wVcYX)

150 We're on a septic system so we have to be mindful of what can, and can't go down the drain(s).

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 03:30 PM (2Cry5)

151 146 That infamous 2016 exchange between Bill O'Reilly and Jennifer Rubin on The O'Reilly factor is More of the Same!
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:22 PM (odBC9)

https://tinyurl.com/zzrpr7jm

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:31 PM (odBC9)

152 Speaking of plumbing, my wellhead fixture corroded off and water was gushing everywhere in my backyard. Well guys just finished the repair and water is back on. Interesting living for a time with no running water.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks
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Try it for a solid month. And...no electricity. There is a LOT that we take for granted.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc., post Helene at August 02, 2026 03:34 PM (XeU6L)

153 151 146 That infamous 2016 exchange between Bill O'Reilly and Jennifer Rubin on The O'Reilly factor is More of the Same!
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:22 PM (odBC9)

https://tinyurl.com/zzrpr7jm
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:31 PM (odBC9)

It's, like, comedy.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:37 PM (odBC9)

154 It's 80 something degrees, but cloudy with a breeze, so I'm comfortably sitting in the back yard. Listening to my two AC compressors happily burning up my money. Seems odd.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 03:38 PM (sl73Y)

155 That's a 24 inch linear shower drain.

My favorite is when an upscale hotel puts a metal one directly under the dripping shower head so that it rings like a gong with each drip.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 02, 2026 03:40 PM (a4flb)

156 uh-oh

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Greg Price
@greg_price11
2h
Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve is wearing a “Trans Kids Belong” shirt during their game against the Indiana Fever and Sophie Cunningham.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:42 PM (odBC9)

157 My favorite is when an upscale hotel puts a metal one directly under the dripping shower head so that it rings like a gong with each drip.
Posted by: Community Notes

I've stayed there myself.

At least the First-world solution there is easy. They give you a whole pile of bathroom linens, and leaving them on the bathroom floor is how you say "I've used it, take it away and wash it."

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 03:45 PM (VHUov)

158 Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve is wearing a “Trans Kids Belong” shirt during their game against the Indiana Fever and Sophie Cunningham.
Posted by: m

Counting the seconds until the 'shopped/AI'ed pic shows up with "In The Mental Ward" added.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 03:46 PM (VHUov)

159 147 Lesson one when cleaning the drains...make damned sure the wife isn't around. Years ago daughter #2 of Diogenes came home to visit briefly and her friend (long blond hair) used the shower. I had to call daughter #2 and have her tell her mother that her friend had used the shower.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 03:23 PM (2WIwB)

Good call. I’ve seen even more benign situations end up on a Dateline episode.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 02, 2026 03:46 PM (SjAWL)

160 .....or, more subversively, "In The Girls' Shower."

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 03:47 PM (VHUov)

161 The sort of ovoid shapes in that floor tile look like, I don't know, paramecia?

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:47 PM (odBC9)

162 Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:15 PM (Ia/+0
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I've used those before. They seemed to do a good enough job.

Posted by: 496 at August 02, 2026 03:47 PM (TV54s)

163 Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Greg Price
@greg_price11
2h
Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve is wearing a “Trans Kids Belong” shirt during their game against the Indiana Fever and Sophie Cunningham.
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:42 PM (odBC9)

How much to buy the seat next to her so I can wear my "...in a padded room" tee shirt?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 03:48 PM (nbLIj)

164 Of all the crazy shit we've been living through for the last decade or so nothing comes close for me to the insanity of seemingly educated and at least somewhat intelligent people insisting that trans is not a mental illness and people really can change their biological sex if they want to bad enough.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2026 03:52 PM (viF8m)

165
Trans
Kids
Belong

Black
Lives
Matter

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:52 PM (odBC9)

166 From the last thread: someone posted that the approximately 40 trillion dollar national debt was too big to be comprehended. Let’s look at it this way: assume there are roughly 300 million Americans (I’m discounting illegals). Then each American has to pay about 130 thousand dollars to cover it. That is each American: you have to pay that, your spouse has to pay that amount again, same for each of your children. Think we should run up more debt?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 03:54 PM (aOqrc)

167 Of all the crazy shit we've been living through for the last decade or so nothing comes close for me to the insanity of seemingly educated and at least somewhat intelligent people insisting that trans is not a mental illness and people really can change their biological sex if they want to bad enough.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2026 03:52 PM (viF8m)

Because they're bat shit insane also.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 02, 2026 03:54 PM (S41Gd)

168 @164 the trans crap hit at the same time social media really took off. Everyone wanted attention and having or supporting a trans kid made them feel virtuous

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 03:56 PM (BFvh9)

169 Of all the crazy shit we've been living through for the last decade or so nothing comes close for me to the insanity of seemingly educated and at least somewhat intelligent people insisting that trans is not a mental illness and people really can change their biological sex if they want to bad enough.
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It is perfectly possible for intelligent people to do stupid things. I am surrounded by AWFLS who are perfectly intelligent, but driven by socio-political idealogy.

"The Candid Conservative; A nation of the intellectually stupid?"
https://shorturl.at/hZNYq

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc., post Helene at August 02, 2026 03:58 PM (XeU6L)

170 >>Because they're bat shit insane also.

Have you noticed there aren't a lot of trans people in China or other repressive countries? Seems to be strictly a western situation.

If I cut my leg off and strapped on a peg and started telling everyone I was Captain Kidd they'd through me in an asylum. But guys cut off their junk and presto, they're a girl.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2026 03:58 PM (viF8m)

171 Good one, Doof!

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 04:00 PM (odBC9)

172
Do you love me?
No, I think you stink.
But do you love me?
No, I think you stink.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 04:02 PM (+yTe/)

173 If I cut my leg off and strapped on a peg and started telling everyone I was Captain Kidd they'd through me in an asylum. But guys cut off their junk and presto, they're a girl.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2026 03:58 PM (viF8m)

Uncle Jack?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 04:03 PM (nbLIj)

174 Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve is wearing a “Trans Kids Belong” shirt during their game against the Indiana Fever and Sophie Cunningham.

Modern Corporate America is pretty much locked into the FDR model. They really believe they can create demand.

Go to ESPN ... just indulge me. ESPN is convinced they can MAKE YOU like the WNBA. And Pro Wrestling ... which isn't even a sport. You might as well watch the circus.

And that's why we have Electric Vehicles - FORD's investing even more losing money into another plant. And Hybrid Water Heaters ... great idea GE.

And why Chrysler, of all people, is trying to hot start back the 5.7 Hemi. Because everybody that drove one liked them. Truck or Car. So a CEO cancelled the program. Now the guy before him, that's back again, is trying to fix the damage.

Same for GM. They cancelled the LS. Just the most successful engine ever made in the modern era. Straight up. If you did a project car that wasn't historic ? You dropped in an LS.

All pointing to this. The WNBA, and ESPN, and DISNEY above them, doesn't give a damn if you want that product or not. They believe the product will simply "exist".

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 04:04 PM (Hsef8)

175 Food Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 02, 2026 04:05 PM (nESHF)

176 Speaking of plumbing, my wellhead fixture corroded off and water was gushing everywhere in my backyard. Well guys just finished the repair and water is back on. Interesting living for a time with no running water.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks


The Paolo, he...how you say...is known to gush from his wellhead.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 02, 2026 04:06 PM (2WIwB)

177 All pointing to this. The WNBA, and ESPN, and DISNEY above them, doesn't give a damn if you want that product or not. They believe the product will simply "exist".
Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 04:04 PM (Hsef

Hello there!

Posted by: Amazon Prime Video at August 02, 2026 04:06 PM (PiwSw)

178 We are truly out here doing the Lord’s work. High-five!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:19 PM (pZEOD)

Ahem. The Horde's work.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 02, 2026 04:08 PM (dK+Kv)

179 Not a FWP exactly, but I could use the Horde's advice.

I woke up this morning with an unsuspected need for a kitty fountain. It must be easy to clean. (REALLY easy to clean.)

Any recommendations?

Posted by: Wenda at August 02, 2026 04:11 PM (7m/2p)

180 Wenda, I believe Wolfus has one. You might try asking him on the tech thread or possibly early on the ONT.

Posted by: DanMa'am at August 02, 2026 04:16 PM (8uzBS)

181 And why Chrysler, of all people, is trying to hot start back the 5.7 Hemi. Because everybody that drove one liked them. Truck or Car. So a CEO cancelled the program. Now the guy before him, that's back again, is trying to fix the damage.
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The doors may sag, the glove box fall apart, the window leak but that drivetrain keeps on going.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 04:25 PM (+yTe/)

182 Why can't Chrysler put a vehicle together as well as they do engines and drivetrains?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 04:26 PM (+yTe/)

183 I shower down in the crick cause Granny calls me a hairy goomer.

Posted by: Jethro Bodine, Sixth Grade Graduate at August 02, 2026 04:56 PM (JM9I6)

184 DanMa'am,

Thanks.

Posted by: Wenda at August 02, 2026 04:58 PM (7m/2p)

185 Hated the one in our old house

Posted by: MacRadDoc at August 02, 2026 05:51 PM (Gl2C6)

186 titleist.

Posted by: cmeat at August 03, 2026 08:44 AM (Bep7s)

The Unalloyed Evil Of The Welfare State.

Everyone is aware of the radical change in America's attitude toward public assistance and government action in supposed defense of the welfare of Americans.

The vast array of government programs presented to any citizen who is not perfectly comfortable is mind numbing. They claim to provide everything! Housing, food, cell phones (!), internet access, medical care, child care, help with utility bills, transportation, discounts on taxes, higher education, and on and on. Whether those innumerable government programs actually provide those pie-in-the-sky promises is a different question, but we all know that if they do, it comes at an obscene and inefficient cost. And it is becoming increasingly obvious that the many billions of dollars spent each year are often stolen!

They programs are shoved at us every day, from signs at the market touting EBT benefits, to signs on highways with government phone numbers to call for aid, to emergency room medical coordinators frantic to find a government program to pay their exorbitant bills.

The list of who to blame is long, but the heavy hitters are FDR, LBJ, Nixon (Yup!), Obama, and Biden. They conspired to make the default attitude of Americans that of a supplicant, rather than a citizen with rights and responsibilities.

And it worked!

What the Welfare State Unleashed

Indeed, one of the striking features of early America is not that assistance was unavailable, but that many people who qualified for relief were reluctant to seek it. Contemporary accounts from several states—including New Jersey—describe respectable men and women enduring extraordinary hardship before accepting public charity. To modern ears, such reluctance may seem irrational. To them, it was a matter of preserving self-respect.

That moral instinct—that accepting public assistance should be exceptional rather than ordinary—formed an essential part of the American understanding of citizenship until the 20th century.

The first cracks in that understanding appeared during the Progressive Era and deepened during the New Deal. Faced with industrialization, urban poverty, and the Great Depression, Americans increasingly looked to government to perform functions that earlier generations had entrusted to institutions outside of the government. Much of that expansion responded to genuine crises, and programs such as Social Security reflected the extraordinary circumstances of their time.

Even so, the nation’s underlying philosophy was beginning to change. Government was no longer viewed simply as a safety net for those unable to care for themselves; it increasingly became expected to solve all social and economic problems. The shift was gradual and often justified by necessity. But it subtly weakened the older assumption that public assistance should remain exceptional, temporary, and closely tied to preserving personal independence.


Nothing here is surprising...it is the long and sordid story of our creeping socialism.

But another consequence of this plunge into the welfare state and the welfare psyche is that even people who have no need for government assistance in its many forms have been tarnished by it.

We see destitute people overwhelming our cities, and we recoil. We turn away from those in need. And that is a rational response to people who have lost their sense of morality and shame and pride and self-respect. We have come to expect that the government will take care of it, even though we know that government is incapable of that task, and we have the data to prove it! But government has placed obstacles in the way of regular Americans to help their less-well-off neighbors. Churches must jump through hoops to provide a hungry man a hot meal. Charitable organizations are buried under oceans of paperwork and, sadly, some have become vehicles for the self-aggrandizement of their sponsors. Just look at the Clinton's "charity" for evidence of that.

Have we lost all sense of goodness and charity? No, of course not. We are still the most generous people on earth, but the taint of government has injured even that!

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM




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1 Good afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 12:01 PM (NcvvS)

3 The New Deal put Americans into wanting the Dole, your welfare was up to the government, they broke it so they had to fix it.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 12:05 PM (Ia/+0)

4 I never fail a Nood if first

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 12:06 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Every one of those government programs, in spite of what their sponsors claim, is intended primarily to provide employment to otherwise unemployable drones.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 12:06 PM (NcvvS)

6 I saw a survey that said 1/4 people claimed to be disabled.

And as the adage goes, whatever you pay for you get more of.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 12:07 PM (sKqQm)

7 >>I never fail a Nood if first

This is true, but I always put up the Nood before trying for the first, and there were no comments here when I nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 12:07 PM (NcvvS)

8 Every one of those government programs, in spite of what their sponsors claim, is intended primarily to provide employment to otherwise unemployable drones.

And create a reliable Democratic voting bloc.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2026 12:08 PM (aD4fx)

9 Hear Hear !!! Feed and care for your own children. You chose to have them.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 12:08 PM (abScH)

10 >>And create a reliable Democratic voting bloc.

Pretty sure that those otherwise unemployable drones are already a reliable Democratic voting bloc.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 12:09 PM (NcvvS)

11 We have so far discovered billions, almost a trillion in fraud.

So we are going to reduce the budgets of those agencies by the amount of fraud- right?

I mean, these politicians are all standing up there glad handing and back slapping each other for their shitty oversight that allowed this in the first place. So now they will embrace a new budget baseline and declare a lot of these programs much more solvent than the dark predictions they use year after year to justify the increase.

No, I’m serious. Stop laughing.

Posted by: That Guy at August 02, 2026 12:09 PM (egaJw)

12 "Perfect socialism grinds off all the projecting corners of the individual until it fits perfectly in its communal niche."

Posted by: Guy still on the last thread at August 02, 2026 12:09 PM (MWfyi)

13 > To them, it was a matter of preserving self-respect.
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This right here... the loss of any and all self-respect. There's whole generations that don't have it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 12:09 PM (2Cry5)

14 One other thing to note in all of this - if you go back 20 or 30 years the argument was about how generous of a welfare state we should have for heritage Americans.

But someone now its become instead a debate about how unfair, racist, and anti-democratic is to not give a generous welfare state to foreigners. Which is...insane.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 12:09 PM (sKqQm)

15 Every one of those government programs, in spite of what their sponsors claim, is intended primarily to provide employment to otherwise unemployable drones.

And comfortably so.

If gubmint jobs were mostly sending people out to clean the roads 40/h a week I suspect we'd have a lot fewer people interested in working for Uncle Sugar

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 12:11 PM (sKqQm)

16 “When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more rapidly than their education . . . the time will come when men are carried away and lose all self- restraint.”—Alexis de Tocqueville

And all the free money, free internet, and free porn are destroying young men (and women) in believing that the "feelings', "desires", and "wants" are all valid.

The DSA and the Democrat Party have no problem in "feeding" these gratifications.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 02, 2026 12:12 PM (/+uur)

17 Here is another thing is this area that is bothering me...

Every state has a generous EBT benefit now...AND...a hot breakfast/lunch program for school kids.

Well why the hell are we paying the parents of these kids to apparently NOT feed them?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 12:12 PM (sKqQm)

18 Its easier to get a person to want something for free and the Marxists knew that.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 12:14 PM (Ia/+0)

19 We see destitute people overwhelming our cities, and we recoil. We turn away from those in need. And that is a rational response to people who have lost their sense of morality and shame and pride and self-respect.

Those drug zombies you see on every street now? The only reason that can do that is they are getting free food.

Yes yes compassion for the unfortunate but the welfare system is specifically allowing them to do this to themselves so how the hell is that compassion?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 12:14 PM (sKqQm)

20 6 I saw a survey that said 1/4 people claimed to be disabled.

And as the adage goes, whatever you pay for you get more of.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 12:07 PM (sKqQm)

The disabled scam is destroying college education.
How can a professor teach demanding subject when 4 out of 10 students "need" additional time, tutoring, and external support?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 02, 2026 12:15 PM (/+uur)

21 Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 02, 2026 12:15 PM (8E0Ba)

22 Well why the hell are we paying the parents of these kids to apparently NOT feed them?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 12:12 PM (sKqQm)

Parents?

Posted by: Sha'qua'dolicious Tavon Blevins, who my daddy? at August 02, 2026 12:16 PM (PiwSw)

23
I think it, therefore it is.
I feel it, therefore it is.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:17 PM (+yTe/)

24 To modern ears, such reluctance may seem irrational. To them, it was a matter of preserving self-respect.

One need only look at how many Americans conduct themselves in public now to know that that attitude is a thing of the past. Self-respect is not based on any actual achievement or behavior, it's assumed and pushed on people by Big Blackboard and others who want nobody to ever feel any shame.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

25 "Taint of government".

Posted by: Ewwww... at August 02, 2026 12:17 PM (JM9I6)

26 Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at August 02, 2026 12:18 PM (2Ez/1)

27 The overriding purpose of government handouts is not charity or kindness. It is to make people dependent on the government. LBJ knew this.

If you are getting thousands of dollars a year in goods and services from the government who are you likely to vote for in the next election, the person giving you increasingly generous benefits or the person threatening to take them away?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2026 12:19 PM (viF8m)

28 "Where my EBT card at?
Posted by: La'Shondra"

If it was up yo ass youd know.

Posted by: Guy still on the last thread at August 02, 2026 12:19 PM (MWfyi)

29 Why can't I bring my emotional support elephant to class?
I am being denied. Build a bigger door for me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:19 PM (+yTe/)

30 Every one of those government programs, in spite of what their sponsors claim, is intended primarily to provide employment to otherwise unemployable drones.

This was a deliberate policy choice. When Obama decided to spend trillions after the 2008 financial crisis, there was a move to use that money to build major infrastructure projects - a flood barrier to protect New York from hurricanes, for example.

The malignant dwarf Robert Reich and others argued that this would employ too many white construction workers, so they decided to use the money to expand government offices instead.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2026 12:19 PM (aD4fx)

31 It’s actually quite brilliant from a certain perspective. It’s even possible intentions were good, but like so many things, prone to re-purposing by unscrupulous people.

There was absolutely no possibility of importing millions and millions of illegal aliens for decades, absent a parallel system of “welfare” benefits, certainly not without causing open conflict. As it is now they are essentially paying the descendants of slaves to “advocate” for open borders, wage suppression, and loss of job opportunities.

The social planners effectively squelched what would ordinarily be a direct feedback loop, of the negative type or whatever.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 12:20 PM (dLnkr)

32 Good morning Hordemates.

But someone now its become instead a debate about how unfair, racist, and anti-democratic is to not give a generous welfare state to foreigners. Which is...insane.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 12:09 PM (sKqQm)

This!
I think Morocco gave the President and the Republicans the midterms, if they play it right. Thousands of military aged men swarming the beaches.
To hell with the foreigners.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 12:21 PM (2WIwB)

33 One third of the population of Oregon is on Medicaid, along with a majority of the children in Oregon.

One third.

The Democrats boast about this.

Think they're voting for Republicans?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2026 12:22 PM (aD4fx)

34 >>If you are getting thousands of dollars a year in goods and services from the government who are you likely to vote for in the next election...
---

Pass this Great Society bill and we'll have 'em voting Democrat for the next 100 years.
_paraphrasing LBJ

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:22 PM (+yTe/)

35 The welfare budget was 1.3 trillion last year. The Dept of war budget was 758 billion.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 12:22 PM (abScH)

36 Think they're voting for Republicans?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2026 12:22 PM (aD4fx



ARC,
Got a source for that? I'd like to use it.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 12:23 PM (2WIwB)

37 list of who to blame is long, but the heavy hitters are FDR, LBJ, Nixon (Yup!), Obama, and Biden.

—

GWB is to blame indirectly. He got millions of people off the tax rolls completely. If they ly no tax they’ll vote more “free” shit form themselves.

Posted by: Strategery at August 02, 2026 12:23 PM (uDDWT)

38 > Every state has a generous EBT benefit now...AND...a hot breakfast/lunch program for school kids.
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Around here the "qualifications" for free breakfast and/or lunch have been revised... downward. Many families do not qualify anymore, due to income. And the reduction in government funds for the program further limits who can take advantage of it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 12:24 PM (2Cry5)

39 Paying off labor unions was also an obvious tack.

I saw an interview with Richard Trumka, who was asked about the effect of illegal alien labor on jobs and wages. He had no problem with it. Now that is really astonishing.

They’ve been paying everybody to look the other way for 50 years. Now of course none of the open air insane asylum nonsense we’ve all been subject to would be possible without a phony baloney confetti-buck currency untethered to sane fiscal policies. There isn’t enough wealth in the world to pay for this kind of insanity.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 12:24 PM (dLnkr)

40 We are to blame because we let it happen.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 12:25 PM (abScH)

41 I been pissed off ever since they went to direct deposit for all my gummint benefits. It was fun to cuss out the mailman when my check was late.

Posted by: Shiftless Sam at August 02, 2026 12:25 PM (JM9I6)

42 Major cuts are coming to the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s free healthcare program covering 1.4 million children and low-income adults. But the group of experts Gov. Tina Kotek charged with minimizing the harm of those cuts has given her no definitive recommendations.

Oregon has 4.3 million people.

The cuts will hit Oregon harder than most states in part because Oregon has expanded government-funded coverage to so many people.

Kotek and other Democrats have long used Medicaid as a tool to push toward universal health coverage, expanding the program to single adults and adding coverage for undocumented immigrants who meet the program’s income threshold. One in three Oregonians and more than half of children in the state now have healthcare through the program.

https://tinyurl.com/bdz747tf

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2026 12:28 PM (aD4fx)

43 The New York City Correction Department has awarded a contract to teach persons in custody at Rikers Island and other municipal jails how to “vertical” farm in an urban setting.

Posted by: That should fix the problem at August 02, 2026 12:28 PM (MWfyi)

44 Welfare reform, which was an actual accomplishment of the Gingrich-era GOP House (passed over the idiot Clinton's opposition), was a striking development. Mid-90s. It was working, clearly and dramatically. Rolls and dependence were declining.

Then the country showed how absurd and unserious it wanted to be by electing the non-entity Obama (over the loathsome, stupid McCain - but these qualities were/are still not generally attributed to McCain nor were big factors in his defeat).

And with the stroke of a pen - not on legislation, just policy - poof, welfare reform was stopped, gutted, rendered irrelevant. Did anyone even notice? Without a press, and with a mostly useless inert GOP, an actual concrete attempt to reverse all the pernicious things discussed in this thread was undone.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 02, 2026 12:28 PM (U/Byj)

45 "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."
~ G. B. Shaw

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 12:28 PM (2Ez/1)

46 OT: About 5,000 Hamasniks participated in the October 7th pogrom.

About half have been killed thus far, and the other half are really, really sorry that they videoed themselves committing atrocities with their faces uncovered.

It didn't occur to them that Israel would create a special unit to hunt each and every one of them down.

Sucks to be you.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2026 12:29 PM (aD4fx)

47 Plenty of folks in my yout' here in Smallville, Oklahoma, still regarded being on welfare as embarrassing, if not shameful. The elders who seemed to be from an ancient age.

CBD mentioned churches jumping through hoops. Private charity being hampered by government welfare is just typical of the market distortion of government intervening where it need not. Next thing you know, you'll have government-run grocery stores driving private stores out of business. Oh, wait…

And it's not just welfare, but also perversions of law: It's not just that mental hospitals are now few and legally limited, it's that there are now "rights" to do fentanyl and camp out in parks and sleep in a business's doorway.

Et too many cetera.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and government telling us how to set the clocks at August 02, 2026 12:29 PM (0poB+)

48 It was fun to cuss out the mailman when my check was late.
——-

They were probably less likely to get shot, for the most part, prior to direct deposit. “Where’s my Benefits!?” meant you still had to have someone willing to low crawl through the hood.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 12:30 PM (dLnkr)

49 If the gummint don't pay for my Circus Peanuts and Grap Soda, how I'm gonna pay for my weaves and nails?

Posted by: Not To Mention Caterpillar Eyelashes. at August 02, 2026 12:30 PM (JM9I6)

50 While maybe technically true … Nobody “let” this happen per se.

They are much more sneaky than that. How would you have stopped them, other than stringing them up from lamp posts? Widely considered unpleasant.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 12:33 PM (dLnkr)

51 The school breakfast thing was a shock when I first heard of it. The cultural collapse in terms of self-respect and responsibility has no greater example. Combined with the authoritarian compassion-fascist mindset - itself weaponized by the enormous % of the populace that's driven by imbecilic moral narcissism - you get what we have today. Which in many real ways is an unrecognizable shell of a society that existed just 1 generation ago.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 02, 2026 12:33 PM (U/Byj)

52 If the gummint don't pay for my Circus Peanuts and Grap Soda, how I'm gonna pay for my weaves and nails?

Or illegal immigrants living on government assistance, while all the money they earn under the table is sent back to their home country.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2026 12:34 PM (aD4fx)

53 Two black men arguing about, essentially, pre LBJ black America and post LBJ. He refers to it as MLK, who was the push of the troubles. 2minutes 24seconds

It starts out as a solid refutation to a Charlie Kirk lie then moves to the meat of black society before and after MLK. And he nails it.

https://tinyurl.com/3vmc7pmh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:34 PM (+yTe/)

54 try to make sandwiches at home to provide to homelses people on the street. Government will land on you with both feet to prevent it.

Posted by: susan harms at August 02, 2026 12:34 PM (Kkd7F)

55 I went to the water park on tony Jekyll Island, GA last week. There were three young ladies there with two-inch long eyelashes. Must be some good glue they are using.

Posted by: Phil Swift at August 02, 2026 12:35 PM (JM9I6)

56 Thx CBD.
Welfare reform was done under Clinton, but right away he and his bureaucrats started putting in and changing regulations which made it easier to get on welfare.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 12:35 PM (BFvh9)

57 the gummint don't pay for my Circus Peanuts and Grap Soda, how I'm gonna pay for my weaves and nails?
Posted by: Not To Mention Caterpillar Eyelashes. at

Been fighting the urge to buy circus peanuts for a while now. Probably twenty five years since I've had any, must have bought some for the kids back then.
Thinking ie might give in. At 75, would probably be the last tme I subj myself to that particular oh, no I've eaten one two many rush.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 12:35 PM (sl73Y)

58 School lunches and take home food, school supplies, hair cuts, glasses backpacks and now even shoes along with dr.visits.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 12:36 PM (abScH)

59 "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."
~ G. B. Shaw

What about us? Don't we get a chance to wet our beaks?

Posted by: Tom, Dick, and Harry at August 02, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

60 Another part of all this, one argument the left makes is that people can't afford the basic needs of life like healthcare or housing.

Well, ok, why are healthcare and housing so expensive? Illegals, welfare, and government interference.

You can't fix a problem caused by the government interfering by the government interfering more.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)

61 Amazing to me that Trumka hasn't been disappeared like Hoffa 50 years ago.

Posted by: Two End Zones-No Waiting at August 02, 2026 12:39 PM (JM9I6)

62 $39.92 Trillion In Debt.

Posted by: Gimme Gimme Gimme at August 02, 2026 12:39 PM (ftsic)

63 You tube is littered with vids of cops having to go to these section 8 complexes that are filled with the most worthless, entitled, lawless pieces of shit you'll ever see. None of them work, they're living on the dole, they mouth off to the cops, then act surprised when the cops say fuck this and cuff them. The first thing they do is grab their obama phones and start filming while giving the cops shit. The best part is the tax payers pay for this special breed of absolutely useless oxygen thieves.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 02, 2026 12:40 PM (S41Gd)

64 Hey I see the left is tackling the important issues of the day. Today I saw one lefty complaining that jars are sexist.

See most men can open them and most women can't. Don't bore me with the physics, if we weren't so sexist we'd have a solution right now!

And the funny part? The comments are women discussing how in fact they can open jars.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm)

65 You can't fix a problem caused by the government interfering by the government interfering more.

We will fix the high cost of college by providing Federal student loans!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2026 12:40 PM (aD4fx)

66 Myriad studies and committees and academic symposium over the years were formed to study the habits and character traits, the psychology as it were of successful people. There really is no mystery. These things don’t guarantee a happy, productive life. But without them, there is no chance. None.

Now the problem of course, we know what works, and just as important - what doesn’t, down to the granular level. It’s clear to me at least there is a large political component to engineered failure - a class of dependent, dysfunctional people is Job Security, and dovetails neatly with their philosophy and goals.

They can make serious bank, while destroying the Nation. It is a perverse, ahistorical kind of thing that by definition cannot last. But it has done enormous damage and will continue to do so.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 12:43 PM (dLnkr)

67 @61 Trumka died five years ago , so no need to go Hoffa on him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 12:43 PM (BFvh9)

68 50 While maybe technically true … Nobody “let” this happen per se.

They are much more sneaky than that. How would you have stopped them, other than stringing them up from lamp posts? Widely considered unpleasant.

Posted by: Common Tater
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They slip it in slowly with soft words.

In Ceuta the citizens took after the Moroccans with sticks and chased them out of their neighborhood. How did such bravery come about? Clarity. Suddenly. It wasn't a slow oozing or as happened here, at some far away place ( the south TX and CA borders) then secretly transported at night via airplane and silently disbursed.

No, it was sudden. One day they were in peace the next they were assaulted by thousands. And they reacted.

Our politicians should live in this fear.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:44 PM (+yTe/)

69 $39.92 Trillion In Debt

I think this is a number that LIVs just can't get.

Instead every GOP member should discuss how much of each taxpayer's wealth the Democrats stole and put it exactly like that;

Oh, my esteems colleague is upset about Trump sending the Haitians home? Well you stole $300K from each taxpayer to bring them here and put them on welfare you asshole. We should be taking that money out of your personal accounts...and maybe we will.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)

70
If you find yourself pinned by Uncle Sam's taint,

just tap-out and be glad it's not Hillary(!)'s taint you're under.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 02, 2026 12:45 PM (iJfKG)

71 54 try to make sandwiches at home to provide to homelses people on the street. Government will land on you with both feet to prevent it.

Posted by: susan harms
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Neighboring big city will put you in jail.
Cuts into their federal graft.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:45 PM (+yTe/)

72 58 School lunches and take home food, school supplies, hair cuts, glasses backpacks and now even shoes along with dr.visits.

Posted by: Ben Had
-----

Abbott do this?
Heard his is in deep payola with the high tech boys.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:47 PM (+yTe/)

73 That Time, go for Virginia peanuts from the Virginia Diner. Far better than Circus Peanuts.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 02, 2026 12:47 PM (KGj36)

74 It was well known up until the 1980s perhaps, a strong sense of pride of the healthy kind and self worth made accepting welfare a decidedly shameful affair. Nobody wanted to be on the dole.

They definitely made any sort of shame or embarrassment a thing of the past, replaced by a belligerent sense of ignorant entitlement.

Only a Chump is honest, pays taxes, follows the law in modern America. Take whatever you can get, however you can get it. If you don’t, somebody else will.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 12:48 PM (dLnkr)

75 Braenyard, standard practice in Texas schools.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 12:49 PM (abScH)

76 The local news has an article about the walking/biking trail by the river was being extended, without mentioning all the tents and trash and bums down there already keep the regular people away.

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2026 12:49 PM (MWfyi)

77 Earlier today I watched an old interview of Thomas Sowell by Charlie Rose. From 1995 I think… Sowell is a treasure; his thinking is so crystal clear. He describes his evolution from young Marxist to conservative and a significant event along that path was a job as a college intern in the federal department of labor. Sowell thought long and hard about minimum wage and reported to his bosses how the data showed it was eliminating jobs. He thought he’d be praised; instead they recoiled in horror because all their jobs depended on administering the minimum wage. Same as welfare which is probably even more damaging than minimum wage. Government is not there to help anyone; it is only self interested

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 02, 2026 12:52 PM (ugElV)

78 Watching Casablanca on TMC. Ilsa is one lying bint.

Posted by: Archer at August 02, 2026 12:52 PM (wvc0i)

79 The dirty little secret is that the real beneficiaries of all this government "help" are the government (and NGO) apparatchiks who administer it.


I don't begrudge helping the truly need but I do begrudge the government parasites who would actually have to work for a living without these "programs" to administer.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 02, 2026 12:56 PM (hwLGC)

80 #63.....Berserker

Yeah, that is about right. To get a job and earn your own way has never entered their minds. It may lead to responsibility.

Posted by: Case at August 02, 2026 12:56 PM (bqIVz)

81 The best part is the tax payers pay for this special breed of absolutely useless oxygen thieves.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Please watch this

https://tinyurl.com/3vmc7pmh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:57 PM (+yTe/)

82 Wrt to helping the needy I'm also reminded of a brilliant line from comedian Dennis Miller - We don't mind helping the truly needy but we do mind providing a hammock for the lazy.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 02, 2026 12:58 PM (hwLGC)

83 Heir to Rachel Corrie, sort-of, but non-fatal (h/t BlazingCatFur)

https://t.co/WKCbFWG317

Posted by: mindful webworker - fattened not flattened at August 02, 2026 01:00 PM (0poB+)

84 60 Another part of all this, one argument the left makes is that people can't afford the basic needs of life like healthcare or housing.

Well, ok, why are healthcare and housing so expensive? Illegals, welfare, and government interference.

You can't fix a problem caused by the government interfering by the government interfering more.
Posted by: 18-1

and the Brennan Undead change the tune once again and people just wanna dance to it...


Everything MUST be owned by everyone and enjoyed by NONE.
The Will of the People should be Preeminent and in evidence everywhere yet existant in NO ONE.
That SOME must be sacrificed so THEY may live -- and Gov't whose sole influence comes only in one flavor: coercive force, should not be abridged or denied.

If the Agency Heads didn't see this coming they wouldn't be very intelligent would they?
If something happens in politics
-- it was planned that way, to pit Man against other men until we exist no more.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-irlTheBRENNANcameo

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 02, 2026 01:00 PM (4hyME)

85 The was an early 60's aged woman at the grocery store with what belongings she had. She was waiting for a ride but I guess they never showed up. She was still at the store the next day but she was going around the parking lot putting carts back that the slobs were too lazy to put up. I watched her for a while and she never asked anyone for a hand out. I asked her when she had last eaten and she tried to pass it off. I gave her $50 .

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 01:03 PM (abScH)

86 You tube is littered with vids of cops having to go to these section 8 complexes that are filled with the most worthless, entitled, lawless pieces of shit you'll ever see. None of them work, they're living on the dole, they mouth off to the cops, then act surprised when the cops say fuck this and cuff them. The first thing they do is grab their obama phones and start filming while giving the cops shit. The best part is the tax payers pay for this special breed of absolutely useless oxygen thieves.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 02, 2026 12:40 PM (S41Gd)


I also recall that at Cabrini Green (a welfare high rise on the South side of Chicago) EMT's and paramedics had to have a police escort to go in and help people there. Because of all the boisterous "yutes on their way to kollidge" making it dangerous for them to go alone.


BTW - Cabrini Green was demolished but it just occured to me that it's been replaced. By Obama's 'Flak-Tower'. Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 02, 2026 01:04 PM (hwLGC)

87
I saw a survey that said 1/4 people claimed to be disabled.
And as the adage goes, whatever you pay for you get more of.
Posted by: 18-1

The Army broke me. Feet, knees, hips, and shoulders are shot. Some days I walk okay, but never more than maybe 3,000 steps before the pain starts. Some days, mostly when it's wet and cold, I need a cane to get around. The VA counts me as 50% disabled, with some digestion and abdominal issues thrown in with a side dose of ptsd and anger management. Some days I regret ever joining the Army, some days I feel like I don't deserve the disability payments. I get good parking, but I won't use it unless it's a bad day.

I think my case makes me look like a damned welfare tick, and it bothers me. It also makes me 100% agree with your comment.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 02, 2026 01:04 PM (QVmho)

88 I think the ads (yes, there are ads for welfare here) cater to certain demographics. Some look like something out of the depression era, mostly downtrodden whites.

Then there's the AI generated stuff. Glitzy. Like a movie poster. Also with whites.

Not the demographic I'd have thought, even with the "white trash" that occupies some of the landscape.

Definitely targeted.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 01:05 PM (2Cry5)

89 $39.92 Trillion In Debt
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I think this is a number that LIVs just can't get.

Because for many/most people, it's literally unfathomable. There is no way to relate it to anything in a person's "lived experience" which as we all know is now the definition of reality. Sort of like covid and the UK grooming gangs, the problem is simply too big to fix so the only coping mechanism is to pretend it doesn't exist.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 01:06 PM (vTZFs)

90 79 The dirty little secret is that the real beneficiaries of all this government "help" are the government (and NGO) apparatchiks who administer it.
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It the same as what Trump did to improve the economy and bring manufacturing back to America. CUT REGULATION.

The way to get people off welfare is to CUT WELFARE.
Cut spending to agencies. Attrit all employment.
Slowly cut benefits and make them more difficult to obtain.
Beneficiaries will then decide that it's better to get a job.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 01:06 PM (+yTe/)

91 Over the years I've lost 60% hearing in my right ear and 40% in my left. This is due, I'm sure, to being around turning turbine aircraft engines while I was in the military in the '80s.

A friend of mine, a lawyer who specializes in obtaining VA disability payments for clients, told me my case would be a slam dunk for VA disability determination with a monthly benefit check.

I have repeatedly refused his offer to take my case to the VA.

Why?

Because I was young and bulletproof (or so I thought) and didn't follow the Navy's insistence that all personal in the vicinity of turning aircraft engines wear hearing protection (either those foam earplugs or Micky Mouse headsets, or both).

Young and bulletproof was actually lazy and an idiot. The government (read taxpayers) should not award me monthly payments for being a dumbass by not protecting my hearing while in service.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2026 01:06 PM (J4Dwc)

92 A FWP why I use to get TCM then after a switch to Hi-def can't get it

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 01:07 PM (Ia/+0)

93
every GOP member should discuss how much of each taxpayer's wealth the Democrats stole

Posted by: 18-1

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

I always imagine, some GOPer shaking his fist and shouting, "You could have built 956 women's shelters with that much money. You could have made pregnancy and delivery free for every woman in this state with the money that slipped through your fingers!" Enumerate exactly the things California state taxpayers lost. Show an ugly Gavin Newsom barrio and AI it into a beautiful suburb.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:08 PM (mmrXZ)

94 It was my favorite channel as movies are better than anything else on tv

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 01:08 PM (Ia/+0)

95 I think the ads (yes, there are ads for welfare here) cater to certain demographics. Some look like something out of the depression era, mostly downtrodden whites.

I love the Euro-videos against sexual harrassment/assault that always show a white guy bothering a black/muslim woman.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 01:08 PM (sKqQm)

96 Cabrini Green. Robert Taylor homes.

Horrific, but they did keep the atrocities localized or confined to certain locations. The social planners objected to this, naturally. In recent decades they’ve taken to sprinkling the Love far and wide well into formerly safe areas. On purpose. It isn’t “fair” to live somewhere without the risk of being robbed, beaten, raped, murdered, etc. This is how they think.

They can’t fix the problem without rejecting their deeply held fairy tale delusions, so their solution to the big Shit Sandwich is to make damn sure errybody gotta take a bite.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 01:09 PM (dLnkr)

97
Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2026 01:06 PM (J4Dwc)

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

Thank you for your service and your integrity.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:09 PM (mmrXZ)

98 Money spent on Newsom's high speed train: $15B

Money it cost India to go to the moon recently: $75M

So, if you were just going to piss money away I mean Gavin could have instead had 200 statues of himself on the moon

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 01:11 PM (sKqQm)

99 On purpose. It isn’t “fair” to live somewhere without the risk of being robbed, beaten, raped, murdered, etc. This is how they think.

As some lefty said it is white supremacy to want to be safe from crime

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 01:11 PM (sKqQm)

100 Medical disability for hearing loss in the military went away a long time ago. At least that’s what we were told.

They instituted a program of yearly hearing exams, and issuing custom fitted ear plugs, and a campaign of raising awareness and all that good stuff.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 01:12 PM (dLnkr)

101 I love the Euro-videos against sexual harrassment/assault that always show a white guy bothering a black/muslim woman.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 01:08 PM (sKqQm)

Reminds me of the Alarm Company ads on TV when I actually watched TV. Some young lass would be heading out of her house and some white dude in a mask! would be skulking in the bushes, ready to rob and rape. He would break her door down, the alarm would sound, and the white devil would flee. Always a white guy in a mask. Made me laugh.

Posted by: ADT Security at August 02, 2026 01:12 PM (ftsic)

102 92 A FWP why I use to get TCM then after a switch to Hi-def can't get it
Posted by: Skip

TCM died when Robert Osborne passed away.

Posted by: Key Grip at August 02, 2026 01:14 PM (JM9I6)

103 As some lefty said it is white supremacy to want to be safe from crime
——

Do they really believe that? They seem to vacillate between this kind of rhetoric, along with “you deserve this”.

They are deeply hateful people, who plot revenge against people who didn’t do anything, supposedly on behalf of people, who’ve never actually been wronged.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 01:16 PM (dLnkr)

104 That $15B didn't all go into Gavin's pocket
Lawyers, specialists interests groups, unions, surveys ann got that money. And laughing all the way to the bank how rasy tje looting was.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 01:16 PM (Ia/+0)

105 "Where my EBT card at?
Posted by: La'Shondra"

If it was up yo ass youd know.
Posted by: Guy still on the last thread at August 02, 2026 12:19 PM (MWfyi)

Yo, man, tanks. Found it, yo!

Posted by: La'Shondra at August 02, 2026 01:17 PM (hmYU4)

106 Always a white guy in a mask. Made me laugh.
——

You left out the part in the commercial where it was a black guy who would be monitoring the situation on camera, back at the ADT headquarters honeycomb hideout.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 01:18 PM (dLnkr)

107 Do they really believe that? They seem to vacillate between this kind of rhetoric, along with “you deserve this”.

Yes with a caveat. Lefties believe that white people are evil and should be punished, unless, of course they are a white person in which case OTHER white people should be punished but not them because "I am one of the good ones"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)

108 From the Tech thread:

62 I used to think autotune was an in-studio thing when artists recorded tracks. I didn't realize until I read something recently that many use auto-tune during live performances on stage, as well.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2026 06:58 AM (J4Dwc)

I think it's only recently that the hardware got powerful enough to run the algorithms in real time, between mic and speaker.

Posted by: SciVo at August 02, 2026 01:21 PM (Sy6m/)

109 >>Medical disability for hearing loss in the military went away a long time ago. At least that’s what we were told.

https://tinyurl.com/bddyamj3

Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2026 01:22 PM (J4Dwc)

110 Rain just north of my county, but traveling west to east

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 01:22 PM (Ia/+0)

111 My sister lives in Section 8 housing. Little and I visited her during our recent road trip. That visit provided supreme motivation for my son to never fall to such a pathetic level of existence. Oh, his aunt is perfectly happy in that dark studio apartment with its tiny kitchen and single window. Little couldn't get out of there fast enough.

A thousand sermons from me on the subject of hard work and persistence would not have had the impact of first-hand experience with the consequences of sloth and surrender. Thanks, sis...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 01:23 PM (nbLIj)

112 the taint of government

This may be the only instance where prolonged exposure to sunlight is recommended.

Posted by: Josh Brolin at August 02, 2026 01:24 PM (0sNs1)

113
I grimly recall my naivete in 2008 when Obama gave his acceptance speech for the Dem nomination. I was attentively watching for his supporters and testimonials, to see people he had saved from a ghetto life of dependence and ignorance. I waited to see these inspiring stories because I wanted to see how he did it.

Not.

One.

All that action of "community organizing" and "walking them to the bus stop" (assuming he ever did a lick of it) was simply getting them on the dole. Creating dependence on The Man. Not guiding them to a local community college that offered 32 different certification programs for job skills or adult literacy. He did not create Black freedom. He kept them on the plantation.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:24 PM (mmrXZ)

114 Right, I’ve sort of sussed that out. They have a death wish, but it is more comfortably applied to others. They can’t bear to countenance they might have been completely wrong for years on some point or cherished delusion. So, they are willing to sacrifice others to try and maintain their worldview. Facts, logic, reason, none of this matters. Results don’t matter, in particular. Intentions, however, are everything.

“Your death, before their dishonor”. Anything to try and maintain those fairy tales. It is the result of starting with a faulty premise. Working backwards, they have to suppress anything that doesn’t comport with a bogus conclusion.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 01:25 PM (dLnkr)

115 108 From the Tech thread:

62 I used to think autotune was an in-studio thing when artists recorded tracks. I didn't realize until I read something recently that many use auto-tune during live performances on stage, as well.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2026 06:58 AM (J4Dwc)

I think it's only recently that the hardware got powerful enough to run the algorithms in real time, between mic and speaker.

****

That is my understanding, as well. The correction from an off-key vocal note is almost instantaneous.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2026 01:26 PM (J4Dwc)

116 113
I grimly recall my naivete in 2008 when Obama gave his acceptance speech for the Dem nomination. I was attentively watching for his supporters and testimonials, to see people he had saved from a ghetto life of dependence and ignorance. I waited to see these inspiring stories because I wanted to see how he did it.

Not.

One.

All that action of "community organizing" and "walking them to the bus stop" (assuming he ever did a lick of it) was simply getting them on the dole. Creating dependence on The Man. Not guiding them to a local community college that offered 32 different certification programs for job skills or adult literacy. He did not create Black freedom. He kept them on the plantation.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:24 PM (mmrXZ)

In all the years that I've known of Obama as a public figure, I've never thought of asking that question. It's like being a community organizer was simply a job to put on his resume for self aggrandizement; nothing more.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 02, 2026 01:28 PM (Jys7s)

117 I didn't claim any VA benefits for decades, as I was making a decent wage. Now that I am a broken down old man with little income I gladly accept help. I've turned down some benefits. I did my part. I've never backed up from a pay line.

Posted by: javems at August 02, 2026 01:28 PM (mKxGb)

118 If you didn't see RFK take apart Dana Bash this morning I highly recommend looking for the video. He hammered the crap out of her lies and it was a beautiful thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2026 01:29 PM (viF8m)

119 Some secretive arms of the government has been fucking over blacks as a class since at least the Watts riots in 1965.

Some sort of covert and overt destabilization has been in progress against Americans of all stripes in general since post World War II era.

“Well, it worked, didn’t it?”

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 01:32 PM (dLnkr)

120 Adam Carolla calls this "chick-think"

"There, there. Don't be upset. If you want, you shall have."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 01:32 PM (JvZF+)

121 @116 and on 10/30/08 Obama declared war on the USA by saying " we are only days away from fundamentally changing the country"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 01:32 PM (BFvh9)

122 covering 1.4 million children and low-income adults

—

The entire population of Oregon is 4.2M. So 1/3 of the population is “low income”? Sure Jan. This is a back door way to take over the health care system. Implement a program for the poor then designate everyone poor to qualify.

Posted by: Strategery at August 02, 2026 01:34 PM (uDDWT)

123 ....but the taint of government has injured even that!
====

Who hasn't been injured in the taint by the government.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 01:34 PM (JvZF+)

124 Adam Carolla calls this "chick-think"

"There, there. Don't be upset. If you want, you shall have."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 01:32 PM (JvZF+)

From his book, "In 50 Years, We'll All Be Chicks". Great read. IIRC from the publish date, we have 35 years left...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 01:36 PM (nbLIj)

125
In all the years that I've known of Obama as a public figure, I've never thought of asking that question. It's like being a community organizer was simply a job to put on his resume for self aggrandizement; nothing more.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

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

He hyped that "community organizer" line so hard I thought sure he'd show at least one human beneficiary. Even if he had to go bribe a few people to tell some fake story.

The kind of jobs I do, the listings always require a portfolio showing a plan, a document, a whatever that you've produced. All people wanted Obama to produce was that line on his resume.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:36 PM (mmrXZ)

126 82 Wrt to helping the needy I'm also reminded of a brilliant line from comedian Dennis Miller - We don't mind helping the truly needy but we do mind providing a hammock for the lazy.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August

This is perfect.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 01:36 PM (Wmg4n)

127 try to make sandwiches at home to provide to homelses people on the street. Government will land on you with both feet to prevent it.
Posted by: susan harms at August 02, 2026 12:34 PM (Kkd7F)

Why would you feed bums and derelicts?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 01:36 PM (1z8ji)

128 See Adam Corolla is coming to a comedy club near me in November. Pondered going

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 01:37 PM (Ia/+0)

129 I'm seeing the left reacting to Fauci's testimony with the general argument of:

This is old news, we already knew all of this...Trump just wants to distract us from Iran/Epstein/Net Neutrality

Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

130 I recall in the 1996 Republican primaries, my favorite candidate was Alan Keyes, who advocated for getting the government out of charitable responsibilities and letting Americans care for each other. He had confidence in the generosity and compassion of Americans and not so much confidence in government bureaucrats.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 02, 2026 01:37 PM (medVn)

131 Bet not a piece of paper of Barky's college years is in that concrete tower

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 01:38 PM (Ia/+0)

132 111 My sister lives in Section 8 housing. Little and I visited her during our recent road trip. That visit provided supreme motivation for my son to never fall to such a pathetic level of existence. Oh, his aunt is perfectly happy in that dark studio apartment with its tiny kitchen and single window. Little couldn't get out of there fast enough.

A thousand sermons from me on the subject of hard work and persistence would not have had the impact of first-hand experience with the consequences of sloth and surrender. Thanks, sis...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 01:23 PM (nbLIj)


My Sister just rented her duplex to a section 8 recipient...A single mother who is a teacher... So why is she getting section 8 help.... It's CA. so.... And... It's a very nice 2 bedroom in a upper class neighborhood..

Posted by: It's me donna at August 02, 2026 01:38 PM (vQrSy)

133 Adam is finally leaving California. He is building a home in Nevada.

Posted by: Strategery at August 02, 2026 01:38 PM (uDDWT)

134 133 Adam is finally leaving California. He is building a home in Nevada.
Posted by: Strategery at August 02, 2026 01:38 PM (uDDWT

My step Daughter and Family moved from SoCal a couple of years ago to Vegas... They love it...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 02, 2026 01:40 PM (vQrSy)

135
133 Adam is finally leaving California. He is building a home in Nevada.
Posted by: Strategery at August 02, 2026 01:38 PM (uDDWT

My step Daughter and Family moved from SoCal a couple of years ago to Vegas... They love it...
Posted by: It's me donna

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

Nevada seems to be the destination for Cali's fleeing billionaires, too.

Sergey Brin
Larry Ellison
Don Hankey
Steve Jurvetson
Lyndon Rive

Ta-hoe, Ta-hoe, it's off to work we go!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:45 PM (mmrXZ)

136 I know people who have rented apts or houses to Section 8 recipients. Almost all say the place was wrecked when the renters moved out.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 01:45 PM (BFvh9)

137 > Bet not a piece of paper of Barky's college years is in that concrete tower
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Bet not a piece of any paper is in that tower. It's a bunker, designed to operate a shadow government from.

Nobody who's owed money for its construction has seen their claims move anywhere but off the front page. I hear there are "claims" being made against that monstrosity, nothing but hot air so far.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 01:45 PM (2Cry5)

138 82 Wrt to helping the needy I'm also reminded of a brilliant line from comedian Dennis Miller - We don't mind helping the truly needy but we do mind providing a hammock for the lazy.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August

This is perfect.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 01:36 PM (Wmg4n)


I was going from memory but just recalled that he said we didn't mind providing a safety net for the truly needy...which juxtaposes nicely with the hammock mockery.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 02, 2026 01:45 PM (hwLGC)

139 Ta-hoe, Ta-hoe, it's off to work we go!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:45 PM (mmrXZ

If I were moving to Nevada it would not be to Vegas.. It would be towards Tahoe

Posted by: It's me donna at August 02, 2026 01:46 PM (vQrSy)

140 "Millennials to Boomers: ‘We won’t take care of you’ in old age, viral Reddit thread shows"

local news headline. I guess that "boomers" have ruined lives, hopes and dreams of utopia

As a 1962 "Boomer" I am proud to have done this

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 02, 2026 01:47 PM (jrgJz)

141 Ta-hoe, Ta-hoe, it's off to work we go!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
----

CA lite.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 01:47 PM (+yTe/)

142 If I didn't live in Texas I would chose to live in the Minden valley.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 01:48 PM (abScH)

143 A significant portion of the population would be very happy living like zoo animals.

Wow. Tons of rain. I'm a bit from Detroit - speaking of zoos - but the city may be getting a nice cleaning.

I wish Snowflake was here safe and warm. I know she's fine, but still, I'm her safe house.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 01:49 PM (Sco7b)

144 If I were moving to Nevada it would not be to Vegas.. It would be towards Tahoe

Posted by: It's me donna
---

People who can't make up their mind can stay at the Cal-Neva.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 01:50 PM (+yTe/)

145 As a 1962 "Boomer" I am proud to have done this

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 02, 2026 01:47 PM (jrgJz)

I chuckle at the know-nothings who complain about boomers.

Work harder and smarter and maybe you can have what we have.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 02, 2026 01:52 PM (OenlC)

146 BTW, community organizer is just a nicer way of saying rabble rouser or shit stirrer. Or community agitator. Right out of the Soviet communist playbook. And that's the only thing that jug-eared fuck had on his resume.


I will never forget the idiot clapping seals (all women as I recall - teachers no doubt) standing behind him and cheering him on when he said he was going to fundamentally transform the United States.


As I've been saying for a while, democracy has failed when you have this level of stupidity in the electorate. And yes, I knwo we're a Constitutional Republic. I use democracy as short-hand for a self-governing people.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 02, 2026 01:52 PM (hwLGC)

147 try to make sandwiches at home to provide to homelses people on the street. Government will land on you with both feet to prevent it.
Posted by: susan harms at August 02, 2026 12:34 PM (Kkd7F)

Why would you feed bums and derelicts?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 01:36 PM (1z8ji)
=====

I did this in the Tenderloin when I was a stupud kid and it was eye-opening. No hoboes wanted my "cheap-ass peanut butter sandwiches ain't got no meat" as they were called.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 01:53 PM (JvZF+)

148 A significant portion of the population would be very happy living like zoo animals...


A significant portion are nothing but trained circus animals jumping and clapping and performing on command from the ringmasters. Who are the media.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 02, 2026 01:54 PM (hwLGC)

149 I remember Barky telling college students to pursue careers with 'non profits.'

If one wants to con rubes but not have the risk of going to jail starting a charity or fake church is the way to go. If you write your charity goals vaguely you can rake in a million $, spend 100K or less to lobby state pols or have a 'don't litter' etc ad campaign and enjoy life on the rest of the dough.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 02, 2026 01:55 PM (PV+Zw)

150 Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 02, 2026 01:52 PM (hwLGC

You're as pissed off as me. That's why I like this place.

And I'm gathering you don't have one of the oil paintings of zero with the halo effect hanging. Bonus points.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 01:56 PM (Sco7b)

151 I think at Revolver News a video of a young Spanish woman filming the invasion yelling faster faster and waving the invasion in

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 01:57 PM (Ia/+0)

152 You're as pissed off as me. That's why I like this place.

And I'm gathering you don't have one of the oil paintings of zero with the halo effect hanging. Bonus points.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 01:56 PM (Sco7b)


Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 02, 2026 01:59 PM (hwLGC)

153 The list of who to blame is long, but the heavy hitters are FDR, LBJ, Nixon (Yup!), Obama, and Biden.

No less than "W" signed the legislation that made sure roughly 50% of Americans pay no federal income tax.

Call Obama out all you want. I think he sucked as well. But he had one thing right. You've got to have "skin in the game".

Now lets talk the SALT deduction.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 01:59 PM (CxvtJ)

154 151 I think at Revolver News a video of a young Spanish woman filming the invasion yelling faster faster and waving the invasion in

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 01:57 PM (Ia/+0)

I'm fine with the West coming out of this fine and only 33% of the population left.

Very fine.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 02:00 PM (Sco7b)

155 1ST WORLD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)

156 I think at Revolver News a video of a young Spanish woman filming the invasion yelling faster faster and waving the invasion in[i/]


Decorum keeps me from saying what I think needs to happen to that 'young Spanish woman' at the hands of these poor, desperate, military aged men.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 02, 2026 02:01 PM (hwLGC)

157
A significant portion of the population would be very happy living like zoo animals.

Posted by: Stateless

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

That's one reason why I don't talk about the parks and educational programs and pretty suburbs that could be created if the fraud was all spent for real on urban improvement. How many of those ghetto dwellers would give af? How many of them truly prefer to live like a human being instead of a zoo animal?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:01 PM (mmrXZ)

158 I chuckle at the know-nothings who complain about boomers.

Work harder and smarter and maybe you can have what we have.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 02, 2026 01:52

Or, as my wise boomer mama told me, you can fall in love with a rich guy as easily as a poor one!

(Kidding, don’t yell at me. I am fragile. She really did say this to me, though. A lot.)

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:04 PM (pZEOD)

159 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:01 PM (mmrXZ

Exactly.
And I hope you have a happy Sunday.

And someone apparently nooded.
Nood

Just in case.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 02:04 PM (Sco7b)

160 After leaving the Navy, under the GI Bill, the VA did pay the costs associated with me obtaining an FAA type rating in the B737, which, in turn, made me a more attractive potential new hire to the airlines.

IIRC, that training cost the VA around $30,000, but getting hired lead to much higher career earnings, which meant I paid much more in federal income tax on those earnings than I would have in a lesser-paying career. The government received a decent ROI on that $30k expenditure.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (J4Dwc)

161 Work harder and smarter and maybe you can have what we have.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 02, 2026 01:52 PM (OenlC)

There's my Boomer. You were just smarter and worked harder. An entire Generation.

The same Generation that loved Lime Green appliances and Shag Carpet. Just smarter and more nose to the grindstone. While high as a kite.

Yep. Just an exceptional group. All there was to it. End of story.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 02:07 PM (CxvtJ)

162 This was a deliberate policy choice. When Obama decided to spend trillions after the 2008 financial crisis, there was a move to use that money to build major infrastructure projects - a flood barrier to protect New York from hurricanes, for example.

The malignant dwarf Robert Reich and others argued that this would employ too many white construction workers, so they decided to use the money to expand government offices instead.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2026 12:19 PM (aD4fx)

"Shovel ready" was a lie, and I think that for some younger Obama supporters, that was the first wake-up call. Seeing the shameless bait-and-switch, and the virulent anti-male bigotry paired with economic illiteracy. Watching their vaunted leaders pretend that bureaucratic processes were as good as building physical capital, when they were really like paying people to dig holes and filling them back in, but with easier work and more pleasant conditions. Nothing but a waste, and a dishonest and sexist one to boot.

Posted by: SciVo at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (Sy6m/)

163 ‘Shovel ready’ was too close to ‘pick that cotton’ to be true.

Posted by: Eromero at August 02, 2026 02:24 PM (G0HkI)

164 You're entitled. Thank you for your service.

VA Disability Compensation for Hearing

Loss rating Scale: The VA rates hearing loss from 0% to 100% using pure-tone thresholds and speech discrimination scores measured during audiometric testing.

Zero-Percent Ratings: A 0% rating means the hearing loss is officially connected to military service, but it is non-compensable (no monthly payment). However, a 0% service connection still qualifies you for free VA medical care and hearing aids

Tinnitus: Ringing in the ears is frequently claimed alongside hearing loss and carries a separate, maximum rating of 10%.

Posted by: L - No nic.. at August 02, 2026 02:27 PM (QITU9)

165 70
If you find yourself pinned by Uncle Sam's taint,

just tap-out and be glad it's not Hillary(!)'s taint you're under.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 02, 2026 12:45 PM (iJfKG)

You missed a rhyme! It's a fun word, and when I read the evocative phrase "white as a debutante's taint," I couldn't help but reimagine how that famous scene in "Dreaming" went down:

When I met you in the restaurant
You could tell I was no debutante
And I said, "Don't you know it ain't
Polite to inspect a stranger's taint?"

Posted by: SciVo at August 02, 2026 02:33 PM (Sy6m/)

166 The article only scratches the surface and at the state level the entitlements are absurd. California pays people to hang out with their sick relatives as caretakers (IHHS) and even gave them a union. For something as decent human beings they should be doing for free.

Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at August 02, 2026 03:18 PM (4c2RO)

167 It was well known up until the 1980s perhaps, a strong sense of pride of the healthy kind and self worth made accepting welfare a decidedly shameful affair. Nobody wanted to be on the dole.

They definitely made any sort of shame or embarrassment a thing of the past, replaced by a belligerent sense of ignorant entitlement.

Only a Chump is honest, pays taxes, follows the law in modern America. Take whatever you can get, however you can get it. If you don’t, somebody else will.
Posted by: Common Tater

This is about right, including the timeframe.

GenX, so I was in school in the 1980s. Small-town Minnesota. Kids "paid" for their lunch with tickets purchased from the school office; the little raffle-ticket ones with the serial number on the short edge and something like "keep this ticket" printed in the middle.

Color-coded for full-price, reduced, or free. Whether for accounting purposes or "shame the folks on the dole" purposes, I don't know.

But I was told by some the free-lunch kids, on more than one occasion, that my parents were "stupid" for paying for the full-price ones, since "anybody" could get the free ones.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 03:41 PM (VHUov)

168 The welfare government is out of control. I know 2 people just received disability, they say they can't work. Why can't they work - the answer is outrageous - because they are too fat...

Posted by: keann at August 03, 2026 07:16 AM (ZQ4ml)

Sunday Morning Book Thread [08/02/2026] JTB

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Welcome to my second attempt at a book thread. I'm still learning to include images so this one is just text [I helped...CBD]. And, as always, I hope everyone had a great week of reading.

I enjoy reading westerns. Not just for the shoot-em-ups (although that is part of the appeal) but for the characters and descriptions of town life and the wild country. The plot is usually fast paced, the books are often under 200 pages and in a few hours you have another novel on your 'books I've read' list. The good guys win, the bad guys lose and justice, not necessarily the law, is served. Vivid and satisfying.

It seems to be the universal opinion that Lonesome Dove is one of the best western novels ever written. I won't argue because I haven't read it yet. (McMurtry does have a place in my heart because he wrote all his books on a manual typewriter.) But when I reread a western, it's usually a Louis L'Amour book. I like the way he can provide insight into his characters and circumstances with just a few lines that reveal but don't disturb the pace of the story.

I like all of his books: Flint, Hondo, Down the Long Hills, and the older history periods like The Walking Drum, etc. But the Sackett series books are the ones that stay with me. Maybe it's the span of generations of a family at different points in history, circa 1600 to the late 1800s. Maybe it's a common thread of toughness and fortitude that binds the different family members even though the main characters, all very much individuals, face different problems in different environments. My favorites in the series are Jubal Sackett, Ride the River, and The Sackett Brand. Sadly, L'Amour died before doing a Sackett story involving the American Revolution.

Any particular westerns that got you interested in the genre or keep you coming back to it? What is the appeal for westerns? The Horde is a very varied group so I'm hoping to hear about western books or authors new to me.

If you need a place to start with westerns, check out Sgt. Mom's (Celia Hayes) books like Lone Star Sons: Being The Entertaining and Mostly If not Always True Adventures of Texas Ranger Jim Reade and his Blood Brother Delaware Scout Toby Shaw in the Time of the Republic of Texas, which is a fun read (and a fun title). It's suitable for youngsters and this not so young reader enjoyed it.

By the way, Donald Hamilton (obligatory Matt Helm reference) wrote some westerns in the 1950s and they are excellent. His book The Big Country was adapted for the movie of that name with Charlton Heston. For some reason they were never reprinted and the used copies can be hard to find and are expensive. Definitely worth it if you can find them.

In a recent YT video from Duelist1954, Mike Beliveau lists the top ten selling westerns of all time, the top ten critics choices and his own ten favorites. There isn't a lot of overlap between the lists.

I'm not the first person to notice this but some original Conan stories, especially the ones involving the Picts, are essentially westerns set in Howard's Hyborean Age. The story Beyond the Black River would certainly qualify.

I'm not a fan of most booktubers on YT. I don't care about their latest book haul or that they claim to have read so many books in a short time. Even if true, or possible, what the hell are they getting out of them. I read for pleasure and to expand my world, not to brag about some list to impress others. Having said that, a year of two ago a booktuber, Michael K. Vaughn, suggested June Roundup. This was a casual, informal suggestion to other YT channels to discuss western books during June that they enjoy and why, and reveal some unusual finds they've come across. If you like westerns it is kind of fun.

Recent acquisitions:
- A hardcover edition of Lonesome Dove
- The City of God by Saint Augustine (H/T to A H Lloyd)
- The Penguin Classics edition of Tennyson's Idylls of the King
- The Winchester version of Mallory's Le Morte D'Arthur (as opposed to the Caxton version that is the standard)

Serendipity: Books I've come across unexpectedly that I'll investigate, and probably buy, at some point. (Not quite in the rabbit hole category.)
- Three Bags Full, the book the Sheep Detectives movie is based on
- Letters to a Young Poet by Rilke and a book of his poetry
- A collection of the correspondence between H. Rider Haggard and Rudyard Kipling

Thanks for putting up with my meanderings. What have you all been reading?

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1 Tolle Lege

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 09:01 AM (NcvvS)

3 JTB!
I think w'all need to be in our Sunday best for this book thread, guys.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 09:02 AM (znREB)

4 Read Rex Stout's "Some Buried Caesar," a Nero Wolfe mystery from the late 30s last week. It had the tropes: Wolfe preferring to be at home; preferring Archie be his driver - every time he's driven by someone else, he's holding on for dear life; cultivation of orchids; and his other idiosyncrasies.

I've not read any NW except for this one so far. Archie crashes Wolfe's car in rural New York on their way to an orchid event, and it leads to involvement with a bull in a field: one Hickory Caesar Grindon, a champion Guernsey. Turns out the bull will be the main course at a barbeque by its owner, Mr. Pratt, a restaurateur, as a publicity stunt.

His plan horrifies people in the business because of the bull's value. Archie is engaged to protect Caesar during the night because of threats against it. A man who publicly vowed Pratt would never barbeque Caesar, is found dead in the field, with Caesar standing over him. The local law assumes the bull killed the man, but Wolfe, having seen the bull and the scene, doesn't think so.
(con't)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:02 AM (1Ff7Z)

5 (con't)
Complicating the case are two family heads who don't like each other and their adult children who do. Throw in a slick cad, dense local law, and a(nother?) murder, you have enough to keep you engaged until Wolfe unravels the crime for you.

Except for a few distinctly 1930s references: mentioning things from specific years as recent, the prices of food, the lack of computers, cell phones, or branded autos would keep you from guessing the publication date. Recommended if you've heard about Stout's work but never read it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:02 AM (1Ff7Z)

6 Thanks to CBD for adding the visuals to my text. I need to learn how to do that and make more entertaining threads.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 09:03 AM (yTvNw)

7 Duelist1954, Mike Beliveau, died this past week.

Posted by: retropox at August 02, 2026 09:03 AM (qmhkg)

8 If I recall correctly, Beyond the Black River started out as a historical adventure set in upstate New York before the Revolution — basically Robert E Howard's take on a Fenimore Cooper story. He couldn't sell it like that so he did a quick rewrite and moved it to the Hyborian Age.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 09:03 AM (78a2H)

9 The only Western I've seen is TOS Spectre of the Gun.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 09:03 AM (JvZF+)

10 Working almost walking distance from used book store had to stop. Picked up
The Damned Engineers by Janice Halt Giles
A story of the 291st Engineer Bat in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944.
My Fil was a Combat Engineer from D-Day on so its a topic very interesting to me.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 09:04 AM (Ia/+0)

11 I enjoy reading westerns.

By golly, have I got some books for you!*






*Whenever they're published (still all in beta)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:05 AM (1Ff7Z)

12 Having rattled on about how I have a set of classic novels that my parents had owned since the 1960s, I decided that I should read one. Courtesy of Mark Twain, I am accompanying "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." *

The title character, as yet unnamed, tells how he was the foreman of an armaments factory until a labor dispute brought out crowbars. Our man regains consciousness in unfamiliar territory. Coming to accept that he's in Camelot, headquarters of the Knights of the Table Round, he bluffs his way out of being burned at the stake and takes charge, sidelining Merlin and becoming Arthur's deputy, with the title The Boss.

Twain uses The Boss' thoughts to savage the acquiescence of men to the dictates of nobility, royalty, and the Church. Although I've dozed off twice, literally dropping the book, I'm enjoying it.

* Unfortunately, the book showed its age, shedding its cover and the first few pages. I found a more recent copy -- it looks to be print-on-demand, with no cover art -- at our local used-book store. Sorry, Dad.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026 09:06 AM (4I26t)

13 I had a slight interest in beekeeping and found a book on Gutenberg "How To Keep Bees". Published 1905. In the introduction, when talking about reasons to keep bees, the author came up with this gem:

"Another reason for keeping bees is the insight to be gained therefrom into the conditions of perfect communism. The bees and their relatives are the most intelligent and consistent socialists that have yet been developed in this world; and, through studying their ways, one may discern with startling clearness how the perfect socialism grinds off all the projecting corners of the individual until it fits perfectly in its communal niche."

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2026 09:07 AM (MWfyi)

14 Clifford Simak wrote amazing western short stories. They are very cinematic in my mind. Someone should adapt them to the large or small screen.

Posted by: Perfessor Sqiurrel at August 02, 2026 09:08 AM (P6pHw)

15 JTB captains a Book Thread! Cheers!

Morning, book people. Yes, the Western when well done is one of my favorite genres. I grew up with the Whitman Adventures for Young People Authorized TV Editions of Maverick, The Restless Gun, Bat Masterson, Rin Tin Tin, Gunsmoke, and lots of others. Roy Rogers, of course (the mystery The Ghost of Mystery Rancho was a favorite), and Gene Autry too.

Since then, I've realized just how close the hardboiled crime story and the Western are. More than a few authors moved from the latter to the former when the market for Westerns began to peter out: Hamilton, as JTB mentioned, and Elmore Leonard. I still like his Westerns to a degree better than a lot of his crime stories.

Modern Western authors? There is one champ: Loren D. Estleman, who also writes hardboiled private eye novels. His White Desert is great.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:09 AM (wzUl9)

16 Too hot to read!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 02, 2026 09:09 AM (Y+4g7)

17 Over 100 years ago. I couldn't beelieve it. Anyway, I skipped on to the good parts.

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2026 09:09 AM (MWfyi)

18 Reading a collection of Robert Penn Warren short stories. Currently on Prime Leaf, about the tobacco wars in early 20th century Kentucky and Tennessee. Had no idea things got that ugly, with the entire town of Hopkinsville KY being raided.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 02, 2026 09:09 AM (XvL8K)

19 I was going to post Mr Belliveau was not doing well as saw another video mentioning him.

I always loved Westerns. Movies more these days but as a teenager went through many books on ghe wild west.
Even so much I wanted a cap and ball revolver since I was a kid.
Finally bought a replica of a 1860 Army Colt a year ago

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 09:09 AM (Ia/+0)

20 My sister was reading "Riders of the Purple Sage" and got to the part where the masked stranger's shirt was open, but there were boobs...
I told her it COULD still be a man...her reaction was priceless...LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 09:10 AM (l3cgK)

21 Connecticut Yankee is on my list of Books Everybody Gets Wrong. Weak Geek's summary is unusual because he's obviously read the book. Too often I hear it described as a book about how "a Gilded Age American corrupts the knights of the Round Table with capitalism and technology and stuff." As WG so rightly points out, Twain was doing the opposite: showing that medieval society was as corrupt, or more so, than the Gilded Age robber barons.

Like most Twain it has a bum ending, although I do wonder if you can view it as an allegory of the American Civil War.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 09:11 AM (78a2H)

22 For some reason this morning, my eyes are acting funny...seems like whatever I'm looking at seems to be moving downward, even though it's not moving...and no, it isn't an earthquake or landslide...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 09:11 AM (l3cgK)

23 Morning, JTB.

Howdy, Horde.

Reading this week -- finished Bradbury's Farewell Summer and then re-read The Martian Chronicles. Was going to do From the Dust Returned, but decided to do the Chronicles instead. Next week maybe, along with Green Shadows White Whale. Hadn't read Bradbury in a long time; still holds up nicely.

Haven't read a lot of westerns. Lonesome Dove. Some L'Amour (Conagher, Hondo, a couple of the Sackett novels). Parker's Appaloosa. Good stuff, but I just don't seem to be drawn to the genre.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 09:12 AM (q3u5l)

24 Add Crow Killer to you list of westerns. It's even got cannibalism.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 02, 2026 09:12 AM (8E0Ba)

25 OE, I'm glad you liked Some Buried Caesar. You're right, Stout's work is perfectly enjoyable by 21st-century people. SBC is not my favorite Wolfe, Murder By the Book is probably that, but if nothing else SBC gives us that wonderful picture of Wolfe, arms folded and walking stick over one arm, standing safely atop the big rock in the pasture while the bull trots around him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:12 AM (wzUl9)

26 Hi JTB!

Not a genre I read very often, although I like western movies. Lots of themes: man versus nature, man versus man, the lingering animosity of the Civil War, civilization and its discontents, etc.

I have a copy of "Riders of the Purple Sage" I've been meaning to read forever.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2026 09:12 AM (kpS4V)

27 7 ... "Duelist1954, Mike Beliveau, died this past week."

I saw that. Mike had pancreatic cancer. When he didn't post for the last couple of weeks I figured he was near the end. The tributes have already started and he deserves them. Plan to mention this in the gun thread tonight.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 09:13 AM (yTvNw)

28 While Bram Stoker made him a famous villain worldwide, in Romania he has long been considered a hero, and his actual exploits are more bloody than his fictional namesake. Dracula, Prince of Many Faces by Radur Florescu and Raymond McNally delves into the actual history of the Voivode of Wallachia.

Vlad Tepes was born in 1431, the same year that Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. His father was coerced to send the boy as a hostage to the Ottomans, which likely formed his early hatred of the Turks. When he returned home and his father died, he took over as prince, and began to force his will on the Boyars who controlled his country. He also began to resist the suzerainty of the Turks.

Sultan Mehmet decided to punish the Christians by leading a force of 90,000 to crush them. Dracula used strategic retreat and guerilla attacks, along with scorched earth to deny his enemy supplies. Most famously, when Mehmet reached Tergoviste, he was faced with a forest of 20,000 dead Turkish captives impaled on spikes, a sight which demoralized his army, and he turned back for home. This bloodthirsty act merged into the ancient vampire myth, which then influenced Bram Stoker's novel.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 02, 2026 09:14 AM (0U5gm)

29 Thanks for putting this together JTB.

I'm sure there's some really interesting stuff in that Haggard-Kipling book. How long did they correspond?

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 02, 2026 09:14 AM (KaHlS)

30 20 My sister was reading "Riders of the Purple Sage" and got to the part where the masked stranger's shirt was open, but there were boobs...
I told her it COULD still be a man...her reaction was priceless...LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 09:10 AM (l3cgK)
----

Spoilers!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2026 09:14 AM (kpS4V)

31 Art on the Book Thread?

I'm a bit confused.

Posted by: dantesed at August 02, 2026 09:14 AM (Oy/m2)

32 Good Sunday morning, horde.

Some years ago, I picked up a couple of Zane Grey novels at an antique store. One was Riders of the Purple Sage, with a Mormon vs. Gentile theme. I don't remember the title of the other, but it was about a horse--a really mean and aggressive horse. Told from the horse's point of view.

I enjoyed them both, and would read more.

Most of my Western reading is modern, like C. J. Box, and Craig Johnson's Longmire series.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 02, 2026 09:15 AM (h7ZuX)

33 read Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose....Lewis and Clark story.....now re-reading The Odyssey by Homer

Posted by: Jeff Carter at August 02, 2026 09:15 AM (tZiDs)

34 I bought Galahad and the Grail by Matthew Guite. It was recommended somewhere and is quite wonderful. It's his epic poem about the search for the Grail. Most versions I've read seem to treat Galahad as a prissy do gooder. He's a bit more Samwise Gamgee here. It is recommended you read outloud, which I have been doing.

And you might check out his You Tube channel. He does it from his library. He's a professor at Oxford and an Anglican priest.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 02, 2026 09:15 AM (bkuEU)

35 Getting senile - Elmore Leonard's westerns too. NICE stuff.

Bill Pronzini's westerns are supposed to be pretty good. Ditto Elmer Kelton. Haven't read them, though.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 09:16 AM (q3u5l)

36 Sorry, Malcolm Guite, not Matthew.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 02, 2026 09:16 AM (bkuEU)

37 3 ... "JTB!
I think w'all need to be in our Sunday best for this book thread, guys."

vmom,
I'm long retired and seriously into comfort. Casual clothing, if any, is the rule.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 09:16 AM (yTvNw)

38 Oh, and the brands of automobiles in the Wolfe story? Made up. The Heron sedan, the Wethersill convertible, et al. were all Stout's creations. He invented brand names for nearly everything, a gun brand called Marley, names for locks and rugs. There was one 1950s story where Archie mentions that Wolfe has bought, and he drives, a Cadillac instead of a Heron, but that kind of brand reference was rare.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:16 AM (wzUl9)

39 As I continue to refine my neovim screenwriting config, I’m thinking I may add some features that would make it suitable for writing novels.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 02, 2026 09:16 AM (XV/Pl)

40 Any particular westerns that got you interested in the genre or keep you coming back to it? What is the appeal for westerns? The Horde is a very varied group so I'm hoping to hear about western books or authors new to me.

Probably movies: John Wayne, etc. I've read different genres of books my whole reading life, it's difficult to pick one. Since I started to try writing in my dotage, I've searched for specific authors, like Zane Grey and Clarence Mulford. Funny, I seem to go for older stuff than for "moderns." I just can't much into a 30s cowboy movie set in modern times like a lot of the Roy and Gene pix. At least Hopalong didn't do that.

The appeal is history, and not having modern politics and society intrude into a story. You're right about one thing, the hero wins, the villain loses, unlike many books today.

Am I accurate in my own stuff? Heck, I hope so. Anachronisms in movies don't really put me off, but sometimes makes you shake your head.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:16 AM (1Ff7Z)

41 Excellent - have never read a western as a city boy but thank you for giving an interesting thread vs sci fi sci fi fantasy sci fi….

Posted by: TG Sam at August 02, 2026 09:18 AM (ud9p9)

42 That's right, C.J.Box -- I have read a lot of westerns. It's the sam issues: desperadoes, land rights, idiot easterners, etc.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2026 09:18 AM (kpS4V)

43 Getting senile - Elmore Leonard's westerns too. NICE stuff.

Bill Pronzini's westerns are supposed to be pretty good. Ditto Elmer Kelton. Haven't read them, though.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026

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Pronzini did the reverse of Leonard: He began with crime stories (he even wrote one Man From U.N.C.L.E. novelette for the magazine in the '60s), and came over to Westerns.

I've read a couple of Elmer Keltons. I keep getting him confused with the famous gun expert Elmer Keith, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:18 AM (wzUl9)

44 What's the title of the Kipling/Haggard book, by the way?

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 09:19 AM (78a2H)

45 It's not a book, but I'll recommend "Support Your Local Sheriff," starring James Garner, as a Western.

Many tropes of the Western can be adopted into space fiction. The solitary hero (or small group of same) braving unknown dangers in unfamiliar if not hostile territory in quest of some sort of riches, not necessarily the kind that you can spend.

As I'm used to current technology in plumbing and travel, I would hate to go back to that earlier time. Stagecoaches don't have AC.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026 09:20 AM (4I26t)

46 I read All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker. This is an engaging story spanning from 1973 to 2001. It's a combination of a love story, a missing person mystery, and a serial killer hunter story, all with a unique twist on each. It quickly became a real page-turner for me.

Posted by: Zoltan at August 02, 2026 09:20 AM (KUWG/)

47 Good morning Horde. Thanks JTB! Nicely done.

Posted by: TRex - librarian dino at August 02, 2026 09:20 AM (jnBG1)

48 . . . I just can't much into a 30s cowboy movie set in modern times like a lot of the Roy and Gene pix. . . .
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026

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Yeah, the movies did that. The Whitman young readers' books I had as a kid set the story without a doubt in the Old West. Roy Rogers was usually in Colorado or the desert Southwest, and I think one of the Gene Autrys was set up in eastern Oregon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:21 AM (wzUl9)

49 I don't read much westerns, and we rarely get them in our library.
We do get western - set mysteries and thrillers.
But imo the true heirs of the western genre csn be found in scifi.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 09:21 AM (GhIJO)

50 Morning, all.

I don't read Westerns; the genre simply doesn't interest me at all. I don't even care to read historical accounts of the frontier. The closest thing I have to a 'western' in my collection is a short graphic novel about the Bender family.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026 09:21 AM (qRla/)

51 The Flashman series includes a couple of westerns. Highly recommended. Kit Carson makes an appearance, and he's also with Custer at Little Bighorn.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 02, 2026 09:22 AM (XvL8K)

52 Finished Dan Simmons' excellent, very, very dark "Carrion Comfort," which is a story of some incredibly evil people who can manipulate others with just their minds, which power they use to murder, murder, and more murder. Very interesting story.

Also read "The Abominable," Dan Simmons' tale of mountain climbing, specifically Mt. Everest in the 1920s, and international intrigue and monsters. I confess that despite Simmons' wonderful ability to describe scenery, i wasn't really able to visualize Everest and its environs very well. I think that's on me, not him.

Just starting Simmons' "Drood," which is a very dark yarn inviting Charles Dickens' last 5 years of life, when he spiraled into madness. Just getting started on this one.

Good morning, Book Nerdz.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2026 09:23 AM (/RHNq)

53 Oh, and Robert B. Parker wrote three (?) novels set in the Old West, beginning with Appaloosa -- made into that fine film with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortenson. There have been continuation novels in the series since he died, as with Jesse Stone and Spenser in the crime field, but I haven't read any of those.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:23 AM (wzUl9)

54 Congrats on the post JTB!

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 02, 2026 09:24 AM (lFFaq)

55 If you're interested in western stuff from history to social customs, historically accurate clothing to guns, I'd recommend visiting a YT channel called "Arizona Ghostriders," an interesting site run by "Santee," AKA John Scott.

Tell him Aitch Enfield sent you.

https://tinyurl.com/3zns5fth

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:24 AM (1Ff7Z)

56 National coloring book day!
Someone tell ketanji Jackson.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 02, 2026 09:24 AM (B5eY6)

57 I think the only western that I've read is 'True Grit'.

Posted by: dantesed at August 02, 2026 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)

58 29 ... "I'm sure there's some really interesting stuff in that Haggard-Kipling book. How long did they correspond?"

As I recall, they corresponded for about thirty years, beginning in the 1890s until Haggards death in 1925.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 09:24 AM (yTvNw)

59 >>Some years ago, I picked up a couple of Zane Grey novels at an antique store.

Ran across a story long ago that Irish poet William Butler Yeats was a fan of Western novels, especially Zane Grey, and that Yeats's last words were 'Send for the sheriff!'

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 09:25 AM (NcvvS)

60 Posted by: TRex - librarian dino

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Are you a librarian, TRex?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 09:26 AM (znREB)

61 Thanks JTB. I really like the ~1960-70's Louis L'Amour paperback cover art.

Posted by: 13times at August 02, 2026 09:26 AM (fnZRl)

62 A history professor friend of mine who specializes in the old west recommends The Virginian, the first western novel. Someday I may get around to it .

Posted by: Perfessor Sqiurrel at August 02, 2026 09:26 AM (P6pHw)

63 Just starting Simmons' "Drood," which is a very dark yarn inviting Charles Dickens' last 5 years of life, when he spiraled into madness. Just getting started on this one.

Good morning, Book Nerdz.
Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2026

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I'm just starting his The Terror, an 1840s novel of the Royal Navy trying to find the Northwest Passage from the North Atlantic out to the Pacific. Two steam-powered sailing ships get frozen into the ice near Baffin Bay . . . and something huge and dangerous is out there in the dark picking off the men one by one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:26 AM (wzUl9)

64 Yay Book Thread! Not a fan of westerns at all. I don't think I've read a single western. I enjoy some of the films, though.

Now on book VII of City of God. It's slow going because St. Augustine is just going so deep into things that it takes time to unpack it. I will once again note that the translator needs to be slapped around for constantly "correcting" a man with linguistic guesswork by modern scholars or saying some obscure Roman god is unknown elsewhere.

No shit. Very few works have survived, but St. Augustine had an encyclopedic knowledge of this stuff, as befits one of history's greatest Latin stylists. *He* is the default, not modern scholars pushing their ignorant pet theories.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2026 09:26 AM (ZOv7s)

65 As I recall, they corresponded for about thirty years, beginning in the 1890s until Haggards death in 1925.

Posted by: JTB



I find it fascinating that Haggard wrote King Solomon's Mines in essentially a weekend, on a dare, after he told someone that writing an adventure novel would be easy, and they bet him he couldn't.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 02, 2026 09:26 AM (0U5gm)

66 @21 --

Hey, hey, hey -- hold up! I've barely started the book. I just finished the first tournament, in which the surgeons ruined one of his saws.

Don't credit me with what I haven't done. Although it's a nice change from being blamed for not completing an action.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026 09:27 AM (4I26t)

67 On the Kindle I read War King: A Viking Age Novel by Eric Schumacher. This is the third and final book in Hakon's Saga series. After 20 years of ruling what is now southwest Norway, Hakon Haraldson, who brought Christianity to the region, is still fighting his nephews, sons of Eric Bloodaxe. The nephews are now backed by sword-Danes and finally defeat and kill King Hakon. This series of historical novels is based on scant remaining records, but tries to remain true to the life and times of the mid 8th century A. D.

Posted by: Zoltan at August 02, 2026 09:27 AM (KUWG/)

68 MP4, I'm proceeding handily with your new novel. Very good so far. I should have a few notes for you early next week.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:27 AM (wzUl9)

69 I read a really taught thriller about the secret power dynamic pulling the strings in a wealthy New England suburb, "Valley of the Moms". Good stuff. Then I made the mistake of glancing at the (presumably Jewish) author's acknowledgments: "To the people of Gaza. I do not give up hope. I will use my platform as a microphone. I still believe that words matter." 🤮

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2026 09:28 AM (kpS4V)

70 Do the Hillermans' (Tony & his daughter) books count as westerns if they are set on the rez?
I enjoy those books.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 09:28 AM (znREB)

71 44 ... "What's the title of the Kipling/Haggard book, by the way?"

It's "Rudyard Kipling To Rider Haggard: The Record Of A Friendship".

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 09:28 AM (yTvNw)

72 I think the only western that I've read is 'True Grit'.
Posted by: dantesed at August 02, 2026

***
It is a good one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:28 AM (wzUl9)

73 Read an article this week about the difference in your brain between reading a book and listening to a book. MRI's show little to no difference in brain activity between listening and reading, but there is a difference when it comes to learning things, i.e. textbooks and academic books. When it comes to to learning, physical books/materials by far, had better outcomes.
Listening to stories is something our brains are hard wired to do. After all, we were passing stories down long before there was a written language. Conclusion was audio books are good for lighter reading like fiction but when it comes to to heavier reading, physical books are the clear winner.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 09:29 AM (VCgbV)

74 The only Western I've seen is TOS Spectre of the Gun.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 09:03 AM (JvZF+)

What about The 'Frisco Kid?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:29 AM (1Ff7Z)

75 I find it fascinating that Haggard wrote King Solomon's Mines in essentially a weekend, on a dare, after he told someone that writing an adventure novel would be easy, and they bet him he couldn't.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 02, 2026 09:26 AM (0U5gm)

The same thing happened (more or less) to Texas feed salesman Hal P Warren. He told the screenwriter Sterling Silliphant that it was the easiest thing in the world to make a movie, so Silliphant challenged him to do it.

And so the world was gifted. . .Manos: The Hands of Fate.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026 09:30 AM (qRla/)

76 >>Stagecoaches don't have AC.

Have to laugh when people exit a stagecoach all clean. Anyone in a front-facing seat would be dusty as hell.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

77 “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury, which I believe is part of the Martian Chronickes, took place on August 4-5, 2026.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 02, 2026 09:30 AM (4g5V+)

78 Greatest Western film, hands down, is _The Phantom Empire_ starring Gene Autry.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 09:30 AM (78a2H)

79
6 Thanks to CBD for adding the visuals to my text. I need to learn how to do that and make more entertaining threads.
Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 09:03 AM (yTvNw)

I had to look up the piece of art at the top of the post. Of course - Bierstadt! Highly appropriate, as his art did much to establish the mythology of the American West from the beginning. This piece is a perfect example of that, pioneers headed into a glorious, golden future.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 09:31 AM (Ol0VD)

80 And so the world was gifted. . .Manos: The Hands of Fate.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026 09:30 AM (

MST3K was never the same ever again.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 02, 2026 09:31 AM (4g5V+)

81 MP4, I'm proceeding handily with your new novel. Very good so far. I should have a few notes for you early next week.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:27 AM (wzUl9)

Many thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying it. I still have a few minor edits to make, so no massive rush.

Yesterday I came up with a wonderful opening for the next book in the series, but I don't know whether I want to write it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026 09:31 AM (qRla/)

82 My favorite Western's are A. B. Guthrie's
'The Big Sky' and 'The Way West'

Also Manfred's "Lord Grizzly"
(a better Hugh Glass tale than 'The Revenant')

And... Vardis Fischer's 'Mountain Man', the far
better source for the movie 'Jeremiah Johnson'.
His depiction of the natives as mostly superstitious
bug-eating savages is brutal.

The early 'mountain man' era is more interesting
than the 'cowboy' West. To me.

Posted by: retropox at August 02, 2026 09:31 AM (qmhkg)

83 Could someone please write a "cultivation" style LitRPG that doesn't immediately descend into depravity? I like the tropes, but am 3/0 for enjoyability on the ones I've tried due to harem, psychopathic main character, or constant foul language issues.

This is a case where I won't be writing the book I want to read, because I already have my weird west dino gunslinger setting I haven't been writing.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 02, 2026 09:32 AM (lFFaq)

84 62 A history professor friend of mine who specializes in the old west recommends The Virginian, the first western novel. Someday I may get around to it .
Posted by: Perfessor Sqiurrel at August 02, 2026 09:26 AM (P6pHw)

Oh, that's another that I picked up at a thrift or antique store, along with The Oxbow Incident. Haven't gotten around to reading either of them.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 02, 2026 09:33 AM (h7ZuX)

85 Yesterday I came up with a wonderful opening for the next book in the series, but I don't know whether I want to write it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026

***
Go ahead and set it down. Who knows, it may pull you along into the new story, as you answer the questions you ask or ask yourself in the opening.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)

86 After poking around presume you've got 'Rudyard Kipling To Rider Haggard: The Record Of A Friendship' by Morton Cohen. from 1975 and presume never reprinted, this kind of book would make the shortlist browsing a used book store.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 02, 2026 09:33 AM (KaHlS)

87 My first born son is named after Logan Sackett.

Posted by: Ironwood at August 02, 2026 09:34 AM (ob2d4)

88 So, I guess the idea of Westerns appeals to me, but they rarely make it to the top of the TBR list. I should try those when I'm in a rut where nothing looks interesting.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 02, 2026 09:34 AM (h7ZuX)

89 All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker. This is an engaging story spanning from 1973 to 2001. It's a combination of a love story, a missing person mystery, and a serial killer hunter story, all with a unique twist on each. It quickly became a real page-turner for me.
Posted by: Zoltan
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I listened to this last month and enjoyed it too.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 09:34 AM (VCgbV)

90 For some reason this morning, my eyes are acting funny...seems like whatever I'm looking at seems to be moving downward, even though it's not moving...and no, it isn't an earthquake or landslide...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 09:11 AM (l3cgK)

I had something like that happen to me recently. My eyes kept wandering from what I was looking at. Since coming back from the road trip a week ago, every time I stand up I feel dizzy for a few seconds. Ah, the travails of getting older.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:35 AM (1Ff7Z)

91
I've read almost no westerns.

The first western I ever read was Ol' Looey L'Amour on the recommendation of a friend when I was maybe 12-13.

I was bored silly. It seemed no different than the multitude of TV westerns on the tube at that time.

So, I've stayed away.

I suppose I should try "Lonesome Dove" since so many people like it, and maybe-

Cormac McCarthy since he's always popping up on lists and in reviews. His writing style annoys me though.

We'll see.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 02, 2026 09:35 AM (iJfKG)

92 Not a book, but book adjacent - I decided to dust off Avalon Hill's old "1776" wargame and set it up. It's been a long time since I got it out and I'm really appreciating the elegance of its design. Because I can't help myself, I'm tinkering with the combat system, and for true gaming nerds, I'll have a blog post up later today (link in nic).

Also, I've posted the second essay analyzing a PRC invasion of Taiwan for those that are interested. This is basically "thinking on the page" (or the screen), so it's an open-ended project.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)

93 Cedar Sanderson's 6th Grounds Keeper is out. Called Fen Dead I believe. Quick read, decent mystery. Maybe a little heavy on early adulthood angst, but that's probably accurate for modern young adults.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 02, 2026 09:36 AM (lFFaq)

94 And so the world was gifted. . .Manos: The Hands of Fate.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026 09:30 AM (qRla/)
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Bwahahaha!

Torgo the White takes TV's Frank to Second Banana Heaven:

https://tinyurl.com/bdr6sdm8





Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2026 09:37 AM (kpS4V)

95 The Roy Rogers YA novel The Ghost of Mystery RAncho, which I've mentioned here a couple of times, was a big favorite of mine as a kid. Rereading it as a grownup -- I have a copy bought on eBay -- I see plot holes here and there. But it has an amazing narrative drive. And it is the classic "closed" mystery, where we do not know the identity of the villain until almost the end. Roy, a young Texas Ranger, is hunting a murderous Rio Grande-area bandit known as The Ghost, who wears a skeleton mask and costume on his raids. Not even his minions know his real identity. So added to the action is the built-in puzzle factor, and the revelation is a true thunderbolt worthy of Christie or Queen.

As well as stoking my love of Westerns, it started me on a lifelong affair with the classic mystery.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

96
62 A history professor friend of mine who specializes in the old west recommends The Virginian, the first western novel. Someday I may get around to it .
Posted by: Perfessor Sqiurrel at August 02, 2026 09:26 AM (P6pHw)

I found that in my grandpa’s library when I was young and read it - quite good! Much of it will seem cliche now, but it was one of the first serious novels about cowboy life in the west, and it was the dozens of writers who copied it that made it cliche.

It is one of those pieces of work that set the form for much of the genre to follow.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 09:39 AM (Ol0VD)

97 Amazon has/had a Josephine Tey collection on Kindle for only a couple of dollars and many of the Horde have recommended her books so I got it. Just started the first in the book, an Inspector Grant story.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 02, 2026 09:39 AM (lFFaq)

98 Combination book/movie/TV comment. After having avoided Harlan Coben, I eventually read Nobody's Fool and quite liked it. I then discovered Netflix has a bazillion Coben limited series (many set in England despite the books upon which they are based being set in the US). I looked him up and he has sold over 100,000,000 books. Plus his movie revenue. And his Final Twist TV series. And now I see there's talk of a Myron Bolitar TV series based upon his twelve book series about a sports agent who always gets himself involved in murders. Yeah, life must be pretty sweet for Harlan Coben.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 09:40 AM (ndZc7)

99 Do the Hillermans' (Tony & his daughter) books count as westerns if they are set on the rez?
I enjoy those books.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 09:28 AM (znREB)

Yes!
After living on ranch on the 'North Rim' for six
summers (in the '70's) I read "A Thief of Time"
30 years later. Hillerman made me feel I though
I had time traveled. I was THERE again.
The smell of the pinyon and sage, the smell of the
summer rain, the very way the air felt in a canyon.

Posted by: retropox at August 02, 2026 09:40 AM (qmhkg)

100 For some reason this morning, my eyes are acting funny...seems like whatever I'm looking at seems to be moving downward, even though it's not moving...and no, it isn't an earthquake or landslide...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026
*
I had something like that happen to me recently. My eyes kept wandering from what I was looking at. Since coming back from the road trip a week ago, every time I stand up I feel dizzy for a few seconds. Ah, the travails of getting older.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026

***
I had something similar back in 2018. Turned out to be an inner-ear problem, solved with some physical therapy that helped to shake something loose that was stuck in my vestibular canals.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

101 Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026 09:06 AM (4I26t)

WG, I came across a YT vid yesterday covering a comic collection of PI stories. Can't remember who did it, but it was talking about "PIs," a set of stories done in various styles, even inside the same story. Thought you might be interested.

Link to Amazon:
https://tinyurl.com/9kbm4vcy

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:40 AM (1Ff7Z)

102 The Searchers, by Alan Le May, is a very close second to Lonesome Dove. I've read both multiple times and given away every copy I've bought.

I read The Good Old Boys, by Elmer Kelton, last year. It's a story of the end of the cowboy age and wandering cowboy Hewey Calloway who tries, but doesn't fit in modern life with West Texas farming and automobiles and staying in one place for more than a few days or weeks. It is a dandy book, that was made into a tv movie with Tommy Lee Jones 30 years ago. I haven't seen it, but if they followed the book, it would be a good one.

Posted by: huerfano at August 02, 2026 09:40 AM (VJX5o)

103 "Trigger! It was you all the time!"

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 09:40 AM (78a2H)

104 lin-duh,
Fully concur on audio vs physical book retainage and comprehension.
It's the difficulty juggling driving, mowing and chores while reading that have mostly pushed my to audio ratio up.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 02, 2026 09:41 AM (KaHlS)

105 Amazon has/had a Josephine Tey collection on Kindle for only a couple of dollars and many of the Horde have recommended her books so I got it. Just started the first in the book, an Inspector Grant story.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 02, 2026

***
She was great. The strong thing with a Tey novel is the flavor and the characters, often people you'd want to spend time with after the book is over.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

106 Not even his minions know his real identity. So added to the action is the built-in puzzle factor, and the revelation is a true thunderbolt worthy of Christie or Queen.

As well as stoking my love of Westerns, it started me on a lifelong affair with the classic mystery.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

When his mask is pulled off, does he say “and I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for you darn kids!!!” ???

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 09:41 AM (Ol0VD)

107 MST3K was never the same ever again.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 02, 2026 09:31 AM (4g5V+)

Servo's high-velocity riff at the end was classic.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 09:41 AM (PiwSw)

108 Alan LeMay was also the fellow who wrote The Unforgiven -- not the Clint Eastwood classic, but the 1950s film with Burt Lancaster and Natalie Wood.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

109 OE, I'm glad you liked Some Buried Caesar. You're right, Stout's work is perfectly enjoyable by 21st-century people. SBC is not my favorite Wolfe, Murder By the Book is probably that, but if nothing else SBC gives us that wonderful picture of Wolfe, arms folded and walking stick over one arm, standing safely atop the big rock in the pasture while the bull trots around him.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:12 AM (wzUl9)

Yes, I did like it. I have those other two waiting, but I think I'll read one of the ERB's I bought with them. Kid number one bought those other books you recommended, but I'll have to wait until she comes by in November.

I wonder if the scene with Wolfe on the rock was the one mentioned last week that someone thought was laugh out loud? I thought it was cute, but didn't laugh out loud.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:43 AM (1Ff7Z)

110 Yesterday I came up with a wonderful opening for the next book in the series, but I don't know whether I want to write it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026 09:31 AM (qRla/)
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I keep a pad next to the bed to write down phrases that occur to me. I also have lots of writing paper around the house as well. Never let an idea go to waste!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2026 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)

111 Fully concur on audio vs physical book retainage and comprehension.
It's the difficulty juggling driving, mowing and chores while reading that have mostly pushed my to audio ratio up.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 02, 2026 09:41 AM (KaHlS)

Same. I have tried a couple of non-fiction and historical books on audio, but they don't work for me. Mysteries, funny stuff, all that is good on audio. Currently listening to We Sold Our Souls, by Grady Hendrix. I guess you would call it comic horror, and I'm just going to declare that Hendrix owns this genre.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 02, 2026 09:44 AM (h7ZuX)

112 Vardis Fischer's 'Mountain Man', the far better source for the movie 'Jeremiah Johnson'. His depiction of the natives as mostly superstitious bug-eating savages is brutal.

Posted by: retropox at August 02, 2026 09:31 AM (qmhkg)

Yes! And Fischer's historical version of the Lewis and Clark expedition "Tale of Valor" is also very good. I think Fischer had a grim outlook on life in general, and that grimness buttresses the struggle between nature and human existence.

Posted by: 13times at August 02, 2026 09:44 AM (fnZRl)

113 Thanks for the plug for my books! There are two sequels/story collections to Lone Star Sons: Lone Star Blood and Lone Star Glory.

When I was still trying to go the trad-pub route and looking for a literary agent, I had my first two books in hand in manuscript - To Truckee's Trail, and the Adelsverein Trilogy. It seemed like every agency website I looked at had a snotty little notation that they did not consider westerns. And those that didn't have it on their website so informed me in the letter of rejection. Me pleading "It's historical fiction set on the 19th century trans-Mississippi western frontier" cut no ice at all.
But westerns seemed still to be a popular genre - so I said F**k it, I write westerns!" and embraced the category. And twenty or so books later...

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at August 02, 2026 09:45 AM (Ew3fm)

114 26 ... "I have a copy of "Riders of the Purple Sage" I've been meaning to read forever."

AHE,
Good morning. Purple Sage is a good start. A few personal favorites that might appeal to you, all Louis L'Amour and easily found in used book stores. "Ride the River" with it's teenage girl protagonist. She is competent in the wild but doesn't refuse male help. L'Amour's female characters are capable but not stupid. "Jubal Sackett" is one of the last of the Sackett series. Jubal is in the second generation of Sacketts, so 1600s. Exploring unknown territory, touches of mysticism, romance, and desperate fights. His sense of wonder at the new world makes for pleasant and exciting reading. Then "Flint", the ultimate competent loner who wants peace but encounters greed and corruption. The insights into life in the later wild west is fun.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 09:45 AM (yTvNw)

115 Not even his minions know his real identity. So added to the action is the built-in puzzle factor, and the revelation is a true thunderbolt worthy of Christie or Queen.

As well as stoking my love of Westerns, it started me on a lifelong affair with the classic mystery.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

When his mask is pulled off, does he say “and I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for you darn kids!!!” ???
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026

***
Nope. These Whitman stories, while written for young adults, never wrote down to them. I can reread many of them now with enjoyment. In fact one, Roy Rogers and the Enchanted Canyon, proved a revelation some years ago. I hadn't liked it as a kid. As an adult I loved it -- party because of the atmosphere the author generates about the abandoned Anasazi canyon dwellings. I was not an atmosphere guy at age nine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

116 InspiredHistoryMike,
I resisted audiobooks for a long time but now I am always listening to one while driving, at work when bored or doing repetitive things, while doing chores, and cooking. I still read on my kindle nightly but usually a different book.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 09:45 AM (VCgbV)

117 100 wolfus is right - go get checked out

Most vestibular issues can be corrected IF addressed quickly; if you ignore it it can get so much worse

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 09:46 AM (eZ5tL)

118 Same. I have tried a couple of non-fiction and historical books on audio, but they don't work for me. Mysteries, funny stuff, all that is good on audio. Currently listening to We Sold Our Souls, by Grady Hendrix. I guess you would call it comic horror, and I'm just going to declare that Hendrix owns this genre.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 02, 2026

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I just finished that in print. I didn't find it comic at all -- but horror, oh, yes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

119 Ah, publishers.

"There Will Come Soft Rains" takes place in August 2057. That's in the current William Morrow pb/Kindle edition.

Originally, as reprinted by Library of America in their 2-volume Bradbury set - yep, August 2026.

Why Morrow feels the need to do that is beyond me. Next week I suppose Orwell's reprints will be issued as 2084.

Recently revisited It! The Terror from Beyond Space, which set its Mars landings in 1973. Guess they'll have to do an AI edit of the voice-overs.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 09:47 AM (q3u5l)

120 Ah, the travails of getting older.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

No, it's not old age. Get it checked, OE

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 09:47 AM (eZ5tL)

121 @101 --

Thank you. When I'm on YouTube, it's primarily to watch "Gutfeld!" -- we no longer have cable -- or to listen to Larry O'Connor, which I do at work.

Outside of that, the videos I choose all relate to comics.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026 09:48 AM (4I26t)

122 >> Alan LeMay was also the fellow who wrote The Unforgiven -- not the Clint Eastwood classic, but the 1950s film with Burt Lancaster and Natalie Wood.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:42 AM

Good book. The movie was absolutely a 50s western. I didn't believe Audrey Hepburn as half Kiowa.

Posted by: huerfano at August 02, 2026 09:48 AM (VJX5o)

123 One of my favorite quotes is from Washington Irving, in which he quite succinctly describes the joy of traveling in a stagecoach;

“There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.”

- Washington Irving

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 09:49 AM (Ol0VD)

124 I wonder if the scene with Wolfe on the rock was the one mentioned last week that someone thought was laugh out loud? I thought it was cute, but didn't laugh out loud.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026

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Probably so.

To me the classic LOL moment in the Wolfe saga comes from another, later book. Archie mentions again at the climax that Wolfe does not always tell even him what he, Wolfe, plans, or who the murderer is. "He says that I can control my face better if I don't know. The real reason is that he loves to have a curtain go up revealing him balancing a ball on the end of his nose."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:49 AM (wzUl9)

125 Oh, and the brands of automobiles in the Wolfe story? Made up. The Heron sedan, the Wethersill convertible, et al. were all Stout's creations. He invented brand names for nearly everything, a gun brand called Marley, names for locks and rugs. There was one 1950s story where Archie mentions that Wolfe has bought, and he drives, a Cadillac instead of a Heron, but that kind of brand reference was rare.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:16 AM (wzUl9)

That keeps the story from being dated. Ages the story when a defunct brand is still used as something current.

Unless it was a story about AOP, someone daily driving a Studebaker certain locks it into a time gone by.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:50 AM (1Ff7Z)

126 Thanks for the dandy Book Thread, JTB!

Currently reading The Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood. Still early into the book, but the history of the social order in England and America during the 17th and 18th centuries is fascinating.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 02, 2026 09:51 AM (D/6p1)

127 Alan LeMay was also the fellow who wrote The Unforgiven -- not the Clint Eastwood classic, but the 1950s film with Burt Lancaster and Natalie Wood.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:42 AM
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Good book. The movie was absolutely a 50s western. I didn't believe Audrey Hepburn as half Kiowa.
Posted by: huerfano at August 02, 2026

***
Oh, that's right, it was Audrey. Natalie was the grown version of the girl Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter were seeking in The Searchers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)

128 As I continue to refine my neovim screenwriting config, I’m thinking I may add some features that would make it suitable for writing novels.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 02, 2026 09:16 AM (XV/Pl)

How would that work? AI assisted writing, or templates?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:51 AM (1Ff7Z)

129 Got interested in Louis L'Amour a while ago for reasons I don't remember. Probably because someone recommended his autobiography-of-sorts: Education of a Wandering Man. It sounded more interesting than it was, and was more a catalog of the prodigious amount of books he read over the first half of his life than anything else. It was OK. Then I thought I'd try reading his fiction writing and got a couple Westerns. Did not find his writing style very compelling, but that's just me.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 02, 2026 09:52 AM (QaH55)

130 This bloodthirsty act merged into the ancient vampire myth, which then influenced Bram Stoker's novel.

Posted by: Thomas Paine




Tom Homan is doing a great job as Border "Czar," but he could probably use a decent assistant like Vlad Tepes.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2026 09:52 AM (/RHNq)

131 Read a couple of those Bobby Boyle, Ike's detective.wwii mysteries, someone here recommended, they are good, but there's like twenty of them socertainly won't get to them all.
Also read 111 Days in Stanleyville, about the 1964 uprising in the Congo, by Dave Reed, a friends godfather. Reminded me of the weird times I came of age in.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 09:52 AM (sl73Y)

132 "The Searchers, by Alan Le May, is a very close second to Lonesome Dove."

Posted by: huerfano at August 02, 2026 09:40 AM (VJX5o)

Another very good book!

Posted by: 13times at August 02, 2026 09:52 AM (fnZRl)

133 I've read a couple of Elmer Keltons. I keep getting him confused with the famous gun expert Elmer Keith, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:18 AM (wzUl9)

Better than confusing him with Pert Kelton!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:53 AM (1Ff7Z)

134 Sgt. Mom, I have a feeling my somewhat "hardboiled" approach to fantasy is not going to go over with traditional publishers either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

135 For some reason this morning, my eyes are acting funny...seems like whatever I'm looking at seems to be moving downward, even though it's not moving

Not to be a panican but if it persists, you might want to seek medical attention. It could be nothing or it could be a warning sign of something serious. No point in taking chances.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 09:53 AM (vTZFs)

136 OrangeEnt,

Look up BPPV ( Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo )

It would be best to see a professional, but if you want to try a home remedy first, look up "Epley maneuver"

Alternately, slap hot iron to it.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 09:54 AM (PiwSw)

137 @95 --

Not even his minions know his real identity.

How does that work? Does he waylay them behind the bar and make his pitch?

In the Spirit comics, his primary recurring foe, the crimelord the Octopus, keeps his identity secret by killing the underlings who convey his orders.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026 09:54 AM (4I26t)

138 I read the whole CJ Box Joe Pickett series and really enjoyed it.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 09:54 AM (VCgbV)

139 I don't read much westerns, and we rarely get them in our library.
We do get western - set mysteries and thrillers.
But imo the true heirs of the western genre csn be found in scifi.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 09:21 AM (GhIJO)

Well, as seen above, westerns and sci-fi get written by the same authors. They do go together. I do both.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:55 AM (1Ff7Z)

140 For any Book Thread denizens who don't frequent all the other threads --

Yesterday's thread from K.T., Sowell Weekend, is well worth a look. He links to a panel discussion (Niall Ferguson, Victor Hanson, and Coleman Hughes) on Sowell. Nice stuff.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 09:56 AM (q3u5l)

141 Lonesome Dove and its prequels and sequel are not the usual Western fare. They are more like "Westerns for people who hate Westerns." I'd think anybody who liked True Grit, the novel or either movie version, would like LD.

McMurtry does have one style quirk. He changes point of view from one character to another, not just within the same scene, but within the same paragraph. It can be disconcerting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)

142 Currently reading The Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood. Still early into the book, but the history of the social order in England and America during the 17th and 18th centuries is fascinating.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 02, 2026 09:51 AM (D/6p1)

He also wrote The American Revolution: A History, a short (166 pages) well-done retelling of the conflict.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026 09:56 AM (qRla/)

143 “I hadn't liked it as a kid. As an adult I loved it -- party because of the atmosphere the author generates about the abandoned Anasazi canyon dwellings. I was not an atmosphere guy at age nine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

I should look for that. Having visited some of those ruins, I know the eerie, almost otherworldly feel you get as you approach them. There’s something about great works of men who lived a thousand years ago, where everyone just left and abandoned them to the foxes and the scorpions.

Or maybe they never left. Only their descendants did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 09:57 AM (Ol0VD)

144 A western I enjoyed was A Distant Trumpet by Paul Horgan. It was made into a mediocre movie (although it did have Suzanne Pleshette) but the book is much better and very well written. It's about a young cavalry officer fighting Indians and the Army during the last of the Indian Wars.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 09:57 AM (ndZc7)

145 Sgt. Mom, I have a feeling my somewhat "hardboiled" approach to fantasy is not going to go over with traditional publishers either.[/i.]

Unless your name is Loren Estleman, trad pubs don't want silent film mysteries, either.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026 09:58 AM (qRla/)

146 I'm just starting his The Terror, an 1840s novel of the Royal Navy trying to find the Northwest Passage from the North Atlantic out to the Pacific. Two steam-powered sailing ships get frozen into the ice near Baffin Bay . . . and something huge and dangerous is out there in the dark picking off the men one by one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere




The Terror is next on my Kindle after Drood.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2026 09:58 AM (/RHNq)

147 34 ... "I bought Galahad and the Grail by Matthew Guite. It was recommended somewhere and is quite wonderful. It's his epic poem about the search for the Grail. Most versions I've read seem to treat Galahad as a prissy do gooder. He's a bit more Samwise Gamgee here. It is recommended you read outloud, which I have been doing.

And you might check out his You Tube channel. He does it from his library. He's a professor at Oxford and an Anglican priest."

notsothoreau,

I'm so glad you are enjoying Guite's poetry. And his YT videos are my favorites. So much entertainment, so much insight into literature: Lewis, Tolkien, MacDonald, Dante, The Faerie Queene, sources of the Arthur legends. Many comments have asked him to narrate the complete LOTR on CD. His readings are excellent.

BTW, the second volume of the Arthuriad comes out in November. I've already ordered mine.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 09:59 AM (yTvNw)

148 Do the Hillermans' (Tony & his daughter) books count as westerns if they are set on the rez?
I enjoy those books.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 09:28 AM (znREB)

If set at Mohegan Sun, no.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:00 AM (1Ff7Z)

149 @109 --

I wonder if the scene with Wolfe on the rock was the one mentioned last week that someone thought was laugh out loud?

No, it was Archie's proposal for the county jail's prisoners' union. One demand was for a closed shop.

I enjoy "Some Buried Caesar," but the book gives away the game before you open it. IYKYK.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026 10:01 AM (4I26t)

150 OT, left a gallon of milk in the garage coming in from the store. Overnight temp was around eighty, left out for fifteen hours. Put it in the fridge this morning, fully intend to drink it.
Poll: still drinkable, or will I die.
Momma cow got no refrigeration.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 10:01 AM (sl73Y)

151 That keeps the story from being dated. Ages the story when a defunct brand is still used as something current.

Which reminds me, apparently Amazon is doing a series of Neuromancer. I'm not entirely sure if I trust them not to f*ck it up like they did Tolkien. OK, I am sure -- that I don 't trust them. Anyway, one of the things Gibson did was mix in familiar brand names (Braun in particular) with fake ones (e.g. Ono-Sendai) to help create an impression of pervasive Asian-European technocracy. Offhand, I don't recall any mention of identifiably American tech.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 10:01 AM (vTZFs)

152 “I hadn't liked it as a kid. As an adult I loved it -- party because of the atmosphere the author generates about the abandoned Anasazi canyon dwellings. I was not an atmosphere guy at age nine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026
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I should look for that. Having visited some of those ruins, I know the eerie, almost otherworldly feel you get as you approach them. There’s something about great works of men who lived a thousand years ago, where everyone just left and abandoned them to the foxes and the scorpions.

Or maybe they never left. Only their descendants did.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026

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The author was Jim Rivers, and it dates to 1954.

Oddly enough, Louis L'Amour wrote a set-in-modern-times SF novel about exactly that, The Haunted Mesa.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

153 Frank Herbert does the same viewpoint-hopping within the same scene or paragraph. In his case it's because all the characters are lying, or have hidden agendas, or something they won't express openly.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 10:01 AM (78a2H)

154 Speaking of Dracula and stone age game shows . . .

https://tinyurl.com/4a4t6hre

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 10:02 AM (ndZc7)

155 And so the world was gifted. . .Manos: The Hands of Fate.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026 09:30 AM (qRla/)

Hey! It got made, didn't it?

(looks at latest "thanks, but" email from another publisher)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:02 AM (1Ff7Z)

156 Oddbob: I believe in N'mancer Molly packs a "Remington Recoilless" handgun.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 10:03 AM (78a2H)

157 My brother-In-law picked up several books at the Goodwill for us which I think I will enjoy reading. One is about the Kings and Queens of England edited by Antonia Fraser I have read a few chapters already The other is a novel by Per Olov Enquist about one of the men who started the Swedish Pentecostal movement . ( I didn't even know That Sweden had a Pentecostal movement) , and the last one is a biography of George Washington by John Ferling . FenSpouse has already started that and is enjoying it . He told me that Washington used to get up at 4:00 and spend a few hours at his desk reading and responding to his correspondence

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2026 10:03 AM (vxQju)

158 Poll: still drinkable, or will I die.
Momma cow got no refrigeration.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 10:01 AM (sl73Y)

You'll want the smell test on that one. I don't think it will actually make you ill, because pasteurization and all that, but it probably won't taste good.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 02, 2026 10:03 AM (h7ZuX)

159 Do Weird West stories count?

I highly recommend Ryan Williamson's "The Widow's" and its sequel, "The Spear of Destiny." Demons, mechs, zombies, cavalry, and Christianity mashed up in a couple of great stories.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 02, 2026 10:04 AM (/RHNq)

160 I went through "Six Frigates" via audiobook. I'd like to find a copy to see whether it's illustrated.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026 10:04 AM (4I26t)

161 I enjoy "Some Buried Caesar," but the book gives away the game before you open it. IYKYK.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026

***
Stout, like Josephine Tey (though for different reasons), belongs in the first rank of mystery writers. But he was not a great puzzle constructor like the Queens, Christie, or Carr. In the Wolfe novels there is rarely a dazzle moment like the reason for the corpse's reversed clothing in EQ's Chinese Orange Mystery. In some of Stout's Wolfe novelettes, yes, but not often in the novels.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:04 AM (wzUl9)

162 It's very humid today; I think I'll crank up the A/C and relax.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026 10:05 AM (qRla/)

163 Yesterday I came up with a wonderful opening for the next book in the series, but I don't know whether I want to write it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026

I know the feeling. I've come up with endings and beginnings for books I'm not sure I'll ever do. They just come to me while I'm thinking about something else.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:06 AM (1Ff7Z)

164 Smell and taste the milk. It is pasteurized and unopened so it won't kill you but see what it smells and tastes like before drinking it.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 10:07 AM (VCgbV)

165 When it comes to the masked boss in Westerns, my guess is that it's the town banker, the saloon owner, or the heroine's younger brother.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026 10:07 AM (4I26t)

166 I got into watching Western movies kinda late in life, and, alas, never got into reading Western novels. So I can't contribute much today. (Dood thing, too, because I'm kinda late.)

That said, I did read some mountain-men themed novels as a youth, which is sorta related. But I may mostly be remembering the trapper-and-his-dog novels that were set closer to the modern age than to the actual old west...

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 02, 2026 10:10 AM (N5RnR)

167 I didn't believe Audrey Hepburn as half Kiowa.

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She was from the Netherlands wing of the Kiowa tribe.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

168 I had something similar back in 2018. Turned out to be an inner-ear problem, solved with some physical therapy that helped to shake something loose that was stuck in my vestibular canals.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

Ah. I do get the occasional ear bother early in the morning because the fan runs all night over the bed. That should stop when we don't need it in a couple months.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:11 AM (1Ff7Z)

169 I read The Good Old Boys, by Elmer Kelton, last year. It's a story of the end of the cowboy age and wandering cowboy Hewey Calloway who tries, but doesn't fit in modern life with West Texas farming and automobiles and staying in one place for more than a few days or weeks. It is a dandy book, that was made into a tv movie with Tommy Lee Jones 30 years ago. I haven't seen it, but if they followed the book, it would be a good one.
Posted by: huerfano at August 02, 2026 09:40 AM (VJX5o)

Sort of a Monte Walsh story?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:13 AM (1Ff7Z)

170 To be candid, I find it hard to believe Audrey Hepburn as Dutch, either. She's the archetypical Frenchwoman.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 10:13 AM (78a2H)

171 I know the feeling. I've come up with endings and beginnings for books I'm not sure I'll ever do. They just come to me while I'm thinking about something else.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026

***
I love scenes with mechanized movement, cars, buses, etc. One scene haunts me: My amateur detectives, a brother-sister duo, escape (from a trap laid by the murderer) by stealing a motorcycle and racing on a truck motorway along the Miss. River.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)

172 I've only read a few Westerns. The Robert B Parker ones starting with Appaloosa are terrific. The movie actually enhances the book because the casting is perfect. The series is co tinued by the guy who wrote the screenplay for the movie so the dialogue continues as if Parker is still writing.
There is a book by Michael Christin set in the o,d West called Dragon Teeth. It is about rivals searching for dinosaur bones. It is a fun read.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2026 10:17 AM (kJmSS)

173 Most vestibular issues can be corrected IF addressed quickly; if you ignore it it can get so much worse
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 09:46 AM (eZ5tL)

Well, I don't know if that's what it could be, vmom. Besides, I have no health insurance until April 1. I'm also not eating as well as I should. A carryover from the vaca, I assume.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:17 AM (1Ff7Z)

174 Wolfus

I have never read anything by Josephine Tey except for "The Daughter of Time" which I enjoyed very much. What else of hers should I start with?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2026 10:18 AM (W90Ou)

175 When it comes to the masked boss in Westerns, my guess is that it's the town banker, the saloon owner, or the heroine's younger brother.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026

***
Mystery Rancho avoids all that. And because the villain's outfit is a full-body skeleton costume, it's even harder to discern who he might be.

Damn suit would be pretty hot along the Rio Grande in Texas, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9)

176 OT, left a gallon of milk in the garage

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When I was in Kindergarten, we had milk boxes. One day, I didn't feel like drinking mine right then so I put it in my desk. The next day it stunk to high Heaven and I thought I'm in for it now! I didn't know what to do so I just got through the day and by the next day it was magically gone. I credit Jesus.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 10:19 AM (ndZc7)

177 I finally remembered the name of the horse book: Alcatraz. And, apparently, it's by Max Brand, not Zane Grey.

Wonder what I ever did with that? I can't find it on my shelves.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 02, 2026 10:20 AM (h7ZuX)

178
Fauci: “I can tell you, I, I take no pleasure at all in being in a situation of contradicting the president. Right. It was really something, right, that you didn’t feel that you could actually say something. Exactly. And there wouldn’t be any repercussions about it. The idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know, what the evidence, what the science is, and no, that’s it. Let the science speak. It is somewhat of a liberating feeling.”

Rush: Oh ho ho ho! It’s orgasmic! Finally the science speaks! He doesn’t have to go out and say what Trump told him to say. That’s what he means. He doesn’t need to go out there and he doesn’t have to be in block and tackle chains over what Trump wants. Now the science can speak. You know what these people are doing to science? They’re corrupting science like they’ve corrupted everything else, folks. Let the science speak. What arrogance. This is, this is Fauci who essentially is saying, you can’t challenge me, you can’t question me, I am science.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 02, 2026 10:20 AM (/+uur)

179 The real reason is that he loves to have a curtain go up revealing him balancing a ball on the end of his nose."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 09:49 AM (wzUl9)

I'd read about that line in a forward to one of the books. That line did make me laugh out loud.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:21 AM (1Ff7Z)

180 That post was from 1/24/2021, right after Uncle Joe was sworn in.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 02, 2026 10:21 AM (/+uur)

181 Most of my westerns consumption was movies and television; they were all over the tube when I was a kid. Not just Maverick or Gunsmoke. The Deputy, The Rebel, Wyatt Earp, Tombstone Territory, Trackdown, Lawman, The Rifleman, Have Gun Will Travel and onandonandon.

When there were still a lot of movies being shown in prime time, you could count on seeing some decent westerns then too. The Fastest Gun Alive and 3:10 to Yuma and quite a few John Waynes used to show up fairly regularly in the lineups IIRC.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 10:22 AM (q3u5l)

182 I may have mentioned before, in 1966 my wife and I with our infant son, attended a book signing with Rex Stout. He was promoting his new Wolfe story, Death of a Doxy. We were the only customers so got to spend almost 2 hours with him. We had a lot in common, having attended the same school and having been in a Kansas jail. I have read all of his books and recommend them highly. After he died, I sent his wife a picture of us together. He was quite a charming man

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 02, 2026 10:22 AM (z6ONu)

183 I have never read anything by Josephine Tey except for "The Daughter of Time" which I enjoyed very much. What else of hers should I start with?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2026

***
Daughter is superb, her best work. But I love The Singing Sands, her last novel, in which Inspector Grant, felled by an attack of claustrophobia, is on a trip to Scotland to recover when a death draws him out of himself. Her non-Grants Brat Farrar and Miss Pym Disposes are grand stories too. The first is a variant on the old "posing as the heir to a fortune" story, and the other, well, the actual crime doesn't happen for a while. But you love spending time with Miss Pym and the girls and women at the "physical culture college" (a school for women who want to teach physical education, I think).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:23 AM (wzUl9)

184 After about a year break, back on Audible plus. The included plus selection is deep enough for it to be worthwhile. AI virtual voice is now the majority of new titles. This works for some titles, not as much for others. Appendix N, about Gary Gygax D&D source library was released virtual voice and was very entertaining and interesting.

A rare complete virtual voice failure was a book on President Reagan's leadership. I didn't feel the book was bad, but it was not engaging.
A frustrating thing is many non-fiction books with good narrators are released without proper chapter indexing. Virtual audio I've tried usually has better indexing. Of course some titles have had NO effort made, and may can include reading of footnotes, glossary or captions that add no value to an audiobook.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 02, 2026 10:24 AM (KaHlS)

185 "By the way, Donald Hamilton (obligatory Matt Helm reference) wrote some westerns in the 1950s and they are excellent. His book The Big Country was adapted for the movie of that name with Charlton Heston"

Also starring Gregory Peck and Jean Simmons and features one of the all time great western scores by Jerome Morass. Once heard,never forgotten.

Posted by: Tuna at August 02, 2026 10:26 AM (lJ0H4)

186 Started a new Sanderson written in collaboration with Peter Orullion titled Songs of the Dead. A depressing title right off the bat. Not quite 100 pages in and something just not right. I don't hear Sanderson's voice at all. It is a fantasy involving resurrecting thanatists who can controll minions with threads around their wrists with magic runes set in London with lots of references to Metal music. Not feeling it. Disappointed.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2026 10:26 AM (kJmSS)

187 Alternately, slap hot iron to it.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 09:54 AM (PiwSw)

The Horde remedies are the best remedies.

I hope it's not vertigo. I'm too far from San Juan Batista.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:26 AM (1Ff7Z)

188 “…in decaying civilizations it was always the case that real gifts were ignored. They devoted themselves to the criticism of style and other details. They no longer had the mind to appreciate mind.” — H. Rider Haggard, Kipling to Haggard, p. 70

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair (sniping just before Mass) at August 02, 2026 10:26 AM (TNVmU)

189 FenSpouse has already started that and is enjoying it . He told me that Washington used to get up at 4:00 and spend a few hours at his desk reading and responding to his correspondence
Posted by: FenelonSpo


I can see why, I've often wondered whether you, and a few other morons, ever sleep.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 10:26 AM (sl73Y)

190 Gary Gygax D&D

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I called my 30s aged daughter the other day and she told me she and her husband were over at a friend's playing D&D.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

191 >>> Read an article this week about the difference in your brain between reading a book and listening to a book. MRI's show little to no difference in brain activity between listening and reading, but there is a difference when it comes to learning things, i.e. textbooks and academic books. When it comes to to learning, physical books/materials by far, had better outcomes.
Listening to stories is something our brains are hard wired to do. After all, we were passing stories down long before there was a written language.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2026 09:29 AM (VCgbV)


When I had a very long commute, 45min - 1.5 hours both ways, I started listening to books. I would generally pick ones with long run times so they would last a good number of weeks. Big books. Later when that was over I decided to read the books that I really enjoyed listening to. It was like a completely different novel. A lot of the long ones were sizable Mark Helprin tomes. And I feel like I have two versions of each one, written by the same author, living in my head now.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 02, 2026 10:28 AM (3uBP9)

192 As his approval collapses, Big Orange begs Iran for a deal. Art of the Cuck.

Sad!!

Posted by: MAGA lol at August 02, 2026 10:28 AM (S+xAM)

193 Fen, the other great thing about The Daughter of Time is that Tey somehow manages to keep the family relationships, those of Henry VII and Richard III and the Tudors and Plantagenets, etc., clear -- without having to resort to a family tree in the front or back of the book! Amazing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9)

194 This is, this is Fauci who essentially is saying, you can’t challenge me, you can’t question me, I am science.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 02, 2026 10:20 AM (/+uur)

It worked. A large part of the population bought it hook, line, and sinker. I do have to hand it to the dems on this. It was a well run op.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 02, 2026 10:30 AM (g8Ew8)

195 No, it was Archie's proposal for the county jail's prisoners' union. One demand was for a closed shop.

I enjoy "Some Buried Caesar," but the book gives away the game before you open it. IYKYK.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026 10:01 AM (4I26t)

Oh. (blushes) I didn't laugh at that scene. Sorry.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:30 AM (1Ff7Z)

196 I credit Jesus.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 10:19 AM (ndZc7)

Jesus, the school custodian? Yeh, probably.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 10:31 AM (sl73Y)

197 I hope it's not vertigo. I'm too far from San Juan Batista.

When we lived in the bay area some 30 years ago*, we would occasionally drive to San Juan Bautista for lunch on the weekend because it was the only place to get good Tex-Mex.

* geez, I'm old.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 10:31 AM (vTZFs)

198 Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 10:26 AM (sl73Y)

I am up about 5:00 but usually conked out about 9:00 or earlier Some of The other early bird morons and ettes may be made of hardier stuff.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2026 10:32 AM (xSAlF)

199 I had something similar back in 2018. Turned out to be an inner-ear problem

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I had something similar and it turned out to be excessive ear wax. A nurse dug it out, which was rather unpleasant, but problem solved.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

200 I recall an Archie scene where he spends the night in jail. He tells us he shared his cell "with about 30,000 others. Ten thousand of them were fleas, ten thousand were bedbugs, and I never found out what the other ten thousand were."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:33 AM (wzUl9)

201 Reading Ghost Rider by Neil Peart again.
The only thing I like about westerns are the horses and firearms.

Posted by: Billythesquid at August 02, 2026 10:34 AM (gN+5I)

202 "That keeps the story from being dated. Ages the story when a defunct brand is still used as something current.

Unless it was a story about AOP, someone daily driving a Studebaker certain locks it into a time gone by.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:50 AM"

I've been enjoying the Joe Pickett series from CJ Box as someone here recommended. It needs to be consumed in order.
The first one seems to be set in about 1998. The most recent I've listened to (I'm doing it via audiobook) is about 2003. I can pick up on the changes in technology as the series proceeds - cell phones, email, internet access and the like.

So will every story set in 2021 have characters wearing masks, staying six feet apart and anguishing over clot shots?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)

203 One of the networks had a revolving western series. Sugarbush, Bronco Lane, and I forget the third. They were pretty good. Guess they got to recycle scripts, efficient.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 10:35 AM (sl73Y)

204 Probably ticks, I hate those bastards

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at August 02, 2026 10:35 AM (z6ONu)

205 I love scenes with mechanized movement, cars, buses, etc. One scene haunts me: My amateur detectives, a brother-sister duo, escape (from a trap laid by the murderer) by stealing a motorcycle and racing on a truck motorway along the Miss. River.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)

I usually get germ of an idea and a bunch of dialog. Sometimes I remember it, sometimes, not.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:37 AM (1Ff7Z)

206 Milk in the plastic style gallon jug? Will be fine. Not for very long though, I would expect the shelf life will be reduced by quite a lot.

Back when I drank a lot I’d get 4 or 5 gallons and keep in the fridge at 34F or somewhere near that. I could get maybe 3 or 4 weeks before it started to sour.

Then I realized my in between meal snacks were busting 1000 calories, a pint or two of ice cold Milk was part of that. No more Milk.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 10:38 AM (dLnkr)

207 Today, I am sitting down and finishing Heart of the Mountain by Larry Correia. It's the last book in the Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series and I kept forgetting to return to it.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 02, 2026 10:39 AM (/k3in)

208 What a coincidence! I finished reading the Sackett series just this morning, for the first time since first reading them fifteen years ago. My memory was that the earliest books in the series were the best ones, and the series finale must have been an early draft rushed into publication. I still largely think that, except some of the middle books are much better than I remembered. I wish Echo Sackett made other appearances, for she was an interesting character, and Jubal Sackett was also.

Anyway, L'Amour is always a fun summer read.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 10:41 AM (UdkHl)

209 One of the networks had a revolving western series. Sugarbush, Bronco Lane, and I forget the third. They were pretty good. Guess they got to recycle scripts, efficient.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026

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Cheyenne, Sugarfoot, and Bronco. I think they ran it under the umbrella of The Cheyenne Show -- Clint Walker as Cheyenne.

Yes, Warner Bros. did that. An early Cheyenne is a out-and-out rewrite of Treasure of the Sierra Madre. They credited B. Traven, but WB owned the property and the original film. They did the same thing with Strangers on a Train on 77 Sunset Strip, except they changed it to a jet airplane (early '60s).

The Cheyenne rewrite of TotSM (1955) was quite well done, with Rod Taylor in a guest role and character actor Edward Andrews in the Bogart role.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:41 AM (wzUl9)

210 The judge during Watergate really hooked Gordon Liddy up but good. The DC city jail. It was ancient, and not a nice place, as far as jails go. This was a not so veiled threat to try and get him to cooperate.
He never did. But he paid the price for sure.

Surprisingly enough Jimmy Carter pardoned him.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 10:41 AM (dLnkr)

211 Read The Haunted Mesa by L'Amour a few years ago Not my favorite book by him. Story dragged in middle section. I like his traditional westerns better. I did finish it though.

Posted by: Glenn John at August 02, 2026 10:41 AM (vneJl)

212 In addition to wargaming the Revolutionary War, I'm reading bits and pieces here and there out of my library, and one of the lessons there (and elsewhere) is that wars are non-linear events. The momentum shifts without warning, and what looks sustainable one minute becomes unbearable the next.

If one looks at Saratoga and Yorktown, the number of troops involved is minimal, barely a vanguard on the Continent and a major engagement would have casualties in excess of all troops involved.

Yet in both cases, the outcome was treated as decisive and in the latter case, irrecoverable. That's important to keep in mind in the current context. A country takes a beating for a while and it seems like nothing is working and then one day, everything goes sideways. The speed of the German collapse in 1918 or the Confederates disinitegrating in 1865 stunned everyone involved. (cont)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)

213 L’amour even did Sci-Fi, one book at least. Haunted Mesa perhaps? Something like that. It was good, too.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 10:43 AM (dLnkr)

214 Haven't read them in forever, but Theodore Sturgeon did some western stories as well. They should all be included in that mondo 13-volume set of his complete short fiction, but they were published separately in a book called Sturgeon's West. He also did the novelization of a Clark Gable western called The King and Four Queens; never read that one, though.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 10:44 AM (q3u5l)

215 Josephine Tey?
"The Franchise Affair", which I think ties "Daughter of Time" as her best novel.

Westerns? Read one back in the '70s called "The Cowboy and the Cossack", which was an inspired variation on the Cattle Drive theme.

Mr. S is a huge L'amour fan- he used to listen to them on his lengthy road trips. Like many, the Sacketts were his favorite.

There is a funny and charming movie about the pulp magazine trade called "Blonde Ambition", which shows up on TCM sometimes. Rich boy Aspiring Great American Novelist gets conned into buying a Western pulp and has to write the whole issue in two days, because the regular author is out on a bender.
I never miss it.


Posted by: sal at August 02, 2026 10:44 AM (f+FmA)

216 Haven't read them in forever, but Theodore Sturgeon did some western stories as well. They should all be included in that mondo 13-volume set of his complete short fiction, but they were published separately in a book called Sturgeon's West. He also did the novelization of a Clark Gable western called The King and Four Queens; never read that one, though.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026

***
I'd never seen or heard of those, and haven't seen that Gable movie either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:45 AM (wzUl9)

217 For our Spanish Civil War crowd who haven't read Long Live Death (why not? Are you Communists?), the Republic was still in a strong position in March 1939. The Ebro counteroffensive had failed, but in terms of resources and position, the Nationalists expected it to be a long, slow slog. Catalonia had extensive fortified lines, and Barcelona looked to be another Madrid siege scenario.

But after only a couple of days of resistance, Republican lines collapsed, and their troops began a footrace to the French border. There are photos of French soldiers surrounded by piles of captured rifles. After an abortive coup attempt, Madrid's government disintegrated, so much so that the war ended upon Franco's declaration. There was no one to sign a peace with.

Worth keeping in mind.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2026 10:45 AM (ZOv7s)

218 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)

If Parliament had voted to approve the 'surge' request by King George we would not have won the war. The United States was a Divine creation.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:45 AM (KC5Lt)

219 Most of my Western reading is modern, like C. J. Box, and Craig Johnson's Longmire series.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 02, 2026 09:15 AM (h7ZuX)
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We love the "Longmire" TV series ("it's a beautiful day at the Red Pony!")

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 10:46 AM (VKTRv)

220 Sugarbush = Sugarfoot?

Posted by: Glenn John at August 02, 2026 10:46 AM (vneJl)

221 So will every story set in 2021 have characters wearing masks, staying six feet apart and anguishing over clot shots?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)

Alternate history story: someone is killing politicians who pushed the vax.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:46 AM (1Ff7Z)

222 160 ... Weak Geek,

The paper editions of Six Frigates have a lot of illustrations. Used copies on Amazon go for about 5 bucks or so.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 10:47 AM (yTvNw)

223 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2026 10:45 AM (ZOv7

Best part was the Republicans ( commies) turned on each other at that point. But they always eventually do.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:48 AM (KC5Lt)

224 Like todays video author, I love the Lonesome Dove series but, unlike his view, ai also like a few other McMurtry books, particularly "The Sin Killer", the first book in the Berrybender series

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 10:48 AM (VKTRv)

225 "Alternate history story: someone is killing politicians who pushed the vax.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:46 AM"

*pulls up a chair*

Go on...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 10:49 AM (2Ez/1)

226 Josephine Tey?
"The Franchise Affair", which I think ties "Daughter of Time" as her best novel.

Westerns? Read one back in the '70s called "The Cowboy and the Cossack", which was an inspired variation on the Cattle Drive theme. . . .

. . . There is a funny and charming movie about the pulp magazine trade called "Blonde Ambition", which shows up on TCM sometimes. Rich boy Aspiring Great American Novelist gets conned into buying a Western pulp and has to write the whole issue in two days, because the regular author is out on a bender.
I never miss it.

Posted by: sal at August 02, 2026

***
Yes, I love Franchise. And The Cowboy and the Cossack I saw at the library jsut a couple of weeks ago. I'll look for it again.

Blonde Ambition sounds like it would have been a great vehicle for William Powell. How old is it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:49 AM (wzUl9)

227 The judge during Watergate really hooked Gordon Liddy up but good.

I have a picture of my Aikido teacher interviewing Liddy on his way to jail. In the background is the reporter that Liddy punched.

He ran into the man a few years ago and mentioned the picture. Gordon said "Why didn't you bring it in? I would have signed it."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 02, 2026 10:50 AM (/k3in)

228 Sugarbush = Sugarfoot?
Posted by: Glenn John at August 02, 2026

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Yes -- Will Hutchins, who looked a lot like Woody Harrelson, played a lawyer who goes out West and had to outmaneuver gunslingers and criminals.

Warners did bend the Western genre with things like that and Maverick.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:52 AM (wzUl9)

229 Carrion Comfort !!! damn good book ...Sharkman

Posted by: qmark at August 02, 2026 10:54 AM (hzpDl)

230 Alternate history story: someone is killing politicians who pushed the vax.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 10:46 AM"

*pulls up a chair*

Go on...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 10:49 AM (2Ez/1)

If he was alive, it would have been a good plot subject for Vince Flynn to write.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 02, 2026 10:54 AM (g8Ew8)

231 The troll and Left's TACO insult has to be the most retarded attempt to insult Trump ever. The bloodied guy who pumped his fist in defiance to their assassination attempt has no balls. You guys are super retarded.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:55 AM (KC5Lt)

232 Well, as seen above, westerns and sci-fi get written by the same authors. They do go together. I do both.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 09:55 AM (1Ff7Z)

I missed that bit. Did Peter Grant get mentioned?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 02, 2026 10:55 AM (lFFaq)

233 Hey, Paul! Fuck off!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 02, 2026 10:55 AM (g8Ew8)

234 British wanted to keep the Colonies in order to extract wealth from them, both via trade monopolies and taxes.

The Revolution made the Colonies into a very expensive theater of war (3000-mile supply line!) generating no revenue at all.

When it looked like it might be over by Christmas, or maybe next Christmas, the British could justify the expense. But when it kept going and going and European powers kept piling in, the economics just didn't make sense so they quit.

I think Washington et al figured the situation out right from the start. He never sought a decisive battle, but instead showed a genius for preserving his army and making the British spend and spend and spend . . .

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 10:55 AM (78a2H)

235 Fortunately there hasn't been an attempt to revive Have Gun -- Will Travel, which (along with The Rifleman) was the gold standard for half-hour TV Westerns. I'm not sure there is anybody today who could play Paladin, the educated soldier of fortune, as well as Richard Boone did.

Seems to me I heard a rumor years ago that Eminem (yes, him) was in talks to star in a modern-day version of HGWT, with his lead character a bounty hunter or something. Luckily it never came to anything that I know of.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:56 AM (wzUl9)

236 Cowboys and Aliens was not a good movie though I thought the premise could have been a good movie.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:56 AM (KC5Lt)

237 Can you imagine Mitch Rapp pealing back the layers of The Science lies, trying to decide who to kill first? It would have required multiple books to get even the most evil central characters done.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 10:58 AM (gKbPe)

238 Cowboys and Aliens was not a good movie though I thought the premise could have been a good movie.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:56 AM (KC5Lt)

I liked it. A fun movie.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 02, 2026 10:58 AM (g8Ew8)

239 "...but instead showed a genius for preserving his army and making the British spend and spend and spend . . .
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 02, 2026 10:55 AM"

The military wins the battle.
The economy wins the war.

Posted by: Pentagon 101 at August 02, 2026 10:58 AM (2Ez/1)

240 Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 02, 2026 10:58 AM (g8Ew

I didn't hate it but I had no desire to watch it again.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:00 AM (KC5Lt)

241 Blonde Ambition sounds like it would have been a great vehicle for William Powell. How old is it?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 10:49 AM (wzUl9)

Well, this is embarassing- It's Blonde Inspiration, from the 40's. Virginia Grey, smokeshow, is in it.

Posted by: sal at August 02, 2026 11:00 AM (f+FmA)

242 'To win a war costs billions; to lose a war costs everything you have'. Ran across that somewhere, forget where.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

243 The British were worried about the French more than keeping the colonies.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:02 AM (KC5Lt)

244 243 'To win a war costs billions; to lose a war costs everything you have'. Ran across that somewhere, forget where.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 11:00 AM
++++

Also known as:

"There is nothing more expensive than the second best military."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 11:02 AM (2Ez/1)

245 Cowboys and Aliens was not a good movie though I thought the premise could have been a good movie.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:56 AM (KC5Lt)

Somebody could write a story about that!*

Too bad you can't read it, because the magazine is defunct now. And, as usual, without printing my story!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:02 AM (1Ff7Z)

246 Based on the video recommendations in the post I have some reading ahead of me. For example, I love many of Elmore Leonards crime books and yet never read his westerns. "Last Stand At Saber River" here I come!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:03 AM (JtXDX)

247 Not strictly a "Western" (not a novel), but an interesting read:
"Triggernometry: A Gallery of Gunfighters is a classic 1936 non-fiction book by Eugene Cunningham that profiles famous Old West figures like Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, and John Wesley Hardin." It definitely is not politically correct.

Posted by: capercaillie4901 at August 02, 2026 11:03 AM (f1WVr)

248 The mention of Cowboys and Aliens brought to mind Daniel Craig. He would have made a good Paladin if they had done a TV-series accurate version of HGWT a few years ago. Paladin in the show was not a *young* man -- he'd gone to West Point and had served in the Civil War on the Northern side, and his adventures were taking place some years after the war. In one he comes within a hair of being at Custer's Last Stand, which was in 1876.

Craig could have done it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:04 AM (wzUl9)

249 The Old West was the last stand of Might Makes Right.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:06 AM (KC5Lt)

250 To win a war costs billions; to lose a war costs everything you have'. Ran across that somewhere, forget where.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

That used to be the prevailing philosophy. Not anymore. No one wants to win. Now it's trying to save enough of the enemy's hardware to call a draw then let them recover what they've lost. It costs too much for a winner to repair the loser.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 02, 2026 11:08 AM (g8Ew8)

251 Coming to the end of the thread so OT. Anyone have a guess to who shot up the In N Out ?

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:09 AM (KC5Lt)

252 Craig could have done it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:04 AM (wzUl9)

But he would have insisted on including a scene where he makes eyes at Custer.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:09 AM (1Ff7Z)

253 Based on the video recommendations in the post I have some reading ahead of me. For example, I love many of Elmore Leonards crime books and yet never read his westerns. "Last Stand At Saber River" here I come!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026

***
His Hombre, basis for the Paul Newman film of 1966, is excellent. I like his Valdez Is Coming and The Bounty Hunters, his first. The short story "3:10 to Yuma" is the basis for those two movies, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:09 AM (wzUl9)

254 Interestingly enough, Washington spent a huge proportion of what we would term the defense budget today on spies and counterintelligence. He really was a spook in a lot of ways.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 11:10 AM (dLnkr)

255 Wyatt Earp ended his life in LA, working as an advisor to the movies. Bat Masterson by contrast went east, and became a sports writer in New York, specializing in the sweet science of professional boxing. Bill Cody, I believe, ended his years as a wealthy family man.

A book about the post-mythic careers of these famous folks (at least those that survived) might be a fun read.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:10 AM (YyP71)

256 Edwin "Bud" Shrake wrote a novel called "Custers Brother's Horse". Takes place in Texas around 1865. I read it many years ago, but I recall enjoying it very much. Shrake was a sports page writer for some North Texas newspapers in 1950s and later. He also wrote a book I did not like called Blessed McGill".

Posted by: Glenn John at August 02, 2026 11:10 AM (vneJl)

257 Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:10 AM (YyP71)

Unfortunately Hickok became famous for the Dead Man's Hand.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:11 AM (KC5Lt)

258 Coming to the end of the thread so OT. Anyone have a guess to who shot up the In N Out ?
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:09 AM (KC5Lt)

Welllll, since they don't say anything, I'd tend to doubt the shooter was wearing a MAGA hat.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:12 AM (1Ff7Z)

259 250 The Old West was the last stand of Might Makes Right.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:06 AM

*polite cough*

Posted by: Operation Overlord at August 02, 2026 11:12 AM (2Ez/1)

260 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:09 AM (wzUl9)
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I see Amazon has his westerns collected and on sale, including your recommendations I think, so I have some good reading ahead. Thanks!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:12 AM (YyP71)

261 To win a war costs billions; to lose a war costs everything you have'. Ran across that somewhere, forget where.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

That used to be the prevailing philosophy. Not anymore. No one wants to win. Now it's trying to save enough of the enemy's hardware to call a draw then let them recover what they've lost. It costs too much for a winner to repair the loser.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 02, 2026 11:08 AM (g8Ew

I see no reason for the winner to repair the loser.

It certainly wasn't that way historically.

I'd say loot the defeated for the cost of the war, and then go home. Or, seize territory for the cost of the war.



Posted by: naturalfake at August 02, 2026 11:12 AM (iJfKG)

262 I'm not sure there is anybody today who could play Paladin,

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Is Elliot Page unavailable?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 11:13 AM (ndZc7)

263 The Old West was the last stand of Might Makes Right.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:06 AM

*polite cough*
Posted by: Operation Overlord at August 02, 2026 11:12 AM (2Ez/1)

That still stands when you're talking war. I'm talking society.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:13 AM (KC5Lt)

264 Wyatt Earp ended his life in LA, working as an advisor to the movies. Bat Masterson by contrast went east, and became a sports writer in New York, specializing in the sweet science of professional boxing. Bill Cody, I believe, ended his years as a wealthy family man.

A book about the post-mythic careers of these famous folks (at least those that survived) might be a fun read.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026

***
As a movie Western consultant, Earp knew and worked with the young John Wayne. Wayne has said that he copied a lot of his on-screen persona from the way Earp moved and spoke.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:14 AM (wzUl9)

265 Coming to the end of the thread so OT. Anyone have a guess to who shot up the In N Out ?
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:09 AM (KC5Lt)
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I heard it was five guys.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:14 AM (YyP71)

266 Is Elliot Page unavailable?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 11:13 AM (ndZc7)

No. Just signed for the lead in the next He-Man pic.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:14 AM (1Ff7Z)

267 Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:14 AM (YyP71

Hah. Too soon.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:14 AM (KC5Lt)

268 The British series "Carry On" did one western. It was weird but fun. Side James was in it.

Posted by: Glenn John at August 02, 2026 11:16 AM (vneJl)

269 Here's an idea, Fauci's covid goes dormant, they thought it was just the typical influenza cycle, bloom until it reaches parity with human adaptive immunity and then recede. But this was no simple virus, it was modified by the Chinese to be a smart weapon. And as we wait it changes, grows, learns, and decides it does not like it's creator very much.

A monolithic sub-microscopic infectious agent spanning the entire globe determines one day that Fauci is a danger to all life including its own and discovers it's first sentient emotion, anger. The hunt begins.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 02, 2026 11:16 AM (3uBP9)

270 Least shocking news of the day.

Radical Left Dem Frontrunner for WI Governor Francesca Hong Admitted to Being Diagnosed as Mentally Ill

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 11:17 AM (ndZc7)

271 Leonard's Westerns show us the brave American, the guy who goes his own way and does the right thing because it is the right thing, often against terrible opposition. Probably true of a lot of Western authors, and it's probably true of a lot of his crime fiction heroes too, but it's very noticeable with him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:17 AM (wzUl9)

272 One of my favorite western acting performances was Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday. Absolutely amazing job, projecting a quiet and unpredictable menace without moving a muscle. Only Wyatt Earp seemed able to restrain him.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:17 AM (YyP71)

273 I see no reason for the winner to repair the loser.

It certainly wasn't that way historically.

I'd say loot the defeated for the cost of the war, and then go home. Or, seize territory for the cost of the war.



Posted by: naturalfake at August 02, 2026 11:12 AM (iJfKG)

That went out after WWII after we spent billions helping Germany and Japan rebuild. The Marshal Plan set the precedence, now we're stuck with it.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 02, 2026 11:18 AM (g8Ew8)

274 264 The Old West was the last stand of Might Makes Right.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:06 AM

*polite cough*
Posted by: Operation Overlord at August 02, 2026 11:12 AM (2Ez/1)

That still stands when you're talking war. I'm talking society.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:13 AM

Look up here.

Posted by: Korean rooftop shooters at August 02, 2026 11:19 AM (2Ez/1)

275 236 ... "Fortunately there hasn't been an attempt to revive Have Gun -- Will Travel, which (along with The Rifleman) was the gold standard for half-hour TV Westerns. I'm not sure there is anybody today who could play Paladin, the educated soldier of fortune, as well as Richard Boone did."

Wolfus,
Totally agree on both shows. I'll add that it would be hard if not impossible to match the Chuck Connors/Johnny Crawford chemistry.

I don't understand why idiots doing revivals or remakes have to screw around with the basics that made the shows so popular and successful. That movie travesty with Will Smith and Kevin Kline of the Wild Wild West is an example.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 11:20 AM (yTvNw)

276 I haven't explored Westerns much beyond the 4 that Robert Parker wrote, which I thought were absolutely terrific. The first one pulled me right in and the hold never let go until I had finished all 4.

I have no interest in the continuation of the series by another author.

Posted by: Splunge at August 02, 2026 11:21 AM (JpUeg)

277 I don't understand why idiots doing revivals or remakes have to screw around with the basics that made the shows so popular and successful. That movie travesty with Will Smith and Kevin Kline of the Wild Wild West is an example.
Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 11:20 AM (yTvNw)

Because they WANT to. Screw the normies is their battle cry. They want to ruin everything.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:21 AM (1Ff7Z)

278 Wiser heads prevailed, if belatedly. The terms after the 1st world war guaranteed another war within 20 years. The idea was to get Japan and Germany on their feet again, and keep them out of the Soviet sphere of influence. They should have nuked the Kremlin along with Berlin, but it was not to be.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 11:22 AM (dLnkr)

279
Reporting next Book Thread about Anton Bruckner and the Reception of His Music by Miguel J. Ramirez, an analysis of the critical reception of the symphonies of the Austrian composer and how it was driven by musical politics.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 11:23 AM (O0L8i)

280
Well, this is embarassing- It's Blonde Inspiration, from the 40's. Virginia Grey, smokeshow, is in it.
Posted by: sal at August 02, 2026

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Ah! Maybe it's on YooToob. The only actor in it whose name registers with me is Albert Dekker, "Dr. Cyclops."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:23 AM (wzUl9)

281 I am re-reading Drood. I'm a bit surprised at how much I like the book, since the narrator/protagonist is so dislikeable, but somehow it all works for me.

On the other hand, Carrion Comfort and especially The Terror are two of Simmons' best, but are so intense and horrifying that most of the time, the idea of re-reading them strikes me like the idea of re-watching The Deer Hunter.

Posted by: Splunge at August 02, 2026 11:24 AM (JpUeg)

282 267 Is Elliot Page unavailable?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 11:13 AM (ndZc7)

No. Just signed for the lead in the next He-Man pic.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:14 AM (1Ff7Z)

Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney or Kaitlan Collins at August 02, 2026 11:24 AM (PiwSw)

283 I am currently in the middle of a re-read of a Rex Stout Nero Wolfe "Western", Death of a Dude.

Archie's vacation to Montana to the lovely Lily Rowan's ranch is interrupted by a murder, possibly a revenge killing. Archie is committed to staying as long as it takes to spring the wrongly accused employee of Miss Rowan. Nero Wolfe then travels to Montana with the intention of solving the mystery so that Archie can swiftly return to New York and to Mr. Wolfe's service.

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My favorite western novels are True Grit by Charles Portis and Little Big Man by Thomas Berger. I was motivated to read them by my enjoyment of both the movies.

Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at August 02, 2026 11:24 AM (TPFQA)

284 Brisco County Jr. was a steampunk western done right. Wild Wild West would have approved. Much better than the movie. Great actors all around. I think the old USA network was getting their ideas for tv shows directly from my brain. Great action, funny, smokin hot babes left and right. Nothing like it now.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 02, 2026 11:25 AM (3uBP9)

285 "That movie travesty with Will Smith and Kevin Kline of the Wild Wild West is an example."

Another example: the Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson butchery of I Spy. I made it through about 15 or 20 minutes. Even the chance to look at Famke Janssen couldn't help that one.

Even when they're sorta done right they're not as good. The Fugitive with Harrison Ford & Tommy Lee Jones isn't nearly as good as the David Janssen - Barry Morse tv series.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 11:27 AM (q3u5l)

286 "The idea was to get Japan and Germany on their feet again, and keep them out of the Soviet sphere of influence.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 11:22 AM"

Or as I heard it put once: Democracies don't start wars with democracies.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 11:27 AM (2Ez/1)

287
There's always been lots of blubbering, especially from the Krauts, about how cruel the Versailles Treaty was. Believe me, it was creampuffs next to Brest-Litovsk, whereby the Germans sought to make Eastern Europe a huge vassal state.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 11:28 AM (O0L8i)

288 Little Big Man was one of those rare instances where the movie was just as good as the book, though obviously different. Dustin Hoffman was very well cast, Chief Dan George was also excellent.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:29 AM (Yk3/2)

289 Wolfus,
Totally agree on both shows. I'll add that it would be hard if not impossible to match the Chuck Connors/Johnny Crawford chemistry.

I don't understand why idiots doing revivals or remakes have to screw around with the basics that made the shows so popular and successful. That movie travesty with Will Smith and Kevin Kline of the Wild Wild West is an example.
Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026

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HGWT had literate writing and solid direction, and featured plots not often seen on TV or any Westerns. (In one, Paladin is tasked with bringing an Army sergeant notice that he's won -- and finds him in the middle of a battle with Apaches! And in another, he has to take a devotee of Lombroso's theories about "criminal types" to measure the skull of an infamous retired gunfighter.)

Rifleman, like HGWT, gave us little short stories on film. And Lucas -- though he killed not a few people during the show's five years -- was unusual in not being a lawman, gambler, gunslinger, or any of the other standard Western lead characters.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:30 AM (wzUl9)

290 Mornin'.

MiladyJo has been reading a lot of Louis L'Amour, books left by our late neighbor Bob.

She would and should comment on here more, but she's too busy taking care of me and the dog and the cat.

On L'Amour, she just said:
I like the way he describes the land and the mountains and the trees. How they decide where to camp, like, under the cottonwoods, because you know there's water nearby. I never spend enough time looking up all the descriptions of the geography, because it'd take so much time it would take forever to finish the book.

Posted by: mindful webworker - channeling the mrs at August 02, 2026 11:30 AM (0poB+)

291 Kline, I have to say, was a good choice to play master-of-disguise Artemus Gordon in the WWW movie. And the story had a larger-than-the-TV-screen steampunk concept. If they had just cast somebody more like Robert Conrad as Jim West . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:32 AM (wzUl9)

292 I'm embarrassed to say I've also never read "The Virginian" (somehow), even though it's been recommended to me several times. Maybe my library has a Kindle copy I can borrow.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:32 AM (Yk3/2)

293
Oh, and American Technical Supremacy Day is Thursday. Expect the annual wailing from the usual suspects.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 11:32 AM (O0L8i)

294 >>I'm not sure there is anybody today who could play Paladin, the educated soldier of fortune, as well as Richard Boone did.

Might have been interesting to see Mark Harmon try it, 25 years ago.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 11:33 AM (NcvvS)

295 "HGWT had literate writing and solid direction, and featured plots not often seen on TV or any Westerns. (In one, Paladin is tasked with bringing an Army sergeant notice that he's won -- and finds him in the middle of a battle with Apaches! . . . )"

Meant to say that the sergeant has won a *lottery*!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:33 AM (wzUl9)

296 I'm not sure there is anybody today who could play Paladin, the educated soldier of fortune, as well as Richard Boone did.
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Might have been interesting to see Mark Harmon try it, 25 years ago.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026

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Maybe so!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:34 AM (wzUl9)

297 Oh, and American Technical Supremacy Day is Thursday. Expect the annual wailing from the usual suspects.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 11:32 AM


Which means Wednesday night is American Technical Supremacy Eve.

Posted by: Celebrate responsibly at August 02, 2026 11:35 AM (2Ez/1)

298 Kline, I have to say, was a good choice to play master-of-disguise Artemus Gordon in the WWW movie. And the story had a larger-than-the-TV-screen steampunk concept. If they had just cast somebody more like Robert Conrad as Jim West . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:32 AM (wzUl9)

I liked WWW for the steampunk alone. Pretty much why a liked The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 02, 2026 11:37 AM (g8Ew8)

299 The only western-based novel I can remember reading is James Michener's novel "Centennial".

Posted by: mrp at August 02, 2026 11:37 AM (rj6Yv)

300 There might not always be running water nearby, but Cottonwoods means shade. The sun hits like a hammer out West in the summer. Shade really means something out there. Cottonwoods sighing in the breeze is real pretty. They turn a nice golden color in the fall, too.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 11:37 AM (dLnkr)

301 Wolfus, we've talked about Travis McGee before and I only raise him again because I think he is one character they can't truly bring to TV or the movies, without drastic rewriting the stories, or maybe beefing up the backstory a lot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:37 AM (Yk3/2)

302 >>Might have been interesting to see Mark Harmon try it, 25 years ago.

Make that 30 years ago. Looked him up; he's 74.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 11:37 AM (NcvvS)

303 Which means Wednesday night is American Technical Supremacy Eve.
Posted by: Celebrate responsibly at August 02, 2026 11:35 AM (2Ez/1)

So we should have been playing American Technical Supremacy music for at least the last month!!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 11:38 AM (PiwSw)

304 Archie's vacation to Montana to the lovely Lily Rowan's ranch is interrupted by a murder, possibly a revenge killing.

Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at August 02, 2026 11:24 AM (TPFQA)

Ah, so she's a recurring character. She appeared in Caesar.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:39 AM (1Ff7Z)

305 Posted by: mindful webworker - channeling the mrs at August 02, 2026 11:30 AM (0poB+)
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She's absolutely right, that's a great strength of L'Amour and his teaching some of the way his characters looked at the landscape adds definitely meat to the writing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:40 AM (Yk3/2)

306 Earlier in their careers, Sam Elliott or Tom Selleck could have done a nice job as Paladin as well. Ditto Garner. I can't think of anyone current, though.

If memory serves, Galaxy Magazine once ran a page with a bit of pulp western translated into pulp sf (what James Blish described as a call-a-rabbit-a-smeerp story), saying you wouldn't see that kind of thing in Galaxy.

SF similarity to westerns? A number of Heinlein's juveniles IIRC had the same feel.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 11:40 AM (q3u5l)

307 I read more about mountain men than I did cowboys.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 11:40 AM (KC5Lt)

308 John Dehner played Paladin on the radio program. Also starred in a short lived western radio series as a London Times reporter in Montana, where he could show off his Brit accent. Ordinarily he portrayed unreconstructed southern hick rednecks on Gunsmoke and the like.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 11:41 AM (dLnkr)

309 Oh, like any genre, the Western unfortunately gets judged by its worst examples. SF is sneered at as "space opera" or "mere escapism," the classical mystery as "contrived," the Western as "a standard oater" and "familiar." And as with any genre, there are plenty of examples of what the critics mean. But there are also ones that rise above that line. (Any writer worth his typewriter ribbon or printer cartridge wants to rise above "formula.")

We call those above-the-line examples "classics."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:42 AM (wzUl9)

310 Cowboys and Aliens was not a good movie though I thought the premise could have been a good movie.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2026 10:56 AM (KC5Lt)

Agreed. I didn't buy Daniel Craig as a cowboy, which didn't help. I just don't like Craig as a actor for some reason.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 02, 2026 11:43 AM (lFFaq)

311
289 Little Big Man was one of those rare instances where the movie was just as good as the book, though obviously different. Dustin Hoffman was very well cast, Chief Dan George was also excellent.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:29 AM (Yk3/2)

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My first exposure to Little Big Man before the book and movie was Mad Magazine's parody "Little Dull Man".

I also remember their parody "Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid".

Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at August 02, 2026 11:44 AM (TPFQA)

312 The problem with Westerns, there were practical limits to plot lines.

They had to revolve around horse thieves, cattle ranching, water rights, widow Jenny losing the ranch, bank robbers, and that’s about it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 11:44 AM (dLnkr)

313 As I'm used to current technology in plumbing and travel, I would hate to go back to that earlier time. Stagecoaches don't have AC.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 02, 2026 09:20 AM (4I26t)

one of the more entertaining discussions on stagecoach travel is the first part of Mark Twain's Roughing It where he leaves Missouri for Nevada Territory with his brother. Stagecoaches didn't have much in the way of suspension, either.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 11:45 AM (rbvCR)

314 Dehner was one of the bad guys in the Glenn Ford western Fastest Gun Alive. A non-western part though was a nice turn in the original Twilight Zone episode The Jungle. Nifty Charles Beaumont story and script and a delightful finish.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 11:45 AM (q3u5l)

315 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:42 AM (wzUl9)

Was watching Fred Flix while waiting for more comments to load. Had the intro to MFU. How come they only showed one man on the logo when it featured Solo and Kuryakin?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:45 AM (1Ff7Z)

316 I just don't like Craig as a actor for some reason.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 02, 2026 11:43 AM (lFFaq)

That guy's a fag! Or not.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:46 AM (1Ff7Z)

317 293 ... "I'm embarrassed to say I've also never read "The Virginian" (somehow), even though it's been recommended to me several times. Maybe my library has a Kindle copy I can borrow."

If an ebook is okay for you, there are a couple of Kindle version s of The Virginian for under a dollar.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 11:46 AM (yTvNw)

318 Big Orange cucked by Iran once again.
Sad!

Posted by: MAGA lol at August 02, 2026 11:47 AM (S+xAM)

319 Kindle is my method of reading these days, though I obviously prefer physical books. Its because my wife is tired of all the piles of books we end up hoarding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:48 AM (HEno2)

320 John Dehner played Paladin on the radio program. Also starred in a short lived western radio series as a London Times reporter in Montana, where he could show off his Brit accent. Ordinarily he portrayed unreconstructed southern hick rednecks on Gunsmoke and the like.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026

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He appeared twice as Johnny Yuma's unofficial uncle, a tough old bounty-hunter bird in a black suit, flat-brimmed hat, and with an unwillingness to kowtow to any man, in The Rebel. Both stories were written by Harry Julian Fink, who wrote many of the best HGWTs, and later co-created Dirty Harry with his wife.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:48 AM (wzUl9)

321 New book idea: Troll Hunting.

Guy hunts internet trolls and makes them suck each other's dicks while wearing masks of Stalin. Gives up after the trolls like it, and want to do it for free.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:49 AM (1Ff7Z)

322 Ah, so she's a recurring character. She appeared in Caesar.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:39 AM (1Ff7Z)

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Not in every novel, but she pops up from time to time. Like Archie and Wolfe, she never really ages.

And Archie remains her Escamillo. (Sigh!)

Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at August 02, 2026 11:50 AM (TPFQA)

323 Trolling a book thread is just downright dumb

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:50 AM (HEno2)

324 "Six Frigates" is not illustrated. Great book though.

Posted by: Milli Vanilli at August 02, 2026 11:50 AM (qFwJc)

325 OrangeEnt,

It might be better to give the trolls the Human Centipede treatment.

But then again, they'd probably like that too.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 11:51 AM (q3u5l)

326 Was watching Fred Flix while waiting for more comments to load. Had the intro to MFU. How come they only showed one man on the logo when it featured Solo and Kuryakin?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026

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The concept, after all, was the *Man* From U.N.C.L.E., not the *Men.* Though McCallum's Illya proved so popular they might as well have renamed the show. And Solo's very name hinted that he was often to be operating by himself. (The "Girl From" show had a female figure next to the globe. Of that series we shall not speak.)

In my MfU fan fiction, I have Solo say more than once that their boss, Mr. Waverly, believes in the "One riot, one Ranger" rule -- that one U.N.C.L.E. agent in the right place can be worth an entire squad of Marines or Special Forces.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:53 AM (wzUl9)

327 "There was no one to sign a peace with."

Trump may be in that situation soon.

Posted by: Milli Vanilli at August 02, 2026 11:54 AM (qFwJc)

328 And Archie remains her Escamillo. (Sigh!)
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at August 02, 2026 11:50 AM (TPFQA)

I might need to look up and see what that word means.

It might be better to give the trolls the Human Centipede treatment.

But then again, they'd probably like that too.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 11:51 AM (q3u5l)

Hmm. I don't think I want to look up what that means.


Anyway, saddest part of Sunday morning again. The end of the book thread. Thanks, JTB.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:55 AM (1Ff7Z)

329 The Virginian should be in the public domain so it should be possible to find a free downloadable version somewhere.

Posted by: Perfessor Sqiurrel at August 02, 2026 11:55 AM (P6pHw)

330 Thanks all. Off I go to my Do List obligations.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2026 11:55 AM (HEno2)

331 Huck Follywood

You can give your hardcover books in good condition and which have a ISBN code to New Legacy Books. I've given some and plan to give more:

https://newlegacybooks.com/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2026 11:55 AM (xPsv8)

332 In my MfU fan fiction, I have Solo say more than once that their boss, Mr. Waverly, believes in the "One riot, one Ranger" rule -- that one U.N.C.L.E. agent in the right place can be worth an entire squad of Marines or Special Forces.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:53 AM (wzUl9)

Got it, Wolfus.

Catch you all later.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026 11:56 AM (1Ff7Z)

333 I did not read a Western but I finished David Carson's translation of The Account of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. Cabeza de Vaca was the Fiscal of an expedition to conquer Florida in 1528. Through bad weather, shockingly bad leadership, dangerous Indians and ignorance, the Spanish expedition was reduced to 6 survivors, of which four started to walk home to Vera Cruz, and instead crossed the US Southwest to a Spanish colonial outpost on the Pacific coast. He took eight years to do this, and his "La Relación" is a gloss of the years he spent trading and voyaging among the various Indians of the Gulf coast and Southwest. He was impressed by the Pueblans and considered them the most civilized of the natives. He had much better success in his failure than later expeditions, like Coronado and deSoto, who had unending conflicts.
It is an unending story of shipwrecks, capture, starvation, cannibalism, flight, looting, and acting as a travelling faith healer.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 11:56 AM (rbvCR)

334 Ah, so she's a recurring character. She appeared in Caesar.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2026

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Not in every novel, but she pops up from time to time. Like Archie and Wolfe, she never really ages.

And Archie remains her Escamillo. (Sigh!)
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at August 02, 2026

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And she occasionally takes an active part in their adventures. See In the Best Families (though you should not read that one until you've gone through the two previous Arnold Zecks, And Be a Villain and The Second Confession.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:56 AM (wzUl9)

335 A new Paladin?

Henry Cavill (he can do anything)

Clive Owens

I know, both Brits. Doing the accent is easier than finding someone with the right presence.

Posted by: Wenda at August 02, 2026 11:56 AM (7m/2p)

336 OrangeEnt,

You probably don't want to look it up. I've never seen the movies referenced, just a couple of lines of description and that was stomach-turning enough.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 11:57 AM (q3u5l)

337 Thanks for a first-rate Book Thread, JTB & Horde.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 11:58 AM (NcvvS)

338 "Escamillo" is a character in Bizet's Carmen -- a bullfighter, I think. Thus Lily refers to Archie by that name because of his derring-do with the bull early in Caesar. It remains her nickname for him for decades.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 11:58 AM (wzUl9)

339 polynikes I thought Cowboys and Aliens was a promising movie but was kind of eh

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 11:59 AM (Ia/+0)

340 It might be better to give the trolls the Human Centipede treatment.

If anyone ever asks what my superpower is, I'll say that it's the ability to ignore stupid people on the internet.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2026 11:59 AM (vTZFs)

341 Oh, and American Technical Supremacy Day is Thursday. Expect the annual wailing from the usual suspects.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 11:32 AM (O0L8i)

Just watch the YouTube videos of the Brits and other Europeans who were visiting here during the Soccer Cup. Quite a few of them imagined they were living in the far future when witnessing things we Americans take for granted. Drive up pharmacies were one item they could not believe. ATMs everywhere was another.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 02, 2026 11:59 AM (hmYU4)

342 And off to spread havoc and ruin here at Casa Some Guy.

JTB, thanks for the thread.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 11:59 AM (q3u5l)

343 And a tip of the chapeau to JTB for heroic efforts, successful ones, on this week's Book Thread!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 12:00 PM (wzUl9)

344 Henry Cavill or Clive Owen as Paladin?

Not a bad idea, either one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 12:01 PM (wzUl9)

345 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 12:01 PM (NcvvS)

346 CBD HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)

347 It is an unending story of shipwrecks, capture, starvation, cannibalism, flight, looting, and acting as a travelling faith healer.

Posted by: Kindltot
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They were going to kill him but he saved a life using common healing methods know in the western world. They presumed him to have 'powers'. When he got back home he had difficulty integrating back into normal society, and wearing clothes. I think he committed suicide.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:03 PM (+yTe/)

348 Good morning from the Left Coast!

Just finished Tolkien's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (I am a sucker for anything related to King Arthur--thanks, Dad!). Now to Pearl, Sir Orfeo, and Sir Gawain's Leave Taking. I am a sucker for alliteration and SG&TGK begs to be read aloud!

Dad also introduced me to Zane Grey, his favorite Western writer. He also wrote the novel The Lone Star Ranger, dedicated to Texas Ranger John Hughes, that the character, The Lone Ranger, is based on.

Posted by: March Hare at August 02, 2026 12:03 PM (O/GSq)

349 i'm on my fourth non- fiction michael perry story about an area in wisconsin near rice lake. i started with "truck: a love story" which switches chapters between his blossoming relationship and his efforts restoring an old international harvester pickup. of great interest to light duty work vehicle enthusiasts. IH had a large freezer division and a fictitious spokeslady named irma harding (same like betty crocker) with pamphlets on how to freeze foods.
now i'm on his "visiting tom" about one of his elderly neighbors. if ace can find them, pages 166 through 168 tells a great crow story from tom's childhood. sad but wonderful.

Posted by: cmeat at August 02, 2026 12:05 PM (Bep7s)

350 They had to revolve around horse thieves, cattle ranching, water rights, widow Jenny losing the ranch, bank robbers, and that’s about it.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 11:44 AM (dLnkr)

In Blonde Inspiration, mentioned above, they actually use a device called "The Plotter". But that's all I will say about it.

Posted by: sal at August 02, 2026 12:07 PM (f+FmA)

351 Thanks to CBD for encouraging me to do some book threads and to the Horde for all the kind words.

Hope everyone has a great week of reading ahead of them.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 12:08 PM (yTvNw)

352 Other reading includes The Great Adventure Bible, Catholic Edition by Ascension Press. The deacon in my parish was handing out free copies and what intrigued me is Ascesion Press includes a plan for reading the Bible in a year, along with a timeline that outlines what was happening in the rest of the world during the time of the readings. There is a primary reading, then related selections from other books, Psalms, or Proverbs. There is also a podcast, which I had hoped would offer more commentary about the readings, but is primarily a reading of the selections (helpful for pronunciation of some of the more obscure words).

Posted by: March Hare at August 02, 2026 12:15 PM (O/GSq)

353 SF similarity to westerns? A number of Heinlein's juveniles IIRC had the same feel.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2026 11:40 AM (q3u5l)

A lot of golden age SF writers also wrote Westerns, and vice-versa. There was a large number of pre-depression and pre-WWII pulps for airplane adventures, car adventures, travel and the like, the ones that survived the depression were the mysteries, the science fiction, and the action adventures. Then the ones that survived the paper shortages in WWII were a few top end SciFi and mystery like Black Mask

Robert E. Howard wrote a lot of boxing and adventure stories, for example, they paid the same as weird horror and fantasy.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 12:20 PM (rbvCR)

354 Currently reading The Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood. Still early into the book, but the history of the social order in England and America during the 17th and 18th centuries is fascinating.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 02, 2026 09:51 AM (D/6p1)

He also wrote The American Revolution: A History, a short (166 pages) well-done retelling of the conflict.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 02, 2026 09:56 AM (qRla/)
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That book is on my list of must-haves! Thanks for the recommendation.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 02, 2026 12:20 PM (D/6p1)

355 For anyone doing the "Mother Road" Pilgrimage, a stop at the Cowboy Museum in OKC is worthwhile, if not required.

It's an amazing mix of myth and history, treating their collection of John Wayne memorabilia with the same gravitas as a rifle actually used by someone in 1880.

Another museum central to the American West is the Buffalo Bill in Cody, WY. Here, the legend is acknowledged, but distinguished from the real. The "Buffalo Bill" memorabilia has its own wing. 😊

Posted by: buddhaha at August 02, 2026 12:29 PM (Lmo2r)

356 By the way, Donald Hamilton (obligatory Matt Helm reference) wrote some westerns in the 1950s and they are excellent. His book The Big Country was adapted for the movie of that name with Charlton Heston. For some reason they were never reprinted and the used copies can be hard to find and are expensive. Definitely worth it if you can find them.
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So you're telling me that my copies of Mad River and Texas Fever are collectors items?

I'm rich!

Posted by: buddhaha at August 02, 2026 12:40 PM (Lmo2r)

357 I've been reading translations of the Odyssey, including Pope, Butler, Lattimore, and Wilson. All of them read well. I thank Christopher Nolan for prodding me to do that, even though I didn't like his movie much.

I like Wilson verse, her decision to use iambic pentameter, and her decision to use the same number of lines as the original, to put some guardrails on her work. The feminism in her introduction doesn't affect her verse, at least not blatantly: I think she's too honest a poet and a scholar for that.

Our current read-aloud is Robert Graves' "Homer's Daughter", which is re-telling of the Odyssey, or rather, his telling of how the Odyssey came to be written by a woman. I understand that scholars reject his thesis, but simply as a story, it's a damn good one, and it really draws you into the world of the Mediterranean during the Bronze Age. And Graves' Nausicaa, who narrates the story, could kick the ass of any of today's girlbosses and not even break out a sweat.

Posted by: Nemo at August 02, 2026 12:48 PM (4RPgu)

358 356 ... "--
So you're telling me that my copies of Mad River and Texas Fever are collectors items?

I'm rich!"

Add in Smoke Valley and you can retire tomorrow. LOL!

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2026 01:04 PM (yTvNw)

359 IH had a large freezer division
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International Harvester produced a total of 337,623 M1 Garand rifles.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc., post Helene at August 02, 2026 05:17 PM (XeU6L)

360 "Six Frigates" is not illustrated. Great book though.
Posted by: Milli Vanilli
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The best non-fiction that I have read recently, have passed it along to a good friend.

Along with some frivolous fiction (now on the 3rd, 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'), I continue with 'The Brothers Karamazov'. Also re-reading Churchill's memoir 'The Gathering Storm'. The latter should be read by anyone who is concerned by the state of our country/politicians.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2026 05:30 PM (XeU6L)

Daily Tech News 2 August 2026

Top Story



Tech News


Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: Chicago?

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

2 Thank you, Pixy!

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 04:32 AM (odBC9)

3 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at August 02, 2026 04:32 AM (lJ0H4)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 02, 2026 04:34 AM (c711F)

5 G'Day everyone
Thought is aas Monday for a minute when I woke up

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

6 >>>Is this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop? (The Verge)

"The drum reverb is full of unnatural digital artifacting reminiscent of a 64kbps MP3 downloaded off of Napster."

*having flashbacks*

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)

7 from the AI slop article:

The lyrics are the sort of logical near-gibberish that AI often spits out. ...

Swipin’ cards and stackin’ chips,
I saw you sinkin’ ships
Left me standin’ in the pourin’ rain,
now I bought a heavy diamond chain
Bankrolls on the table
Watchin’ local cable
Hatin’ that I’m able
Hatin’ that I’m able

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 04:45 AM (odBC9)

8 No reason to get up up other thsn sausages and pancakes

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 04:46 AM (Ia/+0)

9 from Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars

It's late and I'm awake
Staring at the wall
Open up my window
Head floats out the door
No one else around
And a shimmer takes my eye
I lift my head, blinded by the sky
Feel my weight in front
Following the sound
It moves away so fast
Fall down to the ground
I know there's more to come
Jump back to my feet
And I only see ahead of me
Chasing down the street

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 04:46 AM (odBC9)

10
Boy George
@BoyGeorge
Jul 31
In Buddhism we understand that every action comes with a consequence. Due to my decision to stand up for my Jewish friends I am losing a few people from my life.

Today I parted company with Tony Pontius who has run my record label BGP for a number of years. I wanted to release 'We Will Dance Again' but he was unequivocal and said 'I want nothing to do with this song' and I responded 'ok, we are done'.

When someone is gutless it really does not hurt to say goodbye. My faith in humanity will not diminish and the truth will always win.

I will release it!

(audio at the link)

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 04:53 AM (odBC9)

11 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at August 02, 2026 04:59 AM (oB8bm)

12 genius.com

“We Will Dance Again (עוד נרקוד” is an AI-generated reggae track by British musician Boy George.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 05:03 AM (odBC9)

13 That was an unfortunate smiley face.

We Will Dance Again ( עוד נרקוד )

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 05:06 AM (odBC9)

14 A dull-witted evening and morning to all from yours truly on this first Sunday of August.

My dream veered close to nightmare. I was moving into an apartment with a garage on the same day I was slated for an oral surgeon visit. Somehow I got everything moved in, and was tiredly trying to put things into place in the living room, when i realized I was late. So I backed my car -- a dark red 1980s Mercedes station wagon (?) -- out of the garage, which had an inch to spare for the wagon's roof, and hurried to my 7 pm. appointment. I woke realizing that in the dream I'd had no one to drive me home from the surgeon's office. Uh-oh. . . .

Anyway: coffee. Howz aboutchoo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 05:09 AM (wzUl9)

15
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 02, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

16 We ate at Chik-Fil-A last night, and somehow I came away with change (albeit small) from a $20. Then we watched the 1974 The Great Gatsby on Movies!, which I had never seen. (Darned if I know why Mia Farrow was considered a movie star even then.) In the early '70s, I recall, there was a brief fad of nostalgia for the Twenties and Thirties -- Chinatown, Gatsby; a TV series about a Thirties private eye, Banyon, set in LA; revivals of old Bogart movies.

Then along came Happy Days and Elton John's "Crocodile Rock," and suddenly everything was the Nifty Fifties all the time and the Thirties were forgotten. Dang.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 05:15 AM (wzUl9)

17 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 02, 2026 05:17 AM (V0/Sp)

18 >>> brief fad of nostalgia for the Twenties and Thirties

Paper Moon, Bonnie & Clyde

Sgt Pepper, Bonzo Dog Band and Donavan were yearning for more Edwardian times, I think.

Posted by: fluffy at August 02, 2026 05:21 AM (V0/Sp)

19 brief fad of nostalgia for the Twenties and Thirties

Paper Moon, Bonnie & Clyde

Sgt Pepper, Bonzo Dog Band and Donavan were yearning for more Edwardian times, I think.
Posted by: fluffy at August 02, 2026

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Yes. Come to think of it, Bonnie and Clyde (1967) might have started the fad. There was a comedy TV series called The Chicago Teddy Bears about 1970, I think. Paper Moon was early Seventies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 05:26 AM (wzUl9)

20 Yesterday, kid and I stopped at Chik Fil A in Forest Hills, NY: Large 4 piece chicken strip meal and one spicey deluxe with extra pickle sandwich only:26$

Posted by: Accomack at August 02, 2026 05:31 AM (m6Eem)

21 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 02, 2026 05:33 AM (7IlZh)

22 Yesterday, kid and I stopped at Chik Fil A in Forest Hills, NY: Large 4 piece chicken strip meal and one spicey deluxe with extra pickle sandwich only:26$
Posted by: Accomack at August 02, 2026

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We just had water to drink, and a large waffle fries sufficed for both of us. You gotta economize in small ways sometimes.

But for somebody like me, who remembers when two people could eat at Bennigans in 1982, with iced teas and maybe a small appetizer, and get back a little change from a $20: This is horrifying.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

23 olddog, Good morning to you and yours .

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:39 AM (abScH)

24 I can cook a 2 in filet, baked potato and a salad at home for 20 bucks

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 05:41 AM (abScH)

25 { Microsoft } is finally bothering to start to unshit its bed.

Not even two diverted rivers' worth of water could clean up dung of that magnitude.

(Also, I'm on permanent vacation, and you're going to need a bigger shovel!)

Posted by: Hercules at August 02, 2026 05:44 AM (O7YUW)

26 Going to work out in a little bit. I plan to take it easy: only a mile, walking/trotting, about 67/33 breakdown. Then a shower, breakfast, a pipe, and the Book Thread!

In theory, we are supposed to get some rain this afternoon or evening, and a little less humidity tomorrow. Ah believes it when Ah feels it. Though it does happen, and it's memorable. When I bought my '97 Mercedes C-Class in early August '03, the next few days had a drop in humidity, and I was able to wash and wax the whole car without heatstroke.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

27 @Wolfus: "But for somebody like me, who remembers when two people could eat at Bennigans in 1982, with iced teas and maybe a small appetizer, and get back a little change from a $20: This is horrifying."

No kidding. The "covenant" for fast food used to be:
- Cheap
- Fast
- Not exactly good, but at least tasty enough to pass for good.

That's what made it attractive. 'Do you want to cook?' "Nah." 'Me neither. Let's go grab something at {fast food dive}.' "Sounds good, I'll grab my coat."

Now it's:
- Expensive
- Why the hell is it taking 20 minutes, I have places to be!
- "Y'know, I could make something a lot tastier and better at home..." (and in less than 20 minutes!)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 02, 2026 05:57 AM (O7YUW)

28 The music industry already embraced slop when they permitted auto-tune to be widely used to correct for talentless hacks that couldn't sing on key if their lives depended on it.

Oh, that and lip-syncing to recorded tracks in live concerts.

Straight to jail.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 02, 2026 06:00 AM (O7YUW)

29 You talking about us?

Posted by: Milli Vanilli at August 02, 2026 06:01 AM (qFwJc)

30 My first job was 3.65$/hr making breakfast at McDonalds. Some days I did the folded, some days pancakes. We had an old Italian man who made the biscuits.
This weekend in Queens has reminded me why I hate/love NYC.
My neighborhood has gotten more muzzle&dot and also much quieter.

Posted by: Accomack at August 02, 2026 06:02 AM (6jy2V)

31 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Does anybody really know what time it is?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 02, 2026 06:05 AM (amcLV)

32 Mornin', Horde. 68 degrees, going up to 74, a little rain possible, here in Kentuckiana.

Question: when did putting the dollar sign after the amount become a thing? Never saw it other than children first learning about it until recently.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 06:16 AM (NcvvS)

33 Is this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop? (The Verge)
...
trap-influenced West Coast rap.

What the **** is trap-influenced? Sounds pervy and illegal...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:18 AM (l3cgK)

34 32 Mornin', Horde. 68 degrees, going up to 74, a little rain possible, here in Kentuckiana.

Question: when did putting the dollar sign after the amount become a thing? Never saw it other than children first learning about it until recently.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 06:16 AM (NcvvS)

Prevents kids from saying "Dollar five hundred" instead of "Five Hundred dollars"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:19 AM (l3cgK)

35 Could this be the good citizen who saved lives yesterday at the Idaho In-n-Out shooting?

https://tinyurl.com/4n8hedwu

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 02, 2026 06:20 AM (D0X9e)

36 Good morning Horde. Thx Pixy.
A happy Sunday to all.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 06:20 AM (BFvh9)

37 Ah. Three Dog Night. Thanks Pixy for the fond memory.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 02, 2026 06:21 AM (rii+a)

38 "Three Dog Night refers to a phrase used by Aboriginal Australians to describe a very cold night, where they would sleep with three dogs for warmth. The American rock band adopted this name, symbolizing the idea of having three lead singers."--DuckDuck AI

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:21 AM (l3cgK)

39 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 02, 2026 06:22 AM (2Ez/1)

40 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I love my cats but they try my patience sometimes.

They left me several messes for me to clean up this morning.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2026 06:23 AM (FZ29D)

41 38 "Three Dog Night refers to a phrase used by Aboriginal Australians to describe a very cold night, where they would sleep with three dogs for warmth. The American rock band adopted this name, symbolizing the idea of having three lead singers."--DuckDuck AI

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:21 AM (l3cgK)

Chuck Negron ( who just died in February ) was married to Kate Vernon, Dean Wormer's real-life daughter.

Posted by: The Big Book of Three Dog Night Trivia, page 73. at August 02, 2026 06:24 AM (n9eFH)

42 AI would read $5 as dollar five.

Posted by: Accomack at August 02, 2026 06:25 AM (1Vo6X)

43 Disclaimer: Chicago?

https://youtu.be/9_torOTK5qc

Yeah, it's nearing 25 or 6 to 4am here...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:27 AM (l3cgK)

44 >>> They left me several messes for me to clean up this morning.

They only left one at my house, but generated a second for my cleaning pleasure after I was up.

Posted by: fluffy at August 02, 2026 06:28 AM (V0/Sp)

45 40 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I love my cats but they try my patience sometimes.

They left me several messes for me to clean up this morning.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2026 06:23 AM (FZ29D)

They've shredded my carpet...destroyed boxes and bags...and of course can never puke of floor with tiles, only floor with carpet...
Toilet paper has to be hidden lest the boy cat shred it up...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:29 AM (l3cgK)

46 >>Prevents kids from saying "Dollar five hundred" instead of "Five Hundred dollars"?

Never heard anyone over the age of 6 make that mistake.

>>AI would read $5 as dollar five.

Would make the 'I' in 'AI' a lie, then.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 06:29 AM (NcvvS)

47 Dogs have owners.

Cats have staff.

Posted by: Things Rush Limbaugh said at August 02, 2026 06:30 AM (n9eFH)

48 40 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I love my cats but they try my patience sometimes.

They left me several messes for me to clean up this morning.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2026 06:23 AM (FZ29D)

Unless said "I" is facetious...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:30 AM (l3cgK)

49 46 >>Prevents kids from saying "Dollar five hundred" instead of "Five Hundred dollars"?

Never heard anyone over the age of 6 make that mistake.

>>AI would read $5 as dollar five.

Would make the 'I' in 'AI' a lie, then.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 06:29 AM (NcvvS)

Unless said "I" is facetious...there, comment is finally in right place...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:31 AM (l3cgK)

50 Unless said "I" is facetious...there, comment is finally in right place...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:31 AM (l3cgK)
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I = Idiocy

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 02, 2026 06:35 AM (amcLV)

51 All in all my cats of long lives didn't do much damage or cause problems. They were pretty good

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 06:43 AM (Ia/+0)

52 I always found the song "Vehicle" by Ides of March a bit...disturbing...great sound, weird lyrics...

"Hey, well, I'm the friendly stranger in the black sedan van
Won't you hop inside my car?
I got pictures, got candy, I am a lovable man
I'd like to take you to the nearest star"

...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:43 AM (l3cgK)

53 Yea, though I walk through the valley of uneaten and refused cat treats, I shall fear no crunchies.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 02, 2026 06:46 AM (CHHv1)

54 Microsoft will not stop unshitting itself until it has fired enough H1B imported "engineers" and reverse enough code that Windows 11 runs like a fresh install of Windows 2K on every boot.

And then fire another 50% of their H1B engineering staff.

You could tell Nadella would be cancer for Microsoft from jump because he literally looks like a Lukemia patient.

Posted by: fringe at August 02, 2026 06:46 AM (0umlT)

55 G'mornin' everyone!

52, yeah, agree, what exactly are we singing about here ... ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 02, 2026 06:46 AM (VyBeY)

56 I am of the opinion that weird food hax are just the younger generations’ way of doing broad spectrum comedy.

Posted by: Accomack at August 02, 2026 06:49 AM (+hwtP)

57 >52, yeah, agree, what exactly are we singing about here ... ?

Lucy in the sky.
With diamonds.

Posted by: E. John at August 02, 2026 06:50 AM (2Ez/1)

58 51 All in all my cats of long lives didn't do much damage or cause problems. They were pretty good

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 06:43 AM (Ia/+0)

The old horny black cat (RIP) would puke everywhere, steal food off plates if you weren't looking (or off the stove, or any surface), and hump plush dolls (or anything soft enough)...
Got him as an older cat...he chose older son, not the other way around.
Same day we got him, got cat#2 (kitten, what we came to the shelter for). He's an unusual cat...never afraid of the vacuum cleaner (until older boy sucked at him with a hose).
Third cat we got years later. Only girl cat. She never liked old horny black cat.
There was a 4th cat (stray picked up by older son), but he lives in his "not-a-girlfriend"'s house...stupid as a bag of rocks. Ate a plastic food tray, resulting in over a $1000 (thousand dollars for those who can't read the $ correctly). Still eats food like a feral cat, chasing, growling, and swatting other cats away while eating.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:50 AM (l3cgK)

59 resulting in over a $1000 surgery. Missed a word there.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:51 AM (l3cgK)

60 Microsoft has become a utility company.

Posted by: Accomack at August 02, 2026 06:51 AM (+hwtP)

61 58 51 The old horny black cat (RIP) would puke everywhere, steal food off plates if you weren't looking (or off the stove, or any surface), and hump plush dolls (or anything soft enough)...
Got him as an older cat...he chose older son, not the other way around.
Same day we got him, got cat#2 (kitten, what we came to the shelter for). He's an unusual cat...never afraid of the vacuum cleaner (until older boy sucked at him with a hose).
Third cat we got years later. Only girl cat. She never liked old horny black cat.
There was a 4th cat (stray picked up by older son), but he lives in his "not-a-girlfriend"'s house...stupid as a bag of rocks. Ate a plastic food tray, resulting in over a $1000 (thousand dollars for those who can't read the $ correctly). Still eats food like a feral cat, chasing, growling, and swatting other cats away while eating.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 06:50 AM (l3cgK)

Good kitties!

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 06:56 AM (odBC9)

62 I used to think autotune was an in-studio thing when artists recorded tracks. I didn't realize until I read something recently that many use auto-tune during live performances on stage, as well.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2026 06:58 AM (J4Dwc)

63 Was a neat part of National Progressive Radio sho Car Talk they used car theme songs for bumpers, many I never heard before.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 06:59 AM (Ia/+0)

64 57 >52, yeah, agree, what exactly are we singing about here ... ?

Lucy in the sky.
With diamonds.
Posted by: E. John at August 02, 2026 06:50 AM (2Ez/1)

lysergic acid diethylamide

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 06:59 AM (odBC9)

65 My current cats are not ones to throw up much at all, thank goodness. Chekov for several years would upchuck at least one meal every week. Wolf was fine in the food department, but then would present me with a hairball every week or two. Most of the times Stirling has gone into upchuck mode, I've been able to get to him and scoot him over to the tiled kitchen floor.

Chekov shredded a roll of toilet paper in his first month here, but then never again. Wolf savaged a roll of the blue shop towels ($) from Walmart; I made sure to keep them away from him after that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)

66 Fun times for libs. First Scott Galloway freaked out about being put on Mamdani's tax list. Now Ana Kasparian is calling for Fauci to be prosecuted. This is after she went nuts after being harassed by a homeless guy .
They'll still vote Dems . You can't fix stupid

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 07:01 AM (BFvh9)

67 Sarah Hoyt memes from yesterday.

Contains cat memes

Also vmom may have contributed...

https://tinyurl.com/523e4nrs

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 07:01 AM (n9eFH)

68 66 Fun times for libs. First Scott Galloway freaked out about being put on Mamdani's tax list. Now Ana Kasparian is calling for Fauci to be prosecuted. This is after she went nuts after being harassed by a homeless guy .
They'll still vote Dems . You can't fix stupid
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 07:01 AM (BFvh9)

Secret ballot.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:05 AM (odBC9)

69
Alex Stein #99 retweeted
Gain of Fauci
@DschlopesIsBack
Jul 28
Never forget this brave American citizen that turned down getting a Covid vaccine and called out Fauci right to his face on camera.

I still want to buy this man a beer!

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:06 AM (odBC9)

70 Good morning morons

Shambala gets heavy rotation on my playlist. Great bass line.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 07:09 AM (JvZF+)

71
Peter Bernegger
@PeterBernegger
Aug 1
Francesca Hong was diagnosed with 1) bipolar disease, 2) had a mental breakdown, 3) was placed in psychiatric hospitalization, 4) did self-harm by cutting, and 5) experienced a lithium overdose. My source: Francesca Hong in a 2023 interview. Her own words. She is running for Governor in Wisconsin (D).

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:10 AM (odBC9)

72 71
Peter Bernegger
@PeterBernegger
Aug 1
Francesca Hong was diagnosed with 1) bipolar disease, 2) had a mental breakdown, 3) was placed in psychiatric hospitalization, 4) did self-harm by cutting, and 5) experienced a lithium overdose. My source: Francesca Hong in a 2023 interview. Her own words. She is running for Governor in Wisconsin (D).

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:10 AM (odBC9)

Top qwality dem candidate.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 07:11 AM (l3cgK)

73 Does Fancesca Hong notsee? That's missing from the list.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 07:11 AM (l3cgK)

74
Peter Bernegger
@PeterBernegger
21h
She is Korean. Noting, she is currently a State Assembly Rep. covering the area of Madison, WI. She is angry most all the time, in the Capitol.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:12 AM (odBC9)

75 > She is Korean. Noting, she is currently a State Assembly Rep. covering the area of Madison, WI. She is angry most all the time, in the Capitol.
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:12 AM


And she wants to speak to your manager:

https://tinyurl.com/ytw49x37

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 07:20 AM (2Ez/1)

76 One of the major problems with Microsoft for the last 20 years (or more) has been its code bloat.

Part of that has been trying to make every little thing part of Windows. Part of that has been just an attitude of "Hey, computers have more capability now, maybe we should use it!" Which is fine, until it comes at the expense of other things you could use it for - like speed, or other programs.

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2026 07:22 AM (kU0PQ)

77 Pinned Tweet
Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
18h
Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness and is highly treatable with lithium. So while I don't think it's necessarily disqualifying, voters deserve to know if @FrancescaHongWI is receiving professional care and what it is. It should be disqualifying if she refuses to say.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:23 AM (odBC9)

78 Does she write her own songs?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 07:24 AM (967/Q)

79
Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship & Free Speech @UAustinOrg : Dao Journalism Winner : Time, "Hero of Environment" : Author, “Apocalypse Never,” "San Fransicko"
Berkeley, CA

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:24 AM (odBC9)

80 AI slop.

Posted by: Milli Vanilli at August 02, 2026 07:25 AM (qFwJc)

81 My current cats are not ones to throw up much at all, thank goodness.

--

You are one lucky man. Only 2 barfs from mine yesterday. I'm thinking of strapping a little catch bucket in necklace form under her neck so she can just barf right into it and save me the aggravation.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 02, 2026 07:25 AM (qBdHI)

82 Question: when did putting the dollar sign after the amount become a thing?

AI slop.

Posted by: Milli Vanilli at August 02, 2026 07:25 AM (qFwJc)

83 Sunday morning came clouded over in August, the light thin and patient as if it had lain all night under the weight of the sky and now rose up reluctantly, searching the old rooftops and the trees with a pale, remembering hand.

Posted by: Old Bill Faulkner at August 02, 2026 07:28 AM (2Ez/1)

84
33 Is this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop? (The Verge)

Ie be surprised if you could find 100 people anywhere who care about the Billboard Hot 100.

And Casey Kasem’s ghost doesn’t count. (Poor guy, he had a sad end)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 07:28 AM (Ol0VD)

85 Pushing the Overton window left one fucked up person at a time.

Posted by: Accomack at August 02, 2026 07:28 AM (gcNyC)

86 And does she have any tattoos?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 02, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)

87 86 And does she have any tattoos?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 02, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)

DAT DO'N MATTA!!

Posted by: James Carville, the day before yesterday at August 02, 2026 07:30 AM (967/Q)

88 Love Carville. What great comic relief.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

89 >>>but at least they're trying. Or claiming to try.

Vaporware. Windows can't be unshitified. They're not dropping Copilot and Recall, even though they announced similar considerations back in January.

This announcement is just to keep the rats on the sinking ship, and it will work for most users looking to make a jump.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 02, 2026 07:31 AM (dK+Kv)

90 86 And does she have any tattoos?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 02, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)

You could volunteer to go find out....

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:33 AM (odBC9)

91 Shellenberger gets under my skin. He is one-click away from Jake Tapper-level hypocrisy. Voted for this sh*t then writes a book how awful it is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 07:33 AM (JvZF+)

92 >>>Major record labels are proposing to join forces to force AI slop out of the charts.

Is this the first major institutional move against the clankers?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 02, 2026 07:36 AM (dK+Kv)

93 Not my circus, not my monkeys .... but I seem to know all the clowns...

Posted by: clarence at August 02, 2026 07:37 AM (oB8bm)

94 Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness and is highly treatable with lithium. So while I don't think it's necessarily disqualifying, voters deserve to know if @FrancescaHongWI is receiving professional care and what it is. It should be disqualifying if she refuses to say.
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:23 AM (odBC9)

Disclosure is imperative. Also voters need to know if it is true, that she has episodes where she claims she has two additional last names, being “Kong” and “Phooey”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2026 07:38 AM (Ol0VD)

95 She campaigns like a local weather emergency—loud, avoidable, and impossible to ignore—then governs with the grim determination of a person trying to assemble furniture using only confidence and a butter knife

Posted by: The ghost of PJ O'Rourke at August 02, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)

96 from yesterday's Thomas Sowell thread:

.. there are three questions that destroy most of the arguments of the left:

1. Compared to what?
2. At what cost?
3. What hard evidence do you have?

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:39 AM (odBC9)

97 Top qwality dem candidate.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 07:11 AM (l3cgK)

That's on the tame side for the left these days.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 02, 2026 07:40 AM (dK+Kv)

98 1. Compared to what?
2. At what cost?
3. What hard evidence do you have?
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:39 AM (odBC9)
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1. Compared to the way it is now, fascist!
2. Tax the rich!
3. It's all around you, man!
/smugly

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 07:42 AM (JvZF+)

99 mornin yall. Did you know that in Florida it is illegal for a hotdog vendor to put ketchup on your hotdog?

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2026 07:43 AM (MWfyi)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:43 AM (odBC9)

101 98 1. Compared to what?
2. At what cost?
3. What hard evidence do you have?
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:39 AM (odBC9)
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1. Compared to the way it is now, fascist!
2. Tax the rich!
3. It's all around you, man!
/smugly
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 07:42 AM (JvZF+)

He seems nice.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:43 AM (odBC9)

102 I used to think autotune was an in-studio thing when artists recorded tracks. I didn't realize until I read something recently that many use auto-tune during live performances on stage, as well.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2026 06:58 AM (J4Dwc)

Not Rush on the latest tour.

Pink Floyd did it right. Get someone who can hit the notes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 02, 2026 07:44 AM (dK+Kv)

103 Good morning. I'm late. Sorry.

Here is Microsoft's Official Spokesman on the situation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RJmgx3knaU

Posted by: meh at August 02, 2026 07:45 AM (kK7U2)

104 103 Good morning. I'm late. Sorry.

Here is Microsoft's Official Spokesman on the situation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RJmgx3knaU
Posted by: meh at August 02, 2026 07:45 AM (kK7U2)

; )

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 07:46 AM (odBC9)

105 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 02, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

106 TinyAndSoft is like most banks. They don't care because they don't have to.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)

107 Also vmom may have contributed...

https://tinyurl.com/523e4nrs
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

Ha ha ha
That would look good on my kitchen wall, I admit.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 07:51 AM (DoBxX)

108 Now the advice is more along the lines of: Buy a Mac, or run Linux.


Really glad I bought a MacBook (Sky) earlier this year. I already had a couple of old laptops with Linux Mint on them. That just leaves the BeeLink, which is Win11.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at August 02, 2026 07:55 AM (sAmhv)

109 {{{I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper}}}

I saw the sampler meme and wished I had a way to upload it next time vmom posted.

It is a sampler with three words in one line each, then the final line in red:
Live
Laugh
Love
Stab Stab Stab

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 02, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

110 {{{vmom deport deport deport}}}

We can change the bottom line to Shiv Shiv Shiv for bluebell.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 02, 2026 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

111 {{{Salty}}}

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 08:03 AM (967/Q)

112 Mandela Barnes has got to be kicking himself for dropping out of the Wis governor's race (allegations if sexual harassment about to drop) given the Hung revelation. Some guy Crowley who dropped out got back in and was endorse by Gov Evers. Crowley is Milwaukee county exec, not exactly a great resume
Of course the Republicans ( Tom Tiffany ) could screw it up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 08:06 AM (BFvh9)

113 San Franpsycho

I went to the local bookstore in the student bar area called Aggieville next to the KSU campus.
Very tony; very woke. It used to be a used book store.
A worker who was clearly woke and unlearned but pretentious and sanctimonious, and I had a brief conversation on Before the Dawn, which was not there.

The economics section did not have any Sowell, and the SF section was almost devoid of the authors I liked. Ender's Game[i/] was there, but no Heinlein, Ryk L. Spoor, or Matt Hughes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 02, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

114 99 mornin yall. Did you know that in Florida it is illegal for a hotdog vendor to put ketchup on your hotdog?

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2026 07:43 AM (MWfyi)

it's also illegal to skydive in the nude on Sundays...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 08:08 AM (l3cgK)

115 Yikes.

Off to the Barrel. A robot to do all my chores would be helpful now. Or one I could send in to decontaminate the Barrel.

Have a great day, everyone. May you and yours be blessed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 02, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

116 115 Yikes.

Off to the Barrel. A robot to do all my chores would be helpful now. Or one I could send in to decontaminate the Barrel.

Have a great day, everyone. May you and yours be blessed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 02, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

I've worked in septic tanks...not fun. I wasn't even paid...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 08:10 AM (l3cgK)

117 >>Did you know that in Florida it is illegal for a hotdog vendor to put ketchup on your hotdog?

Or mustard or any other condiment for that matter. The paying customer has to do it.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2026 08:13 AM (J4Dwc)

118 112 Of course the Republicans ( Tom Tiffany ) could screw it up
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 08:06 AM (BFvh9)

Francesca Hong For Governor
@FrancescaHongWI
Jul 31
Once again: I am not running to defund the police. And to be clear, the governor cannot defund the police.
My administration will prioritize public safety & justice for victims.

Tom Tiffany
@TomTiffanyWI
Jul 30
No amount of spin can erase @FrancescaHongWI’s own words.

She didn’t just advocate for defunding the police. She called to abolish them.

In January, the Wisconsin Electoral Socialists endorsed her for her “commitment to police and prison abolition.”

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 08:14 AM (odBC9)

119 Yikes.

Off to the Barrel. A robot to do all my chores would be helpful now. Or one I could send in to decontaminate the Barrel.

Have a great day, everyone. May you and yours be blessed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 02, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

Copilot-powered clanker: Sorry. Best I can do is pick your pockets, put your cat in the washer with the laundry, and put all your utensils back in the wrong drawer, purposefully.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 02, 2026 08:16 AM (dK+Kv)

120 Is everyone just hitting refresh on the main page?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 08:23 AM (eZ5tL)

121 it's also illegal to skydive in the nude on Sundays...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 08:08 AM (l3cgK)
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*sigh*

*puts pants back on*

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2026 08:24 AM (FZ29D)

122 Hung probably will win, another state going to Marxism

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 08:25 AM (Ia/+0)

123 AI slop - saw a review page from some legit mag site that had som unedited AI prompts
I think it was on coffee grinders
The first 4 reviews read ok, the last one just had sections with something like "15 sentences here listing features"

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 08:25 AM (eZ5tL)

124 121 it's also illegal to skydive in the nude on Sundays...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2026 08:08 AM (l3cgK)
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*sigh*

*puts pants back on*
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2026 08:24 AM (FZ29D)

Don't look, Ethel!

Posted by: Ray Stevens at August 02, 2026 08:26 AM (967/Q)

125 120 Is everyone just hitting refresh on the main page?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2026 08:23 AM (eZ5tL)

Might be another half an hour? Last Sunday the book thread was posted by Open Blogger at 09:00 AM.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 08:27 AM (odBC9)

126 Demerit for the weekend-No Sefton Morning Report.
Plus for the Weekend-No "Art" Thread.

Posted by: The Way I See It at August 02, 2026 08:31 AM (JM9I6)

127 Might be another half an hour? Last Sunday the book thread was posted by Open Blogger at 09:00 AM.
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 08:27 AM (odBC9)
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That's the usual time (Eastern).

Sometimes it'll get posted a bit earlier if I have something else I need to do at that time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2026 08:31 AM (FZ29D)

128 127 Might be another half an hour? Last Sunday the book thread was posted by Open Blogger at 09:00 AM.
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 08:27 AM (odBC9)
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That's the usual time (Eastern).

Sometimes it'll get posted a bit earlier if I have something else I need to do at that time.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2026 08:31 AM (FZ29D)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 08:31 AM (odBC9)

129 Demerit for the weekend-No Sefton Morning Report.
Plus for the Weekend-No "Art" Thread.

Posted by: The Way I See It at August 02, 2026 08:31 AM (JM9I6)

The Horde giveth. The Horde taketh away.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 02, 2026 08:32 AM (dK+Kv)

130 - I'll never figure out why everyone feels the need to immediately run off to where 'you have to talk abut my art for 100 comments' as soon as it comes up.

Posted by: TeeJ at August 02, 2026 08:36 AM (/XKEa)

131 CBD makes it a rule for the art thread

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 08:40 AM (JvZF+)

132 Here's Friday's art thread comments, on The Hermit,
Mikhail Nesterov. They were a hoot.


https://tinyurl.com/5n7hnnhs

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 08:45 AM (odBC9)

133 Starting a off topic thread wrecks the work of thread author

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 08:45 AM (Ia/+0)

134 CBD did post one of my faves-Scandi Mental Illness Art recently, so I give him credit for that.

Posted by: Art Afficianado at August 02, 2026 08:46 AM (JM9I6)

135 On-topic art threads are edumacating.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 08:47 AM (odBC9)

136 Art thread rocks. Fast paced caption contest filled with ribald witticisms, sexual innuendo, limericks and backhanded political commentary.
And we like it that way.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)

137 I could smell "The Hermit" right through my monitor.

Posted by: Delicate Disposition at August 02, 2026 08:48 AM (JM9I6)

138 Complaints about the Art Thread are an FWP, which will be on tap at 2 PM Eastern today.

Posted by: Same Bat time, Same Bat Channel at August 02, 2026 08:50 AM (JM9I6)

139 138 Complaints about the Art Thread are an FWP, which will be on tap at 2 PM Eastern today.
Posted by: Same Bat time, Same Bat Channel at August 02, 2026 08:50 AM (JM9I6)

Observations About the Art Thread, really:

130 - I'll never figure out why everyone feels the need to immediately run off to where 'you have to talk abut my art for 100 comments' as soon as it comes up.
Posted by: TeeJ at August 02, 2026 08:36 AM (/XKEa)

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 08:52 AM (odBC9)

140 I could smell "The Hermit" right through my monitor.
Posted by: Delicate Disposition at August 02, 2026 08:48 AM (JM9I6)

Come on! I used English Leather.

Posted by: Herman at August 02, 2026 08:52 AM (1Ff7Z)

141 Wolfus, had I known you were slated for oral surgery, I'd have given you a ride home.

Posted by: In Your Red Mercedes Wagon at August 02, 2026 08:52 AM (JM9I6)

142 Complaints Department is over there ------------------->

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 08:53 AM (odBC9)

143 Out of control.

https://tinyurl.com/65e43uzu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 08:53 AM (ndZc7)

144 The Hermit.

https://youtu.be/9PmWEElulG8

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 02, 2026 08:54 AM (2Ez/1)

145 I've got the pants, but can't find a belt. This could be embarrassing.

Posted by: Fruit of the Loom at August 02, 2026 08:57 AM (JM9I6)

146 145 I've got the pants, but can't find a belt. This could be embarrassing.
Posted by: Fruit of the Loom at August 02, 2026 08:57 AM (JM9I6)

Maybe some duct tape?

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 08:59 AM (odBC9)

147
https://tinyurl.com/65e43uzu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 08:53 AM (ndZc7)
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Very common occurrence. Don't leave goodies in your car!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 08:59 AM (JvZF+)

148 The bonus of lithium treatment is that it kills kidney function and you wind up on dialysis, waiting for a transplant. Happened to my cousin.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 02, 2026 08:59 AM (bkuEU)

149 I've got the pants, but can't find a belt. This could be embarrassing.
Posted by: Fruit of the Loom at August 02, 2026 08:57 AM (JM9I6)

Maybe some duct tape?
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 08:59 AM
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Don't forget a towel!

Posted by: Towelie at August 02, 2026 09:00 AM (JvZF+)

150 Trump Calls off Iran Strikes as Possible Peace Deal Gains Momentum

-
I'm sure it'll take this time!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 09:00 AM (ndZc7)

151 Books upstairs.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 09:01 AM (NcvvS)

152 Grab your reading glasses and head upstairs
BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)

153 Interestingly, the only legit rock song in the billboard 100, is, inexplicably, Wonderwall by Oasis.

Probably was featured in some Genz tv show, similar to Running Up That Hill, and the kids have discovered grandpas music again.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 02, 2026 09:13 AM (XV/Pl)

154 Hey Pixie, just want to say I'm not here given the east coast timeframe, but I read your posts daily and find them enjoyable and useful, while in no way a techie.
So thanks for putting them up.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 09:45 AM (sl73Y)

155 >Since both of those options hit Microsoft below the water line

No, they don't. Microsoft hasn't given a damn about the consumer revenue from Windows for over a decade. It's why the Windows 10 & 11 upgrades were free. All the Windows revenue comes from long term license agreements with large corporations. They're tuning Windows 11 because those large corporations can no longer source 16GB hardware in quantity from the big Wintel vendors, and all their employees are running on 3-5 year old hardware due to be refreshed.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at August 02, 2026 11:18 AM (LgYtf)

156 >>>Is this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop? (The Verge)

Fenix Flexin & Purps On The Beat - RUBBERZ (Official Video)
7.3M views

I just now listened to it.
I liked it.
?
Which isn't dispositive about anything.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 12:31 PM (odBC9)

157 You can't tell me this is anything other than great, even if AI

https://youtu.be/5Uf2ERoRB9w?is=hGuFIxdVdjKlZ6oZ

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1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 01, 2026 10:00 PM (uoXeR)

2 SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is forecast to slam into the moon near Einstein Crater early Wednesday morning, potentially producing the first impact plume, roughly 15 to 20 km in altitude for the ejecta, observed from Earth against the lunar surface's sunlit side.
_ZH

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:00 PM (Pee1E)

3 'Tis time…

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4 (looks at moose)

Guess I'm not wanted again.

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5 Club ONT border patrol agents are on high alert tonight. Beware of maracas. Hold on - being told it's Moroccans. That makes more sense!
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Your initial intel was a bit shaky.

Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 10:02 PM (VHUov)

6 Tonto wasn’t a Ranger.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 01, 2026 10:02 PM (aOqrc)

7 Welcome to da club! Free drinks to anyone who can guess what variety of bourbon I'm drinking tonight.

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:03 PM (QMAsf)

8 ***Big penguin is everywhere!***

Do these people get paid by the word or by the time they waste in presentation?


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:03 PM (Pee1E)

9 Meow said the old tomcat

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 01, 2026 10:04 PM (w3u3d)

10 Hello friends!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 01, 2026 10:04 PM (B2pWp)

11 Those records in the BW photo: they are the right size to be 45s but don’t have the larger hole. What format are they?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 01, 2026 10:05 PM (aOqrc)

12 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 01, 2026 10:06 PM (Wg6v7)

13
Ha! Top-10ish comment!

*lights big cigar*
*leans back in chair*
*puts feet on desk*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 01, 2026 10:06 PM (O0L8i)

14 The Lone Ranger looks like he's adjusting his junk because his pants are too tight.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 01, 2026 10:08 PM (Riz8t)

15 78

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:09 PM (Pee1E)

16 The Lone Ranger looks like he's adjusting his junk because his pants are too tight.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 01, 2026 10:08 PM (Riz8t)

We've all been there

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

17 6 Tonto wasn’t a Ranger.


Now the mystery masked man was smart
He got himself a Tonto
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
But Tonto he was smarter
And one day said, "Kemosabe
Kiss my ass, I bought a boat, I'm going out to sea"


Posted by: Lyle Lovett at August 01, 2026 10:10 PM (Riz8t)

18 Welcome to da club! Free drinks to anyone who can guess what variety of bourbon I'm drinking tonight.
Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:03 PM (QMAsf)

Wet!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 01, 2026 10:10 PM (qx7Zg)

19 Ha! Top-10ish comment!

*lights big cigar*
*leans back in chair*
*puts feet on desk*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 01, 2026 10:06 PM (O0L8i)

You're no Big Dummy

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)

20 The Lone Ranger looks like he's adjusting his junk because his pants are too tight.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 01, 2026 10:08 PM (Riz8t)

We've all been there

I mean, the guy looks like he's wearing yoga pants.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 01, 2026 10:11 PM (Riz8t)

21 Didja see this comparison about trust in the media?

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
.@BrendanCarrFCC: "Trust in the legacy national media is at an all time low."
"15% of people would eat gas station sushi. Only 8% of people say they have a great deal of trust."
Politico's Dasha Burns: "You seem to relish that!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 01, 2026 10:11 PM (ndZc7)

22 Sorry I'm late, I was vacuuming the black hole.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 01, 2026 10:11 PM (2RJDy)

23 16 The Lone Ranger looks like he's adjusting his junk because his pants are too tight.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 01, 2026 10:08 PM (Riz8t)

We've all been there
Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

I can't believe I thought the same thing. I am mortified.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 01, 2026 10:11 PM (hzuYO)

24 Doof--

Wild Turkey 101?

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 10:12 PM (rdVOm)

25 LOL, blobfish is the center square.

You know, in the right environment, he might be considered sexy as hell.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 01, 2026 10:12 PM (kpS4V)

26 Probably already mentioned, but the Lone Ranger got his name because the rest of the Rangers he was with were wiped out. Tonto told him, "You lone ranger."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 01, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)

27 72s?

Posted by: Don Black at August 01, 2026 10:14 PM (ZxPkt)

28 In some ways, those fish are more attractive. No septic septum rings, no hair dyed crazy colors, no caked on makeup.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 01, 2026 10:14 PM (qx7Zg)

29 Sorry I'm late, I was vacuuming the black hole.
Posted by: tankdemon

As awesome excuses go, this one sucks.

Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

30 Those records in the BW photo: they are the right size to be 45s but don’t have the larger hole. What format are they?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 01, 2026 10:05 PM (aOqrc)

Those look like ten-inch 78 RPM discs. Childrens' music continued to be recorded on 78's long after LPs took over for serious music, and 45's for pop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 01, 2026 10:15 PM (1z8ji)

31 21 Didja see this comparison about trust in the media?

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
.@BrendanCarrFCC: "Trust in the legacy national media is at an all time low."
"15% of people would eat gas station sushi. Only 8% of people say they have a great deal of trust."
Politico's Dasha Burns: "You seem to relish that!"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


The legacy national media EARNED every bit of that 8%. IMO, that's still too high.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 01, 2026 10:15 PM (Wg6v7)

32 I might be in the minority here but I think that penguin drink looks delicious. Kind of a boozy Dreamsicle flavor, I bet.

Posted by: bluebell at August 01, 2026 10:15 PM (afFes)

33 Milo the dinosaur, now with the easy carry-on handle for long flights.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 01, 2026 10:15 PM (qx7Zg)

34 SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is forecast to slam into the moon near Einstein Crater early Wednesday morning, potentially producing the first impact plume, roughly 15 to 20 km in altitude for the ejecta, observed from Earth against the lunar surface's sunlit side.
_ZH
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:00 PM (Pee1E)

Shooting at the Moon is all fun and games until someone shoots back.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 01, 2026 10:16 PM (vSvIl)

35 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 01, 2026 10:16 PM (YqVwq)

36 Caryl Struyken was the director in the Mexican Radio video.

I love that stupid song. I know nothing else about Wall of Voodoo, but I am betting they were weird.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 01, 2026 10:16 PM (0aYVJ)

37 Doof, have you been to a Rush concert this year? Is it safe to post videos, so we don't ruin your experience?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 01, 2026 10:17 PM (qx7Zg)

38 LOL, blobfish is the center square.

You know, in the right environment, he might be considered sexy as hell.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 01, 2026 10:12 PM (kpS4V)
---------

He looks like Ziggy.

Posted by: bluebell at August 01, 2026 10:17 PM (afFes)

39 32 I might be in the minority here but I think that penguin drink looks delicious. Kind of a boozy Dreamsicle flavor, I bet.

Posted by: bluebell at August 01, 2026 10:15 PM
***
Bluebell! Of all the clubs in the world, you decided to stop in this one. Good to virtually see you.

Posted by: TRex - free restroom token dino at August 01, 2026 10:17 PM (jnBG1)

40 29 Sorry I'm late, I was vacuuming the black hole.
Posted by: tankdemon

As awesome excuses go, this one sucks.
Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

Are you saying that I blew it?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 01, 2026 10:18 PM (2RJDy)

41 Doof--

Wild Turkey 101?
Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 10:12 PM (rdVOm)

Nope. But you're the bar keep so you probably don't pay for your drinks anyway!

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

42 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 01, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)

43
Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Jerks need not enter the premises (the moose out front is keeping track).

Damned moose out front is getting uppity. Phucker wrote my name down so he wouldn't forget it.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 01, 2026 10:19 PM (QVmho)

44 I might be in the minority here but I think that penguin drink looks delicious. Kind of a boozy Dreamsicle flavor, I bet.
Posted by: bluebell
**********
Hi ya Bluebell, I agree. Back in the day knew a bartender who made an orange creamsicle drink...delicious, but after two of them needed to hand the car keys over...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 10:19 PM (XfIK1)

45 32 I might be in the minority here but I think that penguin drink looks delicious. Kind of a boozy Dreamsicle flavor, I bet.
Posted by: bluebell at August 01, 2026 10:15 PM (afFes)
---/

Absolutely agree. Just needs a parasol and plastic penguin.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 01, 2026 10:19 PM (kpS4V)

46 Bluebell! Of all the clubs in the world, you decided to stop in this one. Good to virtually see you.
Posted by: TRex - free restroom token dino at August 01, 2026 10:17 PM (jnBG1)
------

Why thank you! I'm glad I stopped in to see the penguin drink and the Dino paddling in the pool.

Posted by: bluebell at August 01, 2026 10:19 PM (afFes)

47 I got my wife pregnant on vacation.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 01, 2026 10:19 PM (B2pWp)

48 Tonto only needed on sixshooter

Posted by: Eromero at August 01, 2026 10:20 PM (LHPAg)

49 Doof, have you been to a Rush concert this year? Is it safe to post videos, so we don't ruin your experience?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 01, 2026 10:17 PM (qx7Zg)

Haven't been yet. Later this month in Philly. But I've watched some videos.

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

50 Where did The Lone Ranger get that delightful stretch cowboy outfit?

Posted by: Liberace at August 01, 2026 10:21 PM (u/oMr)

51
Fauci's non-testimony has provoked COVID Karens to erupt in defense of their idol. Every single thing he did or said is being furiously defended and any detractors are being called idiots, Neanderthals, murderers, etc.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 01, 2026 10:21 PM (O0L8i)

52 The Lone ranger was pissed when he found out kemosabe means shithead.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 10:22 PM (S41Gd)

53 Don't think I'd chance a creamy drink with penguin in the name.

*shudders*

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 01, 2026 10:22 PM (ftFVW)

54 No comprendo It's a riddle

Posted by: wth at August 01, 2026 10:22 PM (oq9dX)

55 Evening, Horde. Gotta finish catching up on my Bible reading tonight, I've been slacking. Then tis bedtime.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 01, 2026 10:22 PM (aJQbY)

56 Okay, JQ! Pull the maracas back out from under the bar!

Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 10:23 PM (Wmg4n)

57 So I'm watching Bosox @ Dodgers and the LA pitcher is named Yamamoto (no relation)

train of thought rolls thru-

what if they had NFL style football in Japan? All the linemen would be sumo wrestlers

everybody else is a ninja

QB is shogun

Posted by: Don Black at August 01, 2026 10:24 PM (ZxPkt)

58 Tonto was somewhere on the spectrum between Sidekick and Flunkie

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 01, 2026 10:24 PM (u/oMr)

59 Doof, have you been to a Rush concert this year? Is it safe to post videos, so we don't ruin your experience?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 01, 2026 10:17 PM (qx7Zg)

Haven't been yet. Later this month in Philly. But I've watched some videos.

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

I'm tempted to go just to see Anika beat the shit out of those drums.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 10:24 PM (S41Gd)

60 Caryl Struyken was the director in the Mexican Radio video.

I love that stupid song. I know nothing else about Wall of Voodoo, but I am betting they were weird.

Yes they were weird. But Stan Ridgeway is actually very talented.

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

61 What did he expect, naming his sidekick, stupid.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:24 PM (Pee1E)

62 Khan is trying to pull a fast one on Columbo. Don't think he'll fool Columbo though.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 01, 2026 10:24 PM (Wg6v7)

63 Damned moose out front is getting uppity. Phucker wrote my name down so he wouldn't forget it.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 01, 2026 10:19 PM (QVmho)

At least you got let in.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 01, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

64 The Ranger is always ready for an impromptu yoga session.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 01, 2026 10:25 PM (ftFVW)

65 The Lone Ranger looks like he's adjusting his junk because his pants are too tight.
Posted by: Archimedes

We've all been there
Posted by: Doof

I mean, the guy looks like he's wearing yoga pants.
Posted by: Archimedes

Pants painted on.

No sign of coup stick.

Kemosabe will never scare Silver.

Posted by: Tonto at August 01, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

66 I dunno Puddleglum, this might be the one time that Columbo doesn't figure it out...

hahaha

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 01, 2026 10:25 PM (aJQbY)

67 I'm tempted to go just to see Anika beat the shit out of those drums.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 10:24 PM (S41Gd)

Dude - let's go to the other Philly show together. I'll hit you up. I'm serious - a concert with you would be awesome.

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)

68 Club ONT Department of Dating
.......

This is why I come here
always love the dating advice

Posted by: wth at August 01, 2026 10:25 PM (oq9dX)

69 51
Fauci's non-testimony has provoked COVID Karens to erupt in defense of their idol. Every single thing he did or said is being furiously defended and any detractors are being called idiots, Neanderthals, murderers, etc.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


Those broads are whack!!

Posted by: Rev. Jim Jones, undead at August 01, 2026 10:26 PM (Wg6v7)

70 67 I'm tempted to go just to see Anika beat the shit out of those drums.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 10:24 PM (S41Gd)

Dude - let's go to the other Philly show together. I'll hit you up. I'm serious - a concert with you would be awesome.
Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10

And if y’all don’t FaceTime me I will never speak to either one of you again!

Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 10:27 PM (Wmg4n)

71 I dunno Puddleglum, this might be the one time that Columbo doesn't figure it out...

hahaha
Posted by: RandomDave

But he's got one more question.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 01, 2026 10:27 PM (ftFVW)

72 I was compelled to suffer through a 'Banana Ball' spectacle while eating out tonight. It was the only thing on the TV screens in the bar.

Picture some crap dancing, choreographed bits, over-the-top reactions, players mugging for the camera stuffed into an inning or two of 'baseball'.

It was the gayest exhibition I have seen in years. I need a shower.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 01, 2026 10:28 PM (uoXeR)

73 >Where did The Lone Ranger get that delightful stretch cowboy outfit?

Posted by: Liberace
----
Gucci

https://tinyurl.com/mtca3ddj

Posted by: Don Black at August 01, 2026 10:28 PM (ZxPkt)

74 located in the Tiger Leaping Gorge of Yunnan Province, China

Huh. My first thought was how much it looks like the terrace restaurant in The Eiger Sanction.

Posted by: GWB at August 01, 2026 10:28 PM (kU0PQ)

75 near Einstein Crater early Wednesday morning, potentially producing the first impact plume, roughly 15 to 20 km in altitude for the ejecta"

"Ejecta"?

Sounds like the Epstein crater...

Posted by: man at August 01, 2026 10:28 PM (XuXeR)

76 Club ONT Department of Dating
.......

This is why I come here
always love the dating advice
Posted by: wth

No whales? I guess they're not fish... nevermind.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 01, 2026 10:28 PM (ftFVW)

77 Okay, JQ! Pull the maracas back out from under the bar!
Posted by: Piper

Huh? Am I supposed to *play* them, or smack somebody over the head with them?

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 10:29 PM (rdVOm)

78 Banana Ball is far more enjoyable than the shit that passes for baseball in the MLB these days.

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:29 PM (QMAsf)

79 I love that stupid song. I know nothing else about Wall of Voodoo, but I am betting they were weird.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 01, 2026 10:16 PM (0aYVJ)

Per Stan Ridgway, lead singer of Wall of Voodoo, a suit from the record company, who previously had no time for them, walked up to him and said, "You guys are a hit! When does your next album come out?"

"Uh, sorry, man. The band has already broken up."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 01, 2026 10:30 PM (3r9cH)

80 77 Okay, JQ! Pull the maracas back out from under the bar!
Posted by: Piper

Huh? Am I supposed to *play* them, or smack somebody over the head with them?
Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 10:29 PM (rdVOm

Both may be an option.

Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 10:30 PM (Wmg4n)

81 Happy birthday Jerry. Thanks for a lifetime of music.

Jerry, Nicky Hopkins on piano and Matt Kelly on harp on Road Runner sealed my fate. Wouldn't change a thing.

https://tinyurl.com/5e9e72hm

Posted by: JackStraw at August 01, 2026 10:30 PM (viF8m)

82 Do we have people in Spokane? houses on fire

https://tinyurl.com/5yw58j86

Posted by: Don Black at August 01, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)

83 80 the disclaimer needs to be read for this to make sense, by the way. lol,

Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 10:31 PM (Wmg4n)

84 (or oat/almond creamer)

OK, that just made it cringe.

Posted by: GWB at August 01, 2026 10:31 PM (kU0PQ)

85 Okay, JQ! Pull the maracas back out from under the bar!
Posted by: Piper

Huh? Am I supposed to *play* them, or smack somebody over the head with them?
Posted by: JQ

Yes.

The unruly patrons get one quick warning, like you're a rattlesnake.

Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)

86 And if y’all don’t FaceTime me I will never speak to either one of you again!
Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 10:27 PM (Wmg4n)

A woman trying to get a glimpse of a Rush concert?? Unheard of!

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:32 PM (QMAsf)

87
Shooting at the Moon is all fun and games until someone shoots back.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account

You might put the man in the moon's eye out.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 01, 2026 10:32 PM (Cqx++)

88 @eduardomenoni
4h
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE: Spanish patriots armed with sticks are now HUNTING African invaders in Ceuta and pushing them back to the border.

The socialist government will NOT do it, so men are taking it into THEIR own hands IN THE ABSENCE of the government

https://tinyurl.com/r9b7bfcx

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:32 PM (Pee1E)

89 I admit to being initially skeptibul about the Rush tour, but what I have seen on the yootoobs, they are killing it, and having a great time. Anika cannot really replace Neil, but she is kicking ass bigly. I believe Neil likes what he sees.

Sucks I won't be able to see them.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 01, 2026 10:32 PM (0aYVJ)

90 I'll take the blowfish.

Posted by: wth at August 01, 2026 10:32 PM (oq9dX)

91 86 And if y’all don’t FaceTime me I will never speak to either one of you again!
Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 10:27 PM (Wmg4n)

A woman trying to get a glimpse of a Rush concert?? Unheard of!
Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:32 PM (QMAsf

It was more to see you two having a fun time. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 10:33 PM (Wmg4n)

92 I'll take the blowfish.
Posted by: wth

The emo one top-left, or the retarded one left-center?

Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

93 51 Fauci's non-testimony has provoked COVID Karens to erupt in defense of their idol. Every single thing he did or said is being furiously defended and any detractors are being called idiots, Neanderthals, murderers, etc.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 01, 2026 10:21 PM (O0L8i)

I know, it is so ridiculous. My Fauci apologist Facebook friends are incorrigible, their minds cannot be changed. And I am not going to bother to try. I don't get paid for my political viewpoints.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 01, 2026 10:35 PM (y171U)

94 More than one recorded tune made the top 100 hit after the band had broken up. Or they didn’t exist, outside studio musicians. The labels would usually get some people together quickly to tour, re-releasing earlier tunes in a new album package including the hit.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 01, 2026 10:35 PM (dLnkr)

95 BOISE, Idaho — Seven people were transported for medical care after heat-related incidents at the Banana Ball event in Boise on Friday evening, authorities confirmed.

A spokesperson for the Boise Police Department told KTVB it was assisting a "large number" of patients around 8:15 p.m. on July 31 at Albertsons Stadium alongside Ada County Paramedics and the Boise Fire Department.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 01, 2026 10:35 PM (3r9cH)

96 Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Leonardo DiCaprio 2019 by Glenn Francis
---

They look like junkies.

https://tinyurl.com/4vynddj8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:35 PM (Pee1E)

97 Top center fish... I can fix him!

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 01, 2026 10:35 PM (ftFVW)

98 test

Posted by: Don Black at August 01, 2026 10:37 PM (ZxPkt)

99 97 Top center fish... I can fix him!
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 01, 2026 10:35

Center right fish kind of looks like me.

Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 10:37 PM (Wmg4n)

100 Dude - let's go to the other Philly show together. I'll hit you up. I'm serious - a concert with you would be awesome.

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)

Where would I get tickets?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 10:37 PM (S41Gd)

101 The mystery click song behind the top picture could be put in a white can with a black label saying "1980s pop music."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 01, 2026 10:38 PM (3r9cH)

102 Bottom center fish is coming on a little too strong.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 01, 2026 10:39 PM (ftFVW)

103 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 01, 2026 10:40 PM (JvZF+)

104 Center right fish kind of looks like me.
Posted by: Piper

... riiiiiight.

hahahaha

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 01, 2026 10:40 PM (ftFVW)

105 To the leftists claiming Ceuta does not belong to Spain because it was taken in 1415

Are you going to tell the Turks to give Constantinople back to the Christians?

Cos they took that in 1453
---

That's kinda like the Okie Dokie Stomp.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:41 PM (Pee1E)

106 Welcome to da club! Free drinks to anyone who can guess what variety of bourbon I'm drinking tonight.
Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:03 PM (QMAsf)

The alcoholic kind?

Posted by: GWB at August 01, 2026 10:42 PM (kU0PQ)

107 Dude - let's go to the other Philly show together. I'll hit you up. I'm serious - a concert with you would be awesome.

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)

Where would I get tickets?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 10:37 PM (S41Gd)

Leave that up to me. Aug 23. You in?

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf)

108 Do we have people in Spokane? houses on fire

https://tinyurl.com/5yw58j86
Posted by: Don Black at August 01, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)

Yes we do. Our Bacon Wench and her hubby are from Spokane.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 01, 2026 10:42 PM (1z8ji)

109 Those look like ten-inch 78 RPM discs.

https://youtu.be/Rws_7mLTqj8

Posted by: Oddbob at August 01, 2026 10:43 PM (vTZFs)

110 Note to self. Next time you install a hasp for a padlock, take a roll of masking tape with you to hold the hasp in place while you fiddle with the screwdriver and the screws. That, or grow a third hand.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 01, 2026 10:44 PM (3r9cH)

111 Top center fish... I can fix him!
Posted by: She Hobbit
......

Looks like a Democrat.

Posted by: wth at August 01, 2026 10:45 PM (oq9dX)

112 78 Banana Ball is far more enjoyable than the shit that passes for baseball in the MLB these days.
Posted by: Doof


Banana Ball may be the only baseball on next season (other than college). MLB is going on strike/lock out that will probably kill the season. I wonder how that will affect the non affliated minor leagues like Frontier, Atlantic, etc..

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 01, 2026 10:45 PM (Wg6v7)

113 you are translating @eduardomenoni, Braenyard?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 01, 2026 10:45 PM (rbvCR)

114 Okay, JQ! Pull the maracas back out from under the bar!
Posted by: Piper

Huh? Am I supposed to *play* them, or smack somebody over the head with them?
Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 10:29 PM (rdVOm

Both may be an option.
Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 10:30 PM (Wmg4n)

Teresa isn't going to entertain us with them - both ways?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 01, 2026 10:46 PM (qx7Zg)

115 Club ONT Jukebox

B-sides!

Particle - 7 Minutes Til Radio Darkness, Part 2
https://youtu.be/jQvyBfw6IGQ

Chroma Key - On The Page (from the album "Dead Air For Radios")*
https://youtu.be/krRLZ9Wp1Fc

Flowing Tears - Radio Heroine (lyrics NSFW-ish)
https://youtu.be/3GxqgT_HyC4

Not For Radio - Not The Only One (video NSFW-ish)
https://youtu.be/QefkH28Iwds


* - The answer to "What did Kevin Moore do after he left Dream Theater?" ..... "On The Page" is pretty much "Space-Dye Vest, Part 2."

Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)

116
Everything you want to know about the Falcon 9 2nd stage impact on da Moon:

https://t.ly/NsM62

That's Bill Gray's Project Pluto site. Can we see it? Probably not. Might we see the ejecta plume? Possibly, but don't get your hopes up. The thing will hit the Moon at only 5400 mph. Energy will be about 3 tons of TNT.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 01, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

117 109 Those look like ten-inch 78 RPM discs.

--------

Last night I tried to tease her
I gave my love a little pinch
She said now stop that jivin'
Now whip out your big 10 inch

Posted by: S. Tyler at August 01, 2026 10:46 PM (u/oMr)

118 CO - 150 years of statehood as of today.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 01, 2026 10:46 PM (ukytI)

119 A woman trying to get a glimpse of a Rush concert?? Unheard of!
Posted by: Doof
---
I paid good money to go and it was worth every penny! Best concert ever!

Plus I got to point and laugh at the guys in line for the restroom.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 01, 2026 10:47 PM (PcoR0)

120 Center right fish kind of looks like me.
Posted by: Piper

I'm sure you look nothing like a red-lipped batfish.

Center-left is me in social situations.

Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)

121 What a day. Fell asleep at the start of the Hobby thread, and slept through the whole movie thread. Thank goodness it was only the movie thread.😁

Here for the ONT.

Now what? Guess I'll check the content.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nothing good happens after 9pm cdst at August 01, 2026 10:47 PM (0poB+)

122 Bottom left has nice lips, but looks like a biter.

Posted by: wth at August 01, 2026 10:47 PM (oq9dX)

123
* - The answer to "What did Kevin Moore do after he left Dream Theater?" ..... "On The Page" is pretty much "Space-Dye Vest, Part 2."
Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)

According to Wiki (take with a grain of salt of course), Mr. Moore is now a clinical psychologist in ND.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 01, 2026 10:48 PM (ukytI)

124 26 Probably already mentioned, but the Lone Ranger got his name because the rest of the Rangers he was with were wiped out. Tonto told him, "You lone ranger."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 01, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)

There was a time they it looked like things were over for them.
Lone Ranger: “well Tonto, we’re completely surrounded by hostile Indians. It looks like this is the end for us!”
Tonto: “what you mean We, white man?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Ol0VD)

125 78 RPM don’t sound too bad really, if the correct size needle is used. A 33 RPM vinyl LP cartridge has a much smaller needle, and it will ride all the way at the bottom of the groove in the crud and sound super scratchy.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 01, 2026 10:48 PM (dLnkr)

126 More than one recorded tune made the top 100 hit after the band had broken up. Or they didn’t exist, outside studio musicians. [ . . . ]
Posted by: Common Tater at August 01, 2026 10:35 PM (dLnkr)

Ace of Bass got big on their album and had to go find out how to tour from other banks

Posted by: Kindltot at August 01, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)

127
That Falcon 9 2nd stage is part of the vehicle that launched the Blue Ghost lander to the Moon a while back.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 01, 2026 10:48 PM (w6EFb)

128 More than one recorded tune made the top 100 hit after the band had broken up. Or they didn’t exist, outside studio musicians. The labels would usually get some people together quickly to tour, re-releasing earlier tunes in a new album package including the hit.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 01, 2026 10:35 PM (dLnkr)
====

All tuba is pretty much the same. I like the way the can is now! There used to be no need to change the package with eeny teeny mermaid on it!

Posted by: Emily Litella at August 01, 2026 10:49 PM (JvZF+)

129 LOL, blobfish is the center square.

You know, in the right environment, he might be considered sexy as hell.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 01, 2026 10:12 PM (kpS4V)

They live on the bottom of the ocean. In that high-pressure environment, the blobfish look like normal fish. They just look horrible in our comparatively low-pressure environment.

There's probably a parable or lesson in there, somewhere.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 01, 2026 10:49 PM (NZPfR)

130 >hold the hasp in place while you fiddle with the screwdriver and
---

1. Magnetic driver bit
2. Sheetrock screws
3. Replace sheetrock screws (your choice)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:49 PM (Pee1E)

131 Plus I got to point and laugh at the guys in line for the restroom.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 01, 2026 10:47 PM (PcoR0)

She didn’t believe me when I said the shortest line to the women’s restroom is at a Rush concert.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 01, 2026 10:49 PM (ukytI)

132 102 Bottom center fish is coming on a little too strong.
Posted by: She Hobbit at August 01, 2026 10:39 PM (ftFVW

She went WAY overboard on the lip filler.

Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 10:50 PM (Wmg4n)

133 She didn’t believe me when I said the shortest line to the women’s restroom is at a Rush concert.
Posted by: Cow Demon
---
Actually, there was *no* line for me.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 01, 2026 10:50 PM (PcoR0)

134 Isn't the lone ranger called that because the protagonist was the only guy to survive an attack?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 01, 2026 10:51 PM (sKqQm)

135 It's not really a Mexican band if it doesn't have a tuba in it.
Right?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:51 PM (Pee1E)

136 They live on the bottom of the ocean. In that high-pressure environment, the blobfish look like normal fish. They just look horrible in our comparatively low-pressure environment.

There's probably a parable or lesson in there, somewhere.
Posted by: Nerd Herd

He just looks kinda sad in that pic. Probably spent too much time gaming in his mom's basement.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 01, 2026 10:52 PM (ftFVW)

137 105 To the leftists claiming Ceuta does not belong to Spain because it was taken in 1415

Are you going to tell the Turks to give Constantinople back to the Christians?

Cos they took that in 1453
---

That's kinda like the Okie Dokie Stomp.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:41 PM (

The Left will assure you Spain belongs to the Moors still and the Spanish had no right to initiate the Reconquista.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 01, 2026 10:52 PM (ukytI)

138 I canned peaches today. I forget every few years that I hate canning peaches. They always come outlooking like a skinned them with a weed-whacker and stuffed them in the jars with a rammer.
I also made peach jam that is actually peach syrup because once again I didn't bother to follow the recipe.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 01, 2026 10:52 PM (rbvCR)

139 I saw Rush at the Hippodrome. I don’t remember hardly anything, except a vague visual this amazing drum kit that took up a huge chunk of the stage. Hey, it was the 70s, I’ve got an excuse.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 01, 2026 10:53 PM (dLnkr)

140 Hey bluebell, ready to come diving with me?

I'll take care of you. Promise.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 01, 2026 10:53 PM (viF8m)

141 78 RPM don’t sound too bad really, if the correct size needle is used. A 33 RPM vinyl LP cartridge has a much smaller needle, and it will ride all the way at the bottom of the groove in the crud and sound super scratchy.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 01, 2026 10:48 PM (dLnkr)

78 RPM records were hi-fi, before vinyl LPs came along. And audiophiles spent big $$$ on turntables, amps, and speakers trying to squeeze every last bit of sound out of those records.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 01, 2026 10:53 PM (1z8ji)

142 It's not really a Mexican band if it doesn't have a tuba in it.
Right?

Posted by: Braenyard

Or an accordion, the instrument of the corazon.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 01, 2026 10:53 PM (ftFVW)

143 Bottom center just got surprised. From behind.

Posted by: wth at August 01, 2026 10:53 PM (oq9dX)

144 The images from Ceuta have once again demonstrated the urgency of a European response to illegal immigration.

This is why Italy, together with Denmark, has promoted a letter signed by 22 European Union member states, calling for joint action to strengthen external borders, combat irregular immigration, combat human traffickers, make repatriations more effective, and eliminate any factor that could encourage new illegal entries. etc, etc.
_Giorgia Meloni

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:53 PM (Pee1E)

145 Leave that up to me. Aug 23. You in?

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf)

Can we get one for mrs B? How would that work? Do I come to you and we go together?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 10:54 PM (S41Gd)

146 Red Rockers - China? I gave it a try, but turned it off pretty quickly. Standard fare, predictable, almost trite. Was that AI? Naw, AI would have been better.

Don't mind me. I just got up and I'm still grumpy. Problem with a late nap is, I can't get up and drink coffee.

Posted by: mindful webworker - slap me I'm grumpy at August 01, 2026 10:54 PM (0poB+)

147 I went to an MA beach town today and walked down the beach. They wanted $$$ to park, $$$ to walk on the beach but I remembered there was a more obscure public beach in the town so I walked there instead.

I passed a bunch of mansion that cost x10 my house with exclusive beach access, of course with the requisite demanding the rich be taxed, America be opened to the needy, and no aristocrats. And most of the mansions had really serious fences around them.

When I got to the beach it was beautiful.

It is a damn shame New England is full of New Englanders

Posted by: 18-1 at August 01, 2026 10:55 PM (sKqQm)

148 I'll take care of you. Promise.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 01, 2026 10:53 PM (viF8m)
=====

Vaguely threatening but OK

We know she's got the draw on you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 01, 2026 10:55 PM (JvZF+)

149 Tiger Leaping Gorge of Yunnan Province, China - Well, that was impressive!😜

Posted by: mindful webworker - gorgeous at August 01, 2026 10:55 PM (0poB+)

150 Ate some great northerns today canned in 2020 during the lockdown period. Made a kind of Chili Mac. Tasted perfect, but I figured they weren’t going to improve like a fine wine.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 01, 2026 10:56 PM (dLnkr)

151
The images from Ceuta have once again demonstrated the urgency of a European response to illegal immigration.

____________

Heaven has a gate.

Hell has open borders.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 01, 2026 10:56 PM (O0L8i)

152 141 78 RPM don’t sound too bad really, if the correct size needle is used. A 33 RPM vinyl LP cartridge has a much smaller needle, and it will ride all the way at the bottom of the groove in the crud and sound super scratchy.
Posted by: Common Tater
--

Wash them with Dove in warm water.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:56 PM (Pee1E)

153 1. Magnetic driver bit
2. Sheetrock screws
3. Replace sheetrock screws (your choice)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 10:49 PM (Pee1E)

Torx head wood screws. They work better than Robertson.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 01, 2026 10:56 PM (1z8ji)

154 I am going to bed. Sleep well, everyone!

Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 10:57 PM (Wmg4n)

155 Leave that up to me. Aug 23. You in?

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf)

Can we get one for mrs B? How would that work? Do I come to you and we go together?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 10:54 PM (S41Gd)
==-=

Excuse me! Doof. Do you have a ticket for every student in the class?

Posted by: Doof's 5th Grade Teacher disappointed at August 01, 2026 10:57 PM (JvZF+)

156
I also made peach jam that is actually peach syrup because once again I didn't bother to follow the recipe.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 01, 2026 10:52 PM (rbvCR)

___________

*looks at bowl of ice cream*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 01, 2026 10:57 PM (O0L8i)

157
Hey everyone. Piper's left. Now we can talk about her!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 01, 2026 10:58 PM (O0L8i)

158 "Spanish patriots armed with sticks"

Renegade or Blue Collar Man?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 01, 2026 10:59 PM (DZ9Lv)

159 To the leftists claiming Ceuta does not belong to Spain because it was taken in 1415

Are you going to tell the Turks to give Constantinople back to the Christians?

I saw a leftist response to this, Ceuta and Constantinople is different between Morocco and Spain are countries, and the Ottoman Empire and Christians are not. Seriously, this is the argument

Of course the funny part is in the early 1400s there were no Spain and Morocco either - there were different political entities.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 01, 2026 10:59 PM (sKqQm)

160 >>Vaguely threatening but OK

>>We know she's got the draw on you.

pfft. I can't even get her to come snorkeling with me.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 01, 2026 10:59 PM (viF8m)

161 I also made peach jam that is actually peach syrup because once again I didn't bother to follow the recipe.
Posted by: Kindltot

Sounds like a win to me.

Peach pancake syrup.

Peach ice-cream topping. (hat tip Hadrian.)

Peach-bourbon Old Fashioneds.

Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 11:00 PM (VHUov)

162 Can we get one for mrs B? How would that work? Do I come to you and we go together?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 10:54 PM (S41Gd)

We can meet there. It's probably Midway between us. Lemme work on tix and I'll be in touch.

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 11:00 PM (QMAsf)

163 Beach Boys Fan Video

That's Why God Made The Radio
https://youtu.be/yg8QqwWb3RI

Lotsa great pics and moments.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 01, 2026 11:00 PM (wVcYX)

164 Hey everyone. Piper's left. Now we can talk about her!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Can you say that louder one time into my lapel?

Posted by: Piper's Snitches at August 01, 2026 11:00 PM (ftFVW)

165 I am going to bed. Sleep well, everyone!
Posted by: Piper
......

*puts pinch of food in Pipers tank*

Posted by: wth at August 01, 2026 11:00 PM (oq9dX)

166 No, have to use the right size needle. Apples and aircraft carriers.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 01, 2026 11:01 PM (dLnkr)

167 Club ONT Jukebox - Maybe somebody's already mentioned this, but the kid in the photo seems to be playing 45rpm-sized records with small-size spindle holes. AI for forgotten or foreign technology?

Posted by: mindful webworker - aliens! at August 01, 2026 11:01 PM (0poB+)

168 "Peach Jam" should be an Allman Brothers live album.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 01, 2026 11:01 PM (1z8ji)

169 Posted by: S. Tyler at August 01, 2026 10:46 PM (u/oMr)

Saw a very unfortunate OJ ad headline on Jigsaw planet today:
Joan Crawford, saying "I also enjoy ten inches every morning"

I may have to do the puzzle tomorrow to see the whole ad.

Posted by: sal at August 01, 2026 11:01 PM (f+FmA)

170 We can meet there. It's probably Midway between us. Lemme work on tix and I'll be in touch.

Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 11:00 PM (QMAsf)

Mrs B don't need to go. She has a retirement party to go to. I said well thats a shame, give them my best. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 11:02 PM (S41Gd)

171 >>It is a damn shame New England is full of New Englanders

You can park at my place. No charge. Beach is free.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 01, 2026 11:02 PM (viF8m)

172
Evening, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 01, 2026 11:03 PM (mmrXZ)

173 Giorgia Meloni, leading Italy to dominate EU and Europe... except maybe Poland.

https://tinyurl.com/y5apbbsc

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 11:04 PM (Pee1E)

174 You can park at my place. No charge. Beach is free.

What part of MA do you live in exactly? I was out at Manchester by the Sea

Posted by: 18-1 at August 01, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)

175 Club ONT Jukebox - Maybe somebody's already mentioned this, but the kid in the photo seems to be playing 45rpm-sized records with small-size spindle holes. AI for forgotten or foreign technology?
Posted by: mindful webworker

Mentioned upthread, yes. They're 78 RPM records.

Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 11:05 PM (VHUov)

176 Shooting rockets at the moon? I've got a bad feeling about this. Did they not watch Moonfall?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 01, 2026 11:05 PM (wVcYX)

177 I can't believe I thought the same thing. I am mortified.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 01, 2026 10:11 PM (hzuYO)

Check out “The Mortification of Sin” by John Owen. Fair warning: he gets a real sinners in the hands of an angry God vibe going.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 01, 2026 11:06 PM (aOqrc)

178 The EU wants a war with Russia so they can default on their debt due to "the emergency" and now they have dropped in their laps an invasion of a NATO country by Morocco. .
I bet the EU can beat Morocco if they work at it.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 01, 2026 11:06 PM (rbvCR)

179
167 Club ONT Jukebox - Maybe somebody's already mentioned this, but the kid in the photo seems to be playing 45rpm-sized records with small-size spindle holes. AI for forgotten or foreign technology?
Posted by: mindful webworker - aliens! at August 01, 2026 11:01 PM (0poB)

Good eye! I had forgotten about the bigger spindle hole. On the other hand, those records might be 78’s, a lot of the really early stuff was.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 01, 2026 11:06 PM (Ol0VD)

180 168 "Peach Jam" should be an Allman Brothers live album.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


They have one called 'Eat A Peach' and it has some live tunes on them. (Mountain Jam, Trouble No More, and One Way Out)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 01, 2026 11:07 PM (Wg6v7)

181 I see in #30 Alberta Oil Peon answered about the small discs with small spindle holes.

Or was it really AOP, or was it AI verifying misinformation?

Posted by: mindful webworker - No way to tell these days at August 01, 2026 11:07 PM (0poB+)

182 Hey everyone. Piper's left. Now we can talk about her!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 01, 2026 10:58 PM (O0L8i)

Will her cats run races around her head tonight? Just to show they can?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 01, 2026 11:08 PM (qx7Zg)

183 Is the French Foreign Legion still a thing? In their prime I’m sure this little invasion would be no big deal for them. What’s their status nowadays?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 01, 2026 11:09 PM (aOqrc)

184 We used to call those portable one-piece sets a "Victrola"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 01, 2026 11:09 PM (JvZF+)

185 >>What part of MA do you live in exactly? I was out at Manchester by the Sea

No part anymore. Did live on the south shore.

I live in Rhode Island. With Cthulhu. And he's hungry.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 01, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m)

186 There was also 16 RPM, for spoken language records, high fidelity not required. Maybe audio books. Blind folks used to be able to order all kinds of swag from the gubbmint, library of congress.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 01, 2026 11:10 PM (dLnkr)

187 There is a Spanish Foreign Legion you know.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 01, 2026 11:10 PM (rbvCR)

188 Heaven has a gate.

It's true, and the way through is castration, a track suit, and suicide!

Posted by: Marshall Applewhite at August 01, 2026 11:10 PM (TbWk/)

189 I live in Rhode Island. With Cthulhu. And he's hungry.

It is interesting to see the sights of Lovecraft land in New England...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 01, 2026 11:11 PM (sKqQm)

190 So a camera mount was custom built at @RITtigers to rotate once every 90 minutes using a 60 to 90 toothed gear system, cancelling out the orbital motion of ISS and allowing the capture of distant stars as fixed points!

In essence, it is a a rotational coil spring powered analog star tracker. It was machined out of aluminum and is entirely mechanical to bypass NASA's strict electrical requirements for cargo. We had to get creative

Here is a sample of one of my favorite Milky Way photos, taken from the Cupola with Nikon Z9, Arri Zeiss 15mm lens, T1.8 with custom sidereal drive that cancelled out star motion relative to our orbit.

The device: https://tinyurl.com/mrya4zep

The image [Milky Way]: https://tinyurl.com/yc8m5xx2

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 11:13 PM (Pee1E)

191 Bugles - Video killed the Radio Star
https://youtu.be/W8r-tXRLazs

Queen - Radio Ga-Ga
https://youtu.be/azdwsXLmrHE

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 01, 2026 11:13 PM (qx7Zg)

192 H&K MK23 with a suppressor saves lives:

https://tinyurl.com/5bf2m5de

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 01, 2026 11:16 PM (P3X50)

193 >>It is interesting to see the sights of Lovecraft land in New England...

It might have ended, I don't really pay attention. But there used to be annual gathering of Lovecraft fans that would come to Providence every fall and do tours, readings and other Lovecratian things.

Still a bookstore in Providence centered around him. He was crazier than a shit house rat but his stories still have a lot of followers.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 01, 2026 11:17 PM (viF8m)

194 Been checking the maps re: Spokane fires. Yikes! My old neighborhood has "level 3" on 3 sides, but no evac level for itself.


krem.com has info.

I don't know Jordan61's home location...

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 11:17 PM (rdVOm)

195 I've got sixteen speakers crossin' my back dash
A little bobbin' dog watchin' everybody pass
Dual antennas whippin' in the wind
Lord, there ain't no country station that I can't tune in
She ain't a Cadillac and she ain't a Rolls
But there ain't nothin' wrong with the radio

Posted by: Aaron Tippin at August 01, 2026 11:19 PM (wVcYX)

196
Also see Don Pettit's video there of popping water balloons in zero-g. He's like a kid having fun, and he gets to call it science.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 01, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

197 7 Welcome to da club! Free drinks to anyone who can guess what variety of bourbon I'm drinking tonight.
Posted by: Doof at August 01, 2026 10:03 PM (QMAsf)

What do people usually mention. Buffalo Trace?

Posted by: SciVo at August 01, 2026 11:21 PM (Sy6m/)

198 What do people usually mention. Buffalo Trace?
Posted by: SciVo

Or Woodford Reserve. Or, or or... there are so many!

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

199 Good eye.

The Heckler & Koch MK 23, Mk 23 MOD 0, Mark 23, or USSOCOM MARK 23 is a semi-automatic large-frame pistol chambered in .45 ACP, designed specifically to be an offensive pistol.

The USSOCOM version of the MK23 came paired with a laser aiming module (LAM) and suppressor. The USSOCOM MK23 was adopted by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for special operations units,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 11:25 PM (Pee1E)

200

History of kiddie records

https://t.ly/nxvtQ

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 01, 2026 11:25 PM (Cqx++)

201 Those records in the BW photo: they are the right size to be 45s but don’t have the larger hole. What format are they?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
78 rpm. Lot of kids two minute songs remained on 78s.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 01, 2026 11:27 PM (sl73Y)

202 Witches

Migrants claim on their boats on the way to Europe that others onboard are accused of being "witches" who practice "black magic."

These "witches" are killed.

They are tied up and thrown overboard.

Low-IQ murderers are coming en masse into Europe.

https://tinyurl.com/32jp7hs9

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 11:30 PM (Pee1E)

203 Revelation...the Lone Ranger was left-handed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 01, 2026 11:30 PM (XeU6L)

204 They are tied up and thrown overboard.

Low-IQ murderers are coming en masse into Europe.

https://tinyurl.com/32jp7hs9

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 11:30 PM (Pee1E)
====

Well if they weren't witches they would float, so...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 01, 2026 11:31 PM (JvZF+)

205 The Heckler & Koch MK 23, Mk 23 MOD 0, Mark 23, or USSOCOM MARK 23 is a semi-automatic large-frame pistol chambered in .45 ACP, designed specifically to be an offensive pistol.

The USSOCOM version of the MK23 came paired with a laser aiming module (LAM) and suppressor. The USSOCOM MK23 was adopted by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for special operations units,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 11:25 PM (Pee1E)

Looks pretty awesome. Who was using this? Where?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 11:36 PM (S41Gd)

206 I had mentioned that I finished my Film Vault/Plex replacement and that one of the features was stat where you could see how many films by genre or decade, and that I only had 4 films from the 30s.

Well I have begun to correct that.

The other really nice feature is the search capability in that you can search for by films, cast, director, etc. and you can easily see where your gaps are.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 11:41 PM (XV/Pl)

207 Posted by: 18-1 at August 01, 2026 10:59 PM (sKqQm)

It turns out you can just say things.

Posted by: ... at August 01, 2026 11:42 PM (vE0+H)

208 Looks pretty awesome. Who was using this? Where?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Idaho?
192 H&K MK23 with a suppressor saves lives:

https://tinyurl.com/5bf2m5de

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 11:50 PM (Pee1E)

209 Me: I think it's time I get my life in order.

Morgan Freeman: But he would not get his life in order. In fact, he got drunk that night and fought a raccoon.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 01, 2026 11:52 PM (qx7Zg)

210
That post about Don Pettit's star tracker got me off in the weeds of ISS attitude control. And I'm impressed at how clever the NASA engineers are with all that. The standard attitude of the ISS is dubbed LVLH, local vertical, local horizontal. This keeps the "bottom"(nadir) pointed at the earth at all times, while "up" is radial. They call that the z-axis. The x-axis, fore an aft points in the direction of orbital motion, and the y-axis is the other one, port and starboard.

So, the ISS is rotating once per orbit, sort of an artificial tidal lock, you can think of it. But there are real tidal forces, very small, and real drag on the station trying to torque. They deviate it every so slightly from that exact LVLH attitude so that drag torque just cancels the tide torque, saving fuel and reaction wheel momentum.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 01, 2026 11:54 PM (w6EFb)

211
Old Trails Fire sparks Level 3 (Go Now!) Evacuations in northwest Spokane...
Reading further on down, the weather; ... Right Now, Clear 73
--

Getting a hint why things are screwed up in WA.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 11:57 PM (Pee1E)

212 Old Trails Fire sparks Level 3 (Go Now!) Evacuations in northwest Spokane...
Reading further on down, the weather; ... Right Now, Clear 73
--

Getting a hint why things are screwed up in WA.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 11:57 PM (Pee1E)

IIRC, Jordan61 and her hubs live out of the city, to the southwest someplace. Nurse R keeps in touch with them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)

213 Getting a hint why things are screwed up in WA.
Posted by: Braenyard

It's been hot & dry for weeks. Gusty winds kicked up today, out of the North, so cooled the region nicely but also fanned the flames.

"Red Flag Warning" -- hot, low humidity, windy. Bad juju.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

214 And Manchester by the Sea is maybe the most exclusive shore town in Massachusetts. Sure as hell not Revere Beach.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 12:00 AM (sl73Y)

215 Mexican Radio.... flashback...

Wolfman Jack broadcasting out of Mexico... we could sometimes pick him up while cruisin the Main... in Central Calif.

Yes.... the whole American Graffiti thing, which was about Modesto Calif... while fictitious, was based on a very real time.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 02, 2026 12:01 AM (mP0Kj)

216 One would thing the weather report would mention something about haze. Just, 73 and clear. Oh, OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:03 AM (Pee1E)

217 216 One would thing the weather report would mention something about haze. Just, 73 and clear. Oh, OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:03 AM (Pee1E)

Yeah... we often get a Marine Layer over the Central Valey in late Dec, through March sometimes.

Can last months... which KILLS my solar panels... but...

Aint globull warmering... just weather.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 02, 2026 12:05 AM (mP0Kj)

218 Yes.... the whole American Graffiti thing, which was about Modesto Calif... while fictitious, was based on a very real time.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 02, 2026 12:01 AM (mP0Kj)

Bad ass movie with a fuck ton of bad ass cars. That movie made me a gear head before I could see over a steering wheel.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 02, 2026 12:07 AM (S41Gd)

219 >> One would thing the weather report would mention something about haze.

A condition of "clear" just means no clouds (or less than some threshold).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 12:07 AM (w6EFb)

220 Yeah Braenyard, you'd think! Especially with all the fires around the region and shifting wind pushing the smoke every which way throughout the day & night.

Weather page for here the other night said "crystal clear sky" while I looked out at the RED moon. Yup. Not a single cloud, but plenty of upper-level smoke.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 12:08 AM (rdVOm)

221 It's smoky here right now. I want to open the windows & cool off the house, but already have a sinus headache and don't want to aggravate it with sh1tty air quality. Bah.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

222 Try this forecast, Braenyard:

tinyurl.com/2uba977k

At least it mentions the haze! LOL

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)

223 tinyurl.com/2uba977k

At least it mentions the haze! LOL

Posted by: JQ
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and the red flag alert.
Interesting they have the temp at 88 while the other was 73.
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I get that here. There is a weather.gov airport about 15 mi. (not that far) from here and wunderground individuals within 3 mi.
Extremely different real time measurements.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:21 AM (Pee1E)

224
Okay, I got to looking up and reviewing the METAR sky condition and visibility crap. It's a complicated mess that doesn't mean what you might think it means, at least all the times.

The sky condition sensors they use usually only detect clouds up to maybe 12K'. Visibility is given in miles, and represents the distance you could see an object (under whatever standard definitions of seeing they use). 10 miles is the upper limit for aviation. If you can see 10 miles, that's as good as 20 miles, etc.

So, it's possible the upper atmosphere could be a mess, with poor seeing astronomically, and it would show up as CLR with 10 mile visibility.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)

225 92 I'll take the blowfish.
Posted by: wth

The emo one top-left, or the retarded one left-center?
Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

I have seen a photo of a late "aspiring rapper" (on The Other McCain) who looked a lot like the top left. Goofy little guy, had his dreads in the spiky mode like jester cap tassels (or a clownfish).

Posted by: SciVo at August 02, 2026 12:21 AM (Sy6m/)

226 Weather page for here the other night said "crystal clear sky" while I looked out at the RED moon. Yup. Not a single cloud, but plenty of upper-level smoke.
Posted by: JQ

Rubies are crystals.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 02, 2026 12:22 AM (VHUov)

227 Our children’s record player was used mainly for 45s, although I think it could play LPs, too. We weren’t given any 33 1/3 rpm records to play however. We did have some records with Gilbert and Sullivan songs: I particularly remember “We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship’s a beauty…”. I think that’s from Pirates of Penzance.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 02, 2026 12:22 AM (aOqrc)

228 The Heckler & Koch MK 23, Mk 23 MOD 0, Mark 23, or USSOCOM MARK 23 is a semi-automatic large-frame pistol chambered in .45 ACP, designed specifically to be an offensive pistol.

The USSOCOM version of the MK23 came paired with a laser aiming module (LAM) and suppressor. The USSOCOM MK23 was adopted by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for special operations units,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 11:25 PM (Pee1E)

Looks pretty awesome. Who was using this? Where?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 11:36 PM (S41Gd)

Solid Snake on Shadow Moses island.

Posted by: Snake are you alright? Snake? SNAAAAAAKE! at August 02, 2026 12:23 AM (TbWk/)

229 @WallStreetMavh

When we say some cultures are incompatible with Western civilization, this is what we mean.


Ian Miles Cheong@ianmiles

Greek Coast Guard asked the invaders about their babies.

"We don't care about the babies; we have many, we will make another. Now we want to save ourselves."

https://tinyurl.com/49u7azxp

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:23 AM (Pee1E)

230 News you can't live without.

New York State Democrats have introduced legislation that “Requires food retail establishments provide a ten percent discount when a customer uses a self-service checkout kiosk.” —Powerline
https://bit.ly/4wBCQTS

The trend is simple. It's this statement "That moment as a kid when you realize that you’re definitely straight." And along with that is a video or photo of some very attractive woman, often but not always someone who was on television or in films in the 1970s thru the 1990s. —Hot Air
Failed to include Annette or Sky King's daughter Penny (showing my age)
https://bit.ly/4wEbc8K

Celebrating 90 Years on the Hot Dog Highways, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
h/t MJA, IOTWReport
https://bit.ly/4fOSh3V

Hope I didn't screw up those URLs.
FAUCI and the 5TH: Name a More Iconic Couple! (10:4 —The Rageaholic
https://youtu.be/56sIaf5prOw

Posted by: mindful webworker - all the fits that's news at August 02, 2026 12:24 AM (0poB+)

231 More News to curl your hair. I would put these on the Tech News thread, but I rarely get there, what with sleeping and all.

10 Times AI Said Things That Scientists Still Can't Explain Parts 1 & 2. Generic graphics, usually, kind-of distract from the narration. Nothing to fear here. No, nothing to be concerned about at all. at all. at. all.

https://youtu.be/mH4NmqSl2FE
https://youtu.be/5h8KuAwoOcQ

Posted by: mindful webworker - AI is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful... at August 02, 2026 12:33 AM (0poB+)

232 Penny was Sky King's niece.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 12:36 AM (Cqx++)

233
The GOES satellites have all sorts of different bands and composites to see all sorts of shit. Go here:

https://t.ly/0qudO

Click on your region and have fun figuring it all out. :-)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 02, 2026 12:39 AM (w6EFb)

234 93 days till election day and Trump is desperate! BTW those here who don't like my handle exodus 21: 22-23 take it up with the bible.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at August 02, 2026 12:40 AM (hIHPw)

235 Is this an upcoming hit from The Beastie Boys?

You Gotta Fight ... ta Get 'Nuff ... S-sleep

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2026 12:41 AM (qx7Zg)

236 Celebrating 90 Years on the Hot Dog Highways, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
h/t MJA, IOTWReport
https://bit.ly/4fOSh3V

Posted by: mindful webworker - all the fits that's news at August 02, 2026 12:24 AM (0poB+)

Every kid needs a wiener whistle!!

https://tinyurl.com/5n6mznfu

I told DH his wiener doesn't whistle, and he should look into fixing that glaring error.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 12:41 AM (FyeA3)

237 Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at August 02, 2026 12:40 AM (hIHPw)

Doesn't matter how much you read the Bible when you do it while sitting in mom's basement pulling on your little tiny dick.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 12:43 AM (FyeA3)

238 Muslim Oxford Union President Tells Islam Critics That Without Security, They’d Be ‘Cooked’ by Mob
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Come out of your sheltered enclave and play mooselimb.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:44 AM (Pee1E)

239 "Muslim Oxford Union President Tells Islam Critics That Without Security, They’d Be ‘Cooked’ by Mob"
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Wow. Talk about *projection*!

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

240 238 Muslim Oxford Union President Tells Islam Critics That Without Security, They’d Be ‘Cooked’ by Mob
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Come out of your sheltered enclave and play mooselimb.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 12:44 AM (Pee1E)

Probably true in England. Probably NOT where I live. Hell, we shoot tweakers out here. Muslims would be easy.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 12:50 AM (FyeA3)

241 238 Muslim Oxford Union President Tells Islam Critics That Without Security, They’d Be ‘Cooked’ by Mob
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Come out of your sheltered enclave and play mooselimb.

Posted by: Braenyard


What's interesting about that muslim gal who said that, she was wearing an outfit that would get her stoned in the muslim world. She probably wasn't aware. Muslims are mostly inbred so she's a retard.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 02, 2026 12:57 AM (Wg6v7)

242 “We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship’s a beauty…”. I think that’s from Pirates of Penzance.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

H.M.S. Pinafore ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at August 02, 2026 01:07 AM (3ZUWJ)

243 Well, past 2300 here, and I have had a busy day. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 01:10 AM (1z8ji)

244 Penny was Sky King's niece.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Guess you're right. I was never clear on that. Didn't get to watch a lot of Sky King, and it's been… a while since I saw it.

Two takes. Recorded 1962. Released 1995.
https://youtu.be/nFd1z2QHvCc

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - out of the clear blue of the western sky... at August 02, 2026 01:14 AM (0poB+)

245 Black on black argument over Charlie Kirk statement, one, using a manipulated video as fact Brings to light that Black families were better off before what Martin Luther King was advocating.

It validates that before Martin Luther King came on the stage blacks were much better off, although repressed, than after.

xcancel: https://tinyurl.com/mrynnusd

mp4: https://tinyurl.com/2n7vsu9b

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 01:14 AM (Pee1E)

246
Posted by: mindful webworker - all the fits that's news at August 02, 2026 12:24 AM (0poB+)

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Powerline couldn't figure out why shoppers who use the self-check should get a 10% discount, but it's simple: they're not using the store's full services. Back when you had the option of getting full service or self-service at gas stations, there was a discount for self-service.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:15 AM (mmrXZ)

247 Two takes. Recorded 1962. Released 1995.
https://youtu.be/nFd1z2QHvCc
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Beatles were smart keeping it under wraps.
Is dumb. & awkward

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 01:19 AM (Pee1E)

248 Doesn't matter how much you read the Bible when you do it while sitting in mom's basement pulling on your little tiny dick.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 12:43 AM (FyeA3)

With tweezers.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 02, 2026 01:19 AM (S41Gd)

249
Muslim Oxford Union President Tells Islam Critics That Without Security, They’d Be ‘Cooked’ by Mob
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Come out of your sheltered enclave and play mooselimb.

Posted by: Braenyard

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She's so triumphalist about it -- and then she gets a round of applause.

She also refers to a "mostly South Asian Committee" -- I'm not sure which committee it is, but it's something with authority. The design is so clear.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:20 AM (mmrXZ)

250
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:20 AM (mmrXZ)

========

Here we are, an X commenter zeroed in on it:

“A Muslim Palestinian president and a mostly south Asian executive”

The plan is utterly transparent.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:22 AM (mmrXZ)

251 >>Doesn't matter how much you read the Bible when you do it while sitting in mom's basement pulling on your little tiny dick.


Or how much you think you understand the ocean because you went to the beach once on vacation.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2026 01:28 AM (viF8m)

252 Powerline's a couple or three lawyers **looks around** obtuse, you know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 01:29 AM (Pee1E)

253 Okay, JQ! Pull the maracas back out from under the bar!
Posted by: Piper

Huh? Am I supposed to *play* them, or smack somebody over the head with them?
Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 10:29 PM (rdVOm

Both may be an option.
Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 10:30 PM (Wmg4n)

Teresa isn't going to entertain us with them - both ways?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 01, 2026 10:46 PM (qx7Zg)

Sorry - stepped away for a while. Ya need someone to play the maracas, I'm your Huckleberry! Just imagine Jack Lemmon in "Some Like It Hot", but shorter and rounder 😂😂😂

🎵🎶Ya-ta-da-ta, *rest*, da-da-da-da-ta, ya-ta-da-ta, *rest*, da-da-da-da-ta....🎶🎵

Everybody! 🎵🎶

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 01:31 AM (YqVwq)

254 Maraca song-- sort of-- it's what I was thinkin' LOL

youtu.be/IeHDnF7MU90

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 01:33 AM (rdVOm)

255 Powerline couldn't figure out why shoppers who use the self-check should get a 10% discount, but it's simple: they're not using the store's full services. Back when you had the option of getting full service or self-service at gas stations, there was a discount for self-service.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

What do you call an "employee" to whom you give neither salary nor benefits? That's what a self-checkout kiosk makes you.

And if it's not very-temporary slavery, then it's a minimum-wage-law violation. And proof of Sowell's "the real minimum wage is always zero" quote.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 01:36 AM (VHUov)

256 I have not yet encountered a grocery store (or any store) with "self-check" lines that doesn't have at least one employee working that area - without which they wouldn't function for long, given the endless small glitches errors and difficulties involved in most check-outs.

So there's that employee, and the cost of the machines themselves - and, probably a higher loss rate then normal given the greater suitability of those areas, even when manned, for theft.

So now the store is supposed to go 8% below its cost (for a typical basket with representative items from the whole inventory, on which the overall margin is 2% or less) for things sold through self-check lines.

What's a store manager going to do? Guessing it will be something other than keeping everything as is and taking a hit on self-check items.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 02, 2026 01:39 AM (U/Byj)

257 How about a discount for cash, too?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 01:41 AM (Pee1E)

258 How about a discount for cash, too?
Posted by: Braenyard

Some gas stations used to do that. Now, they give the discount for "easy pay"-- not cash or credit card, but one of those *give us all your personal info, so we can sell it* apps.

FK THAT!

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)

259
Posted by: rhomboid at August 02, 2026 01:39 AM (U/Byj)

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Oh, that's all a given; I'm simply quoting the theory of the 10% discounters. Powerline boys might want to get their ears to the ground since that notion is being bandied around quite vocally right now. Per mikeski, in fact!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:45 AM (mmrXZ)

260 Good morning, All. Happy August.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 01:45 AM (77rzZ)

261
How about a discount for cash, too?

Posted by: Braenyard

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Probably more like a surcharge for cash these days.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 01:46 AM (mmrXZ)

262 How big are her maracas?

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 01:47 AM (77rzZ)

263 Sorry I'm late, to quote our demon friend. We were pulling the kamper out of storage and prepping it for travel.

Estimated departure time: O'dark- thirty Monday morning.

OpSec precludes divulging Monday's destination.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 02, 2026 01:47 AM (QGaXH)

264 257 How about a discount for cash, too?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 01:41 AM (Pee1E)

I get one at the little store around the corner but only because he CHARGES for using a credit card. $.35 per item.

Posted by: Reforger at August 02, 2026 01:47 AM (SCfAO)

265 Oh, joy! ***Snoopy happy dance***

I found that bag of keys (that I hid from hubby) that's been missing since a year & a half ago! Yay!

WOOT!

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 01:49 AM (rdVOm)

266 They have to give credit cards a cut for each use.
Taking cash is a savings, they should pass some of that on.

Gas stations around here, the independents, give discounts for cash. Three to five cents a gallon. The major stations give discounts if you use Their credit card.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 01:50 AM (Pee1E)

267 263. ARiC, you’re finally off to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, right?

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 01:51 AM (77rzZ)

268 How big are her maracas?
Posted by: Bulg

I'd tell you, but... do you even know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

269 268 Oh, I’ve known about the cup sizes since my teens.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 01:54 AM (77rzZ)

270 Dufas of Spain, Sánchez sends a letter to Brussels to complain about the attitude of some countries towards the Ceuta crisis and requests a meeting of the EU Interior Ministers social.
_elpais.com/iv4i

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 01:56 AM (Pee1E)

271 Mr. TiFW and I are at the DFW airport hotel this evening - we have a flight out tomorrow to the West Coast to visit DD#1 and her family for 10 days. Granny T has loaded up her suitcase with presents for the grandsons 😊💕

We figured out a while back that we can use the "Drive, Park, Fly" rate at the onsite hotel and save substantially on parking costs. Plus, we aren't rushed trying to get to the airport the day of our trip - we have a nice meal the night before, breakfast in the morning, catch the shuttle to the correct terminal, and we are actually kind of relaxed by the time we get on the plane! 🛩🛩🛩

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 01:56 AM (YqVwq)

272 I want to see Sanchez and Meloni across the table.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 01:57 AM (Pee1E)

273 TiFW, that's awesome!

Safe travels.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

274 How big are her maracas?
Posted by: Bulg

I'd tell you, but... do you even know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

Today I learned that I apparently know nothing about maracas.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 02, 2026 01:58 AM (NZPfR)

275 272 Phrasing?

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 01:59 AM (77rzZ)

276 >>and we are actually kind of relaxed by the time we get on the plane! 🛩🛩🛩

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth,
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Sounds ideal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:01 AM (Pee1E)

277 Oh, and the best part is that we actually park in the hotel's lot, so we don't have to drive around looking for an open handicapped spot - there are several spots right by the front door, so we just park and I drive my scooter right on in!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 02:02 AM (YqVwq)

278 across the table from each other

She's been known to eat other's lunch.
She's not one who needs a teleprompter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:04 AM (Pee1E)

279 Quality maracas come in all sizes, it just depends on the song one is playing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:07 AM (Pee1E)

280 I have had a maraca "head" come flying off of its handle on more than one occasion.

Why, yes - I can get overly excited when shaking my maracas....😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 02:10 AM (YqVwq)

281 Haven't read the ONT yet. I've just finished with the Hobby Thread and have so many ideas! Now for the ONT content, which I'm sure will be equally engaging.

Posted by: ChE99 at August 02, 2026 02:11 AM (7QfDF)

282 LOL. Frank Zappa mentioned maracas in at least one of his songs... but we don't need to hear that right now.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

283 280 TiFW, that’s hot.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 02:13 AM (77rzZ)

284 Apparently, "Mature Singles Want to Chat With [Me]"

Posted by: mnw at August 02, 2026 02:16 AM (RCjYY)

285 Maracas

youtu.be/waxFYn5LNOU

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)

286 283 280 TiFW, that’s hot.
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2026 02:13 AM (77rzZ)

I'm gonna be disappointed if my comment isn't picked for a Comment of the Week this time....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 02, 2026 02:16 AM (YqVwq)

287 >>I found that bag of keys (that I hid from hubby) that's been missing since a year & a half ago! Yay!
>>Posted by: JQ

Lurking puts some distance between us, but I still feel involved with folks' lives. Glad to read good resolution to the missing keys you mentioned a while ago. Smiley face.

Posted by: Late-Night Lurker at August 02, 2026 02:20 AM (uMNwP)

288 What do you call an "employee" to whom you give neither salary nor benefits? That's what a self-checkout kiosk makes you.

And if it's not very-temporary slavery, then it's a minimum-wage-law violation. And proof of Sowell's "the real minimum wage is always zero" quote.
Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 01:36 AM (VHUov)

The simple solution: don’t use it.

I like the self service checkout. I don’t want to take to the cashier and make fake small talk, especially if I just need bread, milk and eggs. No, I don’t want to buy pineapple upside down cake, which the cashier is selling to win some prize or bonus or something or other. No, I don’t want ice or stamps. I’m in a foul mood because some stupid blue hair is paying for her groceries with a check.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 02, 2026 02:24 AM (ukytI)

289 Thanks, Late-Night Lurker. It's nice to know there's *someone* out there, rooting for me! LOL.

Sucks that I had to hide the keys, and then sucked that I had to pick-open (and replace some) so many locks since then.

It was scary, and hubby was in NO shape to drive or get into certain areas. Had to keep him out of trouble.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

290
I went to a coffee shop t'other day that doesn't take cash. Lots of places in Korea didn't take it or didn't like to take it last time I was there. I'm afraid this card-only thing is going to take over and all our transactions will be recorded.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:28 AM (mmrXZ)

291 I like the short lines at self-checkout. If I have only a few items, it's great. Heck, I've even learned a few of the produce codes.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)

292 I'm afraid this card-only thing is going to take over and all our transactions will be recorded.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

That IS the point, after all.

Hubby (before he got sick) and I used cash as often as possible.

Now? I worry about LTC medicaid rules, if hubby outlives our retirement funds-- too many cash withdrawals could be counted as "gifting" and potential disqualification for a period of time. FKers!

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 02:33 AM (rdVOm)

293 Trump mentioned making taking cash law.

I'm out. Enjoy. 'nite.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:34 AM (Pee1E)

294 'Night, Braenyard. Sweet dreams!

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

295 Will we reach 300?

C'mon, Late-Night Lurker, we can make it happen!

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)

296 Hi, Blondie! Are you growing any pumpkins?

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)

297 Since you axed so nicely. . .

Posted by: Late-Night Lurker at August 02, 2026 02:41 AM (uMNwP)

298 Today (still the 1st here), blues guitarist and singer Robert Cray turned 71. I don't actually know much about him, but his signature Fender Stratocaster has a hardtail string-through-body bridge (no whammy bar), and sure enough his guitar work sounds very precise. Here's a vaguely Odyssey-themed track -- close enough for ONT work anyway -- from his 1997 album Sweet Potato Pie:

Robert Cray - Back Home (Audio)
https://youtu.be/56R9zeSjZbU

If you walk alone
In darkness
Don't turn
Go the wrong way

If you associate
Among the evil
Don't follow them
Down the wrong road

You may even flirt
With a little danger
And before long
Without even knowing
It will be hard to find your way back home

Posted by: SciVo at August 02, 2026 02:42 AM (Sy6m/)

299 300 is out of reach. Almost impossible really.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 02, 2026 02:44 AM (Wg6v7)

300
Hi, Blondie! Are you growing any pumpkins?
Posted by: JQ

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Hey, JQ! When pumpkins are plentiful in the stores again -- a few months -- I'm going to save the seeds and give it another try. Right now I'm bringing a lily back to life that I damn near killed.

what are you growing?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:45 AM (mmrXZ)

301 youtu.be/q5yZC7T3qxA

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 02, 2026 02:46 AM (Wg6v7)

302 I went to wallyworld the other day & saw these beautiful tall flowers-- they looked familiar, but were an unusual color (for that species).

Peach-orange. Delphiniums! They are usually blue, purple, or white. Amazing. I didn't buy any.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)

303 Huh. 300 posts. Amazing accomplishment people! Well done!

(sits back and rests on the victory!)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 02, 2026 02:48 AM (Wg6v7)

304 Oops, Robert Cray turned 73. He was born in 1953. Sorry about the math error.

Posted by: SciVo at August 02, 2026 02:50 AM (Sy6m/)

305
too many cash withdrawals could be counted as "gifting" and potential disqualification for a period of time. FKers!
Posted by: JQ

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omg.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:50 AM (mmrXZ)

306 Blondie-- I got depressed and didn't *do* any garden this year. Bought a few petunias & didn't plant them before they outgrew their starter pots and died. I feel bad about that, what a waste.

Just enjoying the roses and other plants that don't require much besides water & sunlight this year.

Next year will be different. I hope.

Are you growing pumpkins for food, or for jack-o-lanterns, or just for fun?

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

307 One accidental gardening success this year: had rooted some clematis cuttings 2 years ago, but they looked dead this Spring. Put the pots out on the deck 'cuz they were in the way indoors. Ignored them for a couple of months.

They sent up new growth! Yay! So I potted them up into larger containers a couple of weeks ago. They were pot-bound and needed more room. Now growing quickly and I need to find a place in the yard for them...

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm)

308
JQ, the ideal is food. I always get those pie pumpkins every year and make pies, and save the seeds and dry them. Two years, maybe three, I've planted them and they got a start... then gave up. They're the ones who are having fun. "Let's see how hopeful we can get her before we quit."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:58 AM (mmrXZ)

309
Now growing quickly and I need to find a place in the yard for them...

Posted by: JQ

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That sounds GREAT!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 03:00 AM (mmrXZ)

310 304 Oops, Robert Cray turned 73. He was born in 1953. Sorry about the math error.
Posted by: SciVo at August 02, 2026 02:50 AM (Sy6m/)

My parents were married in 1953. Mom thought she was barren because she didn't get pregnant for two years. Turns out, patience is a virtue. She had five kids, none of which she liked, and most of whom she abused. But, she did produce us, so I guess I should be grateful for life, if nothing else.

So, mom and dad would have been married 73 years if the clot shot hadn't killed them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 03:00 AM (FyeA3)

311 "Let's see how hopeful we can get her before we quit."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:58 AM (mmrXZ)

I haven't figured out pumpkins up here yet. Grew a ton of them in WI. I really liked the sugar pie pumpkins, because they cooked up so beautifully. Can't stand squash, mostly, but those were delightful.

I have to work on my hothouse in the off season, I think. I'm having issues with air movement and drip irrigation. Fixing that should lead to pumpkins, but until then I have peppers by the ton and a few tomatoes, plus cucumbers. I think I would like to be the herb source for this area as well. I grow some wicked good basil and oregano.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 03:03 AM (FyeA3)

312 Blondie-- seeds are cheap. Most produce in stores are hybrids, so their seeds may or may not give you the product you desire.

Highly recommend that you simply pay the 2 dollars or so, for a variety you know will be useful. Look for "sugar pie" or similar.

My BFF grows pumpkins, now on the fourth or fifth year since she bought one for table decor. She doesn't cook them, just gives them away for halloween. Last one she gave me had incredibly stringy flesh. I toasted the seeds for snacking & threw the rest away.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 03:07 AM (rdVOm)

313 The best-producing squashes I've ever grown here are:

Spaghetti-- there were so many, I got sick of the stuff! Maybe a texture thing for me, but it was really good at first, LOL. Didn't store very well. Had to cook & process & freeze.

Acorn-- still my favorite, not stringy, good flavor, small and easy to cook for one or two meals/people. Stores well in a cool room.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 03:20 AM (rdVOm)

314
Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 03:07 AM (rdVOm)

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You're making me realize I'm trying to do something I know nothing about. Maybe I'll try growing tomatoes or strawberries.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 03:24 AM (mmrXZ)

315 Oh, Blondie-- gardening is a trial and error process!

By all means: if you've tried one thing and failed, try it again or try something else... you have *only yourself to please*

You're in Cali, right? Check out your county extension website for local information. Best varieties and growing hints for your specific climate will be listed there.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 03:29 AM (rdVOm)

316 Food I've successfully grown in containers:

Tomatoes (not great, but got a few. In-ground is best IMO)
Okra (plants are also quite lovely decor)
Edible-pod peas
Strawberries
Zucchini (slowed production to a nice, manageable rate!)
Broccoli (BIG planters required! PITA)
Corn (see broccoli)
Peppers (keep pots shaded, but not plants)

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 03:37 AM (rdVOm)

317 Oh, and leaf lettuce. I like the "mesclun mix" best. It gets so hot, so early here, that I plant in early March & it all bolts by end of May.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 03:40 AM (rdVOm)

318 Small potatoes grow well in containers. The tubs that cattle supplements come in are great for planters. Drill some holes in the bottom for good drainage. I grow all my herbs in them

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 03:43 AM (abScH)

319
I'm going to start with strawberries. I love them, and the ones in the store are sour and white.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 03:44 AM (mmrXZ)

320 My parents were married in 1953. Mom thought she was barren because she didn't get pregnant for two years. Turns out, patience is a virtue. She had five kids, none of which she liked, and most of whom she abused. But, she did produce us, so I guess I should be grateful for life, if nothing else.

So, mom and dad would have been married 73 years if the clot shot hadn't killed them.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 03:00 AM (FyeA3)

That's terrible! Also: good inspiration (tying it back), if you decide to pick up a new hobby. 🎶 "I got the momma was a fridgerator blues..." 🎶

Posted by: SciVo at August 02, 2026 03:44 AM (Sy6m/)

321 Mornin' Ben Had!

I've never tried spuds in containers, but willing to try it... some day...

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 03:47 AM (rdVOm)

322 Blondie, bare-root strawberry plants are the best value IMO and become available (here, anyway) in late Feb/late March. Maybe earlier in your area?

A few $ for 15 or 25 plants. Check feed/farm stores.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 03:49 AM (rdVOm)

323 JQ, I had some small red potatoes that were sprouting eyes so I stuck them in and they propagated just fine.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 03:51 AM (abScH)

324 "She had five kids, none of which she liked, and most of whom she abused."

It's weird, but as I got older, I met more women who had abusive mothers, even some of the girls I went to high school with. They were all middle class. Struck me as odd. There were some abusive fathers, but the amount of abusive mothers seemed noteworthy.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 02, 2026 03:54 AM (DZ9Lv)

325 Cool, Ben Had!

I haven't had good luck with grocery taters or garlic-- sometimes they're treated with growth-inhibitors so that people can't grow their own. Bleh.

Wish the seed taters and garlic sets could be had sooner here. Onions are too cheap to bother growing at home.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 03:55 AM (rdVOm)

326 319
I'm going to start with strawberries. I love them, and the ones in the store are sour and white.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 03:44 AM (mmrXZ)

Check to make sure the strawberries set big fruit. The little ones are PITA, because by the time you hull them, there isn't much fruit left.

I have been digging out the ones the previous owner left and replacing them. Too much work means I harvest less, so I'm fixing that.

I grow tomatoes in containers, in the hot house. They don't set fruit outdoors here--not hot enough. They do fine in 2 gallon bags or pots, and make sure you clip off the various shoots so you just have the one that makes the fruits, and don't let them get dry.

Cucumbers do fine in 1 gallon pots. Keep 'em moist and they produce like crazy. I am, after all, the pickle queen of AK.

Pepper plants do very well in pots. I have 1 gallon and 2 gallon pots and I haven't noticed a difference in either. I recycle the dirt every year, with about 1/4 new stuff, and I fertilize with bone meal and langbeinite. Works good for tomatoes, too.

Now I just need to put in drip irrigation and it pretty much grows itself.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 03:56 AM (FyeA3)

327 JQ, you don't have a problem with frost in late Feb/ March?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 03:58 AM (abScH)

328 Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 02, 2026 03:54 AM

There's *a thing* about mothers & daughters IMO.

My mom was harsh, even by others' accounts, but I wouldn't call it "abuse" necessarily. Close, but not quite.

Was in my 30s before we could have a calm conversation.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 03:59 AM (rdVOm)

329 JQ, you don't have a problem with frost in late Feb/ March?
Posted by: Ben Had

Oh, yes! But can cover/protect things if not too cold. Every year is different.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 04:01 AM (rdVOm)

330 There were some abusive fathers, but the amount of abusive mothers seemed noteworthy.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 02, 2026 03:54 AM (DZ9Lv)

I expect that most women who were the product of the Depression thought that having babies was what you did, and just did so. My mom, in particular, was the baby of her family, and the princess, so dirty diapers and snotty kids were not exactly on her dance card. The problem was she kept having girls, not the coveted boy, so she kept having them, looking for the jackpot. I was the fourth girl, so the fourth disappointment. It doesn't sound very nice, and it wasn't, but that's how it was.

She actually like babies, and took very good care of babies, but not kids. Kids talk back and don't do what they are told.

Not all women were cut out for family life. My mom was certainly not. I don't blame her, and I have certainly forgiven her, but I would never let her near my son to do more damage. Not worth the heartache.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 04:03 AM (FyeA3)

331 When growing garlic, I like to plant in mid-autumn & put thick layer of mulch. Start raking it off in March or when days are more sunny than cloudy.

If I wait until Spring to plant, the bulbs don't mature into full heads, or they wilt or die.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 04:06 AM (rdVOm)

332 The odd thing is that I love kids. Kids are so unpredictable and do amazing things, and don't even think they are amazing, when they are. I guess my son could be considered a disappointment, with his various challenges, but I wouldn't give him up for the world.

My grandson is, of course, the best kid ever, even if he isn't even six months old yet. So clever, so engaged, so damned cute and precious. As all grandkids are, I suppose.

No idea why mom could never see those things, but so be it. She's gone now, and whatever she wrought has passed. She has her reward. She doesn't need me to pile onto that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 04:07 AM (FyeA3)

333 If I wait until Spring to plant, the bulbs don't mature into full heads, or they wilt or die.
Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 04:06 AM (rdVOm)

Up here you certainly have to plant it in the fall, which means end of September at the latest. I was too lazy this past fall, but this year I shall endeavor. The fresh stuff is just too good to pass up.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 04:08 AM (FyeA3)

334 Mom was SO disappointed that I didn't marry a super-rich guy, or become a rocket scientist, and live a life she could brag about.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 04:08 AM (rdVOm)

335 334 Mom was SO disappointed that I didn't marry a super-rich guy, or become a rocket scientist, and live a life she could brag about.
Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 04:08 AM (rdVOm)

I'm sure it never occurred to her that she could brag on her kid.

My mom actually told my best friend's mom that I was the stupid one in the family.

Sheesh. She produced me. I guess ownership never occurred to her.

She should have been childless, but I guess I'm glad she wasn't.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 04:11 AM (FyeA3)

336 Yes, tcn! Fall planting for garlic! Problem is, I must order the bulbs because I can't find them in stores except during Spring! You'd think they'd know better...

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 04:11 AM (rdVOm)

337 Tcn, Mom couldn't find any source of pride in me, that she would want to brag about.

She could only focus on the negatives, and there were many, but she never gave me credit for pulling myself out of all that.

Oh well.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 04:16 AM (rdVOm)

338 Oh well.
Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 04:16 AM (rdVOm)

Exactly.

If I were to trust my mother's judgment, I would have offed myself years ago.

Parents do give life, but they aren't required to sustain it. That's our job.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 04:18 AM (FyeA3)

339 My sister was always Mom's favorite. Sis went to college (so did I) but didn't graduate (neither did I.)

Sis married a blue-collar guy (so did I). Sis didn't have children (neither did I.)

???? wtf? Oh-- sis never got divorced.

Whatever.

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 04:20 AM (rdVOm)

340 Our Creator made us and HE knows who we are

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:26 AM (abScH)

341 Welp, it's late & I'm done whining. LOL.

Good night, horde! Have a wonderful night/morning!

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 04:26 AM (rdVOm)

342 Our Creator made us and HE knows who we are
Posted by: Ben Had

That scares me more than anything else!

No... it's all good.

'Night, Ben Had. Blessings!

Posted by: JQ at August 02, 2026 04:27 AM (rdVOm)

343 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

344
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 03:56 AM (FyeA3)

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Overwhelmed with information here. I'll focus on strawberries and tomatoes for now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 04:33 AM (mmrXZ)

345 340 Our Creator made us and HE knows who we are
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 04:26 AM (abScH)

And He will kick our asses when we need it, too.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 04:51 AM (FyeA3)

346 Overwhelmed with information here. I'll focus on strawberries and tomatoes for now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 04:33 AM (mmrXZ)

Don't forget the garlic, dear.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 02, 2026 04:52 AM (FyeA3)

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Saturday Evening Movie Thread - 8/1/2026

Director DNA



There are some questions in film criticism that never seem to disappear. Every generation argues about the greatest director, the greatest western, the greatest horror movie, the greatest performance. They're fun conversations, even if they almost never arrive at an answer. Over the last few years, though, I've found myself drifting toward a different question, one that I think reveals something more interesting about the people who make movies. If you wanted to explain a director to someone who had never seen one of their films before, where would you begin? Not with the movie that's necessarily their greatest achievement, nor even your favorite, but the one that most completely captures who they are as an artist.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized those are two different questions. Great artists don't spend their careers making the same movie over and over again. They experiment. They wander into unfamiliar genres. Sometimes they discover something remarkable by pushing against the instincts that usually define them. A masterpiece, then, can occasionally be an exception rather than a rule. It may represent the highest point of a career without representing the center of it. Somewhere else in that same filmography there may be another movie (not necessarily better, but somehow more representative) that contains the themes, techniques, and preoccupations that kept drawing the director back throughout an entire career. That's the film I've started thinking of as containing a director's DNA.

Alfred Hitchcock


Alfred Hitchcock is probably the easiest place to begin because almost everyone already has an answer prepared. Ask someone to name the quintessential Hitchcock film and they'll probably say Psycho. Others will argue for Vertigo, and if the discussion is simply about greatness, I don't have much interest in disagreeing. Both are extraordinary films. But I don't think either one is the purest expression of Hitchcock's artistic personality. Every time I've tried this exercise, I keep arriving at North by Northwest, not because I think it's his masterpiece, but because it seems to contain the greatest concentration of the things that made Hitchcock Hitchcock.

That observation isn't even mine originally. Screenwriter Ernest Lehman famously said that his goal was to write "the Alfred Hitchcock picture to end all Alfred Hitchcock pictures," and, intentionally or otherwise, that's exactly what he accomplished. Nearly every recurring Hitchcock instinct is present. There's the MacGuffin that hardly matters once the story begins. There's the innocent man mistaken for someone else and thrown into circumstances completely beyond his control. There's the glamorous blonde, the elaborate visual set pieces, the humor that somehow coexists comfortably beside genuine suspense, and perhaps most importantly, the confidence that an audience can understand a scene through images alone. Hitchcock made psychological horror, courtroom dramas, romances, even broad comedies, but whenever he returned to what feels unmistakably like Hitchcock, he kept returning to some variation of this formula. North by Northwest isn't the summit of his career so much as its clearest blueprint.

William Wyler


William Wyler made me realize that the exercise doesn't always produce a surprising answer. Sometimes the film containing a director's DNA really is their masterpiece. For me, that's The Heiress. It isn't merely a great William Wyler film; it's difficult to think of another movie that gathers together so many of the qualities he spent decades refining. If Hitchcock's personality announces itself through suspense and visual wit, Wyler's announces itself almost by disappearing. His direction is so carefully controlled that it's easy to overlook how carefully controlled it actually is. Nothing calls attention to itself. The camera isn't trying to impress you. The compositions are elegant without becoming ostentatious. Actors move with extraordinary precision, but never in a way that feels theatrical or artificial. Everything exists in service of revealing character.

That wasn't an accident. Wyler consistently gravitated toward exceptional source material, often adapting acclaimed novels and successful plays rather than inventing stories from scratch. He seemed to believe that directing wasn't primarily about imposing himself upon a story but about refining one that already possessed dramatic strength. More importantly, he trusted actors more than almost any director of his generation. Watch enough Wyler films and a pattern begins to emerge. The emotional climaxes rarely depend upon spectacle. Instead, they depend upon people talking, arguing, hesitating, or making impossible moral decisions. The Heiress feels like the fullest expression of that philosophy. Olivia de Havilland's performance carries almost every emotional beat of the story, and Wyler understands that no technical flourish could possibly improve upon simply allowing her to perform. Other Wyler films emphasize one aspect of his career. Ben-Hur is inevitably remembered for its spectacle. Roman Holiday is remembered as one of Hollywood's great romantic comedies. The Best Years of Our Lives is inseparable from the historical moment that produced it. The Heiress, however, seems to contain all of Wyler at once.

Martin Scorsese


Martin Scorsese presents a different problem altogether because public perception has simplified him into something he never really was. For many people, Scorsese is the gangster director, an image that's perfectly understandable given the enormous cultural shadow cast by Mean Streets, Goodfellas, Casino, and The Wolf of Wall Street (gangster in its own Wall Street way). Yet those films represent only one corner of an astonishingly varied career that includes religious dramas, psychological thrillers, documentaries, historical epics, literary adaptations, black comedies, and period romances. Reducing Scorsese to organized crime feels a little like reducing John Ford to Monument Valley. It's true often enough to become recognizable, but false often enough to become misleading.

For that reason, my choice has always been The Age of Innocence. It usually surprises people, but the surprise disappears once you stop thinking about Scorsese in terms of genre and start thinking about the questions that seem to fascinate him regardless of genre. Again and again, his films ask what happens when personal desire collides with the demands of a community. Sometimes that community is the Mafia. Sometimes it's the Catholic Church. Sometimes it's politics, family, or business. In The Age of Innocence, it happens to be New York high society, but the conflict is fundamentally the same. Newland Archer isn't trapped by criminals. He's trapped by expectations. He belongs to a world whose values he understands perfectly, and that understanding becomes its own prison.

Scorsese once referred to The Age of Innocence as the most violent film he'd ever made. At first glance that sounds absurd coming from the man who directed the scene of Joe Pesci getting beaten to death with a baseball bat in Casino, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. Violence in Scorsese has never really been about bloodshed. Violence is what people do to one another when loyalty, guilt, obligation, or identity become impossible burdens to carry. Sometimes that manifests itself through fists and guns. Other times it manifests itself through silence, manners, and self-denial. Strip away the gangsters, and those concerns remain almost everywhere in Scorsese's work. The restless camera, the intricate editing, the fascination with New York itself. All of those stylistic signatures are present in The Age of Innocence. More importantly, so are the moral questions that seem to have occupied him throughout his career. Watch that film carefully, and the path toward Silence, Bringing Out the Dead, and even The Irishman suddenly becomes much easier to see.

John Ford


John Ford may have been the director who convinced me that a filmmaker's masterpiece and their artistic center can actually point in opposite directions. I think The Searchers is Ford's greatest film. I also think it's an outlier. It presents a vision of Ford that is darker, lonelier, and more tragic than the one that appears throughout most of his career. Ethan Edwards ends that film standing outside the doorway, separated forever from the community he helped preserve. It's one of the greatest endings in American cinema precisely because it denies its hero the thing he has spent the entire story pursuing.

That's why I'd choose The Quiet Man instead. The longer I watch Ford's films, the less convinced I become that he was fundamentally interested in the American West. Monument Valley is unforgettable, but it isn't really the subject of his movies. Communities are. Whether he's filming cavalry officers, settlers, Irish villagers, Mormons, or families struggling through the Depression, Ford keeps returning to the same basic question: how does an individual find a place among other people? That's Shaun Thornton's story from beginning to end. He isn't trying to defeat evil. He's trying to belong.

Once that idea occurred to me, a great many of Ford's stylistic choices suddenly made more sense. He devotes enormous stretches of screen time to dances, church services, funerals, military ceremonies, and shared meals, scenes that many directors would compress because they don't appear to advance the plot. Ford understood that they advance something more important than plot. They reveal the habits through which a community defines itself. Even the famous climactic fistfight in The Quiet Man isn't really about violence. The village gathers around it almost like a festival. The fight restores relationships rather than destroying them. Compare that ending with The Searchers, and the distinction becomes clear. Ethan Edwards saves the family but never joins it. Shaun Thornton joins the community he came searching for. One film is Ford's greatest tragedy. The other feels like the clearest expression of what he spent a lifetime celebrating.

Joe Dante


Joe Dante may be the oddest example because the film I'd choose isn't even my favorite Joe Dante movie. That would probably be Matinee, which I think has a warmth and emotional maturity that few directors ever achieve when looking back upon childhood. Yet if the goal is to identify the movie containing the most Joe Dante, I don't think anything surpasses Gremlins 2. It's a sequel that behaves almost like a parody of the original film, dismantling its own mythology while simultaneously celebrating everything that made it popular in the first place.

That contradiction seems to run through Dante's entire career. He genuinely loves movies, television, monster pictures, comic books, animation, and virtually every corner of American popular culture. At the same time, he refuses to treat any of it as sacred. That's the distinction I think makes Dante unique. He approaches popular culture with affection rather than reverence. Gremlins 2 spends nearly its entire running time mocking sequels, merchandising, studio filmmaking, and even itself. The Gremlins interrupt the movie, attack the projection, and threaten the illusion that we're watching a finished film at all. It feels like the work of someone who knows these traditions intimately enough to understand that genuine love includes the ability to laugh at the thing you love. If Matinee is Joe Dante looking backward with nostalgia, then Gremlins 2 is Joe Dante looking backward with a grin.

A Never-ending Game


The more I've played this game, the less interested I've become in arguing about which films are objectively greatest. Those conversations are enjoyable, but they're ultimately conversations about quality. This feels like a conversation about identity. Asking which Hitchcock film contains the most Hitchcock or which Ford film contains the most Ford forces you to think less about isolated achievements and more about recurring ideas. What themes keep resurfacing? Which visual habits never disappear? Which questions refuse to leave the director alone regardless of genre or subject matter? Eventually a pattern begins to emerge, and somewhere inside that pattern sits a single film where everything seems to converge.

That's the movie I find myself recommending now. Not because it's necessarily the best one, but because I think it's the one that best introduces the artist. Masterpieces tell us what a director was capable of accomplishing. Their DNA film tells us who they were.

Movies of Today

Opening in Theaters:

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Movies I Saw This Fortnight:

The Nanny (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It's a handsome, attractive, well-acted film worthy of discovery." [YouTube]

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (Rating 3/4) Full Review "I think this is the best Dracula film that Hammer has produced, even if the ending could have used another rewrite." [Archive.org]

The Plague of the Zombies (Rating 2/4) Full Review "Still, there's modest entertainment within. Far from enough to get this near the top of the Hammer pile, but enough for it to sit comfortably somewhere in the middle." [Library]

Rasputin: The Mad Monk (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "Still, Lee is in almost every scene, the few scenes he's not in are dominated mostly by Pasco. And that's not a bad combination. Honestly, I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, but it's certainly not good." [Library]

One Million Years B.C. (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "There is entertainment to be had, but it's restrained in any impact beyond the sensationalist. Still, the sensationalist part is quite good." [Library]

The Viking Queen (Rating 3/4) Full Review "I latched onto the supporting cast and the setting most, I think, and I went along for an entertaining ride." [Library]

Frankenstein Created Woman (Rating 3/4) Full Review "I think it works. I think it entertains. It's solid." [Library]

Quatermass and the Pit (Rating 3/4) Full Review "The dread, the scale of the antagonists, and the distinct Britishness of the whole affair created an appealing package that I found infectious." [Library]

Please check out my videos from the last few weeks:

Fritz Lang: The Directors Series
Fritz Lang: The Definitive Ranking
William Wyler: The Directors Series
William Wyler: The Definitive Ranking
John Frankenheimer: The Definitive Ranking
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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 07:53 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Watched all of Fritz Lang's Der Nibelungen these last few days.

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Still, the sensationalist part is quite good"

"Quite" good?

Quite?

*recalls fur bikini

Posted by: man at August 01, 2026 07:55 PM (XuXeR)

4 Watched earlier than that Jeanne DuBarry with Johnny Depp as King Louis XV. Have to say the actress playing Jeanne did nice job but she didn't do anything for me

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

5 With my movie vault/plex replacement complete, I've added some metrics pages and was shocked to learn that I have more films from 2000-2010 than any other decade, owing to all of the Super Hero and Sequel films.

I also have no films categorized as horror films in my library and the top five actors in my collection are Hanks, SLJackson, ScarJo, Vin Diesel, and Harrison Ford.

And I only have 4 films from the 30's in my collection.

I’m going to add some more graphs for other personnel like cinematographer, director, writer, etc.

Also going to add a credit roll feature where when you click on the movie info you can see a simulated end credit crawl.

I discovered there is no api that captures a films end credits but they do have credit list data.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 08:00 PM (XV/Pl)

6 The Trouble with Harry is not bad either.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 01, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)

7 One Million Years B.C.

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Two words. Fur bikini.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 01, 2026 08:05 PM (ndZc7)

8 Hmmm. There are few movies where, if you were familiar with a directors cataloged, but you saw that movie for the first time you could say ah ha this is so and so under a pseudonym.

For example, would you peg Gladiator 2 as being made by the same guy as Alien?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 01, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)

9 Two words. Fur bikini.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 01, 2026 08:05 PM (ndZc7)

I prefer furkini.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 01, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)

10 I have stated often really don't ay attention to the director much.
Quite a few times watching tje Another Movie Channel find out movies I lkked who directed them.

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 08:07 PM (Ia/+0)

11 Watched all of Fritz Lang's Der Nibelungen these last few days.
Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)

Nice cats. Fluffy and arrogant, but talkative to a fault

Posted by: Kindltot at August 01, 2026 08:07 PM (rbvCR)

12 "Disclosure Day" (2026)
No Sir. I don't like it.
youtube.com/watch?v=cDGlN6mluGA

Posted by: Mister Horse at August 01, 2026 08:09 PM (Jr5Lq)

13 Captain Kronos is on Svengoolie. The Brits sure do love them vampires.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 08:09 PM (MWfyi)

14 "Male and Female" (1919) Lords, Ladies, and their servants are castaways on a remote island. The hero has his pick of the females, but he prefers the oldest, homeliest, bitchiest one, Gloria Swanson. Then he gets wise to himself.

Posted by: gp at August 01, 2026 08:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

15

Quatermass and the Pit - there's an odd one. I do like it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 01, 2026 08:12 PM (Cqx++)

16 Eric the Viking

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 01, 2026 08:15 PM (jrgJz)

17 Every time I've tried this exercise, I keep arriving at North by Northwest, not because I think it's his masterpiece, but because it seems to contain the greatest concentration of the things that made Hitchcock Hitchcock.
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You are correct, because I agree with you.

I watched it again on TCM the other day, and I was struck again by what a slow burn the isolated bus stop sequence was. Cary Grant just standing around by the open fields, with the featureless horizon stretching for miles. That crop duster was buzzing around in the background a good long while, so when it put Cary in its sights and began buzzing him it was almost a jump scare.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 01, 2026 08:16 PM (kpS4V)

18 Started watching Hangman also Die but was distracted and stopped it. On my tv YouTube will go right back whete I left off

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)

19 Watched all of Fritz Lang's Der Nibelungen these last few days.
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They got pills for that now, would have fixed him right up

Posted by: Common Tater at August 01, 2026 08:20 PM (dLnkr)

20 Saw "The Odyssey".

I can now see why people like it and hate it.

First,the Like: Very well-made movie. Some great acting. Excellent direction for the set pieces. Clear theme throughout. If you know nothing of "The Odyssey", this is a movie you can enjoy and won't be bored in.

The Hate: The Greeks were basically a shame society. We live in a guilt society. Nolan made a movie for a guilt society.

In a "guilt movie", the hero has to feel guilt over something. In this case, Odysseus feels guilt over his triumph, the Trojan Horse and the Fall of Troy, which totally inverts the story. If this sounds like Ancient Greek Oppenheimer, it is.

I believe Nolan even sneaks in an atomic destruction reference from "The Planet of the Apes"(!) with the Trojan Horse looking more like it was abandoned than left as a gift, half-buried in sand and tilted at the same angle as the Statue of Liberty in TPoTA.

Every triumph or escape from the dangers of that Odysseus and his men encounter is just another chance to portray Odysseus and his men as venal, violent a-holes. This accounts for the flatness of the movie.
(con't)

Posted by: naturalfake at August 01, 2026 08:21 PM (iJfKG)

21 If I wake up on the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep, I like to bring up old Movies of the Week on YouTube. I found one from 1971 called "The Glass House": "Corrections officer Brian Courtland, naive drug pusher Alan Campbell, and college professor Jonathan Page convicted of manslaughter report to prison and soon learn the truth about the prison system. From a Truman Capote story."

Vic Morrow was great as the sleazy gang leader pushing narcotics and demanding "payment" from the young new incarceree or else. Alan Alda as the professor was surprisingly good, none of those Alda tics and tricks, just a very intelligent man in way over his head. Billy Dee Williams was solid as the leader of the black inmates.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 01, 2026 08:21 PM (kpS4V)

22 I'm a big fan of Hitchcock.

Rope is the one movie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 01, 2026 08:22 PM (JvZF+)

23 (con't)

Circe pretty much lays it all out in her sequence. And when after Odysseus begging her to return his men. She brings them back from pigs by saying"Return to your disguise. Return to your disguise."

See? they aren't men or brave soldiers in reality, Odysseus and his men are merely pigs in disguise.
This is the inheritance of Nolan using the feminist translation. At some point, we always get the angry feminist view of things from some woman. Again this undercuts the movie and story.

Penelope even complains about the "glass-ceiling" in Greek society that won't allow her to rule as Queen. In a really nice bit of dialogue, she says "I have sat on an empty throne for 20 years." That says it all and much more, buuuuut then she goes on to junk up the clean declaration with a bunch of feminist gobbledygook. Sad.

This even explains the odd casting of "Elliot Page". it's weird trannie looks tend inevitable toward the feminine, and when in hell Odysseus gets a berating from Ol' Elli about his lies that sounds remarkably like a girl's complaint delivered by an oddly feminine looking "boy".

Nolan made the Odyssey guilt trip. He skinned it of meaning and wears it inside out.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 01, 2026 08:22 PM (iJfKG)

24 Congrats on 1K subscribers!!

Posted by: ... at August 01, 2026 08:23 PM (vE0+H)

25 No love for Woody Allen??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 01, 2026 08:23 PM (JvZF+)

26 Not my favorite Hitchcock movie, but my favorite Hitchcock scene: Doris Day singing Que Sera Sera at the end of The Man Who Knew Too Much as a signal to her kidnapped son. It gets me every time.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 01, 2026 08:24 PM (SjAWL)

27 (con't)

Nolan's "The Odyssey" begins with the quote:
"In an Age of Apparent Magic..."

Apparent's meaning in this case is something that appears real or true but isn't.

There are no gods in this Odyssey. Athena who appears only to Odysseus is basically Banquo's Ghost. In his climactic memory of the Fall of Troy, we see a priestess of Athena(Zendaya) roughed up and beheaded along with the beheading of a statue of Athena. She is his guilty memory. That's why she's always staring at him like your mom giving you the silent treatment for something you did.

No one but Odysseus is alive to tell these tales of his voyages, and we are given to understand that he is merely a sad, and haunted old man driven mad by his guilt over the Trojan Horse and Troy's downfall.

All we truly know of him is that he washed up on Calypso's Island where she gave him Grecian Valium for almost a decade to heal him.

This renders his return to Ithaca almost well, stupid and meaningless.

So...is the Odyssey a tale of a determined, brave, crafty, intelligent man fighting monsters and the very gods themselves to get home to the family he loves, or-

The lies a pig who dreamt he was a man tells himself

Posted by: naturalfake at August 01, 2026 08:24 PM (iJfKG)

28 A favorite Hitchcock of mine is "Frenzy". It's almost wacky. I loved the inspector's sweet wife and her awful attempts at Continental cuisine.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 01, 2026 08:24 PM (kpS4V)

29 "The Birds" > "Rope" > "Psycho"

Posted by: gp at August 01, 2026 08:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

30
Quatermass and the Pit (Rating 3/4) Full Review "The dread, the scale of the antagonists, and the distinct Britishness of the whole affair created an appealing package that I found infectious." [Library]

I love that movie.

The Brits made some very good SF movies in the late 50s/early 60s.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 01, 2026 08:27 PM (iJfKG)

31 My favorite Directors are more famous as actors.

Mel Gibson and Clint Eastwood.

Even Ben Affleck gets an honorable mention.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:29 PM (KC5Lt)

32 Lifeboat

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:30 PM (KC5Lt)

33 I saw "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" today. The theater was packed, which gladdened my heart. I like movie theaters and want them to survive.

Fun flick. Best part was The Punisher and his arsenal. Lots of good comic byplay between him and Spidey.

Interesting intersection between properties in this storyline.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 01, 2026 08:31 PM (kpS4V)

34 Long time since I've watched The Searchers, but I think The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is just as strong a candidate for that number two spot, granting The Quiet Man first place. Its ending, IMHO, does essentially the same thing that the ending of The Searchers does and while the closing scene may not have the image of John Wayne walking away from the door it's always seemed to me sadder somehow and not just for Wayne but for all concerned. YMMV.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 08:31 PM (q3u5l)

35 The RLM gang tackles the new Spidey movie:

https://tinyurl.com/yc8zmzc8

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 01, 2026 08:33 PM (kpS4V)

36 The Cowboys will always be my favorite John Wayne movie.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:34 PM (KC5Lt)

37 I argue that "North By Northwest" is peak Hitchcock.

I also argue that after NBNW, that Hitchcock's quality fell for two reasons.

One, is "Psycho" which taught him that he could make a cheap movie with no important stars and make a bunch of money.

Two, those cheap stars or new stars not brought up by the studio system didn't respond to his direction as well.

Only "Frenzy" which had a great script by Anthony Shaffer, reaches his pre-NBNW heights.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 01, 2026 08:34 PM (iJfKG)

38 Quatermass and the Pit (and some other Hammers as well) --

A LOT of fun, but also Barbara Shelley. Fur bikini not needed.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 08:35 PM (q3u5l)

39 We watched Support Your Local Gunfighter yesterday on Amazon Prime. I hadn't realized how inexpressive modern actors are. So much in that movie is conveyed by just a look or simple action with no dialogue.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 01, 2026 08:36 PM (lFFaq)

40 No love for Woody Allen??
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Prenty!

Posted by: Soon-Yi at August 01, 2026 08:37 PM (u9Xr5)

41 Damn son, you're very good at this.

I actually understood everything you were writing about, save for Joe Dante and Gremlins ... never saw any of his films.

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 01, 2026 08:39 PM (3sXRv)

42 I will always say my favorite John Wayne movie is Rio Bravo.

There is more acting in the first 10, wordless minutes than in entire films today.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 01, 2026 08:39 PM (zZu0s)

43 I've done a couple of paintings from movie scenes that appealed to me. One was from Somewhere in Time. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:40 PM (KC5Lt)

44 21 Vic Morrow was great as the sleazy gang leader pushing narcotics and demanding "payment" from the young new incarceree or else.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 01, 2026 08:21 PM (kpS4V)

As a 7 yo with older brothers, I had no choice but to watch Combat back in the day. But when I’ve watched it on one of the channels that shows it now, Vic Morrow was really an under rated actor.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 01, 2026 08:40 PM (SjAWL)

45 I hadn't realized how inexpressive modern actors are. So much in that movie is conveyed by just a look or simple action with no dialogue.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

I think modern British actors still have ability. Must be their training.

Posted by: Tuna at August 01, 2026 08:40 PM (lJ0H4)

46 Which of his movies best defines Tarantino?

Posted by: troublemaker at August 01, 2026 08:41 PM (Q+gd/)

47 Close, but I'd say Rio Bravo. It's on at least once a month on the air cable.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 01, 2026 08:42 PM (u9Xr5)

48 25 No love for Woody Allen??
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 01, 2026 08:23 PM (JvZF+)

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Allen is like Polanski. I'll deal with them when they're dead. Their personal baggage is too well known and pervasive. After their deaths, I think people will be more open to just talking about their movies.

Posted by: TJM's phone at August 01, 2026 08:42 PM (bzPaY)

49 I hadn't realized how inexpressive modern actors are. So much in that movie is conveyed by just a look or simple action with no dialogue.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

A lot of modern day 'acting' is less about expression and more about being a blank page the audience can project themselves upon.

Posted by: davidt at August 01, 2026 08:43 PM (Q+gd/)

50 Crap didn't post correctly. Now it's linked properly.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:44 PM (KC5Lt)

51 If I had to pick one Hitchcock, much as I like North by Northwest and Psycho, I'd probably go with Shadow of a Doubt. Nifty story and terrific work by Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright. The only thing I can think of that I don't care for in the movie is some of the dialog given to MacDonald Carey in one of his scenes -- seems too adolescent for the character.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 08:44 PM (q3u5l)

52 27 So...is the Odyssey a tale of a determined, brave, crafty, intelligent man fighting monsters and the very gods themselves to get home to the family he loves, or-

The lies a pig who dreamt he was a man tells himself.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 01, 2026 08:24 PM (iJfKG)

Thanks, interesting review and it sounds spot on and I am not surprised coming from Nolan.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 01, 2026 08:45 PM (y171U)

53 A very good actor is Casey Affleck.

Also Robert Pattinson. He was great in The Rover.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:46 PM (KC5Lt)

54 Algo fuel...oh wait, wrong webzone

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 01, 2026 08:46 PM (xcxpd)

55 I think I would have liked One Million Years BC if it had actual dialogue. Racheal Welch looked great, but she would have been better if she had some characterization...

I actually like the 'remake' of 10,000 BC. It still fails on the historical accuracy front, but it is a great when viewed as a Conan-style Sword and Sorcery story. If we could have gotten Racheal Welch in that movie....Oh, that would have been great!

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 01, 2026 08:46 PM (N5RnR)

56 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 01, 2026 08:42 PM (u9Xr5)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 01, 2026 08:47 PM (zZu0s)

57 4 Algo fuel...oh wait, wrong webzone
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 01, 2026 08:46 PM (xcxpd)

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Algo is in Minx 0.9 alpha.

Posted by: TJM's phone at August 01, 2026 08:48 PM (bzPaY)

58 I watched "The Sheep Detectives" Wednesday night at the church dinner. I liked it - it was a whodunnit, but it was also a sendup of whodunnits, with some nice visual gags (the chicken) and a strong 'feels like a message without preaching whatever the message is', I think. And like all good murder mysteries, the clues _are_ all there...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 01, 2026 08:49 PM (aJQbY)

59 Roman Polanski's The Pianist was superb.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:49 PM (KC5Lt)

60 naturalfake, thank you for that beautiful review.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 01, 2026 08:49 PM (DoBxX)

61 59 Roman Polanski's The Pianist was superb.
Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:49 PM (KC5Lt)

/==

I've heard that An Officer and a Spy is great.

Posted by: TJM's phone at August 01, 2026 08:51 PM (bzPaY)

62 This is a really interesting topic to me, trying to choose one movie that best represents a director's vision, skills and theme.

I agree about North by Northwest, by the way. It does have all of Hitch's best hallmarks, even it may not be his best movie, most famous or even my favorite.

As I said before, I think Stagecoach is John Ford's archetypical movie, not so much The Quiet Man. I think The Quiet Man is his most personal film, but to really represent Ford, the movie needs to be about The West, and about being an American...as much as Ford longed to be Irish.

I can't decide about Wyler and TJM gave some very persuasive arguments about Scorsese on his YouTube video comments. I am still thinking Goodfellas is his archetype but I'm less dogmatic about it now.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 01, 2026 08:51 PM (xcxpd)

63 Howard Hawk liked Rio Bravo so much he made it twice.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:51 PM (KC5Lt)

64 I hate modern reinterpretations that are so disrespectful.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 01, 2026 08:51 PM (DoBxX)

65 62
I can't decide about Wyler and TJM gave some very persuasive arguments about Scorsese on his YouTube video comments. I am still thinking Goodfellas is his archetype but I'm less dogmatic about it now.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 01, 2026 08:51 PM (xcxpd)

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Goodfellas? You mean Gangster Goodfellas?

Posted by: TJM's phone at August 01, 2026 08:52 PM (bzPaY)

66
The Heiress is one of my favorite movies. I think I have it memorized. Back in the days of the late, lamented IMDb message boards, there was a lot of intelligent talk about it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 01, 2026 08:52 PM (mmrXZ)

67 63 Howard Hawk liked Rio Bravo so much he made it twice.
Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:51 PM (KC5Lt)


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Only Angels Have Wings is a remake of Ceiling Zero.

Hawks repeated himself almost as much as Ozu did.

Posted by: TJM's phone at August 01, 2026 08:53 PM (bzPaY)

68 46 Which of his movies best defines Tarantino?
Posted by: troublemaker at August 01, 2026 08:41 PM (Q+gd/)

Really good question...I'm going to go with Reservoir Dogs. It was his first but he did everything in it, without a co-writer to fuddle things, the way he wanted to do it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 01, 2026 08:53 PM (xcxpd)

69 So Nolan is a feminist man.
Most celeb feminists men are pervs or eorse.
Hope that's not true of Nolan

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 01, 2026 08:53 PM (DoBxX)

70 I can't decide about Wyler and TJM gave some very persuasive arguments about Scorsese on his YouTube video comments. I am still thinking Goodfellas is his archetype but I'm less dogmatic about it now.
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Goodfellas? You mean Gangster Goodfellas?
Posted by: TJM's phone at August 01, 2026 08:52 PM (bzPaY)

I do indeed.
And that was a fun intro.
Though he has a couple gangster Goodfellas movies

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 01, 2026 08:53 PM (xcxpd)

71 I recently watched a couple of fun movies.

"The Sheep Detectives" is a hoot. Suspend your disbelief.

"The Hail Mary Project" was quite excellent. The story arc is great. Spoiler warning! The guy gets shanghaied to participate in this "save the world" mission.

He's a coward. But he becomes brave. And when he could come home, he decides to save his ET friend. Just a great story of love and heroism.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 01, 2026 08:53 PM (qFwJc)

72 Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 01, 2026 08:53 PM (xcxpd)

Agreed but Pulp Fiction made him.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:54 PM (KC5Lt)

73 Sheep Detectives is fun

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 01, 2026 08:54 PM (DoBxX)

74 43 I've done a couple of paintings from movie scenes that appealed to me. One was from Somewhere in Time. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:40 PM (KC5Lt)

The detail on the clothes is striking! I finally got to Mackinac Island this May because it was a bucket list item since I saw the movie in 1980. I couldn’t draw a stick figure if my life depended on it.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 01, 2026 08:54 PM (SjAWL)

75 72 Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 01, 2026 08:53 PM (xcxpd)

Agreed but Pulp Fiction made him.
Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:54 PM (KC5Lt)

Yeah, it is super flashy and it blew up, hugely influential film, one of the tops from the 90's. But I don't know how much Roger Avery was involved so it's hard to judge it as a solo Tarantino film.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 01, 2026 08:58 PM (xcxpd)

76 "As I said before, I think Stagecoach is John Ford's archetypical movie, not so much The Quiet Man. I think The Quiet Man is his most personal film, but to really represent Ford, the movie needs to be about The West, and about being an American...as much as Ford longed to be Irish."

My favorite John Ford directed movie is "They Were Expendable". Wonderful directing and acting start to finish.

Posted by: Tuna at August 01, 2026 08:58 PM (lJ0H4)

77 John Wayne spanked Maureen O'hara

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 01, 2026 09:00 PM (jrgJz)

78 My favorite John Ford directed movie is "They Were Expendable". Wonderful directing and acting start to finish.
Posted by: Tuna at August 01, 2026 08:58 PM (lJ0H4)

Ford has so many great films, that's definitely one of them. Ford's time in WW2 really left a mark on him.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 01, 2026 09:00 PM (xcxpd)

79 77 John Wayne spanked Maureen O'hara
Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 01, 2026 09:00 PM (jrgJz)

Literally and sexually

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 01, 2026 09:00 PM (xcxpd)

80 I had nightmares from the opening scene to the 1966 remake of "Stagecoach."

A tomahawk to the center of your forehead.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 01, 2026 09:01 PM (qFwJc)

81 Vic Morrow was just fine in Combat! (which was the only war series my WWII vet father cared for). When it aired, I was at the point where all I wanted to watch was science fiction or I Spy, but picked up on the series later. It holds up REALLY well 60 years on, and there's an episode called A Cry in the Ruins that is just heartbreaking. They don't make 'em like that any more.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 09:03 PM (q3u5l)

82 Pulp Fiction is HIGHLY overrated.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 01, 2026 09:03 PM (zZu0s)

83 How about the director Richard Fleschier? He has a very varied resume.

He directed one of my favorite WW2 movies that is not very well known today. Between Heaven and Hell starring Robert Wagner.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 09:05 PM (KC5Lt)

84 I put The Cowboys in my top 5 Westerns

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 09:06 PM (Ia/+0)

85 This is a genius idea.
Looking forward to considering this re: my favorite directors.

I think "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is the Ford-esque of his films, myself.

Posted by: sal at August 01, 2026 09:08 PM (f+FmA)

86 "Forgive me for those I've killed in anger, and for those I'm about to"

Roscoe!

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 01, 2026 09:08 PM (jrgJz)

87 For me Tarantino's best was Jackie Brown. But don't know if that counts entirely because the story was Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch.

But QT did a really nice job of bringing that one to the screen, and he got great performances from Pam Grier, Robert Forster, and Samuel Jackson. Fun all the way through.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 09:09 PM (q3u5l)

88 Few yera ago watched all Combat episodes on YouTube
Since xcaught a few on one of the TV channels.
They are very well done

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 09:10 PM (Ia/+0)

89 84 I put The Cowboys in my top 5 Westerns
Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 09:06 PM (Ia/+0)

I agree- just from the Williams's opening score, you knew it was going to be great

Posted by: sal at August 01, 2026 09:11 PM (f+FmA)

90 87 For me Tarantino's best was Jackie Brown. But don't know if that counts entirely because the story was Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch.

But QT did a really nice job of bringing that one to the screen, and he got great performances from Pam Grier, Robert Forster, and Samuel Jackson. Fun all the way through.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 09:09 PM (q3u5l)

Tarantino knows how to get a great performance out of his actors. Over and over again: Travolta, Robert , Carradine, and more give some career best acting.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 01, 2026 09:11 PM (xcxpd)

91 I better call it a night
Have a good night everyone

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92 >>>See? they aren't men or brave soldiers in reality, Odysseus and his men are merely pigs in disguise.
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 09:14 PM (Pee1E)

93 Another Tarantino I enjoyed more than I expected to: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. For me it had two strikes going in just because it was 2 hrs and 40 minutes long. But it didn't feel that long at all and I thought DiCaprio and Pitt were delightful in it.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 09:15 PM (q3u5l)

94
No love for Woody Allen??
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Eh, I'll play. I've seen almost every movie he's made.

The most Woody Allenish of Woody Allen movies are also his best ones.

I'd rate them;

1) "Hannah and Her Sisters"

2) "Annie Hall"

3) "Manhattan" (I know, I know)

He has lots of good to fair movies and very few terrible ones. His bad movies are basically his imitation Bergman dramas.

Plenty of great funny comedies like "Sleeper" and "Love and Death".

Too bad his scumbag personal issues overlay his work, but hey, he literally brought it on himself.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 01, 2026 09:17 PM (iJfKG)

95 The Film Society here did something fun last week- as part of the Summer Blockbuster series, we showed the original King Kong as a matinee and the 2005 Peter Jackson version as the evening feature.
Plus the short documentary about the stop-motion animation used in the first Kong.

I had not seen the Jackson version all the way through and I got the impression he was still a bit high from the success of LOTR.

Posted by: sal at August 01, 2026 09:19 PM (f+FmA)

96 "Radio Days," "Crimes and Misdemeanors."

Posted by: gp at August 01, 2026 09:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

97 Spidey is going to have the second biggest opening of all time 925M$

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 01, 2026 09:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

98 Haven't seen all of Allen, but a lot of 'em. Hannah and Her Sisters and Annie Hall are two I'd put at the top as well. Play It Again, Sam ain't too dusty either.

I liked Midnight in Paris once I pictured Allen himself in the lead instead of Owen Wilson (who for reasons unknown just rubs me the wrong way on screen, kinda like Chris Tucker).

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 09:22 PM (q3u5l)

99 I have realized that I am pissed off at both the movies and tv. Every time... EVERY FRIGGIN' TIME...that there is a young boy character, they've got to give the kid long hair. Girly long hair. The older boys don't have long hair. But the little boys do. WTF Hollywood???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 01, 2026 09:23 PM (2WIwB)

100 My 2 Allen favorites are bullets over Broadway and midnight in Paris. Mostly not a huge fan.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 01, 2026 09:24 PM (YZ0Fo)

101 Jeez, how'd I forget to mention Radio Days? That's up there with Annie Hall and Hannah.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 09:25 PM (q3u5l)

102 Tarantino greatly misses Sally Menke, his editor who died tragically while hiking. She kept him on the straight and narrow and his latter post-Basterds films all suffer from some degree of bloat or pacing issues.

Posted by: ... at August 01, 2026 09:27 PM (vE0+H)

103 Tarantino greatly misses Sally Menke, his editor who died tragically while hiking. She kept him on the straight and narrow and his latter post-Basterds films all suffer from some degree of bloat or pacing issues.
Posted by: ...

I think hateful 8 is his best work.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 01, 2026 09:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

104 Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 09:15 PM (q3u

I was t impressed with the film as a whole but it has one of my top five movie scenes. Brad Pitt at the Ranch was the pinnacle of suspense progression.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 09:28 PM (KC5Lt)

105 Kill Bill as one film probably best defines Tarantino. I almost went with Inglourious Basterds but it's probably actually Kill Bill. It's close between the two.

Posted by: ... at August 01, 2026 09:29 PM (vE0+H)

106 After their deaths, I think people will be more open to just talking about their movies.

Posted by: TJM's phone
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and the fearless vampire killers, too .

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 09:29 PM (Pee1E)

107 I think hateful 8 is his best work.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 01, 2026 09:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

Might be my least favorite of his but I think all his movies are at least great and it's grown on me somewhat. I doubt you'll find two bigger Tarantino fans here than me or Edwards. What did Edwards say best defines him? Dogs?

Posted by: ... at August 01, 2026 09:31 PM (vE0+H)

108 Between Heaven and Hell starring Robert Wagner.
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Five years old first time I saw Wagner, knew he was a sleazy bitch at first sight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 09:31 PM (Pee1E)

109 Think QT said in an interview that he and Pitt watched the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and that he wanted the same approaching the farmhouse vibe for his scene at the Spahn ranch. And he caught it nicely.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 09:32 PM (q3u5l)

110 The Kill Bill films are QT's best films.

Those are the one's I've watched the most, they are fun, it has great action and it has an epic ending.

Most of QT's good, but the dude insists on himself.

I do not regard him as a great director.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 09:35 PM (XV/Pl)

111 True Romance was Tarantino's best written movie imo.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 09:38 PM (KC5Lt)

112 A few weeks ago, Mrs. Cop wanted to go watch The Death of Robin Hood starring Hugh Jackman. This version of Robin Hood is a vicious murderer that has killed so many people that he doesn't remember.

The first 30 minutes of this movie are extremely violent. The last half of the movie deals with the concepts of remorse, punishment and forgiveness.

Very moody and weird movie. Maybe worth a viewing if you can tolerate the bloodshed at the beginning. Mrs. Cop was rather shell-shocked by the end.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 01, 2026 09:39 PM (ksbjf)

113 Once Hollywood was the last time I was in a movie theater and in terms of atmosphere I've never really been in anything like it. A room full of middle aged and older seemingly very bored through the entire film fuddies - myself not included of course - and then for five minutes it felt as raucous and insane as any theater I've been in.

I remember watching The Naked Gun in a packed house and momentarily feeling that "riot" at points, but there was something substantive about this, not just comedy, but not not comedy either. It was high comedy, and it was kind of magical. I had no idea that energy was even in that room so I wasn't just reacting inside to what was on the screen but to the place bursting alive.

Posted by: ... at August 01, 2026 09:39 PM (vE0+H)

114 True Romance is a blast. Turned out it was in fact White Boy Day.

Posted by: ... at August 01, 2026 09:40 PM (vE0+H)

115 Never forget Tony Scott directed True Romance, he's the reason that film is great.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 09:42 PM (XV/Pl)

116 Can't remember where I heard this comment, but somebody once called Charade the best Alfred Hitchcock film that Hitchcock never made. Sounds about right unless I'm forgetting a better candidate for the spot.

Stanley Donen -- the best non-Hitchcock Hitchcock flick, one of the best musicals with Singin' in the Rain, the delightful Two for the Road... Of Saturn 3 we will not speak.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 09:43 PM (q3u5l)

117 Five years old first time I saw Wagner, knew he was a sleazy bitch at first sight.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 09:31 PM (Pee1E)

"A Kiss Before Dying". No acting required.

Posted by: sal at August 01, 2026 09:44 PM (f+FmA)

118 Tony Scott may the most underrated directors of all time.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 09:44 PM (XV/Pl)

119 I love From Dusk Til Dawn as well. I don't know if it fits as a guilty pleasure movie or if it's just straight up good.

Posted by: ... at August 01, 2026 09:45 PM (vE0+H)

120 From Dusk Till Dawn's first half had the potential to be a great film, the transition to vampire/gore fest, was ridiculous.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 09:47 PM (XV/Pl)

121
Once upon a time in HWood.
The trio, as pictured in wikipedia, look like drug addicts.

https://tinyurl.com/4vynddj8


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 01, 2026 09:48 PM (Pee1E)

122 Tony Scott may the most underrated directors of all time.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 09:44 PM (XV/Pl)

Always loved The Last Boy Scout. I remember it as the first movie I really enjoyed without my dad around. I must have been kind of numb when I saw it but it broke through. As for the rest, nothing stands out to me but that's just my taste.

Posted by: ... at August 01, 2026 09:49 PM (vE0+H)

123 From Dusk Till Dawn's first half had the potential to be a great film, the transition to vampire/gore fest, was ridiculous.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 09:47 PM (XV/Pl)

Another great theater experience. If you watched it on TV it may have lost something in translation? Fun. I liked the way it played with the various vampire tropes.

Posted by: ... at August 01, 2026 09:52 PM (vE0+H)

124 "Can't remember where I heard this comment, but somebody once called Charade the best Alfred Hitchcock film that Hitchcock never made. Sounds about right unless I'm forgetting a better candidate for the spot."

What Lies Beneath is a good candidate for best Alfred Hitchcock film that Hitchcock never made.

Posted by: davidt at August 01, 2026 09:53 PM (Q+gd/)

125 Thank you TJM for this thoughtful and thought-provoking essay.

Posted by: Bigsmith at August 01, 2026 09:53 PM (1Au9i)

126 @123

>>I liked the way it played with the various vampire tropes.

I'm not a horror guy, but I didn't dislike the vampire/gore turn because of the the gore, I disliked it because it derailed what I thought could have been a really good premise of the first half of the film.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 09:57 PM (XV/Pl)

127 From Dusk Till Dawn -- that left turn from crime to vampires is a genuine wtf moment, and I can see it not working for everybody. But if there's a dull frame in that flick I missed it. Not a favorite, but fun.

And QT bandaging up his bullet-perforated hand with duck tape -- is there anything it can't do?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 09:57 PM (q3u5l)

128 Salma's dance.

Posted by: davidt at August 01, 2026 09:58 PM (Q+gd/)

129 And outta here for the evening.

TJM, thanks for the thread.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 01, 2026 09:58 PM (q3u5l)

130 @128

>>Salma's dance.

Here dance in Dogma may be better.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 10:00 PM (XV/Pl)

131 Crap didn't post correctly. Now it's linked properly.
Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 08:44 PM (KC5Lt)

Let me get this in before the ONT.

You seriously should consider offering your skills for book cover design.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 01, 2026 10:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

132 Sorry I missed the thread, but this was a really good post! And I love your choices for the director’s most quintessential films.

Btw my favorite Joe Dante film is Matinee,

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 01, 2026 10:04 PM (Ol0VD)

133 For me, the best of Wyler was The Big Country. It was David Lean style spectacle in a western, with a superior cast, better script, better pacing, and a terrific musical score.

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