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I might be taking the day off.

Stormfront assholes are driving me out of business and I cannot do anything about it.

Posted by: Ace at 03:10 PM




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Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 03:10 PM (VcFUs)

2 Bwah?

Posted by: tunakermit at July 08, 2020 03:10 PM (1z2F+)

3 calling the otters

Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 03:10 PM (VcFUs)

4 Edge of Tomorrow reset?

Posted by: Barrel it up at July 08, 2020 03:10 PM (fz0iQ)

5 *sigh*

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 08, 2020 03:10 PM (M/9m0)

6 Idiots

Posted by: IrishEi at July 08, 2020 03:10 PM (sGotD)

7 what are stormfront assholes?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 08, 2020 03:11 PM (oAY8z)

8 whoopsie

Posted by: kallisto at July 08, 2020 03:11 PM (DJFLF)

9 Good idea.

Wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for some of the rest of us to step away for a day too.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 03:11 PM (hku12)

10 No probs, Ace. Sorry you had to flush that thread, but what can you do?

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:11 PM (TwA+r)

11 they been hollared at.

Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 03:11 PM (VcFUs)

12 what happened to the Michiganders?

Posted by: random lurker commenter at July 08, 2020 03:11 PM (3afdH)

13 #7: antisemitic trolls.

Posted by: Liberty at July 08, 2020 03:11 PM (Icu+E)

14 But are they really stormfront?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:11 PM (A5zUN)

15 Do what ya gotta do, Ace.

Posted by: Barrel it up at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (fz0iQ)

16 "what are stormfront assholes?"
They were probably leftist trying to pose as Stormfront assholes, old trick.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (TwA+r)

17 Stormfront assholes are driving me out of business and I cannot do anything about it.
Wait... wut? I feel like I missed something ...

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (+S1Fy)

18 I think leftist fake trolls.

Posted by: blaster at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (Ieq1i)

19 Was there another post here that got wiped due to shithead comments?

Posted by: Moron Pundit at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (qgUJH)

20 "But are they really stormfront?"

Most likely false flags. Trying to make Ace look bad.

Posted by: Chris M at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (eAZVt)

21 Who can, hit the tip jar. Amazed we've lasted this long.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (OUMaO)

22 An entry disappeared. Something in Michigan.

Posted by: CapeFear at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (4PDMt)

23 what is stormfront?

Posted by: Silent at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (xh1To)

24 But are they really stormfront?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:11 PM (A5zUN)


Probably not. It's an election year, so there really really are people being paid to troll websites.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (hku12)

25 Yeah... no offense to ace but part of the reason I have been steering clear of the comments recently is how um vitriolic they have become.

Also it is a pain in the ass to comment from any of my I devices and their smart punctuation.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (YzR+W)

26 >>>Most likely false flags. Trying to make Ace look bad.


and killing my advertising

making me poor

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (PbpT7)

27 T'Pol.

Posted by: FrodoB-
Trying again at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (dQF3z)

28 the trolls are constant work, it is amazing how they mass up so quickly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (Kpl3J)

29 yes you can, but you refuse.

Posted by: angsterdamn at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (mP6Ur)

30 Terrible, bunch of lowlife bastards.

Posted by: Cory at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (TxDwv)

31 all my witty (and by witty I mean inane and retarded) comments are all gone.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (Jx5Qs)

32 16 "what are stormfront assholes?"
They were probably leftist trying to pose as Stormfront assholes, old trick.
Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (TwA+r)

Or just leftists finally comfortable letting the mask slip.

It's hard to tell the difference watching the news and Twitter these days.

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (Ojki1)

33 14 But are they really stormfront?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:11 PM (A5zUN)

____________________________

Yeah, that's too descriptive. I'd go with inbred, asshole troglodytes.

Posted by: Orson at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (94eNM)

34 From a couple of threads down:

451 All those "freedoms" listed in the Constitution....how many do you really have?

Well, we haven't had any troops quartered in our house and I haven't been charged for any crimes my father might have committed. Other than that?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 01:10 PM (KZzsI)

If you are of the cracker race, you are charged with "white Privilege" at every turn. Did you or your father have anything to do with said imaginary privilege - highly unlikely yet the charge remains. I, also of the cracker race, vigorously reject the charge and will verbally attack anyone who levels it at me. This attack last happened with my daughter, she knows better now than to utter such bs in my presence again.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (JNTt1)

35 I also highly suspect that it is paid trolls not storm front types who are making these comments.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (YzR+W)

36 Was there another post here that got wiped due to shithead comments?

Posted by: Moron Pundit at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (qgUJH)

Yes, the thread regarding the Michigan couple being charged.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (TwA+r)

37 Also it is a pain in the ass to comment from any of my I devices and their smart punctuation.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (YzR+W)


You do know it's really easy to turn off.

Posted by: Buzzion at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (9OZbr)

38 16 "what are stormfront assholes?"
They were probably leftist trying to pose as Stormfront assholes, old trick.
Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (TwA+r)

I mean, they're both antisemitic....

Posted by: Allie at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (vmRc0)

39 just take note of the non MAGA signage in people's front yards. You need to know the hostile origins of people should something untoward (like a boogaloo) happen.

Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (VcFUs)

40 14 But are they really stormfront?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:11 PM (A5zUN)

Probably not. It's just a bunch of leftist plants larping around in fascist cosplay so other leftists can try to justify attacking this community based on what their plants did.

Typical false flag bullshit.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (O4K4J)

41 7 Hizzoner of the blog is referring to Goobers posting anti Semitic and racist remarks so Ace gets deplatformed. Chances are that they are leftists thinking that they are roleplaying but they are really expressing the way that they see the world. The distance between the Nahrzis and Leftists is not much.

Cobbers and ban hammer defenses have not availed against the swarm so far. The Federalist for example had to eliminate comments due to these jokers.

Posted by: undercover commenter at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (pv2s8)

42 Happy fun threads!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (LvTSG)

43 Watching "The Bob Newhart Show" with the wife. The 70s were a very different time.

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (iWCRg)

44 I said a few days ago that I believed an op is being run on AoS. No one seemed concerned.

Posted by: fly at July 08, 2020 03:15 PM (2M/TV)

45 Not storm front assholes. DU assholes pretending to be SF assholes.

These days, that's a distinction without a difference.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 08, 2020 03:15 PM (naEeR)

46 Fuck those trolls. Maybe it is time to go to comment registration Ace.

Posted by: stourma at July 08, 2020 03:15 PM (cgMvz)

47 Again from the future so might not end well

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 03:15 PM (6f16T)

48 Posted by: Buzzion at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (9OZbr)

Yeah but then I lose all smart punctuation in iMessage and elsewhere too right?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:15 PM (YzR+W)

49 I agree that the rewording of comments ala the MUMR approach is the most effective. It just makes them look like imbeciles but they cannot do a thing about it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:15 PM (KZzsI)

50 I'm out. Have a wonderful afternoon folks.

You too Ace. Keep your chin up, and your wits.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (hVARR)

51 26 >>>Most likely false flags. Trying to make Ace look bad.


and killing my advertising

making me poor

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (PbpT7)

If ewoks were meant to be rich God would've given them thumbs.

Posted by: Someguy at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (3mQPr)

52 Fuck those assholes. I'm sorry, Ace.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (hYcqw)

53 They were probably leftist trying to pose as Stormfront assholes, old trick.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (TwA+r)



I mean, they're both antisemitic....
True, but leftists are more loud about it, and get more media support.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (TwA+r)

54 It's one guy. He's been doing this on and off here for a while. I think a woman broke him. Has a lot of time on his hands now. He loves her, poor thing.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (dPZ2a)

55 If there was a way to give more *trusted* regulars limited function to delete trolls.

It may work.

Cause it's going to get worse until election's done.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (rQEdR)

56

PAYPAL drive for ace!!!!!!

Posted by: imp at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (SFOr6)

57 so how does "stormfront" connect to this page/site? I don't get it.

Posted by: Silent at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (xh1To)

58 >>>47 Fuck those trolls. Maybe it is time to go to comment registration Ace.

not up to me

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (PbpT7)

59 The distance between the Nahrzis and Leftists is not much.

Posted by: undercover commenter at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (pv2s

The lie of the century is that a German Socialist Worker's Party was somehow right-wing, just because it focused on the German state instead of sucking Stalin's dick.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (O4K4J)

60 45 I said a few days ago that I believed an op is being run on AoS. No one seemed concerned.

Posted by: fly
Hell, I'm concerned. aside from trolling lefty on the twatter, this is my only place on teh internet.

Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (VcFUs)

61 The distinction between hard left wokesters and the klan is very thin these days. They use a lot of the same language about whites, albeit attempting opposite meaning.

Stuff like "you cannot deny the innate advantage of whiteness" and "privilege is a natural part of being white"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (KZzsI)

62 what are stormfront assholes?

DeSean Jackson keeps posting weird Farrakhan shit.

Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (2nFxy)

63 31 Not storm front assholes. DU assholes pretending to be SF assholes.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (PH9hb)

They're assholes playing assholes disguised as other assholes

Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (Izzlo)

64 Stormfront or....moby?

I think the latter. There are a lot less national socialists then international ones....

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (qlFIA)

65 I said a few days ago that I believed an op is being run on AoS. No one seemed concerned.

More like no one considered it suprising or new. Election years bring out the trolls.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (naEeR)

66 what are stormfront assholes?
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 08, 2020 03:11 PM (oAY8z)

Bleached anuses drooling diarrhea.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (CLteG)

67 I'm ok if we just have boobs most of the time, and food I like food too

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (/DRav)

68 "Fuck those trolls. Maybe it is time to go to comment registration Ace."
Pixy doesn't have it set up, otherwise he would have.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (TwA+r)

69 Back from a trip to the Tip Jar. There's a lotta room there...

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (XxJt1)

70 I hit the tip jar, lightly I'm afraid, and hope that others will do the same today.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (FTlwv)

71 Just hit the tip jar Ace - I am sorry these idiots are trying to ruin everything.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (gaFth)

72 not up to me

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (PbpT7)


Wut?

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (rQEdR)

73 DeSean Jackson keeps posting weird Farrakhan shit.
***

Anyone want to guess how long it would take for a non-woke player to get fired for (thinking) he was quoting Hitler positively?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (qlFIA)

74 66 Stormfront or....moby?

I think the latter. There are a lot less national socialists then international ones....

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (qlFIA)

Yeah that would seem to be the safe bet statistically.

Posted by: Someguy at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (3mQPr)

75 This attack last happened with my daughter, she knows better now than to utter such bs in my presence again.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (JNTt1)

That's adorable honey.

I'll help you with less white privilege- You are out of the will so you don't inherit that icky privilege.

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (Ojki1)

76 I'd like to claim there's difference between stormfront and the left, but, the only distinction is language.

Though, the left really isn't hiding their antisemitism and racial animus any more.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (WEBkv)

77 59 >>>47 Fuck those trolls. Maybe it is time to go to comment registration Ace.

not up to me
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (PbpT7)

===========

Sounds like something you want. I guess Pixy would have to build it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (LvTSG)

78 Yeah, I think it's Alinskyan leftist assholes posting as Nazi-wannabes to defame this site.

Probably trying to get it shut down.

Hee. Hee.

Posted by: Axeman at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (Eicbe)

79 62 The distinction between hard left wokesters and the klan is very thin these days. They use a lot of the same language about whites, albeit attempting opposite meaning.

---

They're both big into wearing masks, and destroying Christian symbols

Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (Izzlo)

80 cbd ?

Posted by: angsterdamn at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (mP6Ur)

81 "Stormfront assholes are driving me out of business"

I know you hate to ASK for money, but I know most of us would be happy to chip in if it's needed. Have trolls really hurt your income recently? Do we need to host an Ewok-a-Thon?

Posted by: Grimaldi at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (Of/Uk)

82 58 so how does "stormfront" connect to this page/site? I don't get it.
Posted by: Silent at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (xh1To)

There are dark corners of the Internet where people with ahem very strong racial views live. Those people may think this current political climate is a good time to try to convince people to their view points.

But I suspect paid leftist trolls are the driving force here trying to deplatform conservatives in the run up the the election. Hard to say.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (YzR+W)

83 As it happens more and more now that I'm getting older, I walk in and don't know what the fuck is going on...

Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (mrrpT)

84 Good thing it's Wine down Wednesday

Posted by: spypeach at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (Up/Jb)

85 Also I don't believe the troll is a false flag.

I've read enough of the internet to see what parody by Leftists looks like, and what a true believer looks like.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (hVARR)

86 I hate lazy salesmen. The dealer where I bought my car a few years back (201 sent me some spam begging me to come in and test drive a new model and trade in my current car so they can re-list it. Late model, low mileage, very good condition. It would do well on their used car lot.

I am not in the market and wouldn't do anything other than mutter "nice try" under my breath anyway, but then I got to the come-on. They tell me "In most cases, we can keep your monthly payment about the same."

If they had bothered to even check their records, they'd know that I don't have it financed. I financed it at the dealer (part of their discount scheme) and paid it off within three months. They know this. They have the records. Yet they still send the boiler plate come-on.

Trying to talk people into eternal automotive debt prison is sleazy enough, but it's the laziness that bugs me. They could have tried a tack that would at least reveal that they had bothered to do even the small modicum of work required to not make me think that they take me for a fool.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (hYcqw)

87 I know Ace, I feel for you. Time to drop a little scratch in your pocket.

Posted by: stourma at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (cgMvz)

88 >>> I'm ok if we just have boobs most of the time, and food I like food too
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (/DRav)


Bewbs and brisket. Sign me up.

Posted by: Barrel it up at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (fz0iQ)

89 Expect as their next lame trick to try to use handles of regular posters here. The Shartblue pennies for Moby postings won't just earn themselves you know.

Occasionally, some of teh goobers are outright mentally ill and they can be horrifyingly persistent so much that they leave the paid trolls and ideological trolls in the dust. It is possible that a banned AOS goober that is off the meds is doing it or it could be an op from the Shartblue DNC commune members that need money now that CHAZ is no more.

Posted by: undercover commenter at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (pv2s8)

90 Yikes, that thread was rough. Thank God it's gone.

Posted by: jaimo at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (/Kt3K)

91 57 PAYPAL drive for ace!!!!!!

Posted by: imp at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (SFOr6)

In 100%.
"because I have nothing else!"

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (Jx5Qs)

92 Enable 20 regulars to ban hammer comments. CBD can't patrol every thread 24/7.

Posted by: NCKate at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (iKL4P)

93 I suspect they're really just BSG or other suckers of cock.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (oVJmc)

94
I'm ok if we just have boobs most of the time, and food I like food too

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby--LOL

Posted by: FrodoB-
Trying again at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (dQF3z)

95 Help Ace, guys. Hit the tip jar on the left sidebar. I just donated what I could right now. Every bit helps

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (oDRcK)

96 Who is it up then?

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (PH9hb)

Are you being a dick? These things don't happen by magic.

Why does everyone think everything is magic?
Content is not magic, and a website is not magic. It takes money and time and a lot of sleepless nights.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (dPZ2a)

97 Good thing it's Wine down Wednesday
======

Everyday is Wine Down Wednesday!

Posted by: Wine Moms at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (vg8iE)

98 65 31 Not storm front assholes. DU assholes pretending to be SF assholes.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at July 08, 2020 03:13 PM (PH9hb)

They're assholes playing assholes disguised as other assholes
Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (Izzlo)

So a cancel culture style attack?

Posted by: Iblis at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (F1AH3)

99 "I know you hate to ASK for money, but I know most of us would be happy
to chip in if it's needed. Have trolls really hurt your income recently?
Do we need to host an Ewok-a-Thon?"
Does ValuRite count as currency?

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (TwA+r)

100 Anyone following Farrakhan is going to be dooped into his crazy ideas.

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (6f16T)

101

Pete Buttigieg is writing a second book.

The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced Wednesday that Trust: America's Best Chance will be released Oct. 6, less than a month before Election Day.

Buttigieg, a former 2020 presidential candidate who has helped fundraise for Joe Biden, said he is trying to "start a new conversation" about the lack of trust people have in U.S. institutions and in fellow citizens.

"Our democracy depends on high levels of trust," he said, "but social and political trust have been moving in the wrong direction."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (aKsyK)

102 As it happens more and more now that I'm getting older, I walk in and don't know what the fuck is going on...

Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (mrrpT)
-------------

Just remember, admitting you've a problem is part of the road to recovery.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (WEBkv)

103 If I could I'd send ace some ewok bucks. He's almost continuously under attack, both legally and with crap like this. Like all of the right online and on TV and radio, there's a concerted effort to block off all advertising and revenue.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (KZzsI)

104 >>It's one guy. He's been doing this on and off here for a while. I think a woman broke him. Has a lot of time on his hands now. He loves her, poor thing.


Considering these [redacted] commenters always come here in the months leading up to an election, it's much more likely paid trolling to disrupt non-progressive online communities.

It's been happening on another site I like to read for several years. Always the same guy, who keeps returning with the same types of comments after being banned. There is no discussion, just disruption and destruction.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (bDqIh)

105 I can't even post from my cell phone anymore, I keep getting a bunch of red words and gibberish and an error message. What's up with that?

Posted by: jaimo at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (/Kt3K)

106
I know you hate to ASK for money, but I know
most of us would be happy to chip in if it's needed. Have trolls really
hurt your income recently? Do we need to host an Ewok-a-Thon?

Posted by: Grimaldi at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (Of/Uk)

will it have another Sharknado viewing!?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (Jx5Qs)

107 "I hate Illinois Nazis"

Posted by: Doof at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (mZUr4)

108 If we go to comment registration can I be grandfathered? Shouldn't all these inane comments over the years identity me as a bona fide 'ette?

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (XxJt1)

109 i repeatedly ban the stormfronters. they just come back with new IPs. I cannot permanently ban them unless pixy finally gives me comment registration
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 02:57 PM (PbpT7)


Pixy appeared in the ONT comments a few nights ago, and I tried to give him a heads up on the VPN trolls giving you and the cobs an almost impossible task to clean up.

He probably never saw my comment, but I tried.

The IP address comment ID system/hashes was controllable when VPNs were unheard of, but they are now quite common. I have one, but rarely have it turned on here.

I'll gladly register here and keep the VPN off to comment here.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (Z4rgH)

110 Is there a way to sign up to donate to Ace every month? A couple sites I'm on, I'm signed up to automatically throw them some cash every month. I think I'll try and throw a donation every month on the day I pay my bills, but it would be great if I could be lazy and not have to think about it. This nonsense will get worse over the next several months, I don't want to see Ace have to hire himself out to build shelves so he can eat.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (gaFth)

111


Twitter has been on a cancellation drive for right-side gadfly voices, especially humorous ones. Their reasons are bullshit, but it is plainly battlespace preparation.

I can't imagine the Left would avoid doing the same to independent voices and forums such as ace's where they are subjected to daily ridicule and spotlighting of their hypocrisy.

PAYPAL tipjar!

Posted by: imp at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (SFOr6)

112 The reason I suspect it is not real racist types is because I have known a few in real life and they are very subtle in what they say because they know only like 2% or the population agrees with them.

So they will say small things trying to black pill (I think that is the right term) people over time. Not openly racist things since they know that wins no converts.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (YzR+W)

113 Perhaps the My Pillow guy would be willing to advertise here?

Posted by: Erebus at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (X8XYH)

114 Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:18 PM (YzR+W)

Thanks for trying to explain it to me... I'm just not getting why the article/comments had to be taken down... or who did it..

Posted by: Silent at July 08, 2020 03:22 PM (xh1To)

115 Stop giving the trolls attention. Even mentioning them in comments emboldens them, because that is what they want.

This isn't fucking rocket science. What is the issue?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 03:22 PM (dLLD6)

116 I understand Ace's concern here. Leftists post racist comments here and then complain to advertisers that Ace of Spades has racist readers, you shouldn't advertise there.

not much you can do about it, I suppose, except hope that advertisers know that they're trolls and troublemakers.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at July 08, 2020 03:22 PM (4a9Vv)

117 Enable 20 regulars to ban hammer comments. CBD can't patrol every thread 24/7.

Posted by: NCKate at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (iKL4P)

This is the most likely solution. A few trusted regulars who almost live here anyway. Click a button and zap the obvious stuff almost as fast as MUMR gets zapped. I don't know if they can be limited to just deleting comments though or if they could end up breaking other things.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 03:22 PM (dPZ2a)

118 101

Pete Buttigieg is writing a second book.

The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced Wednesday that Trust: America's Best Chance will be released Oct. 6, less than a month before Election Day.

Buttigieg, a former 2020 presidential candidate who has helped fundraise for Joe Biden, said he is trying to "start a new conversation" about the lack of trust people have in U.S. institutions and in fellow citizens.

"Our democracy depends on high levels of trust," he said, "but social and political trust have been moving in the wrong direction."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (aKsyK)

Is he identifying as a black woman so he can get Biden's VP pick?

Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 03:22 PM (Izzlo)

119 Again I don't think banning is the answer, I think changing their comments as fast as possible is, to discredit and ruin them. Make them look like the imbeciles they are. But that takes people focused on the threads and responding fast.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:22 PM (KZzsI)

120 21 Who can, hit the tip jar. Amazed we've lasted this long.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (OUMaO)

I just hit the tip jar. If that's what needs to be done to ensure that we have a forum that is ad-free, we should do it.

Should we start quarterly NPR-style pledge drives?

*ducks*

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 08, 2020 03:22 PM (6xA3t)

121 Ace, I dunno if you can share this or if it would be absolute insanity to do (I suspect it would be insanity), but if there's any way to ballpark your revenue shortfall, we could set it as a target for the Paypal drive. I'll buy a prepaid card today and hit you up, but I have no idea if I'm helping or just adding a drop to the bucket. No context as to scale. I'm gonna do it anyway, but it might be helpful to coordinate. I'm happy to pay up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 08, 2020 03:22 PM (hYcqw)

122 Not storm front assholes. DU assholes pretending to be SF assholes.

They're assholes playing assholes disguised as other assholes

**********


We're surrounded by assholes

Posted by: Dark Helmet at July 08, 2020 03:22 PM (+dsLj)

123 I would be fine with registering, just so long as we can keep the socks.

Also, is there any way to post articles with comments turned off, if necessary? The one that got deleted was good.

Posted by: lowtech redneck at July 08, 2020 03:23 PM (hfClf)

124 108
If we go to comment registration can I be grandfathered? Shouldn't all
these inane comments over the years identity me as a bona fide 'ette?


Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (XxJt1)

You're an ette!?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 03:23 PM (Jx5Qs)

125 104 >>There is no discussion, just disruption and destruction.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (bDqIh)

You might want to trademark that line - and sell it to the DNC as their mission statement.

Posted by: Doof at July 08, 2020 03:23 PM (mZUr4)

126 The lie of the century is that a German Socialist
Worker's Party was somehow right-wing, just because it focused on the
German state instead of sucking Stalin's dick.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (O4K4J)


You've got that right. We've been so dumbed down that actual walking talking fascists, aka Democrats, get away with being fascists for the sole reason that they're not speaking with German accents. Because most of America learned its history from watching Hogan's Heroes. FFS.

Posted by: LGoPs at July 08, 2020 03:23 PM (Te+64)

127 Just sent you a little something.

Posted by: jaimo at July 08, 2020 03:23 PM (/Kt3K)

128 In other noos, Shep is back on CNBC

Posted by: FrodoB-
Trying again at July 08, 2020 03:23 PM (dQF3z)

129 126 108
If we go to comment registration can I be grandfathered? Shouldn't all
these inane comments over the years identity me as a bona fide 'ette?


Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (XxJt1)

You're an ette!?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 03:23 PM (Jx5Qs)

Bona fide, no less.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 08, 2020 03:23 PM (NWiLs)

130 >>"Our democracy depends on high levels of trust," he said, "but social and political trust have been moving in the wrong direction."


This is the same guy who takes obvious pleasure in openly needling traditional Christians, smearing them as ignorant haters, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 08, 2020 03:23 PM (bDqIh)

131 "Twitter has been on a cancellation drive for right-side gadfly voices,
especially humorous ones. Their reasons are bullshit, but it is plainly
battlespace preparation."
I suspect Parler is going to grow exponentially in the next year or so. Hope it doesn't go down the path of Twitter.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (TwA+r)

132 8" dirk to the groin usually stops a troll cold. Then enjoy a dram of single malt while the fool bleeds out.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (CLteG)

133 I'm fine with registration, but it does make using goofy nicknames to post with for comedic effect problematic. I stopped trying because I keep forgetting to change back but I know others do it a lot and its fun.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (KZzsI)

134 "But are they really stormfront?"

Most likely false flags. Trying to make Ace look bad.
Posted by: Chris M at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (eAZVt)

Stormfronters or false flaggots. Doesn't matter; they have to be nuked either way.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (gxaAV)

135

Hitting the tip jar is not a solution dealing with trash trolls.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (rQEdR)

136 Shouldn't all these inane comments over the years identity me as a bona fide 'ette?
Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (XxJt1)


Nope. Pics. yadda yadda

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (z79tQ)

137 48 Posted by: Buzzion at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (9OZbr)

Yeah but then I lose all smart punctuation in iMessage and elsewhere too right?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:15 PM (YzR+W)


Is it really that important that your quotes get an extra curl in your texts?

Posted by: Buzzion at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (9OZbr)

138 Boo, don't wanna change things here. Except for the trolls, they can FOAD

Posted by: zeera My tomatoes are doing GREAT at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (zUdXR)

139 Most likely false flags. Trying to make Ace look bad.



Posted by: Chris M at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM


This. Highly probable they're actually baizuo or wu mao.

Posted by: Bert G at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (OMsf+)

140 This isn't fucking rocket science. What is the issue?


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 03:22 PM (dLLD6)

The issue IMO is if their bilge are gonna be seen for more than a few minutes each - and some of the comments were up for 10 minutes or more - they're going to keep posting it whether they get mentioned or not.
Mind you I am NOT complaining about this to you or saying you should act faster... I am telling you how I think it is.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (dPZ2a)

141 Just remember, admitting you've a problem is part of the road to recovery.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (WEBkv)

I find it's easier to admit that I don't remember things as well as I used to and that I'm half deaf, so quit whispering and speak the fuck up.


Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (mrrpT)

142 136 I'm fine with registration, but it does make using goofy nicknames to post with for comedic effect problematic. I stopped trying because I keep forgetting to change back but I know others do it a lot and its fun.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (KZzsI)

==========

I could imagine a system that registers an email, for instance, and allows for nic changes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (LvTSG)

143 Are there any Jews named Christopher?

Posted by: Chris M at July 08, 2020 03:25 PM (eAZVt)

144 Just dropped you a little coin Ace, purchase a nice single malt to make the night go a little easier.

Posted by: stourma at July 08, 2020 03:25 PM (cgMvz)

145 re 105: Pixy doesn't like a lot of symbols. Curly quote marks get an error message. straight down quote marks don't. Could be that anyway.
Copying and pasting right from anothesite will often cause that, too.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at July 08, 2020 03:25 PM (4a9Vv)

146 It probably is leftists.
Post racist garbage, take a screenshot or have a buddy do so, then report it.
I hate fascists.

Posted by: Erebus at July 08, 2020 03:25 PM (X8XYH)

147 Pete Buttigieg is writing a second book.

The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced Wednesday that Trust: America's Best Chance will be released Oct. 6, less than a month before Election Day.

Buttigieg, a former 2020 presidential candidate who has helped fundraise for Joe Biden, said he is trying to "start a new conversation" about the lack of trust people have in U.S. institutions and in fellow citizens.

"Our democracy depends on high levels of trust," he said, "but social and political trust have been moving in the wrong direction."
========

It also takes a high level of trust when a strange man is dumping a load in my ass and he tells me he's negative.

Posted by: Mayor Buttplug at July 08, 2020 03:25 PM (vg8iE)

148
Pretty sure this is a Moby attack.

StormFront a-holes know they're not welcome here anyway.

Plus, this is the way libtards can let their true honest feelings about Blacks out by pretending to be someone else on line.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 08, 2020 03:25 PM (dLPcm)

149 I'm fine with registration, but it does make using goofy nicknames to post with for comedic effect problematic. I stopped trying because I keep forgetting to change back but I know others do it a lot and its fun.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (KZzsI)
---------

No idea what you mean.

Posted by: Taylor R. Christopher at July 08, 2020 03:25 PM (WEBkv)

150 Bona fide, no less.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at July 08, 2020 03:23 PM (NWiLs)

there's a joke in there. You want it?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 03:25 PM (Jx5Qs)

151 I hit the tip jar.

Posted by: DR.WTF at July 08, 2020 03:25 PM (AiZBA)

152 Anti-Semites are tedious and dull.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (Cy6k3)

153 Also it is a pain in the ass to comment from any of my I devices and their smart punctuation.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (YzR+W)

Buy an old computer. Install Linux. Apple sux, as does android.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (gxaAV)

154 re 146: some people think there is evidence that Christopher Columbus was Jewish, which in the eyes of the left would make him double plus evil.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (4a9Vv)

155 I'm fine with registration, but it does make using goofy nicknames to post with for comedic effect problematic.

**************

We find comment registration to be racist and bigoted against us.

Posted by: Goofy Nicknames at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (+dsLj)

156 It's one guy. He's been doing this on and off here for a while. I think a woman broke him. Has a lot of time on his hands now. He loves her, poor thing.

"Woman".

Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (naEeR)

157 Are there any Jews named Christopher?

Only those adopted into the body of Christ.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (KZzsI)

158 Posted by: Buzzion at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (9OZbr)

Ehhhh maybe not I guess.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (YzR+W)

159
Went to a branch of my bank to deposit some checks. Closed. Went to another branch. Closed. Went to a third branch. No lobby services. Went to the drive-through. Line around the building. One guy took 30 minutes to transact his business. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I am in a foul mood.


Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (mht8P)

160 All of this is unconventional warfare, straight out of Mao, Marx, Che, Zinn, Alinsky. It's surely funded well by such as Soros and he's certainly not the only one. The 'media' has finally gotten American population dumbed down to the level where they will believe any lie. But thank GOD not all of us believe just any lie. The weakminded angry revenge seekers come in all colors, ages, and sexes and though they may seem to be running the show they aren't. They still gotta be stopped and so does the Soros class. Who will stope them? Americans of every color, age, and sex who are not dumbed down or who have finallly realized who the real enemy is.

Posted by: Eromero at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (XhWtx)

161 Ace can you fix the amazon linky thing?


I buy a lot there and would love to give you some revenue from it.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (JUOKG)

162 Money problems from leftwing trolls? We have some exciting income opportunities for conservative brands such as yours in the exciting business of selling out! Many foreign investors are interested in selling out, and national media is excited to promote it!

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Posted by: Bill Kristol at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (Of/Uk)

163 I find it's easier to admit that I don't remember things as well as I used to and that I'm half deaf, so quit whispering and speak the fuck up.


Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 03:24 PM (mrrpT)
----------------

I got you covered.

Posted by: Garrett Morris at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (WEBkv)

164 "Posted by: Chris M at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM

This. Highly probable they're actually baizuo or wu mao."
I prefer to call them "omanko" myself.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (TwA+r)

165 I would think you could just key off the email field.

Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (lIIT7)

166 If you go comment registration, I'm in. Hell, I'm already reg'd with WordPress for reasons and sites. The big worries I used to have about my associations "splattering" aren't really in play anymore.

Besides, it's not as if the NSA doesn't know who we all are by now, anyway...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (OUMaO)

167 Hitting the tip jar is not a solution dealing with trash trolls.

No, Registration would be. Hitting the tip jar IS a temporarily help with income, though.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (oDRcK)

168 Hit the tip jar, first official act here. Lurked for years. Eff them arseholes if theyre trying to get Ace!

Posted by: Wheed Memlo at July 08, 2020 03:27 PM (s5p61)

169 Tedious dull comment at present location 153 needs nuked.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 03:27 PM (O4K4J)

170 Ace isn't going to imbed microchips in our necks in order to comment, is he?

Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 03:27 PM (mrrpT)

171 anti-Semitic? The HQ????

Hahahahahah...gasp... hahahaha!

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:28 PM (XxJt1)

172 fast response. Good job.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 03:28 PM (O4K4J)

173 Yeah but then I lose all smart punctuation in iMessage and elsewhere too right?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:15 PM (YzR+W)

So? You have keys to do that, don't you?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2020 03:28 PM (gxaAV)

174 No, Registration would be. Hitting the tip jar IS a temporarily help with income, though.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (oDRcK)
-----------

Hitting the tip jar might be enough to see Ace through until the nonsense stops.

Which it should.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 03:28 PM (WEBkv)

175 Ace isn't going to imbed microchips in our necks in order to comment, is he?
Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 03:27 PM (mrrpT)[/i\

They are pain amplifiers.

Posted by: DR.WTF at July 08, 2020 03:28 PM (AiZBA)

176 leftists talking about "having a conversation" reminds me of the old Calvin and Hobbes comic in which Moe the bully tells Calvin in so many words "give me your money"; when Calvin asks why, Moe replies "Because it will make us both so much happier"

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at July 08, 2020 03:28 PM (4a9Vv)

177 Half of these stupid comments are from banana splits guy. What a numbskull.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 03:29 PM (lwiT4)

178 >>Tedious dull comment at present location 153 needs nuked.

Go look at comment 153.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 08, 2020 03:29 PM (ZLI7S)

179 The reason I suspect it is not real racist types is because I have known a few in real life and they are very subtle in what they say because they know only like 2% or the population agrees with them.

So they will say small things trying to black pill (I think that is the right term) people over time. Not openly racist things since they know that wins no converts.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (YzR+W)

I thought the black pill referred to apathetic despair?

Posted by: lowtech redneck at July 08, 2020 03:29 PM (hfClf)

180 By the way, if I hit anyone with friendly fire during that clusterfuck of a thread, my apologies. Hard to always mind your aim in a dynamic environment...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 08, 2020 03:29 PM (OUMaO)

181
Either you allow ALL speech that is legal or you are no different than the Democrat cancel brigade. This is so obvious!

Posted by: Buchanan Brigade at July 08, 2020 03:27 PM (lOLHd)

Classic leftwing tactic. This is how they took over the universities.

Posted by: Someguy at July 08, 2020 03:29 PM (3mQPr)

182 The biggest problem here isn't so much the idiot trolls, its the jackass pathetic idiots who advertise. If you're so intellectually tiny you fall for that kind of weak stupidity, you shouldn't even own a business.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:29 PM (KZzsI)

183 No, Registration would be. Hitting the tip jar IS a temporarily help with income, though.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Also the only practical way I can think of to say thank you and cheer up Ace.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at July 08, 2020 03:29 PM (gaFth)

184 Stop giving the trolls attention. Even mentioning them in comments emboldens them, because that is what they want.

This isn't fucking rocket science. What is the issue?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo


I asked JJ this morning and he might have missed it.

Any way to go back to a thread, say 2 to 5 minutes after a nood is announced and just lock the thread from comments?

Kurt was still smearing crap on the walls after we were 200 comments in to the next thread.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 03:29 PM (QFqpA)

185 A few extra hands who can get rid of trolls could be good

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 03:30 PM (6f16T)

186 "By the way, if I hit anyone with friendly fire during that clusterfuck
of a thread, my apologies. Hard to always mind your aim in a dynamic
environment..."
It's okay, I think I asked for a clean-up on your post by mistake. No worries.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:30 PM (TwA+r)

187 Registration is not going to fix it and ace ALREADY said it's not up to him. Best answer is crowdsource troll control at least until the election.

Enable a few trusted longtime regulars to help mods with the nuking. There are enough trusted people here who refresh the comments like jackrabbits who can spot the easily identifiable posts and would help out.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 03:30 PM (dPZ2a)

188 Stormfront assholes are the softest and most receptive assholes out there.

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 08, 2020 03:30 PM (IsWuk)

189 I thought the black pill referred to apathetic despair?
Posted by: lowtech redneck at July 08, 2020 03:29 PM (hfClf)


It wounds my heart with a monotonous languor.

Posted by: DR.WTF at July 08, 2020 03:30 PM (AiZBA)

190 155 re 146: some people think there is evidence that Christopher Columbus was Jewish, which in the eyes of the left would make him double plus evil.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at July 08, 2020 03:26 PM (4a9Vv)


I've read that from a credible source.
Also that they help appreciably with funding
hoping he would find a place they could live in
peace.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:30 PM (rQEdR)

191 Identifying comments by numbers is never effective, because banned comments vanish and another takes that number. People like me confuse enough without having missing stuff identified by number.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:30 PM (KZzsI)

192 I thought the black pill referred to apathetic despair?
Posted by: lowtech redneck



I thought the black pill referred to mollies.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 03:31 PM (QFqpA)

193 34 I haven't been charged for any crimes my father might have committed. Other than that?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 01:10 PM (KZzsI)

How 'bout the NASCAR driver that lost sponsors for something his dad said 10 years before he was born?
Does that count?

Posted by: I'm Tucker Carlson and I will destroy you at July 08, 2020 03:31 PM (iiT9X)

194 173 The censorship on this site is so hypocritical. Ace correctly points out that the radical left censors people but then he does the same to anyone posting a viewpoint he doesn't like.

Either you allow ALL speech that is legal or you are no different than the Democrat cancel brigade. This is so obvious!
Posted by: Buchanan Brigade at July 08, 2020 03:27 PM (lOLHd)

This is not a platform, nor does it pretend to be one for favorable taxation purposes, it is a blog. It's ace's playground and he gets to set the rules. If you don't like it, I recommend writing your opinions on heavy cardstock, folding them until they are all points and corners, and shoving them up your ass.

Have a nice day.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 03:31 PM (O4K4J)

195 Remember: Don't quote or respond to the trolls.

Break the wrist, walk away.
Break the wrist, walk away.

Posted by: RoyalOil at July 08, 2020 03:31 PM (aO8Gd)

196 "Either you allow ALL speech that is legal or you are no different than the Democrat cancel brigade. This is so obvious!"

And then you can go get Ace de-platformed, right? How about we just keep banning you douchebags.

Posted by: Chris M at July 08, 2020 03:31 PM (eAZVt)

197 "Our democracy depends on high levels of trust," he said, "but social and political trust have been moving in the wrong direction."

Well, that ain't wrong as far as it goes but somehow I'll bet his answer isn't for media, politicians, academia, etc. to regain trust by not lying to us and by not trying to manipulate us.

Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 08, 2020 03:31 PM (qc+VF)

198 194 Identifying comments by numbers is never effective, because banned comments vanish and another takes that number. People like me confuse enough without having missing stuff identified by number.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:30 PM (KZzsI)

=========

My way is the best way, and all should mimic it.

Though we should all chose different symbols to mark the delineation between the original comment and the response. I've long claimed the =.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:31 PM (LvTSG)

199 Speaking as a longtime erstwhile sparse commenter I recommend you shut down the comments section down for a week and give yourself a mental break.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 08, 2020 03:31 PM (NiTgA)

200 I'm watching a replay of the WEC (Sportscar racing) event at Silverstone (UK). The weather was pretty good considering it was central England in September. Need to find out who that pit lane reporterette is. She is one pretty gal. Probably take a walk in the heat and humidity later. Gotta go back to work tomorrow. I work with far left lunatics. There conservations are 'enlightening'. I stay quiet. It's for the best.

There. I took advantage of 'open thread' by posting inane commentary! My work is done.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2020 03:31 PM (Cy6k3)

201 Stormfront assholes are the softest and most receptive assholes out there.

Where can I find these, uhh, Stormfront assholes. Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Barack Obama at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (ZGrMX)

202 Just hit the tip jar.

Posted by: Muad'dib at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (sjdRT)

203 Joe Biden: " The police are the enemy" "Defund the police" " Rewrite the economy" The Trump ads just write themselves.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (q9BaN)

204 Oh fuck this shit, not again.

Current hash l17T7. Fire at will.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (OUMaO)

205 So, the Terminator series...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (LvTSG)

206 Clicking on the ads and poking around
Hope that helps

Posted by: vmom 2020 at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (EGSGm)

207 I probably wouldn't post if registration was required. No big loss I'm sure.

Posted by: goodluckduck at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (MSM+f)

208 Right after nood is to fast. Sometimes a hour later some are still going on the topic at the end, which may not be the beginning.

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (6f16T)

209 190 Registration is not going to fix it and ace ALREADY said it's not up to him. Best answer is crowdsource troll control at least until the election.

Enable a few trusted longtime regulars to help mods with the nuking. There are enough trusted people here who refresh the comments like jackrabbits who can spot the easily identifiable posts and would help out.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 03:30 PM (dPZ2a)


It's free and could be very reliable.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (rQEdR)

210 I'm OK if we switch to registered accounts at this point.

Posted by: Max Power at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (q177U)

211 I PayPal'd. Thanks Ace

Posted by: Dingbat at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (PMMrm)

212 208 So, the Terminator series...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (LvTSG)

Hot garbage. What about it?

Posted by: Someguy at July 08, 2020 03:33 PM (3mQPr)

213 What's smart punctuation and how do you turn it off? I wonder if that's why I all of a sudden can't post from my cell phone.

Posted by: jaimo at July 08, 2020 03:33 PM (/Kt3K)

214 Ok, brainstorm solutions:

1) Registration for commentors. Biggest downside I can see would just be it is a bar to entry. That is kind of the point, but you end up with more lurkers. And, to be fair, a lot on our side are skeptical of any kind of registration.

2) Empower trusted commentors to ban and delete posts. Biggest problem with this is when you give people power, some people go a bit wonky. Plus, everyone's idea of what is and what is not offensive might be different.

3) Shut down comments. Maybe go with a mirror site with no advertising in order to comment on? Biggest issue is that this is exactly what the trolls want. They want us to feel isolated, unable to communicate with each other and demoralized.

4) ace changes the AOSHQ to a My Little Pony fan page.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:33 PM (A5zUN)

215 So, the Terminator series...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield


Is it really a series if there are only two movies?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 08, 2020 03:33 PM (OUMaO)

216 I am sorry you are having these troubles, Ace. It's such a contentious time. I hit the jar with my little bit.

Posted by: lizabth at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (L3Rsz)

217 I agree with Eromero @ comment 161 or so, disrupting sites like this is definitely a planned and executed strategy.

And because there's still SO little enthusiasm for Biden, we'll see more and more ops like this one (from the site Just The News):

https://tinyurl.com/ydgl6c9j

Liberals reserve tickets to Trump's New Hampshire rally to try making venue look empty

Posted by: gdgm+ at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (ExnWy)

218 I'd create a registration, trolls are lazy, that alone will filter out a lot of it.

This is about the only forum I've ever seen that doesn't have it, I'm amazed it's not just porn and casino spam in the comments section.

Posted by: Blago at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (spaI5)

219 218 So, the Terminator series...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield

Is it really a series if there are only two movies?
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 08, 2020 03:33 PM (OUMaO)

=========

Genysis and Dark Fate?

Weirdo...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (LvTSG)

220 Joe,

It's very likely they don't have a verification for paid off accounts, as I suspect it's a rare occurance.

Someone isn't pulling finance records, you are listed as a previous buyer and financer. and the list generates you as a lead every so often.
They normally offload the finance notes to a bank at some point, though 3 months is pretty quick, but it's possible they never knew you paid the note.

I get what you are saying though, its a different sales battlefield these days with all the data cutting for leads. Just more directed junk mailing.

Posted by: Inogame at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (+2xjH)

221 Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (XxJt1)

You're an ette!?


Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 03:23 PM (Jx5Qs)

*Checks...yep, bumps*But I'm kinda flattered.

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (XxJt1)

222 Did a thread go away?

Posted by: CN at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (ONvIw)

223 ace, like most people I would guess you probably find me annoying but I did want to make it very clear that I appreciate this site tremendously and the work that you do here is incredibly important. You are a very powerful force on the internet believe it or not, both from your posts and the incredible commentariat you've managed to gather here by your particular style and ability with words.

The writing you do here is brilliant, entertaining, amusing, thought-provoking, informative, and moving. Please understand how important that is for thousands of people online, and how through that you reach hundreds of thousands beyond them.

I know that sitting behind a keyboard it can feel very lonely and pointless day after day, that the feedback you get usually ends up being people yelling meep and making otter jokes, but we do so because we appreciate your work, you personally, and what you mean to all of us.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (KZzsI)

224 So, the Terminator series...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (LvTSG)


The teevee show, or the movie series?

I kinda liked the tv show. Not great, but not bad. Didn't last long. Cercei Lannister as Sarah Conner... she did a good job, I thought.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (hku12)

225 Gird your loins.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (q1Pj5)

226 Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (XxJt1)

You're an ette!?
***
Creeper Aw (Wo)Man

https://tinyurl.com/yyh8nlm9 (youtube)

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (qlFIA)

227 4) ace changes the AOSHQ to a My Little Pony fan page.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:33 PM (A5zUN)


That would just attract the bronies and other sexual deviants.

Posted by: Burn Notice at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (wCmLp)

228 5) Ignore the trolls. They get dealt with eventually and only keep coming back when the get a response like this.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (ZLI7S)

229

Are there any Jews named Christopher?

Only those adopted into the body of Christ.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor


Not true.

Went to college with a very Jewish kid whose mom named him Christopher. She just liked the name.

Posted by: imp at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (SFOr6)

230 This Oy Vey, They Took My Shekels guy is winning me over with his sophisticated arguments riddles with facts and homophobia.

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (IsWuk)

231
When blacks and/or Muslims exceed 10 percent of any given population they self segregate, refuse to integrate, breed and become increasingly violent and feral.

Prove me wrong.

Hard to say but the truth often is.

Posted by: Free Mason! And April, and Willie Too! at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (CWKAG)

232 Register commenters & moderate what's posted.

Your sand box, your rules.

Posted by: aelfheld at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (IxDhF)

233 riddled

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (IsWuk)

234 I posted on a dead thread couple of threads back. Anyone besides me like the movie Peppermint? One of the few girl power movies I've enjoyed.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (FeOTH)

235 4) ace changes the AOSHQ to a My Little Pony fan page.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:33 PM (A5zUN)

Well that will certainly keep the weirdo losers out.

Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (Izzlo)

236 (YQhAA)
burn

Posted by: FrodoB-
Trying again at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (dQF3z)

237 I say go with number 2, makes sense and I trust the regulars to wield the ban hammer lightly; sort of.

Posted by: stourma at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (cgMvz)

238 Genysis and Dark Fate?

Weirdo...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (LvTSG)
-------------

I'm not sure how much weight I give the opinion of a guy who can't refrain from constantly promoting Prometheus.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (WEBkv)

239 238 I posted on a dead thread couple of threads back. Anyone besides me like the movie Peppermint? One of the few girl power movies I've enjoyed.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (FeOTH)

==========

I remember that Armond White loved it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (LvTSG)

240 This is about the only forum I've ever seen that doesn't have it, I'm amazed it's not just porn and casino spam in the comments section.

Posted by: Blago at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (spaI5)


I know, right?

Posted by: Lace Wigs at July 08, 2020 03:36 PM (wCmLp)

241 Well I'm getting panty adverts on aos. No problem clicking those if it brings in the kale.

Posted by: Bosk at July 08, 2020 03:36 PM (SWbVS)

242 What's smart punctuation and how do you turn it off? I wonder if that's why I all of a sudden can't post from my cell phone.
Posted by: jaimo


Should be under keyboard settings on your phone.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 03:36 PM (QFqpA)

243 Well that will certainly keep the weirdo losers out.
Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (Izzlo)
--------------

Yep, nothing says "normal" quite like being THE SITE for furries and their fans.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 03:36 PM (WEBkv)

244 How 'bout the NASCAR driver that lost sponsors for something his dad said 10 years before he was born?
Does that count?


Yeah, that would partially count. It wasn't government doing it, but still damaging to rights.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:36 PM (KZzsI)

245 Are there any Jews named Christopher?

Only those adopted into the body of Christ.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Any black guys in real life named Jake?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 03:36 PM (FeOTH)

246 Robert Redford Endorses Biden

-
Game over, man. Game over.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 08, 2020 03:36 PM (+y/Ru)

247 236 Register commenters & moderate what's posted.

Your sand box, your rules.
Posted by: aelfheld at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (IxDhF)

I'm fine with this

Posted by: CN at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (ONvIw)

248 Heh, I clicked on an ad on the front page, went down to find another link to click in the popup. I chose the privacy policy page and it 404'd.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (LvTSG)

249 WTF. If Stormfront assholes mess up this site then I will be quietly angry.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (Ve//x)

250 232 5) Ignore the trolls. They get dealt with eventually and only keep coming back when the get a response like this.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (ZLI7S)

Regrettably, this.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (A5zUN)

251 226 Christopher - the links I see to here from many other sites and even Cobs get articles on their Threads.
I think its very important to to keep going.

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (6f16T)

252
The funny thing about these Moby a-holes showing up is -

that it is proof positive that as of right now they are going to lose the election in November.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be here.

They've managed to show everyone who they are and the voters don't like it.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (dLPcm)

253 It's not stormfront. It's Vindman from his kitchen with his laptop, fat-fingering every other word.

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (+S1Fy)

254 I understand why the thread had to be deleted. With the cancellation/de-monetization wave spreading, there are places and topics where you just can't go. We all have to self censor now, for our own survival, and the survival of anything we care about. Add in the trolls and it just gets toxic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (Kpl3J)

255 I feel kinda bad for these trolls. Oh wait, that was just a fart. Nevermind.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (lwiT4)

256 Enable a few trusted longtime regulars to help mods with the nuking. There are enough trusted people here who refresh the comments like jackrabbits who can spot the easily identifiable posts and would help out.
Posted by: ...

_____________

I'm a fan of this, but it seems if anyone that goes the slightest bit off the party line, they are labeled a troll.

I'm sorry, I don't think Trump's every move is pure brilliance and I don't we have an incoming 40 state landslide. Hopefully that won't get me banned?

Posted by: Blago at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (spaI5)

257 One of the comment programs has a neat feature that you can set to disappear a comment if it gets a certain number of down arrows. No need for a mod.

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (XxJt1)

258 Robert Redford Endorses Biden
===

Other endorsements include Depends, Ben Gay, Ensure, and Aricept.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (vg8iE)

259 Just check a shared password in the email field. Gotta ask around to get the password.

Posted by: Serious Cat at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (zqs/f)

260 Buttigieg, a former 2020 presidential candidate who has helped fundraise for Joe Biden, said he is trying to "start a new conversation" about the lack of trust people have in U.S. institutions and in fellow citizens.

"Our democracy depends on high levels of trust," he said, "but social and political trust have been moving in the wrong direction."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2020 03:20 PM (aKsyK)
+++++++++++++
He's right. But he doesn't get it. He understands that trust has been destroyed and that this is a seriously bad development, but he doesn't understand why. This is either because he is stupid or because he is dishonest. It could be both.

But he is correct that trust is shattered and no longer exists. Why should it? Every political and cultural institution has started lying with almost perfect consistency.
- Politicians claim to love America while executing a coup
- Politicians claim to be devout Catholics while championing abortion
- The press obfuscates only when they don't like
- The universities and schools teach that knowledge is ignorance, that slavery is freedom, that brute force is argument.
- Hollywood serves up pablum and calls it art.
- Industry outsources and offshores and thrusts communities into penury while saying it is for their own good.
- Banks tell you that you can afford things you can't and set you up for failure.
- Climatologists tell you that you're destroying the world, while conspiring to ensure their lies remain hidden.

The list goes on, more or less infinitely. And these people have the temerity to bemoan the loss of trust and wail that they don't understand why. They do understand, each and every one of them, at some level. They understand because they did it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (hYcqw)

261


Robert Redford Endorses Biden

-
Game over, man. Game over.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler


He just wants to get Redfordirations issued in real life. It's all a Watchmen plot.

Posted by: imp at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (SFOr6)

262 Peppermint (movie) was ok

Posted by: vmom 2020 at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (EGSGm)

263 I've always believed that the political spectrum is a crescent: the left and right extremes are pretty close to one another. My uber woke brother and sis-in-law are far closer to Nazis than they know or are willing to acknowledge.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (HmZuC)

264 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (KZzsI)

Well said Christopher! I heartily concur.

Posted by: LGoPs at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (Te+64)

265 4) ace changes the AOSHQ to a My Little Pony fan page.

Posted by: Aetius451AD


Aka the "Den Beste/Chizumatic" option.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (OUMaO)

266 This is the most likely solution. A few trusted regulars who almost live here anyway. Click a button and zap the obvious stuff almost as fast as MUMR gets zapped. I don't know if they can be limited to just deleting comments though or if they could end up breaking other things.
Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 03:22 PM (dPZ2a)

Just give them the power to edit those comments into MUMR-style nonsense. AND put a record of the comment and the edit onto the server someplace so that Ace and the Cobs could check up in the event that some Moron gets overzealous with the edit power.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (gxaAV)

267 Part of the problem with comments registration systems is the nested commenting vs. the free-for-all we have now.
The chaos is fun.

Also, if you look at commenting on sites that use Disqus, it makes it *easier* for a troll to disrupt because they add their obnoxious comments to every nested discussion. they will hang out in a thread and nip every blossoming discussion immediately. It's why most sites' comments sections are unreadable. Troll havens.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (bDqIh)

268 The funny thing about these Moby a-holes showing up is -

that it is proof positive that as of right now they are going to lose the election in November.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be here.

They've managed to show everyone who they are and the voters don't like it.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (dLPcm)

You get the most flak when you're over the target.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (O4K4J)

269 ==========

I remember that Armond White loved it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:35 PM (LvTSG)

Would be one of the few critics that did. 12% critic review on Rotten Tomatoes.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (FeOTH)

270 I've known and worked with more than a few warriors, and none of them had sausage fingers.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (Ve//x)

271 261 Robert Redford Endorses Biden
===

Other endorsements include Depends, Ben Gay, Ensure, and Aricept.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (vg8iE

They've reserved rooms in the same facility.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at July 08, 2020 03:39 PM (LQ1+F)

272 I'd create a registration, trolls are lazy, that alone will filter out a lot of it.

This is about the only forum I've ever seen that doesn't have it, I'm amazed it's not just porn and casino spam in the comments section.

Posted by: Blago


It's because we DO have CoBs with the ban hammer.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 03:39 PM (QFqpA)

273
Robert Redford Endorses Biden

Piece of wood endorses bowl of pudding

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2020 03:39 PM (mht8P)

274 Ace - you could always divide and delegate responsibility for moderating the comments section.

I know there are a bunch of regulars who would gladly volunteer for this duty and would cherish the opportunity to keep these antisemite racists (actual racists, not just pretend racists) out your sandbox.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 08, 2020 03:39 PM (9V81o)

275

I'm sorry, I don't think Trump's every move is pure brilliance and I don't we have an incoming 40 state landslide. Hopefully that won't get me banned?

Posted by: Blago at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (spaI5)
------------

No, but a sternly worded letter is in the mail.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 03:39 PM (WEBkv)

276 Maybe empower long-time commenters to nuke comments but only on request from another Moron?

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:39 PM (XxJt1)

277




You gotta see Joe's latest video posted by the GOP War Room.

Holeee shit.

A transcription. I turned on CC and my computer exploded.

---

Lonnie knows I believe this every fiber of my being, we're posed.

What I propose is is.

It can be done.

I think we're in a position to really make it happen and my team and your team, already working closely together and like to light up the path forward here critical laws like the pro act to strengthen collective bargaining on politics like prevailing and for look, I guess I'm getting taking too much time, but, you know.

Posted by: Rev. Dr. E Buzz Miller, Lesbian at July 08, 2020 03:39 PM (lg/F7)

278 All that is very stressful for everyone. I can't wait until it's over but probably will get worse after the election.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 08, 2020 03:39 PM (/Kt3K)

279 Robert Redford is a Leftist a hole, easily a 1% and so above the socialist crap he would hoist upon everyone else.

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 03:39 PM (6f16T)

280 One of the comment programs has a neat feature that you can set to disappear a comment if it gets a certain number of down arrows. No need for a mod.

Posted by: creeper


And then waves of hostile lurkers start downvoting everything. Thanks, no.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (OUMaO)

281 I've known and worked with more than a few warriors, and none of them had sausage fingers.
Posted by: WitchDoktor


Better them than your proctologist.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (QFqpA)

282 What's going on?

Posted by: runner at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (tQASX)

283 I'm a fan of this, but it seems if anyone that goes the slightest bit off the party line, they are labeled a troll.

I'm sorry, I don't think Trump's every move is pure brilliance and I don't we have an incoming 40 state landslide. Hopefully that won't get me banned?

Posted by: Blago at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (spaI5)


Personally I find it less bothersome when someone says something with which I do not agree, than when someone whines about people giving them grief for having a contrary opinion.

Just say what you have to say. Nobody is going to ban you.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (hku12)

284 I'm a fan of this, but it seems if anyone that goes the slightest bit off the party line, they are labeled a troll.



I'm sorry, I don't think Trump's every move is pure brilliance and I
don't we have an incoming 40 state landslide. Hopefully that won't get
me banned?





Posted by: Blago at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (spaI5)

I'm not talking about all "trolls". Just the obvious idiot with the tiny dick who secretly longs to be abused by other men.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (dPZ2a)

285 144
Are there any Jews named Christopher?



Posted by: Chris M at July 08, 2020 03:25 PM (eAZVt)
My son. My family was kind of scandalized when I did it. Never ocurred to me that it was a problem. That year, there were a lot of Christophers. At one point there were three of them on his soccer team.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (+mn3h)

286 208 So, the Terminator series...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (LvTSG)

There are 2 movies that count. And the second one is just a flashier re-tool of the first.

Everything else sucks to a greater or lesser extent.

Though the Robocop vs Terminator game is an interesting concept.

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (Ojki1)

287 I would very much oppose a nested Disqus style comment system, so much so I'd probably not come back like I have other sites that went to it. Its very disruptive to free form discussion and joking.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (KZzsI)

288 Minx 0.7 alpha can barely deal with ampersands and you people want to add user registration? Just let a few of the top 10 Most Comments Per Week people have the banhammer since they're clearly here all the time.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (ZGrMX)

289 Tip incoming.
Keep fighting bro.

Posted by: Cluebat at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (S8ld5)

290 284 Robert Redford is a Leftist a hole, easily a 1% and so above the socialist crap he would hoist upon everyone else.
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 03:39 PM (6f16T)

=========

He made a movie a few years ago that was nothing but praise for the Weather Underground. The Company You Keep.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (LvTSG)

291 I vote for either registration, or an "asshole" button next to each comment. Enough people click it and your comment is automatically hidden unless the reader clicks a "show assholes" button up top.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (wCmLp)

292 Time to doxx paskudnik?

Posted by: runner at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (tQASX)

293 Ace. Sorry bro. Hitting the tip jar now.

Posted by: thathalfrican - Clark Kent with the glasses off at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (vEt7p)

294 I get what you are saying though, its a different sales battlefield these days with all the data cutting for leads. Just more directed junk mailing.
Posted by: Inogame at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (+2xjH)
++++++++++++
Yeah. The data is out there. Privacy is dead and they killed it. I just want someone to put in some effort if they're trying to sell me something.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 08, 2020 03:41 PM (hYcqw)

295 Contrary opinions here don't get banned.

What gets banned are personal attacks and drive bys.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:41 PM (Ve//x)

296 (N+PIT)Burn

Posted by: FrodoB-
Trying again at July 08, 2020 03:41 PM (dQF3z)

297 Mog pay

Posted by: Mog Smash at July 08, 2020 03:41 PM (AtEcX)

298 Don't nuke the nazi motherfuckers. Leave their little messes on the carpet for all the world to see....


But change the background from grey to brown, and change the nick to "LOOK AT THIS FUCKING ASSHOLE!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 08, 2020 03:41 PM (ARu41)

299 Why are you cutting and pasting trolls? [CBD]

Posted by: aelfheld at July 08, 2020 03:41 PM (IxDhF)

300 Wait... I thought My Little Pony fans were closet Nazis

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 08, 2020 03:41 PM (/DRav)

301 Agreed. Nested comments are a bore.

Posted by: CapeFear at July 08, 2020 03:41 PM (4PDMt)

302 Went to college with a very Jewish kid whose mom named him Christopher. She just liked the name.

***

I once had a Jewish acquaintance who got mad I didn't send her a Christmas card.


When she asked me about it I pointed out she was Jewish (though not religious at all). But she didn't get why that was an issue...it was like playing whale songs for a dog.


Another funny story with her....she wasn't a very attractive woman. Poor fitting clothes, no make up, etc. I knew her in college and we had a big social event. And...she showed up dressed to the nines and it was like that scene from She's All That but for real.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 03:41 PM (qlFIA)

303 I'm leaning with edit their post now. It will drive them nuts, which gives me a warm feeling inside.

Posted by: stourma at July 08, 2020 03:41 PM (cgMvz)

304 Things ending in Nov:
virus
lockdowns
masks
riots
trolls

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (r+sAi)

305 that it is proof positive that as of right now they are going to lose the election in November.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be here.

They've managed to show everyone who they are and the voters don't like it.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (dLPcm)

Oh yes....they are desperate. Wouldn't you be, too, what with Joe Biden as your candidate and your voters mostly a racist riotous bunch of whiners? The Left has lost it, and they know it, and that has totally unhinged them.

Posted by: lizabth at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (L3Rsz)

306 "Peppermint"s a good gal revenge movie.

Mostly becuz it avoids all of the Lame-ass grrrrrl power Mary Sue cliches.

When she attacks someone it's usual a sucker punch type scenario using a sap or brass knuckles or a knife or gun.

There's almost no 90 lb girl standing toe to toe against a 230 lb muscle man type dealio.

Well made "Death Wish" for the chiquitas.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (dLPcm)

307 299 Contrary opinions here don't get banned.

What gets banned are personal attacks and drive bys.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:41 PM (Ve//x)

==========

There are some commenters that label contrary opinions as trolling.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (LvTSG)

308 French thought those 4chan guys were stormfront too. I followed them back to 4chan.


Theyre leftists.

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (nRWPy)

309 Redford has kind of radicalled himself out of the mainstream. For a while he was making pretty good interesting movies like Clint Eastwood, cashing in on his name and previous fame to produce his own stuff. But he got so leftist and annoying that all he gets now are occasional small parts as a villain and his movies go nowhere.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (KZzsI)

310 Just check a shared password in the email field. Gotta ask around to get the password.

Whatever you have in there now could be used as 'trusted'.

Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (UMXod)

311 293 I would very much oppose a nested Disqus style comment system, so much so I'd probably not come back like I have other sites that went to it. Its very disruptive to free form discussion and joking.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Posted by: Dirty Frank at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (d6DSt)

312 Not a fan of down ding systems. Look no further than little green snots.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (lwiT4)

313 1) Registration for commentors. Biggest downside I can see would just be
it is a bar to entry. That is kind of the point, but you end up with
more lurkers. And, to be fair, a lot on our side are skeptical of any
kind of registration.



2) Empower trusted commentors to ban and delete posts. Biggest
problem with this is when you give people power, some people go a bit
wonky. Plus, everyone's idea of what is and what is not offensive might
be different.



3) Shut down comments. Maybe go with a mirror site with no
advertising in order to comment on? Biggest issue is that this is
exactly what the trolls want. They want us to feel isolated, unable to
communicate with each other and demoralized.



4) ace changes the AOSHQ to a My Little Pony fan page.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++1) I'm for registration, maybe with a probationary period.2) You would have to have posters working in shifts to do this.3) Exactly. Never Give Up Never Surrender!4) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (TwA+r)

314 >>What is it about these people who expect others to pay for their soapbox?

Exceptionally stupid people. The world is full of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (ZLI7S)

315

Robert Redford says that he will vote for Joe Biden for president, warning in a new op ed that another four years of Donald Trump "would accelerate our slide toward autocracy."

"I don't make a practice of publicly announcing my vote. But this election year is different," Redford wrote in an essay published on CNN.com. "And I believe Biden was made for this moment. Biden leads with his heart. I don't mean that in a soft and sentimental way. I'm talking about a fierce compassion -- the kind that fuels him, that drives him to fight against racial and economic injustice, that won't let him rest while people are struggling."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2020 03:43 PM (aKsyK)

316

Good Christ. Go away already, loser.

Posted by: imp at July 08, 2020 03:43 PM (SFOr6)

317 If there is a registration system, it ought to require a signup fee of at least $10-$20 to guarantee trolls don't sign up.

Posted by: Serious Cat at July 08, 2020 03:43 PM (zqs/f)

318 4) ace changes the AOSHQ to a My Little Pony fan page.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:33 PM (A5zUN)

You clearly have no idea, none, of what kind of a mess a My Little Pony fan page can turn into.

The ideas you in no way want to internet search if you don't all ready know what they are.

"The horror, the horror..."

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 03:43 PM (Ojki1)

319 311 299 Contrary opinions here don't get banned.

What gets banned are personal attacks and drive bys.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:41 PM (Ve//x)

==========

There are some commenters that label contrary opinions as trolling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM

- -

And speaking of Promeeptheus.....

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:43 PM (Ve//x)

320 I've known and worked with more than a few warriors, and none of them had sausage fingers.
Posted by: WitchDoktor


Better them than your proctologist.
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I don't know about that...

Posted by: Shep! at July 08, 2020 03:43 PM (vg8iE)

321
Ace. Sorry bro. Hitting the tip jar now.

Posted by: thathalfrican - Clark Kent with the glasses off at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (vEt7p)

===
Me too. This place is great!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 08, 2020 03:43 PM (pw+jk)

322 Redford has kind of radicalled himself out of the mainstream. For a while he was making pretty good interesting movies like Clint Eastwood, cashing in on his name and previous fame to produce his own stuff. But he got so leftist and annoying that all he gets now are occasional small parts as a villain and his movies go nowhere.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (KZzsI)
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Sneakers.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 03:43 PM (WEBkv)

323 or an "asshole" button next to each comment. Enough people click it and your comment is automatically hidden unless the reader clicks a "show assholes" button up top.

Great, my comments would vanish in seconds

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:43 PM (KZzsI)

324 217 Ok, brainstorm solutions:
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:33 PM (A5zUN)


In order to come up with a solution, I still need to understand the problem...

Of course we're going to get comments that go over the line of the current social norms. These have been eliminated in the past, if not within a few minutes then certainly within an hour or two.

What is the threat? Will the offending posters take a screenshot of the offensive comment and send it to Ace's advertisers saying that the whole blog is like that?

I would think the advertisers have a cursory knowledge of the tone and tenor of the blog, along with an idea of the demographic of the readership. Why would they drop the advertising on such a well known and established blog?

Sure, it must be a pain in the ass policing the comments, but Ace can add a few, level headed readers to help sort out the crazies.

At least that's how it seems to a confused old deaf person.

Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (mrrpT)

325 316 >>What is it about these people who expect others to pay for their soapbox?

Exceptionally stupid people. The world is full of them.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 08, 2020 03:42 PM (ZLI7S)

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Half the population is below the median IQ.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (LvTSG)

326 I'm not talking about all "trolls". Just the obvious idiot with the tiny dick who secretly longs to be abused by other men.
Posted by: ...

It's not that secret.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (gaFth)

327
I'm all in on a small number of trusted Morons being able to change troll comments to their true, llama-felching fetish selves. Some of those were frickin' high-larious.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (EGyGV)

328 I vote for either registration, or an "asshole"
button next to each comment. Enough people click it and your comment is
automatically hidden unless the reader clicks a "show assholes" button
up top.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (wCmLp)

Then the troll will abuse the button.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (dPZ2a)

329 326 or an "asshole" button next to each comment. Enough people click it and your comment is automatically hidden unless the reader clicks a "show assholes" button up top.

Great, my comments would vanish in seconds
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:43 PM (KZzsI)

And if I didn't get enough upvotes I would have the sadz.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (Ez6QX)

330 'Issues and Insights' editorial:

Biden Admits Obama Was A Failure As President

https://tinyurl.com/yba6trcy

Posted by: gdgm+ at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (ExnWy)

331 Sorry but these trolls really don't give a flying fuck if we respond to them or not here. They really don't. The whole "just ignore them because they want you to respond" claim is garbage. Their goal is to have their racist crap show up here and to make it a pain to police it and remove it. They're not 12 year olds laughing about getting people to respond to their stuff. They're nasty operators with the goal of shutting ace down.


You still shouldn't be quoting their drivel though.

Posted by: Buzzion at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (9OZbr)

332 Sneakers.

I think that was his last major budget release, the last film that got many eyeballs. After that it was all crappy anti-Iraq War films and a series of "weren't these murderous psycho leftist groups from the past great?" films

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (KZzsI)

333 >>"Our democracy depends on high levels of trust," he said, "but social and political trust have been moving in the wrong direction."
- - - -
>>He's right. But he doesn't get it. He understands that trust has been destroyed and that this is a seriously bad development, but he doesn't understand why. This is either because he is stupid or because he is dishonest. It could be both.
- - - -

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT IS OUR POLITICAL CLASS, SUCH AS BUTTIGEIG, TELL US EVERY DAY HOW LITTLE THEY TRUST US TO MANAGE OUR OWN LIVES WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND MICRO-MANAGEMENT.

WANT TO RESTORE TRUST, PETE?

START BY ELIMINATING 50% OF THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON THE BOOKS, AND ELIMINATE AT LEAST 50% OF THE BUREAUCRAT WORKFORCE AND THEN WE CAN TALK.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (bDqIh)

334 If Trump wins in November you'll get your picture proof that I'm an 'ette.

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (XxJt1)

335 United Airlines is warning 36,000 employees - nearly half its U.S. staff
- they could be furloughed in October, the clearest signal yet of how
deeply the virus pandemic is hurting the airline industry. The outlook
for a recovery in air travel has dimmed in just the past two weeks, as
infection rates rise in much of the U.S. and some states impose new
quarantine requirements on travelers. United officials said Wednesday
that they still hope to limit the number of layoffs by offering early
retirement benefits, and that 36,000 is a worst-case scenario.

Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (3aI0K)

336 or an "asshole" button next to each comment. Enough people click it and your comment is automatically hidden unless the reader clicks a "show assholes" button up top.

***

omg it's high school all over again.

I don't want to get the crown of asshoe title again!

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (+dsLj)

337 Long time lurker, never comment, but I hit the PP for Ace! Stay strong and fight!

Posted by: HUTCH at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (qIbuH)

338 I vote for either registration, or an "asshole"
button next to each comment. Enough people click it and your comment is
automatically hidden unless the reader clicks a "show assholes" button
up top.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at July 08, 2020 03:40 PM (wCmLp)

Then the troll will abuse the button.
Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (dPZ2a)


Guaranteed.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (t+qrx)

339 Gold had a high today of 1819.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (rQEdR)

340 You could require a nominal registration fee to comment. Would drive away most of the PIA trolls. And suspension means forfiture of the fee. I mean just 5 10 $...If a troll wants to spend 5$ to post some nasty shit, fuck let him. And that's $5 a post with suspensions

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (85Gof)

341 Is it okay to use the paypal button? It gave me as a ship to address and I thought I was doing something wrong.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (+mn3h)

342 If the site went to registered comments I hope it doesn't do those tests to determine if you're a robot.
Maybe you should be required to submit a fish pun

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (LQ1+F)

343
If Trump wins in November you'll get your picture proof that I'm an 'ette.


Posted by: creeper--
Victory Tits the Sequel?

Posted by: FrodoB-
Trying again at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (dQF3z)

344 334 Sorry but these trolls really don't give a flying fuck if we respond to them or not here. They really don't. The whole "just ignore them because they want you to respond" claim is garbage. Their goal is to have their racist crap show up here and to make it a pain to police it and remove it. They're not 12 year olds laughing about getting people to respond to their stuff. They're nasty operators with the goal of shutting ace down.


You still shouldn't be quoting their drivel though.
Posted by: Buzzion at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (9OZbr)

===========

They very rarely seem to respond to people just having their own conversations. It's usually responses to their original droppings that get them going.

So, ignoring them does seem to stem the growth of troll activity within a thread.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (LvTSG)

345 OK, so no quoting trolls.

I like empowering a cadre of regulars who volunteer to police the threads to take the burden off the cobs.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (Ve//x)

346 I've always believed that the political spectrum is a crescent: the left and right extremes are pretty close to one another
***

Well....the true "far right" would be anarcho-capitalism. Then the far left branches into national and international socialism.


The national/international bit matters....but not nearly as much as most consider.


There was a scene from a book by I think Ursula LeQuin where someone wishes for an end to racial strife and every human being gets a grey skin tone with muted facial features. If that were to happen....what is the difference between your average storm fronter or antifa thug?


Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 03:46 PM (qlFIA)

347 I would start by banning VPN ports and if necessary, take the added step of banning IP ranges used by popular VPN services or subscribe to a service that can do it for you with a reverse proxy. If that doesn't take care of the issue then add user registration as a requirement.

This is the same fucking bullshit they tried doing with the Federalist via its comments section and now they're coming for Ace. This is the new cold Civil War folks. They will do everything in their power to destroy you, your family, your business or job, etc. You're an enemy and wrongthinker and the only purpose you serve is to serve them and that means total subjugation.

It's July. Imagine what October is going to look like and start preparing.

Posted by: TR at July 08, 2020 03:46 PM (l0Lgi)

348 And if I didn't get enough upvotes I would have the sadz.
Posted by: Jordan61


It'd be like Facebook...noooooo!

Posted by: lizabth at July 08, 2020 03:46 PM (L3Rsz)

349 I'm not talking about all "trolls". Just the obvious idiot with the tiny dick who secretly longs to be abused by other men.

*****

All trolls are average joe, who sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 03:46 PM (+dsLj)

350 I kinda liked the tv show. Not great, but not bad. Didn't last long. Cercei Lannister as Sarah Conner... she did a good job, I thought.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (hku12)

Sci-fi on Fox. Any picked up series has it's cancellation notice written at the same time with only the date to be filled in.

And I wouldn't be shocked if the year is already filled in for the date part.

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 03:46 PM (Ojki1)

351 Maybe you should be required to submit a fish pun

***

Not that carp again.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 03:46 PM (qlFIA)

352 Changing to disque would be like demanding I wear a mask . I hate masks !!!

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 03:46 PM (FeOTH)

353 Great, my comments would vanish in seconds
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:43 PM (KZzsI)

I typically like your comments. Now my comments, well I've seen my nick lengthened to CyaNide, so I'd get a lotta dings downs. But honestly, it's not contrary opinions that get banned it's personal attacks and grotesque displays of bigotry.

Posted by: CN at July 08, 2020 03:46 PM (ONvIw)

354 Robert Redford says that he will vote for Joe Biden for president, warning in a new op ed that another four years of Donald Trump "would accelerate our slide toward autocracy."
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Fucking geriatric cocksucker.

I'd rather be ruled by an Emperor Trump than a GD cabal of leftist filth.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (vg8iE)

355 I like empowering a cadre of regulars who volunteer to police the threads to take the burden off the cobs.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (Ve//x)

I don't want to that power...I'd have a pissy day and you'd all be gone. LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (85Gof)

356 I think it's funny how they assume that everyone here is a boomer and poor, and that Ace should have no right to ask for help (and that his readers should hold him in contempt if he does). None of it is true. I wonder if they get equally pissed at the "public radio" nagathons, even though they receive taxpayer money.

Paying for a service ain't immoral, and neither is asking for help if needed. And even if the entire audience is poor boomers, why is that a bad thing? Are they not a market, too?

People who say shit like this probably very narrowly define personhood.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (hYcqw)

357 "This is about the only forum I've ever seen that doesn't have it, I'm
amazed it's not just porn and casino spam in the comments section."
We get a higher class of spam...LACE WIGS!

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (TwA+r)

358 TJM, do you have a banhammer?

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (rQEdR)

359 >>I think that was his last major budget release, the last film that got many eyeballs. After that it was all crappy anti-Iraq War films and a series of "weren't these murderous psycho leftist groups from the past great?" films



There are at least 3 Robert Redford movies where he's cast himself as a Bill Ayers type radical Leftwing activist. It's creepy that this is who he idolizes.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (bDqIh)

360 337 United Airlines is warning 36,000 employees - nearly half its U.S. staff
- they could be furloughed in October, the clearest signal yet of how
deeply the virus pandemic is hurting the airline industry. The outlook
for a recovery in air travel has dimmed in just the past two weeks, as
infection rates rise in much of the U.S. and some states impose new
quarantine requirements on travelers. United officials said Wednesday
that they still hope to limit the number of layoffs by offering early
retirement benefits, and that 36,000 is a worst-case scenario.
Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (3aI0K)

None of the airlines who took CARES money are allowed to lay anyone off until October 1. After that, who knows?

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (Ez6QX)

361 Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (XxJt1)

I believe you. Unlike some other posters I don't need to see your boobs to be convinced of your gender, but it might make some other posters happy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (oDRcK)

362 Kids and I went to a swimming hole about an hour from our house in God's country. Pretty waterfall and they had a good time jumping in. *I was too afraid too. Scared of heights.* Anyway, a couple of drunk red necks stumble out of the woods with liquor and start taking pictures of my daughter and me in our bathing suits and making comments so we left. Assholes.

Posted by: jmel at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (bVhJi)

363 I like empowering a cadre of regulars who volunteer to police the threads to take the burden off the cobs.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (Ve//x)


I endorse this solution, with the explicit rule that it be used solely for legit trolls and not commenter slapfights.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (t+qrx)

364 Apparently LEEEEEEEROY JENkins is here.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (Ve//x)

365 Gold had a high today of 1819.

***********

Ahhhh, a good year.

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (+dsLj)

366 I would ban lots of you people. I have a list.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (lwiT4)

367 Ace ffs PLEASE get signed up to receive contributions from Brave users! I have a shitload of tip revenue from clicking on Brave browser ads.

Get verified, please. It's free money, no bullshit.

Posted by: Jason M at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (KcWn0)

368 Just the tip...jar. Hit it.

Posted by: Erebus at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (X8XYH)

369 I just spent a week driving on the East Coast.

Can we expand the concept of this "asshole button"?

Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (mrrpT)

370 Well I'm not staying around here if grammie keeps farting, I'll tell you that.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (sWM8x)

371 266 I've always believed that the political spectrum is a crescent: the left and right extremes are pretty close to one another. My uber woke brother and sis-in-law are far closer to Nazis than they know or are willing to acknowledge.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (HmZuC)

There is no diff! The Global socialist fucknut and State socialist fucknut are both fucknut socialist. They both want to get rid of 10% to 30% of the population and then things will be ok.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (JFO2v)

372 288 208 So, the Terminator series...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:32 PM (LvTSG)

There are 2 movies that count. And the second one is just a flashier re-tool of the first.

Everything else sucks to a greater or lesser extent.

Though the Robocop vs Terminator game is an interesting concept.

Posted by: Bete
I'm partial to the girlie Terminator from the first series.

Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (VcFUs)

373 In rough numbers, what does a site like this actually get from advertising?

Posted by: Jean Parisot at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (Wpphr)

374 START BY ELIMINATING 50% OF THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON THE BOOKS
Most politicians would love this as long as it doesn't have their fingerprints on it. Why ?Because, when you simplify any of the laws, especially tax law, it resets are the favors that have been handed out over decades. Each and every business and industry has to come back to these politicians asking for their favorite niche to be restored.
This is what happened when Reagan simplified the tax code.

Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (3aI0K)

375 wouldn't mind registering, i don't comment much anyway though

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (E+OcO)

376 198 Remember: Don't quote or respond to the trolls.

Break the wrist, walk away.
Break the wrist, walk away.
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 08, 2020 03:31 PM (aO8Gd)
+++++

Break the knee, that way they can't follow you.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (JNTt1)

377 Ace,

Have you thought about something like Patreon? I know it's "woke" like every tech company, but know a lot of people with niche type creative outlets that do really well, sort of like monthly donations, but many do things like Patreon contributors can pick topics to discuss, etc .

Many that were using advertising revenue before and their patreon account is now where they make the bulk of their living.

Instead of getting a penny for a "regular" in ad revenue, you can get like $5 a month.

Posted by: Blago at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (spaI5)

378 I believe you. Unlike some other posters I don't need to see your boobs to be convinced of your gender

******************

Speak for yourself, sporty.

We morons demand proof of jubblies. Science, dignity and justice calls for it.

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (+dsLj)

379 WANT TO RESTORE TRUST, PETE?

...did Ben just make sense? My whole world is upside down

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (KZzsI)

380 266 I've always believed that the political spectrum is a crescent: the left and right extremes are pretty close to one another. My uber woke brother and sis-in-law are far closer to Nazis than they know or are willing to acknowledge.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (HmZuC)

It's a circle.

Authoritarianism at the bottom
Individualism on the right
Collectivism on the left
Liberty at the top.

Individualist libertarians (small-l) are people like us.

Authoritarian individualists always trend towards aristocracy and monarchy. These are the Bush-republicans and Clinton-democrats.

Authoritarian collectivists are the Maoists, Stalinists, and other scum of the Earth.

Collectivist libertarians are insane and self-deluded, as you cannot achieve any form of collectivism larger than a small commune without enforced compliance.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (O4K4J)

381 293 I would very much oppose a nested Disqus style comment system, so much so I'd probably not come back like I have other sites that went to it. Its very disruptive to free form discussion and joking.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor


I just want the ability to click on a comment and instantly bring that into your reply with basic formatting separating comment from reply.

I've actually considered programing a browser plugin that can "hack" such a feature at AoSHQ. I believe it'd be possible to do so by modifying the DOM to insert a link next to signature that'd use JavaScript to grab the comment above and insert into reply field.

Posted by: Serious Cat at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (zqs/f)

382 I remember when our trolls were less retarded and sucked off fewer guys, now it's suck that dick and lick those balls, it's sad really.

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (IsWuk)

383 When I say I have "tip revenue" I mean I have money to tip to creators - hopefully Ace. Not that Ace must click on ads. No work involved for the creators.

Posted by: Jason M at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (KcWn0)

384 361 TJM, do you have a banhammer?
Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (rQEdR)

=========

Nope.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (LvTSG)

385
Just to put everyone's mind at ease, if entrusted with the Power Of The Banhammer, I would totes use that power for good. Seriously.

Okay, enough with the laughing. Assholes.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (EGyGV)

386 Does the Left use the same boiler plate op-Ed for every Republican and claim electing them will result in an autocracy or dictatorship?

Foolish consistency.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (FeOTH)

387 Gold had a high today of 1819.



Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM

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That's not good. When gold/silver goes high it means the money people are taking their money out of the market and putting it in tangibles because they think the market is going to drop.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (JUOKG)

388 I would ban lots of you people. I have a list.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (lwiT4)

That's fine...just don't cook for us!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (dLLD6)

389 not up to me
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 03:16 PM (PbpT7)


there are four aces

Posted by: x at July 08, 2020 03:50 PM (nFwvY)

390 Gold had a high today of 1819.

So, within a few degrees of the normal summer high temp in Phoenix?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Now running at SSD speeds at July 08, 2020 03:50 PM (SchxB)

391 I liked Terminator III, it was a nice end to the series, tying everything together: you cannot actually change the future, only small details.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:50 PM (KZzsI)

392 362 >>I think that was his last major budget release, the last film that got many eyeballs. After that it was all crappy anti-Iraq War films and a series of "weren't these murderous psycho leftist groups from the past great?" films



There are at least 3 Robert Redford movies where he's cast himself as a Bill Ayers type radical Leftwing activist. It's creepy that this is who he idolizes.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (bDqIh)

Still pissed at Paul because he promised me the fall would kill Bobby!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 08, 2020 03:50 PM (JFO2v)

393 >>I would ban lots of you people. I have a list.


You know who else had a list?

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2020 03:50 PM (k7NPx)

394 Tip incoming Ace.
I included enough for a ValuRite weekend but not the top shelf stuff as I am poor n stuff.

Free tip, save the premium bottles, pour in the ValuRite, then SCORE. Plus looks impressive on your new shelves. Also, the residue in the premium liquor bottles help cover the dry cleaning solvent smell of ValuRite.

Regarding allergies, try Quercetin supplement plus the other allergens. Apparently that dustcloud from Africa has screwed up a lot of people with respiratory issues recently.

Posted by: whig at July 08, 2020 03:50 PM (pv2s8)

395 Hey, I know, we could all be VIP Members........ we could have really swell VIP cards and buy stuff on Amazon, you know, like all the cool blogs do it.

Not.

Posted by: Will Folks at July 08, 2020 03:50 PM (Jj+59)

396 345
If Trump wins in November you'll get your picture proof that I'm an 'ette.


Better pick your favorite pose.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:50 PM (rQEdR)

397 START BY ELIMINATING 50% OF THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON THE BOOKS

***********

Simple rule of thumb: eliminate any law that can't be equally and equitably enforced.

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (+dsLj)

398 IP banning doesn't work against the losers with no life and no self-respect.

I want basic registration here so that when they get banned, they are banned for at least 24 hours.

Posted by: Grump928© at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (yQpMk)

399 I would encourage enhancing the banhammer to allow posting of trolls full traceroute information.

Some of us like to play with our food ...

Posted by: Jean Parisot at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (Wpphr)

400 402 START BY ELIMINATING 50% OF THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON THE BOOKS

***********

Simple rule of thumb: eliminate any law that can't be equally and equitably enforced.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (+dsLj)

==========

Eliminate any law over than 10 years old.

If it's important enough, repass it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (LvTSG)

401 Just to put everyone's mind at ease, if entrusted with the Power Of The Banhammer, I would totes use that power for good. Seriously.

Okay, enough with the laughing. Assholes.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (EGyGV)
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I'm intrigued by the idea of a curmudgeon having the banhammer.

The sheer randomness would make for some interesting commenting.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (WEBkv)

402 Do I smell... ozone?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Now running at SSD speeds at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (SchxB)

403 Sigh. Time for this again.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (hYcqw)

404 I go away for about an hour then I find the old thread is gone. Did something happened?

Posted by: dantesed at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (88xKn)

405 noooooooooooo....!!!!!

Posted by: Pliney at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (nzKWW)

406 Instead of getting a penny for a "regular" in ad revenue, you can get like $5 a month.
Posted by: Blago

This, although maybe in addition to ad revenue. I have a couple sites that I have set up to automatically get money from me every month.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (gaFth)

407 Better pick your favorite pose.

The Johnny Cash one from Fulsom Prison Blues

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (KZzsI)

408 345
If Trump wins in November you'll get your picture proof that I'm an 'ette.


Posted by: creeper--
Victory Tits the Sequel?
Posted by: FrodoB-
Trying again at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (dQF3z)

I'm volunteering for the campaign right now

Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (Izzlo)

409 408 Sigh. Time for this again.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (hYcqw)

========

I don't believe that was you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (LvTSG)

410 It's a circle.

Authoritarianism at the bottom
Individualism on the right
Collectivism on the left
Liberty at the top.

Individualist libertarians (small-l) are people like us.

Authoritarian individualists always trend towards aristocracy and monarchy. These are the Bush-republicans and Clinton-democrats.

Authoritarian collectivists are the Maoists, Stalinists, and other scum of the Earth.

Collectivist libertarians are insane and self-deluded, as you cannot achieve any form of collectivism larger than a small commune without enforced compliance.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (O4K4J)

The problem faced is that all of these groups occur naturally in a society.

Posted by: Someguy at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (3mQPr)

411 That's fine...just don't cook for us!


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (dLLD6)

My favorite all time AoS post was grammie's last Easter dinner post.

Posted by: kallisto at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (DJFLF)

412 Ace - what??? Don't scare me like this!

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (lwiT4)

413 grammie would threaten garrett with instant banning for any criticism of the Beatles.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (FeOTH)

414 So they will say small things trying to black pill (I think that is the right term) people over time. Not openly racist things since they know that wins no converts.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:21 PM (YzR+W)

Agreed. The fringe far-right has its own language, in-jokes, catchphrases and associations. I've seen none of that here. These over-the-top racist comments showing up on this blog are far-Left false flags, guaranteed. It's an op. They want AoS taken down.

So do those NeverTrumper weasels, for that matter.

Posted by: troyriser at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (xeeMq)

415 ---

That's not good. When gold/silver goes high it means the money people are taking their money out of the market and putting it in tangibles because they think the market is going to drop.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (JUOKG)


My puerto folio is not back to even yet.
The market must wait until I hit my sell
point.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (rQEdR)

416 Cleanup 394 -- sock that is definitely NOT Joe Mannix

Posted by: Doof at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (mZUr4)

417

Now the limp-dick is socking regulars, what a surprise. No wonder his mother left him in the gutter as a baby to be pimped out and raped by hobo strangers.

Posted by: imp at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (SFOr6)

418 Well this is interesting. Finally found some slug bait.
In the directions: Application around turnips, rutabagas and beets are allowed only in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

WTF???

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (axyOa)

419 uqJN9
if no one else caught him

Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (VcFUs)

420 Dear Lord, I guess it's too hot to riot and burn things down, so they come here to be asshole.

Posted by: spypeach at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (Up/Jb)

421 So that's the real question. Was it racist a-holes, OR racist a-holes pretending to be racist a-holes?

>>>Well....the true "far right" would be anarcho-capitalism. Then the far left branches into national and international socialism.


So the elite control all means of production and all Significant means to use and resist force? Distinction without difference?

Posted by: mikethemoose at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (Y6UV7)

422 Eliminate any law over than 10 years old.

If it's important enough, repass it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (LvTSG)
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Every single law has a sunset provision.

Idaho has the right idea with this.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (WEBkv)

423 [I
Posted by: creeper--
Victory Tits the Sequel?
Posted by: FrodoB-
Trying again at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (dQF3z)

I missed out on the first opportunity because I was moving. I've always regretted my failure to support the cause. And the company is outstanding.

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (XxJt1)

424 I kinda liked the tv show. Not great, but not bad. Didn't last long. Cercei Lannister as Sarah Conner... she did a good job, I thought.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (hku12)

Sci-fi on Fox. Any picked up series has it's cancellation notice written at the same time with only the date to be filled in.

And I wouldn't be shocked if the year is already filled in for the date part.
Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 03:46 PM (Ojki1)


Yes, so many shows that came and went quickly. I hardly remember some of them now.

Not sure if it was on Fox or somewhere else, but Whedon's Dollhouse was an interesting concept that lasted a little over one full season.

Interestingly, they wrote and I think filmed an ending, should they be cancelled early.. and then used it.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (hku12)

425 The distance between the Nahrzis and Leftists is not much.


Posted by: undercover commenter at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (pv2s


"Nahrzis"? Is this a typo, or is there a meme/joke I've missed out on?

Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (mRtYs)

426 If we get AoS Prime for real we need shirts. Seriously.


Maybe a picture of an Ewok head on the ace of spades card?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (qlFIA)

427 The only flaw in my 69$ dell chromebook is that I can't highlight a comment and drag it down to the comment box. I miss that.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (/DRav)

428 403 I thought all boomers were wealthy after decades of oppressing millennials.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (VniCC)

Millennials are the children of boomers.

Posted by: Someguy at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (3mQPr)

429 So someone is trolling THIS thread?

Seriously, move out of your grandma's basement, bottom-feeder.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (Ve//x)

430 If it's important enough, repass it.

I agree. It annoys me that the only laws that get "sunsetted" are tax cuts. ALL of them should be. You have to reexamine and pass it again after a time period.

What's that you say? That will take up so much time? Yes, it would, you wouldn't have time for another pointless hearing or declaring national tentacle porn day or whatever other worthless crap you do all day.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (KZzsI)

431 I don't believe that was you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (LvTSG)
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It wasn't. I've just changed my nic a bit to hopefully make things easier on the hammer wielders.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (hYcqw)

432 Disqus sux donkey balls.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (3D/fK)

433 425 So that's the real question. Was it racist a-holes, OR racist a-holes pretending to be racist a-holes?

>>>Well....the true "far right" would be anarcho-capitalism. Then the far left branches into national and international socialism.


So the elite control all means of production and all Significant means to use and resist force? Distinction without difference?
Posted by: mikethemoose at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (Y6UV7)

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Far left is stateless communism.

Far right is anarcho capitalism.

There's a reason young people can go from Objectivism to Marxist really easily.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (LvTSG)

434 Sorry man.

I was literally just thinking that going off to live in a remote cabin lined with aluminum foil and old moving boxes a la Ted Kaczynski was sounding pretty good.

I'll hit the tip jar first.

Posted by: clutch cargo at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (8B6Ng)

435 By the way, morons. Hi. I've haven't posted here in a long time, mostly I lurk. I used to go under "cheshirecat' and I'm old enough to remember the poetry of Spurwing Plover, just to give you a bit of my bona fides.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (TwA+r)

436 I saw Stormfront Assholes when they opened for the Butthole Surfers in '84 at the Spectrum in Philly....

Posted by: Martini Swiller at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (wioXm)

437 So that's the real question. Was it racist a-holes, OR racist a-holes pretending to be racist a-holes?

>>>Well....the true "far right" would be anarcho-capitalism. Then the far left branches into national and international socialism.


So the elite control all means of production and all Significant means to use and resist force? Distinction without difference?

Posted by: mikethemoose
Why did I just flash to the life of brian where they are ponder the different "fronts"

Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (VcFUs)

438 If Trump wins in November you'll get your picture proof that I'm an 'ette.





Better pick your favorite pose.





Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:50 PM

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Naked reclining on a bear skin rug.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (JUOKG)

439 I typically like your comments. Now my comments, well I've seen my nick lengthened to CyaNide, so I'd get a lotta dings downs.

I keep thinking of you as the railway, Canadian National. Lots of 'CN' boxcars out there.

Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (lIIT7)

440 Sigh. Time for this again.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (hYcqw)

I knew it wasn't you because of the goatee .

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (FeOTH)

441 20 "But are they really stormfront?"

Most likely false flags. Trying to make Ace look bad.
Posted by: Chris M


The term is "moby" for a leftist posing as a fake right-winger.

And yeah. I'm pretty sure it's mobys. That is the left's standard trick.

For example, they just banned "TheDonald," the biggest conservative subreddit, from Reddit.

When asked to justify the original threat to ban, the Reddit honchos said it was because of "racism" in the comments. "What racism? Show us examples." said the commenters on The Donald.

Silence, at first.

And then TOTALLY BY SHEER COINCIDENCE a few hours later a barrage of "Stormfront" and "Klan" folks showed up and un loaded a doo-doo-pile of phony-sounding racist comments. "There -- THERE are the racist comments we were referring to!" said the Reddit honchos (who themselves ad been the ones posing as Stormfront). "You violated the anti-racism terms, and now you are banned."

The Left does this to every single site they want cancelled.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (HEEq1)

442 391 I would ban lots of you people. I have a list.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (lwiT4)

Well the lack of depth perception means a lot of fire for effect.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (A5zUN)

443 380 Ace,

Have you thought about something like Patreon? I know it's "woke" like every tech company, but know a lot of people with niche type creative outlets that do really well, sort of like monthly donations, but many do things like Patreon contributors can pick topics to discuss, etc .

Many that were using advertising revenue before and their patreon account is now where they make the bulk of their living.

Instead of getting a penny for a "regular" in ad revenue, you can get like $5 a month.
Posted by: Blago at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (spaI5)

Subscribestar would be a safer bet, if he goes that route. A lot of Youtubers banned from Patreon went there.

Posted by: lowtech redneck at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (hfClf)

444 426 Eliminate any law over than 10 years old.

If it's important enough, repass it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (LvTSG)
-------------

Every single law has a sunset provision.

Idaho has the right idea with this.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (WEBkv)

===========

A sunset provision amendment in the US constitution (barring the use of omnibuses to pass any combination of sunsetting laws) could be one of the best things to happen to America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (LvTSG)

445 The lie of the century is that a German Socialist Worker's Party was somehow right-wing, just because it focused on the German state instead of sucking Stalin's dick.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est



40 million dead socialists on the Eastern Front, 6/22/41 to 5/8/45 attest to the Civil War nature of the conflict.

Socialists are deadliest to other socialists, much like their Satanic brethren in the Religion of Peace are much deadlier to their co-religionists than to The Enlightened, based on piles of corpses counted, generally speaking.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (TSNUS)

446 416 grammie would threaten garrett with instant banning for any criticism of the Beatles.



Justifiably so.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (lwiT4)

447 So someone is trolling THIS thread?

Its the same pathetic loser who now is just angry that ace isn't giving him a place to smear his feces all over.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (KZzsI)

448 One of the comment programs has a neat feature that you can set to disappear a comment if it gets a certain number of down arrows. No need for a mod.
Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (XxJt1)

That was the kiss of death at little green turdballs. You don't want to even think of going there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (r+JFQ)

449 Dantesed,
I woke up this morning (in Hawaii) and my thread is gone, turned on some music to start the day....

Posted by: Boston at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (pv2s8)

450 "Nahrzis"? Is this a typo, or is there a meme/joke I've missed out on?

You haven't heard about the swastika tattooed narwhals?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Now running at SSD speeds at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (SchxB)

451 Cleanup 394

****************

I agree, anyone who says something nice about Terminator 3 is clearly a troll.

:-)

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (+dsLj)

452 443 Sigh. Time for this again.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 03:51 PM (hYcqw)

I knew it wasn't you because of the goatee .
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (FeOTH)

I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT YOUR EMPIRE IS ILLOGICAL!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (A5zUN)

453 I agree. It annoys me that the only laws that get "sunsetted" are tax cuts. ALL of them should be. You have to reexamine and pass it again after a time period.

What's that you say? That will take up so much time? Yes, it would, you wouldn't have time for another pointless hearing or declaring national tentacle porn day or whatever other worthless crap you do all day.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (KZzsI)
++++++++++
Yup. It would be self-limiting. If you forbid omnibus repassage (e.g., they must be brought up, debated and passed individually), then the legal code can only grow so much before everyone runs out of time. It is an excellent notion. I'll bet that Congress could handle the truly important renewals in 25% of their time, maybe a third. If they choose to spend it all renewing nonsense, then at least they're not passing new nonsense.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (hYcqw)

454 Thought beer was best slug bait

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (6f16T)

455 433 If it's important enough, repass it.

I agree. It annoys me that the only laws that get "sunsetted" are tax cuts. ALL of them should be. You have to reexamine and pass it again after a time period.

What's that you say? That will take up so much time? Yes, it would, you wouldn't have time for another pointless hearing or declaring national tentacle porn day or whatever other worthless crap you do all day.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (KZzsI)

==========

I once presented this idea to a lefty who's retort was, "Well, Texas will just pass the same anti-sodomy laws again."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (LvTSG)

456 Its the same pathetic loser who now is just angry that ace isn't giving him a place to smear his feces all over.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (KZzsI)

And you are giving that loser satisfaction by talking about him.

How fucking lame is that?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (dLLD6)

457 Ace - what??? Don't scare me like this!

Fear not, its the pathetic little troll socking people out of nadless frustration.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (KZzsI)

458 Apropos of whats going on with China and Robert Redford endorsing Biden. Does anyone remember the movie Spygame. Im sure at the time it was made it was a swipe at the Cold War and the Bushies, but wow if it doesnt hit on some themes that are pertinent today.

US Government willing to sacrifice an individual to save a trade deal with China. I forget what Redford said exactly, but one of his main points was that the US Govt was willing to let his former protégé (Brad Pitt) rot in a Chinese prison so that we could get cheaper toasters.

That movie opened my eyes when it came out and it is still one of my favorites. I think that is one of the last movies where China is shown for how awful is.

Posted by: Mishdog at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (tnu5h)

459 I would ban lots of you people. I have a list.
Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (lwiT4)
-----------

Hey, remember that time when I......

Crud, never mind.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (WEBkv)

460 It's a deliberate effort to demonetize the site.

I think we should find them, light them on fire and makes smores on their smoldering bodies as they scream in agonizing pain. Then, make their mothers sex slaves.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (VpIIl)

461 There is no diff! The Global socialist fucknut and State socialist fucknut are both fucknut socialist. They both want to get rid of 10% to 30% of the population and then things will be ok.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 08, 2020 03:48 PM (JFO2v)


It is has proven to be the best way to kick start a socialist economy.

Then they coast along for a generation or two before realizing they are all just slaves by another name.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 08, 2020 03:56 PM (1g7ch)

462 Agreed. The fringe far-right has its own language, in-jokes, catchphrases and associations
***

Yep. You can see the real-NAZI zoo in the Zerohedge comments section.


They'll constantly complain about Trump being controlled by DA JOOS! And the funny part is if you go to certain lefty parts of the internet they say *exactly* the same things.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 03:56 PM (qlFIA)

463 They're assholes playing assholes disguised as other assholes

Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 03:17 PM (Izzlo)


Oh, what a fun movie (mostly).

Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2020 03:56 PM (mRtYs)

464 Easiest way to help ban hammer holders is to simply mention cleanup needed, followed by the comment number, AND the hash of the commentor.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 08, 2020 03:56 PM (3D/fK)

465 Disqus sux donkey balls.


That is the secret to it's success. Registration where you have to go through that shit stack once, then wait 24 hours for your first post. Five minutes of shit, 24 hours of wait, and then 15 seconds to get banned. It would be a mug's game.

Posted by: Grump928© at July 08, 2020 03:56 PM (yQpMk)

466 Redford's face still look like a coffee cake?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 03:56 PM (85Gof)

467 That was the kiss of death at little green turdballs. You don't want to even think of going there.

*********************

Some people fap for fun, others downvote for the hell of it because they are at their deepest core, asshoes.

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 03:56 PM (+dsLj)

468 You just need to reinvent yourself, Ace.

Like Alyssa Milano. She's got glasses now, so she's smart. AND she's an activist!

Anything's possible.

Posted by: Brigade Brigade at July 08, 2020 03:56 PM (6MoD2)

469 I once presented this idea to a lefty who's retort was, "Well, Texas will just pass the same anti-sodomy laws again."

Well, even if that had not been declared unconstitutional, that's why we have elections.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (KZzsI)

470 Edge of Tomorrow reset?

Posted by: Barrel it up



I love that movie. Could probably watch it every day without it getting old.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (TSNUS)

471 Atlanta cops release video of suspect carrying an AR-15 wanted in connection with the deadly shooting of a girl, 8, across the street from the Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was killed

Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (3aI0K)

472 If Trump wins in November you'll get your picture proof that I'm an 'ette.





Better pick your favorite pose.





Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:50 PM

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How flexible are you?

Posted by: Erebus at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (X8XYH)

473 I hate Gov Email. It took me all day and 3 different email systems to get one document to a shipmate. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (85Gof)

474 367 Apparently LEEEEEEEROY JENkins is here.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (Ve//x)

Really really tempted to change my Name to LEEEEEEEROY JENkins!!!

Posted by: Justasheep at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (L9Eia)

475
Subscribestar would be a safer bet, if he goes that route. A lot of Youtubers banned from Patreon went there.
Posted by: lowtech redneck at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (hfClf)

yes, I follow PJW there.

Posted by: FloridaMan at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (r28kI)

476 Blago,
Patreon is dying and probably won't survive the cost of its current legal battles with subscribers and content providers where they violated their own terms of service.

Posted by: whig at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (pv2s8)

477 Naked reclining on a bear skin rug.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (JUOKG)

sunny side up

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (JFO2v)

478 The problem faced is that all of these groups occur naturally in a society.
Posted by: Someguy at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (3mQPr)

And we can't live comfortably under the other style of regime.

I'm starting to think that humanity needs to come up with some kind of population exchange system.

China sends us the Hong Kongers, we send them the Red Diaper Babies, we send the closet royalists back to Europe, they send us anyone with any brains or sense whose ancestors missed the boat, and everyone's happier.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (O4K4J)

479 Hmmm, I wonder if this post is a cleverly designed trap. Like putting a wounded animal in an open field. Draw all the trolls out so they can be nuked?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (A5zUN)

480 Listen, you horndogs. Don't get all fired up. I'm no spring chicken like bluebell and Bebe.

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (XxJt1)

481 I once presented this idea to a lefty who's retort was, "Well, Texas will just pass the same anti-sodomy laws again."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (LvTSG)
++++++++++++
So? What's the argument? No one I know of has ever said that such a notion would improve the *quality* of the law, just reduce its *quantity*.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 03:58 PM (hYcqw)

482 Naked reclining on a bear skin rug.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (JUOKG)

sunny side up
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (JFO2v)

- -

Can yogurt be involved.....?

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:58 PM (Ve//x)

483 I would ban lots of you people. I have a list.
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You know who else had a list?
Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2020 03:50 PM (k7NPx)


They say Humphrey Bogart had one, and that's why he sorts talked out of the side of his mouth.

Here's spittin' on you, kid.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 03:58 PM (hku12)

484 "Like Alyssa Milano. She's got glasses now, so she's smart. AND she's an activist! "

You ever see an Ewok wearing glasses.

They do not look smarter.
Trust me.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 08, 2020 03:58 PM (3D/fK)

485 Soviets just beginning of WWII started calling the Nazis " right wing" or " fascists" and it stuck through today with Antifa.

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 03:58 PM (6f16T)

486 If Trump wins in November you'll get your picture proof that I'm an 'ette.

Somebody *is* archiving these kind of comments, yes?

Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 08, 2020 03:58 PM (qc+VF)

487 472 I once presented this idea to a lefty who's retort was, "Well, Texas will just pass the same anti-sodomy laws again."

Well, even if that had not been declared unconstitutional, that's why we have elections.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (KZzsI)

==========

My response was, "You think Texas would do that in today's political environment?"

The left is terrified of sunset provisions because they build giant edifices of regulation on old laws, not because they think mean conservatives are going to keep making the same laws over and over again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:58 PM (LvTSG)

488 So I am listening to this Mexican Presidente...he is speaking a funny language?

And he is a commie isn't he?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 03:58 PM (85Gof)

489 Like Alyssa Milano. She's got glasses now, so she's smart. AND she's an activist!

And cornrows, to show that she's down with the cause.

I honestly feel very sorry for her. She clearly went through some horrors in her youth that has damaged the poor girl permanently.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:58 PM (KZzsI)

490 "Really really tempted to change my Name to LEEEEEEEROY JENkins!!!"
Do you at least have chicken?

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 03:58 PM (TwA+r)

491 You ever see an Ewok wearing glasses.

They do not look smarter.
Trust me.

- -

Now I have to dust off Photoshop.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 03:59 PM (Ve//x)

492
"Nahrzis"? Is this a typo, or is there a meme/joke I've missed out on?

You haven't heard about the swastika tattooed narwhals?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Now running at SSD speeds at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (SchxB)






Obligatory 10 hours of Narwhals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbby9coDRCk

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 08, 2020 03:59 PM (EGyGV)

493

I usually donate at Christmas but felt the need to help Ace today, so dropped $100 in the jar.

A CHALLENGE!

If 10 Morons donate any amount, I will NOT take off my shoes!

If 50 Morons donate, I will NOT take off my pants!

If 100 Morons Donate I will NOT take off my pants and also NOT blackmail MisHum into posting 100 pics of Yoko feltching farm animals!

DONATE NOW!

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 08, 2020 03:59 PM (d6DSt)

494 Bewbs and brisket. Sign me up.

Posted by: Barrel it up at July 08, 2020 03:19 PM (fz0iQ)


Don't forget the bourbon! Bewbs, brisket and bourbon!

Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2020 03:59 PM (mRtYs)

495 I don't want to go out of bounds here but is an upgrade or modification to AoSHQ a possibility? There are a lot of smart people here could potentially help flesh out a possible solution if it is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Civilly Disobedient at July 08, 2020 03:59 PM (3H9h1)

496 That was the kiss of death at little green turdballs. You don't want to even think of going there.

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Charles going woke before it was cool was the death of LGF

Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 03:59 PM (Izzlo)

497 Atlanta cops released short video that shows a BLM (Burn, Loot, Murder) gunman carrying AR-15 near the scene where Secoriea Turner, 8, was shot and killed on Saturday

The girl was gunned down at the Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was killed

Secoriea was riding in the back of her mother's SUV when they encountered an illegal roadblock set up by protesters and tried to drive through

Gunmen opened fire on the vehicle and shot at least eight rounds near the spot where Brooks was killed by a cop on June 12

Police say they are looking for at least four persons of interests in Secoriea Turner's killing

The Wendy's turned into a protest site and was patrolled by armed individuals in the wake of Brooks's death

Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2020 03:59 PM (3aI0K)

498 I honestly feel very sorry for her. She clearly went through some horrors in her youth that has damaged the poor girl permanently.

****************

I have gazed upon my field of fucks to give, and behold, it is barren.

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 03:59 PM (+dsLj)

499 Hi everybody!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (kTF2Z)

500 40 million dead socialists on the Eastern Front, 6/22/41 to 5/8/45 attest to the Civil War nature of the conflict.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 08, 2020 03:54 PM (TSNUS)

I say that it wasn't a Civil War - it was a Holy War.

They were two competing sects squabbling over who had the one true scripture.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (O4K4J)

501 If 100 Morons Donate I will NOT take off my pants and also NOT blackmail MisHum into posting 100 pics of Yoko feltching farm animals!

DONATE NOW!
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 08, 2020 03:59 PM (d6DSt)
+++++++++++
The line between a fundraising drive and outright extortion is mighty fine indeed!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (hYcqw)

502 They say Humphrey Bogart had one, and that's why he sorts talked out of the side of his mouth.

His upper lip was paralyzed from a wound he received in the first world war.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (KZzsI)

503 Listen, you horndogs. Don't get all fired up. I'm no spring chicken like bluebell and Bebe.
Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (XxJt1)
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Well, not like I'm a callow youth, either.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (WEBkv)

504 There are many alternatives to Disqus.

Posted by: Jason M at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (KcWn0)

505 427 I kinda liked the tv show. Not great, but not bad. Didn't last long. Cercei Lannister as Sarah Conner... she did a good job, I thought.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 03:34 PM (hku12)

Sci-fi on Fox. Any picked up series has it's cancellation notice written at the same time with only the date to be filled in.

And I wouldn't be shocked if the year is already filled in for the date part.
Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 03:46 PM (Ojki1)


Yes, so many shows that came and went quickly. I hardly remember some of them now.

Not sure if it was on Fox or somewhere else, but Whedon's Dollhouse was an interesting concept that lasted a little over one full season.

Interestingly, they wrote and I think filmed an ending, should they be cancelled early.. and then used it.
Posted by: BurtTC



I'm sure he did that because of what happened to "Firefly". "Almost Human" was another interesting concept that Fox canned.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (Cy6k3)

506 "I honestly feel very sorry for her[Milano]. She clearly went through some
horrors in her youth that has damaged the poor girl permanently."
Crappy television shows and movies, apparently.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (TwA+r)

507 I honestly feel very sorry for her. She clearly went through some horrors in her youth that has damaged the poor girl permanently.


Passed around Hollywood like a doobie at a Grateful Dead show.

Posted by: Grump928© at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (yQpMk)

508 I don't want to go out of bounds here but is an upgrade or modification to AoSHQ a possibility?

**************

I thought pixy's hamsters were unionized?

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (+dsLj)

509 The lie of the century is that a German Socialist Worker's Party was
somehow right-wing, just because it focused on the German state instead
of sucking Stalin's dick.

***

Prior to Operation Barbarossa there was a big debate in the Soviet Union as to whether Hitler and the NAZIs were what communist would look like in a developed country...because remember Marxism said that communism would come out of advanced countries not....Russia and China.


Obviously that debate ended in 1941.


But fascism comes from Mussolini who was a committed socialist. So the notion that fascism is somehow the polar opposite of communism never made any sense.


It would be like arguing that Lutheranism and Catholicism were opposites. And in the 1500s you'd probably find people trying to make it.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:01 PM (qlFIA)

510 Insom, if you're still here I have a question. Can I refer to a judge in court as "Judge Smith" or must it always be "Your Honor"?

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 04:01 PM (XxJt1)

511 Time to move the blog over to porn hub like the cast out you tubers did

Posted by: NCKate at July 08, 2020 04:01 PM (iKL4P)

512 There are a lot of smart people here could potentially help flesh out a possible solution if it is.

*bangs the door open like Kramer*

"I'm out!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:01 PM (KZzsI)

513 So do those NeverTrumper weasels, for that matter.
Posted by: troyriser at July 08, 2020 03:52 PM (xeeMq)

Those are my first suspects for any op

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 04:01 PM (uEbPt)

514 It annoys me that the only laws that get "sunsetted" are tax cuts. ALL of them should be. You have to reexamine and pass it again after a time period.

What's that you say? That will take up so much time? Yes, it would, you wouldn't have time for another pointless hearing or declaring national tentacle porn day or whatever other worthless crap you do all day.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

_____________

Then you'll have the "what about the civil rights act, does that expire!!??" and that will be the end of that discussion.

I know Democrats making hay from Republicans voting against something like ObamaCare over preexisting conditions, there's just so many entitlements and laws that the public would freak out of they expired.

I find myself more and more thinking we need to black pill our way out of this.

Posted by: Blago at July 08, 2020 04:01 PM (spaI5)

515 They were two competing sects squabbling over who had the one true scripture.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (O4K4J)
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Meh. If Hitler hadn't launched Barbarossa, it might never have happened. Remember, the USSR is the *only* country in the world to have cut a deal with every single major belligerent power.

Now, both forms of socialism are of course expansionist and if both had survived, they would surely have clashed eventually. But I am not sure it would have been ideological so much as practical.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 04:01 PM (hYcqw)

516

Then, make their mothers sex slaves.
Posted by: Marcus T


That would be a life improvement for those fucking tools' mothers. Let them continue to suck diseased cock voluntarily in Mexican prison for cigarettes.

Posted by: imp at July 08, 2020 04:01 PM (SFOr6)

517 Just sent a donation - not much, but I hope it helps.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (SRRAx)

518 I give money to the Babylon Bee the Gary Sinise Foundation and Ace. That covers my bases to maintain sanity.

Posted by: Mog Smash at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (AtEcX)

519 Oprah Winfrey, Lionsgate Team to Bring New York Times' '1619 Project' to TV and Film

Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (3aI0K)

520 Sci-fi on Fox. Any picked up series has it's cancellation notice written at the same time with only the date to be filled in.


Firefly
Strange Luck
Space: Above and Beyond
that show with the detective from hell

Posted by: Grump928© at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (yQpMk)

521 I honestly feel very sorry for her. She clearly went through some horrors in her youth that has damaged the poor girl permanently.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 03:58 PM (KZzsI)
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I'm under the impression "Who's the Boss" was where things went wrong.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (WEBkv)

522 Passed around Hollywood like a doobie at a Grateful Dead show.

At the Commando after-party

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (KZzsI)

523 His upper lip was paralyzed from a wound he received in the first world war.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (KZzsI)

I thought it was from accident as a kid.

Posted by: dantesed at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (88xKn)

524 Blanco Basura,
Listen to a Winston Churchill speech referring to a certain warmongering nihilistic cult of Germanic persuasion. Now spell it phonetically and now you know the rest of the story behind the Nahrzis.

Posted by: whig at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (pv2s8)

525 344 If the site went to registered comments I hope it doesn't do those tests to determine if you're a robot.
Maybe you should be required to submit a fish pun
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at July 08, 2020 03:45 PM (LQ1+F)

Or just have people submit fish puns just for the halibut.

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (Ojki1)

526 416 grammie would threaten garrett with instant banning for any criticism of the Beatles.

Justifiably so.

Posted by: grammie winger



Probably a good thing grammie doesn't have Der BannenHammer keys, given the objectively true statement that the Go-Go's were much better musicians than the Beatles were.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (TSNUS)

527 528
Or just have people submit fish puns just for the halibut.
Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (Ojki1)



===========

Banned.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (LvTSG)

528 >>>180 Half of these stupid comments are from banana splits guy. What a numbskull.


if anyone knows who he is, please tell me. I will take vengeance. I'm not kidding.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (PbpT7)

529 Former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith finally finds job at CNBC

Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (3aI0K)

530 She clearly went through some horrors in her youth that has damaged the poor girl permanently.

And I'm guessing it was standard in Hollywood.

Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (KDCRD)

531 (v38bX)

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (rQEdR)

532 I once presented this idea to a lefty who's retort was, "Well, Texas will just pass the same anti-sodomy laws again."

Well, even if that had not been declared unconstitutional, that's why we have elections.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Didn't the Left teach us that move

Posted by: Jean at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (Wpphr)

533 Check out the hash...kisses for JT.

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (XxJt1)

534 "Nahrzis"? Is this a typo, or is there a meme/joke I've missed out on?
Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (mRtYs)

Winston Churchill deliberately mispronounced 'Nazi' as 'Nar-zee' because it irritated Nazis. When you have a mortal enemy, you take what you can get.

Posted by: troyriser at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (xeeMq)

535 If Trump wins in November you'll get your picture proof that I'm an 'ette.
___

You know, for the record some of the male morons have boobs too....so that may not be PROOF....

Just saying....

Posted by: Obligatory at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (qlFIA)

536 John O. Brennan
@JohnBrennan

@realDonaldTrump is our nation's premier ultracrepidarian. He puts countless lives at risk with musings motivated solely by his personal political agenda, not America's best interests. I do not know how anyone believes what he says.
Vote him & his enablers out of office.
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Cementhead speaks! And he wants everyone to know how wicked smaht he is.

ultracrepidarian: NOUN - a person who expresses opinions on matters outside the scope of their knowledge or expertise.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (sGotD)

537 Then you'll have the "what about the civil rights act, does that expire!!??" and that will be the end of that discussion.

Its pretty easy to explain that the only possible way you could go back to previous laws and sunset them is individually through specific vote, since they are already in force.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (KZzsI)

538 yeah, not SF.

These're paid leftists swarms that show up every election trying to get conservative sites taken down by false flag comments.

If the Right had any game, we'd have a blacklist of them and block them from visiting.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (L6ZYH)

539 Soviets just beginning of WWII started calling the Nazis " right wing" or " fascists" and it stuck through today with Antifa.
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 03:58 PM (6f16T)


When you are with Stalin even Lenin looks right wing.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (1g7ch)

540 "Former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith finally finds job at CNBC"
Who? Where?

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (TwA+r)

541 I'm under the impression "Who's the Boss" was where things went wrong.

**********

Really? I would have thought it was the vampire movie. There's no coming back from that one.

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (+dsLj)

542 It may be a pain, and definitely would ruin the hilarious sock puppetry that goes on here, but registration could be necessary.

Posted by: Unkaren at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (vGJY7)

543 If 50 Morons donate, I will NOT take off my pants!

If 100 Morons Donate I will NOT take off my pants and also NOT blackmail MisHum into posting 100 pics of Yoko feltching farm animals!

DONATE NOW!
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 08, 2020 03:59 PM (d6DSt)

But what if we WANT you to take off your pants?

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (975xX)

544 Posted by: Sharkman at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (TSNUS)


Heretic

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (lwiT4)

545 Not sure if it was on Fox or somewhere else, but Whedon's Dollhouse was an interesting concept that lasted a little over one full season.

Interestingly, they wrote and I think filmed an ending, should they be cancelled early.. and then used it.
Posted by: BurtTC


I'm sure he did that because of what happened to "Firefly". "Almost Human" was another interesting concept that Fox canned.
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2020 04:00 PM (Cy6k3)


Yeah, I don't remember the details, but I think it was something written into his agreement, to the effect of, if they're going to cancel the show, he wanted advanced notice so he could wrap things up in a handful of episodes.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (hku12)

546 Chicago Blackhawks say they are keeping their name.
Hockey Players not so snowflakey as footballers.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (r+sAi)

547 496

I usually donate at Christmas but felt the need to help Ace today, so dropped $100 in the jar.

A CHALLENGE!

If 10 Morons donate any amount, I will NOT take off my shoes!

If 50 Morons donate, I will NOT take off my pants!

If 100 Morons Donate I will NOT take off my pants and also NOT blackmail MisHum into posting 100 pics of Yoko feltching farm animals!

DONATE NOW!
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer



Interesting. Going with the National Lampoon gambit. "If you don't buy this magazine, will kill this dog".

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (Cy6k3)

548 "Winston Churchill deliberately mispronounced 'Nazi' as 'Nar-zee' because
it irritated Nazis. When you have a mortal enemy, you take what you can
get."
You mean like when Bush Sr. called Hussein (Saddam, not Barak) "SAH-damn"?

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (TwA+r)

549 *Me when offered possession of the ban button*

Long has my heart desired this...instead of a Dark Lord, you would have an idiot, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair!

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (HmZuC)

550 506 Listen, you horndogs. Don't get all fired up. I'm no spring chicken like bluebell and Bebe.
Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (XxJt1)
---------------


Remember, your name is creeper, not crawfish.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (rQEdR)

551 I don't want to go out of bounds here but is an upgrade or modification to AoSHQ a possibility? There are a lot of smart people here could potentially help flesh out a possible solution if it is.
Posted by: Martini Farmer - Civilly Disobedient at July 08, 2020 03:59 PM (3H9h1)


There are quite a few things that I'd love to see - such as rudimentary Unicode support so people don't get angry red uncaught exceptions dumped straight from Python in their browsers when pasting a quotation mark, auto-balancing tags so that an errant tag doesn't blow up the ENTIRE damn front page, and so on. I've offered to do this gratis. I don't know how much interest there is.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (t+qrx)

552 I thought it was from accident as a kid.

WWI was the story I heard, who knows? He used to play the likable friend of the romantic lead in older films before he started being a tough guy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (KZzsI)

553 if anyone knows who he is, please tell me.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (PbpT7)

It's not BSG. he shows up occasionally, and we nuke him quickly.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (dLLD6)

554 Deputize a group of well-known commenters for hammer-wielding.

Posted by: ShainS at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (6YvCd)

555 ... But fascism comes from Mussolini who was a committed socialist. So the notion that fascism is somehow the polar opposite of communism never made any sense. ...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:01 PM (qlFIA)
+++++++++++++
Yes. The "fascists are right-wing" thing is the greatest lie ever told. They weren't *Marxists*. That is all. They are absolutely socialists, and the smarter ones at that.

They understood - especially the Italians who invented fascism - that if Marx had been right, WWI would have resulted in communist revolution. It didn't. It turns out that people's national identity is too important. The poor and misbegotten hordes went into a generation-destroying war for G-d and Country, and class took a back seat. According to Marx, that shouldn't have happened.

So Marx was wrong. Some socialists ignored it (Lenin), and some came to terms with it and reinvented socialism along national lines (the fascists).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (hYcqw)

556 ultracrepidarian: NOUN - a person who expresses opinions on matters outside the scope of their knowledge or expertise.

*********

takes one to know one eh, Brennan, you communist piss monkey shit for brains?

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (+dsLj)

557 It may be a pain, and definitely would ruin the hilarious sock puppetry that goes on here, but registration could be necessary.


Registration does not preclude nics.

Posted by: Grump928© at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (yQpMk)

558 This.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (KnJdm)

559 Its pretty easy to explain that the only possible way you could go back to previous laws and sunset them is individually through specific vote, since they are already in force.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

_____________

So just new laws are sunset?

If ObamaCare was modified, it would go back to the original ObamaCare if not renewed?

Posted by: Blago at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (spaI5)

560 I love that movie. Could probably watch it every day without it getting old.
Posted by: Sharkman at July 08, 2020 03:57 PM (TSNUS)

I love the scene where they make their escape and then try to get away in the helicopter. When she looks at him and realizes they've done it many times before... *chef kiss*

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (uEbPt)

561 557
Deputize a group of well-known commenters for hammer-wielding.

Posted by: ShainS at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (6YvCd)
This.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (KnJdm)

562 Why can't Ace just let people post what they want? Plenty of conservatives disagree with each other. No reason to censor long time readers.
If you don't like the comments, don't read them! It's that simple. I'm a big boy, I can handle myself without turning into a shrieking snowflake when someone says a thing.

Posted by: stop censoring at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (idLQk)

563 I'm gonna hit Ace's tip jar and I hope some of youz guyz will do the same.

(n case you haven't noticed, there's no advertising on the site right now.)

Posted by: IrishEi at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (sGotD)

564 "ultracrepidarian: NOUN - a person who expresses opinions on matters outside the scope of their knowledge or expertise."
Well, that's 98% of the media corps right there.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (TwA+r)

565 OK will hit the paypal link.

Might want to consider doing something on David Rubin's "locals" community thing where we can support aoshq via monthly subscription and they'd be more of a known income stream. The comments there are even editable and you can post pictures and links. Or not, there's something about pixy's place that makes aoshq somewhat unique.

Posted by: lymond at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (Jvjtu)

566 523 Sci-fi on Fox. Any picked up series has it's cancellation notice written at the same time with only the date to be filled in.


Firefly
Strange Luck
Space: Above and Beyond
that show with the detective from hell

Posted by: Grump928© at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (yQpMk)

Millennium

Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (Izzlo)

567 She clearly went through some horrors in her youth that has damaged the poor girl permanently.

No one got out of Who's The Boss unscathed.

Posted by: spindrift at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (h5TKJ)

568 180 Half of these stupid comments are from banana splits guy. What a numbskull.





if anyone knows who he is, please tell me. I will take vengeance. I'm not kidding.


Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM

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He keeps popping up under different Nics hashes. I think he is going to the library or something and using different computers.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (JUOKG)

569 A massive, multi-front assault against anything non-leftist is happening across the interwebs, in preparation for the Nov election. I'm pretty sure this is related.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (L106N)

570 Got a grey squirrel and a chipmunk both scavenging on my deck.

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (6f16T)

571 539: John Brennan is a traitor who deserves a traitors fate. I can dream, I guess.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (Cy6k3)

572 In 1940 Britain considered declaring war on the Soviet Union over the invasion of Finland and the Soviets started planning for the logistics of invading India from Persia or Afghanistan.


The idea of an allied Soviet Union/Nazi Germany facing the allies could have easily happened.

Presumably that would have meant a lot of nuked European cities and a lot of commies in the US with stretched necks.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (qlFIA)

573 >>if anyone knows who he is, please tell me. I will take vengeance. I'm not kidding.


You don't need to dirty your paws.

Just point the Horde in their general direction and chillax.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (eQMLi)

574 I put some money in the tip jar. Hope it helps.

Posted by: troyriser at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (xeeMq)

575 Nahrzis"? Is this a typo, or is there a meme/joke I've missed out on?

You haven't heard about the swastika tattooed narwhals?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Now running at SSD speeds at July 08, 2020 03:55 PM (SchxB)






Obligatory 10 hours of Narwhals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbby9coDRCk
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

Starting at half past two?

Posted by: Jean at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (Wpphr)

576 What did I miss? What happened to the Michigan Couple post?

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (Do5/p)

577 If ObamaCare was modified, it would go back to the original ObamaCare if not renewed?

Yes, unless congress voted to sunset the ACA. Or remove it entirely, which obviously wouldn't be a sunsetted law: its just not a law any more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (KZzsI)

578 "Former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith finally finds job at CNBC"


Tampon and face mascara futures are going up, up, up!

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (HmZuC)

579 If Trump wins in November you'll get your picture proof that I'm an 'ette.


Wow I was in a pool store and felt some energy source tell me to check ace.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 04:07 PM (hoVhs)

580 if anyone knows who he is, please tell me. I will take vengeance. I'm not kidding.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (PbpT7)

I'd be surprised if you couldn't have him doxxed. There has to be technical information he has to provide when he posts.

Posted by: trev006 at July 08, 2020 04:07 PM (O2y/K)

581 What did I miss? What happened to the Michigan Couple post?

Idiots and losers crapped all over it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:07 PM (KZzsI)

582 I donated for the first time. I don;t know how I would have survived the last couple of months without this site. I'll try and do it on a regular basis.I appreciate you, Ace and all the COB's who work so hard to keep us informed and amused.I also like most of you who post.....most of the time. Not always. (-:

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 08, 2020 04:07 PM (+mn3h)

583 583 if anyone knows who he is, please tell me. I will take vengeance. I'm not kidding.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (PbpT7)

I'd be surprised if you couldn't have him doxxed. There has to be technical information he has to provide when he posts.
Posted by: trev006 at July 08, 2020 04:07 PM (O2y/K)

==========

VPNs are a bitch, unless you're the federal government and run most of them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:07 PM (LvTSG)

584 What is the threat? Will the offending posters take a screenshot of the offensive comment and send it to Ace's advertisers saying that the whole blog is like that?

I would think the advertisers have a cursory knowledge of the tone and tenor of the blog, along with an idea of the demographic of the readership. Why would they drop the advertising on such a well known and established blog?

Sure, it must be a pain in the ass policing the comments, but Ace can add a few, level headed readers to help sort out the crazies.

At least that's how it seems to a confused old deaf person.
Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 03:44 PM (mrrpT)

Yes, yes they will. That's why the Mobys moby.

Most of the advertisers probably don know that their ads appear on AOS. Ace deals with "adservers" which are basically AI robots that attempt to serve ads relevant to the content they read.

My suggestion to Ace? Shit-can the adservers, and sell ad space on the page directly to advertisers. They get hunk of the screen real estate to display their ad, and a link to their home page. Valu-Rite would be a good prospect. Black Rifle Coffee? Gun and ammo dealers? Meat vendors?

And "flat" ads on the home page will get by the ad-blockers, so guys like me (who hits tip jar occasionally) will see them. Win, win.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2020 04:07 PM (HQKU3)

585 >>>I'd be surprised if you couldn't have him doxxed. There has to be technical information he has to provide when he posts.


doxxing will be the least of that motherfucker's worries.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (PbpT7)

586 584 What did I miss? What happened to the Michigan Couple post?

Idiots and losers crapped all over it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:07 PM (KZzsI)

==========

I resemble that remark.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (LvTSG)

587 I'd be surprised if you couldn't have him doxxed. There has to be technical information he has to provide when he posts.

****

A job for 4chan, mayhaps?

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (+dsLj)

588 I asked my question because for the last dozen or so years I've done nothing but IT project management for the Army. I always start off by asking the obvious questions first. A couple of BS sessions later the actual issue is fleshed out and off we go.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Civilly Disobedient at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (3H9h1)

589 Because most of America learned its history from watching Hogan's Heroes.




Posted by: LGoPs at July 08, 2020 03:23 PM (Te+64)


Actually, Hogan's Heroes is significantly more accurate than most of what filled their puddin' heads while they were in school. At least it never misidentified who the fascists were, nor did it excuse stupidity.

Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (mRtYs)

590 "No one got out of Who's The Boss unscathed."
Including the viewers. That goes for "Charles in Charge" as well.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (TwA+r)

591 387 361 TJM, do you have a banhammer?
Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 03:47 PM (rQEdR)

=========

Nope.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 03:49 PM (LvTSG)
------------------------


Those cob types keep those hammers strapped pretty tight.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (rQEdR)

592 >>I'm gonna hit Ace's tip jar and I hope some of youz guyz will do the same.


I'm still waiting on my Subscriber Package from Hitting it back in 2009.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (eQMLi)

593 >>>My suggestion to Ace? Shit-can the adservers, and sell ad space on the page directly to advertisers. They get hunk of the screen real estate to display their ad, and a link to their home page. Valu-Rite would be a good prospect. Black Rifle Coffee? Gun and ammo dealers? Meat vendors?


dude, I am not a fucking advertising agency. You might as well be telling me LEARN TO CODE

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (PbpT7)

594 Change the name to the "Ace of Spades HQ for Public Broadcasting" and get ya self some o' dat sweet, sweet government cheese.

High dollar contributors get a tote bag and a dvd of Ken Burns panning and zooming Ace's greatest posts.

Posted by: from the Suggestion Box at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (pNYAm)

595
I hit the tip jar too, Ace.

This place is worth it's weight in gold, and better than paying for a therapist.

Posted by: stumck at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (w9Wax)

596 Millennium
Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (Izzlo)

I finally found the complete set of Millenium DVDs on eBay recently and jumped on it. That was an awesome series.

Posted by: troyriser at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (xeeMq)

597 Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:01 PM (qlFIA)

Funny how the MSM never mentions that Mussolini was a Journalist by trade.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (FeOTH)

598 I am on the phone, computer and this but it seems The Mex Pres said nice things about PDT?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (85Gof)

599
Afternoon, Hordians. Today I BANNED

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (mht8P)

600 I cannot just LEARN and STAND UP my own personal advertising business.

Jesus Christ.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (PbpT7)

601 @JohnBrennan

@realDonaldTrump is our nation's premier ultracrepidarian.


?! That seems like code.

Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (8eSmR)

602 Oh, for the happier times when we discussed the best self propelled push lawnmower...

Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (w7KSn)

603 If I wanted to be in advertising, guess what, I'd have a high paying job in, get this, advertising.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (PbpT7)

604 Sci-fi on Fox. Any picked up series has it's cancellation notice written at the same time with only the date to be filled in.

-----------
Firefly
Strange Luck
Space: Above and Beyond
that show with the detective from hell

Posted by: Grump928© at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (yQpMk)


I loved Dark Skies. Aliens among us, causing all sorts of havoc, well known events from the 60s that are explained by the alien involvement. Including JFK's assassination.

My favorite was their showing what caused Howard Hughes to become such a germophobe.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (hku12)

605 259 One of the comment programs has a neat feature that you can set to disappear a comment if it gets a certain number of down arrows. No need for a mod.
Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (XxJt1)

I like this idea...a lot!

Posted by: browndog at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (BgMrQ)

606 If 50 Morons donate, I will NOT take off my pants!

If 100 Morons Donate I will NOT take off my pants and also NOT blackmail MisHum into posting 100 pics of Yoko feltching farm animals!

DONATE NOW!
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer


1-800-KarsForKids

Do it. Do it now!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (QFqpA)

607 596 >>>My suggestion to Ace? Shit-can the adservers, and sell ad space on the page directly to advertisers. They get hunk of the screen real estate to display their ad, and a link to their home page. Valu-Rite would be a good prospect. Black Rifle Coffee? Gun and ammo dealers? Meat vendors?


dude, I am not a fucking advertising agency. You might as well be telling me LEARN TO CODE

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (PbpT7)

Well we had just been talking about potential site improvements and let's face it carpentry isn'tyour thing...

Posted by: Someguy at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (3mQPr)

608 I am on the phone, computer and this but it seems The Mex Pres said nice things about PDT?
***

Seeing as he doesn't have a functioning military and he does have a functioning insurgency it would be smart to kiss up to the US...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (qlFIA)

609 Trump should lean in to the current nonsense and tweet back to Brenan that he is pleased to see Brenane cracking his SAT study books to find those $10 words.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (hYcqw)

610 I vote for keeping the place just as it is, and nuking the trolls.

Maybe some more Deputy Banhammers passed out, and (and I have marveled at this for literally years, but don't care to respond to anything other than the substance of other comments, so haven't said it) - FFS, how about a rule of not quoting a troll, no more than Banhammer targeting advisory? The junior high school insults, or attempting to respond to their lunatic crap, astonish me.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (El6T/)

611 Wow I was in a pool store and felt some energy source tell me to check ace.

I was going to ask if it was the store at Gilbert and Williams Field, but then I remembered that it's an Urgent Care now

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Now running at SSD speeds at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (SchxB)

612 Posted by: IrishEi at July 08, 2020 04:03 PM (sGotD)

I am unimpressed by John Brennan and his vocabulary.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (oDRcK)

613 I cannot just LEARN and STAND UP my own personal advertising business.

Jesus Christ.
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (PbpT7)

Ya really think " Jesus Christ" is a good name for a adv firm? Maybe? Maybe you nailed it?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (85Gof)

614 Sooner or late have to bite the bullet & do what needs to be done

Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (lmSoe)

615 One of the comment programs has a neat feature that
you can set to disappear a comment if it gets a certain number of down
arrows. No need for a mod.

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (XxJt1)



I like this idea...a lot!


Posted by: browndog at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM

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charles johnson put that on his blog towards the end. It was a lefty wet dream tool.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (JUOKG)

616
doxxing will be the least of that motherfucker's worries.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (PbpT7)





Angry Ewok is Best Ewok.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (EGyGV)

617
*nails spike through club*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (mht8P)

618 "Twitter has been on a cancellation drive for right-side gadfly voices, especially humorous ones. Their reasons are bullshit, but it is plainly battlespace preparation."

An actually competent DoJ official could investigate to see if all this cancel stuff falls under RICO due to lobbying/scaring advertisers from the competition. Like when CNN staff was deliberately coordinating boycotts and twitter mobs against Fox and certain websites.

A stretch, I know.

Posted by: Lumpy at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (bwkjU)

619 572 A massive, multi-front assault against anything non-leftist is happening across the interwebs, in preparation for the Nov election. I'm pretty sure this is related.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen


Yep.

And not just on the Internet, but everywhere across culture -- the media, interpersonal relationships, neighborhood groups, corporate boardrooms. Massive full-court press to silence all non-communists. Now and (should they win) forever.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2020 04:11 PM (HEEq1)

620 Wow I was in a pool store and felt some energy source tell me to check ace.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 04:07 PM (hoVhs)
+++++++++++++
Artificial watering holes or billiards?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 04:11 PM (hYcqw)

621 >>>I hit the tip jar too, Ace.


thank you, and thanks to everyone else who donated.

Because of the very bad allergies I've had (AGAIN), I had to start taking steroids again, and i'm a little roid ragey today.

But I am serious about Banana SPlits Guy: Tell me who he is. I will spend the rest of my life making sure he does not have any employment or housing. And I might just take a visit to see him.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:11 PM (PbpT7)

622 Seeing as he doesn't have a functioning military and
he does have a functioning insurgency it would be smart to kiss up to
the US...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (qlFIA)

Not one American fighting man in harm's way. Screw that. They can let us bomb the narco-terrorists on Mexican soil, but no boots on the ground!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:11 PM (dLLD6)

623 Registration and fee to comment would be fine, but I have no idea if that would solve the problem.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 08, 2020 04:11 PM (El6T/)

624 596 Millennium
Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (Izzlo)

I finally found the complete set of Millenium DVDs on eBay recently and jumped on it. That was an awesome series.
Posted by: troyriser



It was pretty underrated. Lance Henriksen is very good in just about anything he's in.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2020 04:11 PM (Cy6k3)

625 Hey guys, anyone here know of an opening for a really good Intelligence guy? Note: must have free snacks!

Posted by: Col Vindman at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (qlFIA)

626 527 528
Or just have people submit fish puns just for the halibut.
Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (Ojki1)



===========

Banned.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (LvTSG)

Oh. No being able to talk about One Cut of the Dead Saturday night then.

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (Ojki1)

627 >>dude, I am not a fucking advertising agency. You might as well be telling me LEARN TO CODE

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (PbpT7)


I hear there's a Robust Trade in Amateur Hirsute Ewok Porn.

Have you thought about selling your used underwear? I read a story about a Doctor who put herself through Med School doing that.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (eQMLi)

628 dude, I am not a fucking advertising agency. You might as well be telling me LEARN TO CODE
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (PbpT7)


You have connections, presumably? The (legitimately) conservative commentator crowd? Reach out to them, maybe they can put you in contact with companies that would advertise with you.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (t+qrx)

629 I cannot just LEARN and STAND UP my own personal advertising business.

Jesus Christ.
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (PbpT7

Do it in French and kill two birds with one stone.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (FeOTH)

630 But I am serious about Banana SPlits Guy: Tell me who he is. I will spend the rest of my life making sure he does not have any employment or housing. And I might just take a visit to see him.
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:11 PM (PbpT7)

Ace, just sue him. leave the nasty gutter stuff to low lifes like me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (85Gof)

631 From everything I know of Brennan, that word was on a "word of the day" website that he saw, and just HAD to build a sentence around it.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (Ve//x)

632 "Ya really think " Jesus Christ" is a good name for a adv firm? Maybe? Maybe you nailed it?"
Ouch.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (TwA+r)

633 My suggestion to Ace? Shit-can the adservers, and sell ad space on the page directly to advertisers.

*************

In theory this might be better, but practically speaking direct ad sales are a dying industry. I'm in this industry myself and can barely get anyone to sell ads directly because there are too many variables, especially when it's a smaller business that knows fuck all about creating properly sized ad creatives. It's just easier and preferred to advertise on an exchange.

What advertisers do to help prevent ads from showing on sites they don't want to see it on is employ filters and blacklists. This was happening for any mention of the virus as a lot of advertisers took the lazy way out rather than chance their ads being on sites peddling fake information about the virus (like you know, the new york times).

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being An Asshole at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (+dsLj)

634 dude, I am not a fucking advertising agency. You might as well be telling me LEARN TO CODE

Yeah someone else who IS good at this kind of thing could throw ace a line though. Of the tens of thousands of people who read this blog... surely someone knows how to do this and can pull it off.

Right? Someone who can reach out and get that done for ace?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (KZzsI)

635
@JohnBrennan

@realDonaldTrump is our nation's premier ultracrepidarian.


@JohnBrennan is our nation's premier coprophiliac.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (mht8P)

636 I was going to ask if it was the store at Gilbert and Williams Field, but then I remembered that it's an Urgent Care now


Posted by: Blanco Basura - Now running at SSD speeds at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (SchxB)

Ya they moved Norton's Corner down to Queen Creek also.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (k/TB6)

637 >>>You have connections, presumably? The (legitimately) conservative commentator crowd? Reach out to them, maybe they can put you in contact with companies that would advertise with you.

jesus christ

no

"The conservative commentator crowd" is all neocon and corporate.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (PbpT7)

638 Tax cuts only expire because the last few have been done through Reconciliation, one of the only privileged matters in the Senate (= no filibuster usually, only 51 votes required to move to the issue and pass). Such measures have a 10-yr lifespan limit.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (El6T/)

639 I wear my inveterate ultracrepidarianism as a badge of honor.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (sWM8x)

640 Chicago Blackhawks say they are keeping their name.
I have no idea why. Native Americans are worthless and weak.There are now just worthless snowflakes.
Totally undeserving of being the symbol of strength for these teams.

Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (3aI0K)

641 Millennium
Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (Izzlo)

I finally found the complete set of Millenium DVDs on eBay recently and jumped on it. That was an awesome series.
Posted by: troyriser at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (xeeMq)


Oh hell yes! Just the two seasons, right?

I have them here. If it was extended beyond two, I'll have to try to find the rest. Haven't watched it since... well, since they were broadcast.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (hku12)

642 602 Oh, for the happier times when we discussed the best self propelled push lawnmower...

Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really
Yazoo mowers! FTW!

Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (VcFUs)

643 I'm sorry, I don't think Trump's every move is pure brilliance and I
don't we have an incoming 40 state landslide. Hopefully that won't get
me banned?

Posted by: Blago at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (spaI5)

That's more or less how every internet forum I've observed, regardless of subject, has gone. There is a hive-mind way of thinking and one who deviates will be labeled a troll.

It's really just the nature of the internet.

Posted by: Sir Galahad at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (LZ7Gl)

644 Not one American fighting man in harm's way. Screw that. They can let us
bomb the narco-terrorists on Mexican soil, but no boots on the ground!
***

The Columbian model works. Give them weapons and training and let them fight for themselves.


Hell, round up the illegals and draft them into Mexico's new army. Just finish that wall first.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (qlFIA)

645 John Brennan is our nation's premier UltraDecrepitarian.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (Ve//x)

646 What did I miss? What happened to the Michigan Couple post?
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (Do5/p)

Whoa

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (uEbPt)

647 trolls suck, sorry Ace

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (ifmtJ)

648
Oh, for the happier times when we discussed the best self propelled push lawnmower...
Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really


Husker Du

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (aKsyK)

649 Oh, for the happier times when we discussed the best self propelled push lawnmower...

Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (w7KSn)

Or the pros and cons of various models and designs of lawn sprinklers.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (q1Pj5)

650 I cannot just LEARN and STAND UP my own personal advertising business.


How hard can it be? You dig a hole, put the ad seeds in there, and water it.

Posted by: Mini Mike Bloomberg at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (YJAfx)

651 Will be sending more hobo pelts upon payday. Stormfronters and mobys will not put you out of business.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (KnJdm)

652 Ace, just sue him. leave the nasty gutter stuff to low lifes like me


Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM

---

You can't be a nasty gutter stuff lowlife you are an Officer and a Gentleman who serves at the pleasure of the President of the United States.


And you are a Dentist to boot.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (JUOKG)

653 "Oh, for the happier times when we discussed the best self propelled push lawnmower..."
Longbows or Crossbows?
(ducks)

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (TwA+r)

654 John Brennan is our nation's premier UltraDecrepitarian.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (Ve//x)
+++++++++++
Screw you, pal.

Posted by: Ruth Bader Ginsburg at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (hYcqw)

655 "The conservative commentator crowd" is all neocon and corporate.
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (PbpT7)


What about that book launch party picture from a few months ago? I'm not talking about the Cuckshed crew.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (t+qrx)

656 Because of the very bad allergies I've had (AGAIN), I had to start taking steroids again, and i'm a little roid ragey today.

But I am serious about Banana SPlits Guy: Tell me who he is. I will spend the rest of my life making sure he does not have any employment or housing. And I might just take a visit to see him.
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:11 PM (PbpT7)

Oooh, can I come with? I'm having nicotine withdrawals and it's only a matter of time before I go on a rampage. Might as well be for a good cause.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (975xX)

657 I just hit the tip jar while contemplating Kate Upton. Good luck with the trolls, Ace.

Posted by: 40 miles north at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (o2vOl)

658 The distance between the Nahrzis and Leftists is not much.

-
My high school history teacher, Chicken Legs Ingraham, told us that the only difference between Hitler and Stalin was the shape of their mustaches.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (+y/Ru)

659 545 It may be a pain, and definitely would ruin the hilarious sock puppetry that goes on here, but registration could be necessary.
Posted by: Unkaren
____________

No shockpuuuppets? Nooooooooooooo.

* throws lamp *

* loses balance *

* vomits *

Posted by: DistHillary at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (9vQJW)

660 >>>One of the comment programs has a neat feature that
you can set to disappear a comment if it gets a certain number of down arrows. No need for a mod.


Then the mobys flood the site and down-vote all the 'wrong' comments. I'm against giving the trolls any sort of power like that.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (HmZuC)

661 John Brennan is our nation's premier UltraDecrepitarian.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (Ve//x)
+++++++++++
Screw you, pal.
Posted by: Ruth Bader Ginsburg at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM

- -

Sorry.

John Brennan is our nation's premier LIVING UltraDecrepitarian.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (Ve//x)

662 So why is calling a team "The Braves" or "The Blackhawks" bad....but "The Vikings" or "The Cavaliers" is ok?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (qlFIA)

663 ...fine.

I'll send Ace whatever is in my Paypal account.

But - I expect some racy pictures in my email this week.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (eQMLi)

664 "...assholes are driving me out of business and I cannot do anything about it."

The Federalist and Zero Hedge were both threatened by Google Ads. Stephen Molyneaux just got purged from YouTube and Twitter so he's completely banned from the main internet.

This Communist Un-personing Train has no brakes, with or without people further to your Right. I am sympathetic, but understand the time to take a stand against this brutal e-censorship was when registrars started taking down domains in August of 2017. Only Tucker Carlson did. The rest of the Right hid under their beds and pretended the commissars wouldn't come for them because it was just those icky guys further to their Right who got the ax. That was not the case.

This is the "I didn't speak up and then there was no one to speak up for me" thing. The Right needs to rally around free speech for everyone and stop hoping the alligator will spare them. It won't.

If God forbid the worst happens and your ads go away, here's a guide to Bitcoin. Just put it in DuckDuckGo and you'll get the links. Yes they're from places further to your Right but it's good information.

apocalypse-prep-retards-guide-to-using-bitcoin/

(No I am not calling you or anyone else here a retard. That's what the author put in his URL.)

Posted by: Ruled By Mercenaries at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (xIA9/)

665 Banned.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM (LvTSG)

Oh. No being able to talk about One Cut of the Dead Saturday night then.
Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (Ojki1)


Anyone who posts any spoilers on that one should have their nads ripped off.

Such a fine job they did with it.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (hku12)

666 @JohnBrennan

Why aren't you in jail you POS?

Posted by: Joey the paste eater at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (Zmnko)

667 >>.What about that book launch party picture from a few months ago? I'm not talking about the Cuckshed crew.


Please stop with this. I'm not going to take on another career to fund my barely-eking-out-a-living first one.

"Just learn an entirely new skill set and spend 30 hours per week doing that in addition to your other job!!!" is a non-starter. If I have to do that, I'll just quit and get a real job.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (PbpT7)

668 A key F-35 safety system is sustaining damage in Air Force service,
forcing the office that overseas the F-35 program to recommend flight
restrictions. Under the new guidelines, F-35 jets should socially
distance from lightning, maintaining a distance of least 25 miles. The
faulty systems could cause a F-35 hit by lightning to literally explode
in midair.

Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (3aI0K)

669 ace, what can I do to help?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (q1Pj5)

670 I just hit the tip jar while contemplating Kate Upton. Good luck with the trolls, Ace.
Posted by: 40 miles north at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (o2vOl)
++++++++++++
Man, this guy is giving out Kate Upton-sized tips. How the hell can the rest of us compete with that?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (hYcqw)

671 I love the scene where they make their escape and then try to get away in the helicopter. When she looks at him and realizes they've done it many times before... *chef kiss*

Posted by: ... at




"My middle name . . . is Rose" . . . *dies*

Posted by: Sharkman at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (TSNUS)

672 Chicago Blackhawks say they are keeping their name.
I have no idea why. Native Americans are worthless and weak.There are now just worthless snowflakes.
Totally undeserving of being the symbol of strength for these teams.
Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (3aI0K)

Maybe they will change their mascot to the horrible military industrial complex killing machine that is unfair to other countries and their "freedom fighters".

I can live with that.

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (Ojki1)

673 I'm new here:

"If there was a way to give more *trusted* regulars limited function to delete trolls."

That's the answer

Posted by: hevel varik at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (quVbM)

674 My high school history teacher, Chicken Legs Ingraham, told us that the
only difference between Hitler and Stalin was the shape of their
mustaches.
***

Also, Stalin ate meat. And had two balls.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (qlFIA)

675 You can't be a nasty gutter stuff lowlife you are an Officer and a Gentleman who serves at the pleasure of the President of the United States.


And you are a Dentist to boot.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (JUOKG)

It's like a super hero thing. I just change cloths and curse more

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (85Gof)

676 Then the mobys flood the site and down-vote all the 'wrong' comments. I'm against giving the trolls any sort of power like that.

Why, no one ever abuses such power on Reddit!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (KZzsI)

677 545 It may be a pain, and definitely would ruin the hilarious sock
puppetry that goes on here, but registration could be necessary.

Posted by: Unkaren



Miklos hardest hit

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (k/TB6)

678 Advertising company? I'm still waiting on T-shirts.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (FeOTH)

679 Why can't Ace just have a separate blog spot or something for the comments? There are tons of free website systems out there like wordpress.com.
I would prefer that over the slow and crappy comments that we have now where when you press the arrow keys it goes to the very bottom at the comment form instead of moving down the page by a line or two.
And that other free site could just be unmoderated and unlinked by the main HQ site. I have no idea what these nuked comments were and it sounds like a lot of good ones were unfairly deleted too.

Posted by: stop censoring at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (idLQk)

680 @JohnBrennan

@realDonaldTrump is our nation's premier ultracrepidarian.

@JohnBrennan is our nation's premier coprophiliac.

-
Decepticon.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 08, 2020 04:17 PM (+y/Ru)

681 >>>I just hit the tip jar while contemplating Kate Upton.


Uh, what did you hit it with?

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 08, 2020 04:17 PM (HmZuC)

682 I again love the idea of a cadre being issued a Concealed Banning Permit.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 04:17 PM (Ve//x)

683 Ace: I read the blog every day, and sometimes the comments - you guys are super smart and highlarious and help brighten my days. Flaming Skull days are the best! I didn't know about the current whack-a-troll sitch. I made a donation. Please hang in there.

Posted by: JJ in Soiboiville, OR at July 08, 2020 04:17 PM (tHI5I)

684 Didn't one of the regulars have a meatspace agreement to meet up with BSG, and he (BSG) reneged? If I remember that correctly, that commenter should have some info.

And apart from one occasional ONT guy who has the BSG style (not very smart, not well informed, short comment, always nibbling on some minor aspect of a topic), I haven't noticed him around. Unless he also does idiotic s**tposting using the N word and talking about the juice, etc.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 08, 2020 04:17 PM (El6T/)

685 I put some money in the tip jar. Hope it helps.

Posted by: troyriser at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (xeeMq)


#MeT00!

This is my only link with sanity, I cannot let it be destroyed!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at July 08, 2020 04:17 PM (eTZoJ)

686 What did I miss? What happened to the Michigan Couple post?
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 08, 2020 04:06 PM (Do5/p)


Somebody said something nice about Rick Wilson.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 04:17 PM (hku12)

687 Or how squids launched themselves out of the water by shooting water from their butts.

Posted by: Erebus at July 08, 2020 04:17 PM (X8XYH)

688 613 I cannot just LEARN and STAND UP my own personal advertising business.

Jesus Christ.
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (PbpT7)

Ya really think " Jesus Christ" is a good name for a adv firm? Maybe? Maybe you nailed it?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (85Gof)


Check the AoSHQ style guide: I think it should read "Jesus H. Christ on a crutch."

Or maybe, Jesus Murphy on a bicycle.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 08, 2020 04:18 PM (kdyeC)

689 But - I expect some racy pictures in my email this week.
Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (eQMLi)

Ace with a hand coyly placed over his Netherlands?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at July 08, 2020 04:18 PM (LQ1+F)

690 Somebody said something nice about Rick Wilson.
___

Look, all I said is he waves that hand fan really well while I am servicing his wife. Really grow up people.

Posted by: Rick Wilson's Bull at July 08, 2020 04:18 PM (qlFIA)

691 I have no idea what these nuked comments were and it sounds like a lot of good ones were unfairly deleted too.

Posted by: stop censoring at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (idLQk)

You are wildly wrong.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:18 PM (dLLD6)

692 You might as well be telling me LEARN TO CODE

You have Pixy. A hashtable of permitted emails, as a first cut. There aren't that many of us. IP's aren't static.

Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2020 04:18 PM (WLHrn)

693 Put a "Black Lives Matter" splash on here like Infinity Ward did on Modern Warfare.

It ended racism.

They also removed the "ok" gesture in-game feature. I'm not kidding.

Life is beautiful

Posted by: Brigade Brigade at July 08, 2020 04:18 PM (6MoD2)

694 Ivy Leagues cancel all Fall sports.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2020 04:18 PM (aKsyK)

695 Miklos hardest hit

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death

We have a poster named 'Miklos'

Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (VcFUs)

696 I chipped in a few. Sorry about the...well, about all the evil in the world, Ace.

Posted by: moviegique at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (CcUfv)

697 BLM Activist: Having Children With Black People Doesn't Mean You're Not Racist

-
Wine moms hardest hit.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (+y/Ru)

698 I just had an amusing moment at the local recycling center. My wife believes in that crap (she won't watch Penn & Teller's Bullshit program) so I agreed to carry a load of cardboard down for her, to make her happy. About an armload, so I get down to the center (it's in a big old garage space, open to the air) and the attendant yells "whoah you can't come in here without a mask!!!" So I just said "Okay, Bye!" and threw it down on the ground in the middle of their door, and then I drove off.

bitch, I was doing you a favor by taking it there. I think from now on I'll make my wife happy by telling her I'm taking it down there and just finding a dumpster nearby.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (Kpl3J)

699 662 So why is calling a team "The Braves" or "The Blackhawks" bad....but "The Vikings" or "The Cavaliers" is ok?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:15 PM (qlFIA)

It's not. We're just getting started.

Posted by: The Woke mob. at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (Ojki1)

700 charles johnson put that on his blog towards the end. It was a lefty wet dream tool.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:10 PM (JUOKG)

Ohhhhh,

'tis an unfortunate brush to be tarred with.

{{{kicks own ass}}}

Posted by: browndog at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (BgMrQ)

701 I also enjoy the Free Republic site.
Registration, no ads, user sustained, fund drives, etc.
Could be a model.

Posted by: attilla isn't so bad, really at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (w7KSn)

702 You can't be a nasty gutter stuff lowlife you are an
Officer and a Gentleman who serves at the pleasure of the President of
the United States.





And you are a Dentist to boot.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (JUOKG)



It's like a super hero thing. I just change cloths and curse more


Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM

---

Leave that to us Chief Petty Officers, we have that covered in spades.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (JUOKG)

703 698 bitch, I was doing you a favor by taking it there. I think from now on I'll make my wife happy by telling her I'm taking it down there and just finding a dumpster nearby.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (Kpl3J)

========

Probably ends up the same place either way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (LvTSG)

704 ">>>I just hit the tip jar while contemplating Kate Upton.





Uh, what did you hit it with?"
Bunk.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (TwA+r)

705 It turns out that people's national identity is too important. The poor and misbegotten hordes went into a generation-destroying war for G-d and Country, and class took a back seat. According to Marx, that shouldn't have happened.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) (hYcqw) at July 08, 2020 04:04 PM (hYcqw)

They also started getting stuff like indoor plumbing, refrigerators, and antibiotics, so capitalism really didn't look that bad.

Posted by: Marcus Gravey at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (GlmxK)

706 You have connections, presumably? The (legitimately) conservative commentator crowd? Reach out to them, maybe they can put you in contact with companies that would advertise with you.
Posted by: hogmartin at July 08, 2020 04:12 PM (t+qrx)

You mean like the Federalist? Oh, wait.....

There's Instapundit, but I'm not really sure how he's avoided advertising blacklists.

Most legitimate conservative commentators are in the same boat as Ace.

Posted by: lowtech redneck at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (hfClf)

707 I would prefer that over the slow and crappy comments that we have now



You take that back. Our ineptitude is part of the charm.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (lwiT4)

708 If there is a registration system, it ought to require a signup fee of at least $10-$20 to guarantee trolls don't sign up.

The more I think about this, the more I don't hate it. It would ensure 1) a small income stream for Ace, 2) that everyone has at least nominal skin in the game, and 3) as stated, a barrier to entry for all but the most dedicated trolls.

The way I imagine it working is that on payment, I get a random (but easy to remember, e.g. "correcthorsebatterystaple") password that has to be attached to each comment submitted. Anyone determined to be an abuser has his password invalidated and further comments get automatically bit-bucketed.

Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 08, 2020 04:20 PM (qc+VF)

709 {{{.creeper.}}}

Please check your spam traps.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 08, 2020 04:20 PM (u82oZ)

710 My money is on Jonah Goldberg or David French, Christian.

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 08, 2020 04:20 PM (IsWuk)

711 21 >>>I hit the tip jar too, Ace.


thank you, and thanks to everyone else who donated.

Because of the very bad allergies I've had (AGAIN), I had to start taking steroids again, and i'm a little roid ragey today.

But I am serious about Banana SPlits Guy: Tell me who he is. I will spend the rest of my life making sure he does not have any employment or housing. And I might just take a visit to see him.
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:11 PM (PbpT7)


Well I'll just spitball here that while all his current stuff is nuked he once did post here regularly and all those old comments and associated hashes are still there. Wouldn't it be possible to take a look and see if he actually did give more info back when he was just obsessed with being contrarian in all things and not becoming a psycho troll

Posted by: Buzzion at July 08, 2020 04:20 PM (9OZbr)

712 I guess I missed the "Hitlers."

Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2020 04:20 PM (Zmnko)

713 I wouldn't want keys to the banhammer. I'd pull an ewok and ban myself, guaranteed.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: There is always More Stupid at July 08, 2020 04:20 PM (OUMaO)

714 Also, Stalin ate meat. And had two balls.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (qlFIA)

I'm gonna have to ask how, exactly, you know about Stalin's balls.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (kdyeC)

715 You are wildly wrong.


Not surprising, it's the same troll.

Posted by: Grump928© at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (YJAfx)

716 "Ivy Leagues cancel all Fall sports."
Chess teams hardest hit.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (TwA+r)

717 >>You are wildly wrong.

What are the odds?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (ZLI7S)

718
Not sure if it was on Fox or somewhere else, but Whedon's Dollhouse was an interesting concept that lasted a little over one full season.

Interestingly, they wrote and I think filmed an ending, should they be cancelled early.. and then used it.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 03:53 PM (hku12)

For the Sci-fi loving Morons here - you should check out the Expanse on Amazon. It's some of the best Sci-Fi I've seen in a while, the first season is confusing and a bit cold-blooded killing off characters- but that slows down and the story is really interesting. Some crazy lefty takes on interplanetary government and religion- but the story is so well written they kind of self-own when write the leftist BS kind of accurately.

Posted by: Justasheep at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (L9Eia)

719 I have no idea why.<<<<<<
Oh, maybe because they don't want to bend over and give in to every little demand of the ultra sensitive crowd and get rid of a well established brand they have preserved since 1926.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (r+sAi)

720 Husker Du
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2020 04:14 PM (aKsyK)


Truth be told, this is an example of a band that was greater than the sum of its parts. By all rights, Bob Mould should have had a great solo career, because his stuff was infinitely better than Grant Hart's output.

But when he went out on his own, just a bunch of forgettable records of varying levels of angst.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (hku12)

721 Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (Kpl3J)

LOL. Good for you!

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (975xX)

722 It's like a super hero thing. I just change cloths and curse more

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (85Gof)


Is there a phone booth in your dental office, or jars containing radioactive filling materiel?


Those are real giveaways that you have super powers!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (eTZoJ)

723 "The faulty systems could cause a F-35 hit by lightning to literally explode in midair."
Posted by: SMOD at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (3aI0K)


They also found that F-35's flown by Naval Aviators could run into freighters.

Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (mrrpT)

724 Well I'll just spitball here that while all his
current stuff is nuked he once did post here regularly and all those old
comments and associated hashes are still there. Wouldn't it be possible
to take a look and see if he actually did give more info back when he
was just obsessed with being contrarian in all things and not becoming a
psycho troll


Posted by: Buzzion at July 08, 2020 04:20 PM

---

I thought you were dead.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (JUOKG)

725 Somebody said something nice about Rick Wilson.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 04:17 PM (hku12)

Must of been Rick Wilson. No one else I know of has anything nice to say about the prick.

Posted by: Rick Wilson's mom at July 08, 2020 04:22 PM (Ojki1)

726 624 596 Millennium
Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 04:05 PM (Izzlo)

I finally found the complete set of Millenium DVDs on eBay recently and jumped on it. That was an awesome series.
Posted by: troyriser


It was pretty underrated. Lance Henriksen is very good in just about anything he's in.
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2020 04:11 PM (Cy6k3)

Only guy to get killed by a Predator, Terminator & an Alien.

Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 04:22 PM (Izzlo)

727 BLM Activist: Having Children With Black People Doesn't Mean You're Not Racist





I don't think that word means what you think it means.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 04:22 PM (QFqpA)

728 >>Ace with a hand coyly placed over his Netherlands?


You can cover a lot with a Messenger Bag and a Vespa.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2020 04:22 PM (eQMLi)

729 The more I think about this, the more I don't hate it.


You will lose your anonymity unless the registration takes cash.

Posted by: Grump928© at July 08, 2020 04:22 PM (YJAfx)

730 724 Posted by: Buzzion at July 08, 2020 04:20 PM

---

I thought you were dead.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (JUOKG)

==========

He Snake Plissken?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:22 PM (LvTSG)

731 You are wildly wrong.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:18 PM (dLLD6)

And guess who you just responded to. Just delete his retarded ass.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 04:22 PM (uEbPt)

732 I threw some money your way Ace. Wish it could be more.

Posted by: Jewells45 at July 08, 2020 04:22 PM (dUJdY)

733 You take that back. Our ineptitude is part of the charm.

***

[Copies text from the article to comment on them]

MINX: F*CK YOU!

[Looks through for quotes and removes them, tries again]

MINX: F*CK YOU!

[Removes the youtube link, tries again]

MINX: F*CK YOU!

[Cleans everything up in MS WORD]

MINX: OK FINE ASSHOLE.

The Barrel: WHY HELLO THEIR VICTIM!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:22 PM (qlFIA)

734 Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (PbpT7)

I know you are on edge but people are just trying to help by making suggestions not demands. Do what you do best. Use humor to reject their suggestions. Don't yell at them.

Don't taz...ban me bro.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (FeOTH)

735 Thought beer was best slug bait
Posted by: Skip



Best for the slug baiter.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (axyOa)

736 692
You might as well be telling me LEARN TO CODE



You have Pixy. A hashtable of permitted emails, as a first cut. There aren't that many of us. IP's aren't static.

Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2020 04:18 PM (WLHrn)

CTH uses a system like that, where comments are approved, until proven trustworthy. But then, I got banhammered for disagreeing with a mod and providing actually statutory back-up. So nothing is perfect.
Perhaps a small donation to weed out the mobys and stormfronters, at least. Then at least Ace has some financial record of a commenter if they go off like MUMR or a gang of mobys trying to get advertisers to cancel.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (KnJdm)

737 Stormfront assholes are driving me out of business and I cannot do anything about it.
Posted by Ace at 03:10 PM Comments


Post a thread with Pixy participating, so we can discuss possible fixes? I have ideas, and seen some good ones on this thread.

Also, my email address field here is real, if someone with access to that field wants to contact me about helping out on troll patrol. Just put AoS in the subject field, and I'll reply within a day or two.

I offer this reluctantly, but I do spend 20-40 hours here in the comments, mostly just reading them. Maybe I could help stem the tide until a better solution arises.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (Z4rgH)

738 >>Truth be told, this is an example of a band that was greater than the sum of its parts. By all rights, Bob Mould should have had a great solo career, because his stuff was infinitely better than Grant Hart's output.

But when he went out on his own, just a bunch of forgettable records of varying levels of angst.


SUGAR : Copper Blue

That album is killer.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (eQMLi)

739 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (+y/Ru)

That comment goes along with the overwrought dolt from some NYC political council that said "A picture of white man bouncing a black baby on his knee could be triggering and considered racist."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (oDRcK)

740 Banana Splits gut.. Was he the one who was obsessed with Winona Ryder?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (Zmnko)

741 And guess who you just responded to. Just delete his retarded ass.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 04:22 PM (uEbPt)

And this is why you aren't a moderator.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (dLLD6)

742 Only guy to get killed by a Predator, Terminator & an Alien.

What am I? Chopped liver?

Posted by: Bill Paxton at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (YJAfx)

743 Looks like they letting back to VA in August.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (85Gof)

744 Some suggestions:

Block TOR exit node IPs, there are tools for this
Maybe add a registration/paid feature for nics. Socks and unpaired nics would still work.
Incorporate traceroute into banhammer for all to see and enjoy at their own leisure.

And I hit the tip jar for consideration of service rendered

Posted by: Jean at July 08, 2020 04:24 PM (Wpphr)

745 It's stormfront if it were profitable and useful for them to post here.

It's not stormfront.

Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2020 04:24 PM (B2mhs)

746 Good riddance to Vindaloomon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2020 04:24 PM (PTWV7)

747 7 what are stormfront assholes?
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Likely a Dem false flag op.

Posted by: Daybreak at July 08, 2020 04:24 PM (BRkq2)

748 737 Post a thread with Pixy participating, so we can discuss possible fixes? I have ideas, and seen some good ones on this thread.

Also, my email address field here is real, if someone with access to that field wants to contact me about helping out on troll patrol. Just put AoS in the subject field, and I'll reply within a day or two.

I offer this reluctantly, but I do spend 20-40 hours here in the comments, mostly just reading them. Maybe I could help stem the tide until a better solution arises.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (Z4rgH)



=========

I'm still waiting for him to code in support for smart quotes, which he said he would look into about two years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:24 PM (LvTSG)

749 >>I know you are on edge but people are just trying to help by making suggestions not demands. Do what you do best. Use humor to reject their suggestions. Don't yell at them.

The 17th time someone says "I want registration" after it's been explained it's not ace's call does tend to get a bit tedious.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 08, 2020 04:24 PM (ZLI7S)

750 It's like a super hero thing. I just change cloths and curse more


Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM

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Leave that to us Chief Petty Officers, we have that covered in spades.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (JUOKG)

Our little group was called on the carpet by management for too much cursing in the office. One guy got a pass--he was in the Navy, so cursing is required of him.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 08, 2020 04:24 PM (kdyeC)

751 I thought you were dead.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (JUOKG)

Not hardly!

Posted by: Big Jake at July 08, 2020 04:24 PM (BgMrQ)

752 I would prefer that over the slow and crappy comments that we have now







You take that back. Our ineptitude is part of the charm.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (lwiT4)

You're darn tootin' right!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 08, 2020 04:24 PM (q1Pj5)

753 >>>I know you are on edge but people are just trying to help by making suggestions not demands. Do what you do best. Use humor to reject their suggestions. Don't yell at them.

i know but suggestions that I just become proficient at an entirely different job to do my other job are just... absurd.

I could just start my own radio station too. I mean, whatever.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:25 PM (PbpT7)

754 I thought you were dead.
Posted by: Mr. Scott

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He's not dead yet!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2020 04:25 PM (Rvt88)

755 I'd ban everybody and start over. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 08, 2020 04:25 PM (IsWuk)

756 There isn't another place like this on the internet, it can't die. I would reveal myself if I had to. I'm old retired and on SS, whats the worst they could do to me?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 08, 2020 04:25 PM (/DRav)

757 add into that that i have NO DESIRE TO BE AN AD SALESMAN.

You know -- those jobs are plentiful. Cold-calling advertisers, offering spots.

I... do not want to do that.

I did it college.

I don't do it now.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:25 PM (PbpT7)

758 ace, I worked in advertising for a year.

Your instincts are spot on. Don't go there.

Posted by: creeper at July 08, 2020 04:25 PM (XxJt1)

759
It's like a super hero thing. I just change cloths and curse more





Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM



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Leave that to us Chief Petty Officers, we have that covered in spades.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (JUOKG)



Our little group was called on the carpet by management for too much
cursing in the office. One guy got a pass--he was in the Navy, so
cursing is required of him.


Posted by: tcn in AK at July 08, 2020 04:24 PM

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The wife and I have a combined total of over 40 years in the Navy and we do not have a single tattoo.

What are the odds of that?

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:25 PM (JUOKG)

760 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 08, 2020 04:19 PM (+y/Ru)

I personally would love to speak to any of those people. And I use hand gestures when I talk.

So if i pummel some BLM asshole into paste we was just talking.

Posted by: thathalfrican - Clark Kent with the glasses off at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (vEt7p)

761 He's not dead yet!

___

True...

Posted by: COVID 20, SMOD's Running Mate at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (qlFIA)

762 Also, Stalin ate meat. And had two balls.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:16 PM (qlFIA)

Walk him and pitch to Khrushchev

Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (Izzlo)

763 I like that Trump said schools must open and now the Lefties are against public schools opening. Bwahahaha.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (r+sAi)

764 I have them here. If it was extended beyond two, I'll have to try to find the rest. Haven't watched it since... well, since they were broadcast.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 08, 2020 04:13 PM (hku12)

There was a third season. I haven't watched it yet (I'm still working my way through) and can't remember the episodes when it was still on television.

Posted by: troyriser at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (xeeMq)

765 Buzzion, while Still Dead, you are also the de facto blog historian, at least to me - did I recall correctly that BSG reneged on a deal to meet up with a Moron in the real world? Or was that another pest?

Posted by: rhomboid at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (El6T/)

766 And this is why you aren't a moderator.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (dLLD6)

It's not him? I don't want that responsibility bro. I'm just trying to help.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (uEbPt)

767 Posted by: Buzzion at July 08, 2020 04:20 PM

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I thought you were dead.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (JUOKG)

That's a role model for you. Doesn't let the little things stop him.

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (Ojki1)

768 Looks like I missed some annoying trolls. Thankful.


And really thankful for this place, Ace. I hit the tip jar, wish it was able to be more.

Posted by: My life is insanity at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (Z/jzm)

769 some people are good at that and don't mind that work.

I do. The idea of fucking cold calling strangers all day is hateful to me.

It's a non-starter. I just don't want to hear "start your own advertising business."

Don't you think if I had ANY interest in that sort of thing, I would have chosen it as a primary field?

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (PbpT7)

770 I thought you were dead.

Ghosts have great memories

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (KZzsI)

771 Just testing to see if smart punctuation turned off works

Posted by: Harley at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (lTgSZ)

772 I gave the tip jar a nice back rub and some firm spanking.

More later, when I can.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (ifmtJ)

773 768 Looks like I missed some annoying trolls. Thankful.


And really thankful for this place, Ace. I hit the tip jar, wish it was able to be more.
Posted by: My life is insanity at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (Z/jzm)

========

And now we've talked more about the troll than the news of the day.

Or Prometheus.

It's a sad day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:27 PM (LvTSG)

774 I'd ban everybody and start over. It's the only way to be sure.
___

Do you have a news chronicle per chance that I could have my scribe peruse?

Posted by: Some French Crusader at July 08, 2020 04:27 PM (qlFIA)

775 Skankathon II?

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2020 04:27 PM (eQMLi)

776 OT -Here's something that made me laugh today. I went to visit a congregant and his wife and he has a fish pond and a small fountain in his back yard. It has a statue of a little black boy fishing. One of his neighbors said., "That could be considered racist." His response-"Why, because black children never fish? It was a black friend who gave it to me." That shut her up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2020 04:27 PM (oDRcK)

777 >>I could just start my own radio station too. I mean, whatever.

I think you'll have to start with your own banking system, since they're all starting to crack down, too.

And there are a few "regulatory hurdles" to clear once you get the billion or so capital together that you'll need to do this.

Posted by: moviegique at July 08, 2020 04:27 PM (CcUfv)

778 Ace, go buy yourself sump'in nice...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at July 08, 2020 04:27 PM (sOMf2)

779 I do. The idea of fucking cold calling strangers all day is hateful to me.

Yeah I sympathize completely. That's why I was suggesting outsourcing it to a helpful regular. Gotta be at least one person here who's good at that kind of crap

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:27 PM (KZzsI)

780 Holy crap that worked
Thanks to whoever said that
Thought I was banned for some reason

Posted by: Harley at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (lTgSZ)

781 The lie is that "right wing" and conservatives are the same thing.

Right and left are both authoritarian ideologies. Right wing however, is nationalist and believes in maintaining national culture and traditions. This is an overlap with conservative, but not the same thing.

The right in the US is not the same as the right elsewhere because freedom is a given in the US (was, anyway) and so right and left was only in the context of freedoms and not authoritarianism.

In fact, in the US the left has moved toward eliminating freedoms and so is more authoritarian making the right wing in the US the non-authoritarian exception to that whole system of classification.

It gets a little more complicated when you confuse *state* authority with church, and family authority. The Left wants the state to have more power but portrays the right as being authoritarian because they want to stick to traditional values and and traditional family authorities. Some on the right do call for laws to protect those rights, but that is minor (laws for prayer in school would be an example.) Abortion is not in this discussion although many on the left see this as right wing authoritarianism and control of a women's body. They think that way because they completely dismiss the baby as having rights.

One further complication is that the left often leans toward libertinism in matter of drug use and sex. This mostly has to do with their young and ignorant demographic and their low key goal of destroying traditional society. Here the right is calling for more state authority (to define a person's sex, to restrict drug use,...) as part of maintaining traditional society but even though this the the biggest tent in the marxist circus, it is really just a sideshow and does not reflect on their larger goals of total control of the public.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (LWu6U)

782 765 Buzzion, while Still Dead, you are also the de facto blog historian, at least to me - did I recall correctly that BSG reneged on a deal to meet up with a Moron in the real world? Or was that another pest?
Posted by: rhomboid at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (El6T/)

Not Buzzion,

But yes, you recollect correctly.

Can't remember who though.

Posted by: browndog at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (BgMrQ)

783 "I like that Trump said schools must open and now the Lefties are against public schools opening. Bwahahaha."
Frankly, I think we should keep the schools closed, and home-school up to 12th grade. Let parents have a close look at exactly what the kiddos are learning. Keep the teachers from indoctrinating the yout's. And why not uni too? Break the sweet sweet government gravy-train they've been riding on for the past 50+ years.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (TwA+r)

784 >>I could just start my own radio station too.


I have one word for you, Ace :

Plastics

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (eQMLi)

785 740 Banana Splits gut.. Was he the one who was obsessed with Winona Ryder?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2020 04:23 PM (Zmnko)

Yes

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (Ojki1)

786 I always thought ace should sell merch. Cups, pints, tee shirts, shot glasses and baseball hats. Would buy.

Posted by: Max Power at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (q177U)

787 I could just start my own radio station too. I mean, whatever.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:25 PM (PbpT7)

Then you could hire the ad sales person.

Win /win

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (FeOTH)

788 There's got to be some commenters on this site who would consider advertising here....

Posted by: My life is insanity at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (Z/jzm)

789 Our little group was called on the carpet by management for too much cursing in the office. One guy got a pass--he was in the Navy, so cursing is required of him.

Posted by: tcn in AK
I've been told that people attend meetings just to hear what I say and how I tell someone else they have ring around the collar from sticking their head up their un-wiped asshole

Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (VcFUs)

790 An entry disappeared. Something in Michigan.
Posted by: CapeFear


I've been there. There is some there, there.

Hogmartin, Alton Jackson, Eris- She wolf of the Ette-ettes, Author AH Lloyd, Helena Handbasket.

I rescued Shibumi.

The place is disappearing before our eyes.

Posted by: Archie Bunker, somewhere in Brooklyn at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (vcOmj)

791
Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:09 PM (qlFIA)

Not one American fighting man in harm's way. Screw that. They can let us bomb the narco-terrorists on Mexican soil, but no boots on the ground!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:11 PM (dLLD6)


You can't tell one from another till they pull out their guns.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (rQEdR)

792 A bunch of regulars could be empowered to immediately delete (or change) posts that are racist, Stormfronty, etc. --- the stuff that can be used to discourage advertisers.

Being an eeyore or a contrarian may or may not be annoying, but it doesn't hurt Ace's income. Mods can stick to weeding out the posts that DO hurt.


Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (M/9m0)

793 It's not that bad a gig, really.

Posted by: Herb Tarlick at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (eQMLi)

794 I have one word for you, Ace :

Plastics


"He could try kickboxing, too"
--Lloyd Dobbler

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (KZzsI)

795 I lightly caressed the tip jar without once thinking about Kate Upton's tits.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (sWM8x)

796 Banana Splits gut.. Was he the one who was obsessed with Winona Ryder?
Posted by: It's me donna



Yes.

He was way more obnoxious than that Prometheus guy.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (QFqpA)

797 Helena Handbasket.

Posted by: Archie Bunker, somewhere in Brooklyn at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (vcOmj)


She's from much further than Michigan.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (t+qrx)

798 casino spam

^^^^^
Never seen this

Posted by: Piratepatch from the flood zone at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (y564q)

799 Day drinking has some positive benefits
I learned something

Posted by: Harley at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (lTgSZ)

800

ABC, ace, ABC.

Do you want a Cadillac or not?

Posted by: imp at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (SFOr6)

801 and Ace, getting a day job, you know, that's crazy talk

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (rQEdR)

802 796 He was way more obnoxious than that Prometheus guy.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (QFqpA)

==========

He sounds awesome, that Prometheus guy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (LvTSG)

803 776-Besides he's a Korean war vet and he's had the thing up for about 40 years. He's not taking it down now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (oDRcK)

804 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2020 04:27 PM (oDRcK)

I swear it's like some people have never a black person ever. They just see what the TV shows them and go "oh ok gotcha."

Posted by: thathalfrican - Clark Kent with the glasses off at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (vEt7p)

805 I always thought ace should sell merch. Cups, pints, tee shirts, shot glasses and baseball hats. Would buy.


Posted by: Max Power at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM

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I would buy a jacket. Something with a hood maybe like a windbreaker.


I know a woman who does that stuff and would love the extra $$$.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (JUOKG)

806 You will lose your anonymity unless the registration takes cash.

Agreed, that is a problem but, TBH, there probably is no real anonymity on the internet if someone wants to find you badly enough. That's part of the reason I try to maintain a civil tongue even when disagreeing with someone.

Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (qc+VF)

807 Why not doxx some of the trolls?

Posted by: torabora at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (Y274z)

808 9RX262762M232481N
Ace, my contribution to fight the stormfront/false flag assholes. Keep up the great work.

Posted by: PHenry at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (CEG9E)

809 But what if we WANT you to take off your pants?
Posted by: Jordan61

Dear Lady,

Hubs would never forgive me for the horror I would inflict on you, likely rendering you, er, how to put it delicately, shall we say dramatically unwilling to EVER gaze upon his noble manly visage again, due to the primal terror that would be indelibly branded into your frontal lobes, not to mention the intractable vomiting and torn vocal cords...

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM (d6DSt)

810 25 Yeah... no offense to ace but part of the reason I have been steering clear of the comments recently is how um vitriolic they have become.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 08, 2020 03:12 PM (YzR+W)


You would say that, you turdburgling gongfarmer.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM (H5knJ)

811 I could just start my own radio station too. I mean, whatever.

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:25 PM (PbpT7)


Oh, oh, oh, I can see Ace TV blossoming before our very eyes.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM (eTZoJ)

812 There is a greater than 0 chance this is one of us doing this.

Posted by: Jonah, Kristol, Rick Wilson at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM (bSBbi)

813 I thought you were dead.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (JUOKG)

That's a role model for you. Doesn't let the little things stop him.
Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (Ojki1)


I like that "coming back from the dead" stuff. It shows spunk.

Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM (mrrpT)

814 He was way more obnoxious than that Prometheus guy.

Posted by: rickb223

the guy what sez he don't gots a banhammer, right?

Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM (VcFUs)

815 753 >>>I know you are on edge but people are just trying to help by making suggestions not demands. Do what you do best. Use humor to reject their suggestions. Don't yell at them.

i know but suggestions that I just become proficient at an entirely different job to do my other job are just... absurd.

I could just start my own radio station too. I mean, whatever.

Posted by: ace


My suggestion, which is sort of an anti-suggestion, is to do what I did with zombietime:

Give up attempting to "monetize" blogging. I never ran ads on zombietime, ever, and never made a dime from it. Just shelled out an (admittedly tiny) amount of $ every month for the hosting. THEN, to "pay for" it all, and to "make a living," I literally did "get another job."

It actually was much less hassle and much less time-consuming and much more profitable than trying to wrestle with monetizing the internet.

So my suggestion is: Try to get a decent-paying part-time (or ultra-part-time) job that pays enough to get by, and/or that would approximately replace lost ad revenue. Then you can cease worrying about advertisers.

Yes, you'll have less time for blogging, but hopefully not catastrophically less.

Also: Feel free to dismiss this suggestion as absurd, if you think it's absurd.

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM (HEEq1)

816 Some time ago we had a thread discussion on trolls which then are used to shut down comments at other conservative sites.

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM (6f16T)

817 765 Buzzion, while Still Dead, you are also the de facto blog historian, at least to me - did I recall correctly that BSG reneged on a deal to meet up with a Moron in the real world? Or was that another pest?
Posted by: rhomboid at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (El6T/)



Beats me. He didn't really register with me as anything beyond just a nic obsessed with Winona Ryder until he started downplaying evidence of leftists intentionally starting violence after rallies in 2016.

Posted by: Buzzion at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM (9OZbr)

818

Frankly, I think we should keep the schools closed, and home-school up to 12th grade. Let parents have a close look at exactly what the kiddos are learning. Keep the teachers from indoctrinating the yout's. And why not uni too? Break the sweet sweet government gravy-train they've been riding on for the past 50+ years.
Posted by: Furaibou


Problerm is, that's not the wy this has worked. It's not "homeschooling", it's "government schooling at home"---which is much different and much more pernicious.

Posted by: imp at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM (SFOr6)

819 I would buy a hat with the logo and slogan on it

Posted by: Harley at July 08, 2020 04:32 PM (lTgSZ)

820 I'm thinking a subscription service. Ace just posts open treads all day and we shoot the shit about stuff, but we get an "ettes boobies of the week pic" on Fridays.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 04:32 PM (hoVhs)

821 I swear it's like some people have never a black person ever. They just see what the TV shows them and go "oh ok gotcha."

I think that's the case for most of these folks. They have a sort of idealized vision in their heads, and base everything on that.

There aren't a lot of blacks in Oregon but I've worked with a few and had some in my gaming groups and its the damndest thing. They are just human beings. Its almost like having more melanin in your skin doesn't transform you into another species or something.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:32 PM (KZzsI)

822 Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (eQMLi)

No. Latex. Vandalay Industries is looking for a good man!

Posted by: thathalfrican - Clark Kent with the glasses off at July 08, 2020 04:32 PM (vEt7p)

823 786 I always thought ace should sell merch. Cups, pints, tee shirts, shot glasses and baseball hats. Would buy.
Posted by: Max Power at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (q177U)

There IS a recipe book.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 08, 2020 04:32 PM (kdyeC)

824 if anyone knows who he is, please tell me. I will take vengeance. I'm not kidding.


Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:02 PM

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He keeps popping up under different Nics hashes. I think he is going to the library or something and using different computers.
Posted by: Mr. Scott

There's a program called HMA! VPN. From the comfort and safety of your Mom's basement, using your own devices, you can jump around the world hiding behind proxy IP's to ravage websites you don't like. Or so I've heard.

Posted by: starboardhelm at July 08, 2020 04:32 PM (yy4fX)

825 I could just start my own radio station too. I mean, whatever.



Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:25 PM (PbpT7)



Then you could hire the ad sales person.



Win /win

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (FeOTH)

ProTip: Turkeys cannot fly.

Posted by: Herb and Mr. Calrson at July 08, 2020 04:32 PM (q1Pj5)

826 You get the most flak when you're over the target.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at July 08, 2020 03:38 PM (O4K4J)


Technically you get the most flak when you're over -A- target. It doesn't have to be -the- target.

Posted by: GWB at July 08, 2020 04:32 PM (mRtYs)

827 Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 08, 2020 04:29 PM (M/9m0)


I nominate Margarita the ability to alter all stormfront's comments to their embarrassment and benefit of AoSHQ.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 08, 2020 04:32 PM (rQEdR)

828 The left seeks to ruin everything that is good and enjoyable. It's who they are.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (xfb67)

829 I could just start my own radio station too. I mean, whatever.

Posted by: ace



Then you could hire the ad sales person.

Win /win
Posted by: Can't resist temptation



Herb Tarlek from WKRP is available.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (QFqpA)

830 "I have one word for you, Ace :

Plastics"

Aluminum siding...

It's the wave of the future.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (3D/fK)

831 Gazo: How's about investing in condominiums? It's safe.
Rocky Balboa: Condominiums?

Gazo: Yeah, condominiums.
Rocky Balboa: I never use 'em.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (r+sAi)

832
It's a non-starter. I just don't want to hear "start your own advertising business."

Don't you think if I had ANY interest in that sort of thing, I would have chosen it as a primary field?
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (PbpT7)

and it wouldn't work in this climate. Even with their massive audiences, Tucker and Rush have problems finding and keeping advertisers. It just isn't a viable business model in times like these.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (Kpl3J)

833 I think merchandising would be a good thing. Bumper sticker, mugs, tshirts, man bags. Etc

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (lwiT4)

834 I thought you were dead.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (JUOKG)



That's a role model for you. Doesn't let the little things stop him.

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (Ojki1)





I like that "coming back from the dead" stuff. It shows spunk.



Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM

---

Well it does show a certain amount of grit, I will give you that.

A man that comes back from the dead is certainly going places.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (JUOKG)

835 You buy merch from ace, have it sent to your home, then your home is broke into and your cash, pets and shelves are taken. Pass.

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (IsWuk)

836 There's got to be some commenters on this site who would consider advertising here....

I haven't looked but it's probably more than I can afford.

Posted by: Jewells45 at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (dUJdY)

837 >>A bunch of regulars could be empowered to immediately delete (or change) posts that are racist, Stormfronty, etc. --- the stuff that can be used to discourage advertisers.

The mods do that today. I think there is an expectation that this blog was writing at Cal Tech and things happen instantaneously. Sadly, no.

Look up thread, the troll has made many droppings even in this thread. Are any of them left?

If people would just ignore them and not even say Cleanup at XYZ it would calm things quite a bit.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (ZLI7S)

838 Whose turn is it to bury Buzzion?

Posted by: Erebus at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (X8XYH)

839 Zombie: I don't think it's absurd at all.
PS. Been reading your old reports at your website. I swear, some of the things on there and what you've said are prophetic.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (TwA+r)

840 And now we've talked more about the troll than the news of the day.

Or Prometheus.

It's a sad day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:27 PM (LvTSG)

Huh, so Saturdays movie thread is either Prometheus or Troll.

I've got both movies, so time for a re-watch I guess.

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:34 PM (Ojki1)

841 Its almost like having more melanin in your skin doesn't transform you into another species or something.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:32 PM (KZzsI)

I grew up in Alaska. We couldn't give one rat's ass about what color your skin is. We have everybody, and nobody cares. Really.

Except a few race hustlers imported from the States. Californicators, mostly. And we laugh at them, pat them on the head, and say things like "There, there."

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 08, 2020 04:34 PM (kdyeC)

842 I could just start my own radio station too. I mean, whatever.



Posted by: ace


I'm on a mexican, whoa - o radio...

Posted by: Archer at July 08, 2020 04:34 PM (gmo/4)

843 TBH, there probably is no real anonymity on the internet if someone wants to find you badly enough.

There isn't, that's why I do not bother.

Although I don't have children or wife to protect, so I can see why others might want to be more careful.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:34 PM (KZzsI)

844 840 Huh, so Saturdays movie thread is either Prometheus or Troll.

I've got both movies, so time for a re-watch I guess.
Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:34 PM (Ojki1)

===========

Not my thread this week, but moviegique has made an appearance. Maybe he'll say something about it.

I think my next post will be about the Sight and Sound polls.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:34 PM (LvTSG)

845 Pussy can't learn to sell ads!

In addition to my court duties, I teach coding to unemployed journalists, tie my own highly successful line of trout flies, and am designing and constructing a proprietary bathyscaphe, all at the age of 152!

Posted by: RBG at July 08, 2020 04:35 PM (pNYAm)

846 I thought you were dead.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:21 PM (JUOKG)



That's a role model for you. Doesn't let the little things stop him.

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (Ojki1)





I like that "coming back from the dead" stuff. It shows spunk.

Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM (mrrpT)

I hate spunk!

Posted by: Mr. Grant at July 08, 2020 04:35 PM (q1Pj5)

847 Remember when sanity used to be a thing? Like February? Good times.

Posted by: Poster X at July 08, 2020 04:35 PM (bSBbi)

848 825 I could just start my own radio station too. I mean, whatever.



Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:25 PM (PbpT7)


And I hear you have the perfect face for radio...
I kid, I kid

Posted by: It's me donna at July 08, 2020 04:35 PM (Zmnko)

849 Ace, why are you still using Pixy as your ISP? He's got such a shitty system and there are plenty of morons who can handle hosting. Or you could go to some other hosting platform, even free ones.
Funding via donation drives is the best way to deal with advertiser crap. I block all ads because they invade privacy and have spyware. Free Republic is the model here.

Posted by: Ol' Paint at July 08, 2020 04:35 PM (idLQk)

850 The wife and I have a combined total of over 40 years in the Navy and we do not have a single tattoo.

What are the odds of that?
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:25 PM (JUOKG

Jesus that is impressive..I have a shitty 12-13. But not bad for a guy who came in at about 54. LOL. I got a clear path to 68

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:35 PM (85Gof)

851 "783 "I like that Trump said schools must open and now the Lefties are against public schools opening. Bwahahaha."
Frankly, I think we should keep the schools closed, and home-school up to 12th grade. Let parents have a close look at exactly what the kiddos are learning. Keep the teachers from indoctrinating the yout's. And why not uni too? Break the sweet sweet government gravy-train they've been riding on for the past 50+ years.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (TwA+r)"


This, all of it.

Close 'em all, auction off the assets.

Posted by: the_sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at July 08, 2020 04:35 PM (0IMgo)

852 dude, I am not a fucking advertising agency. You might as well be telling me LEARN TO CODE

Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:08 PM (PbpT7)

Well, Ace, I was trying to be helpful. Yeah, it would probably be necessary to use an agent to recruit advertisers. These robot adservers have morked up a huge number of Web sites. Ad-blockers wouldn't exist if the served ads were not so annoying and intrusive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2020 04:35 PM (lAzM5)

853 Prometheus?
Why are we discussing the Greatest Movie Ever Made?

Posted by: The Two Yoots at July 08, 2020 04:35 PM (6MoD2)

854 take the day off i hit the tip jar .. go buy some cheap wine in a box.... you deserve it

Posted by: two finger joe at July 08, 2020 04:36 PM (Vdukr)

855 So if we are talking fund raising for real you've got 3 models

1) Fundraising - which can be done in a number of ways to as simple as making your paypal account more prominent and running "drives" to something more complex like Patreon.

2) Selling Merch - Get a graphic artist to make an AoS logo. Throw it on some shirts/etc and sell it through etsy, shopify, etc

3) Selling ads - this is the easiest but....it also make it easy for the left to cancel you.


For #2 a lot of non-technical people do this and you could get some AoS members to help you with it. But be very careful in vetting the merch/people helping. One "rayciss" design and suddenly your shop is cancelled.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:36 PM (qlFIA)

856 I always thought ace should sell merch. Cups, pints, tee shirts, shot glasses and baseball hats. Would buy.
Posted by: Max Power at July 08, 2020 04:28 PM (q177U)

There IS a recipe book.
Posted by: tcn in AK


If I HAVE to wear a mask into work, I WANT AN AOSHQ mash.

Ace of Spades on one side, Mencken quote on the other side.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 04:36 PM (QFqpA)

857 Black people never fish. Heh. I had a guy that worked for me (retired now) that thought of little else. Fished all the tournaments, 100k boat and truck. 20 k in tackle. Yeah, black guys fish.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 08, 2020 04:36 PM (o2MD2)

858
He sounds awesome, that Prometheus guy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (LvTSG)

He tends to be a little cult like with the Prometheus stuff, but he's pretty OK otherwise.

Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:37 PM (Ojki1)

859 You could get the My Pillow guy to advertise. /s

( had to read earlier thread for it to be funny. Glad we don't have the thumbs down feature)

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 04:37 PM (FeOTH)

860 "I could just start my own radio station too. I mean, whatever."

Posted by: ace


Or...

You could start your own YouTube channel. Of course that would cost well over $1.98, but I'm pretty sure we could get you financed.

Joe Rogan has a spare $100 million from talking to everyone in the universe. You've got a head start with this crowd.

Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 04:37 PM (mrrpT)

861 "And I hear you have the perfect face for radio...
I kid, I kid "

And a voice for print....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 08, 2020 04:37 PM (3D/fK)

862 But I am serious about Banana SPlits Guy: Tell me who he is. I will spend the rest of my life making sure he does not have any employment or housing. And I might just take a visit to see him.
Posted by: ace at July 08, 2020 04:11 PM (PbpT7)

---

A tank would come in handy doing away with both.

Posted by: SMH at July 08, 2020 04:37 PM (RU4sa)

863 858
He tends to be a little cult like with the Prometheus stuff, but he's pretty OK otherwise.
Posted by: Bete at July 08, 2020 04:37 PM (Ojki1)

===========

*stops reaching for Engineer costume used for proselytizing *

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:37 PM (LvTSG)

864 838 Whose turn is it to bury Buzzion?

Posted by: Erebus at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (X8XYH)

Dont bother he's not going to stay dead. Hell, he wont even lay down.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (hoVhs)

865 Rush talked about schools opening today, its a double edged sword but to me its better to get them in school.
Home schooling is great, met many very bright kids home schooled but its the exception to be a self starter kid. Most kids will do minimum work if left to their own, and kids with idle hands as it goes are the Devils hands.

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (6f16T)

866 I think merchandising would be a good thing. Bumper sticker, mugs, tshirts, man bags. Etc
Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (lwiT4)


AoSHQ Nipple Pasties.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (wCmLp)

867
There are some commenters that label contrary opinions as trolling.



No way.

Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (3SIUH)

868 One "rayciss" design and suddenly your shop is cancelled.

Since the definition keeps changing according to the target the left wants to take down, might as well just put up whatever.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Now running at SSD speeds at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (SchxB)

869 The wife and I have a combined total of over 40 years in the Navy and we do not have a single tattoo.

What are the odds of that?
Posted by: Mr. Scott


Four years in prison, (8 hours a shift), and not one prison tat.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (QFqpA)

870 ON THE RADIO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YWMDbAZwkA

Posted by: DONNA SUMMER at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (bWe8B)

871 My wife just told me how much Apple Stock we own...I got a woody

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (85Gof)

872 not a spring chicken sounds kinda MILFy to me...

Posted by: DooDad at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (SnLSx)

873 You've got a head start with this crowd.
Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 04:37 PM (mrrpT)

You really think Ace would take this mess of idiots out in public?

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (kdyeC)

874 867
There are some commenters that label contrary opinions as trolling.


No way.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (3SIUH)

========

Troll.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (LvTSG)

875

Ace, finish Saffron's first novel! Gold!

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (d6DSt)

876 AoS brand pudding. Come on, how hard is it to make pudding?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (qlFIA)

877 Why not doxx some of the trolls?

Posted by: torabora at July 08, 2020 04:30 PM (Y274z)


VPNs make that virtually impossible. That IS their point. And the current comment system cannot deal with VPNs in any realistic way.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (Z4rgH)

878 No way. <<<
Loser.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2020 04:39 PM (r+sAi)

879 I would definitely advertise here, if I had money, and I had any sort of reasonable expectation that it would affect sales. But honestly most people have browsers rigged with all kinds of things to block advertising as much as possible.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:39 PM (KZzsI)

880 "
I could just start my own radio station too. I mean, whatever.
"
Go full pirate, get an offshore boat and transmit away, like the British Swinging 60s, yeah, baby!

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:39 PM (TwA+r)

881 I hit the donate bucket. Haven't done it for a couple of months so it was time. I'd buy a T-shirt, mug, mask or anything else Ace would sell.

Posted by: Tuna at July 08, 2020 04:39 PM (gLRfa)

882 820
Ace just posts open treads all day

shoe porn?

Posted by: Anachronda at July 08, 2020 04:39 PM (sGtp+)

883 Teacher unions will fight to the death against re opening schools. Schools closed means they still get paid and have to do nothing. I mean they. Already do nothing but this way they dont even have to leave the house.

Posted by: Poster X at July 08, 2020 04:39 PM (bSBbi)

884 Ace just posts open treads all day

shoe porn?
Posted by: Anachronda



Tank porn.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (QFqpA)

885 Reddit has gone full-on racist. Official policy, announced today. Un-freaking-believable.


https://tinyurl.com/ybtz7qw5

Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (NVYyb)

886 Not getting into the weeds with the evergreen/ever-tedious debate about how the Nazis and Bolsheviks were the same/different/whatever, but 1941-45 was about very basic things. Like conquering and colonizing territory and annihilating the inhabitants, who, surprisingly, didn't take to that program with enthusiasm.

The most famous Soviet WWII song, their call to arms, is called "Sacred War". "Sacred" - not a term you'll find much, if at all, in use up to June 22, 1941. The new decorations established after that date had names like Kutuzov - figures from Russia's imperial past. The war itself was the "Great Patriotic War".

In a genocidal one-may tyranny like Stalin's USSR, you make sure to add his name to things, but the cry when charging (also painted on most tanks) was "For the Motherland!". Not whole lots of ideological content there.

Grossman said in his diaries, and I believe him, that in Stalingrad troops would add a sarcastic item to their standard cry when attacking - "For the Motherland! For Stalin!". "For the Blue Handkerchief!" - the latter being the most famous romantic ballad of the war, about a blue handkerchief given to a woman by her man, who went to the front as a soldier.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (El6T/)

887

Financing is a far better idea here. You always hear about "who funds the Federalist" (as if there's actually a single funding source), but this place is at least as influential. My DC connections are pretty much nil at this point, but there is a populist wave moving along and gathering some big numbers behind it. Who here can get one of those big machers' ears?

Posted by: imp at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (SFOr6)

888 838
Whose turn is it to bury Buzzion?

Posted by: Erebus at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (X8XYH)

Not me. I tried to trebuchet him to Canada over the Detroit River. He ended up skipping into the side of an Algoma freighter.

Posted by: Mikey NTH -The Outrage Outlet Proudly Sponsors Wokeapalooza - The Riot Festival of Summer! at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (ElqsY)

889 I mean they. Already do nothing but this way they dont even have to leave the house.

___

Also, sneaking Paulo into the school building was much harder then my house.


Hell my husband just plays video games all day anyway.

Posted by: Some Teacher at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (qlFIA)

890 I'm just trying to help.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 04:26 PM (uEbPt)

Cool.


The thing is, we don't ban people for being full of shit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (dLLD6)

891 866
I think merchandising would be a good thing. Bumper sticker, mugs, tshirts, man bags. Etc

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (lwiT4)



AoSHQ Nipple Pasties.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (wCmLp)

Made from real dried hobo nipples. Genius!

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (KnJdm)

892 Ace just posts open treads all day



shoe porn?

Posted by: Anachronda







Tank porn.

Darn it, rickb223, you beat me to the joke!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Now running at SSD speeds at July 08, 2020 04:41 PM (SchxB)

893 866
I think merchandising would be a good thing. Bumper sticker, mugs, tshirts, man bags. Etc

Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (lwiT4)



AoSHQ Nipple Pasties.


like cornish pasties, but udderly delicious?

Posted by: Anachronda at July 08, 2020 04:41 PM (sGtp+)

894 Hit the tip jar
I'm a lurker mostly because I drive for a living
But I do like the merch idea
Maybe a big AOSHQ sticker for the back window of mr f350

Posted by: Harley at July 08, 2020 04:41 PM (lTgSZ)

895 "take the day off i hit the tip jar .. go buy some cheap wine in a box.... you deserve it"
Dude, this is Ace O' Spades...it's ValuRite in a detergent jug.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:41 PM (TwA+r)

896 I hit the donate bucket. Haven't done it for a couple of months so it was time. I'd buy a T-shirt, mug, mask or anything else Ace would sell.
Posted by: Tuna


Mug, t shirt, trucker's cap, MOUSE PAD, Playing Cards (preferably an entire deck of the Ace of Spades)

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 04:41 PM (QFqpA)

897 The thing is, we don't ban people for being full of shit.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (dLLD6)

*whew*

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 08, 2020 04:42 PM (q1Pj5)

898 Reddit has gone full-on racist. Official policy, announced today. Un-freaking-believable.
***

Well the VP of Reddit admitted she knew what Epstein was doing to kids in 2011 and did....nothing. These people are scum.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:42 PM (qlFIA)

899 Joe Biden said in an interview Wednesday that some funding should absolutely be redirected from police, amid calls from some in his party to defund the police in the wake of the protests across the country.

Ok Fight is on...the fuckin idiot is taking the commie anarchist side. Now fuckin screw him to the wall.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:42 PM (85Gof)

900 I'd buy a T-shirt, mug, mask or anything else Ace would sell.
---
Is dirty underwear still a thing in Japan?

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 08, 2020 04:42 PM (sWM8x)

901 I'd love a mask with the Mencken quote on it.

My university has come out with the latest crap to keep us entertained. We have to order PPE stuff. We won't be charged for it -- but they also don't deliver it. Guess who'll have to drive his personal precious car over some of the worst streets in N. America, and in some of the worst climate, to get to the Materials office, and then bring it back to campus?

MY boss is a senior officer. Maybe he can request an exemption for me so we can get our stuff delivered.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 08, 2020 04:42 PM (rpbg1)

902 Here's an idea:
1. Gets some otters.
2. Put a slip'n slide in your yard.
3. Post the videos on YouTube.
4. Profit.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 08, 2020 04:42 PM (xfb67)

903 Yes, you'll have less time for blogging, but hopefully not catastrophically less.

Also: Feel free to dismiss this suggestion as absurd, if you think it's absurd.
Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2020 04:31 PM (HEEq1)\

I think that's a very realistic assessment. My estimation is that the only websites (just like News sites) that are making it financially these days are those with a big Financial Patron behind them. It's either that or market and sell, market and sell, constantly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2020 04:42 PM (Kpl3J)

904 It's certainly possible that there is some journolist type thing out there where leftist are conspiring to demonetize every single popular conservative online community

these people are horrible. not a married, gainfully employed human among them. Unless you consider journalism gainful employment.

I like to think there is a majority of sane people left in this country.

if the left wins 2020, G-d forbid, I start looking for a red state.

but that may not be enough, because if the left has its way, immigration will turn texas blue and slowly but surely everywhere else.

Posted by: hevel varik at July 08, 2020 04:42 PM (quVbM)

905 I thought you were dead.

Ghosts have great memories
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor


Pepperidge Farm remembers, too.

Posted by: Archie Bunker, somewhere in Brooklyn at July 08, 2020 04:42 PM (vcOmj)

906 The thing is, we don't ban people for being full of shit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (dLLD6)

---

Good thing.

It would be very quiet otherwise.

Posted by: SMH at July 08, 2020 04:42 PM (RU4sa)

907 The thing is, we don't ban people for being full of shit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo



Or I'd have been gone years ago.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 04:43 PM (QFqpA)

908 Is dirty underwear still a thing in Japan?
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at July 08, 2020 04:42 PM (sWM8x)


I'll be rich, I tell ya. RICH!

Posted by: DR.WTF at July 08, 2020 04:43 PM (AiZBA)

909 Posted by: rhomboid at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (El6T/)

I don't think it was for the Motherland when Stalin attacked Poland at the same time as Hitler and slaughtered thousands of Polish officers. Hitler did Stalin a favor in the long run. Not Russia but Stalin.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 08, 2020 04:43 PM (FeOTH)

910 Biden also said that the police have become the enemy.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:43 PM (85Gof)

911 The thing is, we don't ban people for being full of shit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (dLLD6)

LOL, which is good. I'd have been dropped long ago.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 04:43 PM (uEbPt)

912 ''Here's an idea:
1. Gets some otters.
2. Put a slip'n slide in your yard.
3. Post the videos on YouTube.
4. Profit.''

Add a barn full of baby goats and you could retire early.

Posted by: Tuna at July 08, 2020 04:44 PM (gLRfa)

913 I love cornish pasties. There was a restaurant near the library that used to sell UK cusine. Stop laughing. No, seriously, you can stop.

It had stuff like Shepherd's Pie, Pasties, scones, actual products from England like candy etc. Place shut down and got demolished to make way for a series of unsuccessful allegedly high end dining places. You know the kind that serves your dinner on a shovel.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 08, 2020 04:44 PM (KZzsI)

914 902 Here's an idea:
1. Gets some otters.
2. Put a slip'n slide in your yard.
3. Post the videos on YouTube.
4. Profit.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 08, 2020 04:42 PM (xfb67)

I didn't think I could laugh more on this thread and then this.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 04:44 PM (hoVhs)

915 If I've learned one thing over the years it's to button my flap instead of telling people "you ought to ... " unless the matter is immediate and concrete, like "you ought to step away from the pool of spilled gasoline before you light that cig.".

Ace gotta do what ace gotta do, and I will support him on that.

Posted by: the_sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at July 08, 2020 04:44 PM (0IMgo)

916 876 AoS brand pudding. Come on, how hard is it to make pudding?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (qlFIA)


Honestly...

I just bought 2000 lbs of pudding the other week. I'm still trying to get it shipped up from Kennesaw, Georgia. Maybe we could repackage it as AoS Pudding.

Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 04:45 PM (mrrpT)

917 I'd buy a T-shirt, mug, mask or anything else Ace would sell.

---

Is dirty underwear still a thing in Japan?


Must not be, they won't buy mine. Don't know why not, they've got twice as much fabric as ladies undergarments.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Now running at SSD speeds at July 08, 2020 04:45 PM (SchxB)

918 Tshirt:

I got banned on ace of spades. I'd wear it.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 04:45 PM (hoVhs)

919 PDT just tweeted about the signing of the new trade deal with Mexico.

Posted by: Tuna at July 08, 2020 04:45 PM (gLRfa)

920 Biden also said that the police have become the enemy.





Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:43 PM (85Gof)

What did Sting, Summers, and Copeland do now?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 08, 2020 04:45 PM (q1Pj5)

921 Joe Biden said in an interview Wednesday that some funding should absolutely be redirected from police, amid calls from some in his party to defund the police in the wake of the protests across the country.

Ok Fight is on...the fuckin idiot is taking the commie anarchist side. Now fuckin screw him to the wall.
Posted by: Nevergiveup



Joe, STFU & STFD. It's not a federal issue.
It's a local issue.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 04:45 PM (QFqpA)

922 "Reddit has gone full-on racist. Official policy, announced today. Un-freaking-believable."
The beginning of the end for Reddit. Couldn't deserve it more.

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:45 PM (TwA+r)

923 913 I love cornish pasties. There was a restaurant near the library that used to sell UK cusine. Stop laughing. No, seriously, you can stop.

-----

Scotch eggs are delicious. A heart attack in every bite, but delicious.

Posted by: josephistan at July 08, 2020 04:45 PM (Izzlo)

924 Keep Calm
and
Slit Throats
-Shirt Idea

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:46 PM (LvTSG)

925 920
What did Sting, Summers, and Copeland do now?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 08, 2020 04:45 PM (q1Pj5)

=========

Well, Sting tried to kill Kyle MacLauchlan a few decades ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:46 PM (LvTSG)

926 I understand baby goats prepared Mexican style in a pit barbecue are delicious.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 08, 2020 04:46 PM (o2MD2)

927 We have a lot of one-room schools here in South Dakota.

Posted by: Archer at July 08, 2020 04:46 PM (gmo/4)

928 Thanks, Buzzion. browndog thinks I'm remembering correctly. Unfortunately I can't recall the Moron who'd arranged to meet BSG. Which sounded like a crazy idea, but whatever.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 08, 2020 04:46 PM (El6T/)

929 I could look into the bumper sticker idea. There's a good graphics place here in town. I could check prices. I think they may do mugs too or those plastic water bottle thingies. Maybe pens?

Posted by: Jewells45 at July 08, 2020 04:47 PM (dUJdY)

930 nood !

Posted by: the_sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at July 08, 2020 04:47 PM (0IMgo)

931 Another black eagle defended desean jackson's anit-semitic crap. And I know of no active athlete who has critisized him. Dumb ignorant cunts

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 08, 2020 04:47 PM (85Gof)

932 Hey, Zombie, wanna chime in on the CAREN (seriously!) Act that's being tossed around in SF?:

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:47 PM (TwA+r)

933 I love cornish pasties. There was a restaurant near the library that
used to sell UK cusine. Stop laughing. No, seriously, you can stop.



It had stuff like Shepherd's Pie, Pasties, scones, actual products
from England like candy etc. Place shut down and got demolished to make
way for a series of unsuccessful allegedly high end dining places. You
know the kind that serves your dinner on a shovel.


There's a Cornish Pasty restaurant in Tempe, AZ if you ever got down that way. Don't know how authentic it is, since I've never been to Cornwall.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Now running at SSD speeds at July 08, 2020 04:47 PM (SchxB)

934 Sorry, Brits. But whenever you talk about "pasties" I can't but think of tits.

But then again, that's all I think about anyway.

Posted by: The Two Yoots at July 08, 2020 04:47 PM (6MoD2)

935 928 Thanks, Buzzion. browndog thinks I'm remembering correctly. Unfortunately I can't recall the Moron who'd arranged to meet BSG. Which sounded like a crazy idea, but whatever.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 08, 2020 04:46 PM (El6T/)

I remember that, but I don't remember who it was either.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 08, 2020 04:48 PM (975xX)

936 I could look into the bumper sticker idea. There's a good graphics place here in town. I could check prices. I think they may do mugs too or those plastic water bottle thingies. Maybe pens?


Graphic - "Keep Calm and Ace On"

Posted by: rickb223 at July 08, 2020 04:48 PM (QFqpA)

937 838
Whose turn is it to bury Buzzion?

Posted by: Erebus at July 08, 2020 04:33 PM (X8XYH)

Not me. I tried to trebuchet him to Canada over the Detroit River. He ended up skipping into the side of an Algoma freighter.
Posted by: Mikey NTH
---
He's not very aerodynamic.
Is air freight an option?

Posted by: Erebus at July 08, 2020 04:48 PM (X8XYH)

938 >>>The thing is, we don't ban people for being full of shit.
>>LOL, which is good. I'd have been dropped long ago.


Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 04:43 PM (uEbPt)

Have your read some of my posts?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:48 PM (dLLD6)

939 He's not very aerodynamic.
Is air freight an option?

Posted by: Erebus at July 08, 2020 04:48 PM (X8XYH)

Was he wrapped correctly for the catapult?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 04:49 PM (hoVhs)

940 I got banned on ace of spades. I'd wear it.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob

---

Nice!

Add to that shirts that state our ongoing battles regarding taste:

I put carrots in chili - Fight me!

etc.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2020 04:49 PM (Rvt88)

941 Can't resist temptation - I was only commenting on the idea that the actual warfare from '41-'45, for almost everyone involved, was any more than a vicious bar fight over territory, resources, survival. It wasn't, for almost all Soviets fighting. "Ideology" wasn't the point, from the soldat's perspective.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 08, 2020 04:50 PM (El6T/)

942 The thing is, we don't ban people for being full of shit.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:40 PM (dLLD6)

=================
Thanks goodness!

Posted by: The Rev. Colonel David French, A Xantastic Guy! at July 08, 2020 04:50 PM (NVYyb)

943 Ace, just threw in a few treats into PayPal

Getting to be fewer and fewer places to go, especially ones that don't use disqus or God forbid Farcebook for comments

Posted by: kbdabear at July 08, 2020 04:51 PM (qAR6u)

944 "Add to that shirts that state our ongoing battles regarding taste:"
"Longbows or Crossbows?""If you like my pasties, you'll LOVE my spotted dick."

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:52 PM (TwA+r)

945 Keep Calm

and

Slit Throats

-Shirt Idea


Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at July 08, 2020 04:46 PM


---

There are companies out there that do custom t-shirts.


Maybe we could do something like they did with the cook book?

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2020 04:52 PM (JUOKG)

946 just made a donation to a web site for the first time in my life. Hang in there!

Posted by: vincent at July 08, 2020 04:52 PM (W0MMC)

947 I put carrots in chili - Fight me!

etc.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2020 04:49 PM (Rvt8

*Ponders*

Okra something something.

"Yes, I HAVE had okra the way you make it."

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 08, 2020 04:53 PM (hoVhs)

948 Have your read some of my posts?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2020 04:48 PM (dLLD6)

I enjoy 98% of them. But shit even ace pisses me off sometimes.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2020 04:55 PM (uEbPt)

949 nood

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 04:55 PM (TwA+r)

950 I think merchandising would be a good thing. Bumper sticker, mugs, tshirts, man bags. Etc


The cookbook raised all of $6K and everyone only bought it to see their recipes in print (and the drawings, of course). Ace Merch is not a business model.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 08, 2020 04:55 PM (gd9RK)

951 Absolutely sucks. Really the only site that matches how I feel about our current situation. Still read PowerLine, Federalist and follow links to American Greatness and Epoch Times for ObamaGate news but this place is home and Ace writes what I'm thinking.

Posted by: motionview at July 08, 2020 04:55 PM (pYQR/)

952 The cookbook raised all of $6K and everyone only bought it to see their recipes in print (and the drawings, of course). Ace Merch is not a business model.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 08, 2020 04:55 PM (gd9RK)


Considering all profits went to charity, well, Duh.

Branded merch is a whole other ballgame.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 08, 2020 04:59 PM (Z4rgH)

953 Tiny tip jar hit from a lurker, will try to do so regularly

Posted by: CanuckJack at July 08, 2020 05:00 PM (ydhTD)

954 Hah! Someone's already updated his wikipedia page regarding the tweet! Heh.
"Since 2020, Larry Johnson has come under criticism for various posts on his Twitter account including Holocaust Denial, support of Hitler, and antisemitic tropes such as claiming Jews worship Satan, and attributing fake quotes to the bible.[31][32][33][34]"

Posted by: Furaibou at July 08, 2020 05:01 PM (TwA+r)

955 VPNs make that virtually impossible. That IS
their point. And the current comment system cannot deal with VPNs in any
realistic way.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 08, 2020 04:38 PM (Z4rgH)


Can you an by the email address? I know you can get knockoffs but that at least it takes more effort to set up.

Posted by: Javems at July 08, 2020 05:03 PM (4J/lQ)

956 Money-making ideas? ... Let me offer one I had (but never acted on) during my busiest family years ... Two lines of microwaveable frozen dinner entrees ... One line would be called *I Dont Know* and the other *I Dont Care* ... These were the typical responses whenever I asked the family what they wanted for dinner so, filling our freezer with these entrees would pretty much eliminate the need for meal planning.

Posted by: Kathy at July 08, 2020 05:10 PM (Me4XW)

957 Can you an by the email address? I know you can get knockoffs but that at least it takes more effort to set up.

Posted by: Javems at July 08, 2020 05:03 PM (4J/lQ)


Yes. email registration would kill off most of the trolls, at least by an order of magnitude vs using IP addresses.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 08, 2020 05:14 PM (Z4rgH)

958 I wish I had at least seen what was going on. Darn it. Not that I want trolls on here, I don't. However, the way you guys can take 'em out is a pleasure and wonder to behold. Nevertheless, I am sorry about any loss of revenue, and like so many here, I will contribute again. Please don't give up, Ace. I have begun to depend on this wonderfully irreverent site for my NEWS. Pure, and filtered through the colander of truth. Is there some way these trolls could be outed?

Posted by: scotsfury at July 08, 2020 05:16 PM (o2qR1)

959 940- I put carrots in chili - Fight me!

etc.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2020 04:49 PM

I put maple syrup on French toast and I love it!!

Posted by: Moonbeam at July 08, 2020 05:21 PM (qe5CM)

960 Tip jar hit. Now go drink a beer.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 08, 2020 05:27 PM (bzBJx)

961 There are some commenters that label contrary opinions as trolling.




Only a communist would say that.

Posted by: Grump928© at July 08, 2020 05:27 PM (YJAfx)

962 I've thought many times of asking ace for permission to use the logo to order custom golf balls to play. T-shirts and sweats would have to be stocked constantly in the HQ store IMO.

Posted by: OneIronMacguffin at July 08, 2020 05:28 PM (LKQ6c)

963 39 just take note of the non MAGA signage in people's front yards. You need to know the hostile origins of people should something untoward (like a boogaloo) happen.
Posted by: BifBewalski - Sinis Est Culus at July 08, 2020 03:14 PM (VcFUs)

I've now seen a yard sign: "Pro-America. Anti-Trump."

Posted by: Flyover at July 08, 2020 05:31 PM (Rbu5d)

964 It might help to put up some sort of notice that racist comments are not allowed. You can't blame advertisers for believing the trolls who say this site condones racism when there's no written policy to the contrary.

Posted by: schizoid at July 08, 2020 05:32 PM (l/BGy)

965 Doesn't matter whether they are moby's or real-life Neo-Nazis, the impact is the same. And as noted before, this is standard Left-wing tactic 101. Maybe time to go to some hardcore registration -filter them out.

Posted by: rcocean at July 08, 2020 05:36 PM (evE25)

966 1000

Posted by: thathalfrican - Clark Kent with the glasses off at July 08, 2020 05:37 PM (Rjeno)

967 Shit

Posted by: thathalfrican - Clark Kent with the glasses off at July 08, 2020 05:37 PM (Rjeno)

968 Just left a tip to Ace. I lurk on here a lot, and if punks are screwing up this site, then let's help the man out. It's not much, but I hope it helps!

Posted by: ICBMMan at July 08, 2020 05:45 PM (leNBy)

969 "Block TOR exit node IPs, there are tools for this
Maybe add a registration/paid feature for nics. Socks and unpaired nics would still work.
Incorporate traceroute into banhammer for all to see and enjoy at their own leisure."

@744 : It would be a start

Posted by: TR at July 08, 2020 05:46 PM (DMQdU)

970 Ace is not trying to find a way to rob research and writing time to source, manage, peddle, and distribute stuff.

Just hit the tip jar.

Posted by: Daybreak at July 08, 2020 05:48 PM (BRkq2)

971 255 I feel kinda bad for these trolls. Oh wait, that was just a fart. Nevermind.
Posted by: grammie winger at July 08, 2020 03:37 PM (lwiT4)

I needed that laugh!!

Posted by: Flyover at July 08, 2020 05:52 PM (Rbu5d)

972 >It's certainly possible that there is some journolist type thing out there where leftist are conspiring to demonetize every single popular conservative online community

It's called Sleeping Giants, Oliver Darcy, etc. and it's right out in the open.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at July 08, 2020 06:00 PM (L106N)

973 I just hit the tip jar. Keep up the good fight, Ace.

Posted by: Nancy at 7000 ft at July 08, 2020 06:21 PM (0tmoY)

974 Panty ads? That would be a welcome break from the ads i usually get here...

Posted by: Introverted Elephocentric Hypochondriac at July 08, 2020 06:28 PM (rw/ga)

975 The Ministry of Truth will not be denied.
(hic)

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 08, 2020 06:34 PM (AsjQP)

976 I again love the idea of a cadre being issued a Concealed Banning Permit.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at July 08, 2020 04:17 PM (Ve//x)

That didn't end well.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess now needs eyebleach at July 08, 2020 07:55 PM (rCwaK)

977 <adjusts sock>

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 08, 2020 07:57 PM (rCwaK)

978 Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I truly appreciate your efforts and I will be waiting for your next
write ups thank you once again.

Posted by: car price at July 09, 2020 01:29 AM (57e6n)

979 175 Ace isn't going to imbed microchips in our necks in order to comment, is he?
Posted by: jwest at July 08, 2020 03:27 PM (mrrpT)[/i\

They are pain amplifiers.
Posted by: DR.WTF at July 08, 2020 03:28 PM (AiZBA)

I thought this would be ZOD.

Posted by: m at July 09, 2020 05:00 AM (Ij+4T)

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