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Biden Deliberately Turned Off Money-Tracing/Payment Verification Systems for Welfare and Medicaid Payments to Fraudsters, and Minnesota Disabled Money Tracing For Welfare Funds Siphoned Out of the Country to Foreign Fraudsters
I had a big whoopsie on the first version of the post-- I see that I just covered what Charlie Brown's Dildo covered. I always forget to check!
So let me just include the stuff I think CBD didn't include.Does this sound familiar to anyone else? I recall the DNC and Obama deliberately turning off location verification for donations -- thus allowing foreigners to donate millions of dollars to them, illegally but untraceably -- and I'm also reminded of the following new revelation, that Biden deliberately turned off all money-tracing on the billions he pumped out to his Democrat fraudster voters and illegal alien pirates.
Eric DaughertyAnd the entire state of Minnesota deliberately disabled its ability to check for welfare/Medicaid fraud:
@EricLDaugh HOLY CRAP. Health Sec. RFK Jr. revealed that the Biden White House ORDERED HHS to ignore fraud -- and just focus on enrolling as many people on welfare as possible, legal or illegal "One of the things that I found out from people in my agency was they were ordered by the Biden White House not to do program integrity -- in other words, not to enforce against fraud." "And they said, they were told we want to focus on only enrollment and getting more and more people into the system!" This is a jaw-dropping betrayal of America. Root out all the fraud!
Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes HOLY CR*P 🚨 Minnesota Rep Krista Knudsen says they just found out the state TURNED OFF tracking for money being sent overseas They turned it on for 2 weeks. Saw all the money leaving, and Democrats quickly SHUT OFF TRACKING to allow it to keep happening READ THAT AGAIN "Today in the fraud committee, the Department of Human Services testified that they haven't been tracking the IP addresses of money that's being literally flown out of our state and where it's going. They did turn on that reporting for 2 weeks, and they found that yes, a lot of those IP addresses were tied to overseas computers, and then they quickly shut it off after just 2 weeks of seeing where this money is actually going" "Every time we turn around, it's just more and more fraud scandals in our state"
🚨 HOLY CRAP. Health Sec. RFK Jr. revealed that the Biden White House ORDERED HHS to ignore fraud — and just focus on enrolling as many people on welfare as possible, legal or illegal
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 25, 2026
"One of the things that I found out from people in my agency was they were ordered by the Biden… pic.twitter.com/G4K5sGRXEt
HOLY CR*P 🚨 Minnesota Rep Krista Knudsen says they just found out the state TURNED OFF tracking for money being sent overseas
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) March 26, 2026
They turned it on for 2 weeks. Saw all the money leaving, and Democrats quickly SHUT OFF TRACKING to allow it to keep happening
READ THAT AGAIN
“Today… pic.twitter.com/1V4zG7qa2Y
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:34 PM (4q/mG)
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Ace reads the blog?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (gYVzu)
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Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (RDqo2)
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I read 6 cantos of the Inferno.
Italian poetry about Hell is practically the same thing as The Hobbit, right?
Both Dante and Tolkien were Catholic, so the same thing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (gYVzu)
Did you see where the "teens" in downtown Chicago got really excited for Midnight Basketball last night?
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (pJCk/)
They won't.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (p/Ri7)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (gYVzu)
Well, someone needs to.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (RDqo2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (gYVzu)
Well, someone needs to.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)
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"False."
-Zombie Breitbart
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (bNf8H)
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Never mind. Fixed.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (bNf8H)
-Zombie Breitbart
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (gYVzu)
'Should'?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 12:38 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:38 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace
Got down my copy yesterday.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2026 12:38 PM (RDqo2)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (0sNs1)
All your kind look the same to me.
Posted by: Ewok at March 26, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)
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A friend gave me his copy of Agatha Christie's autobiography like a decade ago and said it was a really great read -- and it still sits on my bookshelf unread (with innumerable other books).
Since I'm finally retiring next week, I have no excuse now not to read them.
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:39 PM (SgYCn)
Posted by: Ewok at March 26, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)
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Left hand picture: Karen Gillen
Right hand picture: Late stage Helen Thomas
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:39 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:40 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Pixelated at March 26, 2026 12:40 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 26, 2026 12:40 PM (YlWIZ)
Anyone else doing the Hobbit challenge? I got through three chapters.
Just wait until the Battle of the Five Baskerville Hounds
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 12:40 PM (y9nCu)
Holy Crap!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:40 PM (jAisO)
I fixed it. Look, it was a scramble to get something up again.
I think I'll post my original thread later today or tomorrow. I know it's a repeat but whatevs.
I just don't want a repeat right after the first post about the story.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:41 PM (1wjle)
I'll repost it a later as an "In Case You Missed It."
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:41 PM (1wjle)
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I'm pretty sure all that goes back to at least the '90s with Bubba Clinton (and subsequently Hillary) & Algore -- and their ChiComm Paymasters.
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:41 PM (SgYCn)
Then I saw a lot more fraud and theft than I expected. So I upped it to 25%. Then more fraud. 35%. Still more fraud. More theft.
I currently think fraud and theft is 50% of GNP. Not joking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 12:42 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:40 PM (4NO2D)
What do YOU mean you people?
Posted by: Ewok at March 26, 2026 12:42 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:42 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:42 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 12:43 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:43 PM (77rzZ)
The Paolo, he was minding his own business, when suddenly Mrs. French was at the door. It was, as you say, a scramble to get something up after that.
Posted by: The Paolo at March 26, 2026 12:44 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 26, 2026 12:44 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: EatChootaDroid at March 26, 2026 12:44 PM (NcvvS)
good, thanks for asking. I've been using it as I've been putting together and cleaning my Weber grill, which I haven't used for ten years due to stupid HOA regulations. Now I can use it again.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)
How is shutting off tracking of government money transfers even legal? How is it even an option?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 12:45 PM (lsrsS)
good, thanks for asking. I've been using it as I've been putting together and cleaning my Weber grill, which I haven't used for ten years due to stupid HOA regulations. Now I can use it again.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)
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Just remember, Serenity Now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:45 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: huerfano at March 26, 2026 12:45 PM (98kQX)
Nah, though I have never read all the books back to back.
Maybe I should give it a whirl.
I do something similar on Memorial Day, I watch every episode of Band of Brothers and also The Pacific.
And maybe starting this year on July 20th watch every episode of From The Earth to the Moon.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (Oq/TM)
Is that the one with Deadpool or Hermione?
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (XuXeR)
Am I being a bigot?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (dmDsy)
Is anything going to happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (XJ22o)
And steal from the public.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (HyaXg)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (0sNs1)
It's not a favorite.
Right now, the boys are enjoying Waiting for Godot (b/c we're doing plays this year, and they loved American Buffalo, so I stepped back and through this in b/c it inspired American Buffalo).
I probably have the only kids who liked American Buffalo better than Glengarry Glen Ross. But if you read the originals of both, it is better b/c Alec Baldwin didn't exist in the original GGR, and his speech is so necessary.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace
I read the LOTR and Hobbit books shortly before watching their respective movies as they were originally released in theaters. I may read the LOTR trilogy again at some point, but I may have PTSD from how awful the Hobbit movies were in comparison.
I did pick up two books this past weekend:'The Truth' by Terry Pratchett, what looks to be the Discworld's take on the media, and 'Project Hail Mary' by Andy Weir. I've heard good things about the adapted movie and would like to read it before I see it.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (AXdFA)
Until you find out what role he played in Democrat malfeasance and putrescence.
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (HyaXg)
I try. At some point I might try blogging out there, rocking on my chair.
It's a good chair, I think. Ninety buck on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCJRNDMT?
ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
I see now that the chair advertises it can support 380 pounds, so it's built for a more generous frame. That's why it's so big.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (1wjle)
How is shutting off tracking of government money transfers even legal? How is it even an option?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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That's the question, how is it even an option? Who designed this software?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Pixelated
+++
I made one of my best posts ever at the top. But now it's lost like tears in rain.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (Lo97M)
No one is going to do nothing jack! Most Americans are too fat and stupid to care, let alone spell "CAT" if I spotted them the C and the A. Burisma called and they want Hunter to have his old job back! LOL
Asufutimaehaehtfutbw! FTW!
Posted by: Joe Biden, Old Sex Pest at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (ej+CS)
Yeah. We've got to go thru all of our assets, then get a pittance.
Gotta keep those Fairfax/Loudoun real estate values up!
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: ace
Wow, who runs your HOA, Kim Jung-un?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (77rzZ)
How much were the Dem pols and Biden bureaucrats paid for turning them things off? Follow the money
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (mHVWR)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM
We won't know until either Brian "Sex Machine" Tater, or one of the That Guy bros show up.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM (HyaXg)
He was bringing home the bacon. Payoff for the payoff.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)
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I don't know if these are good or not but that's a helluva discount.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (4NO2D)
good, thanks for asking. I've been using it as I've been putting together and cleaning my Weber grill, which I haven't used for ten years due to stupid HOA regulations. Now I can use it again.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)
Wait a sec, so you're rocking in a chair and assembling a grill at the same time? Fuck, that's next level, man, that's way beyond any shelving project!!!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (YwEeS)
Is that the one with Deadpool or Hermione?
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:46 PM
Ricochet Rabbit
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (Oq/TM)
I hesitate to say this, but it’s starting to look like cutting out the fraud throughout the system would make welfare actually affordable.
Last year, spending was $7.01 trillion and income was $5.3 trillion. If fraud is only 25% of spending, we don’t have a spending problem. We have a fraud problem. And that’s not even taking into account how much of that $5.3 trillion is interest payments on the fraud of previous years.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace
I am. I'm on chapter 9.
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (lJ0H4)
Nope. Bad Timing.
I did finish Book 1 of The Faithful and the Fallen series by J. Gwynne.
Got about 4 Chapters into Book 2 before I fell asleep.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (W7FsI)
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:47 PM (1wjle)
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That 300 pounds of muscle you carry should feel safe, I suppose.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (gYVzu)
As I wrote in the now-deleted post (which I'll post again tomorrow), if anyone was put off by the Hobbit movies, don't even worry about it mate, the movies were padded ridiculously to give them the same weight and slower pace of LOTR. The book itself is short and very fast.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Just The Tip at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (1wjle)
Easy.
/judge Kammanhawannalaya
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (XuXeR)
Am I being a bigot?
Posted by: SSBN 656
No, I can't stand listening to him, either.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The Paolo
I'm sure your lunch obliged.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (AXdFA)
If you can get over the weird accents and the generally poor cutting, the Rankin-Bass cartoon is very enjoyable. The art is strongly reminiscent of Tolkien’s own.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (p/Ri7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (OWEbr)
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (1wjle)
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*Freedom of Speech meme*
The Hobbit movies are more like histories of Middle Earth roughly 60 years before the events of The Lord of the Rings, and I enjoy them on that level.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (n5tGW)
Warning: There's no Rocket Powered Rabbit Sleds in the book.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (W7FsI)
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (SgYCn)
Posted by: steevy at March 26, 2026 12:48 PM (YwEeS)
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Just the electeds and top appointeds. Three hundred people max to restore our freedom.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (RIvkX)
I guess those will be waiting a while.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (1wjle)
but topical right now, and really really good stuff!
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 26, 2026 12:51 PM (n5tGW)
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Plausible deniability means no accountability.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (RIvkX)
This, too, is the story of Prometheus.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (0sNs1)
I have learned to appreciate them for what they are but they are just not as much fun or as exciting as the book. And it's a rare case where there's a much smaller time commitment for the book than for the movie(s).
The Hobbit is legit one of my favorite books.
Posted by: ace at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (OWEbr)
Posted by: ace at March 26
Thorin captured by the wood elves and Bilbo and co. Just got away from the spiders.
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (lJ0H4)
I thought I read somewhere that as bureaucracies die, stealing eveything was one of the last steps.
From Grok...
No, there is no well-known historical law or famous quote that says “as bureaucracies die, stealing everything is one of the last steps.”
However, the underlying pattern you’re thinking of is real and well-documented in political science, history, and economics. When complex bureaucratic systems (empires, states, large organizations) enter terminal decline, elite corruption, asset-stripping, and self-enrichment often become prominent in the final phases. It’s not always literally “the last step,” but it is a common late-stage symptom.
Why This Pattern Appears
As institutions weaken, the normal checks (accountability, oversight, shared long-term incentives) erode. The people inside the bureaucracy realize the system is collapsing and begin treating public or institutional resources as personal loot before the doors close. This is sometimes called a “bank-run on the state” — everyone grabs what they can while they still can
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace
Yes. I had second breakfast, elevensies and lunch.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2026 12:52 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 12:50 PM (2ap+5)
My thoughts exactly - and yes, I've made it through the LOTR books twice, too.
I much preferred the Lewis books if I want fantasy...short, sweet, to the point...
It was WAY easier to sit through The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe twice vs LOTR...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2026 12:53 PM (tOcjL)
The Morning Rant: Why USAID Needed To Be Destroyed
“The Ukrainian Government and unspecified U.S. Government personnel, through USAID in Kyiv, reportedly developed a plan that would provide hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars to fund an infrastructure project for Ukraine that would be used as a cover to send approximately 90% of funds allocated to the DNC to fund Joe Biden’s reelection campaign,” the declassified summary of the intercepts stated. “They were confident the project would be funded initially, even though at some time in the future the project would be disapproved as unnecessary. At this time, the money would already be allocated and impossible to return or use for a different purpose,” the report added.
That is most likely a tried-and-true method of funding domestic political efforts, and if the usual suspects were investigated, does anyone think that they wouldn't be found to have taken taxpayer money laundered this way? BLM, probably Antifa, the thousands of voter-registration and vote-casting scams run in the inner cities, the homeless boondoggle, transsexual lunacy in our schools, academia's frantic rush to the left...all funded by American taxpayers!
“The plan included details of how subcontractors would be funded through U.S. companies so that how the funds were spent and allocated would be difficult to track,” the declassified summary stated. “Additionally, contracts would be executed that would be difficult to verify. In this manner, most of the U.S. funding would be diverted to Joe Biden’s election campaign without the ability to track where exactly the funds came from.”
I wonder whether the unelected bureaucrats who spent so much of our money had a stable of pet companies that were willing to participate in these money-laundering escapades for a cut? Biden's 10% might have been peanuts! I want the names of those companies! [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Nazdar at March 26, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:01 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:02 AM (lCppi)
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at March 26, 2026 11:02 AM (2Ez/1)
HOLY CR*P 🚨 Minnesota Rep Krista Knudsen says they just found out the state TURNED OFF tracking for money being sent overseas
They turned it on for 2 weeks. Saw all the money leaving, and Democrats quickly SHUT OFF TRACKING to allow it to keep happening
READ THAT AGAIN
“Today in the fraud committee, the Department of Human Services testified that they haven't been tracking the IP addresses of money that's being literally flown out of our state and where it's going.
They did turn on that reporting for 2 weeks, and they found that yes, a lot of those IP addresses were tied to overseas computers, and then they quickly shut it off after just 2 weeks of seeing where this money is actually going”
https://tinyurl.com/yc5avze2
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:03 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2026 11:03 AM (Z2yLo)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)
Again, it would be the most amazing job to track every last dollar of government funding to every last bank account, every last company. Either Cnada or the US.
I imagine I'd be amazed at the corruption. Before my fatal car accident or my unexpected suicide with 5 bullets to the back of my head.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 11:05 AM (Sco7b)
lol, more like the absolute certainty of graft, and it being the central point of all of this.
Pretending to care about Ukraine's infrastructure is the thinnest fig leaf imaginable for what was clearly a scheme by deep state actors to make sure they keep their phony-baloney jobs.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:05 AM (oqH4h)
It's taxpayer funding.
Posted by: Let's be clear at March 26, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 11:05 AM (N1DT3)
I wouldn’t be surprised if 70% or more of the taxpayer money we sent Ukraine was stolen by grifters (including the Biden’s)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 11:06 AM (xT8gx)
https://tinyurl.com/yc5avze2
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
Fraud does not exist (or hurt Democrats) if people cannot look.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Nazdar at March 26, 2026 11:06 AM (NcvvS)
Fuck Ukraine.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (Klk40)
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And you know this how?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (2UnvF)
We've made politics a place where only shameless scammers can survive.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (N1DT3)
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This started a lot earlier than Biden. Ukraine is all about NATO and Dems and likely Putin milking a fabricated war. See Hillary and Victoria for the details.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (Klk40)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)
And I'll call bullshit. We installed this government to do exactly what it is doing. Funnel money to the right people with people in charge who were ok with just wetting their beaks on the slipstream.
Z-man became a problem when that flow was threatened to be cut off. He is fucking threatening other european leaders who are skeptical of the project for fuck's sake.
There is nothing noble here.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 26, 2026 11:09 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:10 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:10 AM (Klk40)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:11 AM (cWLG3)
Fraud does not exist (or hurt Democrats) if people cannot look.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)
/whistles nonchalantly
Posted by: Georgia Elections at March 26, 2026 11:11 AM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:11 AM (lCppi)
These foreign fuckers are taking the profits from schemes that we Americans would take!
Bastards!!!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:12 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Rushin' Hands, Roamin' Fingers at March 26, 2026 11:12 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Georgia Elections at March 26, 2026 11:11 AM (w/O5Q)
Or Virginia. Washington state. Arizona. Etc. Etc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)
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We've already done that for Europe.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:12 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:11 AM (cWLG3)
Vindaman!! Hunter Biden!! Joe Biden!!!! Of course that Manlet cosplay general is complicit.
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:13 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (Klk40)
This. I could not care any less about that shithole than I do right now. Let Putin have it.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 26, 2026 11:13 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 11:13 AM (svLOV)
and Ukraine isn't the only one
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 11:13 AM (j+aD2)
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An election in Ukraine would be a threat to Our Precious Democracy!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 11:13 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: SSBN 656
Hey, I told you how to do it years ago! But did you listen to me? Noooooooooo...
-- Zombie Matthew Lesko
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)
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And you know this how?
I suppose Joe Biden telling us that that's what he was doing is a pretty good indicator.
https://is.gd/hGKyTt
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Rushin' Hands, Roamin' Fingers at March 26, 2026 11:12 AM (oftw2)
Nah. I think this is more: we created this bullshit and they were unwitting victims of our schemes. My point is that they are all (the ones left) witting thugs and grifters. We essentially installed a 'friendly' crime syndicate at the head of a country.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (bss/y)
Also known as "public servants" which we are supposed to honor and respect. That expression was started and cultivated by Clinton back in the 90's and always makes me want to gag up when I hear it. Yet untold millions buy into that premise.
Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (GUOwU)
We could definitely balance the budget. Which would be sensible and useful.
Free Healthcare would just start the scamming all over again.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (Klk40)
oh sorry! the law applied to you
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)
Yup. That was my point.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
...
SNIP: (Evidence of how Minnesota knew the fraud was going on, but purposely allowed it)
....
https://tinyurl.com/yc5avze2
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
The left supports stealing your money and giving it to third worlders. (Either in this country or in another.)
YOU deserve to be stolen from because the only reason you have anything is that you and your ancestors stole it from the third wolders. Without you stealing everything, they'd be rich.
Logic doesn't matter. Pointing out they've NEVER had wealth so there was nothing to steal will not matter. YOU (and America) stole everything in the world and deserve to be stolen from.
These people are not our countrymen. They are enemies who want us dead.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 11:16 AM (N1DT3)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 11:16 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:16 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (V4IXI)
I'd venture a guess that most would still like their odds...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 11:16 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)
She probably caught a very small amount, but I am betting this was ... what's the right term? The ediface of the dems. She DID NOT spend 2 billion on that election- I do not care how many times she hired Beyonce to shake her ass.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:16 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Ripley at March 26, 2026 11:14 AM (GUOwU)
When are they supposed to start serving the public? I want to put that on my calendar so I can watch. Should be a great five minutes!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 26, 2026 11:17 AM (2J/Lj)
You're so much more succinct and logical, but even I have sensed something is up with a great deal of US taxpayers dollars supporting less than honorable endeavors in both nation and out politics.
Mea Culpa. From today's art thread:
408 Interfax-Ukraine (Ukrainian News Agency) also posted: 26.03.2026
'Trump reposts article on alleged intercept of Ukraine and USAID plans to fund Biden’s 2024 campaign'
Who knows? Maybe all the missing democratic presidential campaign $ is sitting in Europe.
But the Dems/progressives are in a scorched earth mentality over USAID and will forever seek retribution for every and all "Trump created" agency including, but not limited to, DOGE and ICE.
And it keeps the Daily Beast and others of its ilk busy.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 11:17 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)
Washed through Beyonce and Oprah, no doubt.
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:17 AM (lCppi)
Whatever her coffers held, she likely spent 2-3x that amount.
That's just part of the scam.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:18 AM (Klk40)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)
There's got to be a pony somewhere in that pile of shit, right?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 11:18 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:18 AM (jbnUc)
Yup. That was my point.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
But you left out that Ukrainian officials were using some of that funding as their personal bank account.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:18 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)
Washed through Beyonce and Oprah, no doubt.
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 11:17 AM (lCppi)
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Ewwwwww.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (cWLG3)
Every government agency, from the feds on down, has degrees of fraud built in.
The Democrat Party didn't become the party of big government because people like government.
They became the party of bigger and bigger government because they paid people.
Lots and lots and lots and lots of people.
With your money.
And those people want more government.
No one supports the Democrat Party who isn't being or doesn't expect to be, paid, directly or indirectly, by the government.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (y9nCu)
CBD, you are too tender of years to be so cynical.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 11:20 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 11:20 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:21 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2026 11:21 AM (eoT7c)
But that 30% that relies on money and employment directly and indirectly from government?
They would have no prospects because they all lack any marketable skills outside of leaching off of the 70%.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 11:21 AM (HXT0k)
That's just part of the scam.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:18 AM (Klk40)
Spent on what (and whom) is the thing though. CGI gets 5 mil for ... consulting. 5 mil goes to Robert Reich because he needs a new high chair. 5 mil goes to NYT because they gave me a nice glazing. 5 mil goes to Jimmy Kimmel so he can find his balls. 5 mil goes to Dr Jill for those lovely yoga pants. 5 mil goes to...
2 BILLION makes a lot of payoffs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:22 AM (bss/y)
Yeah, I know, when could it?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:22 AM (dmDsy)
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Well, he is well known in Manhattan. He is also very greasy.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:22 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 11:22 AM (Dv3i1)
CBD, you are too tender of years to be so cynical.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (0sNs1)
Well, we know Miss Lindsey and Romney were involved. Pretty much any fucker who flew there over the past 5 years for a photo op got paid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:23 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Eromero at March 26, 2026 11:23 AM (LHPAg)
‘ I agrees with you Archimedes’
Same, more or less. There is no argument made regarding intervening in Iran that could not be made about Ukraine. It’s just a matter of preference.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:23 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 11:19 AM (0sNs1)
Hah!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 11:24 AM (n9ltV)
That's retarded, Sir.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:24 AM (Klk40)
Would you be surprised that the Reddit Retards have a problem with that opinion?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:24 AM (V4IXI)
{O-O}
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (0sNs1)
Have I been given some awesome new interwebs Power???
I will be beneficent.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (dmDsy)
WaPo Pentagon considers diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East
A shift would highlight the growing trade-offs required for the U.S. to sustain its war with Iran as the conflict depletes the military’s critical munitions. minutes ago
Ukrainian News: Pentagon considers redirecting military aid to Ukraine to Middle East - WP
Pravda: NATO secretary general dismisses claims about US redirecting weapons intended for Ukraine to Middle East
Reuters: Exclusive: US links security guarantees to Ukraine giving up Donbas, Zelenskiy says
Newsweek: US Hits Back At Zelensky Comments on Ukraine Peace Deal
Rigzone: Ukraine Says It Attacked Russia's Kirishi Refinery
by Bloomberg| Bloomberg News | Thursday, March 26, 2026 |
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)
Indeed.
Remember who did this.
IceKingJOE gave Iran $6Billion to play nice.
"What is the National Security Interest?" IceKingJOE.
It should be intuitively obvious that Iran is going to destroy Kharg Island just as spider-hole/S.Hussein though the damage would be irreparable and an any kind of disincentive and impairment to air operations.
It's better if the Iranian's blow their own island up (Mad Max/RoadWarrior-style), and in fact, we should help them, unless of course we indict -- about 8 neutron warheads detonated concentrically and simultaneously/disabling all but the mechanical self destruct mechanisms they've already planed (gee, what-if they should go of pre-maturely accidentally?)
One way or another, robots would be on the ground in 24-72hrs, human jumpers within a week to assess/supress and bring the island back online in 3-6 months as Floating Production Storage Offload (FSPO, converted oiltankers) come on line in much less than that.
Guess who's heavily vested in that? and pre-positioned?
Yes, the *IS* profit in WAR, but only at a distance.
forWAR'd !!!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (u0/lf)
Are you saying we got screwed by Ukraine??
If I understand your question correctly, Ukraine gave money to the Dems, which is obviously a screwing, but they didn't WANT to do it (they needed every shekel , after all), they did it because they were worried the Dems would cancel all their funding if they didn't, and that funding was keeping them aliove. You know, just like Biden threatened to do if he didn't get his way over the Uke prosecutor investigating his son.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)
They can all eat my ass.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:25 AM (Klk40)
Steal from the taxpayers every year.
Not a little bit. All of it. Every last fucking cent. Print what you need to fill in the gaps.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 11:26 AM (AkEZC)
I’ll defer to you as an expert on retardation.
Maybe you could list significant differences instead of expecting automatic agreement?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:26 AM (jbnUc)
When did Ukraine become the largest exporter of terrorism in the world? Holy crap we need to send Putin military aid asap!
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:26 AM (V4IXI)
That's retarded, Sir.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:24 AM (Klk40)
I agree... Is Ukraine the sponsor of terror across the world? Do they fund Hezbollah and the Huttis and other terrorist groups ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 11:26 AM (//8Ft)
I would like to see how much money ended up in the pockets of European elites. Boris Johnson didn't scuttle the treaty for kicks and giggles
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (mHVWR)
Even the Washington Post admits it. Because it's true.
Hannity is a gas bag but he's not always wrong.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)
And, of course, China won't be able to afford a Taiwan invasion, and their supply chain disruption will permanently cripple them.
Thanos was Right;
Real Stable Genious.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (u0/lf)
In the middle of his Democrat, Republican, Democrat, Personal Injury Lawyer, Democrat flip-flop phase, Charlie Crist did a press conference where he whined "but I just want to SERVE the public!"
How about you give someone else a chance to serve, and go get yourself a real job? I swear, that asshole flip-flopped more than a beached sea grouper swatting sunbathers with his tail at Pismo Beach.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 11:28 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:23 AM (jbnUc)
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Maybe lay off the bong hits this early my dude
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:28 AM (oqH4h)
The Obama Presidential Library of Doom opens in 85 days! And you can win tickets!
Privately funded you know. Out of people's admiration of Obama and his basketball, weight-lifting and umbrella-opening skills.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 11:29 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:23 AM (jbnUc)
Strongly disagree. With Iran we have 47 years of backstory.
Ukraine is fake (and gay.) Has been a manufactured op from the beginning that too many cold warriors fell into by transferring cold war animus into the conflict. The rest of the social media push? Ukraine flags in bio? All that bullshit. BILLIONS of dollars flowing to Ukraine with virtually NO oversight? 'Stand with Ukraine! Stay inside!'
Ukraine and Covid go hand in hand. And yet, you are saying Iran is the same thing? Just a preference? A manufactured thing?
That's horseshit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:29 AM (bss/y)
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Well, he is well known in Manhattan. He is also very greasy.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:22 AM (n17eQ)
Sunnyvale Trailer Park greasy?
LOL
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:29 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:29 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)
I believe Hannity and Mark Levin are good friends. Can you imagine trying to get a word in edgewise when those two get together? I can imagine them talking past each other all night…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 11:30 AM (xT8gx)
Are you saying we got screwed by Ukraine??
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I assumed this was a play on the nic, as in how do you raise money? The same way you raise water.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 11:30 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:30 AM (77rzZ)
Again you ignore the money /aid that went into Ukrainian pockets or non military pet projects/social programs.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:32 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Bulg
You are Putin's stooge. That's right, I SAID IT!!!
Posted by: Ol' Yeller Levin at March 26, 2026 11:32 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
Hey! Don't forget about us!
-- Middle Easterners, Africans, South Asians, East Asians, American Indians, etc.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)
I don’t know whether some folks are intentionally misinterpreting my argument. But no I mean intervention to prevent Russia from overrunning Ukraine and whatever other country it decides it wants.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (jbnUc)
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SSBN 656, I've never seen Sunnyvale Trailer Park. Is it available on one of the streaming thingies? I have smokes with a Canadian BGen. He is from that area. Maybe I should take a peek?
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (n17eQ)
Way back at the start of the Russia crap Hannity was about the only person reporting that the whole thing was fake and one of his featured guests on some nights was John Solomon. No reporter was more on top of the hoax back then that Solomon, the guy who broke this story about Ukraine.
I tried to watch only on nights when Solomon was on and I'd invariably end up screaming at my TV for Hannity to shut the fuck up and let Solomon talk. Incredibly annoying.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 11:34 AM (n1OCj)
Now I still don't understand your comparison. Quit while you're behind.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:34 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 11:34 AM (2ap+5)
I don’t know whether some folks are intentionally misinterpreting my argument. But no I mean intervention to prevent Russia from overrunning Ukraine and whatever other country it decides it wants.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (jbnUc)
And that is what I am talking about. The entire Ukrainian Project has been an op since we threw the color revolution back in... 2013?14?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:34 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 11:35 AM (iFTx/)
I admit it; I completely missed that.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
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Yep.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:35 AM (n17eQ)
Cut ALL funding to Ukraine NOW. Enough of these impertinent Slavic pisspot sneakthieves. Let Europe's gopnik fend for himself.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 11:36 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 11:35 AM (iFTx/)
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There was an article out over the last few days bemoaning that campuses have gotten quiet, the heyday of campus protest being, seemingly in the past.
Completely unrelated. I don't know why I bring it up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:36 AM (gYVzu)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)
My late mother LOVED Hannity. And I'd watch too occassionally - much less since I stopped drinking.
I don't think President Trump had a bigger ally in the media than Hannity though. Whatever you think of him, Hannity always had Trump's back.
To whomever? was listening...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 11:36 AM (Sco7b)
With Russia we had the Cold War and beyond (some 80 years)to restrain their expansionism. I believe that ought to be opposed. At least to the extent we supply arms to Ukraine and make invasions expensive.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:37 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)
True, but 5% right and 95% gas bag is a bad look. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 11:37 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 11:06 AM (xT8gx)
Putin is Schrodinger's Hitler: a powerful maniac hell-bent on world conquest when people want to convince you that he's an existential threat that must be fought directly or else he will drive to Paris, and a sad gas-station clown with nukes when they want to convince you that it would be safe and practical to drive to Moscow and divvy up the Russian Federation's assets among Bill Kristol's grifting friends.
I doubt he will stop before Odessa, and I also doubt that he even wants all of Ukraine, let alone to continue on. The Galician part would just be a never-ending hotbed of
Posted by: SciVo at March 26, 2026 11:37 AM (Sy6m/)
That's retarded, Sir.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:24 AM (Klk40)
The mullahs: installed by Jimmy Carter
Zelensky: installed by Obama
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 11:38 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:38 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:37 AM (jbnUc)
How does that compare to anything regarding to our military action against Iran?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:38 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:38 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 26, 2026 11:39 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:38 AM (77rzZ)
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Muslim population is higher in Russia than in Western Europe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:39 AM (gYVzu)
America was nearly lost to a cabal of NGOs, think tanks, foundations, specialty media organizations, compromised mainstream media organizations, quasi-governmental organizations and all other manner of other well-funded (often with taxpayer dollars) players dedicated to preserving extra-governmental controls over the average American, all outside the scope of what Americans vote for.
The men and women behind these organizations claim to want to benevolently advance public policy, when in reality their singular purpose is to maintain and grow the nefarious personal power they have achieved. Above all else they must defend their fiefdoms, the good of the nation be damned.
When reformers try to undo any part of this cabal, those reformers are inevitably smeared, libeled, slandered and threatened. The goal is to prevent them from engaging in that necessary reform by intimidating them into silence.
https://is.gd/Yc6YlJ
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 11:40 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:37 AM (jbnUc)
We opposed the Soviets. There IS a difference in kind and quantity between the Soviets and Russia now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:40 AM (bss/y)
Not old Joe himself, but his minions had plans.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 11:40 AM (BI5O2)
THIS. Well past time. How much of this filthy lucre has stuck to his clammy, weak hands?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)
Neither is a stopped clock.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:33 AM (n17eQ)
Hi! It's called Trailer Park Boys, it's on Netflix. It's a really raunchy comedy about a group of moronic but well-meaning criminals in a trailer park. It's funny, as long as you appreciate comedic shows that include a lot of cursing and drug and alcohol abuse.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (dmDsy)
‘ How does that compare to anything regarding to our military action against Iran?’
Both are foreign wars that we could have stayed out of.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (jbnUc)
Not old Joe himself, but his minions had plans.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (vbXSk)
'I'd be ok with a limited incursion.' was that the line? Something like that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)
You can disagree with Archimedes, but don't be a dick about it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (n9ltV)
Michael McFaul, Trump-hater, Ukraine booster, and former Ambassador to Russia, once boasted that he made nearly a million dollars a year, in a quickly deleted tweet around the time Trump came into office.
I always wondered how much of that was USAID money - probably most of it.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Well, yes. Because the Russians conquered a lot of Muslim peoples who were already present. But, since Chechnya was pacified, how much mischief do we see Russian Muslims making over there? Putin knows how to handle them.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (2UnvF)
I saw Clammy, Weak Hands open for the KungFu Grip in Trading Places.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)
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It's genetic. Hannity's cousin is a good friend of mine, and her nicknames since childhood are Motor Mouth and Daily News.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (3ImbR)
Okay pal, just like you're not a special pleader for war with Iran.
Have your opinions, whatever, just be honest about your own biases. You're not a neutral observer here, buddy.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:43 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Well, yes. Because the Russians conquered a lot of Muslim peoples who were already present. But, since Chechnya was pacified, how much mischief do we see Russian Muslims making over there? Putin knows how to handle them.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)
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The population is even growing because the Russian Christians aren't procreating. Should be 30% of the population in about 15 years.
I keep hearing that 10% is all that's necessary for conquest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:43 AM (gYVzu)
Ukraine coup planners didn't like a legitimately elected Pro Russian President,
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:43 AM (V4IXI)
It goes back further than that. At the NATO Summit in Bucharest in 2008 George Bush floated the idea of NATO membership for both Georgia and Ukraine. Putin warned that membership for either country was a red line for him and he would attack if it happened.
To prove his point he then attacked Georgia. Didn't get nearly the media coverage that Ukraine has received but Putin wasn't screwing around about attacking if once again NATO broke its work and expanded eastward.
Multiple things can be true at the same time. Putin is a brutal and corrupt dictator but NATO always knew what would cause him to attack and did it anyway.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (viF8m)
No. He lost his way because like most people of his generation he can't disconnect the USSR from Russia.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (W7FsI)
‘ There IS a difference in kind and quantity between the Soviets and Russia now’
In quantity yes. In kind, it looks like the same threats and aggression I grew up watching.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (W7FsI)
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Why not both?
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (oqH4h)
I keep hearing that 10% is all that's necessary for conquest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Yeah, too bad. I keep hearing about Russia's demographic decline, but I assume that that doesn't apply to Russian Muslims.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ)
Well look who has rejoined the party. How are you feeling?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 11:45 AM (viF8m)
But Russia's already doing the hard part. We just need to stop the money and weapons and Brennan-allied intelligence.
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 11:45 AM (/IZKJ)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at March 26, 2026 11:46 AM (s1NDj)
But considerably lower if you don't include the Muslim provinces in the Caucasus.
There is a concerted effort to claim that Moscow and Saint Petersburg are being overwhelmed by Muslim immigration - the evidence for that is rather dubious.
The Russian Federation continues to be about three-quarters Russian.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 11:46 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:46 AM (oqH4h)
They ain’t rising up and controlling anything in Russia. They know it will be there end.
Posted by: Vengeance at March 26, 2026 11:46 AM (zw+xd)
Because the Jewish Diaspora from Ukraine has ZERO desire to aid Ukraine and/or return to Ukraine.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:46 AM (W7FsI)
Posted by: garrett
There is actually a lot of geopolitical continuity between the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (77rzZ)
THE EV BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Honda And Sony Are Killing Their Two Afeela Electric Cars.
It's my guess they cancelled the cars because of their ridiculous name.
https://is.gd/xqTaCu
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (2UnvF)
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Thanks SSBN 656. I have Netflix and will dive right in. I've watched too many Antique Roadshows. I bet my wife will like it, too.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (2ap+5)
Good point!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (dmDsy)
Islamist extremist groups have conducted numerous attacks in Russia, driven by conflicts in the North Caucasus (Chechnya, Dagestan) and Russia's military intervention in Syria. Major recent attacks include the March 2024 Crocus City Hall shooting (140+ dead) and June 2024 attacks on Dagestan houses of worship, both linked to ISIS-K.
Much more detailed followed.
AI Overview
Posted by: L - No nic... at March 26, 2026 11:48 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:48 AM (gYVzu)
Sigh.
According to the US Department of State in 2017, Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or roughly 10% of the total population
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 11:48 AM (n1OCj)
Tell me you’re have a turd in your dome, without telling me you have a turd in your dome.
Posted by: Vengeance at March 26, 2026 11:49 AM (EIe8H)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:44 AM (jbnUc)
And I completely disagree. What's a good analogy?
When the soviet union fell, you went from a nominally ideological empire to... almost like a consortium of gangsters. Oil Plutocrats. Then Putin rises up and is trying to make all the plutocrats work toward 'his' idea of what was good about the Soviets- National pride. Solidarity. That kind of thing. But the ideological roots of the Soviets (exporting Marxism) went away. He is STILL paranoid about his borders though. Hence georgia and ukraine. But both of those are in responses to diplomatic aggression.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:49 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:46 AM (W7FsI)
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There are exceptions to every rule, I guess. I just think it's odd that he makes a point to talk about how his family is from Ukraine BUT BUT BUT that has no bearing on his opinion that anyone who isn't full-throatedly behind the US backing Ukraine is a PUTIN STOOGE.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:50 AM (oqH4h)
Gossip is the primary form of currency in the capitol city.
Graft is the primary form of payout.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 11:50 AM (AkEZC)
Brilliant pitch! Have your agent get in touch with us!
Posted by: NetFlix at March 26, 2026 11:50 AM (rJjpq)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (77rzZ)
The Soviets were all about exporting their revolution all over the world. Modern Russia is mostly concerned with its borders.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 11:50 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (abIsI)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (n17eQ)
You're welcome, pudinhead, it's a funny show, again, as long as extreme cursing doesn't offend. Ricky will say shit that you probably could never imagine! Although it's not gross or blasphemous, just...cursy. And funny.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (2UnvF)
*hearty fistbump*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)
What Russian Empire?
Our State Department couldn't let go of the notion of bilateral Superpowers. So, they decided to make Russia into the enemy that had just been defeated.
Once Russia dropped Communism, they ceased being a concern. We were fighting the expansion of Communism with the Soviet Union.
What were we fighting once the Communists were defeated?
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (W7FsI)
Sigh.
According to the US Department of State in 2017, Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or roughly 10% of the total population
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 11:48 AM (n1OCj)
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Sigh...
That was a decade ago.
Muslims in Russia have higher birthrates, and the white Russian birthrate is crashing (supposedly about 1.1 right now).
Again...the point I made was that Russia has a higher Muslim population than Western Europe. 10% is...higher than the 6% of Western Europe that's Muslim.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (gYVzu)
It's a fair cop.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)
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He's a witch!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:52 AM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (abIsI)
Safe to say: all of them. That's how they stayed.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:52 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Well, yes. Because the Russians conquered a lot of Muslim peoples who were already present. But, since Chechnya was pacified, how much mischief do we see Russian Muslims making over there? Putin knows how to handle them.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)
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The population is even growing because the Russian Christians aren't procreating. Should be 30% of the population in about 15 years.
I keep hearing that 10% is all that's necessary for conquest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:43 AM (gYVzu)
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I think it depends in part on the 10%. One thing I've noticed about the Euro and especially UK Muslims is the woman are mostly dressed in burkas. That's a hardcore, virulent form of Islam.
By contrast, the USA definitely has a Muslim problem too, but you rarely see burkas here. Some hijabs, yes, but it's rare to see a burka.
In Asian muslim countries like Indonesia they have somehow managed to avoid most Muslim barbarism, and there you almost never see a burka.
I don't think this is a coincidence.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)
‘ Hence georgia and ukraine. But both of those are in responses to diplomatic aggression.’
That sounds better in some ears than saying that he wants to reclaim all former Soviet land.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:52 AM (jbnUc)
1) There's too much pollen on my car.
2) MLB Opening Day is today.
How long will it take the Mets to eliminate themselves from the postseason?
Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t)
It's funny, as long as you appreciate comedic shows that include a lot of cursing and drug and alcohol abuse.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (dmDsy)
So, a MoMe...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (y9nCu)
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Breaking Rice Bowls is hard. Losing big chunks of budget is even harder.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (n17eQ)
I wasn't sure anyone would get that.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t) \
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I'm a Millennial movie nerd.
Of course I got that.
Although, I'm convinced she says "fair court".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:54 AM (gYVzu)
1) There's too much pollen on my car.
2) MLB Opening Day is today.
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Never forget, It Is My Birthday!
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:54 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 11:54 AM (BCuCF)
Posted by: Idiocracy Participant at March 26, 2026 11:54 AM (D4I2r)
And again, much of that Muslim population is in Chechnya, Dagestan, and nearby areas on the periphery of the country.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 26, 2026 11:55 AM (n1OCj)
Let's not forget that our wonderful and esteemed congress critters voted down any attempts to audit the money trail in Ukraine.
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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Such knowledge is not meant for man to know.
Posted by: Cop Over Smoking Ruins of Mad Scientist's Laboratory at March 26, 2026 11:55 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (Oy/m2)
You shut your whore mouth!
Every year (on Opening Day) is the Mets year!!!!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:55 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: garrett
The Tsarist one that fell in 1917.
Peter the Great and Stalin had a lot in common.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:51 AM (W7FsI)
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We were fighting for careerists in the State Department/CIA to keep their bullshit jobs where they pretended to go spy on the Russians and the Russians pretended to keep tabs on them, so that they could go to parties with Russian women. In exchange, the Russians sent people here to pretend to spy on us so they could go shopping and rub elbows at DC cocktail parties.
The entire Cold War from the late 70s until the fall of the USSR was just one big make-work program for "intelligence" officers on both sides. A complete gentlemen's agreement.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 11:56 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 11:52 AM (jbnUc)
And that is where the territorial buffers come in- a lot of which was set up by Stalin who WAS a paranoid evil fucktard. BUT he also had the political expansionism of exporting communism. Putin does not have that aspect. You are conflating ideology between the two phases and that is just not the case.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 11:56 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:41 AM (dmDsy)
So, a MoMe...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 11:53 AM (y9nCu)
LOL! I can't wait until I can get to one...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:56 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: pudinhead
Have you started the celebratory day-drinking yet?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:57 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)
“The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet.”
Replace "Hun" with Mohammedan and the statement still holds true.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 11:57 AM (N1DT3)
I'm not taking Levin's side in this. He is wrong.
What he should want, imo, is the destruction of the Nazi Aligned factions of the Ukrainian People/Government/Military.
That would place him in the same camp of the other Jewish Diaspora from Ukraine.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:57 AM (W7FsI)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 11:56 AM (2ap+5)
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6% of Russian Orthodox attend church weekly.
Weekly attendance has more predictive power over family size than the overall label of religious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:57 AM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 11:57 AM (+nEug)
Oh no! Now they have to go to classes and earn their degrees.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 11:58 AM (svLOV)
On another note, Look who are the biggest supporters of Ukraine. Soros and the entire European Left.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:58 AM (V4IXI)
Well, you get Ace to give you the keys to the Time Machine that he Totally Doesn't Have (TM) and we can talk bout that.
There is no Russian Empire, today. That was my point.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 11:59 AM (W7FsI)
Replace "Hun" with Mohammedan and the statement still holds true.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
I'm starting to get an idea about how to handle the Minnesota problem...
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 11:59 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I did not know that. Interesting.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)
I keep hearing that 10% is all that's necessary for conquest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 11:43 AM (gYVzu)
10% isn't necessary for conquest. I'd put that at 30%, minimum.
10% is what is necessary for them to start getting violent and murdering the citizens of the country they plan to conquer. (They are not "fellow countrymen". They are an invading force EVERYWHERE they go that isn't already musselmen, and sometimes even there.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:00 PM (N1DT3)
‘ You are conflating ideology between the two phases and that is just not the case.’
I didn’t mention ideology. But it’s a matter of public record that Putin grieves the USSR. Not because of ideology but because he wants it to be the biggest, baddest ass on the Eurasian land mass.
Everything he’s done is in the direction of of restoring that.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 12:00 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:00 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 11:58 AM (svLOV)
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Let's not get hasty, here.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 12:00 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I did not know that. Interesting.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)
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4 generations of a government actively working to make religion as minimal as possible has an effect.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:00 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 11:57 AM (+nEug)
*strokes chin*
Interesting... by that time I very well may be situated to where I could take a trip...
Where is the October one?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (dmDsy)
Government workers have set up their own companies carefully designed to win bids on gov contracts.
The government pays for the most ridiculous foreign aid queer projects, all the same flavour as the USAID projects.
Federal payments software "Phoenix Pay" has cost billions in budget overruns so far and they estimate it will cost billions more to complete. Complete fucking scam. People and companies are being given money to do nothing at all, because a payroll system does NOT cost that much money.
Projects get the same hours get billed over and over by multiple companies.
The covid travel app ArriveCan cost $52M or something atrocious. A very simple app that a couple developers could have built in 1-2 weeks.
The "long gun registry" cost $500M and got scrapped.
Posted by: fb at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (D/cuw)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 11:47 AM (2UnvF)
I'm pretty sure I can't even agree without being one.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (N1DT3)
I don't hate Russia as much as I probably should.
Posted by: Jaimo
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I truly don't know if we treated them bad after the Soviet Union collapsed, but the Russkies themselves seem talented and industrious. God only knows what they could do if they weren't ruled by thugs -- but maybe being ruled that way is some flaw in their national character.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 12:02 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (dmDsy)
Duh I can just look in the sidebar.....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:02 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (BCuCF)
It was, essentially, a gang rape of a semi-conscious victim.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (W7FsI)
[ . . . ]
Posted by: fb at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (D/cuw)
This sort of barely legal fraud is pretty much why Sec Noem got dumped from DHS and got the gilded potato of being head of Shield, doing what Rubio tells her to do.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 26, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)
Visit Dearborn.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: garrett
Not in its governing structure. But it is still the largest country on Earth. That qualifies it as a de facto empire in my book.
But I think that we're in basic agreement. The US and Tsarist Russia generally had good relations, due to both countries' rivalry with Britain. There's no reason, post-communism, that we can't have good relations again.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (77rzZ)
Used to be 10% for kickbacks,
But 90% for The Big Guy ?
Dang!
Posted by: Operator Error at March 26, 2026 12:04 PM (eWg54)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 12:00 PM (jbnUc)
And he did not DO anything about it until we told him both that he could and we did what we said we would not do (expand NATO.)
There is an element of: we believe we can do whatever we want without acting in good faith. Look at the wildly different policies between Biden Junta and Trump for example. We are schizophrenic. AND we have the best and most effective military.
So, we are the insane neighbor who has maxim machine gun nests set up on his second floor. AND we launch drones to bomb the neighbors occasionally. But different neighbors depending on which of our personalities are dominant for this four year stretch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:04 PM (bss/y)
Well, aside from the fact the government shouldn't be giving away money to ANYONE.
In this manner, most of the U.S. funding would be diverted to Joe Biden’s election campaign without the ability to track where exactly the funds came from.
Ummm, wasn't this the exact sort of investigation Biden called Ukraine about NOT investigating in the first place?
Posted by: GWB at March 26, 2026 12:04 PM (x9vBb)
Posted by: Jaimo
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I truly don't know if we treated them bad after the Soviet Union collapsed, but the Russkies themselves seem talented and industrious. God only knows what they could do if they weren't ruled by thugs -- but maybe being ruled that way is some flaw in their national character.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 26, 2026 12:01 PM (XJ22o)
I don't want to get all "Depeche Mode" here, but people are people, and I think
No matter where they are, or what governmental system they were born under.
[/deep thoughts]
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:06 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 12:06 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (W7FsI)
This. Russia after the fall was ugly as hell. Think Reconstruction but with a lot more alcoholism and looting.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:06 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (77rzZ)
There is a very broad train of thought in the US government and international finance that feels that there can never be a reconciliation between the West and the Russian state after everything we have done to them.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:06 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 11:38 AM (77rzZ)
I wouldn't go that far -- the solution to the depradations of "cultural enrichment" is not more of a different kind -- but that reminds me of another point I meant to make. The paradox of the Schrodinger's Hitler is resolved by recognizing that Europe is hopelessly corrupt: aside from Poland, the rest not only don't have enough military to make a speedbump, they are also incapable of building it up. They could try, but >85% of any money going in would just be stolen, like a California freeway coyote/butterfly bridge.
Posted by: SciVo at March 26, 2026 12:06 PM (Sy6m/)
I don't fault people for taking free money when it's offered, even if you personally think it should not be. Zelensky is a moron and a stooge, but the fault lies in DC.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 12:07 PM (2ocoG)
My only contention here is that we missed that opportunity and then doubled down on that mistake for 25+ years.
Trump was right in his first campaign, there was NO reason that we should not have been reaching out to Russia to make them (more of) an ally / partner.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:07 PM (W7FsI)
Let's not get hasty, here.
Posted by: ballistic
Imagine the progress that could be made if you simply expelled the protesters and banished them from your school system for three years. And once that happened, the bill for their loans was due.
I think you'd see attitude changes but unfortunately, groups like the ACLU would scream about it.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 12:07 PM (svLOV)
Who self-immolates first? Mets or (sigh) White Sox?
Late sister (serious Cub fan) had a bet as to which of our teams would be eliminated first - six-pack of beer, not exactly high stakes. She usually had to pay up. A little sorry that she didn't get to see them win the Series.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 26, 2026 12:07 PM (NcvvS)
‘ And he did not DO anything about it until we told him both that he could and we did what we said we would not do (expand NATO.)’
I look at this as a legitimate grievance too.
And a convenient excuse for expansion at the same time.
It seems like there is a parallel somewhere in history. It escapes me right now.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (jbnUc)
I know I'll get slammed for this, but I don't hate Russia as much as I probably should. We do have a lot in common with them.
Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 11:54 AM (BCuCF)
Meh. I could care less about Russia for the most part, as long as they continue exporting strippers and oil, their two main export resources. The only thing that worries me about them is that they were stupid enough to attack the Ukes and get bogged down, leaving Siberia open to invasion and occupation by the Chinee, who are the real bad actors in the non-mohammedan world. When China gets their hands on Siberia it solves a lot of their problems for at least a generation or two.
One of the things in the Marvel Universe that pisses me off is the stupid schoolyard notion that "strength invites challenge" as Vision puts it. Bullshit, it's weakness that invites challenge, and I think it's only a matter of time until the Chinee move into Siberia, knowing that the Russians don't have the strength to effectively oppose them.
That is, unless the Chinee collapse first. Which is a distinct possibility.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (y9nCu)
People ARE People.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (W7FsI)
No matter where they are, or what governmental system they were born under.
[/deep thoughts]
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)
/looks at human history
I'm fairly certain you're wrong.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:03 PM (77rzZ)
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Looking at area alone isn't really a good measure of anything. 95% of Russia is uninhabitable useless frozen tundra.
Just like how Australia gets too much credit for being large but 90% of that continent is uninhabitable useless desert.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Kindltot
What the hell have we done to them? Gave them the Lend-Lease stuff that they beat Hitler with?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)
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Vodka and despair. Have you read their literature?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 12:09 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Bulg
Sort of like how the PRC is just the latest Chinese imperial dynasty...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (OUMaO)
You meet ‘em wherever you go
Up! Up with people!
They’re the best kind of folks we know
If more people were for people
All people ev’rywhere
There’d be a lot less people to worry about
And a lot more people who care
There’d be a lot less people to worry about
And a lot more people who care
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (2ap+5)
I am increasingly of the belief that we should strip Australia of its status as a Continent.
If Pluto can be deemed and asteroid, I want Australia deemed to be just an Island.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (W7FsI)
He will not live long enough. Doubt that his successor will have his 'skills'.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
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What's the proper thing to do with these people?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (jAisO)
No matter where they are, or what governmental system they were born under.
[/deep thoughts]
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)
As a further explanation:
The Pax Romana was a BIG DEAL because it was a very long period of time when conquering wars didn't happen and most people lived in peace.
The natural state of man is not "you leave me alone, I'll leave you alone".
The natural state of man is "Hey, that tribe has great land/houses/women/etc... Let's take them!"
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 12:11 PM (T7fic)
Trump was right in his first campaign, there was NO reason that we should not have been reaching out to Russia to make them (more of) an ally / partner.
Posted by: garrett
Completely agree.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:11 PM (77rzZ)
No matter where they are, or what governmental system they were born under.
[/deep thoughts]
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)
/looks at human history
I'm fairly certain you're wrong.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
It only takes a determined few to make things miserable for anyone else. Just pointing that out here.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 12:11 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:11 PM (W7FsI)
‘ Sort of like how the PRC is just the latest Chinese imperial dynasty...’
There is a lot of continuity to be found.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 12:11 PM (jbnUc)
I don't think their Empire is that significant.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Brother Tim
Yep.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ... at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (HyaXg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (jAisO)
Rome was only not at war for about ten years total during that period. There are always barbarians to deal with, after all.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (OUMaO)
Seattle Mariners
Milwaukee Brewers
San Diego Padres
Colorado Rockies
Tampa Bay Rays
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (WsJuq)
Considering that those exact people are the ones who did 'everything we have done to them', that is mind-boggling stupidity in plain sight.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (NcvvS)
Russians are smart and do good work. But the peasant mindset is ingrained in them deeply, even moreso than it is for a lot of the rest of Europe.
As for the post-collapse treatment, Mike Benz laid that out on Rogan. Once the USSR collapsed, the CIA set about trying to expand NATO and completely surround Russia. Bill Clinton largely prevented that on the basis that it would just antagonize them.
At the same time, George Soros, assisted by the State Department, started buying a bunch of property in Russia.
So basically the Clinton administration was largely friendly to Russia but the rest of FedGov was involved in schemes that were not so friendly.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Cosda at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (WmJ2H)
/looks at human history
I'm fairly certain you're wrong.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (N1DT3)
In all of history, I think you're right.
Guess I am talking about us, today, the people that are raised under, at the very least, a sort of free society. Sure, there are countries that still oppress their people, but I think they are doomed to fail, because the human spirit will eventually win out.
Of course, I could be completely wrong.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (dmDsy)
Just like how Australia gets too much credit for being large but 90% of that continent is uninhabitable useless desert.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 12:08 PM (oqH4h)
In both cases, those "uninhabitable" areas are storehouses of valuable resources.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (jbnUc)
If Pluto can be deemed and asteroid, I want Australia deemed to be just an Island.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (W7FsI)
Yup.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 12:14 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 12:12 PM (OUMaO)
*waves*
Posted by: Trajan at March 26, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)
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Judges would have accepted "Canada is China's largest colony".
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 12:14 PM (Dv3i1)
I don't think their Empire is that significant.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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Japan is one of the smallest countries in the world.
They punch above their weight.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:14 PM (jAisO)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 12:10 PM (+nEug)
*makes an actual note on paper*
Thanks Ben
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:14 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 26, 2026 12:15 PM (ppdC5)
Narratives were being challenged.
FoxNews headline
"Trump: We're the party of common sense.
Dems are the party of insanity."
Lol
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 12:15 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Leftists at March 26, 2026 12:15 PM (Dv3i1)
Dems do as they're told.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Propping up that drunken buffoon Yeltsin for so long was probably a mistake, but he was kinda the best thing we had to work with at the time.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (77rzZ)
‘ Poll in Maine shows Platner with massive lead. Nazi on track to win Dem Nomination.’
Screw that. How are we doing in Iran?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (jbnUc)
Dems do as they're told.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (2ocoG)
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Schumer got the current ME governor (Mills) to run because the establishment wants Platner to lose the primary because they know he's going to be toxic in the general election in a senate race that should be one of their key pickup opportunities.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:17 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Thatch at March 26, 2026 12:17 PM (AKhi9)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:18 PM (V4IXI)
Seattle Mariners
Milwaukee Brewers
San Diego Padres
Colorado Rockies
Tampa Bay Rays
**************
When it was announced that the NFL was awarding Houston an expansion team, I bet my brother, a huge Detroit Lions fan, $100 that the Texans would make it to the Super Bowl before the Lions. He accepted the bet.
That was over 20 years ago and the wager is still yet to be claimed by either of us.
(Cleveland and Jacksonville are the other two teams that have never been to the Super Bowl).
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 12:18 PM (Y1sOo)
Dems do as they're told.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (2ocoG)
Curiously, most of the Nazi party's platform planks comport quite well with Democrat platform planks, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 12:19 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:18 PM (V4IXI)
The Orchestra made a movie?
COOL!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:19 PM (dmDsy)
Of course, I could be completely wrong.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:13 PM (dmDsy)
That's pretty different from "No matter where they are, or what governmental system they were born under."
The world is being influenced still by the Pax Americana after WWII. That's the overarching government system.
The most violence and rapacity comes, generally, within countries because that system (for the past 80ish years) has been working to prevent one country invading another. (With exceptions, but mostly.)
Without the "world police", we'd be back in the normal state of the world.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:19 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:18 PM (V4IXI)
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A film about transsexual husky furries?
/Sounds interesting -- will check it out, thanks.
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:20 PM (SgYCn)
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Vodka and despair. Have you read their literature?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 12:09 PM (Dv3i1)
And the beards. Ohhh, those beards.
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 12:20 PM (lCppi)
I'd agree, if we had defeated them through direct military conflict.
We didn't do that. We bankrupted them.
What we failed to do, post collapse, was give them a chance to recuperate their populus from the poison that is Communism.
We had a great opportunity and we allowed our 'betters' to serve themselves rather than serve the people of Russia.
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 12:20 PM (W7FsI)
Dems do as they're told.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (2ocoG)
I did nazi that coming.
Posted by: Obligatory at March 26, 2026 12:20 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
The Nazis had better uniforms, though.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:20 PM (77rzZ)
There's been a lot of exuberance about that the last day or so.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (Sco7b)
https://is.gd/nhLcXt
Collins didn't lead a single poll after June 2020. She tied one (42-42).
She won by 8 points.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)
looted them from 1990 to when Putin won. Then slapped them with embargos and pushed color revolutions in the various states. And the Magnitsky act.
and if you say, "that was the oligarchs" then the answer is "Oh its just the Cartels in Mexico, nothing to do with the banks, the various governments and the sort of governmental actors who are profiting from it"
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 12:19 PM (8zz6B)
I never thought there was much of a difference to start with.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 12:22 PM (snZF9)
That was over 20 years ago and the wager is still yet to be claimed by either of us.
(Cleveland and Jacksonville are the other two teams that have never been to the Super Bowl).
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 12:18 PM
I am a diehard Dolphins fan, but I always had a soft sport for the Lions. I always wonder what could have been if Barry Sanders had played for the Dolphins during the Marino years. They would have FINALLY had a running game
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:22 PM (4q/mG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
National Socialists had things in common with Democrats?
Knock me over with a feather
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:22 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 12:18 PM (Y1sOo)
Isn't it funny? I mean, weren't the Oilers one of the first AFL teams? But then they have to come back as an "expansion team"
I dunno, I think it's funny...
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Tole Warren Moon The Bills Would Beat Him...He Didn't Listen. at March 26, 2026 12:23 PM (dmDsy)
The Biden family stole so many millions, but now they have very little money. Where did it all go? Hunter Biden's appetites can't account for it, and the family money was largely beyond his control anyway. Did their 'friends' take it?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 12:23 PM (lsrsS)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 26, 2026 12:23 PM (wLsnt)
USAID will never be dead, so long as politicians are gay and innocent and heartless.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 12:25 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
National Socialists had things in common with Democrats?
Knock me over with a feather
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:22 PM (V4IXI)
* Zombie Margaret Sanger has entered the chat.*
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 12:25 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Interesting take. There's no doubt that he was incredibly brave, at least at the beginning.
And he's the one who chose Putin to succeed him.
But he was capable of public buffoonery that the Russian people thought was a bad look for their country.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)
Shouldn't tracking of federal funds be turned on, all the time, by law?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (lsrsS)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 12:25 PM (EXyHK)
*buzzer*
'Innocent'? You mean corrupt as fuck, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (bss/y)
Instead they ran the most boring conservative offense in history and still lost. I stopped watching.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (OWEbr)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (OWEbr)
===
On the bright side: no people in it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:27 PM (gYVzu)
____
Vodka and despair. Have you read their literature?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 12:09 PM (Dv3i1)
English Literature: I will die for Honor.
French Literature: I will die for Love.
American Literature: I will die for Freedom.
Russian Literature: I will die.
Posted by: that guy is right at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM (ULPxl)
We had a great opportunity and we allowed our 'betters' to serve themselves rather than serve the people of Russia.
Posted by: garrett
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Yeltsin came over here with the best of intentions.
Made his case for US / Russia co-operation for help to make Russia a democracy and they insulted him.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM (jAisO)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (BI5O2)
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I was always my opinion too, YD.
Some find courage in a bottle ...
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM (SgYCn)
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM (SgYCn)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Couldn't put it on the porch til he got a chain and padlock for it.
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slirrup at March 26, 2026 12:29 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:29 PM (0sNs1)
French Literature: I will die for Love.
American Literature: I will die for Freedom.
Russian Literature: I will die.
Posted by: that guy is right at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM (ULPxl)
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Well-Played.
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:30 PM (SgYCn)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 26, 2026 12:19 PM (N1DT3)
Given how we have organized government and societies over these "past 80 years", I would argue that the more primitive "They have better land, let's take it!" mentality has been erased, or at least subdued, by time passing, norms being established, and just the fact that it's easy for us all to see which way is better.
Again, though, I'll say my thoughts may be 100% wrong, and that Man writ large could instantly revert to savagery if given the chance.
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Tole Warren Moon The Bills Would Beat Him...He Didn't Listen. at March 26, 2026 12:30 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:28 PM
And you are unanimous in that!
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:30 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:16 PM (77rzZ)
And unlike Putin, Yeltsin was completely incapable of resisting the Duma that was captured by the Oligarchs politically and economically.
One of the West's greatest hatreds of Putin stems from him forcing the Oligarchs to stop stealing assets and selling them to the Europeans, made them run the industries they stole and pay their employees, and killed them only if they started getting political.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2026 12:30 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:29 PM (0sNs1)
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lol
Using voice translation on my phone and not always doing a good job of proofreading.
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:31 PM (SgYCn)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (gYVzu)
And no fraud?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 12:31 PM (n9ltV)
The Biden family stole so many millions, but now they have very little money. Where did it all go? Hunter Biden's appetites can't account for it, and the family money was largely beyond his control anyway. Did their 'friends' take it?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
The low rent types that live in office for decades figure that they will always have enough political pull to get new grifting money. So their cash burn rate is enormous. Essentially, public money directed toward them is their pension plan. The Bidens probably figured that his term as President would have generated at least as much as the Clintons or Carters did post presidency via Institutes, speaking fees, lobbying, board memberships, etc.
When he started shitting his pants literally and metaphorically as prezzie, he destroyed his own family's grifting abilities once out of office.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:21 PM (gYVzu)
And no fraud?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 12:31 PM (n9ltV)
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I dunno.
Just that Collins wins her re-elections, no matter what the polling says.
And 2026 is not going to be as fraud filled as 2020 was.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 26, 2026 12:32 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Your Vigorish, Sir at March 26, 2026 12:32 PM (4NO2D)
While Democrats were spying on and arresting their political opponents, Republican lawmakers were fighting for more money for Ukraine that was then used to fund Democrats.
Morons.
Posted by: 29Victor at March 26, 2026 12:33 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 12:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 12:33 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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I'm imagining it collapsing in a heap when he first sits in it.
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:33 PM (SgYCn)
"You are a silly little boy" said The Lord of The Flies
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 12:33 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 12:31 PM
No beau geste there, eh?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:34 PM (0sNs1)
I'm guessing Ace is struggling with the relocation of his porch rocking chair.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:26 PM (0sNs1)
He built the shelves in a circle around the chair so that it can't be moved.
The horror. The horror.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (4q/mG)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 12:33 PM (Y1sOo)
The old "Post and Flounce"..... a pretty high-level blogging move, kudos Ace!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 26, 2026 12:35 PM (EXyHK)
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Haven't been around much lately -- have you fully recovered from your surgery?
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 12:36 PM (SgYCn)
Posted by: Clay at March 26, 2026 12:37 PM (acuyW)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
John Wilde
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 09:30 AM (R11M+)
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Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)
would burn
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: davidt at March 26, 2026 09:34 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 09:34 AM (R11M+)
If she were ginger, I'd think she was trying to steal my soul.
Maybe she dyes her hair.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 09:34 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Oscar Wilde at March 26, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)
would burn
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)
Don't be silly. Sell it to a leftist art collector and buy yourself something nice. Like 30yo scotch.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM
Definitely one of the artworks of all time.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 09:35 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2026 09:35 AM (Edxq2)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)
Work Reconsidered" is a series of artworks by John Wilde that reflects on his experiences and artistic journey, often incorporating autobiographical elements. The pieces explore themes of identity, memory, and the passage of time, showcasing Wilde's unique style influenced by surrealism and magic realism.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: NR Pax
No! I've got an apple and a sardine already. Watching my figure.
Posted by: Woman Reconsidered #1 at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (/IZKJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)
Compensating much?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Someone Please Burn This Mess at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (oftw2)
Not on view
Date
1950
Classification
Paintings
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
Overall: 30 1/8 × 25 in. (76.5 × 63.5 cm)
Accession number
2006.83
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)
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Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: RI Red at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (Edxq2)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (nWPIJ)
Work Reconsidered" is a series of artworks by John Wilde that reflects on his experiences and artistic journey, often incorporating autobiographical elements. The pieces explore themes of identity, memory, and the passage of time, showcasing Wilde's unique style influenced by surrealism and magic realism.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)
He dabbled in necrophilia?
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:38 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:38 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:39 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Delurker at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Hey, I'm not the one who picked this glory-hole art, Mr. Dildo.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)
I don't get it.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (jAisO)
Posted by: Bones McCoy at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:39 AM (gbOdA
Mission accomplished.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Rank amateur analysis at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Butterflies using you as a perch is actually fun (BTDT! It's awesome!), but you could not get me to do the same for beetles, not now that I'm older than 6, and never so close to my ear or nose.
I wonder if the pendants in the pearl rope are supposed to signify anything? Maybe there were only 8 known planets when this was painted?
Posted by: RandomDave at March 26, 2026 09:41 AM (aJQbY)
Wouldn't hang. Too unpleasant looking.
Thx as always CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 09:41 AM (mHVWR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 09:41 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 09:41 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Delurker at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (gtcuf)
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"Please John, let me see it."
Posted by: Just Before The Shit Hit The Fan at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (nWPIJ)
Yeah, I'd find a place for it somewhere....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: I'm Curatin' Ova Heare at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (oftw2)
Who would have thought a painting with butterflies could be so ugly?
Wait, is that Jame Gumbo, from Silence of the Lambs? It all makes sense now.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (BHrzb)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (II20+)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (A5RD0)
Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)
You really didn't learn, did you.
Read Muldoon's comment in the sidebar.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:43 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Vinny Gambini at March 26, 2026 09:44 AM (nWPIJ)
Not on view
======================
A decision we can all understand
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 09:44 AM (+PwsD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:37 AM (nWPIJ)
Who knew! The knowledge of The Horde is amazing!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (n9ltV)
His style is called 'magic realism'. There may be some enjoyable examples in that style of art but, based on this one and some others, it seems to be an excuse for crappy and unattractive paintings.
Posted by: JTB at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (/IZKJ)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (BHrzb)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: I'm Curatin' Ova Heare at March 26, 2026 09:42 AM (oftw2)
Sadly, too often those reasons are political.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (n9ltV)
**********
Alternate Title - a limerick
A malnourished woman named Beth
Who frequently smoked too much meth
With bugs in her hair
and a thousannd-yard stare
I call it "Still Life With Death"
Posted by: muldoon at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Denny Crane - Because of That, There Will Be a Massive Hurricane In Japan. at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)
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When art became crap, it became necessary to hire a marketing firm to convince the expert class that there is a hidden meaning that elevates the crap back into art. This often doesn't work on the rubes, giving a reason for experts to mock them, and besides the rubes don't have enough money to buy art.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: muldoon at March 26, 2026 09:47 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Hatch A Batch at March 26, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)
Warhol would have appreciated that title.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 09:47 AM (+PwsD)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:47 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: lin-duh at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (EneHm)
Posted by: Eromero at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:47 AM (gbOdA)
In the sidebar.
Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (2UnvF)
Too conflicted?
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:45 AM (Sco7b)
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Not until Easter
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (PpBto)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (BHrzb)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Denny Crane - Now I'm Just Commenting On Things I Know Nothing About. Otherwise, Thursday. at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: JML at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (EtRph)
A malnourished woman named Beth
Who frequently smoked too much meth
With bugs in her hair
and a thousannd-yard stare
I call it "Still Life With Death"
Posted by: muldoon at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (qgHp7)
*****
Yeah, that about sums it up.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: r hennigantx
Second comment under the pic of the Warthog.
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 09:46 AM (Dv3i1)
I wonder whether a fair amount of modern art being touted and sold for ridiculous sums is simply the secondary market, and has very little to do with quality. Churning these works through the art world makes money for the dealers and the sellers.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Hatch A Batch
I irrigated a spider out of an old guy’s ear back in family practice some years ago.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM (IZ33s)
Work Reconsidered #1 — John Wilde
Background: John Wilde (1919–2006) was an American painter associated with Magic Realism and Surrealism. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and later at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he became part of a circle of artists and writers interested in detailed, dreamlike imagery grounded in everyday objects and landscapes. "Work Reconsidered #1" is held by the Whitney Museum of American Art and reflects Wilde’s lifelong interest in combining autobiographical elements with fantastical, often satirical scenes.
Style: Wilde’s style is highly detailed and meticulous, with fine linework and careful texturing that give surfaces a tactile, almost engraving-like quality. His compositions often blend realistic domestic or rural settings with surreal, symbolic, or grotesque figures and motifs. He used a limited, often muted palette punctuated by sharper accents, and his work displays a precise draftsmanship influenced by printmaking techniques and classical illustration
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (PpBto)
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No good places until Exit 7 way way away from Newark.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
I did. Doesn't seem to apply here. He was talking about sexualizing images of children. No kids in this painting.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (Suwql)
"[A]n asshole is somebody who looks at a painting of two toddlers doing something totally normal for toddlers and decides that it represents homosexuality and then thinks that publicly saying that is somehow edgy and clever. Instead it is doing what we accuse the Left of, that is sexualizing young children. If that describes you, own it.
Muldoon"
Posted by: This has been a Public Service Announcement at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM (n9ltV)
My Hunter Biden feces collection may be worthless?
Tough year.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Frank Z at March 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Kind of like the equities market.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 09:49 AM (nWPIJ)
He led a pretty typical life...married with kids. This piece is definitely one of his weirder ones, but I think he was a capable artist.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:53 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 09:53 AM (+PwsD)
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Three days ago but I look forward to your daily mentions of it in perpetuity.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Delurker at March 26, 2026 09:54 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 09:53 AM (+PwsD)
You missed out on the bonus points for not mentioning the rocking chair....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 09:54 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:47 AM (gbOdA)
Beneath the A-10 photo.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: From about That Time at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:51 AM (V4IXI)
Alberto Vargas? LeRoy Neiman?
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care
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Yup, just what the promoters and middle men would say to boost up their sale.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (jAisO)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (OUMaO)
More at 11
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 26, 2026 09:50 AM
Oh, no!
Anyway...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (CVAWM)
Extrapolate the message.
This is not a democracy, and this forum is Ace's business. Take the hint.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: cmeat
There is a whole subfield of forensics dedicated to estimating when a person died based on the creepy-crawlies feasting on the corpse.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:56 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 09:56 AM (DgMqy)
####
It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at March 26, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Dr_No at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (QaH55)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (kgE5c)
I am perfectly content to have never seen "Only Fans," and I will endeavor to keep it that way.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (zUsHt)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (wVcYX)
Both hang in museums.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (V4IXI)
World's biggest pimp, with a heavy assist from decades of feminism telling women that sexual decadence (divorced from love and child-bearing) is "empowering").
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (Suwql)
Conspicuous consumption.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
Think of it the way they do in rasslin' and other carny sideshows: The only real failure is when the crowd shows apathy.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (dmDsy)
_____
That could lead to a prison sentence in Airstrip One. Remember, think carefully before you post.
Posted by: Big Brother Loves You, Really, Really Loves You at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Dv3i1)
Norman Rockwell and . . . ?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Suwql)
BREAKING: Päivi Räsänen unanimously acquitted for her Bible tweet, but convicted of “hate speech” for a 20+ year-old church pamphlet [on marriage]
The conviction is under the “war crimes and crimes against humanity” section of Finland’s criminal code, alongside Bishop Juhana Pohjola.
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The Bible verse concerned proves the Apostle Paul was a time traveler.
https://is.gd/Wzg4MF
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM
*well-adjusted human fistbump*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 09:59 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (zUsHt)
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What about Kate Capshaw?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 09:59 AM (CVAWM)
Tough year.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Sco7b)
no shit?
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:59 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 09:59 AM (/IZKJ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 26, 2026 09:59 AM (DoBxX)
Money laundering by other names.
The two most popular artists in the 20th century aren't featured in any of the prominent museums.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
Thomas Kinkade and Bob Ross?
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:56 AM (V4IXI)
dont jump the snark
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Boswell at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (j10i6)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:55 AM (wVcYX)
Both hang in museums.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (V4IXI)
I did not know that. I guess I'd have to actually go to a museum to learn art stuff and absorb culture and all.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (OUMaO)
That might be the winner.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (dmDsy)
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She?
There is the hint of a bosom, so I'll say yes.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (Riz8t)
Liberal "activist" Alyssa Milano decided to leave the country after all, according to a post on her Instagram page. Unfortunately, she didn't get far.
Milano was stopped near the Canadian border crossing in Barron, Vermont, for a routine check. Border Patrol officers discovered that the B-lister is still on probation in California for her little Tesla protest.
She's not supposed to leave the state, never mind the country.
"We informed her that she'd be turned away by the Canadians," said CBP Officer Jon Raebro, "We also informed her that while we don't handle those kinds of things, she's also committing a crime by being out of state."
Raebro says after a lot of crying, Milano turned her Mercedes around and headed home.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (KKI6+)
Posted by: Dr_No at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 10:01 AM (/IZKJ)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd. at March 26, 2026 10:01 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bonecrusher at March 26, 2026 10:01 AM (JNTt1)
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Wait until Finland's supreme court sees what is in the koran regarding marriage!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 10:01 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: t-bird
Or he simply had idiosyncratic ideas of it, eye of the beholder and all that.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (Suwql)
It's basketball for women. A quick fix. Easy cash.
You see the same type of psychology with streamers. I play video games all the time. Why not try to make money at it.
The thing is, in all of these... jobs. The good ones are actually gifted. Maybe at not playing video games, but being able to play a video game to a decent level while also keeping an eye on the comments and generating engaging commentary.
For basketball, the competition is fierce and at least back in the day the pros were like different animals. The smooth movements. Like pro golf players vs amateurs. Fred Couples was always my biggest example.
For the women, I won't get too much into this but it is all of these things but even more so and less definable.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (bss/y)
At this point, I think "B-lister" is being very kind.
Raebro says after a lot of crying, Milano turned her Mercedes around and headed home.
Methinks she may not be completely stable.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:00 AM
We would also have accepted "sideboob."
Posted by: The judges at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)
That's a long drive. And who beat me to the Bob Ross bit?
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (XuXeR)
"I know, right?"
-- Hunter Biden
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 10:02 AM (Suwql)
Portly U.S. soldier in hijab suggests she would "refuse commands" if her orders went against Muslims. Here's more info about her.
https://is.gd/KnwIOp
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: dantesed at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Oy/m2)
The green cast makes you think of disease. Decay. Corpse.
NOT attractive (and I mean the painting as a whole.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (bss/y)
Meh, must be the ketamine... lol
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 10:01 AM (/IZKJ)
That's fair, but take a look at some of his other work.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (OUMaO)
Overall: 30 1/8 × 25 in. (76.5 × 63.5 cm)
For some reason, I always imagine everything CBD posts as 3 by 4 feet.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (Sco7b)
Ricky Wassenaar, a 62-year-old inmate already serving 16 life sentences, carried out a calculated triple h*m*cide at the ASP-Tucson complex, targeting only convicted child s** offenders.
On April 4, 2025, Wassenaar st**ngled his cellmate before using a makeshift flail—a rock inside a laundry bag—to k*ll two more men in the prison mess hall.
Wassenaar, who has since confessed to the k*llings, expressed zero remorse, stating his goal was to "pay his debt to society" by eliminating those he deemed "monsters."
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (KKI6+)
Posted by: anachronda at March 26, 2026 10:04 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 10:04 AM (+nEug)
— Stephen Ziegler
Outdoor writer | Owner, DeLong Lures
C'mon Governor Hot Wheels. You're falling behind!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:05 AM (KKI6+)
____
Well, good.
also
Tempest in a teacup>>>firestorm online
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 10:05 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: anachronda at March 26, 2026 10:04 AM (oY6Yp)
*eyeroll*
Hmmm, sexploitation (i.e. Russ Meyer.) Ok.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:05 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (IZ33s)
EVIL
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (gbOdA)
What exactly is the point of giving him 16 life sentences? Just shoot him already.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hunter Biden, Artist at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (zG4BR)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 10:04 AM (+nEug)
And I do not want to know.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (bss/y)
The conviction is under the “war crimes and crimes against humanity” section of Finland’s criminal code, alongside Bishop Juhana Pohjola.
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The Bible verse concerned proves the Apostle Paul was a time traveler.
https://is.gd/Wzg4MF
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 09:58 AM (ndZc7)
===========================
Amazing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (ivLWF)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)
Wassenaar, who has since confessed to the k*llings, expressed zero remorse, stating his goal was to "pay his debt to society" by eliminating those he deemed "monsters."
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM (KKI6+)
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He is serving 16 life sentences. The state can only kill him once.
What does he have to lose?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (ESVrU)
Convicted mass murderer has a far keener understanding of justice that the entire Democrat party.
Yup, 2026 is weird.
*Reminds me of Robert Downey after serving time, he had the ultimate reality check/accountability for his past BS behavior/views.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: Nostrildamus at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (oftw2)
that's even bigger than paolo's, how you say, post.
Posted by: anachronda at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Bulg
They are a HUGE problem in Texas & Oklahoma.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (KKI6+)
Women should not take testosterone.
https://tinyurl.com/87fvex7c
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (Suwql)
Which, oddly enough was facilitated by Mel Gibson.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:08 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:05 AM (KKI6+)
Are there restrictions on pig hunting? Amazing!
They already hunt from helicopters using full-auto, so what else does Texas need to do?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:08 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:08 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 10:08 AM (+nEug)
https://is.gd/DldEaY
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)
You see the same type of psychology with streamers. I play video games all the time. Why not try to make money at it.
The thing is, in all of these... jobs. The good ones are actually gifted. Maybe at not playing video games, but being able to play a video game to a decent level while also keeping an eye on the comments and generating engaging commentary.
Playing video games and basketball don't, generally, have permanent and negative impacts on your life and mental health.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (ExV1e)
Yeah, sure, that was his motive. Or maybe he just likes killing people and it was a slow day.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: rickb223
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Texas allows pretty much any means of eliminating feral hogs. I know helicopter hunting is popular. Drones can't be far behind...
Posted by: lin-duh at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (EneHm)
https://is.gd/KnwIOp
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:03 AM
Meal Team 6.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (kgE5c)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. That's some ugly art today. What did we do?
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2WIwB)
Midnight basketball, anyone?
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Wild footage captured the moment hundreds of lawless Chicago teens overran the city and attacked random people in the street.
The mob was seen violently stomping a shirtless man and flying into a frenzy in videos captured during the takeover of the downtown Loop district on Wednesday night.
Several police cars were seen stationed nearby, yet they apparently failed to intervene, video showed.
Private security group Community Intelligence Unit (CIU) reported at least one teen was beaten unconscious, a number of vehicles were destroyed and several people were arrested.
The group also reported that bear mace was used during the melee, and footage showed several rioters appearing to use tasers to zap each other and innocent victims.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)
Marie Antoinette or somebody royal'ish?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (+YA9H)
As a former prison guard how do you feel about that? My personal opinion is that if we don't kill them ourselves and incarcerate instead, we have a duty to protect them while incarcerated. I don't feel sorry for them but it ain't up to criminals to administer what they think is justice. How many times has the rumor mill in prison been wrong?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: t-bird
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Define a draftsman.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (jAisO)
There is no Barron, Vermont, that I can find, but driving 3000 miles to evade capture shows dedication!
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (/IZKJ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:09 AM (ExV1e)
I would actually argue against that. It most definitely can negatively impact your life is you don't develop any other skills or necessary social skills. The ability to handle money, for instance. Or interact with people on a regular basis.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg
Particularly in Hollywood.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Gunslinger at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (R2gO3)
Before robbing the bookstores of textbooks and educational materials? Or after?
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (Sco7b)
World's biggest pimp, with a heavy assist from decades of feminism telling women that sexual decadence (divorced from love and child-bearing) is "empowering").
Posted by: Lizzy at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (Suwql)
He also appears to have facilitated filmed depictions of child abuse for those with such a predilection in "special" chat rooms of his website. He was a despicable individual.
Posted by: moki at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo
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No Shelley Duvall jokes quite yet
But we'll find a few, you can bet
So here's the first of many"
"Shelley Duvall is so skinny
She has t' run 'round in the shower to get wet!"
Posted by: muldoon at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (V4IXI)
Agreed. And I haven't read the comment(s) to which you're responding.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:13 AM (+YA9H)
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Footage? No. Wordage? Yes.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:14 AM (jAisO)
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Wait until Finland's supreme court sees what is in the koran regarding marriage!
that can't be hate speech because islam is a religion of peace
Posted by: anachronda at March 26, 2026 10:14 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (/IZKJ)
It's the media...they couldn't be bothered to check.
Barton, VT.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:14 AM (n9ltV)
Can you take my home network hash (oqH4h) out of the no-no pile please? I'd like to not have to be at work to post.
Thank you.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:14 AM (3BwY8)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at March 26, 2026 10:15 AM (zUsHt)
John Wilde
Born December 12, 1919, Wisconsin
Died March 9, 2006 (age 86 years), Evansville, WI
Hopefully, this is meant to be a light-hearted kick off to the weekend.
>Worley Gig Arts and Culture
Modern Art Monday Presents: John Wilde’s Work Reconsidered #1, Jan. 2017
The “Work Reconsidered” in the title is John Wilde’s own drawing. This painting from 1950 is based on a “bridal” portrait that Wilde had made of his wife, Helen, in 1943. Its exacting realism and compressed perspective, as well as the subject’s pose and inscrutable expression, recall the Northern and Italian Renaissance portraits that inspired Wilde. He added surrealist details to these traditions: the butterflies on the woman’s body and head, the isolated food items on the table, and the moody landscape background create and otherworldly effect.
>Wikipedia: John Wilde was an American painter, draughtsman, and printmaker from Wisconsin. He spent the majority of his life in his home state and taught at The University of Wisconsin–Madison for over 35 years. Wilde is often associated with the Magic Realist and Surrealist art movements in the United States.
An interesting artist but would pass.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 10:15 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:14 AM (3BwY
What did you do?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:16 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Wally at March 26, 2026 10:16 AM (zG4BR)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care
I own a piece of art from 1941 that measures 7'X9'. Art Deco style fresco on oak panel. Enamel paint and lots of gold leaf. Louis Ross is the artist. He did lots of murals for the 39 NY World's Fair. Worked with Hildreth Meiere, who was one of the first to bring Art Deco to America. She was studying in Paris 1918-22. I rescued the panel from demolition in a building across the street from Madison Square Garden in 1982.
Posted by: Big Art Can Be Good Art at March 26, 2026 10:16 AM (oftw2)
Videos show large teen gatherings in downtown Chicago
By NBC Chicago Staff • Published March 28, 2025 • Updated on March 28, 2025 at 10:32 pm
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Oh, they were large "teen gatherings." I see.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:17 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 09:48 AM (O7YUW)
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I concur.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:17 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:16 AM (n9ltV)
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You and I got into an argument about something dumb a couple years back and you banned me because I was being an ass.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:17 AM (3BwY8)
They already hunt from helicopters using full-auto, so what else does Texas need to do?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Only use is for locating. Not hunting.
Can you use a drone to hunt feral hogs in Texas?
Yes, you can use a drone to hunt feral hogs in Texas, but only under specific conditions.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved the use of drones to locate
feral hogs for hunting purposes.
Here are the key points to consider:
Location: Drones can be used to locate feral hogs at night for hunters on the ground.
Permit: Hunters must obtain an aerial wildlife management permit to use drones for this purpose.
No Take: The use of drone-mounted weapons is prohibited; drones can only be used to locate hogs.
Ethics: The use of drones for hunting is subject to ethical considerations and must comply with fair chase principles.
There is no "fair chase" principles when hunting feral hogs on private land.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:18 AM (KKI6+)
Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2026 10:18 AM (Z2yLo)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (n9ltV)
The miraculous healing powers of Arby's meat completely animated him as she fed him. She examined him, gave him pills for pain and a week later Ralphy's bouncing around like anything.
I'm still keeping him off his leg as much as possible to help it fully heal without stress. He's about 40 pounds. Not too hard to lift. Still has a lot of life in him....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Day of shame. I really liked the video game Life Is Strange even though it's all girly. A sequel is releasing today and I'm going to play it!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (ndZc7)
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There are videos and other accounts of Americans trying to "flee to Canada" only to find out;
- it's not as easy as they think
- costs more than they think
- has a number of draconian rules to follow
- typically ends in a sobbing return to the states
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (n9ltV)
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Muchas gracias. I will keep the being an ass thing to a minimum.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (3BwY8)
Ethics: The use of drones for hunting is subject to ethical considerations and must comply with fair chase principles.
There is no "fair chase" principles when hunting feral hogs on private land.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:18 AM (KKI6+)
You know what that last bit means?
What would be the best automatic weapon for a drone? Drop hand grenades?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)
Marie Antoinette or somebody royal'ish?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (+YA9H)
Anne Boleyn?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (bss/y)
Lots of people never gain the ability to handle money, or interact with people on a regular basis. The job isn't the thing doing it.
OF, OTOH, does. Girls who do it will tell themselves that they're not whores but most of the rest of society disagrees. And, unlike traditional whores, they cannot move to a new city and put their past behind them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (bss/y)
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Given a large enough drone platform, I'd take the ball turret from a B-17.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:21 AM (3BwY8)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2026 10:21 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Theyjustwriteitoff at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (sUTO1)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Heroq at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (+47n7)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)
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The internet doesn't forget your butthole once it's been seen.
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (3BwY8)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)
Interesting point: So the job just enables their worst impulses? I like it as an explanation.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)
Marie Antoinette or somebody royal'ish?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (+YA9H)
Anne Boleyn?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (+YA9H)
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Jean-Paul Marat?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (CVAWM)
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Let's Go Brandon is on it!
Chicago's mayor just unveiled an "Abolish ICE" snowplow. For real.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (3BwY
I'll drink to that.
Posted by: Goatsy at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (Z2yLo)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (cWLG3)
On 'public' land.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (bss/y)
What would be the best automatic weapon for a drone? Drop hand grenades?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Brian Pigman Quaca sits in a tree and drops a spear thru them. You could do the same from a drone. But they won't let you.
But I can put a jug full of tannerite and ball bearings in a pile of corn and blow them up. On private land.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (KKI6+)
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Let's Go Brandon is on it!
Chicago's mayor just unveiled an "Abolish ICE" snowplow. For real.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)
Clockwork Orange.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (KKI6+)
Homemade claymores.
I love this place.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:24 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)
Marie Antoinette or somebody royal'ish?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (+YA9H)
Anne Boleyn?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (+YA9H)
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Jean-Paul Marat?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
Portrait of Dorian Gray?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)
Marie Antoinette or somebody royal'ish?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (+YA9H)
Anne Boleyn?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:20 AM (+YA9H)
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Jean-Paul Marat?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (CVAWM)
Ooh, good one.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:24 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 26, 2026 10:23 AM (xcxpd)
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I was thinking robot geisha.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:25 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: javems at March 26, 2026 10:25 AM (zFsEm)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 10:25 AM (KKI6+)
https://tinyurl.com/44cxbmja
Couple of imbeds to X accounts with video.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:26 AM (Y1sOo)
The miraculous healing powers of Arby's meat completely animated him as she fed him. She examined him, gave him pills for pain and a week later Ralphy's bouncing around like anything.
I'm still keeping him off his leg as much as possible to help it fully heal without stress. He's about 40 pounds. Not too hard to lift. Still has a lot of life in him....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 10:19 AM (Sco7b)
That is great news!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (3BwY8)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:26 AM (Y1sOo)
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I read that as"inbreds".
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (CVAWM)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Limerick lover at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)
Today is a make up day for Geezer Golf since it was raining too hard on Tuesday. It's beautiful this morning, albeit chilly.
Aiming fluid is in the bag!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:26 AM (Y1sOo)
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I read that as"inbreds".
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (CVAWM)
So you've met our trolls.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (bss/y)
Same with any other thing in life which affords you money. You're shielded from a lot of the consequences of your decisions and you surround yourself with people who tell you what you want to hear.
Of course, 90%+ of OF girls pay the price without ever really getting any of the benefit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)
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On the positive side, she's no longer available to direct the next theatrical release of Star Wars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+HNx/)
I was so happy when you started posting again. I was sure you were deceased under a snowbank somewhere.
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (jAisO)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (cWLG3)
https://tinyurl.com/yxm8snk2
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:29 AM (bss/y)
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On the positive side, she's no longer available to direct the next theatrical release of Star Wars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+HNx/)
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"Installs" makes me think they just replaced the firmware.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:29 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Goatsy at March 26, 2026 10:26 AM (Z2yLo)
True, but some things shouldn't be left unanswered. Even if it accomplishes nothing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:30 AM (ExV1e)
I like this one with raspberries and blackberries:
https://tinyurl.com/yzr2zjwa
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 10:30 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (ExV1e)
Right. But the lure of the quick fix is what draws them.
People inherently lazy a lot of times.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: ballistic at March 26, 2026 10:27 AM (3BwY
Cancer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:30 AM (ExV1e)
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On the positive side, she's no longer available to direct the next theatrical release of Star Wars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+HNx/)
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"Installs" makes me think they just replaced the firmware.
Inst'allah.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:31 AM (+YA9H)
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Kiwi shortage?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+YA9H)
CBD hasn't bitched at me about anything in a while. I wouldn't want him to get out of practice.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:31 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: The Paolo at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:31 AM (+YA9H)
*golfclap*
Which will be the result.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+YA9H)
CBD hasn't bitched at me about anything in a while. I wouldn't want him to get out of practice.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 10:31 AM (ExV1e)
ha!
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (464q3)
Posted by: The Paolo at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)
The Paolo is... how you say... a Legacy system.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 10:32 AM (464q3)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:33 AM (CVAWM)
Jay-Z Warns “Heavy Right-Wing Agenda” Is Silencing Voices in the Culture
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)
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Kiwi shortage?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)
Isn’t this wonderful???
Posted by: Jacinda Ardern at March 26, 2026 10:33 AM (464q3)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 10:34 AM (8zz6B)
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On the positive side, she's no longer available to direct the next theatrical release of Star Wars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+HNx/)
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"Installs" makes me think they just replaced the firmware.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:29 AM (cWLG3)
So is the Church of England like Windows where people bitch loudly with every new version but keep using it anyway?
Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2026 10:34 AM (Z2yLo)
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Aren't we all primates?
Posted by: Charles Darwin at March 26, 2026 10:34 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:35 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (qBdHI)
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Aren't we all primates?
Posted by: Charles Darwin at March 26, 2026 10:34 AM (Dv3i1)
The C of E puts the Homo in Homo Sapiens.
Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (/HeZH)
Posted by: m
You mean the poster for that Hannibal Lecter flick?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)
Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump Pack on the PDA as Legend Returns to Competitive Golf
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Doodle Dude at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (vneJl)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:35 AM (+YA9H
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There's one where there's a fly on the lady's headdress.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (CVAWM)
Posted by: m
You mean the poster for that Hannibal Lecter flick?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)
Yes!
Tuna, is that it?
16 What classic portrait does this remind me of. What, what, what? Argh...
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:11 AM (bss/y)
Yeah but that’s assuming that’s ALL you do.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (464q3)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: m
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That troll management rule comes from Usenet days before bots, etc. Certain personality type gets off on engagement and gets bored wandering away if ignored.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:33 AM (CVAWM)
So...like...they check each other for ticks?
Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2026 10:38 AM (Z2yLo)
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Attsa one big monkey!
Posted by: Chico Marx at March 26, 2026 10:38 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:35 AM (+YA9H
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There's one where there's a fly on the lady's headdress.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:37 AM (CVAWM)
That one I don't know, I don't think.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:38 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2026 10:34 AM (Z2yLo)
I liked 95, 98, XP (the GOAT) and 7.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (464q3)
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Don't demonize unruly teens. What do you do with them?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (jAisO)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (CVAWM)
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Says the "oppressed" ugliest $billionaire in America.
I often wonder how someone can so easily lie like this.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (qBdHI)
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Seems like there's money to be made in naked wimmen.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:40 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (CVAWM)
We're simple folk.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:40 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Se
Here's your banana.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2026 10:40 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: m
Silence of the Lambs, 1991 film, Death-head Hawk Moth across her lips?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 10:41 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:40 AM (n9ltV)
That's what I meant. You put it better.
291 And then there's that saying about not quoting trolls.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:41 AM (+YA9H)
He was a Methodist of German, Swedish, and English ancestry.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)
“After we signed him [Austin Reaves], I went back and watched a lot of his Wichita State highlights and games and then a lot of his Oklahoma highlights and games as well,” James said. “The first thing I noticed, it’s kind of funny… he didn’t play like a white boy. It was very different. His wiggle was very different.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:42 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:42 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)
So, we pull all CBP from ORD, MDW (if it has any), and the port, and tell him “You got your wish”. Nothing from another country can directly enter Chicago.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 26, 2026 10:43 AM (464q3)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:42 AM (Y1sOo)
Christmassy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:43 AM (bss/y)
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She does amazing things on the pole.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (+HNx/)
Shitty Day OT:
Lovely.
Yesterday, I received a text that US Bank had opened an account for me, and had linked the money transfer service Xe to it. I'm with a different bank entirely. Figured that it was the usual banking scam thing so I didn't click any links. Woke up this morning to find that someone had gotten into my ACTUAL bank account and did an ACH transfer of over $5k to some random fourth company. Checking further on my banks site, I found that US Bank and Xe had been added as linked apps yesterday, so I suspect they are involved.
Fuckers. Now I have to spend all day fucking around with the bank to get things fixed, and hopefully get my money back.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Robert
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Welp, CoE keeps gaining by subtraction as the pews empty and this will end up severing more of the Anglican community abroad just like the pro homo troonism will. CoE, like the UK, is reaching the point of total destruction of their heritage because they are corrupted by the society hellscape that they helped create.
Only so long having an identity as NOT Catholic can be sustained while keeping the vestiges of its Catholic underpinnings.
State churches are almost always a bad idea for both religious faith and for the state. Even Iran failed at it.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Se
You know us, we're always up for some monkey business. Just like Gary Hart.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: m
Silence of the Lambs, 1991 film, Death-head Hawk Moth across her lips?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 10:41 AM (NFX2v)
Yeah; Bulg got it, too:
315 You mean the poster for that Hannibal Lecter flick?
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:45 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:42 AM (Y1sOo)
Christmassy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:43 AM (bss/y)
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"Santa, what do you want me to do with this tree?"
---just the punchline.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:45 AM (CVAWM)
Posted by: Doodle Dude at March 26, 2026 10:45 AM (eqOBU)
Posted by: whig
Yep. Very bad idea for the state to get involved in religion. The Founders knew what they were doing with the first amendment.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)
Donald Trump publicly criticized Chip Roy, stating that he "has not done a great job."
Trump expressed his support for Elise Stefanik, who was running against Roy for the same leadership role.
Roy's past actions, such as voting to certify the 2020 election and criticizing Trump after the January 6 insurrection, have contributed to his strained relationship with the former president.
_Bingo
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:47 AM (jAisO)
Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 10:47 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Just The Tip at March 26, 2026 10:47 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:48 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:48 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:45 AM (+YA9H)
There are Deaths Head photographs where the skull is actually five naked women.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 26, 2026 10:48 AM (I40CQ)
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Since Dementia Joe ended up not running for re-election, where did the funds go? Kamala's re-election campaign?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 10:48 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: r hennigantx
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That is what fraud in government is all about--aiming the stream of government money at your friends, family, and your political supporters. GOPe does it too except they tend to stick to legal graft rather than blatant fraud.
E.g. MTG transferred about 60k of her campaign funds to her family for 'consulting' just before she retired. Same practice as Maxine Waters and a number of other High Plains Grifters do. Legal but unethical. Same as insider trading that MTG did before leaving. Legal but unethical.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:50 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2026 10:50 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)
We're not sure. Ralphy is a rescue dog.
I was so happy when you started posting again. I was sure you were deceased under a snowbank somewhere.
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at March 26, 2026 10:28 AM (oftw2)
Thanks so much. No, I've just been biding my time waiting to score with Alyssa Milano.
After the youth and anti-crazy potions kick in.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 10:50 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 10:47 AM (R11M+)
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What was the origin of "spongeworthy?" I'm just glad it's fallen out of use.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:50 AM (cWLG3)
Jay-Z is headlining the 2026 Roots Picnic in Philadelphia, marking his first major festival performance in years. (I can't imagine him appearing w/o family on that occasion.)
You probably can't imagine how Philadelphia is largely a hellish experience from almost mid-June through the 4th of July, dependent upon entertainment tastes and physical & mental tolerances, of course. All, imo.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)
WOAH: U.S. Intercepted Messages from Ukraine Gov’t Discussing Plan to Send Money to Biden Re-Election
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)
If there's something strange
In your neighborhood
Who you gonna call?
Trollzappers!
If there's something weird
And it don't look good
Who you gonna call?
Trollzappers!
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:51 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2026 10:39 AM (CVAWM)
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You rang?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 10:51 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
Some is used to buy fraud in election districts, some is sucked up by campaign managers getting their hands on generational wealth, some goes to the different DNC committees, and some goes to key politicians disguised as donations from unemployed or retired people whose identity via ActBlue has been smurfed.
And undoubtedly hookers and blow are involved too.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:52 AM (E4rtv)
*settles in for a boring story*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:48 AM (bss/y)
You know I'm right here reading everything you're typing, don't you?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:52 AM (y9nCu)
That blows!!!
Posted by: lin-duh at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (EneHm)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
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Episode of Seinfeld where Elaine complains about a sponge contraceptive being discontinued. Thus, she had to consider each new male as whether they were spongeworthy of her having sex with them using her dwindling supply.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)
And departed from his religious background after his youth. Wikipedia has info on it and the internet talks about his conversations with Lee Strobel, the Christian apologetics guy
Of course, Hefner was mild with his magazines with lovely nude ladies in comparison to the utter **** out on the internet today, such as Only Fans
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (ix8EF)
WOAH: U.S. Intercepted Messages from Ukraine Gov’t Discussing Plan to Send Money to Biden Re-Election
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)
In addition to the 10% for the big guy.
No offense Paolo...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (Sco7b)
And undoubtedly hookers and blow are involved too.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:52 AM (E4rtv)
Well, at least the money wasn't ALL wasted.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (y9nCu)
That blows!!!
Posted by: lin-duh at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (EneHm)
We had something similar happen to us a couple of years ago and yes it is a pain clearing it up
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 10:54 AM (//8Ft)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)
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How many cardboard boxes did they buy?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (ESVrU)
And departed from his religious background after his youth. Wikipedia has info on it and the internet talks about his conversations with Lee Strobel, the Christian apologetics guy
Of course, Hefner was mild with his magazines with lovely nude ladies in comparison to the utter **** out on the internet today, such as Only Fans
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (ix8EF)
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And the lack of production values, atrocious.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: cmeat at March 26, 2026 10:56 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Yes. I have some wonderful memories of Playboy girls from my college days.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)
California Manages to Spend $1M PER UNIT on Homeless Housing
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)
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Taxpayer-funded luxury condos for the homeless?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:56 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (2Ez/1)
But you can bet that I immediately went to NFCU's portal to check my account. Nothing suspicious.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: garrett at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (Klk40)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (bss/y)
Me, too!
Posted by: Horse in the "Well, ol Paint, it's Saturday night again" porno comic at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (bss/y)
I watched the movie recently for the first time. It’s not good… but I love the music (always have). The Bee Gees made some great music I still enjoy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 10:58 AM (cWLG3)
_Bingo
Posted by: Braenyard
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Roy created all kinds of issues on spending bills, etc. Posing for the cameras if you will.
The sad truth is that quite a few 'colorful' GOP members are actually pieces of shit that will stab you in the back in a NY minute if it affects their grift.
And that is the problem with narrow majorities taht the GOPe likes--it gives defectors tremendous bargaining power that does not exist when the margins are more like 20-30 seats in the House and 5-6 seats in the Senate. The Corrupticans have a lot less flouncing bargaining power in those circumstances.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:58 AM (E4rtv)
Episode of Seinfeld where Elaine complains about a sponge contraceptive being discontinued. Thus, she had to consider each new male as whether they were spongeworthy of her having sex with them using her dwindling supply.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)
Does everyone in Manhattan not know how a $1.25 condom works? What a bunch of rubes.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:58 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Their pre-disco stuff is very good.
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)
Then Penthouse came along, they got a little more... graphic.
Then, of course, came Hustler.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Are You Going Through My Magazine Pile? at March 26, 2026 10:59 AM (dmDsy)
opposed efforts (including some GOP lawsuits) to overturn results.
_ said Trump engaged in “clearly impeachable conduct” over Jan. 6
_Backed DeSantis in 2024:
_voted against a Trump-endorsed spending/debt-ceiling bill
_Calls for Paxton resignation
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 10:59 AM (jAisO)
Shitty Day OT:
Lovely.
Yesterday, I received a text that US Bank had opened an account for me, and had linked the money transfer service Xe to it. I'm with a different bank entirely. Figured that it was the usual banking scam thing so I didn't click any links. Woke up this morning to find that someone had gotten into my ACTUAL bank account and did an ACH transfer of over $5k to some random fourth company. Checking further on my banks site, I found that US Bank and Xe had been added as linked apps yesterday, so I suspect they are involved.
Fuckers. Now I have to spend all day fucking around with the bank to get things fixed, and hopefully get my money back.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (y9nCu)
Report back when you learn more, please.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 10:59 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Nazdar at March 26, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)
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I was in the pool!
Posted by: George at March 26, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)
Does everyone in Manhattan not know how a $1.25 condom works? What a bunch of rubes.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:58 AM (y9nCu)
Never gonna look at Sponge the same way.
Posted by: Robert at March 26, 2026 11:00 AM (Z2yLo)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 11:00 AM (+YA9H)
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Just pull out and give her a pearl necklace.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 11:01 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 10:44 AM (y9nCu)
Holy shit, that sucks!!!!
Good luck man!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 26, 2026 11:01 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (Y1sOo)
Be sure to check out the list of vendors who have your account linked for ACH transfers. Wouldn't surprise me if you find some badness there.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 11:02 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Hugh was a pig. And he kept a vast video and film collection of him with his 'girls' and his guests with his 'girls' at the mansion for blackmail purposes.
Horrible tales of nasty practices inside the mansion. Example, "Pig Night" was a weekly Thursday night ritual at the Playboy Mansion where Hugh Hefner hosted prostitutes brought in by pimps for celebrity guests to engage in sexual activities. "
Hefner's kids supposedly destroyed the Hugh's archives in the vault after his death.
Posted by: whig at March 26, 2026 11:02 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:03 AM (cWLG3)
387 OT: I hate Saturday Night Fever
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2026 10:55 AM (bss/y)
I watched the movie recently for the first time. It’s not good… but I love the music (always have). The Bee Gees made some great music I still enjoy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 10:57 AM (xT8gx)
It doesn't hold up well except as a comedy but I thought it was very good at the time it was released.
I also still like the sequel Staying Alive. I think it holds up well,
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 26, 2026 11:04 AM (V4IXI)
BeeGees and Deep Purple mashup
You Should Be Smoking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLNjVvJAiCw
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 26, 2026 11:04 AM (y9nCu)
The Morning Rant: Why USAID Needed To Be Destroyed
—CBD
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 11:00 AM (+YA9H)
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Oooh, this NOOD ought to be good!
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:05 AM (cWLG3)
'Trump reposts article on alleged intercept of Ukraine and USAID plans to fund Biden’s 2024 campaign'
Who knows? Maybe all the missing democratic presidential campaign $ is sitting in Europe.
But the Dems/progressives are in a scorched earth mentality over USAID and will forever seek retribution for every and all "Trump created" agency including, but not limited to, DOGE and ICE.
And it keeps the Daily Beast and others of its ilk busy.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 11:07 AM (NFX2v)
I'm imagine he was not a not the nicest man. I was just saying that in comparison to the junk which followed "Playboy" his stuff was rather tame. I've never seen "Hustler" but things tend to go downwards rather expeditiously
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 11:08 AM (PFs9e)
I was expecting more words.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 26, 2026 11:08 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Persnickety at March 26, 2026 11:09 AM (NXsA/)
OF COURSE!
Professor Erwin Cory
The World's Foremost Authority
Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at March 26, 2026 11:13 AM (uNwvV)
Not to my taste, but very skilful.
This guy knows how to paint!
Posted by: Clovis Sangrail at March 26, 2026 11:55 AM (rrmR5)
Posted by: Dr_No at March 26, 2026 12:19 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: toby928 at March 26, 2026 12:24 PM (4NO2D)
The Morning Report — 3/26/26
First up, degenerate scumbag one:
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) doubled down on protecting illegal aliens, a week after 18-year-old Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman was allegedly murdered by an illegal alien. During a press conference on Wednesday, where Johnson unveiled an “Abolish ICE” snowplow, Johnson was asked if he had reconsidered “rescheduling this event” after the death of Gorman. “This is a terrible tragedy, and what I’ve said from the very beginning, I’m going to continue to use every single tool that’s available to me to protect the residents of the city of Chicago,” Johnson said. “This tragedy is not going to deter us from our work. In fact, it’s going to challenge us all to double down on our efforts to ensure that we are protecting every single individual across neighborhoods.” The unveiling of the snowplow with “Abolish ICE” on it came after a “citywide contest to name six new salt trucks,” according to the Chicago Tribune.“Abolish ICE” was “submitted over 9,000 times,” according to the outlet.And next there's this slithering cancer:
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) threatened to prosecute U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deployed at the airport if they acted inappropriately. . . “I will put you in handcuffs and I will put you in a courtroom, and if necessary, I will put you in a jail cell…” Krasner has a long history of threatening federal immigration agents, comparing them to Nazis and stating that he will “hunt them down.”Meh, we're going to need a bigger gallows! Much much bigger!!!!
Democrat lies will get us killed. The false narratives they peddle through their media handmaidens end up distorting reality and poisoning people’s minds. Exhibit A is their rancid defamation campaign about Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, which mirrors precisely their long-running lies about “systemically racist police” that led to the deadly riots of 2020 and Defund the Police policies that drove up the homicide rate and endangered communities across the country. We see how it works this week as the mendacious trio of Connecticut Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate counterpart Chuck Schumer claimed in unison that ICE agents helping ease TSA lines at airports this week will “brutalize and kill” you and kidnap your children. In fact, ICE agents are kindly giving stranded passengers bottles of water, helping with their luggage, and performing tasks that free up TSA workers who have just missed their third paycheck — thanks to the Democrats. . . The sole aim of Democrats is to punish Americans for voting Trump into office. Dems get away with it by shameless lying and then pretending they are paragons of truthfulness. They smear ICE agents as Gestapo, white supremacists, Nazis and “secret police” with the objective of turning the American public against them. Trump’s gambit of placing ICE in airports to ease the pain of travelers is a challenge to the lies, because now people can see the agents are not the monsters they have been painted. . . Democrat lawmakers like Jamie Raskin and Adam Schiff and their slavish legal minions use their silver tongues to tell the most corrosive lies and cover up Democrat crimes. Whether it’s falsely accusing Trump of being a Russian agent and “inciting an insurrection,” or lying that Joe Biden was innocent despite slam-dunk evidence he was up to his neck in his family’s lucrative foreign-influence peddling, or pretending “the border is closed” and that the botched Afghanistan withdrawal was a “success,” or claiming that defunding the police will make communities safer — they always find a way to excuse the inexcusable, and flip the script. . . Then there are the little cheating, self-aggrandizing lies that Dems like Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren and Tim “Stolen Valor” Walz and Joe “Corn Pop” Biden indulge in. Sheridan Gorman was walking with friends on the Chicago lake shore where Pritzker once filmed a video extolling the safety of his crime-ridden sanctuary city.
Hadden said Gorman and friends “might have unintentionally startled” a masked gun-toting Jose Medina-Medina into allegedly jumping out of the bushes and shooting Gorman in the back as she ran from him.
Don’t blame us!
Hadden later apologized but her point was clear.
Don’t blame the Democrats for sanctuary city policies.
It’s your own fault if you get killed. . . . They don’t necessarily kill anyone but they add to the miasma of dishonesty we are drowning in. At their worst, Democrat lies that are laundered for years through once-trusted media outlets are the cause of polarization and political violence tearing this country apart.
I have to disagree with the estimable Miranda Devine's assertion that "They don’t necessarily kill anyone" - - abortion alone has snuffed out thousands of lives. The grisly former abattoir of Kermit Gosnell all by itself butchered scores of infants, many actually born alive on his table. Tragically he's just one example. "It cannot be stated often and loudly enough. Everything wrong with this country, all the pain, misery, suffering, death, bloodshed, violence, discord, dissolution and wastage of life and human potential is the fault of Leftist Democrats and their policies. They have lain waste to America for over 200 years in their goal of seizing and maintaining absolute power. Unless and until the Anti-American Left and its epicenter of political power the Democrat Party is utterly demolished, we and our children and grandchildren shall never know a moment's peace and will face an existential, generational threat to our lives and liberty for all time. Ditto Islam, of course. Have a great day! And lastly, a quick shout-out and a huge thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
- Increasingly, automobiles, once tools to facilitate individual independence, have been repurposed into systems of monitoring and control.
The Kill Switch Society
- Democrat lies will get us killed. The false narratives they peddle through their media handmaidens end up distorting reality and poisoning people’s minds.
Miranda Devine: The Dems propaganda of constant lies are getting Americans killed
- AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
- Tangsiri’s reported death comes after the assassinations of IRGC spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini, and the regime’s de-facto leader Ali Larijani, and its anti-protest enforcer Gholamreza Soleimani.
Iran’s elite navy chief responsible for closing Strait of Hormuz killed in airstrike: reports
- Iran’s Press-TV claimed a senior security official said Iran had decided against the American proposal delivered using an intermediary. The official said the U.S. has pursued a number of diplomatic approaches and presented terms the Iranian regime has labeled “excessive.” However, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on March 25 that there were still active talks between Iranian officials and Washington, according to CBS News.
Iran Rejects Trump Admin’s Terms To End War, State Media Says
- The scale of the attacks shows what's at stake. The United Arab Emirates absorbed roughly 1,400 rockets launched by Iran, and U.S. Patriot missile defense systems intercepted every one of them. Iran also fired over 100 missiles toward the USS Abraham Lincoln, and American defenses stopped them, too.
NATO Stands Back as Trump Pushes for Real Action in the Gulf - But one of the things that differentiates President Trump from his predecessors is his outside-the-box thinking. More than any other president in the past 100 years, he’s willing to try new and novel ways to slice the Gordian knot. Both Bushes were creatures of the status quo, but the current president marches to his own drummer. From tariffs to Greenland to “Governor Trudeau” to the Gulf of America, he’s unusually gifted at weaponizing psychological PR tactics.
Donald Trump’s Psychological Smackdown of Iran — and What Will Happen Next
- Trump’s plan would reportedly restrict Iran’s use of missiles to “self defense.” Without a doubt, the regime will interpret that “self defense” phrasing as a license to continue producing its deadly offensive missiles.
Trump’s 15-point Iran truce plan would let one terrifying threat slide
- A strong historical precedent of limited unilateral presidential military action—coupled with nearly a half century of Iranian aggression—provides more than enough legal justification for Operation Epic Fury.
In the Iran War Debate, “Legality” Is a Red Herring
- President Trump was right to say that the U.S. and our allies faced an "imminent threat" from Iranian nuclear weapons.
Trump was Right About Iran's Bomb
- The threat is real. The willful blindness is the problem.
Trump vs. Iran Denial CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION - Krasner has a long history of threatening federal immigration agents, comparing them to Nazis and stating that he will “hunt them down.”
Philly DA Threatens ICE Agents.
- The George Soros-backed prosecutor made his threats during a Tuesday press conference, directing his remarks to federal ICE agents who helping to patrol Philadelphia’s International Airport. Krasner invoked the two deadly clashes between anti-ICE protestors and immigration agents in Minneapolis in January to justify his issuing an ultimatum to ICE agents assisting TSA workers at the airport.
Philadelphia DA Threatens ICE Agents Patrolling Philly Airport with Arrest, Prosecution
- “You want to try to meet the moment” (Oh to be a fly on the wall when they meet their maker - jjs)
Elderly Leftist Celebs to Protest Kings in Minnesota
- What you can expect to see: A mish-mash of causes: Leftist overlords coined the term “intersectionality” to make it easier to unite various radical causes into a single action. This clever move inflates numbers and ensures inter-group support.
Your Field Guide to Observing the Seasonal 'No Kings' Display on Saturday "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - If we continue to prioritize a project of culturally incompatible ‘diversity’ over a robust form of Americanism, we will continue to see foreign conflicts play out on our streets.
Arriving ‘Legally’ Doesn’t Magically Make Immigrants Good Americans
- “Carlos Aguilar Reynoso, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, was charged for raping a five-year-old child in New York,” the Department of Homeland Security’s Lauren Bis said in a statement...
ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Accused of Raping 5-Year-Old Girl in Long Island, New York
- Officials announced the arrest of five illegal immigrants who have been found guilty serious offenses, including sexual abuse of a child, gang assault and incest, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statement. The individuals were nationals of Mexico, Laos, China and Jamaica.
EXCLUSIVE: ICE Arrests Multiple Illegal Alien Pedophiles In One Day, DHS Says
- ‘If it’s not crossing the physical border, what is the magic thing … that we’re looking for where we say, “Ah, now that person we can say ‘arrives in’ the United States?”‘ asked Justice Barrett.
Supreme Court Weighs Asylum Policy Critical To Combatting Border Surges
- The White House scored a big win on Wednesday when a second appeals court barred lower judges from releasing illegal migrants after they are arrested by the Department of Homeland Security.
Trump Wins as Judges Block Release of Migrants
- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson continues to call to abolish ICE and says the murder of 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman will not deter him from protecting illegals: "This tragedy is not going to deter us from our work. In fact, it's going to challenge us all to double down."
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Doubles Down on Defending Illegal Aliens - Ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich shared a stunning theory about the illegal migrant accused of executing a Chicago area college student in cold blood — that it was part of some “gang initiation.” Blagojevich, a Democrat whose 14-year prison sentence for federal corruption charges was cut short after President Trump commuted his sentence in 2020, wrote on X that he believes Jose Medina-Medina murdered Sheridan Gorman in an effort to make an impression with a local gang.
Ex-Illinois gov reveals this stunning theory about illegal migrant accused of murdering Loyola freshman Sheridan Gorman: ‘Bet I’m right’
- Pritzker blamed the Trump administration for the killing on Tuesday, despite the suspect, Jose Medina-Medina, being a Venezuelan national released twice under former [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden in 2023, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). On Fox News’ “America Reports,” Lopez said Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris’ junta bore responsibility for the killing due to poor vetting and the release of criminal migrants into the United States.
Democrat Chicago Alderman Blasts JB Pritzker Over Blaming Trump For Murder By Illegal Alien
- A sweeping agenda of enforcement, denaturalization, and remigration is needed to reverse the fiscal and social burdens of mass immigration
Hispanic Mass Migration and Remigration (Part 2) THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE - Over a million fake patients in only 3 months.
$3 Billion Pakistani Muslim Medical Fraud in 2 Years DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - Democrats shut down the government and are never asked to justify their position against deporting a single illegal alien.
Democrats Continue Holding American Air Travelers Hostage To Save Illegal Aliens
- This move aims to address financial struggles, similar to actions by FedEx and UPS.
Iran War Forces USPS to Impose First-Ever Fuel Surcharge. WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - In a viral clip, Hitchens spoke about the Muslims’ centuries-long slave trade against Europeans and Americans. He understated the severity of the problem.
Christopher Hitchins Barely Touched Upon Islam’s Predations
- It’s clear where all this is trending.
UK Christian School Teaches Islamic Prayer to Schoolchildren OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED, AND OTHER ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY - And can you guess what the punishment was?
North Carolina: Anti-Israel Thugs Beat and Drag Out Three Visitors at Meeting in a Public Library - A graceless woman in Gracie Mansion. (Meh, so much chattering chattel - jjs)
New York’s First Lady Loves Hamas SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION - ‘First, Smith was unconstitutionally named Special Counsel, in violation of the Appointments Clause. Second, the subpoenas of Congressional toll records violated the Speech or Debate Clause.’
Margot Cleveland: Jack Smith And His Lawfare Team ‘Must Be Held Accountable’ FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - NBC News reports that in a precedent-setting verdict, jurors in the high profile social media addiction trial deliberated for more than 40 hours across nine days before determining that both Meta and YouTube were negligent in the design and operation of their platforms. The jury concluded that each company’s negligence was a substantial factor in causing harm to the plaintiff, a 20-year-old woman who testified that her childhood use of social media created an addiction to the technology and aggravated her mental health problems.
Jury Finds Meta and Google Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial
- Employees may be offered new roles, relocation options, or face job cuts as Meta shifts focus toward artificial intelligence (AI) investment.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is Laying Off Hundreds Across Multiple Divisions. THE ECONOMY, STUPID - Voters' support for Trump's trade tariffs seems to hinge on whether they also support Trump politically.
Nearly Half Say ‘No Thanks’ To Tariffs As Way To Strengthen The Economy: I&I/TIPP Poll CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - Here’s a list of the latest crime across America:
American Crime Blotter: 3/25/26 RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, - Last July, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin released the agency’s proposal to repeal the Obama-era Endangerment Finding, which the agency has sued to justify over $1 trillion in regulations, including the Biden-Harris administration’s electric vehicle mandate. Eliminating the Endangerment Finding would repeal many greenhouse gas emissions regulations for motor vehicles and give Americans more consumer choice.
Former EPA Deep State Moves to Kill Repeal of ‘Holy Grail’ of Climate Change Religion
- Program of two-day conference April 8–9 in Washington, DC also includes 2022 Nobel Prize-winning physicist John Clauser and West Virginia Gov. Patrick MorriseyEPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to Open 16th International Conference on Climate Change EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
- The Department of Education (ED) took a “historic” step of winding down its operations by shifting student lending to the Department of the Treasury. The move is part of the ED’s efforts to adhere to President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for department’s dismantling. Officially ending the department would take an act of Congress, as it was Congress that created it 45 years ago under President Jimmy Carter, but the agency has been looking for ways to decentralize its power and slash its workforce while waiting on GOP lawmakers to deliver on Trump’s campaign promise.
Department of Education Takes ‘Historic Step’ Toward Shutting Down in Partnership with Treasury
- A Free Beacon report found that the initiative, housed within the university's Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, hosted fundraising training events for the Turkish 'charity'
Indiana University Launches Investigation Into Muslim Philanthropy Initiative That Gave Fundraising Advice to 'Sham Charity' Bankrolling Hamas
- Test scores declined and racial gaps persisted after the district removed algebra from the middle school curriculum in 2014
San Francisco Reinstates 8th-Grade Algebra After 'Equity' Experiment Fails THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH - O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) released part Two of its undercover investigation into the Democrats’ blatant election fraud operation in L.A. on Tuesday.
President Trump shared the report on Truth Social, commenting “terrible!”
O’Keefe Catches Skid Row Fraudsters Paying Homeless People to FORGE Signatures on Ballots
- The proposed amendment to the state's constitution would give Democrats a 10-1 advantage in Virginia's congressional districts
'Moderate' Abigail Spanberger Said She Had 'No Plans To Redistrict Virginia' When Running for Governor. Now She's Campaigning for a Gerrymandering Ballot Measure. (Wait, she's a liar?! I'm shocked! - jjs) L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN - The raid and document seizure appear tied to French diplomat Fabrice Aidan, who was named over 200 times in the Epstein Files and once worked for the Edmond de Rothschild Group.
Cops Raid Rothschild Bank in Epstein Investigation. DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - If Tiffany Henyard was ‘ousted’ and left a trail of financial ruin in a small Illinois village, what will she do with the $1.4 billion budget of Fulton County, Georgia?
The Newest Georgia ‘Republican’ Is A Scandal-Plagued Democrat Carpetbagger
- Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte alleged in the missives, obtained by The Post, that James may have falsified information in filings with Illinois-based Allstate Insurance Company and Florida-based Universal Property Insurance.
NY AG Letitia James hit with two more criminal referrals alleging possible insurance fraud POLITICS - Kentucky’s Senate debate drew a bright line: Nate Morris’ America First populism surged, while Andy Barr’s establishment playbook faltered under the lights.
Morris Dominates as Barr Unravels Under the Lights
- Hanson also criticized Newsom’s team over his press office’s March 16 X post containing a cartoon image of YouTuber Nick Shirley asking to see the children at a daycare. The post came shortly after Shirley published a video in which he claimed to document over $170 million in taxpayer fraud in California.
‘Foul, Vile, Mean, Stupid’: Victor Davis Hanson Unloads On Gavin Newsom
- Mike Pence lectures conservatives from a CNN perch, but the populist GOP he scolds has already moved on—without him.
Mike Pence Thinks He’s the ‘Lifeguard’ of the American Right
- The status quo certainly isn’t working.
I’ve Seen Enough: The Senate Is Broken, And It’s Time To Change The Rules FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - With no bloc securing a majority, coalition talks with the Moderates as kingmakers are underway in Copenhagen.
Danish PM Frederiksen’s Social Democrats Suffer Worst Election Results in over Century, Copenhagen Coalition Talks Commence
- Trump’s trifecta, fraught with risk, has effectively put the United States on a path of global dominance.
Trump’s Trifecta: Advancement for America and Setbacks for China
- Turning the tables on the CCP.
Trump’s Choke Strategy Targets China
- Cutting America off from our allies in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere would squander a major geopolitical advantage.
The Plan To Split The World Into Spheres And What It Means For America
- Europe’s defense firms want wartime profits without wartime responsibility—leaving taxpayers to subsidize the security risks they refuse to manage themselves.
Europe’s Defense Industry Must Stop Privatizing Profits and Socializing Risk
- The decision affects major Reform Party donors like Christopher Harborne, and is clearly aimed at undermining Reform financially.
The British Government is Rushing Through a RETROACTIVE Law Specifically Targeting Large Donors to Farage’s Reform Party.
- “The Democrat Party is deeply enmeshed with the NGO-industrial complex”
The Mexican Left’s War on NGOs
- Colleges across Cuba announced on Tuesday that they would organize a “University Student Bastion Exercise” forcing students to engage in military training and “revolutionary, patriotic, and anti-imperialist activities.”
Cuba Intimidates Dissident Youth with Military Event to ‘Defend Socialism’ on College Campuses DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - The FCC has announced a sweeping ban on foreign-made consumer routers, claiming these devices pose significant national security threats to the United States. The decision follows a similar December action when the FCC banned future drones manufactured in foreign countries from US import unless manufacturers secure special exemptions.
FCC Bans Foreign-Made Consumer Routers Citing ‘Unacceptable Risk’ of China Hacking
- Aligns Army enlistment policies with other military branches and expands eligibility for potential recruits.
U.S. Army Raises Enlistment Age to 42 and Relaxes Rules on Recruiting Drug Convicts. HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 10,260 tuberculosis cases were reported nationwide in 2025, including a staggering 967 in New York alone.
‘White plague’ is on the rise in the US — it’s deadlier than COVID and becoming antibiotic-resistant ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - It is possible that the eruptions have been driven by seasonal heating of very shallow subsurface deposits of volatiles, and the winds transporting particles similarly may be seasonal winds. The polar terrain, upon which the dark streaks have been deposited, is a region of bright materials mottled with irregular, somewhat dark patches. The pattern of irregular patches suggests that they may correspond to lag deposits of moderately dark material that cap the bright ice over the polar terrain.
Triton: Neptune’s largest moon
- Having previously detected one planet, the team has now employed European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes to confirm the presence of another.
A solar system in the making? Two planets spotted forming in disk around young star FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - The “extraordinarily low” six-month sentence handed to a trans illegal immigrant who admitted to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in Manhattan sparked outrage Wednesday from a victims’ rights group and left even former prosecutors in shock. Legal eagles were baffled by the slap-on-the-wrist plea deal the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office struck with Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a 31-year-old transgender woman from Colombia, in the vicious 2025 assault of a 14-year-old boy in East Harlem.
Outrage as trans illegal immigrant gets just 6-month sentence for sexual assault of NYC teen CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - Actor Vince Vaughn explains why no one watches late-night talk shows anymore. Preach, Vince!
Vince Vaughn Tells The Truth About Late-Night Talk Shows
- Behold a visually, financially, and culturally ruinous spectacle unfolding in real time.
Hollywood Is Eating Itself Alive, And You Should Care
- Christian Toto: The Big Apple's mayor may want to steer clear of John Lithgow in 'Giant'
New Broadway Play Puts Antisemitism Under Microscope HITHER & YON - Our mission is to cultivate swordsmanship of the pen as we train the next generation of jolly journalists, whose vision for society flows from a Chestertonian spirit of gratitude and wonder.
G.K. Chesterton Blazed A Journalistic Trail Worth Following
- The Oklahoma State House on Tuesday passed a bipartisan bill that would make it legal to use the decomposed and ground-up remains of human corpses as soil fertilizer in the state. The legislation, HB 3660, seeks to include so-called “natural organic reduction” (NOR), a common euphemism for human composting, “as a form of cremation” under state law. Oklahoma’s lower chamber passed the bill 59-37, with both Republicans and Democrats voting in favor, prompting a harsh rebuke from one of the GOP lawmakers who opposes the legislation.
Oklahoma Advances Bill To Turn Dead Humans Into Actual Fertilizer
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:30 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 07:30 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 07:30 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:31 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:31 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:31 AM (gbOdA)
None of those insults mean anything any more. Especially when you see how the cities are getting cleaned up by them.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:32 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 07:32 AM (MIIRH)
NATO stands back... party's over, time for the US to go home.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:34 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 07:34 AM (AkEZC)
Also, thanks to Sidney Sweeney for sending her "love and thanks" to our deployed military, including her brother. She's a patriot.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:35 AM (9nadL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 07:37 AM (MIIRH)
Smite evil Dems (all of them, actually) with illegal aliens and non-peaceful islamics.
A solution to a barbarian problem.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:38 AM (9nadL)
Unearthed letters show that Benedict Arnold thought he was the lifeguard of the colonies.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:39 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:39 AM (9nadL)
I will have Sushi for lunch, so that's something.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 07:40 AM (zWn86)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 26, 2026 07:40 AM (xT8gx)
Work Doing the Work Our Work
None of this is work in the sense that value is created for the person or others.
This WORK is just another long progressive Gramsci march through what most considered cultural norms of government and society.
Every murder is another chance to double down on the idea that on the whole idea that the new citizenship is better than you.
Look at the post on X, or Facebook, or Yahoo about how the illegal is more law abiding than the citizen. The illegal provides more economic value. The illegal uses less social services.
The WORK is to convince you that YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 07:41 AM (gbOdA)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at March 26, 2026 07:41 AM (53oGX)
Why would they be shocked? He's a gay man pretending to be a woman and an immigrant. That puts him higher up in the caste system of intersectionality than the boy he attacked.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:41 AM (NR6c1)
Then Utah's new senator turns out to be even worse than Mitt Romney.
WTF Utah?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 26, 2026 07:44 AM (vtf3E)
Lampposts, they're not just for hanging garland during the Christmas season.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 07:44 AM (Y1sOo)
I'm sorry but who are you? And yes, I am going to eat that. Move along, hobo.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:45 AM (NR6c1)
*shrugs*
That's too bad.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 07:45 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: one hour sober
We hang the malefactors in July and by October, we have skeletons for Halloween.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:46 AM (NR6c1)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 26, 2026 07:46 AM (tljrc)
Admittedly, I only skimmed the article but I never discovered why I should care.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:48 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: NATO at March 26, 2026 07:49 AM (3arSl)
What da mayor of Chicago is describing is an atrocity; one of the hallmarks of these con artists is the inability or unwillingness to use the correct words to describe anything. It’s always vague, euphemistic bullshit artistry. It’s a tell.
“These things happen”, as if these “tragedies” simply fall out of the sky. That’s the outrageous part.
They effect this state of affairs, they caused it - and then publicly scold the victims. “Wrong place at the wrong time”. It’s your fault, you’re the problem - for noticing. For complaining. Left unstated, mostly, is their belief that you deserve it. Never forget that.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 07:50 AM (Fn30I)
- There are now allegations that Candace Owens' husband is gay and her marriage is a sham arranged by the boy's father.
- Owens, meanwhile, is attacking... Nick Shirley?! She claims he's a fake and Somalis are wonderful people.
- Laura Loomer posted that she got leaked info from FedGov that Erdogan and Turkey are the ones paying Carlson and Owens. The government of Turkey has formally demanded Elon take down her post.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 07:50 AM (aUxYo)
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Should I laugh now or save it for later? The GOP lawmakers aren't going to deliver bumpkis on Trump's campaign promises.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 26, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)
So, is she transitioning to her "whitey is the devil" phase or is this just "Somalis are muslims, not Jews, so they're great"?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
I read it and came away with the same thought. Unfortunately for Hollywood, technology has advanced to where people don't need them for movies. And if AI keeps getting improved on, they will be even more worthless.
And I'm surprised the article didn't mention Timothée Chalamet other heresy: He said he wants a wife and children. The reaction to this was to call him a white supremacist and a Nazi.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:54 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 26, 2026 07:54 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (+nEug)
So, is she transitioning to her "whitey is the devil" phase or is this just "Somalis are muslims, not Jews, so they're great"?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:53 AM
embrace the power of "and"
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (BCuCF)
On the other hand, Candace Owens doesn't matter. At all.
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 07:57 AM (6VEkT)
Enabling illegal immigration....check
Insufferable Nazi references......check
Weaponizing legal system....check
Enough there for me to skip the confirmation on the Wikipedia Early Life section.
Posted by: One Issue Voter at March 26, 2026 07:57 AM (xGBkT)
a few changes:
17th Amendment is repealed
2nd Amendment re-written: the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Period.
Art I Sec 5, the clause saying each House may determine its own rules is struck. There shall be a strict rule-based framework for how legislative business is to be conducted.
Term limits. 2 for Senate, 6 for House, 10 for all federal judgeships.
The President shall have the power to dismiss any Executive branch employee.
There's room for more. Haven't even scratched the surface of dealing with rogue courts.
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 07:57 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (BCuCF)
I don't come to defend Thune but it's possible that he doesn't have 50 votes to move things forward.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)
UK Christian School Teaches Islamic Prayer to Schoolchildren
This has been happening all over the United States as well. Texas, Florida, Utah, Michigan, Minnesota, NYC, you name it.
Amy Mek on X has been highlighting this for years.
Amy Mek on X: https://bit.ly/3PAIc0U
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 26, 2026 07:59 AM (P5BPp)
Don't expect the GOPe to help, J.J.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 08:00 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (+nEug)
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Not true.
1. Yesterday, UN chief Guttermess called upon the US and Israel to stop this silly war.
2. Notice how no SC meeting are convened to condemn Iran for indiscriminately attacking civilian targets or for using cluster bombs?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:00 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:01 AM (77rzZ)
Care? Of course, I care. In fact, I'll do anything I can to help!
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 08:02 AM (6VEkT)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:03 AM (gbOdA)
No, no, no, no, no, no and no.
UNIPARTY Republicans want all the same wicked things and make the satanic policies of Democrats possible.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at March 26, 2026 08:03 AM (mjb1b)
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:03 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Just Wondering at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (2Ez/1)
B- 1. Equals B-one equals BONE
Posted by: Fenderbender at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (QZThv)
H appy
I t's
T hursday
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:03 AM (ZxPkt)
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I'm a fan!
/ducks
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:05 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 08:06 AM (zWn86)
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:07 AM (ehY6c)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)
Just think of us as their escort vessels, but painted in your colors.
Posted by: The GOPe at March 26, 2026 08:07 AM (3arSl)
I don't know how anyone can see all this obviously demonic shit and be an atheist.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 08:08 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (+nEug)
You would think the UN could have the ball to say it is their goal to keep trade open and fair.
I count 11 or 12 countries touching the Straights of Hormouz.
Why are they not demanding the UN actually WORK?
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:09 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 08:09 AM (MIIRH)
The food's better.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 08:09 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 08:06 AM (zWn86)
Allah Ackbar
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:10 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:46 AM (NR6c1)
Ravens and Buzzards and Crows oh my
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:10 AM (gbOdA)
and it's beautiful out here in Southeastern PA!
also Krasner is horrible but he also can't do the things he's saying. well I'd like to see him try!
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 08:11 AM (j+aD2)
One of the WEF types said recently that we will have a world government, the UN, with subordinate regional bodies like the EU. Nice of them to give the entire game away.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 08:11 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (QZThv)
They probably don't want the sex anymore. Then wonder why guys won't commit.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 08:11 AM (1Ff7Z)
Not exactly. Media lies are getting us killed. The media aren't the handmaidens, they're the drivers. They take the raw mendacious material and shape it, customize it, test it and mass produce and distribute it. Without the media, the democrat lies have the lifespans of fruit flies. Yes, it's a symbiosis, but the media are the ones with the real narrative power.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 26, 2026 08:11 AM (b4LBp)
so I guess he's reiterating the Left's Project 2029 thing
it is a very scary thing. I hope people are getting this.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 08:12 AM (j+aD2)
"2nd Amendment re-written: the right of the people to keep and bear any kind of arms shall not be infringed. Period.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 08:12 AM (MIIRH)
I'm not hurting as badly, the coffee is helping and I will try to remember to not push so hard for a while.
That being said, not being able to sleep on account of pain sucks.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 08:13 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:13 AM (77rzZ)
fixks it
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:13 AM (gbOdA)
In fact, ICE agents are kindly giving stranded passengers bottles of water, helping with their luggage, and performing tasks that free up TSA workers who have just missed their third paycheck — thanks to the Democrats. . . The sole aim of Democrats is to punish Americans for voting Trump into office.
Dems get away with it by shameless lying and then pretending they are paragons of truthfulness.
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I cannot believe the Deomocrats have not yet planted a few Hispanics and blacks, with children, with boarding passes in TSA lines in Blue jurisdictions across the country, to make a scene when an ICE agent is close and claim ICE is brutalizing them and their chirrrun!
Perhaps today, or perhaps I've missed the reporting of staged brutalizations.
Posted by: Gref at March 26, 2026 08:13 AM (5rh/l)
it is a very scary thing. I hope people are getting this.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 08:12 AM (j+aD2)
They won't hear anything about it from us!
Posted by: GOPe ads Election '26 at March 26, 2026 08:13 AM (1Ff7Z)
*Strait (singular, because there is only one there)
Posted by: one hour sober being pedantic at March 26, 2026 08:14 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 07:50 AM (Fn30I)
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This this this.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:14 AM (RIvkX)
*Strait (singular, because there is only one there)'
Counter fact...
Straights of Hormouz because there is one going each way.
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 26, 2026 08:15 AM (cO6oP)
Sometimes it’s more accurate to say that Democrats are merely the legislative wing of the big media conglomerates.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 08:15 AM (l4gBO)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:15 AM (77rzZ)
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Why are they not demanding the UN actually WORK?
Since when do LOOTERs work?
Kharg Island is precisely what the Israeli Neutron Bomb was made for. Too long they have stayed their hands: NO MORE.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBGavinsRealityBomb
And the dust will become atoms, and the atoms will become NOTHING...
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 08:16 AM (Gfr2y)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)
>>That being said, not being able to sleep on account of pain sucks.
What are you taking for the pain?
My nighttime regime when dealing with pin, before bed, a glass of brioche, 3 baby aspirin, 2 extended release Tylenol, 3 5mg melatonin.
Sleep like a baby.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 08:16 AM (zWn86)
Ok Whig, tell us why the NFA is legal but the above NSA wouldn't be. Your legal tap dancing on that subject ought to be really entertaining.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at March 26, 2026 08:16 AM (Da7Vv)
One example, however, Earth is a better place with him no longer on it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 08:04 AM (QZThv)
I assume that the answer is:
- all the financial support of being married
- no marital expectation of sex
- I can get my hoe on
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:17 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 26, 2026 07:55 AM (+nEug)
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I have been deafened by the condemnations of targeting civilian populations and using illegal weapons.
One of the latent effects of current events is the UN has been shown to be utterly useless.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: one hour sober being pedantic at March 26, 2026 08:17 AM (Y1sOo)
Care? Of course, I care. In fact, I'll do anything I can to help!
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 08:02 AM (6VEkT)
Do they need mustard?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 26, 2026 08:18 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:18 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:19 AM (ehY6c)
This.
It can't be said loudly enough. If you support Democrats, THIS is your mantra. THIS is the code you live by. THIS makes you evil. May ye reap what ye sow.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)
Care? Of course, I care. In fact, I'll do anything I can to help!
Posted by: t-bird
Do they need condiments?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (KKI6+)
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (ehY6c)
*looks around*
“Anybody?”.
“Where did everyone go?”.
Posted by: Vengeance at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (mr1OZ)
https://tinyurl.com/2wddjzms
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:18 AM (1o8D5)
It looked like he knew a bit about the rifle. The dry fire was a bit awkward, but......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
At the moment, ibuprofen. Melatonin doesn't work well with me; I'll be deeply asleep for about two hours and then I'm suddenly wide awake.
This was probably just a one time thing. I've only just started hitting this gym and I'm forcing myself to stick to three days/week until I build up more.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:19 AM (ehY6c)
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400 ibuprofen?
I don't think so, Jan.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:21 AM (1o8D5)
it is a very scary thing. I hope people are getting this.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 26, 2026 08:12 AM (j+aD2)
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If I was Pam Blondi he would already be arrested and under questioning for conspiracy against civil rights under color of state authority.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)
Maybe they shouldn't have startled the ICE agents and they'd still be alive today.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 08:22 AM (HXT0k)
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Well, right. But the downside is she’s dead, I expect. That’s way too many.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 08:22 AM (l4gBO)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:15 AM (77rzZ)
Ahmadinejad SWORE to us there were no homos in Iran.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (ehY6c)
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You take a glass of bread?
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:19 AM (ehY6c)
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May've reduced the pain, but did nothing for the infection.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (XuXeR)
Maybe they shouldn't have startled the ICE agents and they'd still be alive today.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 08:22 AM (HXT0k)
Pretti Good advice........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)
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This.
...
It can't be said loudly enough. If you support Democrats, THIS is your mantra. THIS is the code you live by. THIS makes you evil. May ye reap what ye sow.
LIBs plead for a Morality which holds COMPROMISE as its standard of Value, making it possible to judge Virtue on the basis of the number of Values which one is willing to Betray.
The LIBs ceaseless quest for the unearned remains forever ceaseless because the Value Illicitly Obtained retains no Value.
“Such a consequential president of the United States, a Mount Rushmore kind of president of the United States,” Pelosi'24 feeling that she's getting real on IceKingJOE
"Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory" -- Shameless Politico THUG, Nancy Pelosi'09 in Red China
Been there, done that. Long before anyone cared.
Kharg Neutron Now!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 08:24 AM (ByVUY)
2011 to 2017 (Pre-Krassner) average: 18.5
2018 to 2024 (Krassner era) average: 28.9
Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at March 26, 2026 08:24 AM (tTFsZ)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:24 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 26, 2026 08:24 AM (YqdGw)
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:25 AM (ehY6c)
Well duh! How can you have a Bond Hearing (aka be released) when the proscribed action is Deportation?
This was the work of Bill Clinton's 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.
When the (D) were somewhat normal.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:25 AM (gbOdA)
I don't think so, Jan.
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800mg is the max daily (24 hr) dose generally regarded as "safe." I take 200mg for inflammation pain from arthritis. Usually only once in 24hrs.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 08:25 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:25 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)
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It would be even better if his name was never said or written again. His crimes remembered, his name erased.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)
Inhabit many Moron's dreams, I think.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 26, 2026 08:26 AM (1Ff7Z)
800mg is the max daily (24 hr) dose generally regarded as "safe." I take 200mg for inflammation pain from arthritis. Usually only once in 24hrs.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 08:25 AM (AkEZC)
I have military issue 800 mg ib tablets. Took 2 once before a round of golf.
Freest my swing has been in decades.
Never took that much again, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)
Hey, I just had my first coffeve. Give me a sec....
/now a boob thread?
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)
Care? Of course, I care. In fact, I'll do anything I can to help!
Posted by: t-bird
Do they need condiments?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (KKI6+)
Ill bring a fava beans and Chianti.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:27 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)
It would be even better if his name was never said or written again. His crimes remembered, his name erased.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)
Valid, but I believe that everyone should know his name, his crimes and his overall essence of evil so as to never repeat it again.
May he burn in Hell eternally.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)
800mg is the max daily (24 hr) dose generally regarded as "safe." I take 200mg for inflammation pain from arthritis. Usually only once in 24hrs.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 08:25 AM (AkEZC)
I have military issue 800 mg ib tablets. Took 2 once before a round of golf.
Freest my swing has been in decades.
Never took that much again, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)
I think 2 4 isobutylphenal proprionic acid may be dosed up to 3200 mg daily.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:28 AM (gbOdA)
/SpongeLiver
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)
Yeah. The one time I've actually listened to him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 08:29 AM (NR6c1)
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If a woman marries a homosexual man, she's not really straight is she?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:29 AM (jAisO)
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)
"There's so much to do around here, I don't know where to start!"
* Never Starts *
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: man
For some reason, "filthy whore" never took off as an olive oil variety
Posted by: Josephistan at March 26, 2026 08:30 AM (y9ksN)
And to go even further, there are a lot of people who have chosen to support The State in this. It would seem in the long (and short) run, that this is a stupid/evil position for people to take.
Lots of people are evil and stupid.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 26, 2026 08:30 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 08:19 AM (ehY6c)
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My dentist prescribes the same thing - 1 ibuprofen and 1 Tylenol.
He says you get much better pain relief than you do with 2 of either. I can confirm that works.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:31 AM (ESVrU)
Some of the Muslim men involved in the nearly $1 billion scheme initially fled to Dubai.
This is where I think the CIA could help.
Hunt them down, find the money, then kill everyone involved.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:31 AM (gbOdA)
OK can we presume that you know that the purpose of Art V to is propose amendments, just as they can be introduced in the chambers? And that you aren't sitting around with submachine guns in fatigues dictating How It Gonna Be? Convening under Art V does not do away with anything we already have, or put anything into effect without old-fashioned ratifications.
Sounds like what you want is not an Article V convention.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 26, 2026 08:32 AM (zdLoL)
/now a boob thread?
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)
Sportsbra!!!! Go Boobs!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)
Great news. Steven Colbert is writing a new LoTR movie. I'll have to not see that one. Nerdrotic had a great chat about it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 08:33 AM (mHVWR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 08:33 AM (mHVWR)
But he's a true LOTR NERD!!!! There's NO WAY he'd screw up the franchise because he's a liberal douchetard that does nothing but spew hate and division...........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 08:34 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:34 AM (jAisO)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)
Hey, try the new "Lurida Puttana" Olive Oil!
It's Cold Pressed and Organic!
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:35 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 08:36 AM (NpAcC)
So he'll bring the same level of value to the franchise as did Stacy "I'll eat 'em all" did to Star Bleech?
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)
With his son, who is a screenwriter. He brought dad in because dad is about to be unemployed. Token writer's credit for the unfunny Colbert.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 08:37 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 08:36 AM (NpAcC)
Well blow me down......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)
My dentist prescribes the same thing - 1 ibuprofen and 1 Tylenol.
He says you get much better pain relief than you do with 2 of either. I can confirm that works.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Read up on acetaminophen and your liver.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:37 AM (jAisO)
Danish PM Frederiksen’s Social Democrats Suffer Worst Election Results in over Century, Copenhagen Coalition Talks Commence
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The article said that a coalition with the left parties is just as likely as one with the 'moderate' parties. So there is a chance that the increase by the remigration party could actually result in a ruling coalition that moves leftward. These multi-party parliamentary democracies are odd. Probably designed that way in order to thwart the evils of 'populism'.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 08:37 AM (Dv3i1)
Ho lee fook Batman
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:38 AM (gbOdA)
Read up on acetaminophen and your liver.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:37 AM (jAisO)
I thought ibuprofen attacked your liver and that attacked your stomach.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Reading leftwing sites their reaction to this murder is "don't care, people get murdered all the time why does it matter if an illegal did it?"
Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 08:39 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:34 AM (jAisO)
Right before it went OTC several companies had an 800 mg.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:39 AM (gbOdA)
Seize college assets to pay these loans.
We've talked about making colleges co-sign loans - let's just "deem" it so.
This would be an example of the sort of economic warfare we should be doing. The colleges and their employees are close to 100% leftwing. The students in debt are generally leftwing but easily bribeable and since they are young likely easier to re-position politically.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 08:41 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)
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Wasn't in my news feed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:41 AM (jAisO)
"The government’s failure to retain a majority forced Frederikson to resign on Wednesday morning as she seeks to form a new coalition.
In contrast, the biggest growth seen by any party was the populist Danish People’s Party, led by the popular former Member of the European Parliament Morten Messerschmidt, whose strident anti-mass migration rhetoric helped the party pick up 11 seats, increasing its vote share by 6.5 per cent over 2022. According to DR, the populist party increased its support in all 92 constituencies of the country."
are y'all as a mused as I am at the name? and the fate of Fru Frederikson ?
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:41 AM (GD0B3)
Who needs an endowment when you're siphoning off of the current (and future) taxpayers?
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:42 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: SMOD at March 26, 2026 08:42 AM (RHGPo)
Why? Imagine the LIB Depravity! Perversion!
Scantly clad HUMA as Sauron, AOC dancin on Sauromon's Tower! Gavin Gollum? NO MORE!
Ring of Fire: Ring of Simultaneous Neutron Airburst surrounding Kharg's/Mordor... Evil Defeated, once and for ALL!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 08:42 AM (v7BS8)
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Obama nationalized the student loan industry so the Party would have yet one more means of financial control over its constituents.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)
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Also read that her parents are maga (I have no idea if true, commies and truth are like oil and water), so therefore she deserved it.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 08:43 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)
I'm sure that he's personally executed a few people in his day.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:44 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)
They only promote political division and could mostly care less about giving the audience some insight into the product that the entertainment industry putting out.
The hosts are all superstar narcissist fuckwads.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 08:44 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)
******
1,25 million was not enough. The man lost everything including his home.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 08:39 AM (sKqQm)
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Translation: "she would have been murdered anyway, stupid."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)
Gotta build up that cred, yo.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)
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do we need one?"
Nah. Better off without a Colbert.
/oh
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)
A judge would have him on the street within 30 minutes.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)
It's getting a lot of play on X. Regime talking heads at the NYT and WaPo are feigning outrage and taking incoming.
Tearing apart the Russia hoax is necessary. We all may know the truth but a significant amount of the public still thinks it was real. Getting the truth out will go a long way toward exposing how corrupt the Obama/Biden regime along with Hillary and the deep state have been.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:45 AM (viF8m)
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: SMOD at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)
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Making the judge a co-conspirator. Easy peasy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:45 AM (viF8m)
Only if the media actually reports on it. They still think the Russia hoax wasn't a hoax because of the media.
LONG uphill battle, that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)
Hey Amazon has a 300 dollar Netgear Nighthawk for around 200. I am junking my Asus.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)
She manages. That's her job.
If you're wondering what the DOJ is doing, here's their press release page: https://www.justice.gov/news/press-releases
If you're just wanting to bitch... carry on, I guess.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)
Flynn seems please with the outcome. I agree he deserves more but if Flynn is ok with it then it's ok by me.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: My Body, My Choice at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (oftw2)
*sets Paul Revere & The Raiders on the turntable*
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)
I thought ibuprofen attacked your liver and that attacked your stomach.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Acetaminophen is a liver poison, ibuprofen is rough on the stomach but no problem if you eat something before taking. You don't have to eat a meal just not have an empty stomach.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (jAisO)
2011 to 2017 (Pre-Krassner) average: 18.5
2018 to 2024 (Krassner era) average: 28.9
Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at March 26, 2026 08:24 AM (tTFsZ)
Damn Trump!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)
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This is how you can tell the industry has zero new material and zero creativity.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (mHVWR)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)
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He does not. Buybthats because he has spent his whip years cajoling and persuading. He leads now. He should say what they are going to do and issue instructions and threats to anyone who doesn't follow. Use Cornyn as an example. And stop funding him too.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (9nadL)
If you're wondering what the DOJ is doing, here's their press release page: https://www.justice.gov/news/press-releases
If you're just wanting to bitch... carry on, I guess.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)
All that seems small fish compared to the big boys in DC committing treason all over the place.
But busy, so it's fine.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)
It always has been. And not an easy one. But we seem to be chipping away.
That's why the conspiracy case being built in Florida is so important. That one will be hard to ignore.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:49 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)
Would be funny to play that in the background when Liawatha speaks.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:50 AM (gbOdA)
Yep. Level of his incompetence and all that...
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR)
Acetaminophen is a liver poison, ibuprofen is rough on the stomach but no problem if you eat something before taking. You don't have to eat a meal just not have an empty stomach.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:48 AM (jAisO)
My brain is dyslexic I guess. Noted. Thanks for the info.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Yep - that's the answer. The law assumes that judges will act in a responsible manner, but leftwing judges just do whatever helps advance the narrative
The problem is that Trump is not going to do that. He's not going to go George Washington or even Pinochet.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 26, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Confirmation by the U.S. Senate on March 23 elevated Cherokee Nation citizen and Oklahoma Republican Markwayne Mullin to one of the most potent law enforcement posts in the federal government – secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said the confirmation is significant to the CN and Indian Country overall.
“As a Cherokee Nation citizen, his service on the national stage carries deep meaning,” Hoskin said “We will miss his leadership in the Senate but know he will serve the country well in such a critical role on the world and national stage.”
Posted by: SMOD at March 26, 2026 08:50 AM (RHGPo)
Soylent green (1973) was set in the year 2022.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa8ZNyL-kxk
But this one is guaranteed to be more FUN!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsHalftimeAmerica250
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 08:51 AM (baff2)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:49 AM (viF8m)
Hard? A walk in the park. They'll ignore it like never before.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)
You really believe if Comey or Brennan gets indicted they will ignore it? I don't.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)
Might help if we stopped giving student loans for people working on degrees in "this is never going to get me a job".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)
You really believe if Comey or Brennan gets indicted they will ignore it? I don't.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)
You must first believe either one of those get indicted. I don't.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)
We've talked about making colleges co-sign loans - let's just "deem" it so.
That works. Tuition rates would drop pretty quickly once it was implemented.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 08:53 AM (svLOV)
Earth's Moon 3,474 Largest relative to its planet
Ganymede (Jupiter) 5,268 Largest moon in the Solar System
Titan (Saturn) 5,151 Thick atmosphere, lakes of methane
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 08:54 AM (gbOdA)
John Solomon, one of the best reporters on the Russia hoax and good friend of Kash Patel's does. Brennan seems to think he's in serious trouble as well.
Florida is not DC.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:54 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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wow
you really put me in my place, huh
big day for you
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:54 AM (ZxPkt)
"work smahter, not haahdah"...
/someone's got to support the Administrative staff. And the women's kickball team.
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:55 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Ibuprofen, acetaminophen, aspirin.
As I understand it, one if bad for your liver, one for your kidneys, and one for your stomach. I'm not a doctor so that may be incorrect and I'm not gonna try to say which is which but...
Everyone is gonna die from something. Pain sucks. Whatever you do to deaden pain has a drawback.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:55 AM (ExV1e)
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This is how you can tell the industry has zero new material and zero creativity.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
>The industry is sadly in the shitter. Let's do a remake. Let's do a rewrite.
I know, let's make a movie about making movies because that's all we know. There is nothing more boring than a movie about making movies. Lame.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 08:55 AM (Fbc0I)
While district court judges have overwhelmingly rejected the policy, ICE is 2-0 at the circuit.
Posted by: SMOD at March 26, 2026 08:55 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (BCuCF)
Open Source Intel @Osint613
26m
JUST IN 🔴
IRGC official Rahim Nadali says Iran has lowered the minimum age for war support roles to 12 under the “For Iran” initiative, citing growing numbers of 12 and 13 year old volunteers.
Kids these days. They blow up so fast!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Pam Blondie at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)
Nah. USFedGov has been supporting "higer education" since post WWII...
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Not wishing anyone harm but if he were to trip down a flight of stairs I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (jAisO)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)
You must first believe either one of those get indicted. I don't.
Posted by: Sponge
Fistbump.
Arrest. Indict. Continue building case. Go to trial.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (KKI6+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Ibuprofen mostly targets the kidneys. Acetaminophen is murder on the liver. It's not only an OD issue but cumulative. Aspirin, as an NSAID like ibuprofen, also targets kidneys and can be ulcerating. Ibuprofen is my poison of choice.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 26, 2026 08:56 AM (b4LBp)
Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
Utah, one of the most Red states in the country, is being taken over by Islam
Muslim Inman brags about how they’ve been quietly taking over Utah and installing Sharia Law
“It is a well-kept secret — From Ogden to Provo, most stores are not allowed to sell liquor”
“The growth of Islam in Utah has been a well-kept secret and has been happening very quickly. We've seen it time and time again. Islam has taken over Paris, Islam has taken over London, Islam has taken over New York, and now we're seeing the very same thing happen in Utah”
https://tinyurl.com/mrmjxuma
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 08:57 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:57 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)
So your proposal is to make Pam Bondi the absolute ruler of the US?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 08:57 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: SMOD at March 26, 2026 08:58 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 08:58 AM (XuXeR)
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I thought that was Rubio.
Posted by: It's hard to keep track at March 26, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 08:59 AM (mHVWR)
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 08:57 AM (ExV1e)
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My theory is that anyone in conspiracy against the United States should be prosecuted no matter what their station in life, but especially against those who are violating their oath of office.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)
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the nephrologist told me that acetaminophen is kidney-friendly
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)
So they were min...ers?
*ducks*
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (XuXeR)
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Weren't Comey and Brennan indicted previously? And their respective cases tossed?
I get that it was in the capitol city, but does the physical location really make that much of a difference in the current judicial climate?
I've no idea, but it still seems... unlikely.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM (ESVrU)
Just let them have it.
Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (/HeZH)
Even if they are indicted, Florida is a red state, so it would mean nothing to us. Political lawfare, we know how it works.
Posted by: leftists at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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There are places on the internet were accurate information can be obtained. Pain is real and it can be attenuated. How you do it should be a considered descision.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (jAisO)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)
You mean...we can instantly cut student loan debt in half?
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (vbdXu)
Bet no one is freshening up their resume this AM.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:02 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)
Unless you're proposing an end to the pretense that we have the rule of law, Democrats in DC are untouchable. It sucks but it is what it is. Bondi has no power to change that. Neither would any other Republican AG. Regardless of sexual hardware, tightness of sleeve roll, or social media following.
Better to spend your time focused on things that can actually be changed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:02 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)
Anti-Sharia laws, The Save Act... these should have been easy dunks for Republicans. The former has earned only a fraction of support and the latter is mired in various ploys to sabotage it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 26, 2026 09:02 AM (b4LBp)
Seaman 1st class Achmed? You've been promoted...
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:03 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 09:03 AM (BCuCF)
You mean...we can instantly cut student loan debt in half?
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (vbdXu)
Notice that in the triangle of student, treasury, and college that one of the players takes ZERO RISK.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:03 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)
They're rolling big in Texas too. AG Paxton is standing up to them but Abbott seems to be getting a ton of money from a Pakistani national, so we're not doing what we should.
Dallas has a LOT of new mosques popping up all over. They're attempting to build a sharia town in Plano, which Paxton keeps thwarting.
When Paxton wins the Senate race, he needs to be replaced by Chip Roy who's pretty on board with stopping the sharia creep in Texas and the US. He seems to get it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM (ESVrU)
Just let them have it.
Posted by: tubal
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Yeah, it's not an alligator allegory.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:03 AM (jAisO)
Or, you know, less immigration...
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)
That's "undocumented Americans," sir........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM (ESVrU)
Just let them have it.
Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (/HeZH)
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OK, boss.
https://youtu.be/cj3iavnDwS8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 09:04 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
We could turn the House and Senate chambers into storage facilities.
Posted by: t-bird at March 26, 2026 09:04 AM (vbdXu)
The DOJ tried to get Boasburg taken off cases involving the administration, citing his demonstrated bias. The DC Circuit said, nah bro, we like his style.
That means it's up to Congress to deal with the matter. Not Pam Fucking Bondi, Congress. The same Congress which is incapable of doing ANYTHING to aid Trump's efforts. The same Congress which will continue to be re-elected at 90%+.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:05 AM (gbOdA)
>>I get that it was in the capitol city, but does the physical location really make that much of a difference in the current judicial climate?
Comey was not Brennan.
I absolutely think the location makes an enormous difference. We've spent more than a year watching leftist judges and leftwing juries spike cases purely on partisan grounds. It was Judge Eileen Cannon, a Trump appointed judge in Florida who tossed Jack Smith and his idiotic case and prevented his report from being published.
Do you really think Boasberg or a DC jury would ever do something like that to Jack Smith after we know he conspired with Smith to set Trump up?
I don't think it will be a slam dunk but at least there's a chance of winning in much more conservative Florida.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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There's a shit ton of money flowing in from DC against Paxton, he's having a hard pull.
Chip Roy is a wind sock.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:06 AM (jAisO)
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)
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Nothing less than a Constitutional amendment banning all flavors of Islam will help.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 09:06 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM (ESVrU)
Just let them have it.
Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 09:01 AM (/HeZH)
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OK, boss.
https://youtu.be/cj3iavnDwS8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 09:04 AM (1o8D5)
Lol! Thanks, BD.
Posted by: tubal at March 26, 2026 09:06 AM (/HeZH)
you really put me in my place, huh
big day for you
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 08:54 AM (ZxPkt)
Nah. There's no putting you in your place. You've got a hobbyhorse and you're gonna ride it. I wish you all the joy in the world spending your time complaining.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e)
Chip Roy is a wind sock.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:06 AM (jAisO)
He does say some of the right things, but don't they all at one point or another.
https://youtu.be/dkXoVJkl97g
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:08 AM (XuXeR)
Liberals are saying it’s a lie and he’s clearly white, alongside attacking him for being a plumber and a college dropout.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 09:08 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: The person who always says that at March 26, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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There's a shit ton of money flowing in from DC against Paxton, he's having a hard pull.
Chip Roy is a wind sock.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:06 AM (jAisO)
I thought Chip Roy was one of the turds that was for Trump's impeachment?
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:09 AM (wVcYX)
That's how you know they're winning.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:09 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)
It's hardly friendly. The drug is mainly processed through the liver but can certainly cause kidney damage in high doses. As has been stated, no drug is consequence-free.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 26, 2026 09:09 AM (b4LBp)
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And whaddaya know, there are numerous federal laws on the books, many of them from the cold war era.
Our problems though, are not due to lack of sufficient legislation. Everything these MFers do, and don’t do, is illegal as hell. They don’t care.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 09:09 AM (l4gBO)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 09:08 AM (QZThv)
Liberals are stupid, hate the Native Americans that don't support their cause and have no f*cking clue how the NA heritage thing even works.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Jaimo
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well, I was seeing a kidney doc a few years ago when I had a spate of kidney stones. I had the kind that were too big to pass, and had to be treated with minor surgeries. No problems lately.
I use acetaminophen and ibuprofen for general pain management, no issues. I don't drink, so my liver has that going for it, I guess.
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:10 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: The person who always says that at March 26, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)
I was wondering when you'd show up. I was thinking of substituting for you.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 26, 2026 09:10 AM (b4LBp)
It's pretty much everywhere now...
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:08 AM (XuXeR)
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I posted this on Pixy's. South Carolina:
https://tinyurl.com/ymuccf4v
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 09:11 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 09:11 AM (BCuCF)
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)
Maybe so. I base my understanding on the dangers of various pain medications on stuff I've read on the internet which is, likely, only slightly more accurate than reading the entrails of a chicken.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:11 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:11 AM (n17eQ)
Same as the old One Nut Corporal.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (KKI6+)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (n17eQ)
You'll settle for deep-state 'must-pass' FISA reauthorization combined with SAVE if that's what it takes to pass SAVE act.
You'll get FISA reauthorization and GOP fundraising junk mail.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (BCuCF)
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Hitler used 12 year old "volunteers" at the end too, iirc
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 09:13 AM (zsjuF)
I get that it was in the capitol city, but does the physical location really make that much of a difference in the current judicial climate?
I've no idea, but it still seems... unlikely.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2026 09:00 AM (AkEZC)
IINM, Judge Cannon is overseeing the case. It'd have to be the Circuit Court that tossed the indictments.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)
Dallas has a LOT of new mosques popping up all over. They're attempting to build a sharia town in Plano, which Paxton keeps thwarting.
When Paxton wins the Senate race, he needs to be replaced by Chip Roy who's pretty on board with stopping the sharia creep in Texas and the US. He seems to get it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Texas is a the heart of it, actually. Their biggest organizations are funders are TX based. Y'all have cities no one knows about, but were approved locally BTW, where you can live , walk down streets named after jihadis and never meet a non-muslem ever.
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:13 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (zsjuF)
He’s a plumber who dropped out of college to take over his dad’s 6 person HVAC company when his dad fell ill. He grew that company into a big business.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bulg at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (GD0B3)
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The term you're looking for is "no-go zones."
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 09:14 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (KKI6+)
Feels like March 26, 1945, amirite ?
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 09:15 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:16 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (n17eQ)
Well, a happy one to you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)
For pain relief, it's acetaminophen only and sparingly at that. So it's cowboy mode for me - grit it out for as long as possible and bite down on a leather strap.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:16 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:17 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:12 AM (n17eQ)
Nice suit! Congrats!
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:18 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:16 AM (n17eQ)
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They had weird science degrees that far back?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 09:18 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 09:19 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Zombie Bob Dole at March 26, 2026 09:19 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:16 AM (n17eQ)
Nah.....if they're too big, you might sprain a thumb or something.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Count de Monet
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I'm at that stage in life where different parts of my body take turns hurting
one day it's an ankle, the next a knee, etc
getting old sucks
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:19 AM (ZxPkt)
Don't bite the Joos.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (n17eQ)
I'm at that stage in life where different parts of my body take turns hurting
one day it's an ankle, the next a knee, etc
getting old sucks
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:19 AM (ZxPkt)
Start a stretching regimen.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: davidt at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (Q+gd/)
one day it's an ankle, the next a knee, etc
getting old sucks
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:19 AM (ZxPkt)
It's not for sissies, that's for certain. Ease on down the road, brother.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (ZxPkt)
Don't bite the Joos.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (n17eQ)
But he wears nerd glasses.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 26, 2026 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)
Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust owns buildings in the playwright's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon.
It wants to 'create a more inclusive museum experience' and announced it will move away from Western perspectives after concerns were raised that Shakespeare's ideas were used to advance 'white supremacy' ideas.
Maybe add rapp and break dancing on Sat Nite
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:22 AM (gbOdA)
Imagine the reaction of modern nosering SSRI zombies to the commercial where Dole is popping boner pills and perving on Britney Spears.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2026 09:22 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 08:46 AM
We'll allow it, as long as we get our 10%.
Posted by: Big Penguin at March 26, 2026 09:23 AM (0sNs1)
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People are dumb.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 09:24 AM (ESVrU)
____
Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?
Posted by: George Costanza at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
JUST IN: Anti-Maduro demonstrators have SURGED outside court in NYC to cancel out the leftist Communists who support him
Maduro is about to appear in court for his crimes
He WILL be brought to AMERICAN justice under President Trump
https://tinyurl.com/yp42adax
Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (NpAcC)
You know, somehow I doubt Shakespeare had that on his mind when he wrote .....
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Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (//8Ft)
My mind drifts back to the days of Jack Snow, Ron Jessie and Harold Jackson.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (b4LBp)
The cats are elsewhere I guess. But they'll be here. It's only a matter of time. Now, I wait.
Now to check the news.
After coffee.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Jaimo at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (BCuCF)
I wish someone over there had the stones to say "Why should we apologize for being superior to them?"
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 09:25 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: man at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: I gotta ask at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (x0n13)
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We'll never reach the left that the Russia collusion was a hoax.
I saw the other day, they are still peddling the lie that Valarie Plame was a covert CIA agent and the Republicans "blew her cover in retaliation."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (HXT0k)
They will change Shakespeare to ChuckaSpeare?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (x0n13)
LOL
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (//8Ft)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 26, 2026 09:26 AM (x0n13)
Job Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuEBBwJdjhQ
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 26, 2026 09:27 AM (gbOdA)
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Any ideas on the 'gesture?'
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:27 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 26, 2026 09:27 AM (mHVWR)
Posted by: Delurker at March 26, 2026 09:29 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2026 09:30 AM (//8Ft)
So your proposal is to make Pam Bondi the absolute ruler of the US?
No, Gandalf in the Colbert/LoTR live action remake.
Winged Huma/Sauron? PsychoDancin' AOC/Sarumon, flamin'Balrog/ctHILLARY? yeah, make it SO!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 09:30 AM (Fp8Cm)
One measure of how dry the air is: unused ice cubes in the freezer will evaporate over time.
Posted by: Don Black at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: St. Crispin Day Speech at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (wVcYX)
But fortunately.
Nood
Art thread.
Being a male Obama male judge, he's unfazed about the possibility of boobs.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (Sco7b)
"You people use colonizer as an insult. We colonized you and gave you modern conveniences. You showed up 300 years later and the only thing you did was get welfare."
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (svLOV)
Culpeper police tell me the Mexican national was living in Manassas and offered the girls money on Roblox, a popular game among little kids, in exchange for sexually explicit videos and photos of themselves.
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There's going to be a woodchipper shortage.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (ndZc7)
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Well men make the best women athletes. This makes Shakespeare a genius futurist.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 26, 2026 09:31 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 09:35 AM (jAisO)
From above, "Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) threatened to prosecute U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deployed at the airport if they acted inappropriately..."
'Soros DA' Larry Krasner is a well protected puppet in any of his press conferences (think of Joe Biden's presidential campaign with ten masked people in an auditorium) and, if you look at the most recent Philly airport stunt, no one but some press - betcha WHYY too - is nearby to listen, or care.
He pales behind the Philadelphia sheriff. Remember her (?) ICE press conference press conference? Fox News, 'Philadelphia sheriff rips ICE as 'fake, wannabe law enforcement,' threatening arrests: 'Don't want this smoke.'
She's a bad a**, with no idea what's going on, and his role is to back her.
Note: Usually present & most often pushing their way to the mic are the Philadelphia Council members endorsed by Working Families Party: Gauthier, Brooks and Landau - who also "make only this clear." (Instagram - phillysheriff, 2 months ago - with a whopping 60 likes.
BTW, Philadelphia's Mayor is Cherelle Parker.
Continued -
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)
More impact on TSA -
Reportedly, as standard in business, FIFA has cancelled/released approximately 2,000 of the 10,000 hotel rooms it previously booked in Philadelphia for the 2026 World Cup.
The cuts were seen across all US host cities, with major impacts in Philadelphia, Boston, and Dallas.
>Guardian, UK, TSA staffing shortage and upcoming World Cup will create ‘perfect storm’, warns acting head
Ha Nguyen McNeill testified before House committee about airport wait times amid DHS funding shutdown
>WPRI, 12 News This Morning - Politics from The Hill
'TSA chief warns staffing problems could close airports, threaten World Cup'
Gordita TSA union president at the airport & Philly's government better get their heads on straight. 🤡🤡
Congress, too.🤡
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)
A Not-see is as a Not-see does.
Posted by: Forrest, Forrest Gump at March 26, 2026 10:07 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at March 26, 2026 10:12 AM (GD2xa)
Posted by: kurtz at March 26, 2026 11:01 AM (rSI6M)
News
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US-Israel war on Iran
Iranian naval commander Alireza Tangsiri killed in attack, Israel says
Defence minister claims Israel kills Alireza Tangsiri, citing his role in blocking the Strait of Hormuz.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 26, 2026 11:30 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Marooned at March 26, 2026 12:49 PM (kt8QE)
Daily Tech News 26 March 2026
Top Story
- The long-running court case by Sony and the global music cartel against the internet and free people everywhere, represented here - somehow - by Cox Communications, has met an end. (CBS)
Most recently upheld by the Fourth Circuit, it finally reached the Supreme Court which just handed down its decision, saying, no you dumbasses, just because you don't make it impossible for someone to do something bad doesn't make you complicit.
You may wonder with such a divided court what the split was in this decision.
The split was 9-0.
Even the concurrence by the court's special needs justices Sotomayor and Jackson agreed with the majority opinion on this point of law and on the decision generally.
Tech News
- Intel's big Battlemage graphics card is finally here, but there is no B770 card in sight. (Tom's Hardware)
Instead we have the B65 Pro and B70 Pro, which both feature 32GB of RAM on a 256-bit bus. So they are definitely not targeting gamers looking for performance on a budget, but with MSRP for the B70 Pro starting at $949, it is the cheapest 32GB graphics card by a solid margin.
AMD's Radeon 9700 Pro has a list price of $1299, and while Nvidia's 5090 has an MSRP of $1999, even that is a complete fiction and you'll be be paying twice that if you can find one at all.
The B65 Pro still has 32GB of RAM but is reduced from 32 Xe cores to 20. It will presumably be cheaper but Intel hasn't announced exact pricing just yet.
- Not everything in computing is insanely expensive. This gigabit switch for example is less than ten bucks. (Tom's Hardware)
That's not a remarkable savings, it's just a useful datapoint.
- The new Seagate Firecuda 540R is an SSD focused on endurance, with about twice the liefspan of comparable mainstream desktop drives. (Tom's Hardware)
And with today's market, it's MSRP makes it a reasonable option.
If it were available at MSRP.
It's not. It's about twice that.
- The same hackers who recently hit the vulnerability scanner Trivy have now done the same to Python AI library LiteLLM. (Bleeping Computer)
It's likely that they broke into LiteLLM using the Trivy hack.
Reports are that half a million more users were compromised via LiteLLM, so things are only going to get worse.
Disclaimer: Boop beep. It did it again.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: olddog in mo at March 26, 2026 04:02 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:02 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 04:03 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Pete Bog at March 26, 2026 04:05 AM (eCt/m)
Posted by: olddog in mo at March 26, 2026 04:05 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 04:09 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:13 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:14 AM (glnUu)
So, Sony and the global music cartel lost. The CEO of RIAA is sad. Let's see here. This was SO BAD that it got ALL 9 SC Justices ruling against you. Amazing! Well done Sony and music cartel. Never though I'd see that.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 04:22 AM (sAmhv)
He would mostly go on a profanity laced rant and almost get violent and want to smash the juke box. It always brought a tear of joy to my eyes.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 04:24 AM (Fbc0I)
While I am not a big fan of social media and have mixed reactions from a libertarian perspective to these verdicts, a couple nags put me on the plaintiff side here. My somewhat casual understanding of the Gen z tech users Is they are increasingly fed up with technology, especially the Doom Scroll paradigm, a design that is clearly intended to keep one engaged. To address this, there are now products, such as stripped down smartphones, that explicitly limit the amount of smarts they do have and there is also a movement towards using paper calendars and journals. These indicate that culture and consumer markets instinctively understand that social media is riddled with product liabilities.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:30 AM (glnUu)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:14 AM (glnUu)
Somebody should kindly recommend another phrase to her, something that essentially means the same thing but doesn't sound so dumb.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:30 AM (+YA9H)
And CD/DVDs are making a comeback. Everything old is new again. I, being over 29, never got rid of mine, though they take up a huge amount of space. I bitterly cling to my DVDs and CDs!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 04:32 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Using a similar logic, the DEA could sue every electric company in the country because some of their customers are using the electricity to grow weed illegally. Without a doubt, this was a The correct ruling.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:33 AM (glnUu)
Posted by: m
Hush your mouth. I want her to keep using it.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:34 AM (glnUu)
via @beyondreasdoubt
Rob Romano @2Aupdates
https://tinyurl.com/58kkak8s
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:37 AM (+YA9H)
He would mostly go on a profanity laced rant and almost get violent and want to smash the juke box. It always brought a tear of joy to my eyes.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 04:24 AM (Fbc0I)
What was his problem? It makes me want to get my voice back in shape and buy a microphone -- to record myself and play it back for side-by-side comparison -- and see how close I can get to Eric Burdon's style! I bet I could get at least 90% there, with enough practice.
Posted by: SciVo at March 26, 2026 04:42 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:44 AM (1o8D5)
I find if just comforting to have a hard copy of my favorite movies. Sure I got fast internet, and they brag that I could download a movie in a minute, but its just not the same. LP's I got some that I bought when an early teen I belonged to the Columbia Record Club and my dad gave me hell when he got the bill. But you get a free record once in awhile I'd tell him. He wasn't impressed. Hard to cancel also. And never could remember to send that card back that I didn't want the selection. At 14, I had other things to worry about.
Posted by: Colin at March 26, 2026 04:45 AM (e8qy3)
Posted by: Puddleglum
We are of a similar demographic and I went the other direction. My entire music and video collection is digital as is the bulk of my reading library. The trigger for this was having to manage them, meaning space and such, with something I just didn't want to deal with anymore. I do miss having physical media from time to time.
The decision to own physical media or not is radically different though then the dopamine that comes from social media engagement. One of my favorite examples of this was when I lived in a major downtown city. I had to back out of my apartment building onto a street that led directly to a freeway. This meant I often got trapped blocking the sidewalk for some minutes which would at times irritate the pedestrians. Except one guy. He was so engrossed with his phone he walked right into the side of my car and knocked himself on the ground. He popped right up and started screaming and yelling at me and waving his arms. It was all rather hilarious.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:47 AM (glnUu)
https://tinyurl.com/ymuccf4v
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:44 AM (1o8D5)
I'm dubious about the validity of that video. Needs to be better framed storywise.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:53 AM (+YA9H)
Around and Around (1964)
The early Animals recordings showed them to be a supremely competent cover band of American rock and roll and blues. I'm not sure where they fell apart, probably from a lack of songwriting talent and endless personnel changes.
https://youtu.be/VSKbgpOzt2Q
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 26, 2026 04:54 AM (glnUu)
He would mostly go on a profanity laced rant and almost get violent and want to smash the juke box. It always brought a tear of joy to my eyes.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 04:24 AM (Fbc0I)
House of the Rising Sun is one of my favorite songs from the 60s. It's still a great tune.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 26, 2026 04:54 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:54 AM (1o8D5)
Like mosquitos this morning.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:54 AM (1o8D5)
mosque-itos!
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:56 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:53 AM (+YA9H)
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Grok:
https://tinyurl.com/mx6phmbh
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:59 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 05:03 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 05:03 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:56 AM (+YA9H)
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I slam them!
Listening to intercept, where it lands I know not where.
OK, somewhere west-NW of Jerusalem, near the center, coastal area.
Back to work.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 05:04 AM (1o8D5)
Even the concurrence by the court's special needs justices Sotomayor and Jackson agreed with the majority opinion on this point of law and on the decision generally.
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When you've lost all five DEI fembot retards ...
Posted by: ShainS at March 26, 2026 05:05 AM (2Y1NN)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 05:06 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:53 AM (+YA9H)
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Grok:
https://tinyurl.com/mx6phmbh
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 04:59 AM (1o8D5)
Thank you!
I should have clarified: SC Rep. Ralph Norman should have framed the story better. I wasn't asking you to be my research assistant.... I'll put that full grok explanation in a new comment box below.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 05:07 AM (+YA9H)
Rep. Ralph Norman's post highlights a 2026 Eid al-Fitr procession video in Holy Islamville, a rural South Carolina Muslim enclave founded in 1983 by African-American converts, framing it as evidence of unchecked Sharia law infiltration in his district rather than a routine religious observance.
Holy Islamville, home to about 35 families following Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani's teachings, has endured terrorism allegations since the 1990s but local reports describe residents as law-abiding U.S. citizens who operate schools, businesses, and farms while upholding constitutional protections for their faith.
The post promotes Norman's involvement in the 2025-launched Sharia Free America Caucus, co-founded by Reps. Self and Roy to prioritize U.S. law over Islamic jurisprudence, eliciting replies that range from calls to ban Sharia to defenses of religious liberty and criticisms of the post as outdated fear-mongering.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 05:07 AM (+YA9H)
https://tinyurl.com/2pr3d7ac
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:08 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:13 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:13 AM (PFs9e)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 26, 2026 05:14 AM (tljrc)
https://tinyurl.com/v3bd7jcv
Sorry for making this a book thread. I am otherwise occupied on Sunday mornings and you're all used to be being totally non techy here. I thank you for your patience
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:25 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
>I don't know why or what triggered him. That's what made it so much fun.
He lost it when this tune was playing. Good times.
His father, a high school teacher, was a pig that liked to fuck high school girls. Maybe that was it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 05:32 AM (Fbc0I)
I'm not a gamer. Epic Games - Fortnite - layed off 1000 people. It was on Deadline a few days ago.
I used AI...yeah, I know...and asked if they went woke. Yep. Some sort of Rainbow crap event for Pride. Plenty of other games out there.
Dog's in. Everyone have a great day.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 7 - extreme dog care at March 26, 2026 05:35 AM (Sco7b)
As for the music case, I know it sounds crazy but if the music companies would actually make the music available at a reasonable price this could solve some of the problems.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 05:38 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)
I can only imagine the fun from humming or whistling a few bars from that song around him. ;-)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 05:42 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
>The beauty of it was that he never knew I played those songs on the juke box. I'd rather just sit back and hear him rail. I'm easily amused.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 05:50 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 05:53 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 05:38 AM (NR6c1)
That was basically Apple's argument for 99-cent MP3s (DRM-free) on iTunes: if we make music tracks easy to buy in a format that's easy to use, many people will do that instead of pirating. And they were correct, and Amazon did likewise; and bands went back to vinyl albums, but with a free download code for the digital tracks. And it worked, not like before with jackpot winners left and right, but people could make a living.
Now it's Spotify ruining the revenue model for musicians, not illegal filesharing torrents. The case was practically irrelevant by the time SCOTUS ruled.
Posted by: SciVo at March 26, 2026 05:56 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 26, 2026 05:57 AM (d9i2R)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 05:59 AM (+YA9H)
https://tinyurl.com/38ca3jjh
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:00 AM (rZCVI)
Very nice and important passage. Thanks! May you have a blessed day in the Lord, brother!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:01 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Looking forward to reading that when I get home. Sounds more than a little impressive.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 06:03 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:03 AM (wzUl9)
2 break/fix
3 feature requests
10 refinements
Most of them are easy.
The refinements are mostly to put static side bars and page elements into drawers or modals and add more and different charts.
The charts will the hardest as some of them are for data sets and criteria that are not present in the current build.
But all in all I'm happy so far.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 26, 2026 06:04 AM (zWn86)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 05:50 AM (Fbc0I)
Now, with TouchTunes, you can prank people at a distance!
Daily Mail (2019): "Man gets back at his wife for leaving him at home and going on a girls' night by playing Chumbawamba on repeat in the bar via a jukebox app"
https://tinyurl.com/3v6u5x2t
Posted by: SciVo at March 26, 2026 06:04 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 06:10 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 26, 2026 06:10 AM (DDJSl)
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at March 26, 2026 06:10 AM (NZIuw)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:11 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:15 AM (O7YUW)
- Some spam needs to be shown the door.Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:16 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:17 AM (O7YUW)
Gotta say that's one of the funnier spam ads I've seen on here.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:17 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 06:20 AM (u82oZ)
$3.19 for regular: Is that what you in MO, and KS are seeing?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)
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It's about $3.50 or so here in south-central MO for regular.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 26, 2026 06:23 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 06:24 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:25 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 06:25 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 06:25 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:27 AM (O7YUW)
Good morning!
From what I heard, Pixy fixed a hole in the blog firewall to ban those kind of ads (mostly from Pakistan).
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026 06:27 AM (u82oZ)
Patricia Walker doesn't sound like a very "Pakistani" name, but I suppose it would be "Yvette Ballieu" and in French when spam was done in France and whatever the "typical" Pakistani name is there.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:36 AM (ix8EF)
https://tinyurl.com/2rphwzrs
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 06:38 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026
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That's within a normal variation from the $3.19 I read. Even your price would be a better deal than what I have.
E0 is something else. The nearby station I had been using, $2.99/gal., is now $4.09 with their E10 at $3.69. (To be fair, their E0 is 90 octane instead of 87.)
Close by I have an Exxon convenience store which has E0 for only .30 more than E10; but I doubt I'll see a small spread like that in the 'burbs today. Their E0 is also 90 octane.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:39 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 26, 2026
***
Dear ol' Pock-ee-stahn.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026 06:40 AM (ehY6c)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 06:45 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: kingsman at March 26, 2026
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On my way back from Indiana, I filled up with Buc-ee's E0 in north Alabama. Saw 34 mpg on the trip home, and that was at 70 mph with the A/C on in a big V-6 powered car. There are no Buc-ees in northern MS yet, or farther north, though.
I'll fill up with E0, no matter the cost, just before I leave for KS, and go with whatever E10 I find after that. A chunk of my route will be on old Federal highways, not Interstates. The slower speed will help my mpg, but stops and slowdowns in small towns won't.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:47 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:50 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2026 06:50 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:50 AM (O7YUW)
Reason: Some midwest senator's retirement fund
Justification: Shut Up, Peasant
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2026 06:51 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026
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None, except somebody is getting paid, somewhere.
Originally it was supposed to reduce emissions. Well, modern cars do that (with expensive emissions systems) just fine. We've reached the point of diminishing returns on that.
I usually see close to 10%+ mpg when I use E0. Since E0 usually sells for more than 10% over E10, it doesn't really make financial sense, but I still do it when I can.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 26, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)
Dollars per mile versus miles per tank?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2026 06:55 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 26, 2026 06:55 AM (2NHgQ)
I saw this when accessing the site with my phone out in the wild (not on my home network where I have multiple layers of ad-blocking built in), and I was using the chrome browser.
Try the "Brave" browser, or use Firefox with the uBlock Origin extension.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:58 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 26, 2026 06:58 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 26, 2026 07:00 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:01 AM (Q+1hc)
People who take the scenic route are 30% less stressed.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 26, 2026 07:01 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 26, 2026 07:04 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 26, 2026 07:01 AM (3Ope
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62% of the time, according to experts
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:04 AM (Q+1hc)
https://tinyurl.com/k695bwt2
And that's it for today. And the hordians all cheered!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 26, 2026 07:05 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 26, 2026 07:06 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 26, 2026 07:01 AM (3Ope
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62% of the time, according to experts
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:04 AM (Q+1hc)
excuse me!
math on the blog?
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:07 AM (+YA9H)
You're effectively burning the nation's topsoil, ruining engines, taking land out of production which could be feeding livestock, and creating huge subsidization structures to keep it all in motion. Do you need more justification than that?
Posted by: Congress at March 26, 2026 07:07 AM (3arSl)
Well, apparently there is another lawsuit against their subsidiary Crunchyroll so you might get your wish.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:11 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:11 AM (+YA9H)
Helluva woman, I'm starting to think. Patriot.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:12 AM (Q+1hc)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
That statement implies they take a break from being angry.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:13 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 26, 2026 07:15 AM (Q+1hc)
Interstate highway driving has been a chore for a number of years now, with the merge lane maniacs driving past a stopped lane of traffic to force themselves to the front being my newest pet peeve.
Took the long way home yesterday, more time and money but oh so worth it.
Posted by: Auspex at March 26, 2026 07:16 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 26, 2026 07:06 AM (2NHgQ)
Sometimes better to keep the nasty little f'ers fully employed and busy busy busy.
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:18 AM (+YA9H)
Ethanol is the replacement oxygenate. Near as I can tell it’s a government mandated example of “the solution to pollution is dilution”.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 07:18 AM (iLmv1)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 26, 2026 07:21 AM (6JQwz)
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That part isn’t true. Not even a little bit.
I’m no fan of ethanol in gasoline, but the remainder from ethanol production is turned into distiller’s dried grain, or DDGs. Fed to livestock, same as it always was, just minus the starch.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 07:23 AM (iLmv1)
Ethanol is the replacement oxygenate. Near as I can tell it’s a government mandated example of “the solution to pollution is dilution”.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 26, 2026 07:18 AM (iLmv1)
good one
Maybe "the fix for icks is mix."
not so good
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:23 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 26, 2026 07:24 AM (D4x+R)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:25 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:26 AM (+YA9H)
Known as late zipper merging. It seems that if done correctly, it is the most efficient method of managing traffic flow.
"If done correctly" means drivers in the through lane are paying attention and allowing space for merge lane autos to move over, not being assholes by blocking them.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 07:27 AM (Y1sOo)
When that was forced on us in CA, I remember the chattering class giggling about how we right wing nutjobs were spreading doom and gloom over it. And when the nutjobs were proven right, it was radio silence from those people.
I just remember how it cut my car's mileage by a considerable amount.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 26, 2026 07:28 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: LASue at March 26, 2026 07:30 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 26, 2026 07:30 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: one hour sober
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No.
There is no correct way to be a late-merging asshole
Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 26, 2026 07:32 AM (PFY6v)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 26, 2026 07:32 AM (MIIRH)
Okay?
Block them from moving over if it makes you feel powerful. Just know that experts in traffic flow, which isn't me, of course, will be calling you the asshole.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 26, 2026 07:38 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:25 AM (+YA9H)
I'll ask again tomorrow!
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:42 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 07:44 AM (+YA9H)
Wednesday Night ONT - March 25, 2026 [TRex]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for very random mid-week shenanigans of the post-cafe overnight variety. Did I mention the shenanigans were random? They are indeed random.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. Leave Tucker, Megyn, Candace and anyone similar to threads elsewhere. Your reward is permission to periodically break into "Let's go Brandon" chants in the bar. [Top photo credit: B1 at RAF Fairford UK. Photographer unknown.]
[Photo credit: Maximilian Schönherr - Wikipedia]
The origin of OK is disputed. However, most modern reference works hold that it originated around Boston as part of a fad in the late 1830s of abbreviating misspellings - that it is an initialism of "oll korrect" as a misspelling of "all correct."----------------------
How many times can you put a balloon up your nose and pull it out your mouth? We bet not many of you have ever actually tried! But at Guinness World Records, we love celebrating unique talents just like this. On 29 August 2025, Malte Dünser (Austria), broke the Guinness World Records title for most balloons passed through the nose and out the mouth in one minute. This wild record attempt took place on the set of Guinness World Records - Die große Show der Weltrekorde, in Munich, Germany, in front of an audience. Malte managed to complete the trick 10 times, repeatedly threading the uninflated balloons through one nostril, and pulling them out through his mouth.There are photos at the link if you want to see more. I won't post them here. I mourn for the days when a Guinness World Record meant something more significant than stuffing balloons up your nose (not that there's anything wrong with that...).
Caterpillar D11 bulldozer overhauls - this is a good video if you're into that sort of thing (actually, it is a pretty good video even if you don't care):
New data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) shows more people are having gambling problems, especially with sports betting. Call to the state's Problem Gambling Helpline were up 121 percent in just a year, between 2022 and 2023, DPH announced Wednesday. So why has there been an increase? DPH said it's a result of improving access to helplines with public awareness campaigns and education statewide. "The increase in calls is a sign that people are feeling comfortable reaching out," Odessa Dwarika, the program director for the Massachusetts Council on Gaming and Health, told WBZ-TV. "If folks are experiencing harm but they don't know how to get resources or they don't feel comfortable getting resources, you're not going to see that bump in numbers."Up 121 percent on one year? Heavens! Must be a sign of major gambling problems and a success story for the state's gambling help hotline, right? Well... From Boston.com: Half of recent calls to state's gambling helpline were for help placing mobile sports bets, new report shows
According to DPH's report, the helpline saw a surge in calls after sports betting was legalized. But of the 2,069 calls from February to June 2023, 1,043 were non-helpline calls, the report said. Those callers were "looking for technical support for their sports wagering mobile applications and platforms." The Office of Problem Gambling Services attributed the confusion to an increase in sports wagering advertisements, which list the helpline.The gambling help hotline became a tech support line for gamblers because online gaming companies were required to list the helpline in their ads? No matter how much you distrust politicians and hate the media, it is not enough. Never believe anything you read in a media story without checking for yourself.
A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee has been formally charged with murder and multiple related offenses in connection with a deadly shooting that occurred in Charles County on March 22, 2026. Dayton James Webber, 27, of La Plata, Md., was arraigned in the District Court of Maryland for Charles County after being located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and arrested following the fatal shooting of 27-year‑old Bradrick Michael Wells, according to court documents. Police have not explained how Webber was able to drive a car or fire a weapon. Webber underwent quadruple amputation as a baby after a blood infection, according to reports. He's a professional cornhole player in the American Cornhole League (ACL).Armed and dangerous? No, but he won't have a leg to stand on in court.
Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Thank you for your attention to this matter. We aim to whelm.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: clarence at March 25, 2026 10:00 PM (bbCED)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at March 25, 2026 10:01 PM (EP7Sw)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2026 10:01 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: mindful webworker - on to the content at March 25, 2026 10:01 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: LASue at March 25, 2026 10:01 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: LASue at March 25, 2026 10:02 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: The Jutes at March 25, 2026 10:04 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Hall Monitor Lizard at March 25, 2026 10:04 PM (mFz+I)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:05 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at March 25, 2026 10:01 PM
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Gold star for enthusiasm.
Posted by: TRex - voting enthusiast dino at March 25, 2026 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:05 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:06 PM (nWPIJ)
(Or as my second mother-in-law used to say, tongue firmly in her cheek: "Apprezz-voose, mahn cherry!")
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:06 PM (wzUl9)
And TIL the Barbie/Ken relationship is incestuous.
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)
https://jurassicjourney.org/
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 25, 2026 10:06 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: mindful webworker - playing by hear at March 25, 2026 10:07 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: Heroq at March 25, 2026 10:07 PM (AvVQO)
Someone please explain to me in simple words why we need to remake Harry Potter. They seem to be using the same plot.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)
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Then there was Hot Wheels, the German Shepherd.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:07 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026
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That's "Whee"!"
( -- Spam Gangree)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:07 PM (wzUl9)
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And TIL the Barbie/Ken relationship is incestuous.
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)
Is that wrong?
Posted by: George Lucas at March 25, 2026 10:07 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:05 PM (ESVrU)
Here they will meet the innkeeper, Larson, who has no ass but, for some reason, wears chaps.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 10:08 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 10:08 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 25, 2026 10:08 PM (w/O5Q)
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And TIL the Barbie/Ken relationship is incestuous.
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)
Is that wrong?
Posted by: George Lucas at March 25, 2026 10:07 PM (ULPxl)
Like the dolls, they had no genitals, so it was less wrong.
Posted by: Hall Monitor Lizard at March 25, 2026 10:09 PM (s522d)
Heading up. But Nova on PBS today is about the crash with the Francis Scott Key bridge. PBS Detroit is replaying it so others probably are too.
Haven't seen it. But I figure someone here would be interested.
Good night all.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 10:09 PM (Sco7b)
Someone please explain to me in simple words why we need to remake Harry Potter. They seem to be using the same plot.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)
Harry Potter 1A: The Search for More Gold
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 25, 2026 10:09 PM (S/Y4j)
Barbies are great toys because they get two lives. First, girls play with them and dress them up, and then their brothers undress them when they're just starting to become sexually aware.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)
Um, Barbie and Ken are siblings? This certainly casts their relationship in a new light.
No wonder Barbie preferred G.I. Joe.
Posted by: mindful webworker - with the funk kew grip at March 25, 2026 10:10 PM (jrd4M)
https://jurassicjourney.org/
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 25, 2026 10:06 PM
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I don't always click links in the comments, but when I do - they involve dinos after dark. Looks like fun.
Posted by: TRex - part time dino re-enactor at March 25, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 25, 2026 10:09 PM (S/Y4j)
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careful....
Posted by: Spaceballs II - The Search for More Money at March 25, 2026 10:10 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Hall Monitor Lizard at March 25, 2026 10:04 PM (mFz+I)
Public space.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 10:11 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)
Presumably, because there is an entire generation for whom the HP books are all they've ever read and the entertainment industry wishes to disassociate it from THAT WOMAN, who is a doctrinaire leftist except where trans is concerned.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 10:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 10:12 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:12 PM (jmsL3)
Chartier's City. 3621 Chartiers Ave - White Lily Baptist Church. Caller said that two old ladies are having a cane fight in the middle of the street.
If more disputes could result in duels, there would be fewer disputes.
A society where Ediths can expect Mildreds to beat them about the head with a stick for their poor behavior creates better-behaved Ediths.
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)
Great photo of the B-1 up top. (Any photo of military aircraft is great....)
Thanks for the information on the school bus black lines. Makes sense!
And thank you to those quirky folks in Pittsburgh! They never fail to disappoint.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 25, 2026 10:12 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:14 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 25, 2026 10:12 PM
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You're welcome! Thank you for your patronage.
Posted by: TRex - randomly dino at March 25, 2026 10:15 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:15 PM (jmsL3)
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Tragically, Barbies don't answer too many of the burning questions in a preteen boy's mind.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:15 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: The Paolo at March 25, 2026 10:15 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 25, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
A little later came the Secret Agent X-7 series of toys, a camera that would transform into a gun, that kind of thing. Kurt Russell starred as a 13-year-old James Bondian agent in the TV commercials.
Only Marx had as wide a range of products -- maybe even wider.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:15 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 10:16 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 10:16 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 10:16 PM (Cqx++)
Cornyn?
Posted by: Heroq at March 25, 2026 10:17 PM (AvVQO)
Posted by: Methos at March 25, 2026 10:17 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:18 PM (wzUl9)
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Tragically, Barbies don't answer too many of the burning questions in a preteen boy's mind.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:15 PM (nWPIJ)
"The clitoris really is a myth!"
Posted by: Hall Monitor Lizard at March 25, 2026 10:18 PM (s522d)
Posted by: scampydog at March 25, 2026 10:18 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 25, 2026 10:18 PM (bXmeO)
Am disappoint.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 10:16 PM (diia5)
Now I have it playing in my head.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:19 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:14 PM (jmsL3)
* * * *
BRRRRRTTTTT!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 25, 2026 10:19 PM (vrNzf)
Am disappoint.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 10:16 PM
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Considered, but wrong air frame. Can you imagine the wailing of the Horde over a mismatch?
Posted by: TRex - Janes Defense dino at March 25, 2026 10:19 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Cicero
They don't menstruate, for one thing
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:19 PM (gKWVE)
Try some Green Dragon* wheated whiskey...
*yeah, I know... the Green Dragon is in the Shire, and it's the Sign of The Prancing Pony in Bree. So there. Now who's going to pay for the slashed pillows?
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 10:19 PM (XuXeR)
I imagine Ken was also something of a disappointment to the blossoming young women.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)
Benjamin Holt arrived in California in 1883. The Holt brothers formed the Stockton Wheel Company to season woods in a way that would prepare them for use in the arid valleys of California and deserts of the West. They based their new venture in the warm Central Valley town of Stockton, California, where the climate was suitable for drying wooden wheels. (because it's the hellhole of the universe ed.)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 25, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: TRex - Janes Defense dino at March 25, 2026 10:19 PM (IQ6Gq)
Anna would give you a slow sad shake of her head.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 10:20 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: scampydog at March 25, 2026 10:18 PM
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Doggo! I think mine are still in my childhood home. I'll find a few for you.
Posted by: TRex - orange track dino at March 25, 2026 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 10:21 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)
Or set the bar low for some unfortunate dudes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 10:12 PM (rbvCR)
Sean Penn showed up.
Niemands Knegt
@NiemandsKnegt
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Mar 19
Translated from Dutch
Sean Penn (…
is making a tour along the front in Ukraine, together with Andriy Yermak (…, former (?) right-hand man of Zelensky and shadow president of Ukraine, main suspect in Ukraine's biggest corruption scandal...Posted by: 13times at March 25, 2026 10:21 PM (yYZDH)
Posted by: scampydog at March 25, 2026
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Hot Wheels came along a little too late for me. Six or seven years before, I'd have been all over them. Same for GI Joe and the other poseable action figures like Johnny West; I was a bit too old and "grown up" by then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:21 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 25, 2026 10:22 PM (fd80v)
...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Neighbor down the street got a Garand for Christmas. He was king of the war games.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:22 PM (jmsL3)
This is part and parcel of how you got Trump, by the way. Failure theater, “that’s not who we are” and “compassion” for invaders. Assholes
Posted by: Common Tater at March 25, 2026 10:22 PM (oDIDz)
The Nissan Z advert...
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 10:22 PM (XuXeR)
Never been there. Sounds interesting😏....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 25, 2026 10:23 PM (bXmeO)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
On my first day reporting to a new team, the supervisor, a lady, called a meeting to introduce me to the rest of the gang - all women. During the general chit-chat while getting to know each other, she asked me "Do you cornhole?".
I kept it together until one of the other gals laughed out loud. I never did get to answer the question. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2026 10:23 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 25, 2026 10:24 PM (IX8iX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:24 PM (jmsL3)
Well, yeah. How many survived?
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 10:24 PM (XuXeR)
Stockton, California
The Wild West adventures of the Barkley family in California's San Joaquin Valley.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 10:24 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 25, 2026 10:18 PM
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Howdy! I always appreciate that you include a dino emoji!
Posted by: TRex - two dimensional dino at March 25, 2026 10:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: TRex - orange track dino at March 25, 2026 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Can assist with retrieval if arms/top shelf scenario.
Posted by: scampydog at March 25, 2026 10:24 PM (41CYW)
The coolest thing was running the Hot Wheels cars down their yellow plastic tracks.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026 10:25 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Heroq
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Something should happen.
It can't be said.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:25 PM (jmsL3)
Was he bailing with a red solo cup as post Katrina?
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 10:25 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 10:16 PM (Cqx++)
There was a recording going around of two guys calling the gambling hotline, betting on whether the operator who answered was going to be a guy or a gal.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 10:26 PM (rbvCR)
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Corgi Toys > Matchbox
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:26 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:05 PM
Have you seen the latest crop of "trans" women? ALL balrogs as far as I can tell.
Of course they now describe themselves as lesbians, since they are still attracted to women.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 25, 2026 10:27 PM (HlyYF)
You never see this the other way. You’ll never see Washington or Illinois elect a DINO.
It’s so damn frustrating.
Posted by: Heroq at March 25, 2026 10:27 PM (AvVQO)
And thanks a lot for the B-1 photo. I spent several years of my professional lives working on and around them and the engineering support required by the AF. This is, regardless of what amateurs think, a spectacular aircraft. It can also dispatch objects on the ground but without guns!!
Screw Danger Zone. It's a stinkin' Navy song!!
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 25, 2026 10:27 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 25, 2026 10:22 PM (fd80v)
It doesn't matter because he won't come anyway.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 25, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: scampydog
A pal of mine's mother gave away his Lionel train set to the next door neighbor kid while he did his 13 months in Vietnam. He was furious after he found out when he returned home. He walked over to the neighbor's house and the kid was playing with it in his sandbox.
I think that effected him more deeply than anything he experienced during his enlistment.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2026 10:27 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: The Paolo at March 25, 2026 10:15 PM (8zz6B)
You like to eat out?
Posted by: Mrs French at March 25, 2026 10:28 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Kratwurst at March 25, 2026 10:28 PM (fcDpY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 10:16 PM (Cqx++)
Sean Penn has been really lonely since his last dictator bestie, Hugo Chavez, died. It is good that he if finding new corrupt frenz
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 10:28 PM (rbvCR)
'What do you call a man with no arms and no legs run over by a schoolbus?
It doesn't matter because he won't come anyway.'
Ha-ha. No.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 25, 2026 10:29 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026 10:29 PM (y171U)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 10:29 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 25, 2026 10:29 PM (+9wcF)
I think both guns were double action -- not true to life, of course, in the case of the Western gun. But you could cock it single-action. Either way, when the hammer came down, the cap let off a satisfying bang with an aroma of gunpowder; the bullet flew out of the barrel to hit something or more likely to be lost forever; and the cartridge remained in the cylinder.
No wonder I like guns.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)
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"Thank you for your service. BTW, we gave away all your shit while you were gone."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:30 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Piper at March 25, 2026 10:30 PM (Wmg4n)
Old lady cane fight! Yeah! I'd pay to see it🤪!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 25, 2026 10:30 PM (bXmeO)
Posted by: Hall Monitor Lizard at March 25, 2026 10:04 PM (mFz+I)
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I'm not touching you. I'm not touching you.
(Too tempting! 😉
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 25, 2026 10:31 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 10:31 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 25, 2026 10:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
Hey, really? We have standards.
/Balrogs United, local 33
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 10:31 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 25, 2026 10:31 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)
Lighten up, Francis . . . . .
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 25, 2026 10:31 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 25, 2026 10:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
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I thought their game was called BOHICA.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:32 PM (nWPIJ)
Mama Basura threw my stuff away. She claimed it had been in a outbuilding that had leaked, yet she still had stuff in there.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 25, 2026 10:32 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 10:32 PM (XuXeR)
The coolest thing was running the Hot Wheels cars down their yellow plastic tracks.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026
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Aurora had their HO-scale slot car-like Model Motoring sets. Though to do a really good setup would have been la big outlay of cash, like a major-league model train layout.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:32 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Tonypete
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Similar, but your story is better. My mom gave mine to a family with 8 kids. Saw them playing with them - Grinch/heart thing.
Posted by: scampydog at March 25, 2026 10:33 PM (41CYW)
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speed bump
Throw him in the pool and call him Bob
Posted by: Kratwurst at March 25, 2026 10:33 PM (fcDpY)
Good info.
I guess firemen wouldn't think to just open one of the windows.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 10:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JackWayne at March 25, 2026 10:33 PM (864sQ)
Posted by: Piper
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You're supposed to use a rubber hose.
Posted by: Kotter's kids at March 25, 2026 10:33 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:32 PM (nWPIJ)
That's the East Coast version.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 25, 2026 10:34 PM (1Ff7Z)
Can't speak Japanese, don't know what she's saying.
https://tinyurl.com/4dz3evxe
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:34 PM (jmsL3)
Seems like this would be easy to prove by checking the records, suppliers and NSN or DLA info. I’ve read a couple accounts where veterans swore they saw the Mattel name stamped on them in the 1960s era. For their part Mattel would or should know too, through company archives, retired employees etc.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 25, 2026 10:34 PM (5dzh4)
Do I dare open it?
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 10:35 PM (XuXeR)
My Barbie is still in MS. Someone (a cousin? maid?) stole Skipper & Scooter and a really old Barbie that was my cousin's. I think Ken is there. I'm pretty ticked off because my mother claims she has no idea. Nor any idea where my Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames, & brother's Hardy Boy's books are.
She is not senile. She either let some cousin's kid's take what they wanted or I don't know.
I forgive her, of course, but once I had our first granddaughter I was pretty excited to give my stuf f to her. No, they were not in the way, either, on the second floor and empty bedroom. I am now done with my selfish ways. They better not have been sold on e-bay (ok, I was not done).
When we moved to the farm I entered 5th grade and met new friends. A good friend, even now and one of the nicest people ever, had older siblings. She taught me cuss words and with Barbie and Ken, sex. Imagine my surprise when I was older!
Yes I grew up on a farm. Yes we had cows and horses, but I thought they were playing. Yes I was that naive and not pretending. And, yes, my husband had to explain some stuff to me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 10:35 PM (WONhk)
I guess firemen wouldn't think to just open one of the windows.
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Either we use the Jaws of Life or we go home and masturbate.
Posted by: Firemen at March 25, 2026 10:35 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Piper
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There are only so many orifices that can be used for smuggling drugs...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:36 PM (ESVrU)
I didn't have the issue with giving away the kids toys.
I had them packed and stored in the basement. Unfortunately the basement flooded.
Three feet of water destroyed everything.
Posted by: fourseasons at March 25, 2026 10:36 PM (3ek7K)
My dad started his business with an old CAT that he remembers fondly to this day.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 25, 2026 10:36 PM (RkOfE)
In this short set on a UK variety show, I like to think that the second song literally takes place after the first, with him strumming his guitar while watching the world from heaven. The bassist is very sweaty by then, and while it was probably just from the hot studio lights, it's amusing to imagine that it was from the pressure of filling such big shoes on the backup vocals, since the album version had George Harrison himself for that (and backup acoustic guitar).
The Jeff Healey Band - Life Beyond The Sky / While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Jools Holland's Happening 1991)
https://youtu.be/TzvBVp-5eEY
Posted by: SciVo at March 25, 2026 10:37 PM (Sy6m/)
·
9h
🚨BREAKING: Israel is concerned that Trump may stop the war suddenly, so Netanyahu has instructed the IDF to WIPE OUT Iran’s arms industry within 48 hours.
- NY Times
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 10:38 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 25, 2026 10:30 PM (bXmeO)
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I've seen old people fight with walkers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper
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There are only so many orifices that can be used for smuggling drugs...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:36 PM (ESVrU)
I was more thinking about potential suffocation and / or choking with a deleterious ending. But I guess drugs, too.
Posted by: Piper at March 25, 2026 10:39 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 25, 2026 10:40 PM (7D3Aa)
They were experienced.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:40 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
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You know it's serious when the tennis balls come off.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:40 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 10:41 PM (ZxPkt)
The Wild West adventures of the Barkley family in California's San Joaquin Valley.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 10:24 PM (Cqx++)
I had a crush on Linda Evans. Still do.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026 10:41 PM (y171U)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 25, 2026 10:42 PM (RkOfE)
I have to sniff saline solution every night, which was probably a very attractive feature for my bf/husband who didn't seem to notice and I told him what I was doing. However, not something I advertised as a bonus to anyone.
I don't even want a MD with a scope to look in there ever again. I can't imagine putting a balloon in there on purpose.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 10:42 PM (WONhk)
- NY Times
Posted by: Don Black
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Blow 'em up,
blow 'em up,
blow 'em up one more time.
And again.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:43 PM (jmsL3)
——-
I had my pickup parked at Dad’s garage while I was deployed for a couple years. My niece took it without asking anyone about it, T-boned someone at an intersection with injury. I didn’t know anything about it. She just parked it in the garage and left it.
Then I started getting e-mails. “Hey, would it be OK if I drove your truck”? I said no way.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 25, 2026 10:43 PM (VqV9I)
I didn't have the issue with giving away the kids toys.
I had them packed and stored in the basement. Unfortunately the basement flooded.
Three feet of water destroyed everything.
Posted by: fourseasons at March 25, 2026 10:36 PM (3ek7K)
It was for the best.
Basements are the abode of demons.
Possessed toys are no one's friends.
Posted by: Hall Monitor Lizard at March 25, 2026 10:43 PM (s522d)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 25, 2026 10:42 PM (RkOfE)
Yeah, I liked that, too. They probably started the fire.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 10:43 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: scampydog
A pal of mine's mother gave away his Lionel train set to the next door neighbor kid while he did his 13 months in Vietnam. He was furious after he found out when he returned home. He walked over to the neighbor's house and the kid was playing with it in his sandbox.
I think that effected him more deeply than anything he experienced during his enlistment.
Posted by: Tonypete
'We' had a big azz heavy metal O gauge train set.
Parents put it on display in family room (which had all the curios).
Sometime in HS my older brother stole it and pawned it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 10:43 PM (/lPRQ)
The newest item on the Bucket List is a Girls Trip to New York City. Neither of us has ever been - we have reservations for 4 Broadway shows, a Mother's Day Dinner Cruise, and Mother's Day Brunch at Tavern on the Green. We are "making our lists" of all of the touristy things that we want to see.
We are very excited!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 25, 2026 10:44 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: 496 at March 25, 2026 10:44 PM (8r3SU)
And making them loop the loop. That was amazing—and required serious thought about how to set up the tracks!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 25, 2026 10:44 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:26 PM (nWPIJ)
I missed out on Corgi Toy cars. Would've loved to have had a James Bond Aston Martin Corgi.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026 10:45 PM (y171U)
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Mamdani welcomes you, as long as you're not a filthy Jew.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:45 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Old Fossil at March 25, 2026 10:45 PM (oftw2)
- NY Times
Posted by: Don Black
Cue the 1812 Overture...
Posted by: Cock of the Walk at March 25, 2026 10:45 PM (lBq2W)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 10:24 PM (Cqx++)
The boxing adventure of Billy Tully in Fat City.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 25, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)
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1. Hot dog
2. Pizza
3. Bagel
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 10:48 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 25, 2026 10:40 PM (7D3Aa)
Cane and purse vs. club and shield
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 25, 2026 10:49 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: DBCooper at March 25, 2026 10:49 PM (RqHQz)
Posted by: Old Fossil
The median age in my town is 74. (By way of comparison, the median age in my state is 39). Just from observation, one is never too old for shenanigans. It is absolutely astounding what these old ladies will say and do.
They are completely out of shits to give.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2026 10:49 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Old Fossil at March 25, 2026 10:45 PM
You are never too old for shenanigans!
Posted by: Piper at March 25, 2026 10:49 PM (Wmg4n)
Both videos are also on the White House’s Instagram, suggesting that this is not some kind of accident or hack, these videos, whatever they may mean, are being intentionally shared by the Trump Administration
#1, 39m
Strange video posted earlier by the White House on X, possibly accidentally, in which a female individual, potentially Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, can be heard saying, “It’s launching soon right?”
#2, 17m
Another cryptic video just posted by the White House, featuring static obscuring a drooping American Flag.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:49 PM (jmsL3)
It can't be said.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:25 PM (jmsL3)
I have faith that President Trump will fix this once he's finished with all the cardboard imams.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 10:50 PM (WONhk)
- NY Times
Posted by: Don Black
Cue the 1812 Overture...
Posted by: Cock of the Walk at March 25, 2026 10:45 PM (lBq2W)
Ride of the Valkyries, blasting from their Helios.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 25, 2026 10:50 PM (S/Y4j)
2. Pizza
3. Bagel
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 10:48 PM (RIvkX)
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Don't forget The World's Best Cup of Coffee.
Posted by: Elf at March 25, 2026 10:50 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Piper at March 25, 2026 10:50 PM (Wmg4n)
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1. Hot dog
2. Pizza
3. Bagel
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Hot dog yeah, no. Pizza is tops
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 25, 2026 10:51 PM (BAWkL)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
One three year OCONUS tour.
Never saw or seen my shit again. Despite it being put in a back corner of one of the two barns they had.
Shit I tucked it behind hadn't been moved in years before I tucked mine behind it. That same shit was still back there after three years.
So, yeah, they went out of their way to move a bunch of shit they haven't touched in years to junk my stuff, then put their shit back.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 10:51 PM (/lPRQ)
Do I dare open it?
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 10:35 PM (XuXeR)
I just skimmed 50 or so sold results on eBay for "vintage Wilson badminton set". All but one were sold for less than $100, the one being an LL Bean 2005 set for about $135.
Your risk seems minimal. Have some fun.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 25, 2026 10:51 PM (w/O5Q)
Shenanigans however (like Golf) is a sport one can thoroughly enjoy well into the twilight years.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 25, 2026 10:51 PM (VqV9I)
We are very excited!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 25, 2026 10:44 PM (SRRAx)
Excited for you, Teresa! Have a blast!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 10:52 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: The Great Schnozzola at March 25, 2026 10:52 PM (oftw2)
I hope big black Stirling cat doesn't wake me up early.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:52 PM (wzUl9)
John M. Larrier@DefenseBulletin . 3h
This is notable, as earlier today, news broke that Israel struck a key node for Russo-Iranian trade networks, the Bandar Anzali port on the Caspian Sea, striking C2 hubs, warships, and shipyard infrastructure.
Additionally, to those who think that Russia sending drones back to Iran is foolish due to Iran being the original producer, Russia has onshored production for much of its Shahed supply during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, and such measures have allowed them to produce and field Shaheds at scale in a LSCO environment.
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Russia never puts all its stuff up front.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:53 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 25, 2026 10:31 PM
One bas to wonder about the size of that cornhole...
Nevermind....🤯
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 25, 2026 10:53 PM (bXmeO)
- NY Times
Posted by: Don Black
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Good Cop / Bad Cop
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 10:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:32 PM (wzUl9)
I remember the Aurora Pike's Peak slot car set in the Sears Roebuck Christmas catalog. It was $25 An awesome toy, but a lot of money for 1966.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026 10:54 PM (y171U)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 25, 2026
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One bas to wonder about the size of that cornhole...
Nevermind....🤯
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 25, 2026
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This is just the kind of speculation I was hoping to avoid. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:54 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 10:55 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Cock of the Walk
Ride of the Valkyries, blasting from their Helios.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Winged Hussars - Two Steps from Hell - Victory https://t.ly/rKlVp
Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2026 10:55 PM (cYBz/)
They are completely out of shits to give.
Posted by: Tonypete
They threw eggs at your house and mooned you?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 25, 2026 10:55 PM (BAWkL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)
Nevermind....🤯
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One great thing about anal prolapse is that it offers an incredible grip.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:55 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 10:56 PM (D4x+R)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 10:57 PM (BT3km)
Stevie Nicks jokes aside, me neither. I never understood why people do this. Maybe because I have apnea.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:57 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: This is really difficult to picture at March 25, 2026 10:57 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: GWB at March 25, 2026 10:57 PM (x9vBb)
I keep reading that ice was funded by the BBB. The gop was boasting how it will lead to thousands of additional agents getting hired.
So how is it not funded now? It’s all a shell game to launder money it seems.
Posted by: Heroq at March 25, 2026 10:58 PM (AvVQO)
I remember the Aurora Pike's Peak slot car set in the Sears Roebuck Christmas catalog. It was $25 An awesome toy, but a lot of money for 1966.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026
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I think my Monogram 1/8 scale Jaguar XKE model kit that year retailed for $9.95 or so. Certainly the Timex Electric watch I received that Christmas was $39.99. Heckuva lotta money, I realize now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:58 PM (wzUl9)
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On gambling, they made two mistakes.
One, they listed it as a helpline, instead of a hotline.
Two, they should have bought a 900 number and redirected it, and put the 900 number on the flyers the gambling companies sent out. They'd be funding the entire state budget.
Posted by: RandomDave at March 25, 2026 10:58 PM (aJQbY)
I wonder if they clean their dicks before they have round two.
Yes it's gross to think about but they are gross and disgusting.
Posted by: fourseasons at March 25, 2026 10:58 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 10:54 PM (/lPRQ)
I saw people on X freaking out about that. As if the NYT knows what Netanyahu is thinking.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 10:58 PM (D4x+R)
Nevermind....🤯
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 25, 2026 10:53 PM (bXmeO)
Cavernous, probably. But enough about nostrils, like Rex said.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 25, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wait for it... at March 25, 2026 11:00 PM (TbWk/)
My mother got a funny look on her face and was vague when I asked, sort of calmly. She's never lied to me that I know of, and perhaps thought I'd go ballistic. I would not because my grandchildren were there.
I can see I'm not over it.
The books really ticked me off as they were also mine and brother's. Not hers to feel all Lady Bountiful and give away. In a bookcase minding their own business at the top of the stairs, so, again, not in the way. She either got a wild hair to share or they were stolen.
I will never know nor bring it up again.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:00 PM (WONhk)
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Excellent. Do what needs to be done as quickly as possible with as much force as necessary, so we can get out asap.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 25, 2026 11:00 PM (RkOfE)
🚨BREAKING: Israel is concerned that Trump may stop the war suddenly, so Netanyahu has instructed the IDF to WIPE OUT Iran’s arms industry within 48 hours.
- NY Times
Posted by: Don Black
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Good Cop / Bad Cop
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Good Satan / Great Satan
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 11:01 PM (XJ22o)
https://youtu.be/TOTS3zd1r_g
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 25, 2026 11:02 PM (f0sNM)
Posted by: Cock of the Walk at March 25, 2026 11:02 PM (lBq2W)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
Everybody loves a yellow school bus.
Posted by: Kalamama at March 25, 2026 11:02 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at March 25, 2026 11:02 PM (XY7MO)
https://ziply.pk/Rw6XWG
and
https://ziply.pk/PVUVxt
Posted by: GWB at March 25, 2026 11:03 PM (x9vBb)
Posted by: GWB
Ha. I got that reference.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 25, 2026 11:03 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:57 PM (gKWVE)
Do you sleep with one of those CPAP things? My husband is being tested this summer (not in a sleep clinic) and I wonder how that's going to go with us.
I am glad they don't do sleep clinics anymore. I know I would be sitting upright the entire night looking through the window in fright. I sure don't want strangers watching me sleep unless I'm drugged, which misses the point.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:03 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: This is really difficult to picture
https://miguelgg. sub stack .com/p/wait-what
Take spaces out...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 11:03 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 11:03 PM (gKWVE)
We are very excited!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 25, 2026 10:44 PM (SRRAx)
That sounds like a great time Teresa.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026 11:04 PM (y171U)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at March 25, 2026 11:04 PM (Risui)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)
Good boy!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 25, 2026 11:06 PM (bXmeO)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 11:07 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 10:45 PM (nWPIJ)
Nope. I am a lapsed Methodist - does that count?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 25, 2026 11:09 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Heroq at March 25, 2026 11:09 PM (AvVQO)
Iran is now threatening to block the Bab el-Mandeb Strait (Red Sea entrance) if attacks continue.
This would be a massive escalation!
It would choke off one of the world’s most important shipping routes and send oil prices through the roof.
Source: Tasnim News
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That's when the fit's gonna' hit the Shan.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 11:09 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at March 25, 2026 11:12 PM (Risui)
Posted by: TRex
I don't know how Evanescence got past the filters in the US music industry (the ones that filter out anyone with talent, to give us this week's Top 40.)
But that style of female-fronted goth-ish metal always has a great singer.
Nightwish's Tarja Turunen:
https://youtu.be/YODCM26JXOY
Delain's Charolette Wessels:
https://youtu.be/NqvAlMlQDyE
After Forever's Floor Jansen:
https://youtu.be/nkvGvJFq-04
Epica's Simone Simons:
https://youtu.be/7imPLmvLyQA
Within Temptation's Sharon Den Adel:
https://youtu.be/cruG9a_YgYM
Or maybe Sharon and Evanescence's Amy Lee?
https://youtu.be/koj0GRhs284
Posted by: mikeski rocks out at March 25, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 11:13 PM (jmsL3)
I told myself 100x that, "These are just things. You have your memories, all will be well." No. I saved them for my grands. Then I hear the materialistic preaching in my head again and try to behave. UGH
We go home again in late May. IF my wedding dress box and hat have been opened, oh, boy. But what can you do? I will tell her, you betcha. That roaches got in and it's all ruined. Then slug some gin and move on.
Something has gone on upstairs and it ain't ghosts, begorrah. I think it's her maid.
She also gave her good friend who helps with the lawn and his wife full ok to wipe out the attic into a dumpster years ago. Which I did't care about.
Someone took our stuff and got a bit of $. And may blessings be heaped on their heads if they needed the money that bad. I guess.
She relies on both the maid and lawn guy and I am not going to go NCIS and solve the case, then blow outta there ripping up her life. It was simply a shock to my future plans.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:13 PM (WONhk)
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Umm, OK.
Way to prove to all that you are have been the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism by attacking literally everybody else.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 11:14 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: mikeski rocks out
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Truth, for any style.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 11:15 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 25, 2026 11:16 PM (f0sNM)
They are in no position to threaten or demand. But hey IRGC, don't ever change.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026 11:17 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 11:17 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Common Tater at March 25, 2026 11:19 PM (VqV9I)
https://ziply.pk/PVUVxt
Posted by: GWB
Speaking of chicks with pipes.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
You both asked for it..... Morgan James with Postmodern Jukebox, doing her human theramin impression:
https://youtu.be/4ReSV3CCRzg
Posted by: mikeski would at March 25, 2026 11:19 PM (VHUov)
https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/ 2036877967465271340
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 25, 2026 11:19 PM (f0sNM)
Florida flips 2 long held GOP seats to Dem.
Dems lead generic ballot by 5.4% in RCP.
Republican senators abandon save act and ice funding as they see the tide turning against deportations and pro-immigrant.
No bueno por Senor Orange.
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:20 PM (IZ33s)
I am glad they don't do sleep clinics anymore. I know I would be sitting upright the entire night looking through the window in fright. I sure don't want strangers watching me sleep unless I'm drugged, which misses the point.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:03 PM (WONhk)
There are still sleep clinics around. My local medical group has one.
I have to go in to get a newer Rx. No study, but one of the vendors I use raised a fuss on this last order about my 12 year old Rx. I've used them for over a decade, but they started a new Sleep Doctor service. I guess they expected me to use their service instead of canceling the order.... Silly people.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 25, 2026 11:20 PM (S/Y4j)
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Did anyone tell them they don’t have any ships left?
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 11:21 PM (D4x+R)
They are in no position to threaten or demand. But hey IRGC, don't ever change.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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They want to come out an play?
Great!!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 11:21 PM (jmsL3)
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Such 'really close' flips are indicative of fraud.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 11:22 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:49 PM (jmsL3)
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Well...that's creepy! Please keep me posted as I don't have Instagram!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:22 PM (WONhk)
.
And somehow they are still blocking Hormuz.
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:22 PM (IZ33s)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 25, 2026 11:20 PM (S/Y4j)
Rx for what? CPAP?
I am never going to a sleep clinic. I know a serial killer would be at my "study." For photos and probes.
Then I would have to kill him and go to prison with apnea.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:25 PM (WONhk)
You wear a monitor and it records pr bp o2, some record tossing and turning too. Then they analyze the results to see if the CPAP will help.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:26 PM (RIvkX)
More at 11.
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:26 PM (IZ33s)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 25, 2026 11:28 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 11:28 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:30 PM (IZ33s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:26 PM (RIvkX)
If it will help him sleep better...good. He has a crappy spine from 40yrs of long distance running plus his parent's genetics of arthritis. Never complains (like I do with a cold), but is in pain daily.
I will adjust. There will be some initial mocking, of course, as he gives it back to me with full force if anything is wrong with me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:31 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 11:31 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:32 PM (IZ33s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:33 PM (RIvkX)
I am never going to a sleep clinic. I know a serial killer would be at my "study." For photos and probes.
Then I would have to kill him and go to prison with apnea.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:25 PM (WONhk)
Rx for the machine and masks. It can include supplemental oxygen, which thankfully I don't need.
My sleep study was strange. It was only supposed to be monitoring, but they woke me up part way through and. Put a mask on me because my oxygen levels were low - close to the point where I'd turn blue. Yes, I have severe sleep apnea.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 25, 2026 11:33 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:34 PM (RIvkX)
What was great, Hunter was a Senator’s son, had daddy pull some strings and get an age waiver to get in the Navy reserves. Also finagled a drug abuse waiver. Talk about “privilege”.
Then he tests hot for Cocaine on his very first day. Oops
Posted by: Common Tater at March 25, 2026 11:34 PM (VqV9I)
https://youtu.be/nkvGvJFq-04
Posted by: mikeski rocks out at March 25, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)
I always liked this one .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXjBEfFOSVI
and her with nightwish. She is a fucking siren
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plNcYhtPB8Y
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 11:34 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 25, 2026 11:34 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:34 PM (IZ33s)
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 25, 2026 11:35 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:35 PM (IZ33s)
Posted by: Common Tater at March 25, 2026 11:34 PM (VqV9I)
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What most important is that he tried his best.
-his mom
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 25, 2026 11:36 PM (OGOaV)
They are completely out of shits to give.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2026 10:49 PM (cYBz/)
Having retired at the grand old age of 29, I can empathize. I mostly do not give a single shit. If I wanna do it, I do it. Unless DH says no, in which case I wear him down over time.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 25, 2026 11:37 PM (DwqWV)
Polls state people are thrilled with ICE at airports and that no lesbians in SUV's are reported in sight. Nor faggy male nurses with guns they can't handle at 33.3%.
Polls state many Dims in Congress have anal warts on top of being the ugly element of Capitol Hill. A want ad has been placed to find any nice looking normal female in this foul party of sodomy and furries.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:37 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 25, 2026 11:37 PM (DwqWV)
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I see that you and Mrs. F. use the same playbook.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:39 PM (RIvkX)
Well, no shit? The primary was three weeks ago you dumbfucks! Is your next headline “Dewey Defeats Truman”?
I can’t even with the media.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 11:39 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 11:28 PM (jmsL3)
Just checkin' in. I still have a myriad of things to get done before bedtime. Time to start my plants, do the dishes, finish the drawings for the addition, all that crap.
Or, I leave it for tomorrow, since I apparently have fuck all to do tomorrow.
That sounds nicer.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 25, 2026 11:39 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Giving odds 10 to 1 its not a ballad.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 11:40 PM (jmsL3)
36% approve Trump - bad for maga
But
Only 38% say will vote D in Midterms and GOP still favored on national security. Good for maga.
Weird one.
More at 11.
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:41 PM (IZ33s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:34 PM (RIvkX)
Ok! A positive! Maybe a sexy move for us! I'll love him, regardless. Certainly if it helps him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:41 PM (WONhk)
Yes/No
Vote
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:34 PM (IZ33s)
The elections were canceled? When?
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 11:41 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 25, 2026 11:42 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:42 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 11:42 PM (hJH5n)
When completed, we take them out into the parking lot and have tank races. Nobody knew and nobody needed to know or the shit would hit the fan.
We called it non-destructive testing.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 11:42 PM (Fbc0I)
Can't speak Japanese, don't know what she's saying.
https://tinyurl.com/4dz3evxe
Posted by: Braenyard
The text above the video isn't a title; it's the captions for what she's saying.
「 is a Japanese quotation mark.
Though they left off the close-quote mark: 」
And google translate is built in, so:
"If you delve into the internet, you can see the truth. But if you see too much, there's no going back. I've long since lost my place to return to."
I don't know anyone, or anywhere, like that.....
Posted by: mikeski dives in at March 25, 2026 11:43 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:03 PM (WONhk)
"Hey, FBI Steve, it's NSA Bob. What do you mean how did I get this number? Who do you think you're talking to? Anyway, about that op you had planned for Christy Blinky -- yes, The Great -- what do you mean, how did I know? Look, it turns out that she *wants* strangers watching her sleep after being drugged. Yes, really. No, I don't get it either. Yes, I know that ruins it, that's why I told you. Anyway, good luck and try to have fun at the Mets game, even though they're going to lose. What do you mean how..."
Posted by: SciVo at March 25, 2026 11:44 PM (Sy6m/)
Was on our license plates for years.
Posted by: LRob
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At one time or another State's have the best license plates then some whiffer comes along with a bright idea.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 11:44 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:44 PM (IZ33s)
BBRRRRRRRT!!
Check out 'Max Afterburner' on the EweToob to get your military hardware fix. (He is a Very high-energy former pilot)
Posted by: Beverly at March 25, 2026 11:44 PM (reMys)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 25, 2026 11:37 PM (DwqWV)
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I see that you and Mrs. F. use the same playbook.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:39 PM (RIvkX)
We use what works and learn how to do this over time. It works!
My latest is him saying I can't have heavy plant urns on the patio. I don't argue but we know who will have urns on her patio this summer, don't we?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:44 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:46 PM (IZ33s)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 25, 2026 11:48 PM (KAi1n)
12 As "Tolkien Reading Day" winds to an end, the hobbits (Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin) have arrived at the sleepy little town of Bree, ready for the next leg of their grand adventure.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:05 PM
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The town lately has had an influx of new inhabitants, Oslims. They are constructing a large building with evil-looking pointy towers, called an Osque. When they were few, the Oslims were obsequious and smarmy, but as their numbers increase, they grow increasingly obnoxious and strident.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 11:48 PM (lsrsS)
Posted by: SciVo at March 25, 2026 11:44 PM (Sy6m/)
I'm sure my NSA guy knows this is about my husband and not me.He said no clinic as well, apparently a monitor.
He does have a bit of apnea and hold his breath for up to a minute. I know this because I count before I poke him (1 Mississipi, etc).
I am never doing this (imagine Scarlett O'hara clutching red Georgia clay when I say this, that she will never be poor again. I will never be in a sleep study clinic even once).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:49 PM (WONhk)
https://youtu.be/nkvGvJFq-04
Posted by: mikeski
I always liked this one .
https://youtu.be/nXjBEfFOSVI
and her with nightwish. She is a fucking siren
https://youtu.be/plNcYhtPB8Y
Posted by: Berserker
I think they said "Energize Me" is their most-popular song.
"Nemo" was from the Tarja era, too. When Tarja left, Floor was probably the only person who could fill her shoes..... or lungs.
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 11:49 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 11:49 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:50 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:50 PM (IZ33s)
*adds "Big Urns" topic to next agenda*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:50 PM (RIvkX)
And by 'urns' you mean...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 11:51 PM (bss/y)
Still breaking.
More at 11
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:44 PM (IZ33s)
9 out of 7 economists think Trump is a poopyhead because he ignores them.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 25, 2026 11:51 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 25, 2026 11:51 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 11:52 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 25, 2026 11:42 PM (KAi1n)
Agreed. In 2010 in San Antonio she was signing autographs before the show and otherwise just hanging out at and near the venue. Later that year in Austin I met her before the show. Completely down to earth.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 11:52 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:52 PM (IZ33s)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 11:53 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 11:53 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 11:53 PM (hJH5n)
"Nemo" was from the Tarja era, too. When Tarja left, Floor was probably the only person who could fill her shoes..... or lungs.
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 11:49 PM (VHUov)
Which leads to the Great Debate: Floor or Tarja for Nightwish?
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 11:55 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:55 PM (IZ33s)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 25, 2026 11:56 PM (IZ33s)
He's cursed to have to use a public defender.
Because good defense attorneys are expensive.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 11:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Beverly at March 26, 2026 12:01 AM (reMys)
Tehran Dismisses U.S. Cease-Fire Conditions as Israel Steps Up Attacks
Posted by: Just The Facts
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Send them to their virgins waiting arms.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:01 AM (jmsL3)
"The UAE stands as a strong partner of the United States. No ceasefire with the Islamic regime in Iran. Not now. You don’t negotiate with terror. You end it. The UAE stands firm. Zero space for terrorists. Germany, Britain, Spain's governments say they want a diplomatic solution with this terrorist regime. Fine. Let it be your neighbour. Take its leadership, as you did with the Muslim Brotherhood. Give them citizenship. They are all yours.
If you want the rubbish, take it but don’t ask us to accept it or live with it. It stinks. You can have it. Live with it alone.
This Saturday will not pass quietly. It will be marked. It will be remembered."
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 12:01 AM (GD0B3)
"Joe Kent is being a dishonest hack. He worked for the NCTC which is not a law enforcement or investigative agency - he had ZERO role or 1811 investigative authority in this. This is like me saying I was “blocked” from playing receiver for the Commanders - it’s an issue of having no business or frankly ability doing something, not an issue of access. Furthermore, FBI actually made an early exception and allowed NCTC to assess intelligence reports, and International Terrorism returned zero connections. None. Joe Kent kept making things up anyway. The shameless media tour he’s on reeks of being desperate for attention and the baseless conspiracy theories he’s spreading about the admin, particularly Charlie’s murder, could very well make it more difficult to get justice for our friend. If he had any shame, Joe Kent should be ashamed of himself."
🤡
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 12:03 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2026 12:03 AM (wvc0i)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Also great!
And neck-and-neck for "most unfortunate surname in English" with Blackbriar's Zora Cock.
https://youtu.be/kuvST3wGCG8
Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 12:05 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:07 AM (jmsL3)
"Nemo" was from the Tarja era, too. When Tarja left, Floor was probably the only person who could fill her shoes..... or lungs.
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 11:49 PM (VHUov)
Which leads to the Great Debate: Floor or Tarja for Nightwish?
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 11:55 PM (hJH5n)
Floor all the way. She has so many different colors to her voice and abilities. What she did with those songs is amazing. Tarja is frigging spectacular, but you really have to like that opera voice. Floor has that in spades, but its just not constantly. The end of the song shoemaker here is just unreal. The power in her voice is insane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAUrOcHIYO8
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 12:08 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 12:08 AM (GD0B3)
Folks got divorced and moved out of the big ol' family home while they sent me away to summer camp. All the books (early Hardy Boys & much more), records, toys, comics, keepsakes, Dad's O gauge train set, so much more... never did know what happened to any of it.
Kept accumulating and losing comics. Footlocker ransacked by my frat bros while I was away for a while. The whole 1960s Marvels et al. collection swiped and sold by a "friend." Some lost to nasty basement flooding in our Chicago years. A few other calamities.
Lots of personal stuff stored at our 'business' in town, when the ceiling tore open. Dumpsters of stuff hauled away. The old house we lived in here for decades, lots of stuff lost to time and critters after we moved out.
That big framed Middle Earth map that hung on my bedroom wall, thrown away by Mom when I dropped out of college, along with other treasures.
And so many other stories. Keeping me detached from earthly things in preparation for the Big Jump coming, I suppose. I know I can't take it with me, but I'd hoped to leave more behind.
https://youtu.be/d2FIKMwhf4w
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and those home movies! Lost so long ago. at March 26, 2026 12:08 AM (jrd4M)
This Saturday will not pass quietly. It will be marked. It will be remembered."
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 12:01 AM (GD0B3)
Good. END IT.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 12:10 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Split the baby. Tarja for Tarja-era songs (studio albums Angels Fall First -thru- Once), Floor for newer songs.
Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 12:12 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Archer at March 26, 2026 12:03 AM (wvc0i)
All the more reason for the invaders to leave! They could never be happy there.
Sun All Year Round – Remigration Farewell (Amelia Meme Song)
https://youtu.be/hSm3zQG5K2g
Posted by: SciVo at March 26, 2026 12:12 AM (Sy6m/)
They're got the first model of a tractor with caterpillar treads on display at the Haggin Museum in Stockton. It's a small little museum but has a really good collection of realistic art, the largest collection of Albert Bierstadt paintings on the West Coast, and a beautiful collection of Leyendecker illustrations, a contemporary of Norman Rockwell. It's well worth the drive!
Posted by: tankascribe at March 26, 2026 12:12 AM (NtoJk)
The Frozen Market For Homes
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Well, it's crap around here. Unless someone knows how to remediate brick spalling cheap.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:13 AM (jmsL3)
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and those home movies! Lost so long ago. at March 26, 2026 12:08 AM (jrd4M)
Night, lovely man. I'm sorry about your memories. Mine are still with me, and they are "just" things.
But things you want to give away yourself. Not huge in the plan of things, but annoying like a gnat.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 12:14 AM (WONhk)
...
This Saturday will not pass quietly. It will be marked. It will be remembered."
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PressWithBothHands
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 26, 2026 12:16 AM (l7tWx)
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 12:17 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at March 26, 2026 12:18 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:13 AM (jmsL3)
Are the bricks flaking on their face?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 12:18 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Cow Demon
If you quoted my post, probably just too many carriage returns. The limit keeps the spammers from posting thousand-line nothings and making the site unreadable.
Lacuna Coil:
https://youtu.be/USXHxgWoS9g
Stream of Passion:
https://youtu.be/B_z8LfuTzfk
Posted by: mikeski is helping! at March 26, 2026 12:19 AM (VHUov)
https://tinyurl.com/469xx8cm
Posted by: Beverly at March 26, 2026 12:01 AM (reMys)
Wow! Had forgotten!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 26, 2026 12:21 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 12:12 AM (VHUov)
Funny how nobody mentions Anette Olzon their second singer. I thought she was ok for the stuff she recorded, she just really couldn't do the tarja stuff. Although, some of the stuff she recorded Floor blew it out of the water. The poet and pendulum is a good example. I liked Anette's version of Amaranth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-ALlPLAEbs
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 12:24 AM (snZF9)
29
Barbies are great toys because they get two lives. First, girls play with them and dress them up, and then their brothers undress them when they're just starting to become sexually aware.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 10:09 PM
The final stage is the girls disfiguring and disassembling the dolls when they've outgrown them.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 12:24 AM (mS8PE)
https://youtu.be/TzvBVp-5eEY
Posted by: SciVo at March 25, 2026 10:37 PM (Sy6m/)
I met Jeff Healey. Spent an evening drinking beer with him in a pub. He was one Hell of a musician. RIP.
Posted by: The Paolo at March 26, 2026 12:25 AM (8zz6B)
https://tinyurl.com/v4kw7ja5
Posted by: runner
Youtube comments never fail.
"Honestly if i had a voice like that, I'd yell at my kids the same way too."
Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 12:26 AM (VHUov)
37 Pittsburgh Scanner
Chartier's City. 3621 Chartiers Ave - White Lily Baptist Church. Caller said that two old ladies are having a cane fight in the middle of the street.
If more disputes could result in duels, there would be fewer disputes.
A society where Ediths can expect Mildreds to beat them about the head with a stick for their poor behavior creates better-behaved Ediths.
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 10:12 PM
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My first thought on reading this was of an episode of South Park where a cripple fight in the street immediately drew a crowd.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 12:27 AM (mS8PE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:29 AM (jmsL3)
So the UAE is claiming that Iran is really gonna get it on Saturday? I wonder if there's anything to that.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 26, 2026 12:32 AM (mS8PE)
Posted by: Archimedes
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[curiously, recalls The Visible Woman]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2026 12:38 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:33 PM (RIvkX)
Each and every one of them is a deranged faggot.
Posted by: The Paolo at March 26, 2026 12:38 AM (8zz6B)
If more disputes could result in duels, there would be fewer disputes.
Send in the Walker Brigade.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 26, 2026 12:41 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Each and every one of them is a deranged faggot.
Posted by: The Paolo
Told off by the Paolo. That's gotta sting.
Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 12:41 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 12:41 AM (VHUov)\\
Hah, Off, Paolo sock!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 12:46 AM (8zz6B)
Sorry.
Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 12:47 AM (rdVOm)
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"The book of etiquette here is the Colt revolver. It teaches lessons that are never forgotten" - Oscar Wilde, commenting on Leadville, CO.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 26, 2026 12:51 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 26, 2026 12:53 AM (BI5O2)
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That's the Red Sea dock that the Royal Iranian Navy is blocking.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:56 AM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Yup.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:29 AM (jmsL3)
Yeah thats a tough one. I know they have masonry repair compounds that can be mixed with dyes to match the color of the bricks. Not too bad if you got one color brick, but pain in the ass if you have multi color bricks. You have to wire brush out all the loose shit, patch the bricks, repoint everything with the right mortar, etc.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 12:56 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 11:33 PM (RIvkX)
Each and every one of them is a deranged faggot.
Posted by: The Paolo at March 26, 2026 12:38 AM (8zz6B)
Deranged rooting for our enemies anti American faggots.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 12:57 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 12:56 AM (jmsL3)
I didn't think they had a navy anymore.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 12:58 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 12:58 AM (snZF9)
Maybe they still have a few vinyl inflatable seahorses.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 01:01 AM (8zz6B)
Major confrontation between China and the Philippines near the Scarborough Shoal.
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have deployed 2 PCG vessels and 5 fishery patrol vessels to the shoal after Chinese Coast Guard vessels started harassing more than 20 Filipino fishing boats in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Philippines.
A Filipino Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) flight over the area documented 6 China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels, 20 China Maritime Militia (CMM) vessels, and one People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA Navy) warship carrying out offensive activities in the area.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 01:01 AM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 26, 2026 01:02 AM (0nHVk)
I didn't have Barbies either. Mom said they were too expensive. That's okay. I didn't really want one, I liked stuffed animals better than dolls anyway & wanted to be a veterinarian.
Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)
Incoming missiles at a reasonable 7AM is like that. Grandpups and their mom jump up after a full night's sleep and everyone goes jovially down to the shelter. And now it's breakfast time!
This is nice.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 01:08 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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It's been on the auction block forever. Beautiful set up beautiful neighborhood. It would be fine with me just to spay it with concrete.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 01:13 AM (jmsL3)
...
Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
It's frogs.
Lobsters go head first into the boiling cauldron.
If you listen carefully you can hear the Wilhelm Scream.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 01:15 AM (/lPRQ)
Incoming missiles at a reasonable 7AM is like that. Grandpups and their mom jump up after a full night's sleep and everyone goes jovially down to the shelter. And now it's breakfast time!
This is nice.
Posted by: Biden's Dog
You can cook lobsters quickly by just dropping them straight into boiling water, too.
That's more like what the IRGC is getting.
Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 01:16 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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It's been on the auction block forever. Beautiful set up beautiful neighborhood. It would be fine with me just to spay it with concrete.
Posted by: Braenyard
==
Ferrocement.
I was thinking of overlaying my sound brick veneer with stucco... but since you mention "spray it" it might be more structurally stable with heavier reinforcing (than stucco lath) and spray the whole house.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 01:19 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 01:23 AM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 01:23 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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It's been on the auction block forever. Beautiful set up beautiful neighborhood. It would be fine with me just to spay it with concrete.
Posted by: Braenyard -
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Furring strips, external rigid rockwool, external powder-coated metal rainscreen.
Better insulation, quieter inside, fireproof, low maintenance.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 26, 2026 01:27 AM (8snZr)
I'm turning in Yall have a good evening. 'night.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 26, 2026 01:27 AM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 26, 2026 01:15 AM (/lPRQ)
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I've heard both. Maybe the frogs version is French.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 01:28 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 26, 2026 01:30 AM (Fbc0I)
And at the end, it asked me if I wanted to register to vote.
I'm... floored... not sure how to feel about this.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 26, 2026 01:31 AM (mP0Kj)
https://tinyurl.com/mr3785cn
Fake news? Dunno. Haven't scrounged around yet.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 01:32 AM (1o8D5)
Are you going to Scarborough Shoal?
Parsley, sage, and Chinese asshoe
Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 26, 2026 01:41 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 01:32 AM (1o8D5)
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New WH SMS text message subscription service?
Cryptic.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 01:43 AM (1o8D5)
And at the end, it asked me if I wanted to register to vote.
I'm... floored... not sure how to feel about this.
Posted by: Romeo13
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I did my taxes yesterday using TurboTax. I did not get asked to register to vote.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 26, 2026 01:44 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 26, 2026 01:45 AM (0nHVk)
https://tinyurl.com/mr3785cn
Fake news? Dunno. Haven't scrounged around yet.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2026 01:32 AM (1o8D5)
Looks like the Twatter version of pocket dialing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 01:47 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 01:48 AM (snZF9)
I was all set to start in on taxes when the uninvited "guest" showed up... had to pack it all up & put away until he left. Set me back a little over 2 weeks. Damn, could've been *done* by now. Grrrrrrrrr!
Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 01:49 AM (rdVOm)
________________________
This guy impresses me. On the other hand, the guy sticking balloons up his nose is just wasting his life.
I'm guessing alcohol was involved in both stories. For the sake of sanity and safety, let's hope these two guys never meet.
Posted by: Orson at March 26, 2026 01:53 AM (dIske)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 26, 2026 02:00 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2026 02:09 AM (8zz6B)
Hope you're able to take a breather, Debby! Don't work *too hard*!
Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)
At least you are not flying out of Houston, they've all done quit. Trump should push legislation the says all government employees receive no pay during a shutdown. Then he should track the currency records that still flow to judges and politicians.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 26, 2026 02:13 AM (0nHVk)
Lost everything.
Had no one to blame other than herself but damn she really tried to blame it on someone.
It was very sad.
Posted by: pawn at March 26, 2026 02:13 AM (qmOsv)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 26, 2026 02:17 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
We've been doing those jokes in this thread.
This article was mentioned yesterday, and I started them with:
Q: What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs playing Cornhole?
A: Chuck!
My favorite remains:
Q: What do you call two guys with no arms and no legs hanging on the wall?
A: Curt n' Rod
Posted by: mikeski at March 26, 2026 02:25 AM (VHUov)
IMO, you've gone so far above and beyond...
There's absolutely nothing wrong with placing your brother-- it's for both of you. You deserve A Life, too! Heartbreaking it must be, to have lost your hubby as well as care for brother, then watch as he declines similarly.
I think you're doing the right thing.
Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 26, 2026 02:28 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Just The Facts at March 26, 2026 02:28 AM (IZ33s)
Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 26, 2026 02:43 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)
yup. Gas is only up around 60 cents here since the Iran thing started. A mere bag of shells when you're talking about sending these bastards to hell's basement.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 26, 2026 03:01 AM (snZF9)
"Ukraine Drone Strike Reportedly Damages Russian Arctic Patrol Icebreaker ‘Purga’ at Vyborg Shipyard."
It's listing dockside.
Posted by: 13times at March 26, 2026 03:02 AM (LnEU6)
Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 03:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2026 03:13 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)
It sounds like people were *looking* for tech support but might have been told "wrong number"?
>>>Those callers were "looking for technical support for their sports wagering mobile applications and platforms."
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 03:54 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at March 26, 2026 04:01 AM (+YA9H)
Some years ago I watched a Canadian soldier do this with the chain from his dog tags.
There was alcohol involved.
Posted by: Sergeant Major at March 26, 2026 07:08 AM (xSO9N)
Humpday Cafe
Picadilly at Night, 1938
Bill Brandt
Ice-surfin' beaver. New Dog-Sieve Technology separates dogs by size. Springbok is happy and bouncy to see his caretaker. Find something you love like this dog loves his dirty random stick. Oooh that's the spot. Punch the Monkey is becoming the teachers pet. I'll allow it, he was rejected by his mom and then bullied. Bear has crazy bed-head. I don't have any bats today, but here's an Antarctic Sea Bat. I told you bears were out of control but you didn't believe me. Now they're doing the Lambada (The Forbidden Dance). Quitting time!
Senior dog becomes a puppy after meeting a new puppy..🐕🐾😊
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) March 21, 2026
📹taiIs_allyandbeau pic.twitter.com/NuIjtO6mog
Pupper loves little frens..🐕🐾🐥😍 pic.twitter.com/QcZt5JD2RH
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) March 21, 2026
Dog's happiness after seeing its best friend..🐕🐾😅❤️ pic.twitter.com/SCFAldWY3b
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) March 22, 2026
Cats and boxes..🐈🐾📦😅 pic.twitter.com/ap0pwE1A0Q
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) March 23, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: GF at March 25, 2026 07:19 PM (ZRLd9)
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 07:20 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 07:21 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 25, 2026 07:21 PM (/THgZ)
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 07:22 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 25, 2026 07:24 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:24 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Accomack at March 25, 2026 07:25 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 25, 2026 07:25 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
I would wager "No," along with 99% of other businesses open in 1938. Only a handful of ancient pubs are still running that were alsop running in 1938 -- The Grapes, The Prospect of Whitby, The Dove, The Angel, etc. etc. Everything else in London comes and goes.
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 07:25 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 25, 2026 07:25 PM (/THgZ)
(But am now thinking of all the double entendres between the two...)
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 07:25 PM (Fi81e)
Out of my five kitties, only two of them are really "box kitties" (Penny and Hexie).
The others will sniff around and sometimes climb in, but they don't seem to feel a biological compulsion to sit in the box.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:25 PM (ESVrU)
All grade 6 and 7 Canadian history class was about brave men exploring Canada looking for beaver.
I've successfully repelled the cats. Time for movies. Good night all.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 07:26 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 07:27 PM (MoLlY)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 07:27 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 07:28 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: comcast sucks at March 25, 2026 07:28 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:24 PM (+nEug)
F**kin' A.
Glass raised.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 25, 2026 07:31 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Adriane the Can't Take Photos, So Enjoy Other People's Critic . . . at March 25, 2026 07:31 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 07:31 PM (V4IXI)
The amazing thing about that clip is how cheerful he is, despite having to scrub and scrub and scrub and wash and scrub and scrub and scrub and wash and scrub and scrub and scrub and wash and scrub and scrub and scrub and wash to remove the mephitic residues from the "Antarctic Sea Bats", something no true Chiroptophile, of which there are many within and without The Horde, would consider even close to the 'B' word, which as the World's Foremost Urban Justice Activist informed us, is Bat.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 25, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:33 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 07:33 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Mrs Slocumbe at March 25, 2026 07:33 PM (ZN5Ar)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 07:34 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 25, 2026 07:34 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 07:35 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Somalia at March 25, 2026 07:36 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 07:37 PM (Cqx++)
"Piccadilly Circus" comes frome the name of a road called simply "Piccadilly" -- but where the heck did THAT bizarre name come from?
Well, back in the medieval era, it was simply called "Reading Road" (or "the road going to Reading"), until a guy named Robert Baker bought a lot along the road in the 1600s, and started selling a trendy new fashion accessory in his shop -- wide lace collars that dudes (and ladies) would wear with their fancy outfits starting in the early 1600s. Those lace collars were first popularized in Spain, where they were called "picadillo," because the lace-work was "pierced" with holes (which is what "picadillo" means).When the fashion came to England, the word was corrupted and misspelled as "piccadill," and over time, because this guy was the main supplier of piccadlls to the fops and gentry of the era, the street his shop was on became known as the "Piccadill-y street." Seriously.
As for the "Circus" part: Later, the British invented these terrible kind of circular road intersections now called "roundabouts," but when they were first invented, they were called "circuses" with "circus" simply being Latin for "circle" or "round."
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 07:37 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 07:37 PM (MoLlY)
oh, that's funny, I watched a video by some London vlogger explaining that about six months ago. But I forgot the explanation until you wrote it.
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 07:40 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 07:41 PM (8zz6B)
Dogs are dudes, cats are pussies. 'Twas always thus, shall always be.
Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2026 07:42 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at March 25, 2026 07:43 PM (ZN5Ar)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 07:44 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 25, 2026 07:45 PM (YlWIZ)
"Piccadilly Circus" comes frome the name of a road called simply "Piccadilly" -- but where the heck did THAT bizarre name come from?
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 07:37 PM (Av6i5)
Thanks for that! I always wondered.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 25, 2026 07:45 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 07:37 PM (Av6i5)
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They wanted to pick a name, one person advised "pick a dilly".
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 07:46 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 07:46 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 07:51 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 07:55 PM (Ia/+0)
I'm a retard Jim! Not a doctor!
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 07:57 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 07:58 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 25, 2026 07:59 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 07:59 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:01 PM (+nEug)
McCoy never saves anyone. He simply checks the pulse and gives up, which I guess was the standard in the mid 60s. When did the whole CPR kick get started?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at March 25, 2026 08:03 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:04 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at March 25, 2026 08:03 PM (wGerL)
The red shirts are already dead by the time he gets to them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 08:04 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: B.J. Clinton at March 25, 2026 08:05 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:05 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 07:58 PM (jmsL3)
Where has he been the last 160 years?
US military weapons procurement has been a fuck up for almost two centuries. But to paraphrase Churchill, we eventually get it right.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 08:06 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 08:07 PM (GD0B3)
When did the whole CPR kick get started?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson
1972
www.imdb.com/title/tt0068067
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 08:07 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 08:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:08 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 25, 2026 08:08 PM (syz1S)
Been to Piccadilly in London, British have all sorts of goofy names
Posted by: Skip
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Gardy-loo!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 08:08 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
I would wager "No," along with 99% of other businesses open in 1938. Only a handful of ancient pubs are still running that were alsop running in 1938 -- The Grapes, The Prospect of Whitby, The Dove, The Angel, etc. etc. Everything else in London comes and goes.
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 07:25 PM (Av6i5)
We used to have two Luby's, best food ever, and they went toes up
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 08:08 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 08:09 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:05 PM (+nEug)
"Don't mention the war!"
- Basil Fawlty
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 08:10 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at March 25, 2026 08:03 PM (wGerL)
He never ever sees the obvious. To the point of getting people killed or almost killed.
One episode, the salt eating creature episode, he still wouldn't shoot the creature sucking the salt out of Kirk even after it revealed itself.
The writers did him no favors.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 08:10 PM (V4IXI)
Get China out of our food supply
Support the Trump Farm Bill!
@ProtectUSInit
NEW polling shows that amid the Iranian conflict, voters across 24 competitive congressional districts will reward candidates who follow President Trump’s lead to protect domestic manufacturers and support the 2026 Farm Bill
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 08:10 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:13 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:05 PM (+nEug)
**********
I'll never get over Macho Grande.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:14 PM (Zz0t1)
RMBS, it is the Cafe so I will be good.
Posted by: Ben Had
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What about Israel? You know you want to tell us.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 08:15 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at March 25, 2026 08:17 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:18 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 25, 2026 08:18 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 08:19 PM (diia5)
Tactical Officer: "Captain, those last two hits brought our shields down to 78%!"
Counselor:"Captain, I'm sensing they are pissed!"
And it's sad PlutoTV doesn't have a DS9 channel.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 08:19 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at March 25, 2026 08:17 PM (oftw2)
We should offer to stay Dr. Fauci's death penalty, if he agrees to devote the rest of his life to grafting gills onto penguins so they can spend their entire lives in the sea, and befoul the land no longer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 08:20 PM (8zz6B)
________
They need to get a cave.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 08:21 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Someone has to say it at March 25, 2026 08:21 PM (2Ez/1)
Anybody here know/remember the Rod McKuen song about Piccadilly Circus?
My mom was a huge McKuen fan. The only verse I can remember is this one -- actually this is the chorus: One more time around Piccadilly Circus, driver, follow that bus. It's a shame the way the rich folks act, 'cuz everybody's rich but us.
Verse: I bought my doggie a muzzle, so he wouldn't bite the man with the mail. But there lies the mailman dead on the walk, he killed him with his tail.
Oh, one more time around Piccadilly Circus . . .
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 25, 2026 08:23 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:23 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 25, 2026 08:26 PM (3Ope8)
Read every word of this.
It’s out.
@ChuckGrassley is an amazing fighter.
The subpoena released this morning by Chuck Grassley in connection with the fraudulent Arctic Frost investigation is absolutely staggering. It didn’t just ask for Kash Patel’s phone records, it asked for everything he did from 2020 to 2023.
Just to name a few, they requested all usernames and screen names, every address and email, complete billing and payment details including credit card and bank account numbers, every device ID, and a full log of every call, text, and voicemail showing who was contacted, when, and for how long. They also obtained all internet session data, including the exact IP addresses.
So this wasn’t just about who Kash called. It was basically a complete view of his entire life, mapping his daily routines, travel, relationships, finances, and even tracking the specific hardware he used. In short, they got a full digital shadow of his life.
To have come through all of this without so much as a scratch tells you just how clean he is.
https://tinyurl.com/7ehzwavt
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 08:28 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 08:28 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 08:19 PM (diia5)
Piccalilli relish is best on rice with speckled butterbeans and okra.
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 08:28 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 25, 2026 08:18 PM (3Ope
I got out for a walk--weather was perfect for it. Walked by the golf course, and I really wanted to take the cart path through the golf course, because it's Forbidden! Carts only! Course isn't open yet, I went for it. I'm a rebel.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 25, 2026 08:30 PM (zYpTz)
My cats are also retarded.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 08:28 PM (AkEZC)
My dog is afraid of brightly colored objects.
I'd really like to take a baseball bat to the fuckers who had him for three months.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 08:33 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Ooh, I'd be practicing my wedges...
Posted by: MkY at March 25, 2026 08:33 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 08:33 PM (AlhUl)
Good for you! Takin the two youngest grandkids to the par 3 golf course tomorrow after school!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 25, 2026 08:33 PM (3Ope8)
DC_Draino@DC_Draino . 2h
We won the popular vote.
We control the Supreme Court.
We won majorities in the House and Senate.
Americans want GOP policies and Voter ID is supported by 80%+ of all Americans.
And all John Thune can do is make excuses for his incompetence and backstabbing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 08:34 PM (jmsL3)
Mr Krasner, you have just indicated yourself for conspiracy to violate civil rights. First and last warnings, try to handcuff and jail ICE agents, that is to unlawfully imprison them, and they will use any level of force up to including lethal force to resist that violation of their rights, and you will be immediately arrested for their rights violation with penalty up to including capital punishment. Resign effectively and charges against you may be suspended. Either way, suggest you turn yourself in.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 08:35 PM (/lPRQ)
It's Vance. Vance is the President of the Senate. He is the one who needs to take charge.
If Vance does not, he does not deserve the nomination in 2028.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 08:36 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 25, 2026 08:37 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:38 PM (+nEug)
.... upon further glance at the article...
He threatened to arrest people who violate the law while specifically speaking to ICE agents...
OK, Buddy, If YOU cheat on your taxes, if YOU so much as say 'good day' to an illegal...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 08:39 PM (/lPRQ)
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McCoy never saves anyone. He simply checks the pulse and gives up, which I guess was the standard in the mid 60s. When did the whole CPR kick get started?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at March 25, 2026 08:03 PM (wGerL)
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it makes dramatic sense, not medical sense. Everyone who died on the show was killed by the writers.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 08:40 PM (GkBlw)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at March 25, 2026 08:03 PM (wGerL)
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it makes dramatic sense, not medical sense. Everyone who died on the show was killed by the writers.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Just like the Red Shirt meme,
If you have McCoy as your doctor you good as dead.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 08:42 PM (/lPRQ)
If Vance does not, he does not deserve the nomination in 2028.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 08:36 PM (gKWVE)
You are full of it.
Posted by: Ronster at March 25, 2026 08:44 PM (L+mJe)
Spock is just someone Kirk respects and trusts a whole lot. But "Bones" McCoy is is one true friend. Supposedly.
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 08:45 PM (Av6i5)
If you have McCoy as your doctor you good as dead.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 08:42 PM (/lPRQ)
DeForest Kelley was an actor, not a doctor, so that figures.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 08:45 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 08:45 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: zombie
"Did the green-skinned space babe have a name?"
Posted by: mikeski's "answer" at March 25, 2026 08:46 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 08:45 PM (8zz6B)
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FIFY
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 08:46 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Halfhand at March 25, 2026 08:47 PM (BSRx7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 08:47 PM (8zz6B)
Also saves Sulu in City on the Edge of Forever when his heart stops after that panel blows up.
He saves the Horta with the cement.
He delivers a baby somewhere in there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 08:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ronster
You got nothin'.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 08:45 PM (gKWVE)
Nu uh!
Sorry, could not resist.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 08:48 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 08:49 PM (LHPAg)
81 Richard Grenell@RichardGrenell . Mar 24
Read every word of this.
It’s out.
@ChuckGrassley is an amazing fighter.
The subpoena released this morning by Chuck Grassley in connection with the fraudulent Arctic Frost investigation is absolutely staggering. It didn’t just ask for Kash Patel’s phone records, it asked for everything he did from 2020 to 2023.
Just to name a few, they requested all usernames and screen names, every address and email, complete billing and payment details including credit card and bank account numbers, every device ID, and a full log of every call, text, and voicemail showing who was contacted, when, and for how long. They also obtained all internet session data, including the exact IP addresses.
So this wasn’t just about who Kash called. It was basically a complete view of his entire life, mapping his daily routines, travel, relationships, finances, and even tracking the specific hardware he used. In short, they got a full digital shadow of his
https://tinyurl.com/7ehzwavt
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Frienda
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I think that's why the Left lusted after Trump's tax returns -- to go after everyone he did business with.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 08:49 PM (GkBlw)
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 08:49 PM (LHPAg)
He's entertaining. Plus, better bedside manner than pretty much any real world doctor i have been to.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 08:49 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 08:49 PM (zZu0s)
The Paolo, he is naming the Paolo's home "Bedside Manor". Dick move, I know.
Posted by: The Paolo at March 25, 2026 08:52 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 08:52 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 08:53 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 08:49 PM (LHPAg)
He's entertaining. Plus, better bedside manner than pretty much any real world doctor i have been to.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 08:49 PM (zZu0s)
Well, yeah. Dr. McCoy would at least treat patients who were outside the Star Fleet medical plan.
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 08:53 PM (LHPAg)
Did they ever introduce profanity into the Star Trek movies?
McCoy: "Spock, you cold-blooded piece of shit!"
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 08:54 PM (GkBlw)
Good night.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 08:54 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 08:56 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 08:53 PM (RIvkX)
IIRC, I am not sure they covered that ever in the show. Dont think so. In the books, Kirk is injured while on the Farragut bad knee injury. Bones is his assigned rehab doctor. They became fast friends and McCoy either joined Starfleet in order to serve with Kirk or Kirk got him for the Enterprise when he took command (or as quick as he could.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)
McCoy: "Spock, you cold-blooded piece of shit!"
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 08:54 PM (GkBlw)
The new shit, they curse all the time. Like teenagers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 08:57 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: davidt at March 25, 2026 08:58 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: zombie
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Yeah, that's pretty much true. Kirk and McCoy have a true emotional bond of friendship. Spock is the "intellectual" friend. Both Kirk and McCoy see Spock as a friend (and vice versa), but the bond is a bit more distant because of Spock's Vulcan nature.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 08:58 PM (ESVrU)
112 I remember reading some early fanfic that told the story of how McCoy wound up in Starfleet.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 08:53 PM
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Was it like that grieving drunken pharmacist in "It's a Wonderful Life," and George Bailey wasn't there to correct him? McCoy fled to the frontier?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 08:59 PM (GkBlw)
Posted by: Mr Scott at March 25, 2026 09:01 PM (BAWkL)
Posted by: Preznit Joe Emeritus at March 25, 2026 09:02 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Memento Moron at March 25, 2026 09:04 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 09:05 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ohura at March 25, 2026 09:05 PM (BAWkL)
123 Doktor Mommy Jill, someone shat my pants again!
Posted by: Preznit Joe Emeritus at March 25, 2026 09:02 PM
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So, Biden shits himself and... says it wasn't him... the topology calls to us. It's like halfway to a Klein bottle.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 09:05 PM (GkBlw)
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 09:05 PM (LHPAg)
125
Gonna crack my knuckles and jump for joy - I got a clean bill of health from Dr. McCoy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 09:05 PM
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His name was Adam. He was a dumbass who died after eating a pear with a racing stripe on it. He died of an alien toxin and Biblical irony. McCoy did not save him.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 09:09 PM (GkBlw)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 09:09 PM (ZxPkt)
@tedcruz
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4h
Sheridan Gorman’s school paper apologized to her murderer for correctly identifying him as an illegal alien.
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 09:12 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:24 PM (+nEug)
F**kin' A.
Glass raised.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 25, 2026 07:31 PM (zYpTz
Cheers!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 25, 2026 09:13 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 09:13 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson
The Deadly Years - he saved everybody.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 25, 2026 09:13 PM (KAi1n)
Spock is just someone Kirk respects and trusts a whole lot. But "Bones" McCoy is is one true friend. Supposedly.
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026
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Evening, all,
Yes, but did Kirk ever risk his career, twice, to save McCoy/take the chance he could be revived? And the second time he lost his ship and his son in the bargain. There's more between K & S than just respect (and no, I'm not talking slash fan fiction stuff).
Like Solo and Illya on U.N.C.L.E. before them, Kirk and Spock are each other's Thousandth Man (see Kipling).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:14 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 09:05 PM (Cqx++)
Dude!
That's taking a chance.
He only has one prognosis if the results were anything else.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 25, 2026 09:15 PM (2WIwB)
As I read through both books, I am constantly amazed by the level of detail the developers of Lord of the Rings Online took when crafting the world of Middle-Earth.
They take great pains to get the details *right.*
It's astonishing how accurate the game world is compared to the books.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 09:17 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 09:18 PM (Cqx++)
Dang son what in blazes did Tolkien do to you
Oh let me guess, another Moorcock fan amirite?
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 25, 2026 09:19 PM (REq0p)
Like Solo and Illya on U.N.C.L.E. before them, Kirk and Spock are each other's Thousandth Man (see Kipling).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:14 PM (wzUl9)
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Search for Spock was as much about saving McCoy from madness and death as it was about returning Spock to life.
In fact, the original plan was NOT to return Spock to life--that was just the more dangerous option.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 09:19 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:20 PM (wzUl9)
@tedcruz
·
4h
Sheridan Gorman’s school paper apologized to her murderer for correctly identifying him as
an illegal alien.
Posted by: Don Black
You don't. You kill it with fire.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 25, 2026 09:20 PM (BAWkL)
@tedcruz
·
4h
Sheridan Gorman’s school paper apologized to her murderer for correctly identifying him as an illegal alien.
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 09:12 PM (ZxPkt)
With automatic weapons.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 09:21 PM (snZF9)
In fact, the original plan was NOT to return Spock to life--that was just the more dangerous option.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026
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Perfessor, your first point is a good one. But they were still going to find Spock's body and try to reunite it with his "essence" inside McCoy, right? In any case Star Fleet said, "The planet is off limits," and Kirk risked his career to go anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:22 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 09:23 PM (v4ZRc)
Blunt. Truthful. Honorable.
And he wasn’t a predator.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026
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In any other series, one without the even more colorful and towering figures of Kirk and Spock, he could have been the lead.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:25 PM (wzUl9)
"Antarctic Sea Bat" -- good one.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:26 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 09:27 PM (v4ZRc)
Discussed a series that has Picard and others visit another galaxy and witness the works of insanely godlike beings including one of which trapped every star IN THE galaxy into what was called Dyson spheres
Wild stuff you wouldn’t see in a show but still cool
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 25, 2026 09:27 PM (REq0p)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:22 PM (wzUl9)
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It was actually Sarek that requested the refusion (fal tor pan) that would rejoin Spock's katra with his body.
I believe Vulcan tradition was that the katra would be housed in another properly-prepared vessel in Mt. Seleya, but Spock's body was necessary to get the katra out of McCoy (as it was an empty vessel). Restoring Spock to life was dangerous and hadn't been attempted in thousands of years.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 09:27 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:28 PM (wzUl9)
In fact, the original plan was NOT to return Spock to life--that was just the more dangerous option.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 09:19 PM (ESVrU)
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McCoy is clearly the closer friend. Wrath of Khan removes any doubt of this. It is McCoy who gives Kirk the glasses and forced Kirk to explain why he is so bent out of shape. It is also McCoy who teases Kirk about an old flame, only to get a rebuke. Spock did not know about this at all.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)
Total ST nerds. Please let me sit at
Your table.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 09:27 PM (v4ZRc)
Logical.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 25, 2026 09:31 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:25 PM (wzUl9
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Kirk was repaying a debt of honor. Spock died saving the Enterprise. That didn't mean they were besties.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 09:32 PM (snZF9)
Then they added Star Trek Discovery and thus another game is enpoopified by the woketard
Discovery is not canon
The kelvin timeline movies are not canon
Get off my lawn
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 25, 2026 09:32 PM (REq0p)
"Bank teller Vince Grayson [Kelley] wakes from a nightmare in which he and an unknown woman murdered a man in a strange, mirrored room. Only a dream ... but Vince finds that he has physical objects and bruises from his 'dream.' His cop brother-in-law dismisses his story ... until the family, on a picnic, takes shelter from a thunderstorm in a deserted mansion containing that mirrored room. Is doom closing in on Vince?"
I didn't get to see all of it; maybe Movies! will show it again. I can tell you he wears a fedora very well!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:33 PM (wzUl9)
Again, Wrath of Khan:
McCoy: "Is she wearing her hair differently?"
Kirk (after remarking on it to her a moment before): "I hadn't noticed."
Nothing like that jocularity with Spock.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 09:33 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026 09:34 PM (y171U)
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so close they had a baby !
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 09:36 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 09:36 PM (GD0B3)
Well that came way later. During TNG they use to have breakfast or diner together.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 09:38 PM (snZF9)
Robert B. Parker did the same thing in his novels with Spenser's lady friend, Susan, and his occasional partner/former fellow boxer/strong man Hawk. Spenser's dual nature, again personified for the reader.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:38 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 25, 2026 09:39 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 09:36 PM (GD0B3)
Well that came way later. During TNG they use to have breakfast or diner together.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026
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In the final episode of TNG, Q shows Picard his possible future as an older man. The older Picard finds Beverly commanding a ship, and her crewman calls her "Captain Picard." Picard looks at her. "You kept the name?"
That one line told us all we needed to know -- that they had been married and no longer were, and had not been in touch in a while. Well done.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:41 PM (wzUl9)
Robert B. Parker did the same thing in his novels with Spenser's lady friend, Susan, and his occasional partner/former fellow boxer/strong man Hawk. Spenser's dual nature, again personified for the reader.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:38 PM (wzUl9)
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The "Power Trio" is a pretty standard trope in fiction.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 09:41 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026
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I'm not surprised.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:43 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Scotty at March 25, 2026 09:43 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:28 PM (wzUl9)
He played a good western fast-draw gunslinger.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026 09:43 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:38 PM (wzUl9)
I thought it was interesting how they broke up the traits of trek TOS cast and redistributed it in TNG. Riker got kirk's woman chaser side, Worf got Kirk's blow it out of the sky warrior side. Data got spock's technical side, and picard got spock's completely fucking boring diplomatic side. Troy was Rand's tits on the bridge, and troy got spock's empathic side.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 09:46 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Scotty at March 25, 2026
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And that's a shame. The only times we got to see you thinking about something other than the ship and its engines were the two stories where you were crazy about a younger woman, and in both cases some alien entity won her over or commandeered her body. Oh, and the adventure where you were accused of being a knife murderer.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 09:47 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Scotty
The guys that keep the world running always have been. Go read Kipling's "The Sons Of Martha."
https://is.gd/dHejo5
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 09:48 PM (VHUov)
Don't recall the circumstances, but both were sort of shit out of luck and had nowhere else to turn. Not sure if that ever translated to an episode or movie. But I do remember the "back story" to the two of them. Might have been some writer's idea that never made it into the series or movies... *shrugs*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 09:50 PM (AkEZC)
And it did not work, character wise i think. Data was the most functional character at the outset, the others were bland as dish water and not really characters. I am not sure they ever really fixed that. TOO ensemble.
With the TOS cast, you wanted to know more about them. You hungered for every nugget that got dropped in the story. They never HAD to do a fucking 'Datas day' episode where you focused on a specific character. When they did that in TNG I could not fucking care.
But the thing with story telling is often when the viewer imagines is better than any writer can come up with. So an air of mystery works really well.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 09:53 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 09:55 PM (D4x+R)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 09:50 PM (AkEZC)
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Roddenberry wrote a book about Star Trek and it had a character biography followed by actor biography, which is pretty canonical.
I did not like TNG, though I watched it because of how broadcast TV worked at the time. I recall thinking the endings sucked - the setup was there, but the payoff always blew chunks.
I lost any interest in the franchise after that, I guess now one would call me a TOS purist, but whatever. That being said, I was all-in on Babylon 5, which had held up really, really well for a 90s show. Lots of Trek alums 'crossed over' and Walter Koenig's Bester is one of the best villains of all time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 09:55 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: LASue at March 25, 2026 09:55 PM (lCppi)
Re: DeForest Kelley, I've seen some of his old guest shots on TV Westerns. He played a particularly nasty villain on a Trackdown w/ Robert Culp, for example.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
He played a good western fast-draw gunslinger.
Posted by: Joemarine
He played a DOCTOR in a Lone Ranger episode oddly enough titled "Death In the Forest"
www.imdb.com/title/tt0635355
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 09:58 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 09:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026
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I dunno. I have a strong admiration for Riker. More than once we saw Frakes, the actor, show us what Riker was feeling without saying a word, strong and admirable attitudes. His early remark to Data, when the latter says he would give up all he was to become human, "Hello, Pinocchio," was a classic ST line.
And Picard got dramatic storylines without having fight scenes, usually anyway. He was the interstellar Julius Caesar to Kirk's Alexander the Great.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:00 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 10:01 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 10:02 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: epador at March 25, 2026 11:35 PM (v9L1U)
Disaster! Warner Bros. Hires New Writer for Lord of the Rings Mid-quel: Steven Colbert
Good heavens, what an absolute disaster.
We have the Hunt for Gollum coming up, directed by Andy Serkis, who just remade Animal Farm as a pro-socialism, anti-capitalism message movie. And now Warner Bros. has hired this absolute assclown to write a draft of what is being called "The Shadow of the Past." The concept of the movie is not terrible: A good part of Fellowship of the Ring was cut out of the Lord of the Rings movies because of time restrictions and also because it contains the character Tom Bombadil, who is just a big ball of plot questions. Like, given that he has godlike power that makes even Gandalf and Elrond envious, why doesn't he just take the ring? (Tolkien's lame answer: Because he's flighty and would eventually just forget about the ring and let it go back to Sauron.) The reason this section of the book is worth possibly making a movie about is the creepy, scary encounter with the Barrow Wrights. If you know, you know. So Colbert, I guess, pitched the idea of doing these four chapters of LOTR as a stand-alone mid-quel movie. Couldn't they just have said "Yes that's an okay idea, here's $20,000 as a finder's fee, now fuck off"? Instead, they've given this poisonous troll the job of writing the movie.It's what I call "strip-mining the IP." New Line Cinema purchased the rights to The Lord of the Rings almost 30 years ago, and did them such glorious justice with the original movie trilogy. Inevitably, Jackson and New Line set about extracting every last bit of wealth until the original property looked like the Shire after the Scouring. What's it called when the greedy mining company takes the tailings from its strip mine and runs them through the smelter one more time with all the reckless abandon of Gollum diving after the One Ring into Mount Doom? Ah, yes -- it's called The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of the Past, and lame-duck late-night host Stephen Colbert will co-write it with his son, screenwriter Peter McGee, for Jackson and Warner Bros, which now owns New Line. Variety reported late Tuesday that Colbert, "a vocal Tolkien fanatic," and McGee will write a screenplay "from chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring that didn't make it into Jackson's 2001 adaptation."Here's this absolute piece of shit gloating that he conned his way into the gig. I for one will not be seeing it, even when additional writers are hired to rewrite Colbert's shoddy script -- and again, I think the basic idea of doing these four overlooked chapters is a decent one. Actually, it's half a decent idea: You can't do a whole movie about a single encounter with the forces of darkness, and one that is resolved without violence just because Tom Bomdadil sings. Yes, he's so powerful that his songs drive off the undead creatures stirred to unlife by the Witch King.* That's not a movie. That's a long Tales from the Crypt episode. They could instead do a two-part movie called, get this, "Lost Tales" (another Tolkien title), and do both the Barrow Downs encounter and the much-demanded "Scouring of the Shire" battle omitted from LOTR. Neither of these segments is long enough for its own movie, but packaged as a double feature, sure, why not. But I don't care either way, because I will not support Steven Colbert nor anyone who wishes to inflict this hateful prog Gollum on me. If anyone is doing the Hobbit/LOTR challenge with me -- starting the books today, "Tolkien Reading Day," so-called because the ring was destroyed on March 25th -- I will get in at least a couple of easy-breezy chapters of The Hobbit. I would read more, but I have to finish a Miss Marple novel, The Caribbean Mystery, and I have about 70 pages left of that. So I'll only be able to get a little bit into The Hobbit. (Don't worry, Agatha Christie is fast reading. It's no Hound of the Baskervilles.) I think I'm going to do a post about The Hobbit for Friday -- did you know the book was partially rewritten and Tolkien did a major in-universe retcon of it to make it fit with LOTR? Here's some better news in genre entertainment: The egregious woke Gay Klingon In a Skirt nightmare (and I'm not kidding about that detail) Starfleet: Chocolate Starfish Academy has been cancelled. The show will end after season 2, and if you're wondering "Why give them a season 2?" -- it's their new way of doing things. Rather than commit to a 20 episode season, they now say we're committing two "two seasons of 10 episodes each," which is really just one season split into two release windows. So "season 2" -- really season 1b-- was already contracted for and paid for and I think they're even already shooting it. But after that -- donezo.
EXCLUSIVE: “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” will end with its upcoming second season.
— Variety (@Variety) March 23, 2026
The show failed to find a significant audience, not ranking on Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming viewership charts at any point during its 10-episode first season.https://t.co/fm9WDRNWzv pic.twitter.com/HnjBxysNqz
Right-wing haters killed something that was objectively amazing. Starfleet Academy had one of the best first seasons of any Trek show. Period.
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) March 24, 2026
These anti-woke losers would’ve had a stroke at Riker rizzing up non-binary aliens in TNG. Star Trek has always been progressive. https://t.co/63yPuXae75
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1 https://t.co/jBC3qOvVPo
— Variety (@Variety) October 19, 2024
* One thing you notice when reading LOTR is that Tolkien doesn't like violence and doesn't enjoy writing battles or valorizing war. He does when he absolutely has to, but if he can get away with it, he completely phones in any narrative about how a battle went. For example, after Aragorn raises the Army of the Dead -- the army of ghosts -- we never actually see them in combat. Ever. We only hear of them second-hand when Gimli or Legolas (Gimli, I think) quickly sums up the ghost army's defeat of the Umbar Corsairs in conversation with other characters. After the battle of Minas Tirith is over. Aragorn just shows up with a bunch of men for the fight with no ghosts. (The ghosts left his service after freeing captured men and sailors from the Umbar Corsairs, and it's these freed men who actually appear on the Pelennor Fields to fight the orc army.) So after the Army of the Dead is raised and you're sitting there thinking "Oh man, this is gonna be good...!" What you actually get is "Fuck you, the ghosts are already gone. You missed them, fatty. Now go fuck yourself in the face, jerkoff."
He does this a lot. The fantastic end battle of Fellowship, where the Uruk Hai kill Boromir and kidnap Merry and Pippin? Also only told in retrospect by a dying Boromir. It's like three paragraphs told in retrospect by a dying man who doesn't exactly have a lot of breath in him to tell an exciting tale. A lot of the time, we don't see battles. We just hear about it later. Not gonna lie, it's pretty deflating. I realize I'm not making a good case for reading these books. They're good, seriously. Just... a lot lighter on actual action than you might be expecting.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 06:11 PM (diia5)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 06:13 PM (UjdFS)
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Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:14 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 06:15 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:16 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 06:16 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:17 PM (/HeZH)
So I am betting trans-black-gay everything.
Goldberry is so going to be a tranny. You know it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 06:17 PM (zZu0s)
Tolkien served on the Western Front in the First World War, and fought in the Battle of the Somme.
Can't imagine where he acquired that attitude...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 25, 2026 06:17 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 06:17 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 25, 2026 06:17 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at March 25, 2026 06:17 PM (EP7Sw)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:17 PM (/HeZH)
This could be woke executives still in place trying to set fire to money for the Ellisons.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 06:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Marooned at March 25, 2026 06:18 PM (kt8QE)
I know, just pointing out, sometimes the action is missing in action.
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 06:18 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 06:18 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: wth
His estate signed off on it. Mostly because his heirs are not a shadow of Tolkien's image and desire money.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 06:18 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 06:18 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:19 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: steevy at March 25, 2026 06:19 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 06:19 PM (UjdFS)
I'd never heard of it and hadn't heard it was well-regarded and it impressed the heck out of me.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at March 25, 2026 06:19 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 25, 2026 06:19 PM (YlWIZ)
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If you've ever played a Minstrel in Lord of the Rings Online, this is completely plausible.
Posted by: Methos at March 25, 2026 06:20 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 06:20 PM (GD0B3)
I don't think they signed off on this particular project. I think Warner Bros has the license to do movies based on the Hobbit and LOTR, and they can continue making whatever movies they want so long as the contractual terms are met.
Like how Sony has the right to just keep doing Spider-Man movies so long as they abide by the terms of the license (which I think requires a Spider-Man movie ever seven years or something.)
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 06:20 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 06:20 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 25, 2026 06:19 PM (YlWIZ)
???
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:20 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 06:20 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: tubal
Not sold off but licensed, IIRC. The whole Rangs of Powah only happened after Christopher, his grandson, died.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 06:21 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 25, 2026 06:21 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: The Dog at March 25, 2026 06:21 PM (XodLO)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 06:21 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: 29Victor at March 25, 2026 06:22 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 06:22 PM (vnmN0)
I'd never heard of it and hadn't heard it was well-regarded and it impressed the heck out of me.
I'm not sure yet. I do like how Miss Marple is a big liar in this one. I don't really know where the plot is going. She had three suspects, and then just decided that she might have the facts completely wrong and now everyone's a suspect. I don't know if she has a really great master plan for the book or she's just winging it.
I guess you're telling me she does have a good master-plan? Good to know!
I know sometimes she just makes it up as she goes. She did that in The Blue Train, the worst Christie novel I've read. (And one she acknowledges is a bad book.)
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 06:22 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 06:23 PM (PYyV9)
And he'll get right on that, five months later!
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 06:23 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 06:21 PM (diia5)
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Christopher was his son, and a WW II veteran.
Tolkien sold the movie rights while he was still alive for a pittance, because he felt it was impossible to film. He wasn't wrong.
The Estate later did a separate deal for TV, which is what Amazon owns. There are also divisions on what counts as LotR and what doesn't.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 06:24 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: 29Victor at March 25, 2026 06:25 PM (0MjtC)
Tom Bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-adil
Bombadil is literally a Deus ex machina.
I can't blame modern screenwriters for writing him out.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:25 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 06:25 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 06:21 PM (QaH55)
Well, he was there in the battle where the English soldiers were marched in lines, essentially, towards entrenched German soldiers to be murdered in tens of thousands by machine gun and heavy artillery fire. Retarded generalship producing rivers of needless blood spilled might give one a jaundiced view of the whole thing.
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:25 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 06:25 PM (1wjle)
Reminds me of Faramir's line in the cave behind the waterfall; "I do not love the sword for its sharpness or the steed for its swiftness, I only love what they protect, the realm of Gondor."
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 25, 2026 06:25 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: kingsman at March 25, 2026 06:26 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Ben Sears at March 25, 2026 06:27 PM (fK4Xi)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 06:23 PM (PYyV9)
It shall be a Glorious Analogy about serving the Greater Good by aiding the Most Popular President Ever, Joe Biden, defeat the Forces of Evil, Orangemanbad, and delivering salvation through pharmaceuticals. -- Steven Colbert
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 06:27 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 06:27 PM (AlhUl)
I can fix Tolkien for the Modern Audience!!!!
Posted by: Steven Colbert at March 25, 2026 06:27 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 06:27 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: 29Victor at March 25, 2026 06:28 PM (0MjtC)
I'm a poirot man myself. I like him a lot.
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:28 PM (1wjle)
They're good, seriously. Just... a lot lighter on actual action than you might be expecting.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:10 PM
Reading the books opens up your mind to where you can imagine the battles taking place, and to me, with these books, that's always been good enough.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 06:28 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 06:11 PM (diia5)
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Bombadil is a woodland spirit, part of traditional European folklore. He's the hidden guardian of the Shire, the guy who does all the work, but hides it. He is of the same kind as Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast, the Balrog and Sauron, all being of the Maiar, or lower angelic order. The Valar are the highest order.
He does not turn invisible because he is not subject to Sauron's power, especially in his own lands. Goldberry, his spouse, is also a of the Maiar. Sort of a fairy goddess.
His purpose is to show that there are powers for good, hidden around the world, just as they are in our world. That is to say that there are fallen angels, but also ones who serve God in various ways who are just as real.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:28 PM (ZOv7s)
Colbert fancies himself a Tolkeinophile, the fact that a studio is going to wast a couple hundred million on this loser speaks to the utter bankruptcy of the institutions.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 25, 2026 06:29 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 06:29 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 06:29 PM (Av6i5)
I'm a poirot man myself. I like him a lot.
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:28 PM (1wjle)
Fuck, yea! Poirot was the fuckin' man, man!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 06:29 PM (dmDsy)
I guess I'd apply for a different name if "Stephan Colbert, Jr." was my birth option, too.
Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2026 06:29 PM (Y8DZL)
Britain did that same thing we did back during the Civil War where the units were from the same town and regions. Meant entire generations for some towns were wiped out. It was retarded in light of modern war (back in the day, it meant better cohesion and fighting spirit.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 06:29 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: 29Victor at March 25, 2026 06:30 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:30 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 06:29 PM (Av6i5)
So, you really liked Robinson Crusoe.
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:30 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 06:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 06:30 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:10 PM
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Also, Tolkien's offering of monster milking was no where to be seen.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:30 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 06:31 PM (u1ket)
Basically the entire world was created by a song and even those Ainur singing Illuvatar's melody (gods lower case) that would later become evil like Morgoth and Sauron sang to create the world. And Morgoth purposefully added discordant notes to the song so as to become his own person apart from Illuvatar and the other Ainur.
Thus a world created by song can be dominated by someone who can tap that primordial power like Tom Bombadil because he, nature, and the song of creation are essentially the same thing--expressed through different lens.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 06:31 PM (E4rtv)
it's heavily implied tbf
the balrog, frex
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:31 PM (1wjle)
So Middle Earth uses a modified Julian/Gregorian calendar? You'd think the guy who put all that effort into inventing languages coulda at least come up with a cutsy calendar, too.
The more I hear about The Lord of the Rings, the more I want stay away from it.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at March 25, 2026 06:31 PM (j7INY)
But srsly, I looked up Stephen Colbert's writing credits and the ONLY fiction-type job he's done was for something called Strangers with Candy, which was a comedy starring himself and Amy Sedaris as a 46-year-old high school student who's gotten out of jail and wants to pick up where she left off.
That reddit thread where he gloats says he's a Tolkien expert.
Who knows, maybe he'll do a decent job.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 06:31 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 06:11 PM (diia5)
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Bombadil is a woodland spirit, part of traditional European folklore. He's the hidden guardian of the Shire, the guy who does all the work, but hides it. He is of the same kind as Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast, the Balrog and Sauron, all being of the Maiar, or lower angelic order. The Valar are the highest order.
He does not turn invisible because he is not subject to Sauron's power, especially in his own lands. Goldberry, his spouse, is also a of the Maiar. Sort of a fairy goddess.
His purpose is to show that there are powers for good, hidden around the world, just as they are in our world. That is to say that there are fallen angels, but also ones who serve God in various ways who are just as real.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Also, The Hobbit and LoTR predates hippies. Tolkien was a pretty devout Catholic so not gay either.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 06:31 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 25, 2026 06:32 PM (YlWIZ)
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His very earliest account of the Fall of Gondolin reads like an action novel. That was, I think, written while he was still recuperating in hospital in 1917.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 25, 2026 06:32 PM (5EXov)
Posted by: Boss Moss
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There is no sex in Tolkien's Middle Earth. So Gandalf is NOT Nancy Mace.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 06:32 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:32 PM (/HeZH)
No! Just read six of the big ones then read Curtain. Do not wait forever to read it.
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:33 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 06:33 PM (V4IXI)
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Actually, he did. The dates are just transliterated into familiar terms.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 25, 2026 06:33 PM (5EXov)
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:30 PM (1wjle)
Jules Maigret, plenty of those
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 06:33 PM (GD0B3)
I don't much care for Agatha Christie except the Poirot short stories, but only then because I liked the David Suchet portrayal. She's too wordy and I don't like how her stories really meander and mislead.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 06:33 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 06:33 PM (u1ket)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 06:34 PM (rbvCR)
yes, Tolkien just uses the normal modern calendar for the books. I guess you're supposed to imagine the months have different names in Middle Earth, but he "translates" them all for you.
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:34 PM (1wjle)
the balrog, frex
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:31 PM (1wjle)
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Well, in a description I read over and over (to little effect), he did describe the balrog as "smoking".
And he was into whips.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:35 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I think there is more to Bombadil than being an Ainur. He is a living representative and relic if you will of the song of creation of that world itself.
You see something similar with Merlin in Boorman's retelling of King Arthur, probably on purpose as Boorman originally wanted to do the LOTR as a movie.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 06:35 PM (E4rtv)
To me, they showed the hobbits there there was indeed an innate goodness to the world, and that everything in Middle Earth was alive...
Unless I read that part in my "schrooms" phase, then I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about...
lol
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 06:35 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:25 PM (/HeZH)
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The Dead Marshes are the fields of Flanders, churned up by years of war. You struggle through the craters, obliterated trenches with no drainage and troops often drowned in liquid mud. At the bottom of the craters one could find the dead, corpses and pieces of them everywhere. Once you know what he is describing, the charnel smell, the lights of flares going up, flashes all around, you will realize it is creepy as hell.
Same with Mordor. Barren. Blasted and so defiled that only the sea could make it clean. Again, hiding in holes, merciless heat, and poison gas lurking in the hollow, choking with painful thirst. High summer, having to hold a forward position and out of water. The relief party is late, maybe dead. Nibbling on some hard tack you brought with you, canteen almost dry.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)
But Tatiana Maslani perks up my interest a bit.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 25, 2026 06:35 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 06:34 PM (rbvCR)
That WAS Tolkien’s academic area, so
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:35 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:35 PM (1wjle)
IMO, he's the greatest American detective. (Yes, I know he's originally a Montenegrin.)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 06:36 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 06:37 PM (XmGU0)
I hear good things about Nero Wolfe. One of these days...
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:37 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 06:37 PM (mFz+I)
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 06:37 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:38 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:38 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 06:38 PM (XmGU0)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 06:39 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:38 PM (1wjle)
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Sorry. Brown hair and beard. Bright blue eyes, though.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 25, 2026 06:39 PM (5EXov)
Posted by: the lower depths at March 25, 2026 06:39 PM (GSy5R)
Posted by: gKWVE
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I was speaking regarding what he put in print. Death and the dead hand of the past is far more prevalent than life to some degree in Tolkien.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 06:39 PM (E4rtv)
I hear good things about Nero Wolfe. One of these days...
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2026 06:37 PM (1wjle)
Eyeore, that's sad they didn't recognize the name!
Ace, they are great books, definitely worth your time.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 06:40 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 06:41 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 06:38 PM (XmGU0)
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Yes, but I couldn't get into it because the premise made no sense. A battalion out of contact would quickly be brought back in. The communications trenches were obsessively kept clear, and if for some reason the Fuller phones were down, they actually used carrier pigeons and signal rockets. There is no way you would send runners through enemy lines to call off an attack, and anyway, no commander would do that.
They did raids, but would never throw the whole unit in at once without a plan. "Gallipoli" was a much better film.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 06:37 PM (LHPAg)
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Or maybe an avatar of Trump.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:41 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 25, 2026 06:42 PM (XV/Pl)
Well, he was there in the battle where the English soldiers were marched in lines, essentially, towards entrenched German soldiers to be murdered in tens of thousands by machine gun and heavy artillery fire. Retarded generalship producing rivers of needless blood spilled might give one a jaundiced view of the whole thing.
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:25 PM (/HeZH)
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That's not really how it went. The Brits actually came out ahead in casualties in most of those battles, even the Somme. The key was the artillery barrages and the casualties inflicted when the Germans tried to retake the trenches.
But that image is set in people's minds. Like the slog in the mud in Branagh's version of Agincourt.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 06:42 PM (AlhUl)
I just wrote in the missing rape scenes by hand in my personal copies.
Posted by: George Rape Rape Martin at March 25, 2026 06:42 PM (mFz+I)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 06:43 PM (XmGU0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 06:43 PM (u1ket)
Return was a bit easier to get through.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 25, 2026 06:43 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at March 25, 2026 06:43 PM (pE12i)
Since it's a movie thread, I'll mention that I saw the 1993 "Splitting Heirs" last night with young Catherine Zeta Jones flouncing about in a bikini.
As peak as the Grand Tetons.
Also saw a recent picture of 90-something Sophia Loren; a wrinkly, aged woman.
But those eyes...
Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2026 06:44 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:38 PM (Fi81e)
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Tolkien paid careful attention to time and distance, and has his field manual next to him as he wrote, and that's why people can overlay the movement of the Fellowship and armies on a map of Middle Earth in pretty exact ways.
The dates are tied to the Catholic liturgical calendar. March 25 is the Solemnity of the Annunciation, when Christ became incarnate, and the overthrow of Sauron was tied to that great victory over evil.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:44 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: tubal
Read LOTR in seventh grade and all the subsequent releases of bits and bobs until mebbe the 90's. I like Tolkien and admire his writing but at this stage in my life, epic fantasy is just not that attractive to me.
And many of his imitators were far worse than his writings.
Same with reading a bunch of noir and detective books about ten years ago. Now, I mainly read non-fiction with a few non fiction books scattered here and there.
Reading Colby's autobiography right now.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 06:45 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 25, 2026 06:42 PM (XV/Pl)
LOLOL!!!!!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Don't Know, But My VCR Is Ready to Record... at March 25, 2026 06:45 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 06:45 PM (u1ket)
Yeah, me too. What they showed is that overwhelming evil can be met with overwhelming good, and that great power doesn't have to lord over the land.
The entire point of LOTR is the hobbits, the least creatures, the simplest, the merriest, the happiest, creatures of the land can conquer the ultimate evil, simply by their own simplicity and joy. The scouring of the Shire is the bookend to Tom Bombadil. The Hobbits, who went on the adventure, LAUGH at evil, and go about driving it from the shire with little effort.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 06:47 PM (vOtXJ)
Return was a bit easier to get through.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 25, 2026 06:43 PM (CHHv1)
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I suspect that's the Wagner influence. In the Ring there is at least on case of someone telling the whole story of what you've already seen.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 06:47 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 25, 2026 06:47 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 06:48 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:44 PM (/HeZH)
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No, that's a myth. The armies on all sides struggled with the unprecedented situation, one for which their doctrine was completely inadequate. The war saw continuous tactical evolution, and a 1914 trench was not the same as one in 1915, or 1916, and by 1918, they no longer used continuous lines but rather a network of strong points linked by communications trenches making a very deep battlefield.
Flamethrowers, aircraft, tanks, poison gas, even mining were all attempted to break the deadlock. The notion that fat, drunk old men just ordered troops to charge is totally false.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:48 PM (ZOv7s)
Expect lots of homoerotic, pro feminism/stronk female helicopter mom stuff and wicked sword play between males while bad mouthing men, honor, sacrifice and heterosexual relationships.
Posted by: Stop Giving Them Your Time at March 25, 2026 06:48 PM (HUHft)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 06:45 PM (u1ket)
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Whoa. Paradox.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:49 PM (Fi81e)
Imagine a kick-ass script, 300 million in special effects and a 3.5 hour opus lecturing us on our racism sins. It could have been epic.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 06:49 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: George Rape Rape Martin
Involving children and blood relatives, no doubt.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 06:49 PM (PYyV9)
So the over the top orders just made up.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 06:49 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:44 PM (/HeZH)
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So did the Germans. And the American generals in the Civil War. They were facing a new problem, of much longer range rifles. It was a problem not solved until the 30s.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 06:50 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 06:4
PlutoTV has a One Piece channel. Anime. Don't know if it's On Demand.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 06:50 PM (Sco7b)
No, that's a myth. The armies on all sides struggled with the unprecedented situation, one for which their doctrine was completely inadequate. The war saw continuous tactical evolution, and a 1914 trench was not the same as one in 1915, or 1916, and by 1918, they no longer used continuous lines but rather a network of strong points linked by communications trenches making a very deep battlefield.
Flamethrowers, aircraft, tanks, poison gas, even mining were all attempted to break the deadlock. The notion that fat, drunk old men just ordered troops to charge is totally false.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:48 PM (ZOv7s)
I disagree, and I will leave it at that. I think the whole affair was mismanaged and needless, and without the whole fiasco WWII would never have happened.
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:50 PM (/HeZH)
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A lot of the French casualties occurred during the absolute stupidity of the Battle of the Frontiers. Cran was not a substitute for attacking the entrenched Germans. Verdun was another meatgrinder.
The Brits had some casualties until the Somme where they somehow came to the conclusion that human wave attacks would relieve Verdun by drawing off the Germans.
There was an Avalon Hill game, not particularly popular, called 1914. It had the grim attrition figures on units and due to its realism was a pita to play and not particularly enjoyable to watch your units degraded and massive casualties.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 06:51 PM (E4rtv)
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I'll stick with the Lord of the Rings Online version of this plotline.
You travel with Bombadil to the Great Barrow and confront a "Gaunt Lord" in his lair after he's met with one of the Nazgul.
Tom swoops in at the last minute and opens the Great Barrow to the sky, thus letting in the sunlight, which destroys the evil undead creature.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 06:51 PM (ESVrU)
Yeah, me too. What they showed is that overwhelming evil can be met with overwhelming good, and that great power doesn't have to lord over the land.
The entire point of LOTR is the hobbits, the least creatures, the simplest, the merriest, the happiest, creatures of the land can conquer the ultimate evil, simply by their own simplicity and joy. The scouring of the Shire is the bookend to Tom Bombadil. The Hobbits, who went on the adventure, LAUGH at evil, and go about driving it from the shire with little effort.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 06:47 PM (vOtXJ)
Very well said, Guy!..
*thumbs up emoji*
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 06:51 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 06:47 PM (vOtXJ)
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Exactly! Bombadil is a *guardian angel* and he is there to show that God did not abandon the world to the fallen angels. He is still working. Bombadil won't leave where he is, because then he would fail the people he is protecting. That's his one job.
He would find the Ring boring and lose it because it has no power over him or his land. "Oh look, one of the bad ones made a ring. Whatever. Spring is almost here! Must get ready!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:51 PM (ZOv7s)
That Tolkien guy - decent writer but he was no Don Pendleton let me tell you.
Posted by: Kratwurst at March 25, 2026 06:51 PM (fcDpY)
Flamethrowers, aircraft, tanks, poison gas, even mining were all attempted to break the deadlock. The notion that fat, drunk old men just ordered troops to charge is totally false.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I think Tubal is discussing strategy, you are discussing tactics.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 06:52 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:52 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Stop Giving Them Your Time at March 25, 2026 06:48 PM (HUHft)
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We got more than enough of that in Amazon's Wheel of Time.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 06:52 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
I read the first couple of sets of those. They were different. Darker for sure. Heard there was a Third Chronicles of Thomas Covenant set written but I haven't read them. Stephen Donaldson is still alive. He's 78. He's from Cleveland. No wonder his books are so despairing.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 06:52 PM (sAmhv)
All those are great reads too and give you inside into Tolkiens ideas and what he found interesting.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 25, 2026 06:52 PM (8EOjo)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 06:48 PM (PYyV9)
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That is the most striking thing about them. Archie is an American-style detective; Nero is a Brit style - and obviously derived from Mycroft.
Well, the other thing you remember is the food. Not many writers go into details on meals as Stout does. O'Brian's Aubreys do sometimes, and Saki did a couple of times. Of course there is M. Pamplemousse, where the food is the real point. (Not great mysteries, though.)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 06:54 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 06:50 PM (/HeZH)
The Treaty of Versailles and the French demand for their pound of flesh caused WW2 IMHO.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 06:54 PM (V4IXI)
"I took their candle away years ago"
--Jesus
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 06:54 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 06:54 PM (nk8KF)
Aesthetics are important.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 06:55 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:10 PM
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I just finished The Hobbit earlier today. The "Battle of Five Armies" that Peter Jackson turned into an entire movie?
Tolkien spends a total of FIVE PAGES on it. In the end the Eagles show up to save the day, but Bilbo gets knocked unconscious and we don't even see how the climax of the battle played out.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 06:55 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 25, 2026 06:56 PM (8EOjo)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 06:56 PM (u1ket)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 06:52 PM (ESVrU)
THAT was a fucking travesty!!!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 06:56 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 06:52 PM (E4rtv)
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The tactics are what enabled the deadlock to be broken.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I think there’s a spliced version of the hobbit trilogy that edits out the crap and the three movies end up about 45 minutes total
Posted by: Kratwurst at March 25, 2026 06:58 PM (fcDpY)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:48 PM (ZOv7s)
Correct. The narrative of shit filled trenches filled with dying men and whole villages of related men of a generation being wiped out was Bolshevik propaganda which took hold of western europe, especially Britain, after the war and became "fact", as it was "cool" to be a socialist after the war. The Brits were the main innovators in trying new things and new tactics and new weapons, all though not all went well at times.
Posted by: Beware, Take Care at March 25, 2026 06:58 PM (HUHft)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 25, 2026 06:58 PM (8EOjo)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 06:58 PM (V4IXI)
My disappointment was that they never showed him in the same shot with Christopher Lee (who was a real LOTR expert), and not fond of people like Colbert.
Posted by: Orson at March 25, 2026 07:01 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:10 PM
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Something that a lot of people don't realize: LotR is written as an actual history book. The one Frodo was working on at the end? That's it.
And everything in the book had an eye witness. There is no Narrator who sees all.
So when you hear a story told in flashback, that is how it got to Frodo. We don't know much of what happened in Boromir's fight because he died. It is amazing if you think about it, and if you read it enough times, you learn who is the one who wrote each section.
Talk about character immersion!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)
King Solomon's Mines was much better, in my opinion.
Imagine someone making a modern movie out of She
Yeah they tried in the past, it wasn't great. Nobody has done a good King Solomon either and there's ZERO chance it gets done now.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 07:01 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Kratwurst at March 25, 2026 06:58 PM (fcDpY)
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The Hobbit is a pretty good story, but it's written almost as a travelogue of Bilbo's adventures.
Very little dialog between characters.
Mostly expository prose as the narrator chats with the reader about the significance of various locations of Middle Earth and Bilbo's encounters in those locales.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:01 PM (ESVrU)
And don't forget the gay cadet who's so gay he pukes glitter. I am also not kidding about that detail. It's as though the entire purpose of show was to see just how gay and retarded they could possibly make it. In that sense, it was a smashing success.
Posted by: Gayest and retardedest scifi ever at March 25, 2026 07:01 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 07:02 PM (V4IXI)
She'll be playing a transgender boy. I'll pass.
Work is work I guess....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 07:02 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Gary L. - First Letter Only!!! at March 25, 2026 07:02 PM (dmDsy)
I lover her writing - it is very careful and structured and she does a great job dropping information without giving away the mystery. It is fun to read once for the story, and then a second time to see how she did it after you know what she did.
I never read Caribbean though. The ones I have read a much better than ACD. He had good mysteries, but Christie was on another level.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 07:02 PM (FrseG)
Why would they put out a pro-communist film, let alone shit all over Orwell in the process?
Posted by: Pastafarian at March 25, 2026 07:02 PM (sifs3)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:02 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 07:03 PM (Sco7b)
And he'll get right on that, five months later!
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 06:23 PM (1wjle
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LOL! You're so right!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 07:03 PM (NOSDa)
Aisha’s mother did exactly this before sending her to Muhammad. Aisha was so small that her mother had to fatten her up before sending her to Muhammad, so that this prepubescent little girl could support the weight of her prophet on top of her without her body breaking.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 07:03 PM (gKWVE)
That is what it is called - when you run it through a second time.
We now use that word to just mean "what I learned, or what I got out of it." but it really means what I got from what was left over.
Peasants wold glean the field for dropped grains. Stuff too small for the farmer to deal with.
I have seen this done in farms. It is a real practice, even today.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 07:04 PM (FrseG)
Boobs.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
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Nerd boobs.
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 07:04 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: ace
The 30's movie with Edward Arnold was a miss, the 60's pilot with Kurt Krassner and WILLIAM SHATNER as Archie was good, the 90's series with Maury Chaiken and Timothy Hutton were uneven, but watchable.
The original "Fer-de-Lance" novel by Rex Stout was very good
Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2026 07:05 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 07:05 PM (I+a8W)
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Rulz: You know them, where are the pics?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 07:05 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 07:05 PM (FrseG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 07:05 PM (u1ket)
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 06:23 PM (1wjle
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LOL! You're so right!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 07:03 PM (NOSDa)
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Heh. I just read that part of the story earlier this afternoon. I had forgotten how long it took for Frodo to finally get his ass in gear and leave the Shire. Even his friends noticed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:06 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:02 PM (+nEug)
What's the first
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 07:06 PM (I+a8W)
Aesthetics are important.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 06:55 PM (kpS4V)
My dad had those. Between him, me and my brother, we wore the covers out. I made some new covers and Dad loved it. The Hobbit had Smaug over Lake Town.
A few years ago I found that set in very good condition and bought them.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 25, 2026 07:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: ace
The TV series is very very good.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 07:06 PM (FrseG)
Sorry if that was mentioned.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 07:03 PM (Sco7b)
An extra drizzle of retardation on the steaming feculent gay and retarded cake.
Posted by: Putting the gay in stargazing at March 25, 2026 07:06 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 07:07 PM (u1ket)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 07:07 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 07:05 PM (u1ket)
WARTHOG! WAAART HOOOGGGG!!!
Posted by: Ramones at March 25, 2026 07:07 PM (TbWk/)
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He also did the voice Phil St. Kebbin on Harvey Birdman.
Which did not ruin it.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 07:07 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:07 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (Fi81e)
I tried that DNS change and it worked. Thanks.
Posted by: bob
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Off and on. Fixing dinner.
A lot of network problems and internet problems come from DNS problems. Glad it worked for you.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)
Oh no wait, that WAS Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Putting the gay in stargazing at March 25, 2026 07:06 PM (TbWk/)
It was like they were intentionally trying to piss off half the audience right from the start.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: kingsman at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (ehY6c)
Its apparently really disjointed, because each episode is written by someone else (a few did more than one, but never in sequence) and directed by other people. So each character is really different from show to show, and there's an odd continuity that is wildly inconsistent; One show, they see some people die. Next show they are having fun on spring break. Thirst show, they are all super depressed and need therapy because of the dead people two shows ago they showed no regret or concern about.
The characters are forgettable except for how obnoxious and dumb they are. Nearly all the women are fat and unattractive except for the one who looks kinda like that girl from Daily Wire that left for her own show. ALL the guys are tall and ripped and handsome. Its like it was written by fat blue haired readers of romantasy novels
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (PYyV9)
I think enough time has passed that I start watching Monk and Psych again.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (V362x)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (a+4eV)
The original "Fer-de-Lance" novel by Rex Stout was very good
Posted by: Auspex
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Oh, I liked it a lot. It had one or two weak episodes, but most were very good.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (FrseG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 07:09 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 07:09 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 07:09 PM (u1ket)
Should have known.
I never shy from a good setup.
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 07:09 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: kingsman at March 25, 2026 07:09 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 07:09 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (V4IXI)
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I have never not been watching Psych, here and there.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 07:10 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (Sco7b)
Otherwise known as all entertainment post 2015.
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 07:10 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Like Rhymes. at March 25, 2026 07:10 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:11 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 07:11 PM (u1ket)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (V4IXI)
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I have never not been watching Psych, here and there.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 07:10 PM (Fi81e)
Try Chuck sometime. You might like it.
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:11 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (PYyV9)
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SPOILER: That's exactly who wrote it and who their desired audience is.
As for continuity, I had heard about those problems. It's like they had NO PLAN for any of this going forward. No actual mythic story arc, no character development, no show bible, nothing. They just winged it the entire time.
Idiots.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:11 PM (ESVrU)
The Wolfe character was supposedly a Sherlock Holmes type introvert who played with orchids, never went out and "Deduced" while Archie was a much smarter and street wise character than Dr. Watson; their interplay was better.
Archie liked chicks.
Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2026 07:12 PM (Y8DZL)
It looks like it will be some time after the trilogy, with Elanor finding the story of Tom Bombadil, and then flashbacks. But that's just the guess.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 07:12 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:11 PM (/HeZH)
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I did like a good portion of it. Kind of intended watching the parts I missed on streaming, but never have yet.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 07:12 PM (Fi81e)
It's more punishment from a man bitter that he went from a hip cool TV host to nothing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 07:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Faggot Klingon. Really? I want to see this.
I really want my kid to see this.
Butt fuckers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 07:12 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: RebeccaH at March 25, 2026 07:12 PM (VFung)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 07:12 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 07:13 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:11 PM (/HeZH)
Not quite detective. But secret agent good substitute.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 07:13 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 07:13 PM (u1ket)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 07:13 PM (vnmN0)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:11 PM (/HeZH)
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I did like a good portion of it. Kind of intended watching the parts I missed on streaming, but never have yet.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 07:12 PM (Fi81e)
The supporting cast were brilliant, IMO.
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:13 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 07:11 PM (u1ket)
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People like to say that, but remember that the One Ring corrupted those around Frodo, like Boromir.
Even Gandalf and Galadriel recognized the danger.
NO ONE was immune to its lure.
What if Gwaihir the Wind Lord had decided HE should have the One Ring?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:13 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 07:14 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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The Americans are what enabled the deadlock to be broken. All other parties had bled themselves to death including financially.
Both France and UK figured from the get go after the Marne that Americans entering the war on their side was essential to secure a win.
In an attrition strategy, the only way to win is like Grant in the ACW, he had about a 3:1 advantage in many of his campaigns so he could trade casualties even with the Rebs and still win.
That is if you can sustain the moral outrage in society from seemingly pointless slaughter. Arguing domestically that we are sending troops to the slaughter so that they in turn can slaughter the enemies but more so is something not readily defensible in any Western society for long.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 07:14 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 07:12 PM (kpS4V)
Seagoing chiropractors of fortune.
Posted by: Crack sailors at March 25, 2026 07:14 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:08 PM (/HeZH)
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The winged Nazgul are the enemy fighters, ranging over the trenches, bombing, strafing, forcing the troops down. Remember that the Germans had the edge for a long time until Allied aircraft caught up and superior numbers took their toll.
And then things were reversed, now it's the orcs feeling the hurt.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 07:14 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 25, 2026 07:14 PM (mP0Kj)
People like to say that, but remember that the One Ring corrupted those around Frodo, like Boromir.
Even Gandalf and Galadriel recognized the danger.
NO ONE was immune to its lure.
What if Gwaihir the Wind Lord had decided HE should have the One Ring?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:13 PM (ESVrU)
Nah, no fingers - wait
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:14 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: logprof at March 25, 2026 07:15 PM (jo6FO)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 07:15 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 07:10 PM (I+a8W)
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Tell me about it. It seems the main enjoyment the woke have in these things is relishing how the "updates" must be pissing off traditionals.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 07:15 PM (Fi81e)
What if Gwaihir the Wind Lord had decided HE should have the One Ring?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:13 PM (ESVrU)
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Swalwell?
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 07:16 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:13 PM (/HeZH)
He should have slipped in I'll be in my bunk somewhere in the series.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 07:16 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 07:15 PM (kpS4V)
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Neal Stepheson waxes eloquently about the joy of eating Captain Crunch...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:16 PM (ESVrU)
I tried watching Monk but I got really tired of them emphasizing how weird Monk is. Did you know that he's weird? Look at how weird he is. He's weird. Did you get that he's weird? Weird weird weird weird weird. Half the show? Him being weird. Again. Look at how weird he is!. Oh yeah a mystery, whatever. WWEEIRRRD!!!!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 07:16 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:13 PM (/HeZH)
He should have slipped in I'll be in my bunk somewhere in the series.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 07:16 PM (V4IXI)
Yvonne Strahovsky. Wow.
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:17 PM (/HeZH)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 07:18 PM (Zz0t1)
But, dudes, watch out for your signal.
Uncle Don's got a buster for you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 07:18 PM (jmsL3)
All the Barrow Wights will be Trump and his cabinet.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 07:18 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 07:14 PM (E4rtv)
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Yes. The British were a mess, with Lloyd George refusing to send troops forward to Haig, who he figured would just get them killed.
When the US showed up, the French and British wanted to use us as replacements. No bueno. We want our own sector, so they gave us the worst one on the front, and we hammered our way through, albeit at a loss rate that seems unreal. Something like 160,000 men in A MONTH.
Getting back to Tolkien, some folks want more action, but he is writing history, so yes, he has the commanders argue over strategy and go over the numbers of men they have left. Any reinforcements? What about that crossroads?
That's why it feels so real.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:17 PM (/HeZH)
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Fan name: Yvonne StraHOTsky...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:18 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 07:18 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 07:10 PM (I+a8W)
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Tell me about it. It seems the main enjoyment the woke have in these things is relishing how the "updates" must be pissing off traditionals.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 07:15 PM (Fi81e)
Completely overestimating the damns we give about anything they do.
I'm happy with asian stuff and older Disney and Nick shows. Victoria Justice is nearing 30. Ariana Grande too....sadly in pounds...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 07:18 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 25, 2026 07:18 PM (/THgZ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 07:18 PM (kpS4V)
Agree on the "Better Call Saul" but Odenkirk has now slid into the unassuming milquetoast who kicks the shit out of legions of gangsters from his past in EVERY MOVIE HE MAKES.
Makes Jason Statham seem like an actor with range.
Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2026 07:19 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:17 PM (/HeZH)
I liked the first two seasons of that show, but seeing Yvonne take on Michael Clarke Duncan was laughingly ridiculous.
Grrl power, you guys.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 25, 2026 07:19 PM (0aYVJ)
Bum Gravy!
Posted by: Bum Gravy! at March 25, 2026 07:19 PM (HUHft)
I can understand that but it didn't bother me because that is where his super power came from.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 07:19 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 07:15 PM (kpS4V)
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Food matters. It adds to the richness, and also the tension as Frodo and Sam run low on food and then water becomes critical.
And again, it's a history, and told by veterans. Veterans talk a lot about chow.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 25, 2026 07:20 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:20 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Bum Gravy! at March 25, 2026 07:19 PM (HUHft)
That had to be his worst nightmare because it's close to mine. 😀
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 07:20 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:17 PM (/HeZH)
I liked the first two seasons of that show, but seeing Yvonne take on Michael Clarke Duncan was laughingly ridiculous.
Grrl power, you guys.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 25, 2026 07:19 PM (0aYVJ)
Jeff and Lester were too good not to watch.
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:20 PM (/HeZH)
Could be worse. At least it's not about "Star Track".
(Trek)
Posted by: Case at March 25, 2026 07:20 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 07:21 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 07:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 07:18 PM (kpS4V)
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I watched Disparu's channel on Youtube, which was pretty funny but even he was losing his mind after a few episodes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 07:21 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 07:20 PM (/HeZH)
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Chuck was a show where the B-plot (about life at the Best Buy clone) was often more entertaining than the A-plot (spy adventures).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:22 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 07:22 PM (I+a8W)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 07:21 PM (kpS4V)
Yes. The B plots were often my favorite part of "Chuck."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 25, 2026 07:22 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: EyeofSauron at March 25, 2026 07:22 PM (G6FGs)
the slick lawyer guy - his brother's partner? - was also excellent.
as was Michael McKean of course
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 07:23 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 07:16 PM (PYyV9
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Weird? I immediately thought of this idiot.
https://tinyurl.com/49akmws6
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 07:24 PM (uJWG4)
NO PORK CHOPS FOR YOU!
Posted by: pookysgirl, not sharing at March 25, 2026 07:24 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 07:25 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Elect me because i'm dyslexic and racist at March 25, 2026 07:26 PM (bexpN)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 07:27 PM (u1ket)
Posted by: pookysgirl, Tolkien fangirl at March 25, 2026 07:27 PM (Wt5PA)
But they didn't have to emphasize it so heavily in every single show to such an extent. WE GET IT. It was distracting and felt like filler.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 07:27 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 07:31 PM (u1ket)
Posted by: eleven at March 25, 2026 07:32 PM (aTgV0)
But srsly, I looked up Stephen Colbert's writing credits and the ONLY fiction-type job he's done was for something called Strangers with Candy, which was a comedy starring himself and Amy Sedaris as a 46-year-old high school student who's gotten out of jail and wants to pick up where she left off.
That reddit thread where he gloats says he's a Tolkien expert.
Who knows, maybe he'll do a decent job.
Come on. He can't even write his own f**king jokes without soundling like a one note r*tard. He's going to f**k it into a ditch and they're going to lose a sh*t ton of money.
The fact that they are paying this utter f**kwit a dime says Hollywood isn't close to done with going full r*tard. These studios deserve to f**king burn.
Posted by: Nelly at March 25, 2026 07:36 PM (7gpcF)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 25, 2026 07:15 PM (kpS4V)
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Neal Stepheson waxes eloquently about the joy of eating Captain Crunch...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:16 PM (ESVrU)
That he was. I really enjoyed Chryptonomicon, but not so much Fall or Dodge in Hell.
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 07:45 PM (LHPAg)
Sorry if that was mentioned.
That show was nothing but one giant troll on the fans. A Klingon that only wanted to declare war on other men's r*ctums.
A fat r*tard that literally swallowed her com badge.
A captain that flopped around in the captains chair like some kind of emo teenager and mumbled her lines like she was gargling oat meal.
A betazed that could kill people with her empathy powers. (no, these f**kwit writers didn't understand the old shows at all)
The big cliffhanger was a minefield being created that surrounded federation space. (yes, they have no f**king idea how space works)
If sh*t writing was a crime, everyone associated with this f**king abomination would be on d**th row.
Posted by: Nelly at March 25, 2026 07:54 PM (7gpcF)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 07:16 PM (PYyV9
I think Monk was one of the first shows that USA had that was original; i think Psych and Burn Notice followed soon after.
I like Tony Shaloub and Ted Levine together but I think i stopped watching after season 3 or so because of the same reason you mention. It just felt like they were going nowhere with the character and just putting him in different situations to react to.
Psych and Burn Notice on the other hand, i never missed an episode and bought the DVD collections. Then they came up with some slick lawyer show and I pretty much stopped watching the channel.
Posted by: Nelly at March 25, 2026 08:07 PM (7gpcF)
Posted by: Halfhand at March 25, 2026 08:37 PM (BSRx7)
Posted by: Castle Guy at March 25, 2026 09:36 PM (Lhaco)
Yvonne had a chipped front tooth, fixed before season 2. I thought the imperfection made her more beautiful, like Cindy Crawford's mole.
Loved the fight she had with another woman. Not a weirdo, but you see her panties if you have it on DVD and go very slow forward.
It was a fun dumb show. Reminded me of the shows I loved in the '70's growing up.
Posted by: Elect me because i'm dyslexic and racist at March 25, 2026 11:26 PM (bexpN)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at March 26, 2026 12:03 AM (tRYqg)
Posted by: SmallTownGirl at March 26, 2026 12:10 AM (QVAxM)
Posted by: MikeN at March 26, 2026 11:05 AM (XnLTM)
Quick Hits
U.S. Senator John FettermanIf you missed it, Julie Kelly says this photo of the murderer-migrant indicates he may be Tren de Aragua and may have killed Sheridan as part of a murder-your-way-in gang initiation ritual. I don't know why she says that. Maybe he's flashing a TdA gang sign or something. This judge overseeing a lawsuit against Elon Musk has previously mocked him online, but refuses to recuse herself. Because she hates him, and she wants to be the one to bring him down.
@SenFettermanPA As a father, I grieve for Sheridan's parents for this unspeakable tragedy. This was a failure of not holding criminal migrants accountable and not protecting the public--and another tragic reason why I was the Dem lead on the Laken Riley law.
Elon Musk demands judge's recusal over 'support' of LinkedIn post that mocked him after $2B verdict Elon Musk is demanding a Delaware judge step aside from a high-stakes Tesla case after she allegedly "supported" a LinkedIn post mocking a $2 billion verdict against him in a separate California case. Lawyers for Musk and Tesla filed a motion in Delaware's Court of Chancery seeking the recusal of Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick from overseeing consolidated shareholder lawsuits, arguing her conduct "create[s] a perception of bias" that taints the proceedings. The explosive filing centers on activity tied to McCormick's LinkedIn account following a federal jury verdict in California that found Musk liable over tweets he posted in 2022 about his $44 billion Twitter deal. The complaint includes a screenshot of a LinkedIn post by Harry Plotkin, a Southern California-based jury consultant who worked with the legal team that sued Musk for securities fraud in San Francisco federal court. "Sorry, Elon. Sorry, Quinn Emanuel," Plotkin wrote, referring to Musk and the law firm that represented him. "Thanks $2 billion for your help in this trial. It was a pleasure working against you. Congratulations to the trial team at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP and Bottini Law for standing up for the little guy against the richest man in the world." The filing alleges the post was promoted by McCormick's account, with a banner above it reading: "Katie McCormick supports this." McCormick has denied intentionally endorsing the post, claiming she was unaware of the interaction until LinkedIn notified her she had used the heart-in-hand "support" icon, according to the Financial Times. "I either did not click the 'support' icon at all, or I did so accidentally. I do not believe that I did it accidentally," she wrote in a letter to attorneys. As alleged in the filing, LinkedIn's "Support" reaction -- shown as a heart cradled in an outstretched hand -- requires a deliberate selection from multiple options and is generally interpreted as a stronger endorsement than a standard "Like," which is the platform's default, one-click response. A separate LinkedIn post criticizing Musk also drew engagement from the judge's chambers, with a staff account "liking" a message saying "so many people who should be so deeply ashamed of themselves seem incapable of being so," according to the filing. In the filing, Musk's lawyers argue the LinkedIn activity strikes at the core of judicial impartiality, writing that the posts "are not simply negative criticism" but "inflammatory," mocking Musk and his attorneys while celebrating a multibillion-dollar verdict against them.They refuse to recuse themselves even when their is blazing evidence of bias precisely because they are biased and emotionally invested in the outcome of the trials they rig.
The British PatriotA senior member of Iran's Ministry of """ Intelligence""" was also, sadly, deceived by aides resulting in an incomplete understanding of his own death.
@TheBritLad 5h 🚨 BREAKING: Easter egg prices slashed by nearly half at supermarkets including Morrisons. This comes after social media backlash over packaging missing the word "Easter". The people refuse to let their culture be erased. Widespread social media posts actively calling for a boycotts with comments like "No Easter on the box = no buy from me". People are openly switching to alternatives (M&S, Aldi, Lindt,) where the word "Easter is openly displayed.
Baba BanarasTM
@RealBababanaras BREAKING: A senior member of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence, Sayed Yahya Hamidi, responsible for "Israel Affairs" and accused of leading terrorist activities targeting Jews worldwide, has been killed in an Israeli strike in Tehran.
Nick Shirley “Would you guys vote for Gavin Newsom in 2028?”
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) March 25, 2026
California resident “I’d vote for him because he got me released, coming home from a life sentence — He signed off saying I’m fit for society”
“What were you locked up for?
“Murder, carjacking and robbery”
Holy sh*t pic.twitter.com/GLWh7tfQH9
British leftist says demographic change is a myth. Watch the background as he says it: pic.twitter.com/CBUmVWWGyr
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 25, 2026
'I TEND TO BELIEVE IRAN MORE THAN I DO DONALD TRUMP, because he could not acknowledge the truth even when he’s slapped in the face with it repeatedly' — fmr CIA Director John Brennan
— RT (@RT_com) March 24, 2026
'He's trying to figure out how he's going to get out of this debacle that he has created' pic.twitter.com/qfwzaVlrNE
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:01 PM (ZOv7s)
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Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 05:06 PM (y7qTK)
If we're under 10 comments and someone already nooded the previous post, does that mean I have to repeat-nood that post before I comment on the latest one?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 05:06 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 25, 2026 05:06 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: kingsman at March 25, 2026 05:07 PM (ehY6c)
@SenFettermanPA
As a father, I grieve for Sheridan's parents for this unspeakable tragedy.
This was a failure of not holding criminal migrants accountable and not protecting the public
WAT is zis man doing here?!
Posted by: Major Hochstetter of the DNC at March 25, 2026 05:07 PM (ittVa)
MS NOW has only the best guests.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 05:08 PM (IifOV)
https://is.gd/k8g2ps
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 05:08 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 05:06 PM (y9nCu)
It was nooded twice. Maybe they're luxuriating in the content.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:08 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 05:06 PM (y7qTK)
That would make it an assteroid, wouldn't it?
I'll show myself out - Hey with the hands! I said I'd show myse-(door slams)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 25, 2026 05:08 PM (nbLIj)
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He's doing the dog drinking coffee while his house is on fire meme.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 05:08 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 05:09 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 05:06 PM (y9nCu)
*pulls out pen and permanent record *
*watches to see what happens *
Posted by: Diogenes at March 25, 2026 05:09 PM (2WIwB)
This comes after social media backlash over packaging missing the word "Easter".
The people refuse to let their culture be erased.
Kinda late for that dhimmis.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 05:09 PM (iHruz)
The main flaw with the system is that it relies almost entirely on honor and dignity to restrain judicial abuse. No one can force a judge to recuse themselves, so they don't. No one punishes a judge for letting a murderer go free 87 times, so they do. No one punishes a judge for making stupid rulings, in fact they get promoted by Democrats. There's no cost.
All of that and more was supposed to be prevented by having sober, honorable, dignified men who loved the law and justice over themselves. And as a last resort, legislators can remove them from their office, but it almost never happens, and is almost impossible to even make happen.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:09 PM (PYyV9)
Yo Brennan. You don't have any sources, you know nothing, you're not an insider, you don't have a clearance, your predictions have never proven out, your speculations are just a bunch of porn.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:09 PM (XJ22o)
Your communist slip is showing, Ms Brennan.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 05:09 PM (IifOV)
MS Now is thrilled the Dems won some election in Florida. I don't know details.
Great news! Obama's library of doom opens June 18th. On his website you can win tickets.
You'll have to smuggle in your own feces but I'm sure the Horde can figure that out.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 05:10 PM (Sco7b)
The whole judge thing is a win-win, because if she doesn't recuse Musk has good grounds for an appeal, and the judiciary as a whole looks even more shamelessly corrupt.
This is a necessary precondition should Trump choose to begin ignoring them because he can point to example after example where they beclowned themselves like this.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: GWB at March 25, 2026 05:10 PM (AH8u4)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 05:10 PM (sAmhv)
Who came up the idea of reading about some other yahoo winning the game for you? it's like reading a review in the Weekly Standard about how good a lay your wife was
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 05:10 PM (y7qTK)
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Make Tarring & Feathering Great Again.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 05:10 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 05:08 PM (Dv3i1)
They've become so common he no longer sees them.
Or, given that their commonality brings into question his political beliefs, he chooses not to see them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:10 PM (ExV1e)
All you have to do is look at school rosters around London for the last forty years. All the boys used to have names like Adam, John, and Ian. Now it's Muhammad, Mohammad, and Mohamed.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2026 05:11 PM (mkw2N)
Or the third possibility; you did it on purpose and now you’re lying about it.
I thought judges were supposed to be familiar with logic?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 25, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:01 PM (ZOv7s)
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:01 PM (ZOv7s)
4 Yay!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:02 PM (ExV1e)
5 Nooded.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:02 PM (ZOv7s)
6 I have informed the prior thread.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:02 PM (ExV1e)
7 Now to read the content...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:03 PM (ZOv7s)
That's some pro-level ball right there, bruh!
LOL
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 05:11 PM (dmDsy)
I don't understand the motivation behind removing Easter from the package. Its not even a Christian holiday any more. Aside from one sunday sermon, Christians barely celebrate it any more. Its all eggs and bunnies and candy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:11 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Vengeance at March 25, 2026 05:11 PM (A+X4b)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 05:12 PM (IifOV)
Gotta love the way Bald Black MSNOW Woman (can't remember her name, don't care) needs emotional support for the fact that Iran behaves badly and lies.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:12 PM (XJ22o)
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He's doing the dog drinking coffee while his house is on fire meme.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 05:08 PM (Dv3i1)
The leftist is probably rape gang adjacent.
Posted by: Beartooth at March 25, 2026 05:12 PM (tYGL3)
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 05:13 PM (ZN5Ar)
Posted by: kingsman at March 25, 2026 05:13 PM (ehY6c)
Make Tarring & Feathering Great Again.
That is pretty much what it would take. We are of such a childish, weak, corrupt, effeminate and soy society now that we cannot expect honor to rise up again. Fear has to take its place.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:13 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:09 PM (PYyV9)
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On the plus side, a lot of these judges are also completely corrupt and have likely committed other crimes on the side, because if they feel so arrogant as to abuse power in high-profile cases, you can be sure they did it elsewhere.
I think Trump has been letting Boasberg and crew drag things out because they knew there would be stuff coming out about a criminal conspiracy to deprive him of his civil rights, and we're seeing more of that.
All impeachment does is remove a judge from a bench. Jailing them is better.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Kinda late for that dhimmis.
Posted by: rickb223
Well, we're okay with bein' a footnote in history, wot? But erased?
Posted by: the British public at March 25, 2026 05:14 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Beartooth at March 25, 2026 05:12 PM (tYGL3)
He probably runs around in a schoolgirl outfit hoping they'll pick him.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:14 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Vengeance at March 25, 2026 05:14 PM (A+X4b)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 05:15 PM (uByKr)
Says it as easily as being asked what he does for a living.
I’m sure he, and everybody he knows, would vote for Gavin.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 25, 2026 05:15 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 05:15 PM (Cqx++)
I'll put a hundred USD down that the Donald will ignore the courts after the midterms.
Posted by: kingsman
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Ooh.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:15 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:12 PM (XJ22o)
Her head looks like it escaped a pool table.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 05:15 PM (8zz6B)
The same problem with women judges, as with women voters. They lead with their feels, not their brains.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 05:15 PM (iHruz)
I read a Myst based book a couple of decades ago called The Book of Ti'ana. I really enjoyed it.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2026 05:15 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Vengeance at March 25, 2026 05:14 PM (A+X4b)
I feel like this is a personal attack. -- Jeff Bezos, shopkeeper
Tell me about it. -- Mark Kelly
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:16 PM (ExV1e)
LOL
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 05:11 PM (dmDsy)
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Making the rubble bounce.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:17 PM (ZOv7s)
I wish I could hope for that but the justice department cannot even seem to find anyone to arrest for stuff proven and handed to them on a platter by indy journalists.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:17 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Darth Randall at March 25, 2026 05:17 PM (RhBNt)
She gonna drag this out and make the process the punishment as usual
we have such a lovely judicial system
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 25, 2026 05:18 PM (REq0p)
I'm more thinking of crap like the Star Control books and the ACTION parts of the Kyle Katarn books ("Dark Forces").
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 05:18 PM (y7qTK)
You know, John Roberts bestie.
Posted by: Vengeance at March 25, 2026 05:18 PM (A+X4b)
Gotta love the way Bald Black MSNOW Woman (can't remember her name, don't care) needs emotional support for the fact that Iran behaves badly and lies.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Symone Sanders-Townsend
https://t.ly/xOYzC
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 05:18 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:17 PM (PYyV9)
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Not true. They have hammered the Somalis, lots of convictions, lots of cases, but that takes time. Also remember: Thune refuses to recess the Senate or vote on Trumps US Attorneys. Tough sledding.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:18 PM (ZOv7s)
No one can force a judge to recuse themselves
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Isn't an unfavorable decision from a judge who shows evidence of bias appealable on those grounds? Something about a "free and fair" trial?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:18 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Vengeance at March 25, 2026 05:14 PM (A+X4b)
I feel like this is a personal attack. -- Jeff Bezos, shopkeeper
Tell me about it. -- Mark Kelly
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:16 PM (ExV1e)
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Hey now!
Posted by: James Carvell at March 25, 2026 05:18 PM (RhBNt)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Nothing much has changed for him over that time, so he’s not wrong.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 25, 2026 05:19 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Vengeance at March 25, 2026 05:19 PM (A+X4b)
Bruce Springsteen and Bernie Sanders will both appear at the No Kings Rally on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, with rallies starting at 2 p.m.. Springsteen will perform "Streets of Minneapolis" before starting his "Land of Hope & Dreams" tour on March 31, 2026.
Upcoming Events & Tour Schedule
No Kings Rally (St. Paul): Saturday, March 28, 2026, featuring Bruce Springsteen (performance), Bernie Sanders, Jane Fonda, and others.
Bruce Springsteen "Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour": Begins March 31, 2026, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN, and concludes on May 27, 2026, at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C..
Additional Date: The tour hits the Prudential Center in Newark on April 20, 2026.
No Kings rally is part of nationwide demonstrations, with other attendees reported to include Keith Ellison and Maggie Rogers.
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I don't think it's one frigging bit amusing for any week, let alone Holy Week.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 05:19 PM (NFX2v)
I read a Myst based book a couple of decades ago called The Book of Ti'ana. I really enjoyed it.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2026 05:15 PM (mkw2N)
I think a Half-Life novel would be pretty cool, even if it just stuck to the original story of the first 2 games...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 05:19 PM (dmDsy)
They have hammered the Somalis, lots of convictions, lots of cases, but that takes time. Also remember: Thune refuses to recess the Senate or vote on Trumps US Attorneys. Tough sledding.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Old cases. Nothing stemming from Nick Shirley's revelations.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:19 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: kingsman"
And then bugs out when his term is done to his impenetrable secret lair in an extinct volcano.
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 05:19 PM (ZN5Ar)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 25, 2026 05:20 PM (gQ15S)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 05:20 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 05:20 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 05:20 PM (mHVWR)
Probably, over years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees and lawyer payments. Assuming the next judge up the line isn't yet another activist.
But that doesn't punish the judge who refused to recuse themselves. It used to, it used to be career suicide, shameful. Now its a resume enhancer and you get flown out for think tanks and book deals and appearances on TV.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:21 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Vengeance at March 25, 2026 05:19 PM (A+X4b)
And definitely same-sexed!
Posted by: Denny Crane - Trust Me, I've Met Him... at March 25, 2026 05:21 PM (dmDsy)
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My favorite are the attempts at alphabet souping video games that have no romance options to them
How exactly is that supposed to work
Are tetris blocks supposed to be non-binary?
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 25, 2026 05:21 PM (REq0p)
Symone Sanders-Townsend
https://t.ly/xOYzC
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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That's right. The only thing that surprises me is that Mr. Townsend is Black. So many of those race-preaching Black harpies are married to white men.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:22 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 05:22 PM (ndZc7)
This comes after social media backlash over packaging missing the word "Easter".
The people refuse to let their culture be erased.
Kinda late for that dhimmis.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 05:09 PM (iHruz)
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I wouldn't mock them. We're right behind them. Trump increasingly looks less like a solution and more like a speed bump.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 05:22 PM (AlhUl)
I think it's not at all coincidental that it starts right before Holy Week.
And I know who Keith Ellison is? Who is Maggie Rogers?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 05:23 PM (ix8EF)
Posted by: Vengeance
Wasn't he balls deep in his daughter/wife's USAID charity stuff?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 05:23 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: LASue at March 25, 2026 05:24 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 05:24 PM (ZN5Ar)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 05:24 PM (y7qTK)
>The House Intelligence Committee voted Tuesday to send classified records tied to former CIA Director John Brennan to the Justice Department.
>The transfer is one of the clearest public signs yet that the investigation into Brennan remains active.
>The Associated Press reported in December that Brennan's lawyers said prosecutors had told him he was a target of a grand jury investigation in the Southern District of Florida.
https://tinyurl.com/5n8mhjkm
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 05:24 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 05:24 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:25 PM (PYyV9)
Wut? Billions of Christians around the world take Easter very seriously and celebrate it.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 05:25 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Symone Sanders-Townsend
https://t.ly/xOYzC
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Hyphenated?
Someone put a ring on that?
Posted by: but ugly goes clear to the bone at March 25, 2026 05:25 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 05:26 PM (ZN5Ar)
Captured by Kong was number one on the Amazon Romantasy book sales list for six weeks
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:26 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 25, 2026 05:26 PM (XV/Pl)
(I don't quite want to say the same of Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey B and Christine McVie will never not be cool.)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 05:26 PM (y7qTK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 05:26 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: LASue at March 25, 2026 05:24 PM (lCppi)
I'm just letting him hang around long enough to go to prison, where I'll send a few big, well endowed fellas to show him the folly of his sins, if you know what I mean...
Then I'll take him off your hands.
Posted by: Death at March 25, 2026 05:27 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Bosd Moss at March 25, 2026 05:27 PM (u1ket)
I really don't know what more people expect from the guy.
- We have failed to govern ourselves because we continually return the same people to office, knowing that they betray us.
- We have failed to govern ourselves because we permitted our enemies to gain positions of influence over our children.
- We have failed to govern ourselves because we allowed foreign governments unfetter access to poison our national mind in the name of profit.
- We have failed to govern ourselves because we walk around with our chest out, saying "I'm gonna get mine" and "not one inch".
We have failed to govern ourselves and we complain because one guy can't instantly fix everything.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:27 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 05:28 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:26 PM (PYyV9)
Going to take a wild guess that "Captured By Big Gorilla With Questionable Views On Consent" was probably not marketed very much to the male demographic.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 05:28 PM (y7qTK)
Just saw on X a woman reading the label on some Aldi’s deli meat that says it’s HALAL. This is in America.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 05:28 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
It's not Fenelon. I am furious & heartbroken.
What is becoming of us?
L
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 05:28 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 05:29 PM (8zz6B)
Not to my parents. They were both dead by '86
Get off my lawn, would you? 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 05:30 PM (ix8EF)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 05:30 PM (ndZc7)
You just know he’s lying, even if he hasn’t spoken yet.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 05:31 PM (4KUe5)
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I remember when the instant dogmatics were scandalized that somebody would take a foreign leader's word over the official American government line.
As usual, they reserve for themselves all sorts of discretion, that they won't allow you.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:31 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 05:31 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Eeyore
If so, I'll remain grateful and pray for him.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 05:32 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Just Newly appointed Attorney Generals like Jeff Sessions.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 05:32 PM (IifOV)
Not to my parents. They were both dead by '86
Get off my lawn, would you? 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 05:30 PM (ix8EF)
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Agreed, though my mother lasted into this century.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 05:32 PM (AlhUl)
Going to take a wild guess that "Captured By Big Gorilla With Questionable Views On Consent" was probably not marketed very much to the male demographic.
"So dreamy!"
--blue haired Biden voter buying AA batteries
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:33 PM (PYyV9)
The people who have made politics their religion don't care about Easter My gentle suggestion- Take Holy Week off from politics and the 'net , nurture your soul through prayer and scripture reading and books that encourage you in your faith, because "Christ is risen. He is risen indeed" and nothing can change that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 05:33 PM (ix8EF)
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 25, 2026 05:33 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at March 25, 2026 05:33 PM (IQhz0)
Posted by: DaveA at March 25, 2026 05:34 PM (FhXTo)
If we're under 10 comments and someone already nooded the previous post, does that mean I have to repeat-nood that post before I comment on the latest one?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
That gave me a headache.
Posted by: Mikey Migraine at March 25, 2026 05:34 PM (oftw2)
Not to my parents. They were both dead by '86
Get off my lawn, would you? 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Whoa! Fen getting spicy! What have we done?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 05:34 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 05:31 PM (AlhUl)
News you can use: ropes have two ends.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 05:34 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Just Newly appointed Attorney Generals like Jeff Sessions.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 05:32 PM (IifOV)
No one forced him. That was his choice.
You can say that he did it because he had honor or you can say that he did it because he wanted to fuck over Trump but it was all on him.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:35 PM (ExV1e)
Finished "The Hobbit" and now I'm two chapters into "The Fellowship of the Ring."
Samwise Gamgee has just been drafted to travel with Frodo to Mt. Doom so that Frodo can destroy the One Ring.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 05:35 PM (ESVrU)
That's all he ever was. We could not and cannot vote our way out of this. But... maybe, just maybe there is a chance God has mercy on us and the culture can shift to a better time.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:35 PM (PYyV9)
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They might even go so far as the Soft Cushions (with all the stuffing at one end, for good measure).
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:35 PM (Fi81e)
Fortunately she and her unborn child are alive.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 05:36 PM (AlhUl)
New York Post
@nypost
Trans migrant gets sweetheart plea deal in rape of 14-year-old boy inside NYC bodega bathroom
https://is.gd/yUvtHu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 05:36 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 05:35 PM (ESVrU)
Spoilers!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:36 PM (ExV1e)
Then I'll take him off your hands.
Posted by: Death at March 25, 2026 05:27 PM (dmDsy)
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Yeah, pull this leg and it plays jingle bells.
Posted by: Turn 2 at March 25, 2026 05:36 PM (SlGTd)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 05:22 PM (AlhUl)
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The only solution for DC is spelled H2SO4.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:36 PM (Fi81e)
This is where dad or older brother has to step in and apply some justice.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:37 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Eeyore
I have never been hanged, but I've been, how you say, hung since infancy.
Posted by: The Paolo at March 25, 2026 05:37 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 05:37 PM (u1ket)
The people who have made politics their religion don't care about Easter My gentle suggestion- Take Holy Week off from politics and the 'net , nurture your soul through prayer and scripture reading and books that encourage you in your faith, because "Christ is risen. He is risen indeed" and nothing can change that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 05:33 PM (ix8EF)
AMEN!!!!
Posted by: moki at March 25, 2026 05:37 PM (wLjpr)
"REUTERS: Regional sources say Tehran has informed mediators it will reject any deal that does not include compensation from Israel to Hezbollah."
And then Israel cleared about 8 mile buffer zone in the North, inside Lebanon.
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 05:38 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 05:35 PM (ESVrU)
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Because Trump is clearly over his head in dealing with the Sauron issue!
Impeach.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: NCKate at March 25, 2026 05:38 PM (uQzkA)
Has been and always will be. It's nothing new.
A little warrior Soros.
ALL imho.
PS - I'm one of 20 plus million who had our work files, fingerprints, personal & family information slip into (allegedly) the hands of the Chinese not once but twice under his purview and O&Joe's administrations.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 05:39 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 25, 2026 05:39 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:27 PM (ExV1e)
The same complaints were heard around the Roman Republic towards the middle of the first century B.C.
Then something about a Rubicon and Ides of March.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 25, 2026 05:39 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 05:39 PM (n3VHW)
His Baghdad Bob moment...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 25, 2026 05:39 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 05:40 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 05:40 PM (AlhUl)
Is it like reading the King James version of the Bible for some?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 25, 2026 05:41 PM (ynpvh)
"UAE ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba in the WSJ: "We need a conclusive outcome that addresses Iran’s full range of threats: nuclear capabilities, missiles, drones, terror proxies and blockades of international sea lanes"
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Boss Mosd at March 25, 2026 05:42 PM (u1ket)
"REUTERS: Regional sources say Tehran has informed mediators it will reject any deal that does not include compensation from Israel to Hezbollah."
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I'm beginning to think that Trump made a bunch of reasonable offers to Tehran along with a dire threat in the event of refusal, knowing full well that Tehran would respond with ridiculous counter-offers that would leave the dire threats standing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:43 PM (XJ22o)
Captured by Kong was number one on the Amazon Romantasy book sales list for six weeks
Why did you leave off the full title? it's Captured by Kong: Enslaved by D*ng
Posted by: Nelly at March 25, 2026 05:43 PM (7gpcF)
Does anyone really think we can get at least a continuation declaration past the Senate?
It's fucking stupid. Nobody is debating. The cloture rule needs to be nuked years in retrospect.
And yes, it is a two-sided sword.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:44 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Boss Mosd at March 25, 2026 05:44 PM (u1ket)
And is cousin in the other clip still doesn't get it although slapped with the dick of truth of islam.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 05:44 PM (n5tGW)
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Better Mario Brothers than Hollywood perverts and phonies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 05:45 PM (ndZc7)
"UAE ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba in the WSJ: "We need a conclusive outcome that addresses Iran’s full range of threats: nuclear capabilities, missiles, drones, terror proxies and blockades of international sea lanes"
Posted by: runner
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That's a tall and comprehensive order.
I hope UAE is willing to share the risk for this group "need." Or at least pay a very large sum to facilitate the desired outcome.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:45 PM (XJ22o)
His Baghdad Bob moment...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 25, 2026 05:39 PM (ynpvh)
Typical modern day brit spread your ass cheeks moment.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 05:45 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:43 PM (XJ22o)
you know , I had that same thought too. there is so much disinformation right now, it's crazy! Like this "The The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States and Israel have temporarily removed two of the most senior figures in Iran’s leadership from their targeting list." MOST SENIOR FIGURES!
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 05:45 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 05:46 PM (GD0B3)
$10 says the Democrats will try to play this like Vietnam
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 05:46 PM (ZxPkt)
"Before he was elected to the Senate, Markwayne Mullin was a low-level MMA fighter and a plumber. That's right. We have a plumber protecting us from terrorism now."
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Better Mario Brothers than Hollywood perverts and phonies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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What is it with Democrats and their contempt for plumbers?
Notably, it coincides with AOC's wonder at her "bougie" garbage disposal.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:47 PM (XJ22o)
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Better Mario Brothers than Hollywood perverts and phonies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 05:45 PM (ndZc7)
Plumbers have seen some shit, Man!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 05:47 PM (8zz6B)
2. Judge was unwise to offer any comment online
3. She gave her game away with the special emoji
Still, no accountability
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 05:47 PM (ieuZS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
I do, I'm not a stranger to church services and/or attending Mass though I didn't chose to be Baptized in the Catholic Church.
I only pray for myself for patience & to be forgiving but, alas, I often fall short regardless of my intentions.
But, I will definitely cut back on the web and politics for Holy Week. I pray.
Thanks, Fen.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 05:47 PM (NFX2v)
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Listen to the guy who used to have big-breasted women jump on trampolines as a joke, people. Also, the guy who when he MC-ed Win Ben Stein's Money, regularly quipped that he couldn't have gotten any of the same questions that were asked.
He's the "elite" now, or something.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:48 PM (Fi81e)
Notably, it coincides with AOC's wonder at her "bougie" garbage disposal.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:47 PM (XJ22o)
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And why would anyone listen to some one who used to be a post office clerk about physics?!
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:49 PM (Fi81e)
Why is it? The Republicans are the only ones that have to play by the rules? It didn't seem to phase Democrats in Korea or Vietnam.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 05:49 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 05:50 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 05:40 PM (AlhUl)
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Try starting with chapter VI: Of Feanor and the Unchaining of Melkor. More action and intrigue.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 25, 2026 05:50 PM (5EXov)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 05:51 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 05:45 PM (GD0B3)
Maybe they are the ones that have holed up in Tehran hospitals to avoid being bombed or droned, and neither israel or the USA is yet ready to land troopers on the hospital roofs to go in and whack them without risking legitimate patients.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 05:51 PM (8zz6B)
The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States and Israel have temporarily removed two of the most senior figures in Iran’s leadership from their targeting list." MOST SENIOR FIGURES!
Posted by: runner
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Now THAT is a fun one. Imagine the predicament for Ali and Gator when Trump names them as the guys Trump has decided not to target -- for now. You know, depending on certain outcomes. Of things we're not specifying. Like possible negotiations, or, if you will, deals. Secret deals perhaps, not that we're saying that, but perhaps.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:51 PM (XJ22o)
Because she hates him, and she wants to be the one to bring him down.
.......
She just wants to date him.
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 05:51 PM (UjdFS)
2. Judge was unwise to offer any comment online
3. She gave her game away with the special emoji
Still, no accountability
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 05:47 PM (ieuZS)
I guess Hawaii isn't the only place with judges like that. I kid; those judges are everywhere.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 25, 2026 05:52 PM (ynpvh)
$10 says the Democrats will try to play this like Vietnam
Posted by: Don Black
Sweet! We're good for another five years then.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 05:52 PM (iHruz)
This is considered by many to be a "harbinger of doom” as it is often followed by total catastrophe.
An extremely rare sight that no country ever wants to see.
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The left is celebrating this as a harbinger of Israel's fall.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 05:52 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 05:49 PM (iHruz)
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War Powers act was after Nixon ended Viet Nam.
Because they can't have a Republican (Nixon) engaged in his own endless war. No, that's only for Truman, JFK and LBJ and Democrat Congresses.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:52 PM (Fi81e)
Because she hates him, and she wants to be the one to bring him down.
.......
She just wants to date him.
Posted by: wth
She wants his essence.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 05:53 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: Eeyore
I have never been hanged, but I've been, how you say, hung since infancy.
Posted by: The Paolo
You know you're bad, but you do earn some chuckles.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 05:53 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 25, 2026 05:53 PM (NtVYv)
That said, I think everybody miscalculated on exactly how many missiles Iran had.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 05:54 PM (n5tGW)
And why would anyone listen to some one who used to be a post office clerk about physics?!
Posted by: Axeman
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I thought Democrats "stood up for the little guy."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:54 PM (XJ22o)
This is considered by many to be a "harbinger of doom” as it is often followed by total catastrophe.
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Crows be pickin' at yo flesh and ya got no control of the sitiation!
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:54 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 05:54 PM (ZxPkt)
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I don't know about everybody , but Israel, US and very possibly France had a good idea.
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 05:55 PM (GD0B3)
We all fall short, dear one. The good news- Jesus Loves us and forgives us and the Holy Spirit is always working to make us more like Christ. I tell you what? Maybe we could make a pact to stay off the net and when we reunite on Easter Monday we can share how it went and what helped us 🙂
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 05:55 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:54 PM (XJ22o)
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Just another long line of lies that Democrats only mean when they do.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:55 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 05:45 PM (GD0B3)
Well, when you get all the way down to the janitor he's now the most senior figure.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 05:55 PM (snZF9)
some people in the media are dying to say it, I just know it
Posted by: Don Black
Giggety!
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 25, 2026 05:55 PM (YZ0Fo)
This is considered by many to be a "harbinger of doom” as it is often followed by total catastrophe.
An extremely rare sight that no country ever wants to see.
-
The left is celebrating this as a harbinger of Israel's fall.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
They are going to pick the bones of muzzies.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 05:56 PM (iHruz)
He still votes with the Democrats 99% of the time
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:56 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 05:56 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 05:52 PM (ndZc7)
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The Left: "There is no God! You're all a bunch of stupid, primitive people with small brains!"
Also The Left: "Oooh! The omens are bad! Crows swarming mean doom is at hand!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)
She just wants to date him.
Posted by: wth
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HAHAHA, I bet if Elon were to run a campaign all over the place saying that, he'd get her to recuse herself. He should walk around in a t-shirt with her headshot and name and the title, "Wants to date me."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:56 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 05:55 PM (snZF9)
total regime change
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 05:56 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:54 PM (XJ22o)
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Just another long line of lies that Democrats only mean when they do.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:55 PM (Fi81e)
Slavemasters were not the little guy in the 1860's. Jim Crow laws were not enacted for the benefit of the little guy after the Civil War.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 25, 2026 05:57 PM (ynpvh)
Also The Left: "Oooh! The omens are bad! Crows swarming mean doom is at hand!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)
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Omens only work when Democrats perceive them. Other than that, they are complete primitive twaddle.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:57 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 05:57 PM (UjdFS)
This is considered by many to be a "harbinger of doom” as it is often followed by total catastrophe.
An extremely rare sight that no country ever wants to see.
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The left is celebrating this as a harbinger of Israel's fall.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
"You heading for the smorgasbord in Lebanon, too?"
Posted by: crow #1033 at March 25, 2026 05:58 PM (VHUov)
Also The Left: "Oooh! The omens are bad! Crows swarming mean doom is at hand!"
Also the left: I can't date you, you're a Saggitarius!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:58 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:56 PM (XJ22o)
With his kind of money, I bet he could make that happen. That or 'Wants me to throw a baby in her.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 05:59 PM (zZu0s)
The left is celebrating this as a harbinger of Israel's fall.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
They are going to pick the bones of muzzies.
Posted by: rickb223
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All it brings to mind for me is that scene in War of the Worlds (Tom Cruise version) where the flock of birds = doom for the monster invaders.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 05:59 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: wth
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HAHAHA, I bet if Elon were to run a campaign all over the place saying that, he'd get her to recuse herself. He should walk around in a t-shirt with her headshot and name and the title, "Wants to date me."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
He should hire body doubles to walk around the courthouse. Get everybody talking. About how he wants her.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 05:59 PM (iHruz)
I'm sure all you hard Tolkien buffs are revved up that none other than Stephen Colbert is writing a script for a new LOTR movie.
Posted by: Nelly at March 25, 2026 05:59 PM (7gpcF)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 05:52 PM (ndZc7)
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The Left: "There is no God! You're all a bunch of stupid, primitive people with small brains!"
Also The Left: "Oooh! The omens are bad! Crows swarming mean doom is at hand!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Also also the Left: WE ARE THE PARTY OF SCIENCE!!! WE LOVE SCIENCE SEXUALLY!!! #THE SCIENCE
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 05:59 PM (sAmhv)
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I don't think anything he's done since Darkness on the Edge of Town has impressed me.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 05:59 PM (Fi81e)
some people in the media are dying to say it, I just know it
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 05:54 PM (ZxPkt)
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No boots on the ground, nothing to keep us there. We just fly and sail away when we feel like it.
I really like the Russian/Chinese guys claiming Iran is winning. Yes, losing your air force, your navy, your leadership and having your two worst enemies control your airspace is such a win.
Mind if we give you the same level of victory?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 06:00 PM (ndZc7)
https://is.gd/xqb1fb
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 06:00 PM (ndZc7)
So he's giving up the Dem party? I mean, the Dem party is all for those things he says he's against...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 25, 2026 06:02 PM (ynpvh)
This is considered by many to be a "harbinger of doom” as it is often followed by total catastrophe.
Every single person in Israel shall die. You know, eventually.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 06:02 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 06:02 PM (UjdFS)
He should hire body doubles to walk around the courthouse. Get everybody talking. About how he wants her.
Posted by: rickb223
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Ohh, to read her order demanding a halt to these activities! And then to watch her RUN from reporters.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 06:02 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 05:50 PM (Ia/+0)
If only.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 06:03 PM (snZF9)
.......
QUICKSAND
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 06:02 PM (UjdFS)
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I'm more worried about amnesia.
Posted by: 60s TV Tropes at March 25, 2026 06:03 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
👍 Saturday evening will be the last until after Easter Sunday. 😉
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 06:03 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Nelly at March 25, 2026 05:59 PM (7gpcF)
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It's about how you approach it. It is not a single, cohesive work but instead a series of essays. You don't have to read it in order. Many of the chapters are effectively standalone in terms of characters (especially humans).
Skip the first part, which is very symbolic and about the creation of the world. Dig into the early chapters about the origin of the elves and stuff. Or the darkening of Valinor. That's the good stuff.
Christopher Lee recorded himself reading bits of it, and it's great. People love it because it is severely *metal* with heroes fighting against impossible odds at a scale well beyond LotR. Dragons are actually involved in battle, and don't always win because the heroes of old were frickin' HARD.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:04 PM (ZOv7s)
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I don't think anything he's done since Darkness on the Edge of Town has impressed me.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026
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Miss Linda made me watch the 2025 film Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. I'm no Bruce fan; he mumbles when he should be singing. But the film, focusing on his depression as he put together his 1982 album Nebraska, was pretty darn interesting. It's a drama, not a documentary. If nothing else, the 1970s-1980s cars are fascinating.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 06:04 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
A name like "Brennan" and he converted to Islam? I'm assuming he's Irish American. Um, not to say that Irish are into drinking or anything, but as a Muslim he has to stop sucking down the Irish whiskey. Apologies to our Irish American morons. I'm German American and you can make all the jokes about my beer drinking that you like.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 25, 2026 06:04 PM (0Htd1)
2. Brennan may have known some Muslims, but he never converted
3. OK, sure Brennan is a covert Muslim undermining America, And That's a Good Thing.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 25, 2026 06:05 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Boss Mosd at March 25, 2026 06:05 PM (u1ket)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 06:05 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 06:06 PM (Ia/+0)
You read it if you're interested in the background, then as a novel or story.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:06 PM (Fi81e)
I liked Tunnel of love, but after that he just seemed to become a parody of himself
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 06:06 PM (PYyV9)
(Apparently, they're not familiar with the Book of Exodus)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 06:07 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 06:06 PM (Ia/+0)
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The people Sen. Chris Murphy said matter the most to Democrats.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:07 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 06:07 PM (u1ket)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 05:35 PM (ESVrU)
Let me guess, it took 300 pages for that conversation. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 06:07 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 06:08 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 06:08 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 25, 2026 06:08 PM (wBaIH)
oh and Vanguard which sucks just had a hissy fit about not getting enough H1Bs approved (the places is like 90 percent or more Indians) has announced that they will now offshore a ton of jobs to India.
whatever. Vanguard SUCKS.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 06:08 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 05:50 PM (Ia/+0)
If only.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 06:03 PM (snZF9)
+++++
LOL!
Posted by: washrivergal at March 25, 2026 06:08 PM (UgXdx)
Posted by: rickb223
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Ohh, to read her order demanding a halt to these activities! And then to watch her RUN from reporters.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
.......
You know she's going commando under those robes.
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 06:09 PM (UjdFS)
I'm sure all you hard Tolkien buffs are revved up that none other than Stephen Colbert is writing a script for a new LOTR movie.
Posted by: Nelly
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The Silmarillion is fragmentary as it was simply the manuscripts that Christopher found of his fathers that were most complete and unless you are really interested in Tolkien's world building mythos, a bit confusing, depressing, and hard to connect like a massive Russian or French novel is for some.
The rest of Tolkien's unfinished bits are worse; useful if you want to know what he considered the mythos behind the Trilogy. If you want something a bit more complete from Tolkien than his mythos back stories, read Sir Gawain and the Green Night, Pearl (this is a translation from older English), or my personal favorite--Farmer Giles of Ham.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 06:09 PM (E4rtv)
Other than that, the downside of the Iran thing is...?
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 06:09 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 25, 2026 06:08 PM (wBaIH)
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Actually, they don't.
Tolkien cited that it is Frodo's failure to resist the ring that is the climax of LOTR.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:10 PM (Fi81e)
Yay! 👍 I will pledge to do the same. 🙂
Posted by: Frid at March 25, 2026 06:10 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 06:10 PM (u1ket)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 06:11 PM (u1ket)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 25, 2026 06:08 PM (wBaIH)
The game isn't over. Things looked pretty bad for the good guys in LOTR until our hero, Gollum, went all chompy-chomp.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 06:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 06:11 PM (GD0B3)
Other than that, the downside of the Iran thing is...?
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 06:09 PM (vOtXJ)
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It's one of those things they only mean when it benefits them. If they had leveraged a $2/gallon tax on gas, they'd be deliriously peeing themselves.
Obama, himself said that gas could make it's way to $9/gallon--only not too fast.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:11 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
Hobbits and elves as good guys?
https://tinyurl.com/mr26sbru
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 06:12 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 06:13 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: Axeman
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If you track it down, there is an interview with Springsteen's original manager who got fired somewhere about the time of Born to Run was released and right before Darkness and he was replaced by red diaper baby Jon Landau.
Basically, Springsteen wanted to be famous and celebrity over that of being a unique musician. His original manager wanted him to go another way like his earlier stuff.
Landau is probably the one that pointed Springsteen directly at becoming much more political as Landau himself was very politically left in his previous career as a rock journalist.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 06:13 PM (E4rtv)
"Under Saudi Arabian law and Islamic tradition, the entire city of Mecca — including the Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) and the surrounding sacred area (Haram) — is strictly off-limits to non-Muslims."
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 06:13 PM (GD0B3)
whatever. Vanguard SUCKS.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 06:08 PM (j+aD2)
Fine, send a bunch of your H1Bs home while you're at it. Oh, and you'll be paying an additional 150% tax on your profit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 06:13 PM (ExV1e)
You read it if you're interested in the background, then as a novel or story.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:06 PM (Fi81e)
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Not true. These were his first writings and they make up discrete narratives that are somewhat linked. It's closer to a Conan the Cimmerian collection. The places and characters repeat, and build upon each other, but the episodes also somewhat stand by themselves.
It is darker than LotR because it was written in the immediate aftermath of World War I, and that gives it the raw, brutal feel that sets it apart. But it is also supremely heroic, with Beren and Luthien doing the impossible and stealing jewels from the very crown of Morgoth. Epic.
And even when the good guys lose, they go down fighting hard. Hurin being taking alive after slaughtering 70 orcs by himself, Fingolfing, High King of the Nolder engaging Morgoth and single combat and wounding him permanently.
It is great stuff. Also: no hobbits.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 25, 2026 06:14 PM (u1ket)
It fleshes out the Lore of Middle Earth well, that way.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 06:14 PM (Klk40)
The juvenile "murder your way into the gang" has been around forever, do 2 years as a made man in a juvie and back on the street.
A wonderful old guy in Ocean View Norfolk who was friendly to everybody, maintained the Publix grocery store and helped people with their groceries for was such a victim.
Victim? Oh, I mean oppressor.
Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2026 06:14 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 06:15 PM (Klk40)
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It's about how you approach it. It is not a single, cohesive work but instead a series of essays. You don't have to read it in order. Many of the chapters are effectively standalone in terms of characters (especially humans).
Skip the first part, which is very symbolic and about the creation of the world. Dig into the early chapters about the origin of the elves and stuff. Or the darkening of Valinor. That's the good stuff.
Christopher Lee recorded himself reading bits of it, and it's great. People love it because it is severely *metal* with heroes fighting against impossible odds at a scale well beyond LotR. Dragons are actually involved in battle, and don't always win because the heroes of old were frickin' HARD.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:04 PM (ZOv7s)
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The opening I actually liked. (Lewis borrowed it for the creation of Narnia.) It was precisely the "early chapters about the origin of the elves and stuff" that loses me.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 06:16 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 25, 2026 06:08 PM (wBaIH)
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They do win because God is good, and He will win.
But good people will die, because it is a fallen world. They key is that death is not the worst thing that can happen to us. It will happen to us all. What is more important is the time after death, because we will be dead far longer than we are alive.
Plan accordingly.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 25, 2026 06:08 PM (wBaIH)
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Actually, they don't.
Tolkien cited that it is Frodo's failure to resist the ring that is the climax of LOTR.
Posted by: Axeman
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Yep, Providence in the case of Gollum saved Middle Earth but had mercy not been shown to Gollum earlier by Frodo and Samwise, then Gollum would not have been around to destroy the ring.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)
Of course, the entirety of LOTR takes up about a page and a half in the Silmarillion.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 06:16 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at March 25, 2026 06:16 PM (IQhz0)
For Obama, expensive gas was a solution, not a problem. A solution to "pollution" was the excuse, but a solution to Prosperous and Free America was the real motive.
"No coal power plants for US, those are all for China (and India)."
Posted by: illiniwek at March 25, 2026 06:16 PM (vbXSk)
And the more he thought about that, the more he wanted to leave LOTR as it was. Because as I said above, Tolkien thought that Frodo only had to show up. "The One who is always present" takes care of the defeat of Sauron, from there. This is precisely in keeping with Tolkien citing that Frodo's failure is the climax.
He also said that it is pretty popular to believe that Samwise is "better" than Frodo, but Sam hadn't had to carry the ring. That revisionism. Thus, JRRT is saying that Sam would have failed too--perhaps even earlier.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 06:17 PM (Fi81e)
This year they are rehiring most of those contractors as employees.
What's this about off shoring?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 25, 2026 06:17 PM (DoBxX)
They don't actually care that gas prices are high, but they know Republicans and normies do and they want to demoralize Republicans and depress polling. If possible they want to turn normies against the president.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 06:18 PM (PYyV9)
The stories that make up the Silmarillion are constantly referenced throughout the other works.
Through Geography, Song or Tales...you get ref'd to 75+% of the content of the Silmarillion.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 06:18 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 06:19 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 06:16 PM (AlhUl)
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Skip to the rebellion of the Noldor and have a cheat sheet handy for the sons of Finwe. Feanor, Finarfin, Fingolfin, and then their children.
These elves are not the ones from LotR. Much more impulsive and violent. And in the early battles they completely kick ass.
The dwarves are cool, too, fighting Glaurung the dragon and wearing steel masks to defeat his heat, forming a ring around him and pounding him with great axes. Beautiful.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)
It is darker than LotR because it was written in the immediate aftermath of World War I, and that gives it the raw, brutal feel that sets it apart. But it is also supremely heroic, with Beren and Luthien doing the impossible and stealing jewels from the very crown of Morgoth. Epic.
And even when the good guys lose, they go down fighting hard. Hurin being taking alive after slaughtering 70 orcs by himself, Fingolfing, High King of the Nolder engaging Morgoth and single combat and wounding him permanently.
It is great stuff. Also: no hobbits.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Not a tremendous fan of heroic fantasy. I reread the original trilogy about 5-6 years ago but simply lack the interest to tackle it again. More so with the Simarillion or Christopher's other edited volumes. Doubt I will ever read the Hobbit again.
The Bible itself is a true heroic epic on a level far beyond even Tolkien.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 06:22 PM (E4rtv)
You're thinking of the evangelicals. Lutherans still celebrate Easter -- starting with Lent, Ash Wednesday, Lenten services every Wednesday evening, Palm Sunday, Holy Week with Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services, and then Easter Sunday. And Easter is not just one day, it is until Ascension Day.
So yes, Christians still celebrate Easter.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 25, 2026 06:25 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 06:27 PM (rbvCR)
After Treasonous RINO Cucks Sell Out Conservatives to Make a Deal with Democrats on DHS Funding, Democrats Reject The Deal They Proposed and Were Granted, Sensing Weaknes and Demanding Still Further Concessions
It's almost like negotiating with the Iranian Mullahs.
And it will also take shock and awe to defeat them.
Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_ DHS funding deal is falling apart. Senate GOP offered to fund all of DHS, except ICE's deportation wing (ERO). Dems just countered and demanded additional concessions, they want major ICE reforms (unmasking, judicial warrants, etc). GOP says why would we agree to reforms for an agency being defunded? Dems had an offer on the table to carve out ICE's removal operations, and fund everything else within DHS, and they are saying no. They are demanding ICE reforms for an agency they aren't going to fund. GOP saying no. And the shutdown continues - now on day 40.
Stephen L. MillerIf you want to know why we can't just end the filibuster -- say hello to Utah Senator John Curtis, who is taking Adam Schiff's position on deportations, surprising the CNBC host who said he expected he'd be arguing with Schiff, not the Republican. Curtis says the following: 1, We need "compassion" in handling illegal alien criminals 2, We need to grant amnesty for anyone who "merely" violated our immigration laws for 20 years (and he seems to think that identity theft should be considered an "oopsie" as well) 3, We never settled on what the punishment for illegal immigration is -- yes we did, it's deportation plus jail time for additional infractions, as Black Conservative Perspective points out -- so it's unfair to punish any of the illegals for committing crimes. He refuses again and again to endorse deportations of any kind. He just keeps avoiding the question by talking about "compassion."
@redsteeze "Dems had an offer on the table to carve out ICE's removal operations." This is 100% about keeping illegal migrants in the country. Nothing more.
Your GOPe, everyone. Still in charge, somehow. Maybe it is time to burn it all down.
Sheridan Gorman's own student newspaper has issued an apology -- for calling the criminal foreigner who murdered her an "illegal immigrant" instead of a "resident."
— Blake Neff (@BlakeSNeff) March 25, 2026
"That language does not align with Associated Press style, nor does it align with the values of this newspaper. No… pic.twitter.com/ZDSlgcGILw
I am starting to suspect that the story about Jose Medina is worse than what we've been told. The "tuberculosis" isolation keeping him out of court is suspicious--and this photo (if it's him) could raise the possibility Sheridan's execution was part of a gang initiation.
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) March 25, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:57 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:57 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:57 PM (Klk40)
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Posted by: Darth Randall at March 25, 2026 03:57 PM (njVrr)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 03:58 PM (FtULh)
Compassion is deporting them.
We should be shooting them and turning them into Clean Energy.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:58 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Jose at March 25, 2026 03:58 PM (V6W16)
Maybe it is time to burn it all down.
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Past time.
Posted by: Turn 2 at March 25, 2026 03:58 PM (SlGTd)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:57 PM (GD0B3)
Me too and I wish I hadn't... Infuriating
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 03:59 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 03:59 PM (1wjle)
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Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:59 PM (Klk40)
They are only interested in putting asses in the seats.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 04:00 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:00 PM (LX4y3)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 04:00 PM (cS1cw)
yeah they're not and it's time to isolate them from the coalition and start ejecting their liberal office holders from the party. They get nothing.
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 04:00 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 03:59 PM (1wjle)
Damn Ace I was already angry
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 04:00 PM (FtULh)
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This how Arabs also negotiate
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 04:01 PM (RIvkX)
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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 25, 2026 04:01 PM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (LX4y3)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Senator Curtis at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (6Q9y6)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (Klk40)
Protest their Easter, every weekend outing, every DC dinner out.
Over it.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (4KUe5)
Good news, everyone! He's only in the first third of his first term as a Senator.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Archimedes
Harry Reid, too.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ)
Certainly. No argument from me.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (Klk40)
After every asset/property they have should be taken on their exist.
Any that voted should be shot.
Any that committed a violent crime should be shot.
And any American bureaucrat that signed off on any form of aid to an illegal should be arrested for theft.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm)
1, We need "compassion" in handling illegal alien criminals
No. They need to get the fuck out. Yesterday.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 04:03 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 04:03 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)
They are lousy at doing what we want. They are idiots and incompetents at doing what they are supposed to do. And they are evilly rejecting Trump's agenda. But they are really good at this kind of politicking
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:04 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Leupold at March 25, 2026 04:04 PM (eIzlH)
God help us.
Posted by: WisRich at March 25, 2026 04:04 PM (G0vdT)
He's right. Compassion is called for. Illegal aliens should be COMPASSIONATELY given Pinochet Helicopter Tours.
All except the hawt Irish ginger lass bartenders, who should be taken to the Number Six Dance first, THEN given their Pinochet tour.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 04:05 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 04:05 PM (UjdFS)
That tracks. He's Mormon. They've long been squishy on immigration. But Mormons have become very squishy in general since Obama, like a number of churches that were once fairly conservative, they've been subverted.
Instapundit had a good post on the number of rapes in Europe, which has already adopted the compassionate immigration policy Curtis favors:
https://tinyurl.com/y5sdsre8
Someone should start asking assholes like Curtis what is so compassionate about that.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 04:05 PM (g00SI)
You can have your illegals, or you can have our Taxes.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 04:05 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:06 PM (PYyV9)
Asshole.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 04:06 PM (dK+Kv)
I sense they are not going to back down on this like they did for last years shutdown because this affects everyone who travels.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 25, 2026 04:07 PM (0N4FZ)
Except that they don't get citizenship, they get something better. All the bennies, none of the responsibilities - except being a reliable vote for the socialists every two year - just like the welfare slaves.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 04:07 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:07 PM (LX4y3)
Yeah, I expect Utah to flip blue within 10 years.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:07 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Sid! at March 25, 2026 04:08 PM (3vv7j)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 04:08 PM (gYVzu)
great song by APP by the way.
go listen to it now
Posted by: Desinex at March 25, 2026 04:08 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 04:09 PM (iFTx/)
Yet another religious organization actively working to destroy us.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 04:09 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:09 PM (PYyV9)
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see , ace gets it !
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:57 PM (GD0B3)10 4 Cool , FIRST , and I read the content too!
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:57 PM (GD0B3)
AND you were able post an actual comment at the same time!
CONGRATS!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 04:09 PM (dmDsy)
Good news, everyone! He's only in the first third of his first term as a Senator.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (ExV1e)
*******
I remember having a discussion about him being a horrible choice and that he was only going to be trouble.
He's almost as bad as Murkowski.
He needs to be primaried.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 04:09 PM (NpAcC)
2. Get JD Vance to declare himself President of the Senate, which he is.
3. Force the real vote.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 04:09 PM (y7qTK)
Oh, and God has a wife. And God didn't create the universe. He was a man once.
They don't have a catechism because each "prophet" can change it.
So, look at what they teach now. Mainstream Protestantism.
See how that is going.
Posted by: Ben Rothlesburger sock at March 25, 2026 04:10 PM (qFwJc)
I emailed my ostensibly Republican senator from Maine - telling her to sh*t or get off the pot with regards to Thune's failure theatre.
The ongoing shut down is simply too ripe an opportunity for the Republicans to prove just how bipartisan they are.
If I were an ICE agent, I'd be looking for dual citizenship somewhere like Argentina or something because we know when these f*cking dickless idiots lose to the Democrats in November and then in 2028, those poor agents will be the first ones paraded to the gallows by a Robespierre-like mob of leftists with their hands on the levers of government.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 25, 2026 04:10 PM (WYStd)
And who will stop it?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 04:11 PM (4KUe5)
Go read this piece from the paper's managing editor and then know the media is truly and well fucked.
https://shorturl.at/W61hM
Posted by: The_Hoser at March 25, 2026 04:11 PM (H4qGm)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:04 PM (PYyV9)
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That kind of politicking gets us nothing and only serves the purpose of whipping up small donors to donate.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 25, 2026 04:11 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 04:12 PM (SqO7v)
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 04:12 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:13 PM (LX4y3)
Yeah, Pope Leo worshiped the Pachamana idol. Yet another heretic pope. The Church is in eclipse.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 25, 2026 04:13 PM (qFwJc)
Absolutely, it doesn't benefit anyone but themselves, the entire thing is a game to get them more power and money, not serve the people or do the right thing. That's the job of a politician now: retain power, gain money.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:13 PM (PYyV9)
They seem very crafty and competent at not doing what they want to avoid doing.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 25, 2026 04:13 PM (EXyHK)
If...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 04:14 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:14 PM (LX4y3)
Every single story I see on the news or social media about someone being "cruelly snatched by ICE off the streets while cracking racist jokes and randomly shooting bystanders" ends the same: they were polite, nobody was harmed, and the person they grabbed is a mass murdering baby rapist who built a throne out of infant skulls from which they sold fentanyl to grade schools.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:15 PM (PYyV9)
Maybe it is time to burn it all down.
We should buy the GOP senators a bunch of those Easter bunny pajamas like Ralphie had in A Christmas Story. Then give them a little gift box on the side with some balls in them. So they know what they look like.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 04:16 PM (hLZfT)
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:16 PM (LX4y3)
Yeah, Pope Leo worshiped the Pachamana idol. Yet another heretic pope. The Church is in eclipse.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 25, 2026 04:13 PM (qFwJc)
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Here's the picture.
Can you please point to the idol in it?
https://is.gd/q2kKlq
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 04:17 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 04:18 PM (77rzZ)
Its a distinction between the rank and file and the leadership. Guys in charge are malicious and deliberate. The rest are lazy and useless
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:18 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:14 PM (LX4y3)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 04:18 PM (dK+Kv)
After every asset/property they have should be taken on their exist.
Any that voted should be shot.
Any that committed a violent crime should be shot.
And any American bureaucrat that signed off on any form of aid to an illegal should be arrested for theft.
Posted by: 18-1
Newsletter?
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 04:18 PM (p4Gz+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
But I've never seen him do anything illegal... or immoral
Posted by: Hanover Fiste at March 25, 2026 04:18 PM (y7qTK)
If Cornyn works to get the Save Act across the line, Paxton has his out. To replace Bondi, who had to do the hard work to clean up the DOJ, which she has quietly done, notwithstanding the Epstein fiasco. Paxton will blaze a trail of scalps if that happens. Maybe that is what Thune is worried about.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 25, 2026 04:19 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 25, 2026 04:19 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 25, 2026 04:19 PM (qFwJc)
Quoting the kid John Connor in Terminator 2:
"We're not going to make it, are we?"
Terminator: "No, it's in your nature to destroy yourselves."
This is the GOP's mantra.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 25, 2026 04:19 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 04:20 PM (n5tGW)
If Cornyn works to get the Save Act across the line, Paxton has his out. To replace Bondi, who had to do the hard work to clean up the DOJ, which she has quietly done, notwithstanding the Epstein fiasco. Paxton will blaze a trail of scalps if that happens. Maybe that is what Thune is worried about.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 25, 2026 04:19 PM (GZYu7)
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Texas has sore loser laws. If Cornyn loses the primary, he can't be o the general election ballot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 04:20 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Mister Scott"
Problem is Dems travel too and they, unlike the LIV's, know who is causing this mess. They might start actually start telling their beloved Dem leaders to back down on this issue.
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 04:20 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 25, 2026 04:20 PM (REq0p)
That is the theme of "The Camp of the Saints."
"That's racist!"
If someone ever yells that at me, I will clean his/her clock.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 25, 2026 04:21 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:14 PM (LX4y3)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 04:18 PM (dK+Kv)
I find your terms acceptable.
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:21 PM (LX4y3)
It looks like the only chance of moving the recalcitrant GOPe congress creatures is to quietly threaten them with something behind the scenes, maybe combined with an attractive offer, both carrot and stick. Something much more compelling than the secret reasons they're sabotaging this.
Assholes.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 04:21 PM (lsrsS)
Some legal reason.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 04:21 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 04:22 PM (VHUov)
Some legal reason.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 04:21 PM (4KUe5)
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He can only pay the Treasury, and the Treasury can only pay salaries appropriated by Congress.
I imagine Musk could set up some kind of charity for them that pays them, but he'd never get the money back, assuming he could get the employee list in the first place.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 04:23 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 04:20 PM (gYVzu)
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It doesn't mean he can't throw the Bush wing of the Texas GOP into the fray to defeat Paxton. He can pull a Dick Lugar.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 25, 2026 04:23 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: SciVo at March 25, 2026 04:23 PM (Sy6m/)
I mean, its been that way for 20 years or more. They proved it by gaining absolute control of the legislature and presidency THEN PASSING EVEN MORE WELFARE WITH PRESCRIPTION MEDICARE
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:24 PM (PYyV9)
Again.
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 04:22 PM (VHUov)
Yeah, but he's gonna be right.
Again.
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:24 PM (LX4y3)
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These people are seriously mentally ill.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 04:25 PM (Dv3i1)
Best he could do is a Gofundme or something, set up to pay employees as a fund
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:25 PM (PYyV9)
That's like watching your house burn, and the firefighters can't squirt water on it because the hydrant isn't on your side of the street.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 04:25 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 04:25 PM (ndZc7)
Best he could do is a Gofundme or something, set up to pay employees as a fund
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:25 PM (PYyV9)
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Great idea. Maybe I could have continued my thought beyond that sentence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 04:25 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 04:26 PM (n17eQ)
It's not about this jackass
But it should be...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 04:26 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 04:25 PM (IifOV)
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Do you want the Treasury limited by Congressional authorizations or not?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 04:26 PM (gYVzu)
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Completely overlooking Jimi Hendrix?!!!
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No shit.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 04:26 PM (n17eQ)
Yeah, every female tik tok feminist talks endlessly about an alleged "male loneliness epidemic" but we are suffering instead from a Female Mental Illness Epidemic
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:26 PM (PYyV9)
Some legal reason.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 04:21 PM (4KUe5)
He could, however, give interest-free loans in the amount of their pay to be paid back when they, inevitably, get their back-pay.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 04:27 PM (ExV1e)
On can't help but ponder if God used the flood card too early.
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:27 PM (LX4y3)
Musk better watch out. He may get accused of attempted bribery or something by these mutants.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 04:27 PM (lsrsS)
Some legal reason.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 04:21 PM (4KUe5)
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He can only pay the Treasury, and the Treasury can only pay salaries appropriated by Congress.
I imagine Musk could set up some kind of charity for them that pays them, but he'd never get the money back, assuming he could get the employee list in the first place.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 04:23 PM (gYVzu)
It's my understanding there are companies that lend to gov't employees in case of shut downs. (I've only heard this), He could set up a lending company to lend at 0% to be paid upon reopening.
Posted by: Inogame at March 25, 2026 04:27 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: Thomas Jefferson at March 25, 2026 04:28 PM (UjdFS)
Sting the bastard up and bury him here.
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 04:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Angus Young at March 25, 2026 04:28 PM (TbWk/)
If Cornyn works to get the Save Act across the line, Paxton has his out. To replace Bondi, who had to do the hard work to clean up the DOJ, which she has quietly done, notwithstanding the Epstein fiasco. Paxton will blaze a trail of scalps if that happens. Maybe that is what Thune is worried about.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 25, 2026 04:19 PM
Something is going on with the coryn/paxton primary race that we are not seeing, some sort of off the books deal or something.
Metric butt tons of cash is being sent to both of them and I fully expected the radio and TV to be flooded with nasty attack ads from both of them and I haven't seen diddly squat as far as attack ads go here in NE Texas.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 25, 2026 04:28 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:27 PM (LX4y3)
There's the solution to our energy woes. Just hook up a generator to JRRT's casket.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 04:28 PM (IG3/x)
I expect the same applies to just about everyone reading this.
Politicians wanting to make laws based on compassion better put citizens as the first group receiving any compassion from any government entity in this country.
Posted by: Gref at March 25, 2026 04:28 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 04:29 PM (n17eQ)
Some legal reason.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 04:21 PM
I always assumed that. But at least the gesture will remind TSA which side in the real world tried to have their back. And I'm not talking about the Senate here.
Posted by: Moonbeam at March 25, 2026 04:29 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 04:29 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Angus Young at March 25, 2026 04:28 PM (TbWk/)
I'm not an expert on Mormon theology, but I believe that how it works is if you keep rising through the ranks, you eventually get to be the god of your own planet.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 04:29 PM (IG3/x)
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Completely overlooking Jimi Hendrix?!!!/i]
But what about Eric
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:29 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:26 PM (PYyV9)
The latter may in fact drive the former, at least in part.
Posted by: They cray cray. Stay away. at March 25, 2026 04:29 PM (TbWk/)
People like Tucker Carlson and Mark Dice may support strong border defense and the enforcement of immigration laws, but their comments on Israel prove they aren't true MAGA.
Posted by: One Issue Voter at March 25, 2026 04:29 PM (clmFU)
I mean, Treasury has just been churning out checks like there’s no end to government money. Technically correct, since they just print more, but still: Treasury has been unaccountable and on auto pilot for a long time.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 04:30 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Vic Romano at March 25, 2026 04:30 PM (+wJze)
How is it that socialist San Francisco has privatized its TSA function, so their airport is operating normally, while the rest of America is subject to the government monopoly?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 04:30 PM (RnaE2)
Posted by: Angus Young
Who made WHOM
Sorry, one of this grammar nazi's pet peeves.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 04:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 04:29 PM (IG3/x)
I recall learning that in school in a Denominations and Cults class
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:31 PM (LX4y3)
Posted by: Black JEM at March 25, 2026 04:23 PM (GZYu7)
There's a good number of former officeholders in Texas from the last time they did that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 04:31 PM (ExV1e)
People like Tucker Carlson and Mark Dice may support strong border defense and the enforcement of immigration laws, but their comments on Israel prove they aren't true MAGA.
Posted by: One Issue Voter at March 25, 2026 04:29 PM (clmFU)
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Tucker's comments about how America should share power with China is proof enough that he isn't America First. Tucker's comments that Sharia made the Middle East strong is proof enough that he's not Christian. Tucker's flip flopping on everything he said he believed 5 years ago is proof enough that he's a charlatan not worth listening to.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 04:31 PM (gYVzu)
Looks like someone fell off the guard tower and landed here
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 04:31 PM (y7qTK)
LDS Mormons out of Utah, like Romney, John Huntsman Jr (Mr China) have become so fiscally, and socially liberal they should be excommunicated from the GOP.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 04:32 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Angus Young
Who made WHOM
Sorry, one of this grammar nazi's pet peeves.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 04:31 PM (77rzZ)
You missed the bloody joke, mate! AC/DC? Might've heard of it?
Posted by: Angus Young at March 25, 2026 04:32 PM (TbWk/)
The plot: Sam's daughter (because of course) finds writings by Frodo that talk about his encounter with Tom Bombadil and the film is about those chapters not in the trilogy.
Which, in my opinion, were left out for good reason.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:32 PM (PYyV9)
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Star Wars destroyed? Check!
Star Trek destroyed? Check!
Snow White destroyed? Check!
Lord of the Rings destroyed? Pending.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 04:32 PM (ndZc7)
That piece of shit from Utah is as slimy a worm as Ive ever seen. He makes balloon headed Schiff look normal.
Sick bastards.
I guess the take away is they are also using illegals as political pawns, no matter the consequences.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at March 25, 2026 04:33 PM (et1vG)
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Star Wars destroyed? Check!
Star Trek destroyed? Check!
Snow White destroyed? Check!
Lord of the Rings destroyed? Pending.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 04:32 PM (ndZc7)
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I'm going to be honest:
I think Colbert's LOTR sequel has a better chance of being good than Andy Serkis' Hunt for Gollum.
I mean...have you seen the trailer for Serkis' Animal Farm?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 04:33 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 25, 2026 04:33 PM (wtvvX)
Since the illegal alien criminals aren't showing compassion to their victims, fuck you with no due respect
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 04:33 PM (mHVWR)
It must be suspended and the President appointed Dictator until the threat has been defeated.
The President's legions await his order to cross the Potomac.
Posted by: SPQR at March 25, 2026 04:34 PM (gpteY)
Posted by: Angus Young
Heard of 'em, but never listened to 'em.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 04:34 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 04:30 PM (RnaE2)
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Filipino mafia?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 04:34 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 04:20 PM (GUOwU
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LOL!
Dems who can afford plane tickets are WAY more fanatical than the CHUDs.
"It's totally Trump's fault. The DHS appropriation was just standing on that pier when Trump startled the Dems. Wrong place, wrong time. Someone should arrest Trump."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 04:35 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 04:35 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 25, 2026 04:33 PM (wtvvX)
I saw Suicidal Empathy open for Suicidal Tendencies at the Cow Palace in '93. Everyone got a Pepsi.
Posted by: And then institutionalized at March 25, 2026 04:35 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 04:35 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 04:35 PM (x3v9u)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 04:35 PM (77rzZ)
Long-term it also broke Arab 'asabiya because why couldn't a Turk be a better Moslem than an Arab?
I bet half the "morons" here know enough early Islamic history by now we could completely pants Tucker on that debate.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 04:35 PM (y7qTK)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 04:34 PM (77rzZ)
Let there be Rock!!
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 04:36 PM (Oy/m2)
Seeing the Shire community dance around dressed as COVID syringes wearing masks, and demanding their children have their genitals mutilated to make Sauron happy will not bode well for theater goers.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 04:36 PM (IifOV)
Long-term it also broke Arab 'asabiya because why couldn't a Turk be a better Moslem than an Arab?
I bet half the "morons" here know enough early Islamic history by now we could completely pants Tucker on that debate.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 04:35 PM (y7qTK)
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Well, Tucker does think that the Christian slaves in Qatar have it pretty good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 04:36 PM (gYVzu)
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Also, the bowtie. Unforgivable.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 04:37 PM (RIvkX)
That sounds awful. The last thing I want in the afterlife is to be stuck in a management job.
Posted by: Halfhand at March 25, 2026 04:37 PM (BSRx7)
How is it that socialist San Francisco has privatized its TSA function, so their airport is operating normally, while the rest of America is subject to the government monopoly?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 04:30 PM (RnaE2)
The answer is graft paid by the contractor.
Meanwhile...
TSA line wait times at Houston Hobby Airport (mostly a Southwest hub these days) have been less than 10 minutes all day long, so far this week. That's good because I'm flying out of Hobby tomorrow.
At the much larger Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport, wait times on Monday were four hours most of the day. Today that's been cut in half. Why? I don't know. Why longer wait lines than at Hobby Airport? I don't know.
Posted by: Gref at March 25, 2026 04:37 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 04:37 PM (Kt19C)
Oh yeah they take care of their own. He has been a faithful warrior in the cause. They are throwing him a dream project: he's a big Tolkien fan.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:38 PM (PYyV9)
Mostly false. We teach that Jesus is a spirit child of God the Father, as are all of God's children, including Lucifer. Lucifer was a prominent child of God, but lost his inheritance when he rebelled against God, was cast out, and became Satan. Satan is not Jesus' brother, nor is he our brother, he lost his inheritance.
Brigham Young preached that Adam was God.
Yes, but it's complicated. BY thought out and developed this theory over a period of about 30 years. You can find quotes from BY where he specifically says he does NOT believe Adam is God.
Oh, and God has a wife.
Yes. I personally believe this is a beautiful thing.
And God didn't create the universe.
We believe a sort of creatio ex materia rather than creatio ex nihilo.
He was a man once.
Nope. We believe God has a body, but there is no canonized doctrine on how that happened. Joseph Smith talked about one possibility, but it's not canon.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2026 04:38 PM (mkw2N)
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LDS Mormons out of Utah, like Romney, John Huntsman Jr (Mr China) have become so fiscally, and socially liberal they should be excommunicated from the GOP.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 04:32 PM (IifOV)
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I worked for a Chinese-owned company for a while. They had a few motivational posters in a conference room. One was a quote from John Huntsman.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 04:38 PM (lsrsS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 04:38 PM (Nx5jP)
What a pita they broke up!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 04:38 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Speaking of which, today is Gene Shalit's 100th birthday.
*Raises glass* Cheers!
(And yes, he is still with us.)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 04:39 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 04:39 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Vic Romano at March 25, 2026 04:39 PM (+wJze)
Star Trek destroyed? Check!
Snow White destroyed? Check!
Lord of the Rings destroyed? Pending.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 04:32 PM (ndZc7)
Most here don't care but...
Doctor Who
The Little Mermaid
Annie
The Wonder Years
Ghostbusters
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 04:39 PM (Sco7b)
Sheridan Gorman's own student newspaper has issued an apology -- for calling the criminal foreigner who murdered her an "illegal immigrant" instead of a "resident."
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And if he doesn't have a physical address in Chicago, he's what? A visitor?
"Jose Medina-Medina, a visitor from Guatemala, shot Sheridan Gorman on the morning of..."
Does that work for this border-crashing killer?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 04:39 PM (XJ22o)
Islam relies on slavery. Judaism threw up so many restrictions on their servants that you can't call it slavery anymore. Orthodox Christianity had people like Gregory of Nyssa preaching against it, and Augustine trying to end it, and the whole of northern Europe just banning it.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 04:40 PM (y7qTK)
Trump vetos EVERY piece of legislation until DHS is funded, in full, and the SAVE Act is passed to Sen. John Kennedy's exact specifications.
ICE becomes a permanent fixture at airports.
Further, Trump will encourage and endorse the primarying of any Republican unwilling to put the agenda forward including even speaking about Amnesty in any form or opposing ICE, even after he leaves office.
Trump's track record on purging neocon holdovers is superb.
Posted by: Malicious Compliance at March 25, 2026 04:40 PM (OBuuS)
Posted by: Halfhand
Yeah, but all those assholes you look at today and say "man, somebody should smite that asshole....."
You can smite him! Lightning from beyond!
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 04:40 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: javems at March 25, 2026 04:40 PM (zFsEm)
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And if he doesn't have a physical address in Chicago, he's what? A visitor?
"Jose Medina-Medina, a visitor from Guatemala, shot Sheridan Gorman on the morning of..."
Does that work for this border-crashing killer?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
He's a fucking wetback.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 04:40 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:41 PM (LX4y3)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 04:41 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 04:41 PM (RIvkX)
People like Tucker Carlson and Mark Dice may support strong border defense and the enforcement of immigration laws, but their comments on Israel prove they aren't true MAGA.
Posted by: One Issue Voter at March 25, 2026 04:29 PM (clmFU)
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Tucker's comments about how America should share power with China is proof enough that he isn't America First. Tucker's comments that Sharia made the Middle East strong is proof enough that he's not Christian. Tucker's flip flopping on everything he said he believed 5 years ago is proof enough that he's a charlatan not worth listening to.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 04:31 PM (gYVzu)
*******
I am amazed at how people are still defending and following Tucker, Owens and Fuentes.
How can they not see through the grift? How can they lose all common sense? The brainwashing is off the charts.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 04:41 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 04:41 PM (BI5O2)
We also teach that Jesus is the only begotten of the Father in the flesh.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2026 04:42 PM (mkw2N)
Ye Olde Days: You are going to have to compromise with your spouse and sometimes you will not see eye to eye
Modern Feminism: NEVER EVERY COMPROMISE ON ANYTHING. If he really loved you he'd give you what you want without you even telling him. Also, all men are evil rapists that shouldn't be trusted
So its a real surprise feminists end up single isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 04:42 PM (sKqQm)
The way that Utah snake smiled so greasily then dropped it and got all gray and demonic looking was super disturbing.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at March 25, 2026 04:42 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 04:42 PM (y7qTK)
Resident of what, exactly?
The refugee/asylum seeker hotel?
Why not just call him “Chicago man”, and stick to established propaganda precedent?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 25, 2026 04:43 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 04:43 PM (sKqQm)
So it's not an acronym where each letter stands for something?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 04:43 PM (Nx5jP)
People like Tucker Carlson and Mark Dice may support strong border defense and the enforcement of immigration laws, but their comments on Israel prove they aren't true MAGA.
Posted by: One Issue Voter
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I haven't seen Mark Dice around in ages. He's talking about Israel? I thought his schtick was to hang around Mission Beach sticking his mic at bikini-clad bimbos.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 04:43 PM (XJ22o)
"Jose Medina-Medina, a visitor from Guatemala, shot Sheridan Gorman on the morning of..."
I'm really feeling a lot of compassion for this young man.
Just like John Curtis from Utah.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at March 25, 2026 04:43 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: Vic Romano at March 25, 2026 04:30 PM (+wJze)
Right you are, Ken
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 04:44 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Vic Romano at March 25, 2026 04:44 PM (+wJze)
The refugee/asylum seeker hotel?
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I think welfare tourist sums it up nicely.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 04:44 PM (n17eQ)
It has to be this way. The "Gold Standard" of elections is coming (I assume that's what he'll call it), but over their dead bodies. Win-win!
Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2026 04:44 PM (oAqqA)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 04:38 PM (lsrsS)
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"To Get Rich is Glorious!"
No, wait...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 04:44 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 04:44 PM (77rzZ)
I haven't seen it. I couldn't compare and contrast without doing some research.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2026 04:45 PM (mkw2N)
So it's not an acronym where each letter stands for something?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 04:43 PM (Nx5jP)
The 1984 cult film C.H.U.D. (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers) featured creatures originating from radioactive waste in New York City sewer systems
Posted by: Gref at March 25, 2026 04:45 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2026 04:45 PM (mkw2N)
I have not seen either, but many say the first was pleasant and nostalgic. I have heard nothing good at all about the second
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:46 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 04:46 PM (y7qTK)
Imagine the uproar if he'd poached an elephant in Kenya.
Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2026 04:46 PM (oAqqA)
What is a CHUD?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 04:38 PM
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Cannibalistic Human Underground Dweller. I think it originated in a cheesy horror movie.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 04:46 PM (lsrsS)
Stop mollicoddling criminals
Posted by: Pste at March 25, 2026 04:46 PM (s9gYH)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 04:47 PM (y7qTK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 04:47 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 04:43 PM (Nx5jP)
There was a movie series called Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers.
Fairley certain most using it as an insult just use it like ""Karen" and don't know the movies.
Posted by: Bete at March 25, 2026 04:47 PM (LX4y3)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 04:47 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 04:43 PM (Nx5jP)
Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller, aka welfare-class Dems:
https://tinyurl.com/5a9666kt
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 04:47 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 04:48 PM (97dhQ)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at March 25, 2026 04:48 PM (Q/FnY)
Does this case remind anyone of the "Kate" Steinle murder in San Francisco, 2015? Ms. Steinle was walking on a pier with her dad when the shooting occurred and it, too, was often described as a "in the wrong place at the wrong time" occurrence.
What was he verdict, you ask? In November 2017, a jury acquitted García Zárate of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and involuntary manslaughter. He was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, a conviction that was later overturned on appeal (though federal charges followed).
(Thanks to AO Overview in part.)
The case became a national flashpoint, heavily cited by Donald Trump and other politicians to criticize "sanctuary city" policies and illegal immigration.
As I harp, the Dems. have no F***ing plans other than to keep repeating what has worked in the past because they know how stupid the average voter is.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 04:48 PM (NFX2v)
Did he have a safari visa?
Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2026 04:48 PM (oAqqA)
What is a CHUD?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 04:38 PM (Nx5jP)
I think Fen is looking for the answer to "what did that comment mean?"
And frankly, I am too....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 04:49 PM (dmDsy)
Resident of what, exactly?
The refugee/asylum seeker hotel?
Why not just call him “Chicago man”, and stick to established propaganda precedent?
Posted by: SpeakingOf
The correct term is "Illegal Alien" as an "Immigrant" is one with an "Immigrant" visa.
"Illegal immigrant" is just as ludicrous and correct as "illegal tourist"
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 04:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Beartooth at March 25, 2026 04:49 PM (tYGL3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 04:48 PM (97dhQ)
Its a puzzle, right?
Maybe the hookers would have a little party discipline.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 25, 2026 04:50 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Berserker
Does it have to be the hooker? She's at least earning an honest living.....
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 04:50 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 04:50 PM (uByKr)
Find a hooker in bed with a dead politician?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:52 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Beartooth at March 25, 2026 04:49 PM (tYGL3)
It would have been good for Americans, and bad for the syphilitic remoras wriggling around in DC.
The first would be enough for the GOP to kill it; the second requires them too.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 04:52 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:46 PM (PYyV9)
Afterlife wasn’t terrible.
It revolves around Egon’s daughter, who he left along with her mother, and her children moving to Egon’s house after he dies mysteriously.
It’s at least interesting and becomes a nostalgia fest by the end when all the original Ghostbusters show up, along with Egon’s ghost, to save the day in a cornfield battle finale.
The sequel was not as good by far.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 25, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
DeSantis sent 50 illegals to Martha Vineyard Island during the height of tourism season where in theory they could all immediately have been given jobs.
MA literally called out the NG to round them up and send them to a concentration camp on the mainland.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 04:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Croaker at March 25, 2026 04:53 PM (ZCjeC)
Fenelon, I never really knew what a CHUD is either. It comes from a movie, and it's come to mean:
It’s used to describe someone (usually a man) who is viewed as a "reactionary" or a far-right "loser."
The Vibe: It implies the person is unappealing, lacks social skills, and spends all their time in "underground" internet forums
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 04:53 PM (XJ22o)
What is a CHUD?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
I think Fen is looking for the answer to "what did that comment mean?"
And frankly, I am too....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G)
Then I'd read it as "[The AWFLs, limousine liberals, and the like] are WAY more fanatical than the [illegal immigrant thug murderers and rapists]."
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 04:54 PM (VHUov)
Mrs. God: I love surprises! What is it?!
*moving away a giant curtain revealing the earth*
Mr. God: It's a whole new planet I created! What do you think?
Mrs. God: ...
Mr. God: What?
Mrs. God: It's the wrong color! THE WRONG COLOR! I LIKE PERIWINKLE NOT AQUA!!!! *runs away sobbing*
Posted by: Another married God scenario at March 25, 2026 04:54 PM (TbWk/)
Find a hooker in bed with a dead politician?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:52 PM (PYyV9)
I would be fine with excluding the hooker altogether.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 04:54 PM (ExV1e)
Around 20 U.S. airports operate without federal TSA agents at security checkpoints, instead using private contractors through the Screening Partnership Program (SPP) at CNN. While private companies handle screening, these airports still adhere to federal security standards and oversight. Major airports in this program include San Francisco (SFO), Kansas City (MCI), and Orlando Sanford (SFB) .
It's not new.
CNN, 20 US airports don’t have TSA. Passengers there are not seeing long lines, Mar 21st.
In part, "Jacobson, the professor who studies aviation security systems, thinks of privatizing more of like a “partnership.” He points to NAV CANADA, which has operated Canada’s air traffic control system since it privatized in 1996.
“You don’t set the standards in the private sector,” Jacobson said. “You deliver the final product… in the private sector.”
Note: List of airports included therein. (Very interesting.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 04:54 PM (NFX2v)
Stop mollicoddling criminals
Posted by: Pste
Since the progtards love labels do much refer to them as 'unlawful combatants' and executed them for the war crime of killing civilians.
Because they are unlawful combatants we can skip the civilian trial too.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 04:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 04:54 PM (mHVWR)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
*guilty look*
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 04:55 PM (y7qTK)
DeSantis sent 50 illegals to Martha Vineyard Island during the height of tourism season where in theory they could all immediately have been given jobs.
MA literally called out the NG to round them up and send them to a concentration camp on the mainland.
Posted by: 18-1
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Why can't we repeat this trick? Just keep doing it and doing it and doing it until no one can ignore it and the Vineyardians have to answer for it. I do hear it's kind of expensive, but I don't think the prank has been fully deployed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 04:55 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at March 25, 2026 04:55 PM (jJx0a)
Pointing fingers at Mormons is as ridiculous as pointing fingers at Jews for any current problems.
If I'm pointing fingers it's at every denomination that has let PC/woke BS infect their beliefs.
The other problem is the one we conservatives have had forever now(I know everyone here already knows this) and the one in the previous thread is with pols like John Thune. If we vote for them they burn us. If we don't vote for them then we're just handing it over to the Dems. Utah is having the same problem everyone else is having with politicians from both parties in every state.
Mormons are the problem in Utah? I don't think so. Jews the problem in the Middle East? I don't think so.
Our problems are cultural and good people are caught up in it worldwide. It's that simple.
Posted by: JROD at March 25, 2026 04:55 PM (IlL6s)
She looked really adorkable but I hear the characters are kinda one note and have no real story.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:56 PM (PYyV9)
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This how Arabs also negotiate
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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One might think they have foreign masters
that they are not on our side.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 04:56 PM (uByKr)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 04:35 PM (n17eQ)
that's usually bad news for the starter. Ask RGIII
Posted by: Oldcat at March 25, 2026 04:57 PM (8avO+)
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Keep it simple. Don't overcomplicate things.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 04:58 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 04:58 PM (uByKr)
Churches should have never been given any tax money.
The "churches" are the main reason we have so many illegals in our country.
Compassion? No. It's all about money.
Posted by: fourseasons at March 25, 2026 04:58 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 04:58 PM (AlhUl)
I just wrapped up two weeks of driving all over the lower 48 from coast to coast.
There is no way in hell we're avoiding a civil war or balkanization. None. Nada. No fucking way.
In half the stops for gas/food we were the only english speakers present. We saw a ton of african and muslim refugees in the most ridiculous small town places. The sheer volume of foreigners and the resulting third-world enshittification is just mind boggling; Biden's invasion might actually be understated by quite a bit.
Also spotted: a very noticeable uptick in the number of freaks basically everywhere.
As I keep saying, when the damn breaks it's going to be the sort of thing people flip past in history books two thousand years from now and wince.
Posted by: heya at March 25, 2026 04:59 PM (P3VPf)
Traitorous muthaf*kas.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 25, 2026 04:59 PM (2WIwB)
I was kind of amazed I had such analytical thinking skills at such a young age.
Posted by: Beartooth at March 25, 2026 04:59 PM (tYGL3)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 05:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 05:00 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:56 PM (PYyV9)
Yeah, Egon’s granddaughter takes over his genius/inventor role, the mother is the ringleader, and her teenage son and boyfriend are basically muscle and ghost victim respectively.
The plot and special effects are the better aspects.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 25, 2026 05:00 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 04:58 PMcookers.
Enter the dead hooker.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 05:00 PM (97dhQ)
I was kind of amazed I had such analytical thinking skills at such a young age.
Posted by: Beartooth at March 25, 2026 04:59 PM (tYGL3)
Too bad, you could've ended up with your own planet.
Posted by: I'd prefer nonexistence at March 25, 2026 05:01 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 05:01 PM (y7qTK)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Because the rethuglicans march lockstep with the Dems.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 05:01 PM (iHruz)
In theory, the tax exemption of churches was to help keep them independent from government pressure, and because churches do a lot of the stuff that government would or could do, saving money from the government.
I'm not saying I agree, since the tax exemption depends on government approval, so its being manipulated anyway, but that was the theory.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:01 PM (PYyV9)
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they're not wrong
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 05:01 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 05:00 PM (97dhQ)
No, I prefer them live.
Posted by: They get cold and gelatinous at March 25, 2026 05:02 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 05:02 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 25, 2026 05:02 PM (ZOv7s)
A State that overwhelmingly voted Trump elected a Senator whose only goal in life was to thwart Trump, because Mormon.
That's retarded, sir.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 05:03 PM (BI5O2)
Oh my.
How does "Haumea" sound to you?
Posted by: the Heavenly Father at March 25, 2026 05:03 PM (y7qTK)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 05:04 PM (PYyV9)
chicago dot gov
Chicago Department of Public Health
Providing guidance services and strategies that make Chicago a healthier and safer city.
Tuberculosis Screening for New Arrivals
Explains that as part of the medical examination that new arrivals to the US must complete, TB is a must. "Examples of recent new arrival programs that require a TB screen are Uniting for Ukraine and Operation Allies Welcome.
(Yeah, we know that probably didn't happen either but...)
Unfortunately, CDPH no longer provides routine TB screening services to the public. Many health clinic and doctor's offices in Chicago can test someone for TB. For a list of some of the places in Chicago, please see below.
I omitted the above list. However, take note that TB is a serious disease that is transmitted through the air from person to person. Physical containment and treatment is highly specialized, as is the protection and training of all medical personnel who treat and monitor TB cases.
See CDC, OSHA and more.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 05:05 PM (NFX2v)
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Keep it simple. Don't overcomplicate things.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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That's backwards thinking. Do the congressional and corporate facilitators first. And it willl stop.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 05:06 PM (uByKr)
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(COMPASSION: sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.)
I'm missing the misfortune part. Probably due to the "criminal" part. Instead of "Compassion", how about we concentrate on the word "responsibility". Illegal aliens are "responsible" for following the law. Government Representatives are "responsible" for representing the legal residents of their constituency. Those ignoring their "responsibilities" are, ultimately "responsible" for what happens next to both factions.
Posted by: Orson at March 25, 2026 05:07 PM (dIske)
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🚨 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he's going to "double down" on protecting illegal aliens from ICE even after the murder of Sheridan Gorman:
"This tragedy is not going to deter us from our work."
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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 05:10 PM (NFX2v)
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Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 06:12 PM (V9lCV)
Completely overlooking Jimi Hendrix?!!!
But what about Eric Clapner Clapton??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:29 PM
Chazz: Who'd win in a wrestling match, Lemmy or God?
Chris Moore: Lemmy.
[Rex imitates a game show buzzer]
Chris Moore: ... God?
Rex: Wrong, dickhead, trick question. Lemmy *IS* God.
YouTube: https://bit.ly/40QyREG
Posted by: Airheads at March 25, 2026 11:18 PM (P5BPp)
You Don't Hate the Media Enough: The Same Media That Claimed Biden Was Sharp as a Tack Now Claims That Trump's Aides Hide How Badly the War is Going From Him
Flashback: Biden meets with his Secretary of Covert Egg Deployment
NBC "News," which totally has tip-top sources close to Donald Trump, claims that aides have to hide the actual state of the war from Trump and only show him a highlight reel of successful bombings/missile strikes to make him happy, because he's retarded at an atomic level. And he just doesn't understand why people don't understand how well the war is going -- because his aides hide the awful truth from this senile moron. The public does not in fact know how well the war is going, because the media only reports false claims from Iran PR officers, because they know their audience consists entirely of Retarded At An Atomic Level shitlibs who would freak if they knew the war was going well. Sooooo... I guess half-credit to NBC for getting the gist of the disconnect right? Ed Morrissey:
Somehow, the president who did all of this in less than a month is being isolated and misled by his aides, according to NBC News:Note that the media just accepted the claims of Iran's PR ministers that they are not begging for a cease-fire and Trump is a big fat liar -- only to have to admit 48 hours later that they had been water-carriers for Iran yet again, and that Trump was telling the truth.
Each day since the start of the war in Iran, U.S. military officials compile a video update for President Donald Trump that shows video of the biggest, most successful strikes on Iranian targets over the previous 48 hours, three current U.S. officials and a former U.S. official said. The daily montage typically runs for about two minutes, sometimes longer, the officials said. One described each daily video as a series of clips of "stuff blowing up." The highlight reel of U.S. Central Command bombing Iranian equipment and military sites isn't the only briefing Trump gets about the war. He's also updated through conversations with top military and intelligence advisers, foreign leaders and news reports, the officials said. But the video briefing is fueling concerns among some of Trump's allies that he may not be receiving -- or absorbing -- the complete picture of the war, now in its fourth week, two of the current officials and the former official said.
Iran's totally winning you guys. That's why the family members of the Regime are fleeing to Russia and Afghanistan -- they're so beautiful this time of year -- and Basij "Morality" Police are refusing to man their checkpoints. Meanwhile, NPR is shocked to discover that Iranians support the American/Israeli airstrikes and know far, far more people killed by Regime thugs than by the airstrikes.
... Trump made the Protection Racket Media look like a bunch of saps. Even worse, it exposed the US media industry as being invested in America's failure if it also carries an opportunity to damage Trump. Having been exposed as water-carriers for the IRGC, now NBC wants to deflect from that revelation by painting Trump as somehow disengaged, isolated, and uninformed, which might just be the biggest case of projection since Thomas Edison invented the motion-picture industry. The most stunning part of this new narrative is its transplantation, root and branch, from the actual reality of Joe Biden's presidency and the media's role in covering it up.
Talking to Iranians who have fled to Armenia, I have heard largely the same. One a few days ago told me: "I don't know anyone who was killed in the strikes. I know 22 people who were killed by the regime in January." https://t.co/JqZz0LjcNk
— Neil Hauer (@NeilPHauer) March 25, 2026
Scott Jennings just set a BEAR TRAP on CNN, and Miles Taylor walked RIGHT into it.
— Overton (@overton_news) March 24, 2026
Taylor was spiraling over President Trump’s actions in Iran when @ScottJenningsKY hit him with the one question that unraveled his ENTIRE narrative.
JENNINGS: “Miles, do you think that the… pic.twitter.com/iZwAplcJhf
Lebanon declares Iran’s ambassador persona non grata and orders his departure within days—extraordinary break in a relationship long shaped by Iran’s influence inside Lebanon. https://t.co/KA4ftVw5Ox
— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) March 24, 2026
This is an Iranian insider, openly warning: “Do not collaborate with the enemy.
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) March 23, 2026
Do not assassinate Dr. Ghalibaf’s character.”
The infighting has gotten so bad, regime officials accusing one another of betrayal, right after president Trump said they’re talking to someone inside… pic.twitter.com/OU8V7WP3O4
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(Jump to bottom of comments)I know it's hard for you, my taste for the kill
But then it calls to me when the moon rises full in the sky
You know my FIRST is not denied
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:40 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Lover Boy at March 25, 2026 02:41 PM (ittVa)
Posted by: doug at March 25, 2026 02:41 PM (Hy+R4)
Posted by: RI Red at March 25, 2026 02:41 PM (jkyX4)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 02:41 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:41 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: RI Red at March 25, 2026 02:42 PM (jkyX4)
Because we all know Trump isn't involved in anything and waits to be told what's going on around him at all times.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:42 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 02:42 PM (SEhpc)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:42 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 02:42 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 25, 2026 02:43 PM (0N4FZ)
Their new way of stating "anonymous sources" now, eh?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)
Iran has:
No Navy
No air force
No air defense
No missiles
No money
No leadership
No friends
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 02:43 PM (L6dcX)
That Corn Pop was a bad....my ice cream....shart
/ the tacklike brain of sleepy Joe
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (XuXeR)
*feeling better today. Thank you for the prayers*
Posted by: jmel at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (RWHIh)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:43 PM
I suppose it sounds better than "my buddy in the next cubicle."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (bFu5X)
morally. We've revealed ourselves to be White Supremacist Colonizers.
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:45 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:38 PM (iFTx/)
Worked with a guy years ago who always said if the female human was ever challenged by an alien life form that came down to mate with men and could make it happen, women were toast.
The series 'V' gave us a glimpse into that realm.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:39 PM (Zz0t1)
__________
[Makes "call me" gesture]
-- Hot Japanese Sex Robot
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
The zutts told them in a dream.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 02:45 PM (vdl4Z)
No air force
No air defense
No missiles
No money
No leadership
No friends"
No motorcars, not a single luxury...
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:45 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Methos at March 25, 2026 02:45 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 02:43 PM (L6dcX)
The media and the enemy combatants (BIRM) say we are. Easy peasy.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 25, 2026 02:45 PM (G1ktt)
Posted by: jmel
Good to hear, jmel. Hang in there.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 02:45 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:43 PM
I suppose it sounds better than "my buddy in the next cubicle."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Two postal employees, one TSA guy on fake sick leave and Madison Cornbread.
Posted by: Kratwurst at March 25, 2026 02:46 PM (cMU4o)
Because we all know Trump isn't involved in anything and waits to be told what's going on around him at all times.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:42 PM (Zz0t1)
Everyone knows that if The Donald didn't see it on The Gorilla Channel, then it didn't happen.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 02:46 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 02:46 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 02:46 PM (1wjle)
Trump is forming the new government right under their noses. Their 'regime' has become make-believe.
Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2026 02:46 PM (jlI90)
Elric owes us some links.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (77rzZ)
__________
The Blade always delivers:
https://www.instagram.com/persian.beautiful.girls/
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)
We've killed more of their leadership team than they have killed of our service men.
EVERYONE hates Iran. Nobody is helping them. These guys are pure poison.
I think the Strait of Hormuz closure is temporary. A couple of weeks tops. After that....what? A U.S. aircraft carrier can sit off their coast and pummel them at their leisure. We can do this for months or even years. They have no way to stop it.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 02:47 PM (L6dcX)
No air force
No air defense
No missiles
No money
No leadership
No friends"
No motorcars, not a single luxury...
I dunno. Maryanne kind of SEEMS like a luxury.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 02:47 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 25, 2026 02:47 PM (lFFaq)
and (zafwz) now
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 02:34 PM (j+aD2)
Hey that's me! Good to know I have a fan!
What exactly do you disagree with, and why does that mean I should be zapped?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2026 02:42 PM (zafwz)
Since I was willowed, I'm bringing this forward for an answer.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2026 02:47 PM (zafwz)
Posted by: JROD at March 25, 2026 02:47 PM (IlL6s)
No air force
No air defense
No missiles
No money
No leadership
No friends
It's easy if you try...
Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2026 02:48 PM (jlI90)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 02:48 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 02:48 PM (L6dcX)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:48 PM (cWLG3)
Queue the meme of all the Spidermans pointing at each other.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at March 25, 2026 02:48 PM (qivay)
Ohhh. Jane whatshername in that red zip up....
I'll be back
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:48 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:48 PM (gYVzu)
that is utter bullshit
I feel VERY comfortable stating this
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 02:48 PM (j+aD2)
Huh. How unusual!!!
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 02:49 PM (1wjle)
or, you can keep bombing us and killing our Leaders.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 02:48 PM (Klk40)
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Iran's leverage is this:
Whichever group makes a deal with Trump first is in charge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:49 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 02:49 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: steevy at March 25, 2026 02:49 PM (YwEeS)
Their new way of stating "anonymous sources" now, eh?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:43 PM
I suppose it sounds better than "my buddy in the next cubicle."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (bFu5X)
You misspelled "pulled it out of my respected journalist ass".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 02:49 PM (y9nCu)
It's a strange thing - The MSM informs us that Iran had a brilliant pre-conflict contingency plan for 16(?) commanders to act independently in case the US took out their national leadership and the communication nets.
Now we are being told to believe that there is a central authority speaking for the entire country. This is based on pre-recorded video posted on the internet.
Including cardboard-cutouts with photographs taped to the cardboard.
I wonder how many of those possibly "independent" commanders are ready to deal? Give them a deadline?
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 02:49 PM (rj6Yv)
Iran Issues Its 5 Conditions for Ending the War
Iran lays out five specific conditions under which Iran would agree to end the war, via PressTV. These include:
1. A complete halt to "aggression and assassinations" by the enemy.
2. The establishment of concrete mechanisms to ensure that the war is not reimposed on the Islamic Republic.
3. Guaranteed and clearly defined payment of war damages and reparations.
4. The conclusion of the war across all fronts and for all resistance groups involved throughout the region
5. International recognition and guarantees regarding Iran's sovereign right to exercise authority over the Strait of Hormuz
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 02:49 PM (Sco7b)
ah well that hash and the other were posting a spammy link
and it wasn't your sig so
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 02:49 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 25, 2026 02:47 PM (lFFaq)
The way his condescending ass reacted to what Jennings said tells me that he's an incredibly honorable man and we should believe everything he says on the internet as gospel.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:50 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 25, 2026 02:50 PM (tKEEC)
Or, you know... breathing.
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:50 PM (XuXeR)
_____
I think "Species" did a take on this. Yes, the alien woman is an attractive Natasha Henstridge, for part of her evolution anyway. Didn't work out so well for the men though.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 02:50 PM (Dv3i1)
I'd even say we do what Iran is technically doing. Asking for tolls for safe passage through the strait. Pays off any costs incurred for this excursion. After that, put it towards our national debt.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 25, 2026 02:50 PM (N39Ws)
Elric owes us some links.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (77rzZ)
_________
Seconded.
And flay him if he doesn't satisfy our demands.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 02:50 PM (AlhUl)
This is the truth about the media. It is infected with incurable TDS and they will report any lie, tell any lie that they believe will damage Trump. Their entire mission is: Damage Trump.... these people are so damaged they would sell out their own mother to damage Trump; they'd sell their soul to the devil to damage Trump. Nothing is beyond the pale...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: washrivergal at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (Re2pe)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 02:46 PM (1wjle)
Exactly. And they can do this indefinitely. Ther reis not going to be a sudden ability to shoot these down. They can just orbit the area, awaiting tasking from a satellite. Anything we don't like rolls out, bam, dead. We can hit any government checkpoint.
It's over.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (L6dcX)
The "closure" is a side-sanction on the West-allied Gulf states as long as it lasts.
This calculus could change as long as IRGC personnel keep, uh, getting killed before they can enjoy their new wealth. And if Iran loses more materiel to allied strikes.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (vdl4Z)
Iran Issues Its 5 Conditions for Ending the War
Iran lays out five specific conditions under which Iran would agree to end the war, via PressTV. These include:
1. A complete halt to "aggression and assassinations" by the enemy.
2. The establishment of concrete mechanisms to ensure that the war is not reimposed on the Islamic Republic.
3. Guaranteed and clearly defined payment of war damages and reparations.
4. The conclusion of the war across all fronts and for all resistance groups involved throughout the region
5. International recognition and guarantees regarding Iran's sovereign right to exercise authority over the Strait of Hormuz
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 02:49 PM (Sco7b)
They left off one more:
6. The United States unconditionally surrenders to Iran.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (CzQuO)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (XuXeR)
We righties are just too stupid to understand the way to win a war is to have all your leaders vaporized, your military decimated, foreign intelligence so deep inside your regime its crawling up your colon, and your one-legged, ball-less HGFIC in a coma or probably dead.
See, you stupid righty dum-dums? Iran is totally winning.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (cWLG3)
Iran and the world need to know what an ass kicking really is.
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 02:52 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: steevy at March
I'd bet teletubbies.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 25, 2026 02:52 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 02:52 PM (+nEug)
Ohhh. Jane whatshername in that red zip up....
I'll be back
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:48 PM (XuXeR)
AOSHQ Style Guide says "I'll be in my bunk" is the proper phrase.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2026 02:52 PM (zafwz)
Iran Issues Its 5 Conditions for Ending the War
Iran lays out five specific conditions under which Iran would agree to end the war, via PressTV.
They aren't in a place to ask for considerations. They should think long and hard about the deal Trump is offering them. Future conditions will be far less favorable.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 25, 2026 02:53 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:53 PM (XuXeR)
That leaves the Propaganda Press, still struggling to convince someone, anyone, not to believe Trump.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 02:53 PM (nhb0i)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
I’m in.
Posted by: Kratwurst at March 25, 2026 02:53 PM (cMU4o)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 02:53 PM (vdl4Z)
When we have A10s flying at will, they have no defenses to speak of.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 02:53 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:53 PM (XuXeR)
We righties are just too stupid to understand the way to win a war is to have all your leaders vaporized, your military decimated, foreign intelligence so deep inside your regime its crawling up your colon, and your one-legged, ball-less HGFIC in a coma or probably dead.
See, you stupid righty dum-dums? Iran is totally winning.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (iFTx/)
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Well, duh.
It was their plan all along to have the top 5 levels of command of the military, theocratic, and civic leadership murdered by drones and missiles in a couple of weeks.
That's why they splintered and individual pockets of resistance are still firing missiles: because it was planned this way!
That couldn't have happened without a plan!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:54 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 02:49 PM
Never going to happen. They have been using closing the straits of hormuz as a cudgel to the western world since 1979. Trump will destroy their entire country before he agrees to that condition.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 25, 2026 02:54 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Ben Had
Does she have huge knockers like Ben Shapiro's sister?
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 02:54 PM (77rzZ)
==
I watched a video yesterday where resistance people in Iran would post near a Basij checkpoint and play a recording of an attack drone motor about to hit the position. The militia members broke and ran from the check point at full gallop.
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 02:54 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM (cWLG3)
======
According to Iran and Russian intellectuals, the US lost all military bases and personnel within a thousand miles of Iran in the first 2 days of the war.
There's nothing to close down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:54 PM (gYVzu)
I doubt this side of of the story, NBC, you pathetic buffoons.
I've noticed since the 2024 victory, reddit and others (who have no imagaination whatsoever) are using the true stuff about Biden: his dementia, his health, etc to throw at Trump. Right,right, right. Sure.
If I did not despise reddit and MSM so much I'd almost feel sorry for their lack of original ideas.
They don't know any more than I do what is going on with the Iranian war. I simply pray to God that it will be over when it's over (and impossible for them to build up nuke stuff again).Prayers for our military.
I think President Trump is playing diplomacy with the inbreds. They then conclave to see who is in charge, go jihad with each other, and get bombed, but send out their insane 5 Point Surrender Monkey statement before becoming red mist. Rinse. Repeat.
Meanwhile, the USA and Israel are working as planned to eradicate these barbarians.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 02:54 PM (WONhk)
That leaves the Propaganda Press, still struggling to convince someone, anyone, not to believe Trump.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 02:53 PM (nhb0i)
Iranians don't yet fully believe Trump or they'd be back to trying to popularly overthrow the mullahs...they haven't started back to those protests yet (or the media hasn't mentioned it yet)...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 25, 2026 02:55 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)
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The only solution is mass executions.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 02:55 PM (ndZc7)
If you remember back in Trump's first term the media was all a flutter over reports that a "high level Trump official" was going to write a book trashing how Trump was running the White House.
That high level offical turned out to be a low level official at DHS and his name was Miles Taylor. His book was a dud. But ever since Taylor has been a resistance hero.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 02:55 PM (viF8m)
Elric promised us nude hot Persian girls.
Elric owes us some links.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (77rzZ)
__________
The Blade always delivers:
https://www.instagram.com/persian.beautiful.girls/
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)
The mullah's greatest crime against humanity was in reducing the supply of hawt, scantily clad Persian chicks.
For that alone, they each deserve their own JDAM enema.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 02:55 PM (y9nCu)
I thought they would orchestrate a re-enactment of how the war was going on the Gorilla channel, which is all that Trump watches.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 02:55 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
The planning for this is just mind-boggling...
And I'll say it, a little disturbing...
LOL!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Am ALWAYS First. at March 25, 2026 02:55 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 25, 2026 02:54 PM (0N4FZ)
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Not just the western world. The Middle East as a whole.
Saudi Arabia is chomping at the bit to get Iran's influence away from the strait.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:55 PM (gYVzu)
They want to repeat that glorious moment again with Trump and Iran.
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 02:56 PM (Av6i5)
We are still instructing them to stay in place.
Once we stop doing that, it's gonna get real sporty with the locals.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 02:56 PM (Klk40)
Are we sure the CIA is in control of things over there anymore? 47 years of acting with impunity, but something has changed...
Posted by: IRGC at March 25, 2026 02:56 PM (vhFJq)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 02:56 PM (cS1cw)
If gaytollah's still alive, Pride in Tehran this year will be lit.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 02:56 PM (Sco7b)
Elric owes us some links.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (77rzZ)
_________
Persian or not, they are still crazy. Had sex with an Iranian girl in a hallway in Vegas one night. This after we were all thrown out of the casino for her making a scene at the blackjack table. How I was not arrested multiple times that night, I do not know. Luck be a Lady that night, I guess.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 02:56 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 02:56 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 02:57 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
The planning for this is just mind-boggling...
And I'll say it, a little disturbing...
LOL!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Am ALWAYS First. at March 25, 2026 02:55 PM (dmDsy)
__________
Being FIRST is a full-time job, ya know!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)
Being FIRST is a full-time job, ya know!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)
Piker.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:58 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 25, 2026 02:58 PM (tKEEC)
The Insurance for Shipping (historically) goes through London.
That is how.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 02:58 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 02:58 PM (y9ksN)
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In January, Musk proposed a larger project that would launch 1 million satellites, an effort that’s been staunchly opposed by scientists for environmental threats.
=========================
Oh for crying out loud, "environmental threats" to space?!?! The libtards just plain hate Musk, because they equate him with Trump, that well-known war pig bigot misogynist.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 02:59 PM (SqO7v)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 02:56 PM (AlhUl)
Heh heh heh
Posted by: Walter Cronkite, warming up by the fire at March 25, 2026 02:59 PM (vdl4Z)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:48 PM (cWLG3)
*copy*
Posted by: torabora at March 25, 2026 02:59 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
That video still makes me laugh. There's a version that slows it down and has Biden saying myyyy buuuttttts beeennn wipppppeedd... in slow motion. Funny
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 02:59 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:59 PM (XuXeR)
The Insurance for Shipping (historically) goes through London.
That is how.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 02:58 PM (Klk40)
The islhamic Republic of Londonistan.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:59 PM (Zz0t1)
/ heh
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:40 PM (XuXeR)
***
The media doesn't know which line of bullsh*t to feed us.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 25, 2026 02:59 PM (2WIwB)
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When it's time to execute the Cardboard Gayatollah, we should use the MacArthur Park method. Leave him outside in the rain.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 03:00 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Cray Cray at March 25, 2026 03:00 PM (oF6M8)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 25, 2026 02:55 PM (tOcjL)
They have been told by Trump, Netanyahu, Pahlavi, and Admiral Cooper to stay safely indoors for now.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 25, 2026 03:00 PM (w5FC4)
I wonder if he is using Dude Wipes.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 25, 2026 03:00 PM (DgMqy)
That video still makes me laugh. There's a version that slows it down and has Biden saying myyyy buuuttttts beeennn wipppppeedd... in slow motion. Funny
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 02:59 PM (xT8gx)
You asked for it.......
https://youtu.be/A1veW1s24Xo
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)
I, Ammanatola Bobaloo am the supreme imam. BOOM!
I, Amanatola Bobaloo, Jr, am the supreme imam. Imam Amam. Greetings. Inshallah. BOOM!
This is how I think it's going so well for them. No communication in the matrix if potentials. Reduced to tin cans with string from one cave to another.
They then go home, after a jihad of not being chosen, and beat a wife in a burka, pick one for each day of the week; and have sex with the family goat in the supreme bedroom of silk bedding.
Meanwhile,the goat is plotting his death as well as Mossad. It could happen.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 03:00 PM (WONhk)
I knew Princess Leila, rest her soul - she was pretty hot.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at March 25, 2026 03:00 PM (Vpqw1)
That is how.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 02:58 PM (Klk40)
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It's also my understanding that it's mostly limited to tankers already in the Persian Gulf as of three weeks ago.
Every one getting out, there isn't one going back in, or at least as many.
Oil is being rerouted to other exits from the region by pipeline and the incoming ships are going around the eastern side of Saudi Arabia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:01 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Presstitute Pope at March 25, 2026 03:01 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 03:01 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 03:01 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 25, 2026 03:01 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 02:59 PM (SqO7v)
Well, when they spiral out of control and come crashing back to Earth, there's an environmental impact.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:01 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sardoincus at March 25, 2026 03:01 PM (xtGE1)
The Easter Bunny scene was the defining moment for me.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:01 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Cray Cray at March 25, 2026 03:00 PM (oF6M
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Teheran Bob says that Iran hasn't seen any sign of having been bombed.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 25, 2026 03:02 PM (tKEEC)
Yes. I would say it's a smart move.
But, Trump you know...he can't do smart things.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:03 PM (Klk40)
zombie is completely correct.
they are pushing HARD - trying to wield the power they may still have, what's left of it
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 03:03 PM (j+aD2)
3.3 million people have been removed from SNAP benefits in the last year. That's under 10% of the total 41.7 million.
But still, progress is good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:03 PM (gYVzu)
I’ll repeat what I stated last week. I’m a lot less sanguine about this wrapping up quickly.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 03:03 PM (hLZfT)
Posted by: Max Power at March 25, 2026 03:03 PM (Hucnr)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 03:03 PM (SqO7v)
Teheran Bob says that Iran hasn't seen any sign of having been bombed.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)
Was Baghdad Bob ever located and hired by an American media outlet? Seems like it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cray Cray
Another 15-20 rounds and it would have worked!
Posted by: Randall Tex Cobb at March 25, 2026 03:04 PM (cMU4o)
But still, progress is good.
I wonder how that lines up to illegals who left the USA...
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 03:04 PM (j+aD2)
65 One problem with the Hormuz "closure" is that tankers are paying tolls to the IRGC to get through without getting droned. That profits the IRGC and also Russia.
The "closure" is a side-sanction on the West-allied Gulf states as long as it lasts.
This calculus could change as long as IRGC personnel keep, uh, getting killed before they can enjoy their new wealth. And if Iran loses more materiel to allied strikes.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 02:51 PM
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If 100 ships each paid two million dollars to Iran, they'd have 200 million dollars. This changes everything!
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 03:04 PM (mS8PE)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 03:04 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
I'll counter with this:
Until Trump rolls up on a group of reporters and declares "MY BUTT
That's when I will start to worry...until then, man, fuckin' GO!!!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 03:04 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 02:56 PM (QaH55)
Who says romance is dead?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2026 03:04 PM (zafwz)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
The planning for this is just mind-boggling...
And I'll say it, a little disturbing...
LOL!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Am ALWAYS First. at March 25, 2026 02:55 PM (dmDsy)
***
The Blade cuts deep, wide, often, and first!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 25, 2026 03:05 PM (2WIwB)
The way this works, what Iran's ayatollah's have said, is all their work has been leading to an apocalyptic war with the west. During the war the Mahdi would return and lead them to victory.
So...where's the Mahdi?
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 03:05 PM (L6dcX)
I keep thinking that because it doesn't look like Slow Joe will get his own Presidential library, Trump out to give him a room in his - with video clips like this on a loop.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at March 25, 2026 03:05 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 25, 2026
Picturing a Garrison Keillor OnlyFans...
And now I have to go throw up.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 03:05 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: ShainS at March 25, 2026 03:05 PM (6wwxj)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 03:05 PM (iHruz)
But still, progress is good.
I wonder how that lines up to illegals who left the USA...
The numbers line up almost perfectly, I believe.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2026 03:06 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 03:04 PM
So yer sayin' there's murders going on in the White House?
WTF?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (FtULh)
>>But, Trump you know...he can't do smart things.
I think it's even smarter than it appears on first blush. The UK has had an inordinate amount of control over worldwide shipping because of the dominant position Lloyd's has held in maritime insurance for many decades. All they had to do in this case was threaten to cancel insurance of tankers transiting the Strait and ground things to a halt.
Lossing that monoply long term would be a huge blow to the UK's global power.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (s19xO)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Presstitute Pope
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Where as we used to suppose it to be filled with a gas or substance called "Ether".
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (+nEug)
I saw that.. And if I saw it I'm betting Trump has too...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 03:08 PM (FtULh)
@BillMelugin_
DHS funding deal is falling apart.
Senate GOP offered to fund all of DHS, except ICE’s deportation wing (ERO).
Dems just countered and demanded additional concessions, they want major ICE reforms (unmasking, judicial warrants, etc).
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You can't compromise with the IRGC or the Democrat Party.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 03:08 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (s19xO)
I'm nearly up!
Posted by: Former Tehran Parking Garage Attendant at March 25, 2026 03:09 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Sponge
Baghdad Bob WAS an American Dem plant.
Prove me wrong.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 03:09 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (FtULh)
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But it's mostly the Gorilla channel, where he watches AI-made gorilla fights.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
But you repeat yourself.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 03:09 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (s19xO)
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The IRGC is obviously splintering, the mullahs have become obvious figureheads with cardboard gayatollah in a coma, and the Basij is being dismantled at the street level.
It's probably like 3 colonels and a handful of majors shouting at each other over CB radio by this point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:09 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:10 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Presstitute Pope
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Where as we used to suppose it to be filled with a gas or substance called "Ether".
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (Fi81e)
Or, "dark matter", or celestial farts?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 03:10 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (+nEug)
Dang, they've picked up on our patented American Grift Economy. They need to hire the Flynn family and maybe Emerald Robinson
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 03:10 PM (vdl4Z)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (s19xO)
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You know who else was a Corporal?
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:10 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 02:59 PM (SqO7v)
I once heard one of these retards use the phrase "the fragile lunar ecology".
Posted by: Former Tehran Parking Garage Attendant at March 25, 2026 03:11 PM (IG3/x)
Baghdad Bob WAS an American Dem plant.
Prove me wrong.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 03:09 PM (iHruz)
Can't be done......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:11 PM (Zz0t1)
Yes. I would say it's a smart move.
But, Trump you know...he can't do smart things.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:03 PM (Klk40)
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Also smart because it will bolster the USA-based insurance industry. Lloyds has been the 800-pound gorilla, but that gorilla is old and weak. The younger alphas have been pushing him around, and taking his females.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)
@BillMelugin_
DHS funding deal is falling apart.
Senate GOP offered to fund all of DHS, except ICE’s deportation wing (ERO).
Dems just countered and demanded additional concessions, they want major ICE reforms (unmasking, judicial warrants, etc).
Okay... Shut down ICE.. Hire all of them back as Border Patrol... Problem solved
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 03:11 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 03:11 PM (hLZfT)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 03:10 PM (dmDsy)
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Dark matter is the new Celestial Farts.
Dark matter: When you need a +90% fudge factor to "make the math work out", and the "math just works".
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (Fi81e)
Or, "dark matter", or celestial farts?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G)
Wait until you rip one and see stars.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 03:12 PM (iHruz)
Commie f*ck is spinning on the barbed cock of Satan I would venture to guess.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 25, 2026 03:12 PM (abIsI)
Ahem. 'The UK' is a complete separate entity.
Posted by: The City of London at March 25, 2026 03:12 PM (oAqqA)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (s19xO)
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The IRGC is obviously splintering, the mullahs have become obvious figureheads with cardboard gayatollah in a coma, and the Basij is being dismantled at the street level.
It's probably like 3 colonels and a handful of majors shouting at each other over CB radio by this point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:09 PM (gYVzu)
__________
"Rubber Ducky, is that you???"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)
Commie f*ck is spinning on the barbed cock of Satan I would venture to guess.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 25, 2026 03:12 PM (abIsI)
I was going to say something similar, but you pretty much nailed it. Hard to improve on near perfection.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:13 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 03:13 PM (+nEug)
Well, yeah - there's some species out there that are close to extinction. F'instance the Space Snaildarter is so rare, no one has ever seen one.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at March 25, 2026 03:14 PM (Vpqw1)
Note: No WIFI routers are made here in the USA.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 25, 2026 03:14 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Ben Had
The Donks are setting up a Go Fund Me.
Iranian children are being genocided by starvation and military weapons on orders from Trump. This will continue as long as he's alive. Won't you help? Just $19 a month will retire Trump with extreme prejudice.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 03:14 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 03:03 PM (hLZfT)
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Maybe. Maybe not. We'll see. I am patient, I am kind, I am intelligent, I am tired, but less tired than yesterday.
I know NOTHING about war. However, they are shooting their wad unless chy na has an underground railroad of bombs arriving. The more they use their bombs the less they have.The bomb makers must be working 24/7 in a cave, with burly barbarians whipping them if they pause.
Leadership of the inbreds is in tatters. I can't remember if the cardboard eye-a-tollah missing a leg is still alive or not. Or if anyone is flaunting leadership bedecked in florals before nothing is left but red mist on the petals.
Someone shot off their 5 Demands from a location that I hope Mossad knows and is now with the other martyrs.
I will pray and wait vs going pessismistic and fretting. We don't know a whole lot, and that's good! It must be driving the MSM mad!
Remember Bush's Iraq war with the reporters riding along and being nitwits? That's what people expect now and are not getting it and whining.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 03:14 PM (WONhk)
@BillMelugin_
DHS funding deal is falling apart.
Senate GOP offered to fund all of DHS, except ICE’s deportation wing (ERO).
Dems just countered and demanded additional concessions, they want major ICE reforms (unmasking, judicial warrants, etc).
Okay... Shut down ICE.. Hire all of them back as Border Patrol... Problem solved
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 03:11 PM (FtULh)
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I don't think there was ever a deal. Just kabuki theater for the donor class and LIVs.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 03:14 PM (iFTx/)
The way this works, what Iran's ayatollah's have said, is all their work has been leading to an apocalyptic war with the west. During the war the Mahdi would return and lead them to victory.
So...where's the Mahdi?
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 03:05 PM (L6dcX)
I've been thinking that exactly, glad I'm not the only one. It's not just the collapse of their apocalyptic fantasies, but also the hatred for them after 47 years of brutal, oppressive rule. And once they're done, Sunni's everywhere are going to delight in stomping on their religious graves. I imagine a few will linger on in remote areas, but after 1200 years, Shiism will be mostly dead.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 03:15 PM (/QdgR)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 03:15 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: CTHillary
Don't forget the tardigrades that the Israelis left on the moon.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:15 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 03:15 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Ben Had
Bibi explained it in plain English.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 03:16 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ted Koppel at March 25, 2026 03:16 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Kratwurst at March 25, 2026 03:16 PM (cMU4o)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 03:11 PM (hLZfT)
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Anything that paints Trump in a bad light is true for the day.
No matter how much in conflicts with another report.
He's a dictator who suffers tremendous insubordination because he's too stupid to know that.
And yet, somehow, he's going to end Democracy in America, as an existential threat *despite* being incompetent and deluded.
But it all backs up the same conclusion: Orangeman is bad.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
Well, it gives the rest of us some time to compose something germane to the thread topic. Like I am taking a break from spraying Liquid Death on
See? Germane. Especially the Goat's heads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 03:17 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: The Whine Guy
what if the Mahdi was just the friends we made along the way
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 03:17 PM (vdl4Z)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:17 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Marcus T
Easter. This is Trump- not Congress and their year-long production of "The Save America Act".
Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2026 03:17 PM (oAqqA)
Posted by: The Whine Guy
what if the Mahdi was just the friends we made along the way
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 03:17 PM (vdl4Z)
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Lisan-al-gaib!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:17 PM (gYVzu)
FoxNews
CBC - updates on bombings of Iran, Lebanon, they'll air President Trump speaking.
CNN - war coverage, not too bad. When they get the talking heads going though they wonder about end game, why the strait wasn't protected, gas prices, etc
MS Now - they actually surprised me a few times. But talking heads have referred to President Trump as an idiot, selfish, unprepared, etc.
Separately, I'm wondering how Australia is doing with regards to fuel and gas. Last I heard, they're making an unexpected beeline to NetZero.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 03:17 PM (Sco7b)
@BillMelugin_
DHS funding deal is falling apart.
Senate GOP offered to fund all of DHS, except ICE’s deportation wing (ERO).
Dems just countered and demanded additional concessions, they want major ICE reforms (unmasking, judicial warrants, etc).
-
You can't compromise with the IRGC or the Democrat Party.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 03:08 PM (ndZc7)
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Given Fetterman's strong criticism of his own party over DHS-ICE funding, the Dem leadership is digging its own hole even deeper.
If Thune is actually playing six-dimensional chess against Chuck Schumer (I think checkers would suffice at this point) and he's pushing the Dem Party into a public, utter rout, then I'll give him a golf clap if the end result gets the Save America Bill and the DHS funding passed.
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 03:18 PM (rj6Yv)
If it was simply up to the US military to continue until the mullahs surrendered (or were all dead), this would have a successful conclusion and I'd guess it'd be done by summer.
But because of the list above, we may not get there...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 03:18 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:18 PM (gYVzu)
Have the Iranian killed even one American soldier yet?
I saw that there have been a handful of US fatalities so far, but from what I saw they were all due to accidents during training or whatever -- none due to enemy fire.
Or have I missed something?
If so -- no US deaths from fighting -- then this really counts as one of the most "successful" wars ever, so far. We just pick them off, and they have no valid military response.
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 03:18 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 03:18 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 03:18 PM (Wnd0C)
Remember when Bush II was a drooling chimp incapable of tying his shoes, AT THE SAME TIME he was a Professor Moriarty-level criminal mastermind?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 03:19 PM (IG3/x)
They're sooooo stupid the keep getting on camera.
Posted by: torabora at March 25, 2026 03:19 PM (KtOUo)
Worked for the Bushes, the hooked up with the first Trump administration. He was the author of Anonymous. Then went to work for Google. He left the he republican party in 22.
He a self important little drone. Calling him as an expert is pathetic
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 03:19 PM (mHVWR)
Have the Iranian killed even one American soldier yet?
I saw that there have been a handful of US fatalities so far, but from what I saw they were all due to accidents during training or whatever -- none due to enemy fire.
Or have I missed something?
If so -- no US deaths from fighting -- then this really counts as one of the most "successful" wars ever, so far. We just pick them off, and they have no valid military response.
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 03:18 PM (Av6i5)
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Even the Kuwaiti friendly fire incident that saw a couple of American fighter jets downed didn't include fatalities.
This is a stomping of Chinese tech against a nation that's been prepping itself for an apocalyptic standoff with the Great Satan for 50 years.
Which they planned and we're all just falling into their trap, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:20 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 25, 2026 03:20 PM (fZiTB)
That's why he said he'd end the Ukraine war in a week: he would have, if the people involved were sand and reasonable. Neither side is. Nothing can be done.
I fear that we're at this point with Iran and Cuba: these are not rational actors and Trump is trying to work with them as they are.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:20 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: man"
Probably NYC.
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 03:20 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at March 25, 2026 03:07 PM (s19xO)
I'm nearly up!
Posted by: Former Tehran Parking Garage Attendant at March 25, 2026 03:09 PM (IG3/..........................
Love you Morons! lol
I'd pay to see what is going on. Just like I'd pay to see the deportation planes. I'd even watch during the day, and I haven't watched day TV since the Gong Show in the summers and Tarzan after church.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 03:20 PM (WONhk)
186 Dems voted against it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 03:21 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: torabora at March 25, 2026 03:21 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 03:21 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ben Had
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If they mean physically killing--i.e. assassinate the President of the United States--that should be illegal and worthy of conspiracy charges.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)
I wonder if the former U.S. official is Joe Kent...hmmm.
Posted by: uafanct at March 25, 2026 03:22 PM (ZNjki)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 03:22 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 03:22 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 03:22 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 03:22 PM (YJ71Z)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 25, 2026 03:22 PM (tKEEC)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2026 03:04 PM (zafwz)
Romance really wasn't a consideration in those days. And we couldn't find the key to her room...
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 03:22 PM (QaH55)
Remember when Bush II was a drooling chimp incapable of tying his shoes, AT THE SAME TIME he was a Professor Moriarty-level criminal mastermind?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
I give you my middle finger.
Posted by: Dan Rather's Decrepit 94 Year Old Hand at March 25, 2026 03:23 PM (abIsI)
Yknow who else was "windy"?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 03:15 PM
Everyone knows.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 03:23 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 03:15 PM
Everyone knows it's Windy.
Posted by: The Association at March 25, 2026 03:23 PM (VOYxX)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:23 PM (PYyV9)
Even if nothing more happens, this war is already a resounding (and necessary) success. Yes, we're hoping for the cherry on top -- regime toppled -- but "regime crippled" is also an acceptable result.
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 03:23 PM (Av6i5)
Overall they want to drag this out. They feel and are being told the biggest US enemy is time. Hard to argue with that.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 03:24 PM (hLZfT)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:24 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:18 PM (gYVzu)
And Kuwait shot down more of our (manned) aircraft than Iran has.
The critics pump up the numbers by including unmanned Reaper drones; about 10 have been lost. It pisses me off since they're expensive, but the US has been known to fly those low and slow over enemy air defenses just to see where the most anti-air fire is coming from.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 03:24 PM (/QdgR)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:24 PM (77rzZ)
Never going to happen. They have been using closing the straits of hormuz as a cudgel to the western world since 1979. Trump will destroy their entire country before he agrees to that condition.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 25, 2026 02:54 PM (0N4FZ)
I voted for this.
And doesn't it feel great to see our military winning.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 25, 2026 03:24 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:25 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 03:23 PM (Av6i5)
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I'd be okay with Iran run by mullahs.
Just, you know, mullahs who are more concerned with living another day so that some Saudi Arabian hooker can pee on them rather than leading a death cult in the face of overwhelming American-Israeli force.
Bringing democracy or restoring the monarchy is not the point here. Getting Iran to stop pursuing nukes and proxy wars across the damn globe is.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:25 PM (gYVzu)
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if they don't lie to themselves they will go even more mad!
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:26 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ted Koppel
Well, slapstick is always funny.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 03:26 PM (ndZc7)
You shouldn't say that on a Wednesday. You should be waiting for the weekend to express that sentiment.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at March 25, 2026 03:26 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 03:26 PM (UjdFS)
Overall they want to drag this out. They feel and are being told the biggest US enemy is time. Hard to argue with that.
Posted by: Marcus T
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The Iranians are reduced to attacking civilian areas because their accuracy is not good enough anymore to go after military targets. So they simply spray missiles and drones everywhere including their putative allies like Oman.
Not a winning strategy as Ace noted above, even Lebanon got a missile/drone hit in a residential area. I think all command and control links are severed and whoever is left in these autonomous IRGC districts is simply shooting what they have wherever they can or they risk losing it.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:27 PM (GD0B3)
Everyone knows it's Horde Mind.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:24 PM
Beautiful and terrible.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 03:27 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 03:27 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 03:18 PM (BI5O2)
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Remember when Democrats got mad at citizens on the idea that they didn't go apoplectic at the idea of "foreigners interfering in our elections".
Now, go ahead and donate to military enemies trying to kill our CiC!
By the way, I think this is the closest we have seen to actual treason, however much that name gets bandied around.
But guess who's going to come with the excuse that Iran is not a declared enemy (because Congress has not declared) faster than BillyJeff can unzip himself at Epstein Island?!
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:27 PM (Fi81e)
Senate GOP offered to fund all of DHS, except ICE’s deportation wing (ERO).
Dems just countered and demanded additional concessions"
I'm old enough to remember when Dems at least pretended to want border security to lure the Republicans into an amnesty deal.
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 03:27 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:27 PM (GD0B3)
Sure, so long as they take direction.
It's exactly what we're doing in Venezuela.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 03:28 PM (BI5O2)
I'd be okay with Iran run by mullahs.
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what about Marxists ? you ok with that ?
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:27 PM (GD0B3)
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Sure.
As long as they don't pursue nukes, proxy wars, and actively fear us.
Internal Iranian configuration, beyond those projection of force concerns, is not our problem.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:28 PM (gYVzu)
I know NOTHING about war.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Gunnery Sgt. Hartman does.
Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn.
I am hard, but I am fair!
We need more R. Lee Ermys.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 03:28 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: Ben Had
Ouch - -sorry to hear that.
OK, so the totals so far are --
US fatalities — 2
Iranian fatalities — unknown, but probably in the tens of thousands.
On the "strategic objective" side:
US military degradation: 0%
Iran military degradation: 90%
Now, THAT's the kind of "losing" I like.
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 03:28 PM (Av6i5)
It's exactly what we're doing in Venezuela.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 03:28 PM (BI5O2)
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Vietnam is run by Marxists, and they don't fund proxy wars against us.
So, we largely don't care about them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:28 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 03:22 PM (xcxpd)
You can STILL, rock in America.
Posted by: Night Ranger at March 25, 2026 03:28 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:29 PM (cWLG3)
The FNM will claim Trump is losing the war.
Right up until the day that they start claiming Biden actually setup war plans and Trump is just taking credit for Biden's success.
And they'll pretend they always supported the war.
How do I know this? This is exactly what they did in Syria.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 03:23 PM (Av6i5)
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I'd be okay with Iran run by mullahs.
Just, you know, mullahs who are more concerned with living another day so that some Saudi Arabian hooker can pee on them rather than leading a death cult in the face of overwhelming American-Israeli force.
Bringing democracy or restoring the monarchy is not the point here. Getting Iran to stop pursuing nukes and proxy wars across the damn globe is.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:25 PM (gYVzu)
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"Fuck you, there's some things even we don't do."
-- SA Hookers
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)
I fear that we're at this point with Iran and Cuba: these are not rational actors and Trump is trying to work with them as they are.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:20 PM (PYyV9)
BUT - look at how this war is being conducted. Trump may be talking to the cameras like he wished they were reasonable people, but in actual fact we're still blowing them up and knocking out the leaders we can find. I image the elimination of high value targets has gone done because the survivors have gotten very good at hiding out; I've heard that a couple of them are now staying full time deep inside a couple of Tehran's largest hospitals, confident that those are at least one thing we won't bomb.
And don't worry about backing off the plan to blow up power plants - that was a good threat, but a terrible idea to actually implement. Would have hurt the opposition more than it would hurt the regime, which wants everyone to suffer at American hands.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 03:29 PM (/QdgR)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:29 PM (77rzZ)
Iran has:
No Navy
No air force
No air defense
No missiles
No money
No leadership
No friends
Posted by: The Whine Guy
It's a moral defeat!
Posted by: Your local AWFL at March 25, 2026 03:30 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 03:23 PM (Av6i5)
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I'd be okay with Iran run by mullahs.
Just, you know, mullahs who are more concerned with living another day so that some Saudi Arabian hooker can pee on them rather than leading a death cult in the face of overwhelming American-Israeli force.
Bringing democracy or restoring the monarchy is not the point here. Getting Iran to stop pursuing nukes and proxy wars across the damn globe is.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
My guess is a military dictatorship of some kind with a fake civilian government. Basically the same setup as today but without the IRGC in the driver seat but possibly the Regular Army.
High risk though for a civil war as the public in Iran probably wants payback for the thousands of lives lost to the IRGC and their mullah supporters. That makes the command level of IRGC as dead enders. Dunno about the lower ranks but like TSA screeners, I suspect they will start to melt away with no pay.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 03:30 PM (E4rtv)
I think we've lost 11 or so... 6 in an accident re-fueling and 5 in Kuwait at one of our facilities there...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 03:30 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Former Tehran Parking Garage Attendant
Of course, in this country the President can be overruled by a traffic court judge.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 03:30 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:30 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:01 PM (Klk40
Mine was when Bidey fell UP the stairs three times. I watched that video a lot more than a normal person should.
It gave me great hope he'd one day fall all the way down AF1 stairs. But then they got him special rubber shoes and he only climbed the short steps. Bummer.
I hoped for eight years for the limp-wristed prissy poncisizer, Obungo, to fall down AF1 stairs and he never did, to my great sorrow.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 03:30 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:24 PM (77rzZ)
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While they're working for the weekend.
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:31 PM (Fi81e)
He was so d@mn good at aging they created a new word for his alleged superiority to other seniors.
SUPER!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 03:31 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 25, 2026 03:31 PM (0Htd1)
Why aren't we using the same laws against all the Chinese, Euro-nik, and Middle Eastern citizens doing the same?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 03:31 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:31 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:29 PM (77rzZ)
He's still with us?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:32 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:32 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 25, 2026 03:31 PM (0Htd1)
She's attending a concert with Bruce Springsteen and the usually commie cohorts in Minnesota.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:32 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 25, 2026 03:33 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026 03:32 PM (Fi81e)
I've a bomb for, suicada.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:33 PM (Zz0t1)
The battle space is greatly diminished in number of assets. Command and control is scattered. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that capabilities are fully degraded. There is a lot that could still create a bad day for somebody. And it’s not just civilians. They have been walking in their strikes on certain targets and refining the overall targeting processes. The head isn’t off the snake yet. This is where it gets messy.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 03:33 PM (hLZfT)
Mine was when they got Biden on a bicycle and he went up to the first tween girl he saw and he was so excited he fell over.
I mean I suppose if Biden was himself 12 it would have been a cute moment.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 03:33 PM (iHruz)
He was so d@mn good at aging they created a new word for his alleged superiority to other seniors.
SUPER!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 03:31 PM (4KUe5)
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Just like Ruth Ginsberg who died not long after retiring.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:33 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:33 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:33 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:31 PM (GD0B3)
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The Ayatollah didn't fear us.
Some Marxist who takes control of Iran, who watched the US and Israel completely destroy the military, civic, and religious infrastructure of a giant nation in the matter of weeks will fear us.
Especially when they realize that Israel is the real hegemon of the region and has agreements with most of the countries around them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:33 PM (gYVzu)
Yeah I feel like they worked this one out for years, and I am waiting to see. But I have fears.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:34 PM (PYyV9)
But the current regime killing tens of thousands...and people world wide through terrorism? Well...that's just their culture.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:34 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 25, 2026 03:31 PM (0Htd1)
She's attending a concert with Bruce Springsteen and the usually commie cohorts in Minnesota.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:32 PM (Zz0t1)
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Would be a good test for an Iranian ballistic missle.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:34 PM (cWLG3)
Period.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)
The Ayatollah didn't fear us.
Worked out great for him, didn't it? Had to use a sponge to pick up his remains.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 25, 2026 03:35 PM (N39Ws)
No air force
No air defense
No missiles
No money
No leadership
No friends"
No motorcars, not a single luxury...
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:45 PM (XuXeR)
No running water IIRC in Tehran.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 03:35 PM (464q3)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 03:35 PM (991LO)
Good point. Boy wrecking his bicycle cause he saw a cute girl: hilarious and the kind of thing you grin at other adults over.
80 year old man doing so: creepy and disturbing
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:35 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:32 PM (Zz0t1)
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Would be a good test for an Iranian ballistic missle.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:34 PM (cWLG3)
Except they're on Iran's side
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 03:36 PM (FtULh)
Worked out great for him, didn't it? Had to use a sponge to pick up his remains.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 25, 2026 03:35 PM (N39Ws)
Ummm........Wasn't me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:36 PM (Zz0t1)
Period.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)
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I'm not in for regime change in Saudi Arabia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:37 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:31 PM (GD0B3)
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The Ayatollah didn't fear us.
Some Marxist who takes control of Iran, who watched the US and Israel completely destroy the military, civic, and religious infrastructure of a giant nation in the matter of weeks will fear us.
Especially when they realize that Israel is the real hegemon of the region and has agreements with most of the countries around them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:33 PM (gYVzu)
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There are muslims who are still bitter about the Crusades. i don't share your optimism. Terrorism would still be appealing as a way to strike back at a feared giant.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:37 PM (cWLG3)
No air force
No air defense
No missiles
No money
No leadership
No friends"
No motorcars, not a single luxury...
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 02:45 PM (XuXeR)
No running water IIRC in Tehran.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 03:35 PM (464q3)
______
Even the goats are less willing
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 03:37 PM (iFTx/)
No air force
No air defense
No missiles
No money
No leadership
No friends"
I think I'm turning Japanese.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:37 PM (Zz0t1)
@SymoneDSanders: "Iran, they are an authoritarian regime who’s known to lie."
John Brennan: "Well, I tend to believe Iran more than I do Donald Trump"
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Have the mullahs ever lied to you?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 03:37 PM (ndZc7)
Having worked in a bike shop for years, I saw that as an old man who refused to believe he could not ride with toe clips and cleats, anymore.
Saw a lot of 70+ year old dudes eat shit in the parking lot because they insisted on using their early 80s pedals.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:37 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 03:35 PM (991LO)
Maybe they are afraid it would be an 'hoops, we did not see the press badge. Was it displayed prominently enough?' *picture of crosshairs hunting and fixing on a large badge*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:37 PM (zZu0s)
I'm not in for regime change in Saudi Arabia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:37 PM (gYVzu)
They haven't openly funded terrorists and murdered thousands of Americans, yet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)
Your clapped out neocon orthodoxy doesn't play anymore. It ain't 2004. Everyone's done with that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 03:38 PM (BI5O2)
Some Marxist who takes control of Iran, who watched the US and Israel completely destroy the military, civic, and religious infrastructure of a giant nation in the matter of weeks will fear us.
Especially when they realize that Israel is the real hegemon of the region and has agreements with most of the countries around them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:33 PM (gYVzu)
Oh really ? The Arabs are begging for the US to finish the job now. Because they know what they are dealing with than the majority of "analysts". They know US politics better than the US citizens. They know Iran is playing the long game. they want to wait Trump out. SO left in place, Iranian regime, or a Marxist regime will fear us somewhere between 7 months to a 2 years.
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:38 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:37 PM
You really think so?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (bFu5X)
@SymoneDSanders: "Iran, they are an authoritarian regime who’s known to lie."
John Brennan: "Well, I tend to believe Iran more than I do Donald Trump"
Why is he not room temp?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (Zz0t1)
Yeah I am not gonna say the Shah was a good guy. But compared to what replaced him? See also: Cuba.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (PYyV9)
Well, not since 9/11...or, maybe Vegas.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (Klk40)
Or, was this their way of removing any ICE restrictions - by not even addressing it - since ICE is already funded via the BBB?
If the GOP gives one inch on Dem demands. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)
*cough9/11cough*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (zZu0s)
I'm not in for regime change in Saudi Arabia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:37 PM (gYVzu)
They haven't openly funded terrorists and murdered thousands of Americans, yet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)
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So, it's not Islam as a whole, then.
Kick them out of our country. Put them under Sunni control. Let those Sunni dictators prefer our dollars over Shia visions of utopia.
Sounds workable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (gYVzu)
Grandma Prometheus mentioned this. F Britain.
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (cS1cw)
The goal should be removing any leaders that are a threat to attack America or our interests.
Now if they do get some sort of republican/democratic leader that means that second definition fine but I don't care if at the end of this there is an Ayatollah, General, or First Citizen running things. He just better see his own interests as not messing with us...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (sKqQm)
Well, not since 9/11...or, maybe Vegas.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (Klk40)
I did say 'openly.' I'm quite sure they've been a source of global terror for generations. They're just not as bold about it as Iran has been.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:40 PM (Zz0t1)
Yknow who else was "windy"?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 03:15 PM
Everyone knows.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 03:23 PM (bFu5X)
If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: Mao at March 25, 2026 03:40 PM (464q3)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 25, 2026 03:31 PM (0Htd1)
She's attending a concert with Bruce Springsteen and the usually commie cohorts in Minnesota.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:32 PM (Zz0t1
I truly hope it doesn't turn into a masturbation for peace event like during the gulf war.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 03:40 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Axeman at March 25, 2026
***
Halfway there, folks; halfway there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 03:41 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)
*cough9/11cough*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (zZu0s)
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That wasn't their govt behind it. Bin Laden was based in afghanistan when he planned the attack.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:41 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 03:40 PM (Sco7b)
It's a no Kings concert
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 03:41 PM (FtULh)
So, it's not Islam as a whole, then.
Kick them out of our country. Put them under Sunni control. Let those Sunni dictators prefer our dollars over Shia visions of utopia.
Sounds workable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (gYVzu)
Wall them in and let them live in an environment of their own making.
When it starts to spill over, fill it in.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:41 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 03:41 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:33 PM (cWLG3)
She "retired" in much the same way that Francisco Franco and Konstantin Chernenko "retired".
This just in! Ruth Bader Ginsburg is still dead!
On the other hand, I suppose we should be grateful that she hung on long enough that her successor was named by Trump. Barrett isn't great, but undoubtedly better than anyone Gaylord would have nominated.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 03:41 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:41 PM (GD0B3)
*cough9/11cough*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (zZu0s)
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I said 'openly'.................
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (GD0B3)
I GET ALL THE INFORMATION I NEED FROM THE GORILLA CHANNEL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
Posted by: DONALD J. TRUMP at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (Vu7A1)
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner
Here's what I don't understand:
The Muslim fundamentalists on their own didn't have the oomph to overthrow SAVAK and the Shah in the late '70s, so they agreed to a coalition with the Iranian communists, and combined, their tow forces/ideologies -- communism, and fundamentalist Shia Islam -- scceeded in overthowing the monarchy, and were supposed to "share" power afterward.
But we all know what happened: The fundamentalists stabbed the communists in the back (literally), massacred untold tens of thousands of them, tortured and imprisoned the rest, and the survivors all had to flee to France and the US. Then the fundamentalist set up of the mullahcracy with zero communist representation.
With all this being true and undisputed, WHY OH WHY does toe modern western Left SUPPORT THE MULLAHCRACY??? If anything, the left should regard the mullahs as their eternal enemies who will never be forgiven. The Left should be dancing in the streets and thanking Trump for finally undoing the betrayal and treachery that happened after the Shah was toppled. But no. Why?
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (Av6i5)
The goal should be removing any leaders that are a threat to attack America or our interests.
Now if they do get some sort of republican/democratic leader that means that second definition fine but I don't care if at the end of this there is an Ayatollah, General, or First Citizen running things. He just better see his own interests as not messing with us...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (sKqQm)
1) if we do, the argument will later be that the government is a U.S. puppet. So “giving them a republic” will be more a hindrance than a help.
2) I think they will set up their own republic anyway.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (464q3)
Posted by: King Crimson at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (bFu5X)
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what about Marxists ? you ok with that ?
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:27 PM (GD0B3)
mullahs, marxists, all shitmaggots. kill them all, let Satan sort 'em out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (8zz6B)
Hate and fear are two different things. Hate seems to win most of those battles in the ME. Anyone who doesn’t think that hasnt been there.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (hLZfT)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:41 PM (cWLG3)
But, Whabbis inside Saudi Arabia have been funding the worst of the shits for decades.
And do they Crack down on them?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:43 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 03:40 PM (Sco7b)
It's a no Kings concert
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 03:41 PM (FtULh)
Gonna be lit af when the Somali mob shows up for some free shit. Throwing tomatoes at the boss and playing fingerbang with jane.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2026 03:43 PM (PyntX)
2) I think they will set up their own republic anyway.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (464q3)
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The best case scenario is probably a return of the monarchy.
Uniting Persia under one thing quickly requires a singular symbol, and the prince is that symbol more than anyone else in the nation, it seems.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:43 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:43 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Marcus T
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From the recorded strikes recently, I would disagree with your assessment. They are not hitting military targets by and large. More like Germans and their V2 strategy in WWII.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (PYyV9)
I will. The Shah was a good guy. He was a staunch ally, and did his best to drag his country into the 20th century over the objections of the primitive cavemen of Islam.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 03:44 PM (IG3/x)
Well....shit.
Posted by: King Crimson at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (bFu5X)
We'll just have our OWN f*cking show......
Posted by: Kings of the Stone Age at March 25, 2026 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)
I would not even try that at 60. A man's got to know his limitations.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:44 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)
Are we talking Sandra fluke open or having to buy them a nice meal at Red Lobster open?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:44 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026
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Mushbrain's shouting and then whispering were what got to me. Like something out of The Haunting of Hill House.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 03:44 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: King's X at March 25, 2026 03:44 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Joe at March 25, 2026 03:45 PM (Uy/WF)
It should have been policy since forever.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 03:45 PM (BI5O2)
I would not even try that at 60. A man's got to know his limitations.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026
***
For some unknown reason I have never learned to ride a bike. Too late now. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 03:45 PM (wzUl9)
The Left should be dancing in the streets and thanking Trump for finally undoing the betrayal and treachery that happened after the Shah was toppled. But no. Why?
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 03:42 PM (Av6i5)
they are kinda happy that Trump whacked the mullahs, they are extremely unhappy that the leader of the revolution is Pahlavi, that he is the leader majority of the Iranian people are asking for
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 03:45 PM (GD0B3)
Are we talking Sandra fluke open or having to buy them a nice meal at Red Lobster open?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:44 PM (zZu0s)
Woah. That's a pretty significant gap, there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:43 PM (cWLG3Jane.
Here workouts made navy seals weep.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2026 03:45 PM (PyntX)
Because they see Iran as a tool to use against us. If a bunch of Iranians die to give them a tool they don't care.
Remember right now we have people crying about The Handmaids Tale and how Trump is going to have ICE rape them or something also endorsing Iran...which The Handmaid's Tale is based on...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2026 03:43 PM (PyntX)
Bring Your Own Kentucky Jelly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:46 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
He was also on good terms with Israel.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)
Separately, I'm wondering how Australia is doing with regards to fuel and gas. Last I heard, they're making an unexpected beeline to NetZero.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 03:17 PM (Sco7b)
Fuck 'em.
Let 'em go into the outback and gather firewood so they can throw a shrimp on the barbie.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 03:46 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
He was also on good terms with Israel.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)
I've seen a few documentaries from Iran in the early 70's. It really was a beautiful country at one time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)
Thats what he said.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (zZu0s)
Of ALL the former creeps I endured, he is, by far, the most creepy and FUGLY. Mean, beady eyes. Evil seeping from his enlarged pores. Put him and Podesta in the same cell and see who lives.
Mount him on a missile and fire him into space, or as a gift for the next eye-a-toldja.
Begone ye faggot frog face! UGH.
I should tape his disgusting face to the pantry to stay on my diet. And draw stuff with a black sharpie like horns. Have a rotting potato voodoo doll of him nearby. I despise this scumbag.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)
Forcing all those smokin' hot Iranian ladies into bags should be considered a crime against humanity.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Inogame at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (53oGX)
Israel!?
Those bastards...
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (Klk40)
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This means that Israel controlled him and the communist/Islamist uprising was a righteous rebellion against the ZOG machine.
Am I doing it right?
Can I be on Tucker now?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (+nEug)
Bring Your Own Kentucky Jelly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:46 PM (zZu0s)
I'm sure Astroglide will work. Same relative environment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (Zz0t1)
Sounds like something Tuco would say
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:48 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 03:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Sponge
Probably still is in the backcountry. Even muslhams can't eff up mountains.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:48 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (+nEug
Well, yeah. Have you met us?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:49 PM (zZu0s)
I am sure that you of all people know this but...
for the modern leftist, there are only the oppressors and the oppressed. Oppressed only do bad because they are being mistreated by oppressors. Its not really their fault. The oppressors deserve it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:49 PM (PYyV9)
And I agree with other comments that right now IRGC doesn't fear the US enough. Equipment can be replaced and mass casualties don't even should up on their radar.
Posted by: WisRich at March 25, 2026 03:49 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (Zz0t1)
The thing is that KY has plausible deniability. It does have legitimate medical uses. Astroglide, on the other hand...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 03:49 PM (IG3/x)
If Carter doesn't bring the Mullahs to power there is no Gulf War or Iraq war because he would join us in spanking Saddam...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 03:50 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)
You’re not seeing everything. There are over 300 wounded personnel. That being said the potential still exists for a more targeted strike. The Russians have insured that potential exists. The fact that we have reduced their number of assets reduces the potential for a hit. But if the can light off a bunch and overwhelm defenses it becomes a math game.
BTW I don’t know why we are holding back on releasing anti regime forces and more IW if things are that clear.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 03:50 PM (hLZfT)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (+nEug)
Trump seems to be staying out of it .. Which I think he has to do.. I'm thinking he has been in touch with the prince
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 03:50 PM (FtULh)
Israel!?
Those bastards...
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (Klk40)
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This means that Israel controlled him and the communist/Islamist uprising was a righteous rebellion against the ZOG machine.
Am I doing it right?
Can I be on Tucker now?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:47 PM (gYVzu)
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Tonight! On Tucker Carlson Live, we have an exclusive just asking questions episode...
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:50 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I think even Tucker draws the line at Prometheus fans.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:50 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care
>If we can get Bernie Sanders and AOC to attend it will be a boner festival.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 03:50 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 03:50 PM (+nEug)
Are we talking Sandra fluke open or having to buy them a nice meal at Red Lobster open?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:44 PM (zZu0s)
Woah. That's a pretty significant gap, there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 03:45 PM (Zz0t1)
Either one - they are both easy to get.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 25, 2026 03:50 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:39 PM (PYyV9)
He wasn't hard-ass enough about the muzzies. SAVAK was looking for Reds under every bed, and ignoring the weirdbeards screeching on the streetcorners.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 03:51 PM (8zz6B)
No one wants that image in their head.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 03:51 PM (IG3/x)
With all the open bullying he did and the groping children on live TV, and that uber creepy speech he did with the red and black lights and soldiers behind him, the guy was like the stereotype of an evil dictator.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:51 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: zombie
Because the wealthy sob donor class benefits from Iran being a bad boy. These pieces of human excrement make their money from getting a percentage of transactions--same reason for cartels not being dealt with, same reason for Venezuela not being addressed,same reason that the Muzzies and others are invading the West.
Our wealthy WEF types make bank from the inflows and outflows of money and spend a part of it to create their own patronage and political influence networks to keep the inflows and outflows going.
Think of these nasty critters as a global tax on transactions and the more illegal it is, the more that these parasites can make bank by taking higher percentages for the 'risk' of handling money laundering transactions.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 03:51 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 03:51 PM (GUOwU)
Let 'em go into the outback and gather firewood so they can throw a shrimp on the barbie.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026
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Eventually they'll all have to go walkabout and learn to drink from ostrich eggs of water hidden in the sand. "A walk to the hills of the dreamtime. . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 03:51 PM (wzUl9)
Disagree. Yes this is what they say, but its just an excuse.
They support Iran because they think they can use them against Israel...and us.
If Iran was doing its thing targeting say AWFLs in the US or Euro-nik bureaucrats in the EU they'd be for bombing them as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm)
@BillMelugin_
DHS funding deal is falling apart.
Senate GOP offered to fund all of DHS, except ICE’s deportation wing (ERO).
Dems just countered and demanded additional concessions, they want major ICE reforms (unmasking, judicial warrants, etc).
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You can't compromise with the IRGC or the Democrat Party.
Didn't Trump just pants them at the airports by deploying ICE? Why are we bargaining with them from a position of weakness? Wait. Rhetorical. Senate GOP. Nevermind.
Posted by: Nelly at March 25, 2026 03:51 PM (7gpcF)
If you don't, it will travel up your spine to your brain and that's where shitty ideas come from.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 03:51 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:52 PM (cWLG3)
Your clapped out neocon orthodoxy doesn't play anymore. It ain't 2004. Everyone's done with that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 03:38 PM (BI5O2)
Words *should* mean things. If we exterminate the old regime (which looks probable given their proposed terms for peace), the regime will necessarily get changed.
What people should have soured on is specifically the idea of us occupying a country indefinitely, with our soldiers' hands tied behind their backs in the interest of 'winning hearts and minds', while we cobble together a new government. We probably should get a phrase for that other than 'regime change' as it's too broad.
Posted by: Methos at March 25, 2026 03:52 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 03:51 PM (GUOwU
This. I was reading something that said there really IS no normal military as we think of them. They are all like irregular militia commanders (terrorists.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:52 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I think even Tucker draws the line at Prometheus fans.
Posted by: Bulg
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TJM might like to be a Promethean for all we know. Those Lyndon LaRouche fans have reinvented themselves now and their focus in on the evil UK and its royals. Goes by Promethean Action.
See them around on X a bit.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 03:53 PM (E4rtv)
Being an officer in the military is a pretty good gig. Rising up to take the country as a whole is a big risk - usually people only take that step when the alternative is a fairly certain death (see the nationalists in Spain in '36...)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 03:53 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2026 03:43 PM (PyntX)
Bring Your Own Kentucky Jelly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 03:46 PM (zZu0s)
And double wrap the meat.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 25, 2026 03:53 PM (N39Ws)
And why do they want to do that? Because Israel (somehow) and the US are the oppressors. And anyone who fights them is the oppressed and needs the support of True Revolutionaries everywhere. That is for real their ideology.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:53 PM (PYyV9)
I once described myself, bedraggled and tired, to a friend after the constant hurricanes in FL in 2005, that I looked like RBG in a wind tunnel.
Yet the wimmens worshipped her. SPIT
I am getting ornery thinking about her and Brennan and it may give me the energy to do some chores.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 03:53 PM (WONhk)
Harry Potter series trailer.
For those interested (which I assume there are, like, two of you out there).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 03:53 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 03:53 PM (ndZc7)
All journalists need to be put on notice that they are not welcome in combat theaters and there will be absolutely no tactical compromises made on their behalf. Go to Iran if you like, but know you're rolling some pretty bad dice.
It should have been policy since forever.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 03:45 PM (BI5O2)
And remind them about that idiot Geraldo went into an Iraqi war zone years ago wearing "Press" on his body armor, and then promptly admitting live on TV that he was carrying a sidearm. Made him an unlawful combatant and subject to summary execution, even if he never pulled the pistol out of its holster.
It'd be a shame if the IRGC treated all journalists on the ground as unlawful combatants and organized firing squads. A shame.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 03:54 PM (y9nCu)
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Close to pre-1979
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 03:54 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: no one of any consquence at March 25, 2026 03:55 PM (qFwJc)
Every dictator in the word lives in terror that their own military and security services will turn on them as has happened so many times through history. The ones that last have made sure that its difficult to do, that they have total control, and that the military is led by their puppets.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:55 PM (PYyV9)
See them around on X a bit.
Posted by: whig
I thought they were always down on the royals. They accused the Queen of being behind the international drug trade in the 80s.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)
I was mildly interested until I saw the casting.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:56 PM (PYyV9)
I believe the "12th Imam climbs out of the well apocalyptic end times death cult" Shia sect is not all of the Shia branch of Islam, but one part of it. Is this correct?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 03:57 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 03:58 PM (77rzZ)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HATE THE IRGC AND LOVE TRUMP.
Posted by: Ben Rothlesburger sock at March 25, 2026 03:58 PM (qFwJc)
I wonder if the former U.S. official is Joe Kent...hmmm.
Posted by: uafanct at March 25, 2026 03:22 PM
BINGO!
Posted by: Moonbeam at March 25, 2026 03:58 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 03:59 PM (cWLG3)
But again, I'd argue their labelling us and Israel as oppressors isn't really the issue. They want to weaken us, as in normal Americans, and Israel and therefore they label us oppressors. The desire to weaken and take from us is the goal, is the ideology, and everything else is built off of that.
As an example - look at Greenland. A European colony in the new world. Apply their model. The Danes are the oppressors and must be removed by any means necessary except...that's not how they approached it is it?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 03:59 PM (sKqQm)
DO they want to weaken us just out of spite or random whim? Or do they have an overriding philosophy of the world that drives this desire?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Marcus T
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Because enough of those 125k of IRGC and their irregular Basiji are still around in metro areas to kill a lot of civilians.
BTW, Centcom has it at 230 injured, most lightly. The worst injured were primarily from the Kuwaiti logistics center where 6 US Reservists were killed.
The other 7 dead came from the collision of tankers.
Simply put, Iranians don't 'need' targeting info beyond coordinates from Google Earth for bases. Where Chinese or Russian information might be useful would be targeting tankers more than anything.
At the same time, Russia is particularly vulnerable to payback on tankers and oil export facilities as we have more or less controlled range, etc. for US missiles and targeting information given to Ukraine. That too can be turned up. For teh Chinese, hitting tankers simply ups the premium for oil that they pay which is a disincentive to do so.
Both China and Russia giving targeting information is also subject to the degradation of command and control.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (hLZfT)
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Every dictator in the word lives in terror that their own military and security services will turn on them as has happened so many times through history. The ones that last have made sure that its difficult to do, that they have total control, and that the military is led by their puppets.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:55 PM
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There was Saddam Hussein for example. During the Iran-Iraq war, he executed generals who were either unsuccessful (fuck-ups) or too successful (threats to his authority). There was a sweet spot of mediocrity, I guess. Or Joe Stalin, purging the Red Army officer corps before the Nazi attack.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 04:04 PM (VWtfl)
I think it's a federal law that deaths have to be reported to SS.
SNAP/EBT are state-level programs (though funded with federal dollars).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 04:04 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 04:07 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 03:57 PM (VWtfl)
Yes, so-called "Twelvers" are only one branch of Shia, albeit the largest one and the one the most popular in Iran.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 04:07 PM (IG3/x)
I thought they were always down on the royals. They accused the Queen of being behind the international drug trade in the 80s.
Posted by: Bulg
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IIRC, LaRouche was all over the place from Trotskyism to the far right, to the far left, and running as fake Democrats among other things.
Conspiracy theorists on a global scale that morph to new targets of opportunity to keep the faith alive.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 04:07 PM (E4rtv)
SNAP/EBT are state-level programs (though funded with federal dollars).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Yep. Same with military pensions, etc.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 04:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 04:09 PM (hLZfT)
Take this to the bank.
Posted by: Gref at March 25, 2026 04:11 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Butch at March 25, 2026 04:13 PM (98xTj)
Acuity is pretty good. They were great one my one claim (hail damage).
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at March 25, 2026 04:26 PM (iNp3L)
******
I'm kinda late to this thread, but the above reminds me of the first term "gorilla chanel" that they said Trump was watching...just Trump watching gorillas charging at each other...
I can't remember if it was intended as a joke, a parody, or real reporting.
Anyway...the media sucks.
Posted by: EFG at March 25, 2026 04:37 PM (QH8Ep)
Whichever group makes a deal with Trump first is in charge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:49 PM (gYVzu)
More like whichever group gives the keys to the houses and safes to the Pahlavi successors and us gets to take some money abroad and survive.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 25, 2026 04:37 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Bulg
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IIRC, LaRouche was all over the place from Trotskyism to the far right, to the far left, and running as fake Democrats among other things.
Conspiracy theorists on a global scale that morph to new targets of opportunity to keep the faith alive.
Posted by: whig at March 25, 2026 04:07 PM (E4rtv)
There was a funny year in the 1990s where LaRouchies (who ran as Dems in the Primary) ran a bunch of guys and gals named John Johnson, etc versus the insider Dems who all had Polish and ethnic names and won all the elections aside from Governor. The Dem had to denounce his own party slate and they lost to the Republicans. Yes, this was long enough ago that the GOP could win an election in Illinois.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 25, 2026 04:41 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 04:02 PM (hLZfT)
Drones make that a lot easier today than before if you can man your forces with their own drones. You can see that in Ukraine, it is hard to move large forces about without drawing drones, or called in airstrike or artillery.
But yes unless the collapse is total there will likely need some ground forces, either rebuilt Iranian or allied Gulf State needed to take out any holdouts.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 25, 2026 04:46 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 25, 2026 03:20 PM (PYyV9)
That was mostly the Brits, EU, and Z's fault when they backed up the forever war. All part of the plan....look at how he seamlessly pivoted so they are under scrutiny as bad allies rather than talk of saving Ukraine.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 25, 2026 04:50 PM (8avO+)
Protip: Iran controls the Straits of Hormuz and Donnie-Bone-Spurs can do nothing about it.
Posted by: Steve in Greensboro at March 25, 2026 08:00 PM (r4SGJ)
Surprise! Mitch McConnell's Groomed Punk John Thune Preparing Failure Theater Production of "We Tried to Pass the SAVE Act But Goshdarn It We Just Didn't Have Our Ducks in a Row"
John Thune announced that he had a very smart masterplan for passing the SAVE Act. He would -- get this -- not pass it.
Brilliant! Part 2 of the plan is that he promises -- pinky-swear -- he will then add it to a bill via reconciliation. Except... you cannot add non-budgetary matters to a bill through reconciliation. See, the process is called Budget Reconciliation. Measures must have an impact on the budget (supposedly, to reduce the budget) to be added via Budget Reconciliation. So his smart masterplan for passing SAVE by not passing it is doomed to fail, and in fact, is designed to fail. The Senate Parliamentarian will rule the SAVE Act is not germane to the budget -- as everyone knows in advance -- and John Thune will pretend he never thought of that and gee willickers guys, if only you send him more money he could hire better staff to tell him obvious things like this!DataRepublican (small r)If you remember, Mitch McConnell routinely tanked bills that the conservative voting base demanded, but he would tell us that he got us the next best thing to actual legislation -- he got the Democrats to vote "no" on the bill, which is worth more politically than actually winning. John Thune is now selling this snake oil, too.
@DataRepublican Hello Senator Thune, Let's expose what you're really doing with "reconciliation." You announced it yesterday, eleven months after the House passed the SAVE America Act. You're not trying to pass this bill. You're trying to kill it in a way you can blame on process. Here's how we know: Reconciliation requires the Senate parliamentarian to rule that provisions are "budgetary." Citizenship verification is not budgetary. Photo ID mandates are not budgetary. The parliamentarian will gut the bill. Then you'll shrug and say "we tried." We see through you. Meanwhile, you WON'T use the tools that actually work: Rule XIX limits each senator to two speeches per legislative day. Keep the Senate in continuous session, file cloture daily, and the filibuster exhausts in ~12-20 days. You dismissed it as "complicated." Because if you tried and succeeded, you'd have to actually pass the bill. Harry Reid nuked the filibuster in 2013 when he wanted results. Mitch McConnell changed Senate rules THREE times and canceled the August recess. Chuck Schumer used reconciliation within months on a 50-50 Senate. You have 53 seats. You've changed nothing, canceled nothing, and waited eleven months. Now let's talk donors: • Goldman Sachs: $150K to you - top H-1B user
• Google: $75K - lobbies against E-Verify
• Meta: $72.5K - Zuckerberg's FWD[.]us pushes mass immigration
• Wells Fargo: $90K - banks undocumented immigrants Same corporations sponsor Punchbowl News, where you sit for "Fly Out Days" which nobody watches except Congress staffers and K Street lobbyists who pays premium bucks for legislative intelligence. Their reporter then telegraphs to the audience the SAVE Act "will ultimately fail." Corporate money flows to you AND to the outlet that frames your inaction as inevitable. We see the loop. You called grassroots anger a "paid influencer ecosystem." YOU are the paid influencer. You take the wrong side of a 80% issue because you are indistinguishable from a K Street mouthpiece, and an ineffective one to boot who won't bend the rules to get anything passed. What we want: 1. Force a real talking filibuster.
2. Stop hiding behind process.
3. Pass the SAVE America Act. YOU will become the reason that we will have our butts kicked in midterms. Not Candace Owens, not Nick Fuentes, not anyone else. You and you alone, and all because you want to make the 200 or so viewers of Punchbowl Fly Out Days happy. You're living in a K Street information bubble, addicted to the comforts and praises of lobbyists masquerading as journalists. You mistake the steak and martini dinners you get invited to as your own constituents. You are not "moderate." The SAVE America Act has 98% support among Republicans. Name one other thing that has 98% support. You are an extreme minority who prides himself on being a calm leader, when in reality you are well in the running for the most ineffective Majority leader of all time. Prove me wrong. Do the bare modicum of effort. Not symbolic. Actual effort. Cancel the recess. Get SAVE America Act passed.
Every senator will soon be on the record with an up-or-down vote so the American people can know exactly where they stand on voter ID. I don’t know how Democrats will be able to explain being against commonsense voter ID requirements, but I can’t wait to hear them try. pic.twitter.com/1P7tWIVYBK
— Leader John Thune (@LeaderJohnThune) March 24, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 01:32 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:32 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: The_Hoser at March 25, 2026 01:33 PM (H4qGm)
Posted by: toby928 at March 25, 2026 01:33 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Inogame at March 25, 2026 01:34 PM (53oGX)
ugh we have no representation
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 01:35 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: toby928 at March 25, 2026 01:35 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 25, 2026 01:35 PM (Wx316)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 01:36 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 01:32 PM (iFTx/)
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One one of those is true...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 01:36 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: toby928 at March 25, 2026 01:35 PM (4NO2D)
Fuck you! -- Gormless Toads United
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:36 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 25, 2026 01:36 PM (23+jx)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 01:37 PM (1ET9J)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 01:37 PM (QaH55)
The Republicans are racist and hate women. And they won't lose a single vote in the midterms
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 01:37 PM (kLn1K)
as I said on the previous thread, the fund raising is the most important thing for them. they'd gladly see trump in federal prison if it would bring them more donations
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 01:37 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:37 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 01:37 PM (rj6Yv)
It's great that all the illegals cost America nothing. Quiet, peaceful, healthy, sleep outside and their foraging skills are amazing.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 01:37 PM (Sco7b)
SAVE Ukraine Act
SAVE Iran Act
SAVE Venezuela Act
SAVE Somalia Act
SAVE Palestine Act
SAVE Big Buttplugs Act
Things these traitorous scabies would not pass:
SAVE America Act
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)
This is because providing cover to "Republican" senators who want to shaft their constituents without leaving an incriminating voting record is the PURPOSE of the filibuster.
Posted by: Tar Bae at March 25, 2026 01:38 PM (bIuhp)
Posted by: The Teenaged Girl from Poltergeist at March 25, 2026 01:38 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Darth Randall at March 25, 2026 01:38 PM (f1kZG)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 01:38 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:38 PM (xT8gx)
...The GOP, for its new play, Failure Theater.
Posted by: zombie at March 25, 2026 01:38 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 01:37 PM (QaH55)
https://tinyurl.com/44xv8ntb
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:39 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
She's married. And he owns guns. Move it on.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 01:39 PM (diia5)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:38 PM (xT8gx)
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She has done in person interviews that you can find on youtube. She doesn't hide her face.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 01:39 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 01:37 PM (rj6Yv)
It's possible that she does her job as required without shading things for one side or the other.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:40 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 01:40 PM (dK+Kv)
We should be sending gimp suits to every Republican senator.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:40 PM (DGgho)
Posted by: Inogame at March 25, 2026 01:34 PM (53oGX)
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Seriously, we need to put the pressure on them.
Here are the numbers:
https://tinyurl.com/3zb2825n
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 01:40 PM (NpAcC)
That means that after that election, 2/3's of the Senators have two years to teach (corrupt) the few new ones that weren't incumbents that got re-elected.
What you need is to flush all the turds out of the punchbowl at once.
SMOD, hear our prayer...
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 25, 2026 01:40 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 01:41 PM (CWTWj)
The Senate, divorced from state legislatures watching over their performance and free of financial concerns, thanks to rent-seeking corporate donors, just does whatever the fuck they want to do, which is so very little of what their voters want them to do.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 01:41 PM (CNwgv)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:38 PM (xT8gx)
She's married but this has a pic.
https://tinyurl.com/ytrdhswk
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)
But, I agree. Her writing style is sexy.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 01:42 PM (uOWQZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 01:42 PM (1ET9J)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:42 PM (DGgho)
@disclosetv 1h
NOW - Dame Sarah Mullally is officially "enthroned" as the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, becoming the first woman to take the role in 1,400 years.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 01:42 PM (diia5)
I've been thinking for a long time that if there were a true forensic audit of voting - more specifically, vote counting - we would come to realize that deep blue states were actually red. I base this on nothing more than a common sense realization that when one party has iron-clad control of the counting process, it should come as no surprise that that party continuously wins. Not even a variation but a clear example of Stalin's dictum in play.
It's a shame we don't have an institution - like The Press - that makes this one of their investigative goals. And conspiracy minded as I am wont to be, I suspect that they would stampede each other to death doing this investigation if it were Republicans in control of the vote counting process.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 01:34 PM (CzQuO)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 01:42 PM (CzQuO)
I think that is their fallback. Even if it passes today, there is sure to be multiple nationwide injunctions against it. The dems will hold it up until they can undue it next term.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 01:43 PM (FrseG)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:38 PM (xT8gx)
She's married but this has a pic.
https://tinyurl.com/ytrdhswk
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)
Didn't her husband have a distillery and they tried to cancel him ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 01:43 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:43 PM (DGgho)
Posted by: Uvula Jackson Washington at March 25, 2026 01:43 PM (lIBIk)
Posted by: Mollly k. at March 25, 2026 01:44 PM (j/yko)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 25, 2026 01:44 PM (euJM3)
Yes and when we found out everybody bought his products and they sold out. Lol.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:44 PM (DGgho)
Lets hope Republicans decide to get in better shape. Maybe some well-times exercise machine beat-downs will help America.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 01:44 PM (CNwgv)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 01:43 PM (/+IBE)
Yes, and it did the very opposite. She is close to blind, deaf and amazingly intelligent. She is an American Sign Language advocate.
Posted by: Piper at March 25, 2026 01:45 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 01:45 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: DaveA at March 25, 2026 01:46 PM (FhXTo)
It's John Kennedy six days ago recommending using reconciliation to pass the Save America Act... really worth a watch.
https://tinyurl.com/m8ajf2cz
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 01:46 PM (dmDsy)
John Thune: wood carving statue
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 01:46 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 25, 2026 01:46 PM (4p0Xq)
NOW - Dame Sarah Mullally is officially "enthroned" as the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, becoming the first woman to take the role in 1,400 years.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 01:42 PM (diia5)
1. The Church of England was, apparently, founded in 1534 - somewhat more recent than 1400 years ago.
2. Mullally has 'served' as the Archbishop of Canterbury since January 28th so, while they have had a ceremony, the deed was done a while back.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:46 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Methos at March 25, 2026 01:46 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 01:47 PM (1ET9J)
Posted by: The GOPe at March 25, 2026 01:47 PM (moGJJ)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 25, 2026 01:47 PM (euJM3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 01:47 PM (Cqx++)
@disclosetv 1h
NOW - Dame Sarah Mullally is officially "enthroned" as the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, becoming the first woman to take the role in 1,400 years.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 01:42 PM (diia5)
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and probably the last.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 01:47 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 01:43 PM (/+IBE)
He does, they did, the cancellation failed as her fans bought out their stock.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:48 PM (ExV1e)
So you're saying she is not unhot and also doesn't talk? A keeper!
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 01:48 PM (eO11x)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 01:48 PM (uOWQZ)
It doesn’t help you have a guy who is knocking on deaths door, that fag Rand Paul, Murkowski who is a Democrat, that complete asshole Thillis, and a bunch of other stiffs and beaver buttholes.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:48 PM (DGgho)
NOW - Dame Sarah Mullally is officially "enthroned" as the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, becoming the first woman to take the role in 1,400 years.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 01:42 PM (diia5)
1. The Church of England was, apparently, founded in 1534 - somewhat more recent than 1400 years ago.
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True, that was off by a Biden.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 01:49 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 01:49 PM (/+IBE)
Heh. Without the Save America Act, have you changed the very system by which we are returned to Congress...AT ALL? Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Posted by: John Thune, Esq. at March 25, 2026 01:49 PM (moGJJ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 01:50 PM (Bs2Ft)
And all I see is, "The Senate is expected to vote on it." and "Trump wants it passed with DHS funding." and "Thune has a deadline until the Easter recess."
Watching Thune's bit of presser there, he's not talking about up and down reconciliation votes. He's talking amendment votes on the SAVE Act.
So, we're still in the middle of amendment-o-rama, which means debate continues.
I understand the need and desire to keep up pressure, but this is just...the Senate operating on its own timeline which is slow.
We haven't even had a great blowup like the Parliamentarian saying that they couldn't vote on it, or anything.
Just another bit of evidence that the advice to ignore the Senate until the final vote is probably pretty solid advice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 01:50 PM (gYVzu)
Except Joe Biden. That was all him, baby.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 01:50 PM (QaH55)
NOW - Dame Sarah Mullally is officially "enthroned" as the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, becoming the first woman to take the role in 1,400 years.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 01:42 PM (diia5)
Sad, I used to love flying over to see the Queen...
Posted by: Denny Crane - And When I Say "See", Well, You Know What I Mean! at March 25, 2026 01:50 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 01:48 PM (uOWQZ)
True, although it would seem that switching from Catholic to not-Catholic would be considered a break in the line of officeholders, even if they have the same name.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:51 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:51 PM (DGgho)
He was Catholic.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 01:51 PM (1ET9J)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:48 PM (DGgho)
Hey! Don't dare you slander beaver buttholes!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:51 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 25, 2026 01:47 PM (euJM3)
That's the kind of thing that buttresses my point at #42. Let alone Georgia's - what was it...300K extra votes? FFS! Like I've said earlier we have no right to lecture or look down on the third world. For anything.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 01:51 PM (CzQuO)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 25, 2026 01:52 PM (beXDf)
Posted by: GOPe at March 25, 2026 01:52 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 01:52 PM (cS1cw)
When Democrats win, they take power."
-- Mark Steyn
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 01:50 PM (Bs2Ft)
Too true, and worth re-posting!!!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 01:52 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:51 PM (DGgho)
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Mail-in ballots for everyone, forevah!
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 01:52 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: 13times at March 25, 2026 01:52 PM (zmVPn)
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at March 25, 2026 01:53 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at March 25, 2026 01:53 PM (V362x)
Senatorial Betrayal > Anime Betrayal
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 25, 2026 01:52 PM (beXDf)
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Maybe Pixy can fill me in... what constitutes "anime betrayal?"
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 01:54 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Cray Cray at March 25, 2026 01:54 PM (M7rua)
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As silly as pretending to have a King.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at March 25, 2026 01:54 PM (sX1BW)
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 01:54 PM (5aZAZ)
Thune and Co should, by now, know who they are dealing with. They figure the Iran war has President Trump distracted. Not taking into account he multitasks.
Unlike these sniveling weasels who wine and dine on our expense, with their only thought of raising money for their next election.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 01:55 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Nav Gewsom at March 25, 2026 01:55 PM (UjdFS)
You don’t sit back and wait for that to happen and then say, “aw shucks”. You kick Thune in the nads and let him know you’re watching and it’s time for him to take off the mask and training diaper and act like a real honest man.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:55 PM (DGgho)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 01:54 PM (cWLG3)
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that it's a betrayal which takes place in the story line of an anime.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:55 PM (ExV1e)
And all I see is, "The Senate is expected to vote on it." and "Trump wants it passed with DHS funding." and "Thune has a deadline until the Easter recess."
Watching Thune's bit of presser there, he's not talking about up and down reconciliation votes. He's talking amendment votes on the SAVE Act.
So, we're still in the middle of amendment-o-rama, which means debate continues.
I understand the need and desire to keep up pressure, but this is just...the Senate operating on its own timeline which is slow.
We haven't even had a great blowup like the Parliamentarian saying that they couldn't vote on it, or anything.
Just another bit of evidence that the advice to ignore the Senate until the final vote is probably pretty solid advice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
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Thanks TJM. Its all doom and gloom around here sometimes. I get it that folks want results and now but that's not how all this works. We shall see if Thune screws the pooch but as you have repeatedly said he did get the OBBB across the finish line (mostly intact).
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at March 25, 2026 01:55 PM (VkY89)
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As silly as pretending to have a King.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at March 25, 2026 01:54 PM (sX1BW)
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She just missed being able to crown King Chuck.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 01:56 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: kurtz at March 25, 2026 01:56 PM (RZ0i8)
Sure, they lose national elections, and the occasional Senate races in red states (GA), but they don't care about that. What they care about -- and the only thing they care about -- is keeping their safe seats safe. They do that with their own versions of voter fraud.
The SAVE act would make that harder to do. So they don't want it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 01:56 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:51 PM (DGgho)
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That reminds me ... the latest polling still has Republicans in the top two positions in CA's gubernatorial race. The closest Dem is Stinkwell, about 4 points behind the #2 GOP contender.
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 01:56 PM (rj6Yv)
Here are the numbers:
https://tinyurl.com/3zb2825n
Posted by: redridinghood
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I'll call Adam Schiff and whoever replaced whoever died and make sure they vote for the SAVE Act. While I'm at it, I'll also suggest we ditch this jungle primary system in California and stop giving so many set-asides to illegal aliens and stop ballot-harvesting in homeless camps. LOLOL I crack myself up.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 01:56 PM (XJ22o)
Not even 98% of Democrats supported Obamacare--but the Dems broke any rule necessary to ensure it passed.
Has there ever been a Democrat that saw their main job as restraining the will of their voters?
In the way that 90% of Republicans see their #1 job as making sure conservatives never get conservative results?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 01:57 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at March 25, 2026 01:57 PM (Q/FnY)
He ought to consider Bernie Sanders as gollum.
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 01:58 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 01:58 PM (mHVWR)
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 01:56 PM (rj6Yv)
If republicans can beat the cheat machine the may win California. That’s why Bonta is freaking out about the recount. It’s not the tally per se, it’s the process that will be exposed and have ramifications across the entire state.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:58 PM (DGgho)
We haven't even had a great blowup like the Parliamentarian saying that they couldn't vote on it, or anything.
Just another bit of evidence that the advice to ignore the Senate until the final vote is probably pretty solid advice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 01:50 PM (gYVzu)
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I agree with you ... but I put SAVE's chances of passing at somewhere between 0.0 and 0.5 percent. That's actually down a bit from my initial prediction of about 2%. I just don't think the GOP has the fucking balls to do this, in addition to all the donor and financial incentives for not doing it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)
Wait a sec... so an old lesbian has been "enthroned" as the Head of the made-up "Church of England", and we care...why?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 01:59 PM (dmDsy)
@townhallcom
LOL!
The Democrat hive mind got their new marching orders to fight the SAVE Act.
Their bold new strategy? Go on national television and play completely stupid.
Watch this unbelievable montage of elites pretending that finding a birth certificate is an impossible task.
https://tinyurl.com/2pk55ctb
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 01:59 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at March 25, 2026 01:55 PM (VkY89)
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How long you wanna wait there hoss?
They've been fucking this chicken for 2+ months now, hemming and hawing about how hard it is to get the SAVE act passed because Chuck Schumer's fat ass is in the way.
50+1 can Put the Question and force the decrepit husks that comprise the D side of the aisle to stand in the well and execute a talking filibuster, and once your two speeches are done, you're done. Then you vote, and 50+1 can pass it.
It's called "Coming to work," which I get it is wholly unfamiliar to the softcocks in the Senate, but here we are.
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 02:00 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)
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49 co-sponsors in the Senate (including freaking Tillis).
Just need Collins to fall in line, which she always does when leadership demands, and Vance breaks the tie (notice...Fetterman will not vote for it because he's not on our side at all, just tangential).
The Senate is going through debate, hence the amendment proposals.
Getting to the amendments put the chances at 45-55 at passage vs. failure, I think.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:01 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 02:01 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 02:00 PM (5aZAZ)
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"At least it ain't us"
-- Goats
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)
A California jury has found Meta and YouTube liable on all counts in a case that accused the tech giants of intentionally addicting a young woman and injuring her mental health.
Meta and YouTube were negligent in the design of their platforms, knew their design was dangerous, failed to warn of those risks and caused substantial harm to the plaintiff, the jury found.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 02:02 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 02:02 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 01:59 PM (dmDsy)
No worries. She'll be dethroned as soon as the Muslims attain a majority. Which, in the case of Muslim conquest, only needs to be a little above 30%.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 02:02 PM (CzQuO)
It's called "Coming to work," which I get it is wholly unfamiliar to the softcocks in the Senate, but here we are.
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 02:00 PM (5aZAZ)
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Well, if you want to get around the cloture vote, you have to have a lot of time for the Senate to talk and debate.
Unless you can get 51 votes in the Senate to just burn the rulebook, which is essentially their Holy Bible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:02 PM (gYVzu)
100 f’ing percent.
They just got bent over on national tv on the DHS funding. They surrendered, Schumer laughed on their faces and told them to F off.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 02:02 PM (DGgho)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I'm dying here...literally but it's funny AF.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at March 25, 2026 02:02 PM (Q/FnY)
He ought to consider Bernie Sanders as gollum.
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 01:58 PM (GUOwU)
Since Colbert has absolutely no comedic/and or other talent, he may well re-consider that whole sorry affair.
Posted by: Denny Crane - I've Met Colbert... He's An Idiot With a Capital "I" at March 25, 2026 02:02 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Bang-a-gong at March 25, 2026 02:03 PM (9yTmC)
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Or no-show, no-work jobs for their no-account children.
See, the destruction and death of America is nothing when you can make sure your rotten spawn won't have to worry about money.
Lindsey Graham may be a poofer but at least he's lining his own pockets.
The rest of the Senate GOP are more concerned with fattening their fat little kids' bank accounts.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 02:03 PM (HXT0k)
Same as it ever was. You know the Republicans were going to tank Trumps agenda and the mid terms right? RIGHT?
Posted by: JROD at March 25, 2026 02:03 PM (P8lJO)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:55 PM (DGgho)
Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 25, 2026 02:03 PM (G1ktt)
He ought to consider Bernie Sanders as gollum.
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 01:58 PM (GUOwU)
Since Colbert has absolutely no comedic/and or other talent, he may well re-consider that whole sorry affair.
Posted by: Denny Crane - I've Met Colbert... He's An Idiot With a Capital "I" at March 25, 2026 02:02 PM (dmDsy)
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He's a huge Tolkien nerd, though.
I mean, I'm not excited about it, but people not knowing that about Colbert and then opining on his unsuitability for writing a script set in Middle-Earth feels like a missing piece.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:03 PM (gYVzu)
Thune, as Majority Leader, can "Fill the Tree" with blank amendments and prevent the D's from being able to offer any amendments at all. Reid did it a LOT.
This is just running the clock out more.
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 02:04 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 02:04 PM (DGgho)
Their bold new strategy? Go on national television and play completely stupid.
Watch this unbelievable montage of elites pretending that finding a birth certificate is an impossible task.
https://tinyurl.com/2pk55ctb
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 01:59 PM (NpAcC)
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While the Dems are calling their constituents weak and stupid, the Dems refuse to fund ICE and the TSA in order to protect illegal aliens who are voting in federal elections.
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 02:04 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Bang-a-gong at March 25, 2026 02:03 PM (9yTmC)
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Thune got the OBBB passed which included border wall funding, a tripling of ICE's funding and appropriations through 2028, and 33 separate rescission packages.
He could stab Trump in the face with a knife, and he'd still be better than Paul Ryan by this point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:05 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 02:05 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 25, 2026 02:03 PM (G1ktt)
FIFY
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 02:05 PM (DGgho)
It's okay that Lucy pulled the football from Charlie Brown. So what if he landed on his back and got hurt. We proved that Lucy pulled the football...I mean, we can't stop her from pulling the football...
What? You mean you want US to take the football away from Lucy? Oh, no, we can't do that...Lucy having the football is part of the way things work!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 25, 2026 02:06 PM (ynpvh)
Thune, as Majority Leader, can "Fill the Tree" with blank amendments and prevent the D's from being able to offer any amendments at all. Reid did it a LOT.
This is just running the clock out more.
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 02:04 PM (5aZAZ)
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The only amendment that matters is the last one.
The last one always says, "All other amendments are pulled out, original text of the bill is put in."
It's part of the debate process.
If you want a vote that doesn't need 60 votes for passage (cloture), well, this is the song and dance to make it work in the Senate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:06 PM (gYVzu)
I mean, he's so creative and thought provoking.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 02:07 PM (zZu0s)
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He's a huge Tolkien nerd, though.
I mean, I'm not excited about it, but people not knowing that about Colbert and then opining on his unsuitability for writing a script set in Middle-Earth feels like a missing piece.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:03 PM (gYVzu)
Fair enough point, but my absolute loathing of him as a man and a human makes me think I won't enjoy his version of LoTR...
Posted by: Denny Crane - Good Points Just Bounce Right Off Of Me...As They Should. at March 25, 2026 02:07 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 02:07 PM (DGgho)
If you want a vote that doesn't need 60 votes for passage (cloture), well, this is the song and dance to make it work in the Senate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:06 PM (gYVzu)
So this is like the gangs fighting in a choreographed manner in "West Side Story"?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 25, 2026 02:08 PM (ynpvh)
He ought to consider Bernie Sanders as gollum.
Posted by: Ripley at
His plan is to make six chapters that had been largely left out of Peter Jackson's original adaptation, from Fellowship's "Chapter 3: Three Is Company" to "Chapter 8: Fog on the Barrow-Downs." Otto a feature length film. Tall about boring.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 25, 2026 02:08 PM (zgWR7)
Posted by: Jose at March 25, 2026 02:08 PM (V6W16)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 02:09 PM (DGgho)
Posted by: Denny Crane - Good Points Just Bounce Right Off Of Me...As They Should. at March 25, 2026 02:07 PM (dmDsy)
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The only further adventures of Middle Earth I care about are those actually written by Tolkien.
Nothing else really registers anymore.
I mean, I adore the Jackson trilogy of The Lord of the Rings. I enjoy his bloated, meandering Hobbit trilogy.
But holy shit do I not care about the upcoming Hunt for Gollum or the Colbert written sequel (I assume he'll take some elements from the sequel Tolkien started to write and then abandoned, though that was set like 70 years after LOTR and in Gondor, and Colbert is writing it less than 20 years later and in the Shire, so elements can come through but not the actual beginning of the story).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:09 PM (gYVzu)
no no no, it's 4d chess, trust the process etc etc
Posted by: brak at March 25, 2026 02:09 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 02:07 PM (DGgho)
He was Pro metheus before he was against it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 25, 2026 02:09 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 02:09 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:05 PM (gYVzu)
You may be right, but that's an awfully low bar to be clearing....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 02:10 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 25, 2026 02:10 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 25, 2026 02:08 PM (ynpvh)
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Yes.
Which is why it's best to ignore these people (elected officials) when they beg your attention during their drama.
It's fake.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:10 PM (gYVzu)
If you want a vote that doesn't need 60 votes for passage (cloture), well, this is the song and dance to make it work in the Senate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:06 PM (gYVzu)
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Nope.
Majority Leader can fill the tree with empty amendments, thus there is no substance to waste time debating on each amendment and eating up time that could just be used to vote on passage.
I personally witnessed Harry Reid do it dozens and dozens of time, in person.
The GOP allowing the Ds to offer amendments is not necessary for anything.
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 02:10 PM (5aZAZ)
Lucy having the football is part of the way things work!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Lucy got married and can't find her birth certificate.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 02:10 PM (Cqx++)
@ABC 11m
BREAKING: In a landmark decision, a jury found Meta and YouTube negligent for designing apps that harmed kids and teens and failed to warn them about the dangers.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 02:10 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 02:02 PM (CzQuO)
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She'll be lucky if being dethroned is the worst that happens to her...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 02:10 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 02:10 PM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 02:10 PM (DGgho)
So it's fanfic. Probably self insert.
Fuck all of this shit for a decade of every franchise has been real shit fanfic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 02:11 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 02:10 PM (dmDsy)
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Remember, we hate Paul Ryan because he didn't fund the border wall.
And we have to ignore that Thune got that border wall funding even though the Parliamentarian made him take it out of the OBBB.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:11 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 02:11 PM (Z2yLo)
I confess that I'm one of those pessimists who finally lost patience. It's all my fault, of course, not the GOP's thirty-year failure to conserve much of anything. Not the GOP's failure to enact Trump's agenda, forcing to him to basically do everything by executive order like some kind of discount emperor. No, the problem is me and my shitty attitude. I've let the GOP down. My bad.
The most conservative figure in GOP politics for three decades is a vaudeville act from NYC who fancies gold toilets. But I'm impatient.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 02:11 PM (eO11x)
Posted by: Denny Crane - Good Points Just Bounce Right Off Of Me...As They Should. at March 25, 2026 02:07 PM (dmDsy)
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I found Colbert's song-and-dance rendition of the Nicene Creed to be rather unserious.
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 02:11 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 02:12 PM (xcxpd)
Majority Leader can fill the tree with empty amendments, thus there is no substance to waste time debating on each amendment and eating up time that could just be used to vote on passage.
I personally witnessed Harry Reid do it dozens and dozens of time, in person.
The GOP allowing the Ds to offer amendments is not necessary for anything.
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 02:10 PM (5aZAZ)
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It's how Thune did it on the OBBB.
And none of their amendments got in, and the OBBB passed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:12 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 02:12 PM (Cqx++)
If Tillis/McConnell/Murkowski want to screw us over, so be it, but at least make them vote no.
But Thune is trying to shield Republicans who secretly oppose it (including Thune?) from having to vote no.
Posted by: Jose at March 25, 2026 02:12 PM (V6W16)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 02:12 PM (DGgho)
He ought to consider Bernie Sanders as gollum.
Posted by: Ripley at
His plan is to make six chapters that had been largely left out of Peter Jackson's original adaptation, from Fellowship's "Chapter 3: Three Is Company" to "Chapter 8: Fog on the Barrow-Downs." Otto a feature length film. Tall about boring.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 25, 2026 02:08 PM (zgWR7)
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That means he'd have to include the entire Tom Bombadil part of the story, right? Maybe he'll write it with himself in mind as Tom Bombadil?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:12 PM (cWLG3)
John Thune kinda sucks, dontcha think?
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 02:11 PM (Z2yLo)
But Kumala swallows.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 25, 2026 02:12 PM (ynpvh)
Gee willikers, guys. Maybe we get rid of his stupid ass if he isn't that smart.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 02:13 PM (iHruz)
If Tillis/McConnell/Murkowski want to screw us over, so be it, but at least make them vote no.
But Thune is trying to shield Republicans who secretly oppose it (including Thune?) from having to vote no.
Posted by: Jose at March 25, 2026 02:12 PM (V6W16)
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Tillis (a cosponsor of the bill), Mitch, and Murk could all vote against it, and it could still pass.
With Collins.
Who always pulls through when her vote is needed. She voted to confirm Kavanaugh, remember.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:13 PM (gYVzu)
He ought to consider Bernie Sanders as gollum.
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 01:58 PM (GUOwU)
Since Colbert has absolutely no comedic/and or other talent, he may well re-consider that whole sorry affair.
Posted by: Denny Crane - I've Met Colbert... He's An Idiot With a Capital "I" at March 25, 2026 02:02 PM (dmDsy)
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He's a huge Tolkien nerd, though.
I mean, I'm not excited about it, but people not knowing that about Colbert and then opining on his unsuitability for writing a script set in Middle-Earth feels like a missing piece.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:03 PM (gYVzu)
Has he written a screenplay before?
Is he a good writer?
Is he a huge festering ass cancer?
No, no and yes.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 02:13 PM (xcxpd)
Pitchforks, tar and feathers may actually get these fucking deadbeat Republicans to actually DO something.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 25, 2026 02:14 PM (qoLdL)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
*Dons mithril armor *
Bombadil is a fag.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 02:14 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:12 PM (cWLG3)
Which will allow him to dance and sing about like a big gay retard.
Probably.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 25, 2026 02:14 PM (zZu0s)
But something important that's been obvious, if still stunning, for years: there is no politics any more. Putting senators on the record via amendment votes (primarily) used to be, indeed, important. It was the major raw material for campaigns, ads, themes, etc. It was often painful to watch up close, as I did for years as a staffer, but the purpose was at least clear.
And it mattered. Votes on big issues actually mattered. Now - on the Dem side - it simply doesn't matter, at all. Brain-dead, tribal, mindless and ignorant Dem voters don't know, understand, or even care about real issues. They live in an imaginary cartoon world created and nurtured for them by the (still dominant, of course) "press". On the GOP side there are many tribal dumbed-down voters, but the % is much smaller. Trump is president because on the GOP side, it's at least possible for voters to rebel, change course, etc.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 25, 2026 02:14 PM (U/Byj)
Is he a good writer?
Is he a huge festering ass cancer?
No, no and yes.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 02:13 PM (xcxpd)
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He's co-writing with his son who is a screenwriter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:14 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 25, 2026 02:15 PM (abIsI)
Pitchforks, tar and feathers may actually get these fucking deadbeat Republicans to actually DO something.
Nah. Their biggest enemy is mortality and time. I saw McConnell on C-Span. It’s like watching Faces of Death.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 02:15 PM (DGgho)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
*Dons mithril armor *
Bombadil is a fag.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 02:14 PM (diia5)
Bombadil is emblematic of those that have the power to do something, but care only about themselves and what they want to do. I like Bombadil...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 25, 2026 02:15 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Denny Crane - Good Points Just Bounce Right Off Of Me...As They Should. at March 25, 2026 02:07 PM (dmDsy
The only further adventures of Middle Earth I care about are those actually written by Tolkien.
Nothing else really registers anymore.
I mean, I adore the Jackson trilogy of The Lord of the Rings. I enjoy his bloated, meandering Hobbit trilogy.
But holy shit do I not care about the upcoming Hunt for Gollum or the Colbert written sequel ....
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:09 PM (gYVzu)
Agreed! There is a time most of us rational humans will just say "enough", fucking money be damned... just stop raping classic literature...
"Oh, wait, you said money! I like money!" - Producer Guy
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Also Produce Movies. at March 25, 2026 02:16 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 02:16 PM (n5tGW)
The most conservative figure in GOP politics for three decades is a vaudeville act from NYC who fancies gold toilets. But I'm impatient.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 02:11 PM (eO11x)
Well said.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 02:16 PM (CzQuO)
Is he a good writer?
Is he a huge festering ass cancer?
No, no and yes.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards"
I will be amazed if he does not make it woke, or at least partially woke. The narrative must be fed.
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 02:16 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 01:58 PM (GUO
Henry Waxman
Posted by: Glenn at March 25, 2026 02:17 PM (nvKZ7)
It's how Thune did it on the OBBB.
And none of their amendments got in, and the OBBB passed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:12 PM (gYVzu)
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I'm not worried about the substance of any D amendment passing. No Factor.
It's the fact that they're allowing amendments, which then have to be debated. It simply wastes time, which is the point.
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 02:17 PM (5aZAZ)
"Oh, wait, you said money! I like money!" - Producer Guy
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Also Produce Movies. at March 25, 2026 02:16 PM (dmDsy)
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My thing is more about wanting different mediums to stay separate.
Just because you like a book doesn't mean it has to become a movie.
Good books are joys in and of themselves.
Let books be books. Let movies be movies. Find their own stories to tell, each of them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:17 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:17 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 01:42 PM (diia5)
I'm sure she's a stalwart religious conservative, and will be a protector of the faith and the faithful.
/doIreallyneedthis/s
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2026 02:18 PM (zafwz)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 01:48 PM (uOWQZ)
True, although it would seem that switching from Catholic to not-Catholic would be considered a break in the line of officeholders, even if they have the same name.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:51 PM (ExV1e)
That is too much thinking for Disclose TV...
Doing the math...how the heck does Disclose TV come up with 1,400 years when Henry 8th founded the C of E in 1500's?
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026 02:18 PM (y171U)
F*ck them all. In the fartclam. With a barbed mace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:18 PM (Zz0t1)
It's the fact that they're allowing amendments, which then have to be debated. It simply wastes time, which is the point.
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 02:17 PM (5aZAZ)
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And yet, it's how Thune managed to get the process to work in recent memory.
Maybe it's the theater he has to put on to make someone like Collins amenable or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:18 PM (gYVzu)
Just because you like a book doesn't mean it has to become a movie.
Good books are joys in and of themselves.
Let books be books. Let movies be movies. Find their own stories to tell, each of them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Just let a thing be a thing.
-some smart dude
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 25, 2026 02:18 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:17 PM (Zz0t1)
--
As "The Scientist" by Coldplay plays in the background.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:18 PM (cWLG3)
So what your saying is Tom Bombadill for Senate Majority Leader?
Posted by: brak at March 25, 2026 02:19 PM (jGJov)
Is he a good writer?
Is he a huge festering ass cancer?
No, no and yes.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 02:13 PM (xcxpd)
He's co-writing with his son who is a screenwriter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:14 PM (gYVzu)
Correction, he's on board as a writer so his hack son can get the job. Papa Colbert ain't doin' squat.
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 02:19 PM (Z2yLo)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 02:19 PM (77rzZ)
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So that's the 8th and the 5th now.
But sure, it's the cartel judges at the district courts who really matter ....
I really like their, "but it's been that way for years" whine.
Yes, yes, under the "Been That Way for Years" Amendment to the Constitution--just let's a cartel judge take a sharpie to black out any law or words they don't like.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 02:19 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/)
I live in California. I'll call my senators immediately to express my displeasure. I won't reach them of course, only a lesser member of their staff, or maybe a voice-mail robot, or a call center in Bangladesh. My displeasure, if noted at all, will be taken as evidence that they are doing their job properly.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 02:19 PM (lsrsS)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 02:19 PM (diia5)
The Dems are blocking funding for, literally, homeland security, during a war with the largest terror-sponsoring state in history, following 4 years in which they threw open the borders to foreign operatives (in itself a security disaster that's unprecedented).
And they can get away with it. Because their voters are that ignorant and stupid and tribal. AND because there is no politics. The GOP has these pathetic little mumbling comments like Thune on Dems explaining their opposition to voter ID.
Actual politics would be a massively aggressive public campaign to savage the Dems for endangering the country, plus retaliation - threaten to cut precious Dem programs by 50% unless full DHS funding is provided, now.
But GOP voters with few exceptions simply refuse to send serious or useful reps to Washington. And almost never dump them after they've shown their (worthless) colors. Eyepatch McCain recently being an extraordinary exception.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 25, 2026 02:19 PM (U/Byj)
As "The Scientist" by Coldplay plays in the background.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:18 PM (cWLG3)
I don't know what this means because I find Coldplay a shitty band that I've never listened to past that time I determined they were a shitty band.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:20 PM (Zz0t1)
Pitchforks, tar and feathers may actually get these fucking deadbeat Republicans to actually DO something.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude
VAIO
Vote
All
Incumbents
Out
I don't care who they are. You get six years. If you can't get anything done in six, you weren't the person for the job.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 02:20 PM (iHruz)
Actually a huge decision. This is the second Circuit that ruled this way.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 02:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:21 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Elric The Blade"
Think positive. At least he is not writing a book to add to the trilogy.
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 02:21 PM (GUOwU)
Iran Issues Its 5 Conditions for Ending the War
Iran lays out five specific conditions under which Iran would agree to end the war, via PressTV. These include:
1. A complete halt to "aggression and assassinations" by the enemy.
2. The establishment of concrete mechanisms to ensure that the war is not reimposed on the Islamic Republic.
3. Guaranteed and clearly defined payment of war damages and reparations.
4. The conclusion of the war across all fronts and for all resistance groups involved throughout the region
5. International recognition and guarantees regarding Iran's sovereign right to exercise authority over the Strait of Hormuz
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 02:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 02:21 PM (lsrsS)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/)
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Those on the Left are simply incapable of letting us have nice things.
They *must*--as a matter of their faith--destroy all that is good and noble and proper in this world.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 02:22 PM (ESVrU)
Criterion sale!
Picked up...
Kagemusha (Kurosawa)
Picnic At Hanging Rock (Weir)
Rebecca (Hitchcock)
Red Beard (Kurosawa)
This Is Spinal Tap (Reiner)
The Shape Of Water (Del Toro)
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 02:22 PM (Z2yLo)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 02:19 PM (77rzZ)
He's such a fake, his name is ACTUALLY pronounced "col-BERT," but he decided to make it "col-BEAR" in an attempt to sound all French and sophisticated.
He's an asshole who talks like a fag and shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I believe his whole family was in that cameo.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 25, 2026 02:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
He took a dump.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 02:21 PM (lsrsS)
Wow. I produce Colbert's on average twice a day, then.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:22 PM (Zz0t1)
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😂😂😂
🤡🤡
Posted by: runner at March 25, 2026 02:23 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: ShainS at March 25, 2026 02:23 PM (QHkud)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 02:19 PM
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He took a dump.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
......
and out came a squirt.
Posted by: wth at March 25, 2026 02:24 PM (UjdFS)
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My thing is more about wanting different mediums to stay separate.
Just because you like a book doesn't mean it has to become a movie.
Good books are joys in and of themselves.
Let books be books. Let movies be movies. Find their own stories to tell, each of them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 02:17 PM (gYVzu)
I agree with you 100%, and really, I don't do that often, so consider yourself lucky. heh.
But the only thing I can say as far as mixing mediums, is sometimes when a mediocre book has a screenplay written for it that just works, it creates a pretty great movie... yet most of the reverse isn't true. Great books rarely become great (or even watchable) movies...you would certainly know better than me which of them they are, all I know is that any book I enjoyed turned to shit on film...
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Also Read Books! at March 25, 2026 02:24 PM (dmDsy)
@ABC 11m
BREAKING: In a landmark decision, a jury found Meta and YouTube negligent for designing apps that harmed kids and teens and failed to warn them about the dangers.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 02:10 PM (diia5)
Judgement against them was miniscule...$5M fine. Peanuts.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026 02:25 PM (y171U)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 02:25 PM (eO11x)
Posted by: Colbert's Viewing Audience at March 25, 2026 02:25 PM (Zz0t1)
You're on a roll rhomboid and I couldn't agree more!
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 02:25 PM (CzQuO)
Fighting and defeating The Groomed Punk Thune is far more important to the continuation of a Constitutional USA than I Ran.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at March 25, 2026 02:25 PM (YpIJO)
And now they hired Colbert!!
Lol.
Posted by: Random PJ at March 25, 2026 02:25 PM (+jscL)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 02:26 PM (77rzZ)
Judgement against them was miniscule...$5M fine. Peanuts.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 25, 2026 02:25 PM (y171U)
*uckerberg wipes his ass with $5 mil every day.
Posted by: Colbert's Viewing Audience at March 25, 2026 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:26 PM (cWLG3)
They're still waiting with bated breath for CNN to go all conservativey n' shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:27 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 02:25 PM (eO11x)
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Which is why it makes sense that it was omitted from the screenplay for the LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring, and Colbert would be writing a screenplay for that part of the book.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:28 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 02:29 PM (rj6Yv)
Hahahaha...pull my finger.
Posted by: GOPe Sucks Ass at March 25, 2026 02:29 PM (/1l9x)
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 02:29 PM (rj6Yv)
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Modern French nihilistic view of Joan of Arc, "she's a nutter."
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:30 PM (cWLG3)
but yeah, depressing to see that Colbert is attached to this project today. probably intentionally so.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 02:30 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 02:25 PM (eO11x)
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Their encounter with Tom Bombadil is the hobbits' first respite after their first major brush with real danger (Old Man Willow). He's their "safety net" until they leave the Barrowdowns. After that they are on their own until they meet Strider.
There's also some rather important foreshadowing that occurs in Frodo's dreams while he's there.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 02:30 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 01:42 PM (diia5)
I'm sure she's a stalwart religious conservative, and will be a protector of the faith and the faithful.
/doIreallyneedthis/s
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2026 02:18 PM
(RE: appointing CofE bishops)
PM: So the ideal candidate from the Church of England's view would be a cross between a socialite...and a socialist?
Sir Humphrey: Precisely.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 02:30 PM (bFu5X)
Digital Media Time News
Posted by: Digital Media Time News at March 25, 2026 02:31 PM (zCyRU)
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 02:22 PM (Z2yLo)
The Shape of Water has some funky cross-species sex and nudity in it, I hear, so it's nice to know Hollywood is catering to America's needs.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 02:31 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Noble9 at March 25, 2026 02:32 PM (yISdk)
Iran issues warning to US Naval Forces
Posted by: Digital Media Time News at March 25, 2026 02:32 PM (zCyRU)
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 02:22 PM (Z2yLo)
The Shape of Water has some funky cross-species sex and nudity in it, I hear, so it's nice to know Hollywood is catering to America's needs.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 02:31 PM (QaH55)
____
They later made a movie called Cold Skin where two dudes fuck a female fish creature
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 02:31 PM (QaH55)
There's not that much nudity, though it does open with the main actress masturbating furiously in the bathtub. 😎
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 02:33 PM (Z2yLo)
https://dmtn1.com/iran-issues-warning-to-us-naval-forces/
Posted by: Digital Media Time News at March 25, 2026 02:33 PM (zCyRU)
Because as far as I know, half of America has no representation whatsoever, and the other half is stupid.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2026 02:33 PM (zafwz)
- - - -- - - Every Elected Federal Congressperson Ever
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:33 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:33 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: jayhawkone at March 25, 2026 02:33 PM (6f2BD)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 02:34 PM (j+aD2)
They later made a movie called Cold Skin where two dudes fuck a female fish creature
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)
If there's one thing Star Trek taught us is, if it bleeds, you can kill it. If it has a hole, you can f*ck it.
These are the rules.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)
- - - -- - - Every Elected Federal Congressperson Ever
Posted by: Sponge
Yeah. And I'm hoping to play Donald Trump and tell Cornyn he's fired.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 02:35 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:33 PM (cWLG3)
*checks hash*
*wipes brow*
PHEW!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)
AR, IA, MN, NE, ND, SD
States in the 5th:
TX, LA, MS
Circuits most similar to the 5th and the 8th:
11th (FL, GA), 6th(KY, MI, OH, TN) and 7th(IL, IN, WI)
Just, you know, throwing that out there.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 02:35 PM (HXT0k)
Yeah. And I'm hoping to play Donald Trump and tell Cornyn he's fired.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 02:35 PM (iHruz)
*fistbump*
I've actually seen a Talarico sign in a yard on my way home from work........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)
These are the rules.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)
But what if the holes are bleeding?
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 02:36 PM (Z2yLo)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:36 PM
Did it also have the fag flag and the "in this house we believe" sign?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 02:37 PM (bFu5X)
But what if the holes are bleeding?
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 02:36 PM (Z2yLo)
"You get your Red Wings."
-- - - - - Bill Shat
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:37 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)
If there's one thing Star Trek taught us is, if it bleeds, you can kill it. If it has a hole, you can f*ck it.
These are the rules.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)
______
At least the Creaturette from the Black Lagoon in Cold Skin had a rocking body. The Blade ... might.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:38 PM (iFTx/)
Did it also have the fag flag and the "in this house we believe" sign?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 02:37 PM (bFu5X)
Not that I've noticed. Shocking, I know.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)
What if Mitch (or several other GOP fossils) drops dead tonight (he'll be replaced by a Dem, immediately)?
What if one of the idiots - Tillis in his kamikaze phase, the loathsome POS Murkowski, the pathetic Collins, et al - change their minds? Then no work-around via reconciliation. Then you've kneecapped immigration enforcement for a gawd knows how long, in return for ..... nothing.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 25, 2026 02:38 PM (U/Byj)
No more rainbow flags or gay bishops running around, no more fun of any kind!
Posted by: Dean Wormer at March 25, 2026 02:38 PM (/1l9x)
11th (FL, GA), 6th(KY, MI, OH, TN) and 7th(IL, IN, WI)
Just, you know, throwing that out there.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 02:35 PM (HXT0k)
The 11th is also stuck with AL. Someone has to be.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 02:39 PM (eO11x)
At least the Creaturette from the Black Lagoon in Cold Skin had a rocking body. The Blade ... might.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:38 PM (iFTx/)
Worked with a guy years ago who always said if the female human was ever challenged by an alien life form that came down to mate with men and could make it happen, women were toast.
The series 'V' gave us a glimpse into that realm.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:39 PM (Zz0t1)
That dude was placed in this position at the last minute.
I bet he's another Larry "Wide Stance" Craig roaming around in rest stops.
What a disaster these scumbags are.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at March 25, 2026 02:39 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: 13times at March 25, 2026 02:40 PM (zmVPn)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:41 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 02:41 PM (cS1cw)
You really have to watch guys that are outwardly all handsome and take care in their appearance like the Cornys, Thunes, Talaricos.
There's something off with people like that.
It's a skinsuit.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at March 25, 2026 02:41 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 02:29 PM (rj6Yv)
What's this i hear on the interwebs about a video of Colbert and some little kid. Is it just Ai bs?
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2026 02:42 PM (PyntX)
Posted by: 13times at March 25, 2026 02:40 PM (zmVPn)
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and all the daggers the hobbits used as swords in the Barrowdowns -- the movie just had Strider dump them on them when they were camping. Picked them up along the way "off-screen" as Writer Guy would explain.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 02:42 PM (cWLG3)
and (zafwz) now
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 02:34 PM (j+aD2)
Hey that's me! Good to know I have a fan!
What exactly do you disagree with, and why does that mean I should be zapped?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2026 02:42 PM (zafwz)
Posted by: Inogame .
👍. But who will keep those phones burning? Who does it now and did it routinely in the past?
Honestly.
Posted by: L - no nic... at March 25, 2026 02:42 PM (g8ClC)
https://dmtn1.com/iran-issues-warning-to-us-naval-forces/
Posted by: Digital Media Time News at March 25, 2026 02:33 PM (zCyRU)
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It's a strange thing - The MSM informs us that Iran had a brilliant pre-conflict contingency plan for 16(?) commanders to act independently in case the US took out their national leadership and the communication nets.
Now we are being told to believe that there is a central authority speaking for the entire country. This is based on pre-recorded video posted on the internet.
Including cardboard-cutouts with photographs taped to the cardboard.
I wonder how many of those possibly "independent" commanders are ready to deal? Give them a deadline?
Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 02:41 PM (iFTx/)
_________
You know the rule. Pics or it didn't happen.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 02:44 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 01:42 PM (diia5)
I'm sure she's a stalwart religious conservative, and will be a protector of the faith and the faithful.
/doIreallyneedthis/s
Posted by: OneEyedJack
Her version of the Bible replaces "be fruitful and multiply" with "be fruity and multiply."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 02:47 PM (ndZc7)
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Along with England.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 02:49 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 02:36 PM
//
Stay away from that house. Children of the Corn.
Posted by: Random PJ at March 25, 2026 02:53 PM (+jscL)
Emily Gregory’s victory in Palm Beach brought the Democratic surge to President Trump’s backyard, while a union leader leads in a race for a state senate seat vacated by Florida’s lieutenant governor.
Right on cue: The Hill, Jeffries warns Republicans on redistricting after Democrat flips Mar-a-Lago seat
And - The Ramsey Show - Shock, disbelief at Houston airport as 36% of TSA officers call out: “Insane”
Posted by: L - no nic... at March 25, 2026 02:55 PM (g8ClC)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 25, 2026 03:17 PM (VOYxX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 03:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: CloseTheFed at March 25, 2026 07:15 PM (lZILf)
Newly Discovered Records Suggest Fake Special Counsel Jack Smith Broke the Law in Wiretapping Biden's Political Opponents, Including Bugging Trump Associates' Lawyers
Lock. Him. Up.Fishing expedition: Docs expose expansive FBI surveillance of Trump allies, possible illegality Newly-disclosed records show that the FBI twice subpoenaed future Director Kash Patel's personal data while he was a private citizen in a probe that swept up hundreds of Trump allies, including then-future Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
Newly released records in the Senate investigation into the weaponization of government raise questions about whether the FBI went on a fishing expedition targeting Trump advisors who were never charged with crimes and whether Special Counsel Jack Smith's prior testimony to Congress was truthful. The documents were made public by Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, before a Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing into alleged abuses by the Biden-era FBI and Justice Department in their investigations into then ex-president Donald Trump before and during the 2024 presidential election during its probe code-named "Arctic Frost." Just the News previously reported that Biden's FBI paid anti-Trump 'Sedition Hunters' as informants in the Arctic Frost probes. "If Watergate taught us anything, it is that even a single abuse of power carried out by a handful of individuals can shake the foundations of our Republic," said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., Chairman of the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights. "What we confront today, the Biden administration's Arctic Frost scheme, is not a single act," he continued in his opening remarks. "It is a modern Watergate trading a break-in at one office for a digital sweep into approximately 100,000 private communications, more than a dozen senators and 1000s of individuals lives." Cruz said that ultimately, "just like Watergate," the judges, FBI and Justice Department officials involved should be "investigated, tried, impeached, and brought to justice."
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The FBI's requests for information included demands for highly personal data of Patel's, including Patel's addresses ("mailing addresses, residential addresses, business addresses, and e-mail addresses"), a "call detail record" which lists inbound and outbound calls, text messages and voicemail messages, as well as sources of payment for the phone service, including credit card and bank account numbers. The FBI also demanded expansive internet session data including exact IP addresses, the document shows. The FBI also sought--and was granted--non-disclosure orders (NDOs) from federal judges, shielding the existence of the subpoenas from Patel and his lawyers on the grounds that revealing them could result in his "flight from prosecution, destruction of or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential witnesses and serious jeopardy to the investigation." Susie Wiles, Donald Trump's then campaign manager and future chief of staff, was also targeted in the probe. The Biden-era FBI reportedly even went so far as to record a private phone call between Wiles and her lawyer in 2023 while she was actively managing the campaign of President Joe Biden's chief political rival, according to Reuters. The FBI reportedly maintains that the recording was justified on the pretense that her defense lawyer had consented to the recording. However, Wiles' lawyer issued a statement adamantly denying he ever consented to such monitoring, raising the possibility false representations were made to a court for phone monitoring and the now infamous stage-managed raid on Mar-a-Lago. "If I ever pulled a stunt like that, I wouldn't -- and shouldn't -- have a license to practice law," an unidentified lawyer told Axios. "I'm as shocked as Susie."
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Senator Cruz CONFIRMED that Biden’s FBI wiretapped Susie Wiles during a PRIVILEGED CALL with her lawyer without the consent of EITHER party.
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 24, 2026
To make it HORRENDOUSLY worse, they then tried to HIDE evidence of their actions by marking the file “prohibited.”
This… pic.twitter.com/8WIg9k9ak9
... Sen. Grassley also raised questions about Special Counsel Smith's prior testimony and claims about his investigation, indicating the possibility that he misled Congress. It has not been determined if Patel, Grassley, or anyone else has made a referral to the Department of Justice for criminal action.
Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke The subpoena released this morning by Chuck Grassley in connection with the fraudulent Arctic Frost investigation is absolutely staggering. It didn't just ask for Kash Patel's phone records, it asked for everything he did from 2020 to 2023. Just to name a few, they requested all usernames and screen names, every address and email, complete billing and payment details including credit card and bank account numbers, every device ID, and a full log of every call, text, and voicemail showing who was contacted, when, and for how long. They also obtained all internet session data, including the exact IP addresses. So this wasn't just about who Kash called. It was basically a complete view of his entire life, mapping his daily routines, travel, relationships, finances, and even tracking the specific hardware he used. In short, they got a full digital shadow of his life. To have come through all of this without so much as a scratch tells you just how clean he is.
Paul SperryHola! Feliz el Día de la Joroba!
@paulsperry_ NEW: The FBI has found 1.9 million pages of missing records in a secret "hidden room" at headquarters that was maintained by former directors James Comey and Chris Wray, according to a Judicial Watch FOIA. The Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) contains several safes holding the docs, including ones generated from Special Counsel Mueller's investigation.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 25, 2026 12:30 PM (O7YUW)
I start to howl, I'm in heat
I moan and growl, the hunt drives me crazy
I ... FIRST ... like a beast!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 12:30 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 12:31 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 12:31 PM (Kt19C)
To quote the nothing will happen guy, "Nothing will happen".
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 12:31 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Jack Smith at March 25, 2026 12:31 PM (98kQX)
And they thought that would work? We aren't dealing with galactic level brains here.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)
Wear a “Kick-Me” sign, senate Republicans.
They don’t want to negotiate. They don’t care who they hurt or what the have to do to gain power.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:33 PM (ittVa)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at March 25, 2026 12:33 PM (et1vG)
*pours out a heaping handful of black pills and fills a glass with bourbon*
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
The left are midwits all the way down. It's part of why they can't meme, among other things.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 12:33 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 12:33 PM (4NO2D)
I wouldn't bet on even that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 12:33 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 12:34 PM (ExV1e)
"I told you to have an office fire before I left!"
"It's harder to do nowdays because smoking isn't allowed in the building."
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 12:34 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 12:34 PM (0pev9)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 12:34 PM (jAPoh)
oh I didn't know that, I'll have to find that story.
Posted by: Acewayne Assante at March 25, 2026 12:34 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 12:34 PM (rZCVI)
At least the corruption doesn't extend to the IRS, CIA and all the other agencies. That would be bad.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 12:34 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: logprof at March 25, 2026 12:34 PM (H0at2)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 12:34 PM (OPGS/)
As opposed to a public secret room...
Posted by: gKWVE once again must warn of the leopard at March 25, 2026 12:35 PM (1ET9J)
*pours out a heaping handful of black pills and fills a glass with bourbon*
Posted by: Archimedes
The ones that your mother gives you don't do anything at all.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 12:35 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2026 12:35 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 12:35 PM (LHPAg)
I'm pretty sure he's trying to lay a foundation that says "this isn't a partisan witch hunt, as the Dems will (and do) claim".
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:35 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: The Paolo at March 25, 2026 12:36 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 12:36 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 12:36 PM (0pev9)
He should be nail gunned to the Capital portico and left their to rot along with Boasberg and the rest of his co conspirators.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:36 PM (ittVa)
Well, except Nixon found out later his people were wiretapping and covered it up. Now Biden and his people ordered this out of the gate.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Beartooth at March 25, 2026 12:37 PM (tYGL3)
Stand near the edge.
Or else.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 25, 2026 12:37 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:37 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:37 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 12:37 PM (OPGS/)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 12:38 PM (1ET9J)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 12:31 PM (IifOV)
For real
Posted by: Epstein Files, Jamie Gorelick, et al. at March 25, 2026 12:38 PM (H0at2)
Biden didn't order anything but ice cream. His people did, though, and it would be great to find out who.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 12:38 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 25, 2026 12:38 PM (ucJls)
It’s out there. Fox and the WSJ had it. Republicans are expressing “frustration”. I was like, you sound like a bunch of little girl losers. Grow a set and just push it through already. Enough, you pussies.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:38 PM (ittVa)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:36 PM
Make Gibbeting Great Again!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:38 PM (bFu5X)
I definitely turn to Congress when I want the truth!
Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2026 12:38 PM (moGJJ)
I would think that whatever State Patel lived in, at the time, would be on the table?
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:39 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 12:39 PM (Sco7b)
Or it's where Tim Walz takes 13 year old boys to "run a pick six".
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 12:39 PM (2ocoG)
sorry to barge in and go OT so quickly:
From the sidebar -
"Tolkien Reading Day," because March 25th is the day when the Ring is destroyed in the book.
Tolkien was an observant Catholic. He chose this date because it is the feast of the Annunciation on the Catholic calendar.
So yes, the day that the Savior was made manifest on the earth plane would be the day the Ring is destroyed.
You may now return to your regularly scheduled programing
Posted by: kallisto at March 25, 2026 12:39 PM (kD8Fh)
Or
The mountain of evidence never gets to see the light of day and the case dismissed.
And we'll then be told by our local legal experts that "we followed the law." Horseshit. I want to see the fuckers railroaded if need be.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 12:39 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 12:39 PM (1ET9J)
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IMO, it's pretty simple. If they wanted to pass the SAVE Act, it would've already happened. They're dragging their feet, refusing to pass this bill by changing filibuster rules and in predictable fashion, will throw their hands up and say, "we tried!"
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 25, 2026 12:39 PM (qBdHI)
Anywho, I'll add my voice to the chorus of arrest the guy already.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 12:39 PM (n5tGW)
No Lube.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:40 PM (Klk40)
Committee to Re-Elect the President? CReEP?
Yeah Joey is Creep II.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 25, 2026 12:40 PM (ucJls)
scatter
salt
take off
nuke from orbit
lather
rinse
repeat until the last quarks of the atomic particles that make up the FBI are split into infinty....
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at March 25, 2026 12:40 PM (578V/)
Posted by: The Tree of Woe at March 25, 2026 12:40 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 25, 2026 12:34 PM
No. Must have been an oversight.
Posted by: huerfano at March 25, 2026 12:41 PM (98kQX)
They have to. They are nothing without the Democrats, and the Democrats are nothing without vote fraud.
Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2026 12:41 PM (moGJJ)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 12:41 PM (bM6/o)
Posted by: Oglebay at March 25, 2026 12:41 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Beartooth at March 25, 2026 12:42 PM (tYGL3)
It’s total bullshit. Democrats are basically fighting the removal of illegal aliens by trying to squeeze the resources and budget.
And Republican gimps are considering this.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:42 PM (ittVa)
We have at least 4 "Republicans" who are no on the Save Act
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:42 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Oglebay at March 25, 2026 12:42 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 25, 2026 12:43 PM (gm9Sb)
I wouldn't bet on even that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 12:33 PM (AkEZC)
The GJ is in Florida, under Judge Canon. As has been mentioned, repeatedly.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 12:43 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 12:43 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 12:43 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:43 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:43 PM (ittVa)
Which is exactly why it's good messaging to compare Democrat scandals to it. The public has been taught that Watergate was the worst thing since Hitler, and the Dems either have to play along or explain that Watergate was actually a bullshit nothingburger that they used to take down a Republican President.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 12:43 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:43 PM (Riz8t)
McConnell
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:44 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Senate Parliamentarian at March 25, 2026 12:44 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's continuing at March 25, 2026 12:44 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 12:44 PM (bM6/o)
Senate Democrats reject GOP offer to reopen DHS, still in pursuit of reforms to ICE
https://tinyurl.com/2dvww9ud
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:44 PM (ittVa)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:43 PM
Not Collins? Shocked, I am!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:44 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:43 PM (Riz8t)
McConnell
Oh, right. We may have to try again after the elections, when both Tillis and McConnell are gone.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)
The way the left handles this is that if these were dems refusing to vote for something critical their current and FUTURE graft would all be permanently cut off.
Want that no-show consulting gig when you retire? Vote for the bill.
We don't have that type of leverage...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 25, 2026 12:45 PM (ucJls)
Not Collins? Shocked, I am!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:44 PM (bFu5X)
She's up for re-election and the Save act is popular
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:45 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 12:46 PM (4NO2D)
Want that no-show consulting gig when you retire? Vote for the bill.
We don't have that type of leverage...
I fully expect Murk to switch to D.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 25, 2026 12:46 PM (KQ1tl)
Posted by: Wonder Twinges at March 25, 2026 12:47 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 25, 2026 12:46 PM (KQ1tl)
Isn't our favorite Boasberg involved in this ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:47 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 12:47 PM (n5tGW)
They deserve worse.
We can Impeach them posthumously.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:47 PM (Klk40)
Jack Smith (and Obama and Susan Rice and John Brennan etc… high level officials !) tried to get the prez candidate (and former prez!) at all costs and many high level associates (Susie Wiles even)…. He colluded with judges and conducted illegal electronic surveillance to do this
It’s like two entirely different categories… they’re not comparable
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:44 PM (bFu5X)
She's up for re-election and the Save act is popular
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:45 PM (/+IBE)
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Plus, she's pretty sure it won't pass anyway
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (ittVa)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 12:47 PM (n5tGW)
Their polls say they're winning this...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (ucJls)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (Klk40)
The Dems will say "old news", "debunked" or just ignore it . And the GOPe will do nothing
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (mHVWR)
Posted by: Jack Smith at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (snZF9)
raise money while delivering on nothing. pass the gravy please
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (ittVa)
Enough of the Watergate crap, probably 75+ % of the population have no idea what that was, much less the truth about it.
Which is exactly why it's good messaging to compare Democrat scandals to it. The public has been taught that Watergate was the worst thing since Hitler, and the Dems either have to play along or explain that Watergate was actually a bullshit nothingburger that they used to take down a Republican President.
Posted by: Ian S.
What about January 6 ?
That's supposed to be worse than the worst.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 12:49 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:37 PM (/+IBE)
Black Ops rendition all the malefactors to Gitmo, put them through a wood chipper, and pump the sludge into the sea for the enjoyment of the sharks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:49 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: ShainS at March 25, 2026 12:49 PM (282Yd)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:50 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Case at March 25, 2026 12:50 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 12:50 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: ShainS at March 25, 2026 12:50 PM (282Yd)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 12:50 PM (NpAcC)
headline at yahoo newz:
New Covid variant has been identified and is already spreading in 25 states
and
A new Covid variant is spreading across the U.S. and it may be able to evade protection from current vaccines.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 12:50 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 25, 2026 12:50 PM (ucJls)
Posted by: front toward enemy at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (TIizU)
How's your reading of "The Hobbit" coming along?
Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (lJ0H4)
https://tinyurl.com/yf6uzms9
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:50 PM (Riz8t)
That is depressing...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (/+IBE)
>>the judges, FBI and Justice Department officials involved should be "investigated, tried, impeached, and brought to justice."
hahahahahaha
Oh wait, is he serious. Let me laugh again harder....
Actually, this is Ted Cruz, in the running for most worthless POS in the Senate, so of course he is not serious. None of them are.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (FrseG)
--Yeah, I doubt many who are younger than Gen X know the story beyond the name (or even that it's a hotel). I've also been over the -gate suffix for well over a decade, but it'll hang around like "hanging up" a phone call.
Posted by: logprof at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (H0at2)
There was never a Vaccine.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (CzQuO)
EVERY SINGLE TIME. Now the reason a warrant needs a Judges signature is to make sure that someone is not abusing the system... they are the check ... they are supposed to be the balance.
Don't just blame the FBI for this... blame the Judges, all the way up to the Supreme Court that supposedly oversees the FISA courts.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 25, 2026 12:52 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 12:52 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:37 PM (/+IBE)
I suspect that it'll be folded into the Mar a Lago GJ. That's in Florida.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 12:52 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 25, 2026 12:52 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 25, 2026 12:52 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 12:52 PM (BI5O2)
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That lame demented asshole tool can't die soon enough for me.
/
Posted by: ShainS at March 25, 2026 12:52 PM (282Yd)
Watergate was a coverup of some low level dirty tricks. Nixon didn’t try to get McGovern thrown in prison…. He didn’t even know about the dirty tricks ahead of time
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 12:48 PM (Wmg4n)
Liddy and his compatriots weren't even that good at it. The whole scheme fell apart because of a single strip of tape on a door lock.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 12:53 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 25, 2026 12:53 PM (ucJls)
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 12:54 PM (Oy/m2)
Dems and Muzzies...lie all the time.
You can't hate them enough.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 25, 2026 12:54 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:54 PM (ittVa)
How's your reading of "The Hobbit" coming along?
Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (lJ0H4)
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I dunno about ace, but my reading of The Hobbit is almost finished.
Bilbo has just infiltrated Smaug's lair under the Lonely Mountain.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 12:54 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: redridinghood
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???
The comparison is inappropriate. Watergate was a scam on the public, blaming Nixon for doing a fraction of what every President had done before him. It was a railroading, with fixed justice system, dramatic hearings, and a conspiring press. It was NOTHING.
This however, this is a complete undoing of the justice system and rule of law. You are comparing a pimple to lung cancer.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 12:54 PM (FrseG)
Not a good sign. He should be pretty worried at this point.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 12:54 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (4NO2D)
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In my haste I left out the ubiquitous & obligatory adjective "treasonous" -- but it's always implied with these motherfucking traitors ...
Posted by: ShainS at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (282Yd)
No offense to any others here. Just my personal take.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (CzQuO)
Have you ever looked into the things Liddy floated re. Ops?
Guy was obsessed with the idea of dosing 'enemies' with LSD. He was an absolute fool back in those days.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (Klk40)
Nobody has taken a shot at Patel. Point for Trump actually being clean.
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (cS1cw)
That's supposed to be worse than the worst.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 12:49 PM (Cqx++)
MAGATS KILLED HUNDREDS OF CAPITOL POLICE AND CONGRESSPYRSYNS THAT DAY!!!! BLOOD FILLED THE REFLECTING POOL!!!
Posted by: Some leftards probably believe this at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (ittVa)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 12:50 PM (CWTWj)
So just like the original in that respect, then?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (1o8D5)
Bilbo has just infiltrated Smaug's lair under the Lonely Mountain.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 12:54 PM (ESVrU)
I just ordered 4 books... I read them decades ago
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (/+IBE)
Senate Democrats reject GOP offer to reopen DHS, still in pursuit of reforms to ICE
https://tinyurl.com/2dvww9ud
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:44 PM (ittVa)
And, so, the correct resolution is to amend the House version to withhold all federal dollars from states not cooperating, pass it, and tell the Democrats to suck-start a shotgun. Sadly, that would require Americans in the Senate.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 12:56 PM (ExV1e)
How's your reading of "The Hobbit" coming along?
Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (lJ0H4)
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I dunno about ace, but my reading of The Hobbit is almost finished.
Bilbo has just infiltrated Smaug's lair under the Lonely Mountain.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 12:54 PM (ESVrU)
DAMMIT! I still have to go upstairs and sort/pack my books for the move...
Fucking inertia, you suck.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 12:56 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 12:56 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: gnats local 678
So could the original virus. LOL
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 12:56 PM (iHruz)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)
Man, I feel sorry for that guy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 12:57 PM (ExV1e)
The Illegal who murdered the Loyola student should be strung up.
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 12:57 PM (bM6/o)
They don't even treat the mafia that badly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 12:57 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:57 PM (ittVa)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:57 PM (Klk40)
I've lost count so I'll just call it the umpteenth "staggering" revelation of Biden's reign.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 25, 2026 12:57 PM (E2lD7)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (Klk40)
Never mind “back in those days”… he was a fool period
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 12:58 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 12:58 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (/+IBE)
I got the 4 books in a nice case-kind of thing as a gift, that will sit on a shelf in it's own container...
Wow what a dumb way to say that.... LOL
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 12:58 PM (dmDsy)
We're his sleeves rolled up when he released them ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:58 PM (/+IBE)
headline at yahoo newz:
New Covid variant has been identified and is already spreading in 25 states
I'll raise your 'scary' story with this from ew....
The View's Joy Behar reveals incident with young man who repeatedly threw $100 at her in public amid relentless flirting
After Behar's husband showed up, the comedian said the young "stud" told her: "I guess we won't be going to your room later?"
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 12:58 PM (Sco7b)
How's your reading of "The Hobbit" coming along?
Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (lJ0H4)
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I dunno about ace, but my reading of The Hobbit is almost finished.
Bilbo has just infiltrated Smaug's lair under the Lonely Mountain.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Oh man, did I miss the resurrection of the AoS book club?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 12:58 PM (FrseG)
You useless pussies.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 12:58 PM (ittVa)
There was never a Vaccine.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (Klk40)
Of course there was! The CDC even quietly changed the definition in the dark of night to make sure of it!
Posted by: Science denier! at March 25, 2026 12:58 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 25, 2026 12:59 PM (1QT+L)
I give him a bit of credit for doing his time and rebounding, to a degree.
But, yeah...I am probably being too kind.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:59 PM (Klk40)
Bilbo has just infiltrated Smaug's lair under the Lonely Mountain.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Gosh, you're a fast reader. I started last night and Bilbo and company are trying to escape the goblin cave.
Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2026 12:59 PM (lJ0H4)
And still had to make up laws to charge him with.
* he was the target, but you are the real threat they fear. You, me, all of us are next.
And they will throw us in jail to die no matter what it takes
But the lazy-man's filibuster will protect us so we must not get rid of it ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 12:59 PM (HXT0k)
https://tinyurl.com/yf6uzms9
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Correctly, she tells him that he's the reason the Republicans will lose in the midterms. It's shocking to realize, but they want to lose, for a host of reasons. They want to hobble President Trump. They want to be out of power because their pathetic lives really won't change much, save for the few that will be losing their seats. They're traitors to the base, they're traitors to upholding the civil society we pretend to still live under, they're traitors to the Constitution, they're traitors to their sworn duties as representatives of the people. And they don't care.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 25, 2026 12:59 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 25, 2026 01:00 PM (L6dcX)
Posted by: G. Gordon Liddy at March 25, 2026 01:00 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 01:00 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 01:00 PM (FrseG)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 12:54 PM (FrseG)
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The MSM is treating it like a pimple. Nobody knows about this unless you're reading conservative websites or watch FNC.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 01:00 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 12:58 PM (FrseG)
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Check the sidebar. It's "Tolkien Reading Day."
I even decided to take off from work today to celebrate.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 01:01 PM (ESVrU)
It's a good time to join...we are just about finished with 'Hound of the Baskervilles'.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 01:01 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 01:01 PM (ittVa)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:01 PM (OoFl2)
smith was trying to make sure trump wouldn't be able to destroy our democracy.
send five dollars to the 'save our democracy by buying bernie sanders another beach house" fund
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 01:01 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 01:00 PM (NpAcC)
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Once the grand jury in FL starts handing out indictments like candy (really...raiding Mar-a-Lago is going to go down as one of the dumbest own goals in political history), the media will probably pay some attention.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 01:02 PM (gYVzu)
The traitors, in the FDA, redefined the word "vaccine" in order to push a POS experimental drug on us peasants. They should all be shot.
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at March 25, 2026 01:02 PM (/enuJ)
Posted by: garrett
😂😂😂
Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2026 01:02 PM (lJ0H4)
I'm glad she's on our side
Posted by: brak at March 25, 2026 01:02 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 25, 2026 12:59 PM (qBdHI)
Newsletter, please.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Come See Me In My Office Tomorrow, I have a Job Offer For You. at March 25, 2026 01:02 PM (dmDsy)
this is definitely nothing new
since that shit-tastic amendment
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 25, 2026 01:02 PM (j+aD2)
Newly Discovered Records Suggest Fake Special Counsel Jack Smith Broke the Law in Wiretapping Biden's Political Opponents, Including Bugging Trump Associates' Lawyers
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You might not like his methods, but damn it, he gets results!
Posted by: Shadow Authority Behind Biden The Figurehead at March 25, 2026 01:03 PM (mS8PE)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:01 PM (OoFl2)
Kind of curious that Middle Earth would use the same dates as modern Earth.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: G. Gordon Liddy at March 25, 2026 01:00 PM (4NO2D)
Or, consider a reverse-mortgage.
Posted by: Tom Selleck at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (dmDsy)
Newly Discovered Records Suggest Fake Special Counsel Jack Smith Broke the Law in Wiretapping Biden's Political Opponents, Including Bugging Trump Associates' Lawyers
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You might not like his methods, but damn it, he gets results!
Posted by: Shadow Authority Behind Biden The Figurehead at March 25, 2026 01:03 PM (mS8PE)
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You mean, like, no results at all? The target becoming president again?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: garrett
Didn't you start that one in 2005?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (1QT+L)
Posted by: Advo at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (DPn/g)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:01 PM (OoFl2)
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It's in the text and also in the appendices where the full chronology is laid out.
Within the text, Frodo's wounds from Weathertop, Shelob's sting, and Gollum's bite tend to ache on the anniversary of those days.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 12:34 PM (jAPoh)
And thus begins the Two Minutes Hate for Cruz. (You answered your own question here. Watergate is a source of pride for the Dems and he is throwing it in their faces.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (464q3)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: davidt at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: garrett
Didn't you start that one in 2005?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (1QT+L)
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It's a long book, bruh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 01:05 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 01:05 PM (Klk40)
of course, it's uniparty all the way down
we're the "RINOs" -- the real Republicans are people like Thune, McConnell, Cornyn, etc
they're running out the clock on a few more years of this "MAGA nonsense" and it'll be "norms restored"
Posted by: brak at March 25, 2026 01:05 PM (jGJov)
And they thought that would work? We aren't dealing with galactic level brains here.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)
It did work, as the bespoke software through which those FBI files are normally viewed had been programmed to not even show the existence of files marked like that, except to a few specific individuals. It wouldn't even show a stub for FOIA searches, the way restricted-access files were normally handled. Current FBI leadership only learned of the existence of that scheme by someone mentioning it, IIRC in a Congressional oversight interview, and then I assume they needed an IT guy to either modify the software or bypass it.
Posted by: SciVo at March 25, 2026 01:05 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (8zz6B)
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Tolkien explains that in one of the appendices, I think. The dates are given in "Shire Reckoning," which is similar to, but not identical with, our modern calendar.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 01:05 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: SciVo at March 25, 2026 01:05 PM (Sy6m/)
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It worked when...they remained in charge.
As soon as someone else came along...they found all the documents.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 01:06 PM (gYVzu)
I give him a bit of credit for doing his time and rebounding, to a degree.
But, yeah...I am probably being too kind.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:59 PM (Klk40)
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Years ago, I read his autobiography, "Will." My guess is that a lot of it was bullshit, but it was entertaining.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 25, 2026 01:06 PM (bNf8H)
Within the text, Frodo's wounds from Weathertop, Shelob's sting, and Gollum's bite tend to ache on the anniversary of those days.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (ESVrU)
Thanks Perfessor…. I’m a fast reader but that means I tend to skim and get the general gist of the text but miss those kinds of details…. I sometimes try to slow down but it’s a habit by now
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:07 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 01:07 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 12:54 PM (Oy/m2)
Pinochet skeet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 01:07 PM (snZF9)
The Leftists love to call Trump voters mindless members of the Cult of Trump. Instead they should call Democrat politicians slaves of the Radical Left Cult.
Posted by: Gref at March 25, 2026 01:07 PM (5rh/l)
Maybe there should be a daily post every morning: "IT HAPPENED AGAIN: Sun Rises in East!"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 01:07 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 01:07 PM (RIvkX)
Have you ever looked into the things Liddy floated re. Ops?
Guy was obsessed with the idea of dosing 'enemies' with LSD. He was an absolute fool back in those days.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (Klk40)
Not only was he a fool, he was proud of it. He laid it all out in his book, Will. Along with his admiration for his Nazi-loving nanny, and the likely bullshit story of how he got the better of the prison administration after his Watergate conviction. Down to how the other prisoners paraded him around the prison yard triumphantly and howled in celebration when he let out a Nazi salute.
Total bullshit, and I can't help thinking that he was ANOTHER Donk mole sent in to sabotage the GOP.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 01:07 PM (y9nCu)
functionaries are immune to law
Posted by: javems at March 25, 2026 01:08 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: H.R. Bob Haldemann at March 25, 2026 01:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 25, 2026 01:08 PM (wBaIH)
At this point we should be ashamed to lecture the fucking third world about anything.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 01:09 PM (CzQuO)
"we have the phone records, we know who, what and when you spoke. Just tell us the truth and we'll let you go."
And from that, they'd stack convictions.
The whole enterprise was corrupt.
You could call it ... a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 01:09 PM (HXT0k)
functionaries are immune to law
Posted by: javems at March 25, 2026 01:08 PM (zFsEm)
I think you misspelled "decades."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 01:10 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (FrseG)
Cue the whining little babies who bitch bitch bitch no matter what. Be happy you have Cruz. You could have had Dewhurst, then you’d really be crying.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 01:10 PM (464q3)
Right, but it broke as soon as there were paper printouts of any of those documents, and it's likely trivial SQL to change all "prohibited" documents to normal status.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 01:10 PM (oyazo)
Useful for tarring all Right radio, including Rush, as "hate radio". Useful for getting Clinton reelected in 1996.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 01:11 PM (1ET9J)
People love when secrets are revealed, and it also builds up good will.
The media will hate it because they like to control the flow of information via leaks to them.
Posted by: Jose at March 25, 2026 01:11 PM (V6W16)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:11 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 01:12 PM (uOWQZ)
The illegals are just doing the voting for Democrats that Americans don't want to do.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 01:12 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 01:09
We shouldn't offend the third world. Where else would our criminal ruling class be able to obviate our laws and steal our money to build their illegal and poorly secured bioweaponry labs?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 01:12 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 01:12 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (FrseG)
I will trade you Ron Wyden if you like
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 01:13 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 01:13 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 01:13 PM (n5tGW)
Sometimes, in a world like this one, you have to bend the rules to see real justice done. Bend them. Past the breaking point. Become a slobbering criminal beast destroying lives of thousands of the innocent, a far greater problem than the original pretext. Because sometimes that's what it takes to see justice done. In a world like this one.
Posted by: Shadow Authority Behind Biden The Figurehead at March 25, 2026 01:13 PM (mS8PE)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 01:11 PM (OoFl2)
The fact that democrats still exist says different.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 01:13 PM (snZF9)
Bwahahahahahah, Shirley you jest
(our betters in DC)
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at March 25, 2026 01:14 PM (/enuJ)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (FrseG)
I will trade you Ron Wyden if you like
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR)
Yes and I will trade you Adam Schiff..
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 01:14 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 01:14 PM (rbvCR)
The traitors, in the FDA, redefined the word "vaccine" in order to push a POS experimental drug on us peasants. They should all be shot.
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at March 25, 2026 01:02 PM (/enuJ)
Of course it was a vaccine! It was a vaccine the whole time! Maybe not that great a vaccine, but definitely a vaccine. And safe! VAERS reports were made-up bullshit from crackpots. Trust SCIENCE™!
Posted by: Things I learned here, oddly enough at March 25, 2026 01:14 PM (TbWk/)
The senate has always been the drag on our republic and the place where liberty and constitutional order go to die.
The phrase "saucer that cools the tea" refers to a metaphor used by George Washington, comparing the U.S. Senate to a saucer that cools hot tea, suggesting that the Senate serves to temper the passions of the House of Representatives. This metaphor highlights the Senate's role in providing a more deliberate and measured approach to legislation.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 25, 2026 01:14 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 01:14 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at March 25, 2026 01:15 PM (4NO2D)
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The same op was performed on tobacco by C. Everett Coop. Intentional sloppy science can get any result it seeks.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 01:15 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 12:51 PM (FrseG)
I will trade you Ron Wyden if you like
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR)
Yes and I will trade you Adam Schiff..
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 01:14 PM (/+IBE)
I'll throw in the 2 douchebags from jersey.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 01:15 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 01:15 PM (BI5O2)
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OH NO
anyway...
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Keep On Chooglin' at March 25, 2026 01:16 PM (ZxPkt)
224 Forget all that.
What is Jack Smith going to get for lunch at Subway today?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 01:13 PM
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A 12-inch fake tuna sub. With triple meat.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 25, 2026 01:16 PM (mS8PE)
The GOP can't wait to bend the knee. If (BIG IF, as I still trust Trump) this comes across the Oval Office desk I'm looking for him to ball it up and throw it in the trash.
Trump going along with an immigration surrender would lose us the Senate as well.
Timeline for mass violence moved up several years. *Shrugs* maybe that's a good thing
Posted by: GigantorX at March 25, 2026 01:16 PM (RIHHc)
Depends on the definition of what "law" is.... Worked for Clinton...
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Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 01:17 PM (/+IBE)
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Democrat Judge Playbook
Get the law wrong get the facts wrong rule for the Party anyway, because good soldiers get rewarded.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 01:17 PM (RIvkX)
The GOP can't wait to bend the knee. If (BIG IF, as I still trust Trump) this comes across the Oval Office desk I'm looking for him to ball it up and throw it in the trash.
Trump going along with an immigration surrender would lose us the Senate as well.
Timeline for mass violence moved up several years. *Shrugs* maybe that's a good thing
Posted by: GigantorX at March 25, 2026 01:16 PM (RIHHc)
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Deportations stopped a couple of months ago after Goode and Pretti were killed.
Don't you remember?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 01:17 PM (gYVzu)
Posted by: pookysgirl, grilled cheese connoisseur at March 25, 2026 01:17 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: pookysgirl, grilled cheese connoisseur at March 25, 2026 01:17 PM (Wt5PA)
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Absotively!
-reappointed corrupt FISA judges
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 01:20 PM (RIvkX)
Or perhaps it could be prosecuted as part of a larger conspiracy case.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:20 PM (viF8m)
Way back in the 90s, CSPAN was doing a live broadcast of Liddy doing his radio show, back before they had enough documentary content on tap to fill in the air time. The CSPAN camera went live about 15 minutes early, so I got the rare pleasure of watching G Gordon Liddy eating a salad out of the to-go box in the broadcast booth.
Then during his show, he talked about how men with a longer 2nd toe have a bigger penis.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 01:20 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Baldy at March 25, 2026 01:20 PM (74Fq4)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 01:04 PM (464q3)
*******
Cruz actually listens to his constituents. Whenever I have called his office many times. His staff always makes sure he gets my concerns.
He addresses it immediately.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 01:20 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: GigantorX at March 25, 2026 01:16 PM (RIHHc)
The mass violence will only be from the Left. I'd be shocked if more than two dozen of their millions of victims lift a finger in their own defense when it starts.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)
I'm pretty sure that Jack Smith was one of those who was granted a premature pardon by Bidet.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 25, 2026 01:20 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 01:20 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 25, 2026 01:21 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 25, 2026 01:21 PM (ucJls)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at March 25, 2026 01:21 PM (Q/FnY)
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I proudly admit I have two longer 2nd toes and have a big and long penis. Liddy speaks the truth.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 01:22 PM (n17eQ)
Live Long and Prosper!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 01:22 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at March 25, 2026 01:15 PM (4NO2D)
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I consider them both hostile enemies: the former being a front-stabbing, soulless, treasonous death cult; the latter a back-stabbing, soulless, treasonous grifter tools wholly compromised and controlled with blackmail material via GloboHomo The Deep State.
Posted by: ShainS at March 25, 2026 01:22 PM (YPP67)
Negative.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:23 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 01:20 PM (CWTWj)
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Democrats have been openly calling their own voters idiots for years.
Way back when Obama was laughing at the idea of anyone believing in shovel-ready jobs...which only Democrats believed.
Democrats were losing voters measurably every presidential cycle since 2008 until...2020 saw a weird, unexplainable, and one-time massive increase in voting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 01:23 PM (gYVzu)
Cruz is a US federal elected official. 'Nuff said. To the panther pit with him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 01:23 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 01:12 PM
Include Jeff Merkley too. Worthless POS.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 25, 2026 01:23 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 01:23 PM (CWTWj)
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The Grease Man was funnier than Howard.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 01:25 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 25, 2026 01:20 PM (WYStd)
Search says no.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:25 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 01:23 PM (BI5O2)
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You keep throwing politicians into the panther pit.
What did the panthers ever do to you to deserve such a fate?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 01:25 PM (ESVrU)
He is the one the Dems always run to when they want to stop Trump from getting anything done. And he always sides with the Dems, always. The Dems use lawfare to stop Trump's agenda and they do it with a crooked judge. Hell, a six year old can see what's going on with that judge.
Posted by: Case at March 25, 2026 01:26 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 01:26 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 01:23 PM (BI5O2)
Harsh, but rules are rules.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:26 PM (ExV1e)
Connecticut Democrats Demand ID for Returning Bottles But Say Voter ID Is 'Racist'
[website called lawenforcementtoday.com]
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 01:26 PM (CWTWj)
Was there a bookcase, and one had to slide a certain book out to get the secret door to open?
Posted by: illiniwek at March 25, 2026 01:27 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 01:27 PM (uOWQZ)
Was there a bookcase, and one had to slide a certain book out to get the secret door to open?
Posted by: illiniwek at March 25, 2026 01:27 PM (vbXSk)
Put zee candle back...
Posted by: FBI at March 25, 2026 01:27 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 25, 2026 01:28 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 01:25 PM (ESVrU)
I don't care for the panthers any more than I would care for a guillotine. They're just more horrible and terrifying than a blade. A guillotine won't eat you from the legs up while you thrash and scream.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 01:28 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: The Panthers at March 25, 2026 01:28 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 01:28 PM (BI5O2)
Have you considered impalement? -- Vlad III
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:29 PM (ExV1e)
There is a grand jury in Florida hearing evidence of a conspiracy to deprive Trump of his rights. The reason Florida was chosen is because prosecutors are claiming that the raid of Trump's Mar A Lago was part of the conspiracy.
Jack Smith was in charge of the raid.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:29 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 01:29 PM (mHVWR)
I have read a lot of Poe, and that is one of my least favorites. It is his attempt at "gothic" in the style of Melmoth the Wanderer, and it just doesn't work.
The tragedy is that Ace said he wanted to read some Poe, and picked that one. We never got through it because it sucks. I wish I knew beforehand as I would have recommended about a dozen other short stores that are much better.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 01:29 PM (FrseG)
Have you considered impalement? -- Vlad III
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:29 PM (ExV1e)
Drawing and Quartering
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 01:29 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: No Justice, no pleas at March 25, 2026 01:29 PM (TezPK)
Beryl Howell (former Chief Judge of the DC District) and James Boasberg (current Chief Judge) met secretly with Smith several times to review and advise on his litigation strategy.
https://tinyurl.com/mpkpbe3u
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 01:29 PM (CNwgv)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 25, 2026 01:27 PM
Put.the.candle.back.
Posted by: Kash Patel at March 25, 2026 01:30 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: The Panthers at March 25, 2026 01:28 PM (4NO2D)
Rape dogs must drag their politicians at least two pits away before giving them to panthers.
- Ayatollah YD
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 01:30 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:49 PM (8zz6B)
I say, old man, I do like the cut of your jib. Perchance do you have a newsletter to which I could subscribe?
Posted by: Lurk at March 25, 2026 01:30 PM (h0JFh)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 01:26 PM (NpAcC)
Sufficiently advanced negligence is indistiguishable from malice.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 01:30 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 25, 2026 01:30 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:29 PM (ExV1e)
Drawing and Quartering
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 01:29 PM (/+IBE)
Depending on the initial placement of the stake, my way is slower. -- Vlad III
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:31 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 01:31 PM (FrseG)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 01:31 PM (FrseG)
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A senator's job is to talk, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 01:31 PM (gYVzu)
Like, the director of the FBI, and the Attorney General of the United States, and the President. Whoever those people are. TOSS 'EM IN WITH THE DEMOSCUM AND LOCK 'EM ALL UP! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!
Posted by: tevildo at March 25, 2026 01:31 PM (NDDYn)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 01:32 PM (FrseG)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 01:28 PM (BI5O2)
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*AHEM*
Posted by: The Woodchipper at March 25, 2026 01:32 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 01:32 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: The Panthers
You know how you get kuru, right. Because that's how you get kuru.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 01:33 PM (diia5)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 01:33 PM (diia5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 25, 2026 01:23 PM (gYVzu)
I've been thinking for a long time that if there were a true forensic audit of voting - more specifically, vote counting - we would come to realize that deep blue states were actually red. I base this on nothing more than a common sense realization that when one party has iron-clad control of the counting process, it should come as no surprise that that party continuously wins. Not even a variation but a clear example of Stalin's dictum in play.
It's a shame we don't have an institution - like The Press - that makes this one of their investigative goals. And conspiracy minded as I am wont to be, I suspect that they would stampede each other to death doing this investigation if it were Republicans in control of the vote counting process.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 25, 2026 01:34 PM (CzQuO)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 01:32 PM (FrseG)
Cruz comes from Cuban ancestry.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 01:34 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: tevildo at March 25, 2026 01:31 PM (NDDYn)
Scrote, it says on your chart . . .
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 01:35 PM (1ET9J)
Posted by: 13times at March 25, 2026 01:41 PM (zmVPn)
Guy was obsessed with the idea of dosing 'enemies' with LSD. He was an absolute fool back in those days.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:55 PM (Klk40)
Damn, if we did that to the left, how would we tell the difference??
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 25, 2026 01:45 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 25, 2026 01:46 PM (FrseG)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 25, 2026 01:27 PM (vbXSk)
Put. the. book. back.
Posted by: Frederick Frankenstein at March 25, 2026 01:48 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 01:52 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 02:00 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Fu at March 25, 2026 07:41 PM (/++8W)
Wednesday Morning Rant
That chart is from Yahoo! Finance, for a major company many have never heard of. That company is called Supermicro, and it builds, among other things, servers for datacenters. It is a big player in server hardware. Unlike some of its competitors, however, it is not a household name. Supermicro is an American company based in San Jose, founded by Taiwanese entrepreneurs. Like most outfits in the datacenter hardware business, it has been going gangbusters in the current AI mania. Given the market environment, why that staggering price decline with surging trading volume on the 20th?
The decline has to do with the indictment and arrest of some of its executives due to allegations of smuggling and violating US export control laws regarding Red China. As you may recall, the US has - since the Biden administration - proscribed the export of certain high-end computer chips useful for AI processing to that country. Trump made that a bit more aggressive once he took office. In the presence of any ban, a black market inevitably forms and it appears that, per the indictment, certain SMCI executives allegedly operated in that black market. Supermicro is not named directly, nor is the Asian company that allegedly helped run the operation. But the people involved are Supermicro people, a "U.S. Manufacturer" is referenced, and the stock tanked as a result.The scheme does not appear to have been particularly sophisticated. From the indictment:
Beginning in or about 2024, certain executives, employees, and third-party affiliates of a U.S.-based manufacturer that designs and builds high-performance computer servers for artificial intelligence and cloud computing applications (the "U.S. Manufacturer"), including YIH-SHYAN "Wally" LIAW, RUEI-TSANG "Steven" CHANG, and TING-WEI "Willy" SUN, the defendants, conspired to divert billions of dollars' worth of the U.S. Manufacturer's servers to China, many of which were assembled in the United States. The U.S. Manufacturer's flagship products - servers integrating graphics processing units ("GPUs") manufactured by Nvidia Corporation ("Nvidia") - are subject to strict U.S. export controls barring their sale to China without a license.
The defendants and their co-conspirators used a particular company ("Company-1") based in Southeast Asia as a pass-through entity to give the U.S. Manufacturer's transactions that they arranged the appearance of legitimate commercial activity and to obscure their China-based end customers. YIH-SHYAN "Wally" LIAW, RUEI-TSANG "Steven" CHANG, and TING-WEI "Willy" SUN, the defendants, worked with and directed executives of Company-1 to submit purchase orders to the U.S. Manufacturer to reserve and purchase large allocations of the servers from the U.S. Manufacturer containing Nvidia GPUs and coordinate their onward transshipment to China. To ensure that the allocations were approved internally at the U.S. Manufacturer, the defendants and executives at Company-1 prepared false documents and records, and transmitted false communications, purporting to show that Company-1 was the end user of the servers. Once Company-1 received the servers, at the direction of and in coordination with the defendants and others, including third-party brokers who worked closely with the defendants to order the U.S. Manufacturer's servers for customers in China, it shipped them to those customers in China. In furtherance of the scheme, Company-1, in consultation with the defendants, used a shipping and logistics company to repackage the U.S. Manufacturer's servers and place them in unmarked boxes to conceal their content prior to shipping them to their final destinations in China
For example, to deceive the U.S. Manufacturer's compliance team, which was responsible for conducting audits of Company-1's purchases of servers to ensure adherence to U.S. export control laws, the defendants staged "dummy" servers - non-working, physical replicas of the U.S. Manufacturer's servers - for inspection at the locations where Company-1 was purportedly storing the servers it had purchased from the U.S. Manufacturer. However, the actual servers from the U.S. Manufacturer had already been unlawfully shipped to China.So that's pretty straightforward. Use "Company-1" as a cut-out, ship them the kit, have them rebox it and sell it on to the actual end purchaser and put on a little show to pretend that they actually have the equipment on hand in case anyone comes to look. Simple, but apparently effective for a while. For long enough to do the old switcharoo with around $2.5 billion in server hardware. In the wake of his arrest and the subsequent dramatic drop in SMCI's stock price, Liaw resigned from Supermicro's board. The company also appointed a new Chief Compliance Officer. And that brings up the other point that is driving some of this price move, namely that Supermicro has had trouble in the past when it comes to internal controls and processes. Back in 2024, Ernst & Young resigned as Supermicro's auditor, touching off - this is becoming a trend - a major stock price fall. When it resigned, Ernst & Young said that it was "unwilling to be associated with the financial statements prepared by the management," along with asserting that the board was the plaything of the company's founder and some other executives and that the company lacked effective internal controls. Before that, in 2020, the company paid a small fine to the SEC over accounting practices. Supermicro has had some ... problems. Now, it is possible that its executives Liaw and Chang will do some time but that is not the only consideration. If the indictment is accurate, SMCI moved $2.5 billion in product to Red China. In all of 2025 (fiscal year ending in June of that year), the company had around $22 billion in net sales. The timing doesn't line up exactly, but it's close enough. Somewhere from 5%-10% of the company's sales came from this alleged scheme to violate US export controls and send high-tech equipment to a sanctioned country. That is a lot of revenue, and too much to be missed. A single outfit sending you a big chunk of your total revenue could not have been a secret. Customers that big are well known. Vendors buy customers like that dinner at least, and often have teams dedicated to them. This fake company wouldn't have had a normal relationship with Supermicro, and people inside Supermicro would have known that. If these allegations are true, it is so unlikely that it borders on impossible that the scheme was not widely known among senior executives and probably within at least the sales and logistics groups. There is a reason that SMCI saw its price fall so dramatically: investors know it, too, and a lot of them got out. All of this, however, invites a question: assuming that the allegations are true, what is an appropriate punishment for a corporation in this case? How does one punish a corporation with controls so bad that it might be intentional, that has played fast and loose with its accounting, and that raked in billions selling proscribed products to a country that is, depending on one's perspective, a rival or an enemy? Jailing its executives would be a welcome change, but is it enough? An organization as corrupt as Supermicro is alleged to be will simply continue as it was. What punishment actually fits the crime, and what punishment can encourage better behavior in the future? Ruinous fines, like "50% of revenues for the past five years, payable over the next ten years?" Nationalization followed by divestiture to new owners after firing everyone with executive authority? Assuming that the allegations are accurate, what is an appropriate punishment for a firm that has a long track record of misbehavior and helped violate - and profited handsomely for violating - major US sanctions?
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Nazdar at March 25, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 11:02 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:03 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
This is like asking what happens when Superman meets Superwoman.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 11:03 AM (diia5)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 11:03 AM (Suwql)
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Dissolve it. Take the assets. Jail the execs.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 11:04 AM (AkEZC)
Revoke their corporate charter (the death penalty for a corporation.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 25, 2026 11:04 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
This is like asking what happens when Superman meets Superwoman.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 11:03 AM (diia5)
Depends on who's writing and doing the art...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 25, 2026 11:04 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 11:04 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:04 AM (5bGGs)
how original!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 11:05 AM (Suwql)
If you replace 'founder' with "current CEO", doesn't that describe most modern US corporations?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 11:06 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 25, 2026 11:06 AM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:06 AM (5bGGs)
how original!
Posted by: Lizzy
They've got centers where they lear how to do that.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:07 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Sponge
Kung pao.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 11:07 AM (Suwql)
Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
I hope they have an ambulance on call.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 25, 2026 11:08 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
Current day? Tom King and some retard with AI.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 11:08 AM (diia5)
Posted by: Sponge
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General Tso's Chicken was a nice invention. Oh, but, that came from Hong Kong.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 11:08 AM (n17eQ)
And then they'll just reincorporate under a new name. No, the answer here is to punish the malefactors so severely that nobody wants to risk it again.
Posted by: Milton Friedman at March 25, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)
I hope they have an ambulance on call.
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Was Neal Young not available?
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 11:09 AM (n17eQ)
- Jail anyone who can be proven to have known.
- Bar anyone in a position to have known from working for any company which deals with restricted technology.
- Nationalize and sell for parts.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 11:09 AM (ExV1e)
Plant stories that the BoD and Executives have information that will lead to the indictment and incarceration of Hillary! Clinton.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 25, 2026 11:10 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 11:07 AM
We trap their index fingers in one of those little tube things? I was hoping for something a bit harsher.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:10 AM (bFu5X)
Paper, gunpowder, movable type.
Oh, you mean in the last 80 years? Then no.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)
Should we kick them out?
Dear Gaia, NO! They're the new owners. Go find someplace else to live.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 11:10 AM (Dv3i1)
I hope they have an ambulance on call.
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Was Neal Young not available?
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 11:09 AM
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: James Taylor at March 25, 2026 11:10 AM (0sNs1)
I hope they have an ambulance on call.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 25, 2026 11:08 AM (n1OCj)
Celebrate Learing!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:11 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 11:11 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Denny Crane - An 11'O Clock Whisky, Just What The Doctor Ordered! at March 25, 2026 11:11 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:11 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 11:07 AM (Suwql)
-
So... wonton punishment?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 25, 2026 11:11 AM (1o8D5)
More like fall off a high-rise balcony.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 11:11 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 11:12 AM (Suwql)
More like fall off a high-rise balcony.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 11:11 AM
I like it. With their fingers immobilized, they'll never be able to break their fall properly!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:12 AM (bFu5X)
Or, you know, just go down to their facility and buy direct.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 11:12 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 11:13 AM (aiR6F)
I thought he was already touring the US on his SAVE DEMOCRACY tour.
Which pissed EVERYONE off because Mr. Blue Collar was charging $700 just to walk through the door.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:13 AM (5bGGs)
Hey guys, we're getting the band back together!!
"Who. . . ?"
- Genz Z and Millennials
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 11:13 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: That guy who just can't help himself at March 25, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:14 AM (5bGGs)
___
Soon, when the Democrat-Communists are in complete control, the punishment will be ... nothing. In fact, they will be rewarded.
Posted by: It Really Sucks Knowing the Future at March 25, 2026 11:14 AM (qUkBO)
Neil's busy.
This week:
Neil Young says his “depressing” feelings about the “worst president in the history of our country” are being channeled into a new album.
“I am so hurt for this country. Politics today is sad and depressing for me. I can’t do it anymore. I can go out and demonstrate my feelings about it. We have the worst president in the history of our country. Every day a bad TV show produced by DJT is what we get.”
God, that album is going to be awful.
Go back to Winnipeg, loser.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 25, 2026 11:14 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 25, 2026 11:15 AM (1CimL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:15 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 25, 2026 11:14 AM
Suggested edit.
Posted by: Peter North, proud Canadian and irregular AoSHQ commenter at March 25, 2026 11:15 AM (0sNs1)
He promoted himself as working class, you see. Now he trashes them.
Posted by: Ignoramus at March 25, 2026 11:15 AM (dtajH)
Feel free to return to Canada, buddy!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 11:16 AM (Suwql)
I think we all get the picture. Why don't you NOT demonstrate your feelings and we'll all be better off.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)
Soon, when the Democrat-Communists are in complete control, the punishment will be ... nothing. In fact, they will be rewarded.
Posted by: It Really Sucks Knowing the Future at March 25, 2026 11:14 AM (qUkBO)
33.3% for the party of the little guy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:16 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 11:16 AM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
The US among them.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:16 AM (77rzZ)
This.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 11:17 AM (Suwql)
I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!
Posted by: Nobody, EVER at March 25, 2026 11:17 AM (5bGGs)
Sponsored by Geritol and Metamucil.
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 11:17 AM (aiR6F)
POKER MONKEY
According to a yootoob vid on this company that I watched a couple of days ago, they got found out because the Chinese company released a marketing video where they pulled the GPUs out of a box with the originating US company's logo all over it.
Not only were they corrupt criminal asshoes, they were STUPID corrupt criminal asshoes.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2026 11:17 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:06 AM (5bGGs)
actually that was developed, as far as anyone can tell, by Ralph Baric at UNC, further developed by Fauci's Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana before being sent to China.
per allegations, of course.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 11:17 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Waxing Poetic at March 25, 2026 11:17 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 25, 2026 11:18 AM (jbnUc)
Sponsored by Geritol and Metamucil.
Don't forget me!
Posted by: Big Urn at March 25, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)
"Who. . . ?"
- Genz Z and Millennials"
************
Not Who. Who would be a good show.
Posted by: Cosda at March 25, 2026 11:18 AM (QV0S8)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 11:04 AM (AkEZC)
And destroy the equity held by many people who are completely innocent of any wrongdoing?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 11:18 AM (n9ltV)
Please.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 11:16 AM (W2Pud)
another glorious morning in the people's democratic republic, Nurse?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 11:19 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: From about That Time at March 25, 2026 11:19 AM (sl73Y)
Sponsored by Geritol and Metamucil.
Brought to you by:
The Neptune Society. Where you can prepare for your passing by pre-paying for cremation to take the burden away from your loved ones.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:19 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 25, 2026 11:20 AM (wLsnt)
Baby we were born to runs
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 11:21 AM (aiR6F)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 25, 2026 11:21 AM (KsZMV)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 25, 2026 11:20 AM (wLsnt)
Unfortunately, The Constitution prevents such punishment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:21 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
No love for me?
-- Yoko
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:21 AM (77rzZ)
https://is.gd/HAZbEG
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 11:21 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Joker of Clubs at March 25, 2026 11:21 AM (KfeB1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:06 AM (5bGGs)
Chinese honeypots??
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 11:22 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 11:22 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 11:18 AM (n9ltV)
Fining companies does the same.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 11:22 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Reforger at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM (xrmkX)
I have little doubt they are referring to Singapore.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM (cWLG3)
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I'll send him a couple gallons of gas and a lighter. A light show I'd certainly go to. Would that be wrong?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM (AkEZC)
This.
Posted by: Lizzy
Hell, it doesn't exist in THIS country.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM (L3C9i)
Posted by: Kindltot
The TDS water cooler talk is usually entertaining. This morning it’s annoying. They really believe some crazy ahit.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM (W2Pud)
Come on, SMOD.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 11:24 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 11:24 AM (/HeZH)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 25, 2026 11:24 AM (1CimL)
"How can we get very cheap, slave-made materials into the USA? And how can we export materials to sanctioned countries who will pay huge markups to get them?"
It's all smuggling or at least very loose interpretations of import/export laws. The Russia and China situation opened up the biggest smuggling ring in the history of humanity. Tech, oil, foods, etc.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:24 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Kindltot
The TDS water cooler talk is usually entertaining. This morning it’s annoying. They really believe some crazy ahit.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM (W2Pud)
I have always been curious - how do you handle all of that, tactically?
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 11:25 AM (/HeZH)
-- Yoko
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:21 AM
Always. We, the cognoscenti here, adore you!
Posted by: Intragalactic Yoko Ono Artistries Appreciation Association, AoSHQ Claque at March 25, 2026 11:25 AM (0sNs1)
Or, you know, just go down to their facility and buy direct.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 11:12 AM (AkEZC)
Same. One of the early big names in consumer boards, too.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 11:25 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 25, 2026 11:25 AM (1CimL)
Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM
======================
Excellent question. I wonder if the law would permit a forced sale to a different owner, a la Byte Dance USA (TikTok).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 11:26 AM (0aLZX)
A guy from rural Oregon moved to Portland, and was shocked that everything was locked up in Portland drugstores.
It had to be explained to him that he had moved from a high-trust society to a low-trust society.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 25, 2026 11:26 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 11:27 AM (cWLG3)
Candace Owens
@RealCandaceO
It’s 2026. No one is believing in a magic bullet theory.
Please just shut up. It’s frankly annoying and patronizing to keep claiming the evidence is OVERWHELMING.
If it’s so obvious, why not cease hiding behind microphones to spew propaganda and instead host open discussions?
. . . .
It’s so “overwhelming” we have gun that not even the bomb dogs could trace, a magical bullet that caused minimal damage to Charlie’s neck though it would have taken down a bear, and of course, a scene that was paved over the next day.
Just soooooo overwhelming.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 11:27 AM (ndZc7)
Please.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 11:16 AM (W2Pud)
Buck up, little camper.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 11:27 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at March 25, 2026 11:27 AM (t2oSI)
Come on, SMOD.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
I'm hoping maybe Iran has one big icbm prototype left that one rogue commander could fire off to teach the great satan a lesson. Maybe the gps coorinates for the concert location could be leaked?
Posted by: From about That Time at March 25, 2026 11:28 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 11:22 AM (Sco7b)
*ears perk up*
I'm listening...
Posted by: Eric Swallowswell at March 25, 2026 11:28 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 11:28 AM (Z2yLo)
You may have not heard it, but there is up to a 0.9 correlation between nighttime light measures via satellite and reported growth.
Except for one major country: China
Compared to verified, transparent growth of other countries, China's actual growth is 1.5% to near 4% less than the 5%, 7% or whatever % growth they claim every year.
Yet the left has tried to pawn our entire future on believing what China says.
China lies about everything.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 11:28 AM (HXT0k)
I have little doubt they are referring to Singapore.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM (cWLG3)
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Could be, but my thinking is Vietnam or Malaysia -- countries with, shall we say, more flexible corporate/tax and import/export controls.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:28 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 11:28 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM (W2Pud)
Yes they do.
The horror movies and turning into CNN and MS Now have toughened me up to the point where I watched AND LISTENED to the hags on 'The View.'
There's no war, anywhere, anytime, under any conditions that would be acceptable to them for President Trump to send in troops. Nothing....
I hope the troops like knitting...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 11:29 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Deal The Race Card, Win A Prize at March 25, 2026 11:29 AM (LfVJt)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 11:29 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 25, 2026 11:29 AM (1CimL)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:30 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 11:30 AM (/HeZH)
His full diaper needs changing now
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 11:30 AM (aiR6F)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 11:32 AM (Kt19C)
Or, you know, just go down to their facility and buy direct.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 11:12 AM (AkEZC)
Same. One of the early big names in consumer boards, too.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 11:25 AM (dK+Kv)
____________
Ah -- I knew I knew the name from somewhere. I rebuilt a desktop computer using a new SuperMicro board. Dual-processor Pentium 4. Or at least I recall it was a P4.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:32 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2026 11:32 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 11:32 AM (V4IXI)
Matthew 11:6
Posted by: Marcus T
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Thank you Marcus. Shining light into a sea of darkness.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at March 25, 2026 11:33 AM (VkY89)
I guess Democrats believe we can import savages and it's all good. These people are imbeciles.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 11:33 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 11:33 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM
I feel your pain, nurse.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:33 AM (bFu5X)
As Allah has willed.
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 11:34 AM (aiR6F)
Posted by: tubal
Henry Waxman is still alive. She's got to wait until he dies to claim the title.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 11:34 AM (n5tGW)
Children playing in a prayer area at the Islamic Community Center of Hillsboro, Saturday, March 21, discovered a bullet that had struck the mosque earlier that morning, the center said.
No one was injured in the incident.
Leaders at the Washington County mosque pointed out that the incident occurred amid a rise in Islamophobic incidents, according to a recent report from the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
...
In its own press release, the Washington, D.C.-based Council on Islamic-American Relations called Wednesday for federal law enforcement to investigate the shooting as a bias crime.
And, never mind...
“UPDATE: Hillsboro police announced Tuesday the bullet likely struck the mosque accidentally.
“Investigators determined the bullet was likely fired from a location approximately one mile away, outside Hillsboro city limits, where individuals were lawfully target shooting,” police stated.
Mosque leaders and local elected officials did not immediately respond to OPB’s request for comments on the outcome of the investigation.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 25, 2026 11:34 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 11:28 AM (HXT0k)
Commies lie about everything. Not just lies but gaslighting lies .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 11:34 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 11:29 AM (4NO2D)
I checked it out. Missing earnings over the last year and audit concerns skeeve me out.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Octochicken at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (oCS0o)
All the lefties keep repeating it as fact.
Along with some variation of "and they're going to massively dominate the AI future 'cause they have electricity to spare now!!"
But China's new claim totally has nothing to do with how China was churning out cheap, worthless solar panels to foist on stupid Americans under the New Green Deal.
Which panels are totally not useless now but were really just repurposed as solar farms.
And not piled up rotting in warehouses until they can find a sucker to off-load them to.
Please keep investing in China.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (44w/H)
Posted by: tubal
I usually join the bobblehead gang and take the most outrageous statements and ratchet up x 10.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (W2Pud)
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (Oy/m2)
Interesting. Just yesterday, Trump was talking to people with some authority in Iran. I suspect that the command structure is completely fragmented and autonomous, so reaching agreements with one set of loons doesn't mean everyone has signed on.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
Could be, but my thinking is Vietnam or Malaysia -- countries with, shall we say, more flexible corporate/tax and import/export controls.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:28
I was thinking Malaysia. There is obviously a huge Chinese population in Singapore, but Singaporeans aren’t very fond of mainland Chinese for whatever reason unknown to me. The Vietnamese hate them, too. My nail tech is hysterical about this, telling me they eat babies, they are vulgar, etc etc. it’s kind of funny. Sort of.
Posted by: Piper at March 25, 2026 11:36 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 11:36 AM (44w/H)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM
In would have been good for the old in-out this morning. *wink*wink*nudge*nudge*say no more*
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 11:36 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Piper at March 25, 2026 11:36 AM
That why they not have boyfriend.
Posted by: Your Vietnamese Nail Tech at March 25, 2026 11:37 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:32 AM (iFTx/)
On about the same timeframe I had a dual Pentium (2?) in a Tyan mobo. Don't see them around anymore.
The 440BX chipset was the stuff back in the day.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 11:37 AM (dK+Kv)
Sorry, I'll take whatever happy stuff I can get...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 11:37 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
It's the "magic dirt" theory. We import savages and the moment they are on our soil, they magically become productive citizens.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 11:37 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (Oy/m2
My opinion is he is the same as the art world selecting a no talent painter and gaslighting everyone to make that painter famous.
Looking at you Pollock, Rothko, etc.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 11:38 AM (V4IXI)
Blame the Democrats for the Airport’s mess. They want our Country to do badly. They want our Country to fail. They broke the already signed Bill because they want to take care of Criminals who enter our Country illegally, rather than American citizens. Thank you to our great ICE Patriots for helping. It makes a big difference. I may call up the National Guard for more help. President DJT.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 11:38 AM (iHruz)
The Chinese look down on the Vietnamese as uncultured, rude and backward. It's no surprise the feeling is reciprocated.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)
Could be, but my thinking is Vietnam or Malaysia -- countries with, shall we say, more flexible corporate/tax and import/export controls.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:28
I was thinking Malaysia. There is obviously a huge Chinese population in Singapore, but Singaporeans aren’t very fond of mainland Chinese for whatever reason unknown to me. The Vietnamese hate them, too. My nail tech is hysterical about this, telling me they eat babies, they are vulgar, etc etc. it’s kind of funny. Sort of.
Posted by: Piper at March 25, 2026 11:36 AM (Wmg4n)
----
Does she talka like Ms Swan (Mad TV)?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 11:38 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 11:38 AM (aiR6F)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 11:37 AM (OPGS/)
What makes you think Democrats want productive citizens? They want slaves, and the criminals to control them.
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 11:39 AM (44w/H)
Posted by: Piper at March 25, 2026 11:39 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Archimedes
All those East-Asian peoples hate each other with the heat of a thousand suns.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:39 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 25, 2026 11:39 AM (1CimL)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 11:40 AM (4NO2D)
Does she talka like Ms Swan (Mad TV)?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25,
She actually speaks English really well.
Posted by: Piper at March 25, 2026 11:40 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: tubal
I usually join the bobblehead gang and take the most outrageous statements and ratchet up x 10.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (W2Pud)
Sounds a very smooth move. Judo like.
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 11:41 AM (/HeZH)
Pritzker finally crawled out with a statement, but instead of owning the disaster he created, he played the blame game like a true Democrat. In a clip that's making the rounds, he whined: "This has been a terrible tragedy... There have been real failures. Those failures, of course, extend beyond the borders of Illinois. That's their national failures — a failure to have comprehensive immigration reform, a failure of the president to follow his own edict to go after the worst of the worst."
What a pathetic dodge. Pritzker signed the very laws that shield illegals like Medina-Medina from ICE. His 2021 sanctuary state legislation ties local cops' hands and blocks federal enforcement. Pair that with the disastrous SAFE-T Act—no cash bail, revolving-door releases for thugs—and you've got a recipe for exactly this kind of bloodshed. Chicago's streets are bloodier because radical leftists like Pritzker prioritize illegal invaders over law-abiding citizens.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 11:42 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (Oy/m2)
--
He has the most pessimistic view of the human condition. Even his "happy" songs have a depressing undertone.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at March 25, 2026 11:42 AM (0bjKf)
Sorry, I'll take whatever happy stuff I can get...
Posted by: Stateless
How are her boobs?
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 11:42 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: Alvin Lee at March 25, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: tubal
I usually join the bobblehead gang and take the most outrageous statements and ratchet up x 10.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (W2Pud)
Sounds a very smooth move. Judo like.
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2026 11:41 AM (/HeZH)
---
Just say you have a scheduling conflict when they decide to fire bomb a government facility.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 11:42 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 11:42 AM (V4IXI)
Hillsboro police announced Tuesday the bullet likely struck the mosque accidentally.
“Investigators determined the bullet was likely fired from a location approximately one mile away, outside Hillsboro city limits, where individuals were lawfully target shooting,” police stated.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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If that's the case, that lawful target shooting location ought to be relocated. Fucking bullet accidentally hit a playground?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 11:43 AM (XJ22o)
what is an appropriate punishment for a firm that has a long track record of misbehavior and helped violate - and profited handsomely for violating - major US sanctions?
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From the firm's prior behavior, it seems this was its purpose all along. Dissolve it and jail the executives.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 11:44 AM (XJ22o)
I seriously think Trump should shut down commercial passenger air travel after spring break/Easter. Just give everybody a couple of weeks notice.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 11:44 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 11:44 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 11:43 AM (XJ22o)
Move the mosque .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 11:44 AM (V4IXI)
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Yep. That's why we have bases in Asia. We keep them from killing one another.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 11:44 AM (n17eQ)
Place the company in receivership. Tell all the employees who could have/should have known that they will be fired for cause unless they give testimony that helps jail a superior.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 11:44 AM (8zz6B)
As Allah has willed.
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 11:34 AM (aiR6F)
You joke but seeing as how Muslims use that as an excuse so often I think the next time a bunch of them gripe about Israel bombing the shit out of Gaza or us bombing the shit out of Iran that's exactly the response. "It is Allah who has willed it."
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 11:44 AM (Z2yLo)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 11:43 AM
If that was a mile away, it was probably some asshat's ND.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:45 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (44w/H)
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Tell me about it.
Posted by: The That MFr Is Not Real Girl at March 25, 2026 11:45 AM (cWLG3)
Pritzker IS the worst of the worst. Too bad you can't choke on hypocrisy.
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 11:45 AM (aiR6F)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:28
I was thinking Malaysia. There is obviously a huge Chinese population in Singapore, but Singaporeans aren’t very fond of mainland Chinese for whatever reason unknown to me. The Vietnamese hate them, too. My nail tech is hysterical about this, telling me they eat babies, they are vulgar, etc etc. it’s kind of funny. Sort of.
Posted by: Piper at March 25, 2026 11:36 AM (Wmg4n)
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Asians are one of the most "racist," elitist, and tribal people on Earth. They all despise each other, often based on centuries-old conflicts and vendettas, and a sense of who is superior. Singaporeans in particular think they are better than everyone else.
If you travel in Asia, you will probably be asked very personal questions almost immediately upon meeting someone. How old are you? What do you do for a living? What car you drive? Are you married?
These questions would be considered way out of bounds in western culture. But in Asian culture, they are a way to figure out where you stand in the social hierarchy, so they know how to treat you.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: PabloD at March 25, 2026 11:46 AM (XEjmY)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)
RMBS, I’m beginning to think your “job”, doesn’t occupy every minute of the day.
On the other hand, you multitask extremely well.
Posted by: RI Red at March 25, 2026 11:46 AM (GOpmI)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 11:43 AM
If that was a mile away, it was probably some asshat's ND.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:45 AM (bFu5X)
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Either that or they are an amazing shot.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 11:46 AM (cWLG3)
Now that craven Republicans have shown how easily they can be pushed around, the Democrats want more. So they are rejecting their own proposed settlement.
How bad are the Senate Republicans? We will soon find out.
https://tinyurl.com/3e7axptu
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 11:47 AM (CBln3)
https://tinyurl.com/3m3rah8w
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 11:47 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 11:44 AM (Z2yLo)
Crusaders are in the Holy Lands. - As Allah has willed it.
They bitch, and bitch, and bitch... I'm starting to think that their commitment to accepting that which Allah has willed is lacking.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 11:47 AM (ExV1e)
What a shock. He's blaming Indiana.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 11:48 AM (OPGS/)
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the old regime of cartel judges preventing any investigation into fraud by denying standing with the made-up rule of "well, I don't think it affected the outcome" is gone.
Yes, the deep-blue state cartel judge will try and make up a new rule to prevent any investigation if they get the test cases.
But, some people think it was just a coincidence that the RNC chose to challenge Mississippi's law ... in the 5th Circuit ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 11:48 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 11:35 A
We still don't know what the incredibly valuable gift to the United States is.
And apparently the US sent a list of 15 items to Iran. President Trump sounded optimistic in soundbites yesterday that 'saner' people are in charge.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 11:48 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)
RMBS, I’m beginning to think your “job”, doesn’t occupy every minute of the day.
On the other hand, you multitask extremely well.
Posted by: RI Red at March 25, 2026 11:46 AM
Multiple browser tabs and luck. But mostly luck.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:48 AM (bFu5X)
Unfortunately I can't keep my mouth shut when confronted with stupidity. I don't start political conversations but I don't shy away from them.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 11:48 AM (V4IXI)
Eastern Europeans all despise each other, often based on centuries-old conflicts and vendettas, and a sense of who is superior.
South Americans all despise each other, often based on centuries-old conflicts and vendettas, and a sense of who is superior.
Africans all despise each other, often based on centuries-old conflicts and vendettas, and a sense of who is superior.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 11:49 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 11:49 AM (V4IXI)
South Americans all despise each other, often based on centuries-old conflicts and vendettas, and a sense of who is superior.
Africans all despise each other, often based on centuries-old conflicts and vendettas, and a sense of who is superior.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)
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And yet Americans are the only bad people in the world...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 11:50 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:50 AM (77rzZ)
F'em.
Posted by: Gaff at March 25, 2026 11:50 AM (EqzMw)
It's a VERY Prestigious Award!
Posted by: Ralphie's Dad at March 25, 2026 11:51 AM (Klk40)
South Americans all despise each other, often based on centuries-old conflicts and vendettas, and a sense of who is superior.
Africans all despise each other, often based on centuries-old conflicts and vendettas, and a sense of who is superior.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)
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And yet Americans are the only bad people in the world...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 11:50 AM (ESVrU)
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Romanians still don't trust the Turks.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 11:51 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 11:48 AM
Of course. It's not that blue state gun control doesn't work, it's that the continued existence of guns anywhere in America frustrates those perfect and functional laws. Therefore we have to ban all guns anywhere in America.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:51 AM (bFu5X)
And apparently the US sent a list of 15 items to Iran. President Trump sounded optimistic in soundbites yesterday that 'saner' people are in charge.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 11:48 AM (Sco7b)
Maybe the gift they sent was an indication that they were willing to actually negotiate.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 11:52 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM (W2Pud)
There is always the option of seeding it with really bizarre stuff.
We are invading Iran to recover the Ark of the Covenant, or a crashed Saucer.
Or the Iranians have bioweapon labs and are releasing cattle plagues, like the one the Russians are dealing with in Siberia right now.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 11:52 AM (rbvCR)
Eastern Europeans all despise each other, often based on centuries-old conflicts and vendettas, and a sense of who is superior.
South Americans all despise each other, often based on centuries-old conflicts and vendettas, and a sense of who is superior.
Africans all despise each other, often based on centuries-old conflicts and vendettas, and a sense of who is superior.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)
I'd like to buy the world a Coke ...
Posted by: far cry at March 25, 2026 11:52 AM (Uy8FE)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
And minions. Don't tell me you don't have minions.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ)
Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
I hope they have an ambulance on call.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 25, 2026 11:08 AM (n1OCj)
The Ensure tour.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 11:51 AM
*dons Hellenic Ancient Ethnic Grievance Hat*
Yeah. F@#k those Turks.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 11:35 A
From X:
IRGC General Mohammad Zolghadr, who replaced Larigani, was eliminated last night.
His tenure lasted full 12 hours.
Short term position
Posted by: Nicless at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM (nPp6w)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
Yeah. F@#k those Turks.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Most of whom are Greek.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 11:54 AM (V4IXI)
Was.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 25, 2026 11:54 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM (W2Pud)
There is always the option of seeding it with really bizarre stuff.
We are invading Iran to recover the Ark of the Covenant, or a crashed Saucer.
Or the Iranians have bioweapon labs and are releasing cattle plagues, like the one the Russians are dealing with in Siberia right now.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 11:52 AM (rbvCR)
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Nuh-uh. It's about a Persian girl with a monster rack.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:52 AM
Ngl, having minions does help.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:54 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 11:55 AM (cWLG3)
Interesting. Just yesterday, Trump was talking to people with some authority in Iran. I suspect that the command structure is completely fragmented and autonomous, so reaching agreements with one set of loons doesn't mean everyone has signed on.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
This. The IRGC is made up of hardcore muzzies, even the rank and file. A lot of killing needs to be done before this is over.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 25, 2026 11:55 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)
According to Tucker she's due for a raping.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 11:56 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Most of whom are Greek.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM
Shhh...don't tell them that. Or the Sicilians.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:56 AM (bFu5X)
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You could switch to Dune books!
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 11:56 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:54 AM
Now this is a cause I can get behind.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:56 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Black JEM at March 25, 2026 11:57 AM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
Sauron was both ingenious and utterly evil yet, for some reason, he imbued all his power into a separate physical object he could lose. He lost it. A small creature found it. Then lost it. Another small creature, likely a related species to the first small creature found it. He gave it to a relative. That relative walked across the known world and threw it into a volcano.
The End.
I don't see Hollywood beating down my door for the shortened version.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 11:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)
Gosh that sounds a really creepy horror film. Monsters instead of her rack.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 11:57 AM (ix8EF)
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Even the Chi Coms killed their Red Guard. Time will tell.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 11:57 AM (n17eQ)
How much are they paying people to attend?
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 25, 2026 11:58 AM (SRRAx)
IRGC General Mohammad Zolghadr, who replaced Larigani, was eliminated last night.
His tenure lasted full 12 hours.
Short term position
Posted by: Nicless at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM
You'd think they'd be contracting it out as a temp position by now.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:58 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 11:57 AM (ix8EF)
Medusa had monster hair.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 11:58 AM (V4IXI)
How much are they paying people to attend?
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My Grandmother never missed the Lawrence Welk Show.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 11:59 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 11:58 AM
Dread Locks, as it were.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)
It would make it even creepier with the monster hair.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 11:59 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 11:57 AM
Call us!
Posted by: Reader's Digest Condensed Books at March 25, 2026 11:59 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
Not to mention the distinct lack of bewbs.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 25, 2026 12:00 PM (wLsnt)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)
The CBC had an interview with a biologically female Iranian student who was detained by the Iranian morality police several times.
Her only crime was hotness.
Incredible hotness.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 12:00 PM (Sco7b)
After the deportations and jailings? A firm is not a person. You don't have to be nice to it. Dissolve it. The people in the other firms will see what's what.
Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2026 12:00 PM (moGJJ)
Posted by: Reader's Digest Condensed Books at March 25, 2026 11:59 AM (bFu5X)
I'd have assumed Hallmark Cards "Tolkien Day" division.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 12:00 PM (ExV1e)
I know it's not Somali Daycare Money.
But, the 501C Scam should be sufficient for my modest needs.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:00 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: pudinhead
I grew up on Lawrence Welk.
And Anacani...hubba hubba.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)
Tell that to the people in South Chicago.
Posted by: Case at March 25, 2026 12:01 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 25, 2026 12:00 PM (wLsnt)
You need the unabridged version. Between Galadriel, Eowyn, and Arwen, there's a good 400 pages of bosom description.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 12:02 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)
Gosh that sounds a really creepy horror film. Monsters instead of her rack.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 11:57 AM (ix8EF)
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Monster romance. It's not just for the ladies ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 12:02 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 11:43 AM (XJ22o)
Odds it was muzzies practicing with their AK's?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:02 PM (8zz6B)
My Father had the complete collection of all the Readers Digest Condensed Books. I probably need to read all the classics again because I originally read them in condensed form.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 12:02 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)
Gosh that sounds a really creepy horror film. Monsters instead of her rack.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 11:57 AM (ix8EF)
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Boubak the Monster Slayer. She has a monster rack, for use in interrogating monsters.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 12:03 PM (cWLG3)
Incredible hotness.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 12:00 PM (Sco7b)
The lack of links to said hotness in this post is causing starving orphans to cry.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 12:03 PM (L9698)
CBC....Air Canada Crash
Fox News.....Meta Social media trial
CNN....DHS and TSA
MS Now....Iran. President Trump gets daily 2 minite video briefings of the bombing highlights. Problematic.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 12:04 PM (Sco7b)
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Same here. The Reader's Digest taught me about Oak Island.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 12:04 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 12:02 PM
No lakeside vacation rental cottage would be complete without them.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:04 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at March 25, 2026 12:04 PM (+48wn)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
I've tried to read The Odyssey several times, but it just isn't as much fun as the Classic Comics version, so I always lose interest.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
I settle for glancing at the LOTR book in my book case that has die motherfucker die written on it in black sharpie.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:05 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2026 12:05 PM (moGJJ)
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 12:05 PM (LHPAg)
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At this point I'd say they're running the country and are probably the only quasi-military Iran's got left that's willing to fight.
They're not going away either, unless we make them dead.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 12:05 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 12:05 PM (V4IXI)
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Eric Holder would fine them billions of dollars and distribute that loot to Democrat candidates, Super PACs, and the world's greatest supporter of terrorism -- Iran, while encouraging them to develop nukes.
Posted by: ShainS at March 25, 2026 12:05 PM (CcwXg)
‘ Gosh that sounds a really creepy horror film. Monsters instead of her rack.’
Thanks a lot, Fen. Now all I can think about are monster racks.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 25, 2026 12:06 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 12:06 PM (cWLG3)
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Otherwise known as Commie Fest '26. Seriously, what are they accomplishing here? Nothing. The needle will not be moved.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 25, 2026 12:06 PM (qBdHI)
Incredible hotness.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 12:00 PM (Sco7b)
The lack of links to said hotness in this post is causing starving orphans to cry.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 12:03 PM (L969
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I looked her up. Best I could find is that it's a hoax or being misreported. It's that girl in the "dancing" video. She's from Iran, but has been living in the USA. And while TBWB -- enthusiastically -- I can't say she's the hottest thing I've seen.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 12:07 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 12:03 PM
I know. Sorry.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 12:07 PM (Sco7b)
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Monster Racks meet Monster Trucks!
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 12:07 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
I've tried to read The Odyssey several times, but it just isn't as much fun as the Classic Comics version, so I always lose interest.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 12:05 PM
In the late 70s-early 80s, did anyone else read a book called Shrinklets? The author took about 50 literary classics and reduced them to a single page of poetry. No limericks, so it probably wasn't Muldoon.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:07 PM (bFu5X)
Inspiring, really.
Posted by: t-bird at March 25, 2026 12:08 PM (moGJJ)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:08 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:08 PM
How gay will it be? On a scale of 1 to Elton John?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:09 PM (bFu5X)
She had a monster rack!
A monster rack!
It hurt her lower back!
A monster rack!
But she was fun in the sack!
A monster rack!
She had a monster rack!
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)
Honey do you ever wonder what it'd feel like in the back of my Pink Hearse?
Posted by: The Grim Boss at March 25, 2026 12:10 PM (DqQS/)
"A few years in a version of Uyghur slave camp followed by a bullet to the back of the head billed to the family" would be my suggestion
Posted by: Chuck C at March 25, 2026 12:10 PM (D0HYP)
288 Great news errybody - Variety is reporting that Stephen Colbert is co-writing "The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past". 14 years after the passing of Frodo, Sam Merry and Pippen set out to retrace their first steps of their adventure and are surprised to find Barliman Butterbur transitioned and is now Barliwoman Butterbur, meanwhile Sam's daughter Elanor, had discovered a long buried secret and (plot twist?!) outs Bilbo and Frodo's love affair.
TBF, I tweaked Variety's reporting on this, but not by much.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 12:10 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:08 PM
How gay will it be? On a scale of 1 to Elton John?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:09 PM (bFu5X)
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It's a storm of dicknados circling a yuge ass plug
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 12:10 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 25, 2026 11:55 AM (g8Ew
IRGC and Basij: kill them all, no mercy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:11 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 12:11 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:11 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
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I'm reading The Hobbit right now. I'm nearly done with it.
I had forgotten how much of the story is written as expository prose. There's very little dialogue.
Lord of the Rings has much more dialogue between characters by comparison.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 12:11 PM (ESVrU)
‘ How gay will it be? On a scale of 1 to Elton John?’
Colbert will be the literal queen of fantasy fiction.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 25, 2026 12:12 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 12:07 PM
SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!
and Saturday
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 12:12 PM (4NO2D)
https://tinyurl.com/3ubtrf3b
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 12:12 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 11:06 AM (5bGGs)
Hey hey dont sell me short.
Posted by: Fauci at March 25, 2026 12:12 PM (PyntX)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 25, 2026 12:12 PM (gm9Sb)
Last couple times this came up, it was a complete cartridge.
Just something to wonder about.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 25, 2026 12:13 PM (zdLoL)
Canada *does* have the second-worst prime minister in history right now.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 12:13 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:08 PM
How gay will it be? On a scale of 1 to Elton John?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:09 PM (bFu5X)
Elton would yell fag from a passing vehicle.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:13 PM (snZF9)
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Do women play shirtless badminton?
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 12:14 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:08 PM
How gay will it be? On a scale of 1 to Elton John?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:09 PM (bFu5X)
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I expect it will make Amazon's Rangz of Power look like a faithful adaptation by comparison.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 12:14 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 25, 2026 12:14 PM (n5tGW)
I used to work for an Electrician who got his Purple Heart in Vietnam due to a badminton injury.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:15 PM (Klk40)
https://tinyurl.com/3ubtrf3b
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
They actually seem normal. Could've been much worse.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 12:15 PM (Dv3i1)
Wait, is Bernie going to sing? Because that could be hilarious.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 12:15 PM (2ocoG)
That's how you can tell it's a semi automatic machine gun
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 12:15 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 12:15 PM (cWLG3)
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Turns out "shuttlecock" doesn't mean what I thought it did.
Posted by: Pete Boot Edge Edge at March 25, 2026 12:16 PM (y9ksN)
Anything that gets the Ladies chasing cocks has to be good.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:16 PM (Klk40)
It will make Starfleet Academy look like the SS training camp.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 25, 2026 12:16 PM (gm9Sb)
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Let me guess, he was playing badminton in a fire base and some mortars tried to join the game, rite?
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 12:16 PM (n17eQ)
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At this point I'd say they're running the country and are probably the only quasi-military Iran's got left that's willing to fight.
They're not going away either, unless we make them dead.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 12:05 PM (AkEZC)
This. It does not take many people with guns to subjugate those withou.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2026 12:16 PM (PyntX)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)
I read a book about sandstone and conglomerate. It was called "Clastics Illustrated".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: garrett
Aren't you supposed to get that for injuries incurred in combat?
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:15 PM (Klk40)
https://youtu.be/S71n_RFyjeg
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM (ExV1e)
According to him, he dove to make a save and got punctured by the peg that was anchoring the guideline for the net.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM (Klk40)
Heh, even that was created in the US.
You allow us to settle 300,000 spies in your country and are surprised that they spy?!
Posted by: China at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM (moGJJ)
and I'll do a metal album Weird Al style where I take all of neil's songs and rewrite the lyrics turning them into epic tales of him meeting his end in nasty ways.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM (snZF9)
https://tinyurl.com/3ubtrf3b
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
They actually seem normal. Could've been much worse.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 12:15 PM (Dv3i1)
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Yea, these "man on the street" interviews are 95% fake. For this exercise, they found some attractive THOTs in bikinis on the beach, and some shirtless Jersey Shore wannabe gindaloons, and the targets gave clueless answers that were most likely to get them social media exposure -- and it did.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)
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At this point I'd say they're running the country and are probably the only quasi-military Iran's got left that's willing to fight.
They're not going away either, unless we make them dead.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 12:05 PM (AkEZC)
This. It does not take many people with guns to subjugate those withou.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2026 12:16 PM (PyntX)
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When they refer to "the people of Iran" they are talking about only 1/3 of the country.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 12:18 PM (cWLG3)
If you are in a forward base, I think any injury counts...but, don't quote me on that.
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:18 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 12:18 PM (Wnd0C)
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According to him, he dove to make a save and got punctured by the peg that was anchoring the guideline for the net.
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No Legion of Merit as well? This sounds like your friend was a REMF.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 12:19 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM
"Old man, look at your death, your time is through..."
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:19 PM (y9ksN)
D'oh. Granted the partying and "I got drunk every night "seems pretty typical for the age
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 12:19 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 12:14 PM (n17eQ)
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I wonder if there's ever been a stripper who covered her boobs initially with badminton birdies?
Posted by: ShainS at March 25, 2026 12:20 PM (hbKLn)
I've always thought Springsteen's singing sounds like he's trying to take a dump, and not succeeding. Given his age, that might actually be true.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 12:19 PM (n17eQ)
Bronze Star with a V.
Posted by: Reforger at March 25, 2026 12:20 PM (xrmkX)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 25, 2026 12:21 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM
"Old man, look at your death, your time is through..."
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:19 PM (y9ksN)
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"You need Satan to screw you the whole night through ..."
Posted by: ShainS at March 25, 2026 12:21 PM (hbKLn)
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I knew a Major that got a Bronze Star with Combat V for crossing the line with Iraq within the first 24 hours. Medals have really been devalued over time.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 12:21 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Case at March 25, 2026 12:22 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 12:22 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM
You could call the album Gory Days.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:22 PM (bFu5X)
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Do women play shirtless badminton?
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 12:14 PM (n17eQ)
Set up a lawn chair and make a report this afternoon.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 12:22 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 25, 2026 12:23 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM (snZF9)
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Fuck the Neil Young songs, he can suck my balls
He looks like a dork that hangs out at the mall
Neil Young can suck it, so can he all day
He can suck an ass, just because he's gay
He can suck a dick, he can lick a sack
Everybody shout, "Heavy metal's back!"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 12:13 PM (2ocoG)
I would dispute "second". Marx Carney is objectively evil.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:23 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:08 PM
If there's any advice I've gleaned from watching kids shows the last few years that I can share with Stephen....
You can check off a lit of boxes by having inter-racial gay couples. Toss one in a wheelchair and make the other a tranny and that's a bunch off the list.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 12:23 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 12:24 PM (2ocoG)
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Night of the Singing Dead.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 12:24 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 12:25 PM (2ocoG)
I would pay to see that.
Posted by: Die dirty hippie Die! at March 25, 2026 12:25 PM (/1l9x)
Posted by: garrett at March 25, 2026 12:26 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 25, 2026 12:23 PM (gm9Sb)
You're a fuckin' bad-ass. Thanks for going over there, whether you wanted to or not at the time, it took guts, and I respect that.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 12:26 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM (snZF9)
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Fuck the Neil Young songs, he can suck my balls
He looks like a dork that hangs out at the mall
Neil Young can suck it, so can he all day
He can suck an ass, just because he's gay
He can suck a dick, he can lick a sack
Everybody shout, "Heavy metal's back!"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 25, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)
Death to all but metal \m/
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:26 PM (y9ksN)
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Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 11:33 AM (Wnd0C)
It's meant to produce brainwashed, compliant, subservient, mindless drones.
Posted by: You're in fantasyland at March 25, 2026 12:27 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM
"Old man, look at your death, your time is through..."
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:19 PM (y9ksN)
Do "A Man Needs A Maid".
Posted by: Ahnold Swarzenegger at March 25, 2026 12:27 PM (qivay)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 12:22 PM (cWLG3)
I tried playing pickleball, but the jars kept breaking.
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:27 PM (y9ksN)
The French hate the Germans; the Germans hate the Poles.
Italians hate Yugoslavs; South Africans hate the Dutch.
And I don't like anybody very much."
Posted by: The Kingston Trio at March 25, 2026 12:28 PM (o71/e)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 25, 2026 12:28 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 12:25 PM
I'll admit to laughing at his slowly going insane on air sportscaster character in The Love Guru.*
*I will also admit to having watched that.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 12:29 PM (bFu5X)
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Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 11:33 AM (Wnd0C)
It's meant to produce brainwashed, compliant, subservient, mindless drones.
Posted by: You're in fantasyland at March 25, 2026 12:27 PM
Absolute horseshit. If you are here in America, just fucking leave you fucking faggot.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 12:29 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:23 PM
That's fair. I still think Justin Castreau casts a long shadow though. Just not from his dick.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 12:29 PM (2ocoG)
I assume that Bernie Sanders is there to rave about left wing politics and not to actually sing. If he did that it would be even worse.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 12:29 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:17 PM
"Old man, look at your death, your time is through..."
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:19 PM (y9ksN)
Yup, and no frigging banjo.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:30 PM (snZF9)
Trump Derangement Syndrome literally has Democrats making swastikas out of their own excrement.
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Maybe they'll open for Bruce and the Rocking Chair Rockers.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 12:30 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 25, 2026 12:30 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 12:30 PM (jAPoh)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 25, 2026 12:30 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 12:31 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 12:22 PM (cWLG3)
I think the person fell and hit his head... People sometimes ignore that but can get a brain bleed... Especially if you are on blood thinners.... My Cardiologist told me if I ever fall and hit my head to go the emergency immediately
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:31 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 25, 2026 12:28 PM (jbnUc)
Basically similar.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:31 PM (8zz6B)
I've always thought Springsteen's singing sounds like he's trying to take a dump, and not succeeding. Given his age, that might actually be true.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)
100%. I tell my wife this every year when they start playing his rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at March 25, 2026 12:32 PM (qivay)
Sponsored by LifeAlert.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 25, 2026 12:32 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 25, 2026 12:30 PM (gm9Sb)
HEY!!!!
I resemble that remark!!!
Busted my face in a scud attack in Desert Storm.
Told the doc to never mind, just give me a few band aids.
Now dealing with the VA.
Ugh...
Posted by: Diogenes at March 25, 2026 12:32 PM (2WIwB)
100%. I tell my wife this every year when they start playing his rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at March 25, 2026 12:32 PM (qivay)
Hate that version... Sounds like cats being strangled...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:33 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 12:26 PM (dmDsy)
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+1
Missed possibly getting drafted by 5 years -- and I was a dumbass gung-ho patriotic immortal young man.
The first time I played paintball, I immediately sprinted across the field trying to capture the other team's flag and got destroyed (shot at close range a dozen times).
I remember thinking "It's a good thing I never went to Vietnam because I probably would have gotten killed immediately."
By the end of the day, I had learned to strategerize and finally captured the other team's flag and was so excited running back to our compound that I was hyperventilating ... and collapsed for a minute to recapture my breath.
Posted by: ShainS at March 25, 2026 12:33 PM (dPgr0)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 12:31 PM (cWLG3)
I actually love Neil Young's music. The one that most pisses me off because it's otherwise a great song is "Cortez the Killer".
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
People worked together
And they lifted many stones
Worse than a bunch of stoned hippies wearing Che shirts in a college dorm.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at March 25, 2026 12:36 PM (qivay)
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What, Hanoi and Moscow weren't available?
Posted by: ShainS at March 25, 2026 12:36 PM (dPgr0)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 12:38 PM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Lex at March 25, 2026 12:44 PM (l5xX+)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 25, 2026 12:08 PM
How gay will it be? On a scale of 1 to Elton John?
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Liberace... Squared... With pink and purple stobelights.
Posted by: clarence at March 25, 2026 12:52 PM (bbCED)
Posted by: The_Hoser at March 25, 2026 01:32 PM (H4qGm)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
The Prodigal Daughter
John Collier Not a particularly good example of Collier's work (his execution of the female form is often superb), but there are a few interesting things going on, and the idea is amusing...
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:30 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:31 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:31 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: George Costanza at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (ZN5Ar)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 09:33 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: Mom would like to know at March 25, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 25, 2026 09:33 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 09:34 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (vdl4Z)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: According to the story at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (y8+t/)
The return of their young daughter, Rose
While striking a prodigal pose
But why come home today?
Neither Mom nor Dad can say
But maybe The Shadow knows!
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: huerfano at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (98kQX)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 09:36 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 09:36 AM (xT8gx)
Just sayin'.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Well, he's a guy.
Posted by: State Farm at March 25, 2026 09:36 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: Embarrassing! at March 25, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: red speck at March 25, 2026 09:37 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:37 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 09:38 AM (xEtsj)
A message there, no doubt.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 25, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)
"The Prodigal Daughter depicts a young woman returning home to her parents, dressed flamboyantly, which contrasts sharply with their modest attire. The painting explores themes of family dynamics, societal expectations of women, and the emotional complexities of returning home after a period of independence or rebellion."
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 09:38 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2026 09:39 AM (wa/yD)
Posted by: red speck at March 25, 2026 09:37 AM
That is very well done.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:39 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: red speck at March 25, 2026 09:39 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 09:39 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:40 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:40 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2026 09:39 AM (wa/yD)
You're 25 posts late.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:40 AM (ExV1e)
"I'm going to marry Steve and there's nothing you can do about!
"How dare you defy us!
"Who are you again?"
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (dmDsy)
And sitting on an ottoman.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)
"The Prodigal Daughter depicts a young woman returning home to her parents, dressed flamboyantly, which contrasts sharply with their modest attire. The painting explores themes of family dynamics, societal expectations of women, and the emotional complexities of returning home after a period of independence or rebellion."
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 09:38 AM
So...completely upending the point of the original parable. Got it. Great job, Collier.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 09:39 AM (n9ltV)
Classic. Boobies.
Why choose this one and then immediately tell us about his other work? You chose THIS one for a reason.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (bss/y)
"I sallied forth to Oxford to find a man, but it seems every last one is a jack-rolling dandy. So I have returned. It was not a fruitless expedition, father. I have learned all about the exciting ideas of a smelly German named Marx. Now give me all your money. Every last tuppence, exploiter."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: red speck at March 25, 2026 09:37 AM
Crap. It's crap I tell you. -- Thomas Kinkade
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (V4IXI)
A message there, no doubt.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Mom brought her into this world. Mom can take her out.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (iHruz)
Collier did a Lady Godiva that’s … well, let’s just say the technique is excellent and the naked female form perfectly rendered. But the girl on the horse looks to be about 15. Too young even for Kiss.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: red speck at March 25, 2026 09:43 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (bFu5X)
Yeah, the fundamental humility is lacking. The Prodigal son learned something. This bitch didn't.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:43 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 09:43 AM (NR6c1)
Just sayin'.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (ExV1e)
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Personally, I'm rarely attracted to the women in pre-Raphaelite paintings. They loved one model with Bob Hope's nose.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 09:43 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: windbag at March 25, 2026 09:43 AM (nKMHt)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:41 AM (bFu5X)
Yeah, the fundamental humility is lacking. The Prodigal son learned something. This bitch didn't.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:43 AM (bss/y)
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She learned she's a strong independent woman who don't need no man.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 09:44 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:44 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Illinois Dems at March 25, 2026 09:44 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 09:45 AM (/+IBE)
Still, she was naughty by implication - that red dress!
Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 25, 2026 09:45 AM (p9rFX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:45 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)
She was 16, we checked.
Posted by: Gene Simmons at March 25, 2026 09:45 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 09:46 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)
I thought that was Don Henley.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:46 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 25, 2026 09:45 AM
That was one of the names we was thinkin' about, but we went wit somethin' mo' in yo' face.
Posted by: Naughty by Nature at March 25, 2026 09:47 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 09:47 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 09:47 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)
I thought that was Don Henley.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:46 AM (bss/y)
——
‘Wasn’t me’
— Kip Winger
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:48 AM (L858P)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 09:47 AM
Both, really.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:48 AM (bFu5X)
Other times and places it says, "Geez, mom, I just went to the curb for the paper. Ease up!"
Posted by: GWB at March 25, 2026 09:48 AM (vGkD9)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 09:48 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (diia5)
Collier did a Lady Godiva that’s … well, let’s just say the technique is excellent and the naked female form perfectly rendered. But the girl on the horse looks to be about 15. Too young even for Kiss.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)
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Her parents look like Quakers, so a prodigal daughter indeed!
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (Oy/m2)
Her son, Jamal.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM (ExV1e)
Actually, I really like this painting. His use of shadows and low light is wonderful and sets the atmosphere. Not exactly the Biblical story of regret and redemption. The daughter's pose and expression is comfortably defiant towards her parents and society. That is further emphasized by her flamboyant dress. Her parents' poses demonstrate their surprise and their dark, conservative clothing shows the chasm between their lives and their daughter's behavior. It is very effective.
Maybe it's just me but this looks like it could be an illustration for a story in The Strand magazine circa 1890 but done with better talent.
Posted by: JTB at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Dr_No at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM (bFu5X)
Also, the daughter has the neck of Rachel Maddow.
15. Too young even for Kiss.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)
I'm sure they would have found a way to power through.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (QGaXH)
'I have my OWN ideas, father!' was probably uttered by some austrolipithicus in a cave, right before he ran out and got eaten by a sabertooth tiger.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (dmDsy)
This is an outrage and if she has nowhere to stay, she can stay with me.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: JTB at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM
I'm right here, you know.
Posted by: Zombie Sidney Paget at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (bFu5X)
*********
Ancillary question: Do snakes have necks?
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (RIvkX)
To merge the threads, my guess is she has seen a few 'Love Guns'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (bss/y)
*********
Ancillary question: Do snakes have necks?
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)
They are ALL neck- like Audrey Hepburn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: From Somewhere Towards The Back Of The Audience at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (4zqrS)
Posted by: Doof at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM (pXC9O)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:48 AM (bFu5X)
One is secondary though imo. I base that on similar parables.
In particular the one about the land owner hiring workers at the beginning of the work day for $20 and then hiring more people near the end of the workday for the same $20.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Weasel at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM (PVV5z)
I am not conversant in Christian holidays, other than the obvious ones!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (dmDsy)
Well 'Prodigal' would imply that she just came in.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:54 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)
https://youtu.be/PovCPDqeDjE
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:54 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 09:47 AM
Both, really.
- - - -
Well, both, and the unfathomable love the Father has for his children. That the Creator of the universe would not just forgive a self-centered and indulgent son (as well as a self-righteous, performative son,) but dare to shame himself by *running* down the path to embrace and celebrate the return of wayward as having returned from death to life. Incredible. Deep. Moving.
Posted by: red speck at March 25, 2026 09:54 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 09:55 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 09:55 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM
I'll let it slide.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:55 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Australopithecus - as the name suggests - was a southern ape. Sabertooth cats' range was in north Eurasia and north America. The 'pithecenes tended to be leopard chow (there's a famous child skull with their tooth marks).
Although the "super archaic" lineage in Neander/Denisovan DNA is intriguing. Someone took it from a Homo Erectus. There's your prodigal daughter right there. Wonder if she'd messed with an Asian orangutan yeti or two before finding a genetic compatible...
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 09:56 AM (vdl4Z)
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 09:55 AM (Oy/m2)
Probably 10 of them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 09:56 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 09:56 AM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Weasel at March 25, 2026 09:53 AM
So...a day ending in "y", then?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:56 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (dmDsy)
Well 'Prodigal' would imply that she just came in.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:54 AM (bss/y)
Oh, yeah, that makes sense, should have read the title... LOL
Although, maybe this is "Pre-Prodical"?
Best defense I could come up with.....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 09:57 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 25, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 09:56 AM
See 7 and 83.
I think this is pre-departure prodigal.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:57 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: Green Dildos R Us at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (Y1sOo)
Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (mHVWR)
Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)
A Geriatric homecoming !
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
**********
Heh!
Actually I kind of imagine a snake has a single somatic vertebra, about halfway down. Everything above that is neck and everything below is tail.
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (qgHp7)
In John Collier's painting "The Prodigal Daughter"In John Collier's painting "The Prodigal Daughter" (1894), the woman holds aIn John Collier’s whip in her right hand. painting "The Prodigal Daughter," she holds a goblet (wine glass) in her right hand. (1894
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)
It's the new "The Band", or "The Breeders" or "Electronic". Rattle your walkers for... The Doddering Fools
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (vdl4Z)
Looks like her hand is defiantly on her hip and that's just the color of material.
Because if it were a snek, it'd be coming out between her first and bird fingers.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)
Or another subtext - the difference between having children late in life as opposed to early in life.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:01 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 25, 2026 09:42 AM (L858P)
Prodigal children will do that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 10:02 AM (ExV1e)
Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
Sponsored by Depends?
Posted by: Oh noes!! at March 25, 2026 10:02 AM (HcoTw)
Are you guessing? It doesn't look like a wine glass.
You're right to question it — it's not definitively a modern wine glass. In John Collier's 1894 painting "The Prodigal Daughter" the object in her right hand appears to be a small stemmed goblet or chalice (likely a wine or liquor glass) — a shallow, rounded bowl on a short stem. Different viewers describe it as a goblet, cup, or chalice rather than a contemporary tall wineglass.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:02 AM (PHjsi)
Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)
A Geriatric homecoming !
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (/+IBE)
I am going to start a Metamucil food cart that day.
It's a GOLD MINE Jerry!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (dmDsy)
Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
Seriously.. Are they back to No Kings ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (/+IBE)
Posted by: cmeat at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Very pronounced Adams apple
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
My parents had me later in life. They were often mistaken for my grandparents when we were out in public together.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Limerick lover at March 25, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:04 AM (vdl4Z)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
My wife and I had our children later in life. When people made that mistake we'd say that we were 15 years younger than we were but children...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 10:05 AM (ExV1e)
Neither did grok!
Her right hand is gripping the door handle (or knob), as if she's just entered and is keeping hold of it—ready to leave again quickly if the confrontation turns sour. This detail adds tension to the "problem picture" composition, emphasizing her independence and the uncertain reunion.
No other object (like a bag, fan, gloves, or accessory) appears to be in her right hand based on detailed descriptions and analyses of the work. The left hand isn't prominently described as holding anything either; the focus is on her overall stance and expression.
The painting is a classic Victorian-era "problem picture" that sparked debate about family, class, and the "fallen woman" trope. High-resolution images are available on sites like WikiArt, Art UK, or the Usher Gallery's collections if you'd like to see it for yourself
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 10:05 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:05 AM (iHruz)
I had no idea that old Commie Joan Baez was still alive
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:06 AM (/+IBE)
Bruce Springsteen will join Joan Baez, Jane Fonda, and Bernie Sanders at a No Kings rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, this weekend.
Please welcome, Bruce and the E scooter band
Posted by: Oh noes!! at March 25, 2026 10:06 AM (HcoTw)
Thanks, CDB
Posted by: dantesed at March 25, 2026 10:06 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:06 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 25, 2026 10:06 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM
The "Time For Your Medicine" tour.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 10:07 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 09:49 AM (QGaXH)
'I have my OWN ideas, father!' was probably uttered by some austrolipithicus in a cave, right before he ran out and got eaten by a sabertooth tiger.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:51 AM (bss/y)
"austrolipithicus"
AoS - come for the art (and boobs), learn a little bit about early man......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:07 AM (QGaXH)
Yeah OK, there's something about this going right over your head.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 25, 2026 10:08 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: ballistic at March 25, 2026 10:08 AM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (/+IBE)
March 28th from what I've seen. Minnesota has the main focus apparently.
No word on who is paying for this natural grassroots campaign of anger. They always seem to leave that out.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 10:08 AM (Sco7b)
The Annunciation refers to the announcement made by the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and bear Jesus Christ, marking the Incarnation. This event is celebrated by many Christians on March 25th, known as the Feast of the Annunciation.
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Looked It Up For You All.... at March 25, 2026 10:09 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: It's me donna
But caliphs are totes cool with them.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)
Yeah OK, there's something about this going right over your head.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
Chick in the painting IS announcing.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: It's me donna
But caliphs are totes cool with them.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)
And they LOVE their queens...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (vdl4Z)
But caliphs are totes cool with them.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ
The Dems do seem to be mourning the death of the Ayatollah's...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:11 AM (/+IBE)
*waits for Duran Duran*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:11 AM (bss/y)
Yeah OK, there's something about this going right over your head.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
Chick in the painting IS announcing.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM
This place...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 10:11 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: BifBewalski at March 25, 2026 10:11 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 25, 2026 10:12 AM (1o8D5)
Chick in the painting IS announcing.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:10 AM
That she's transitioned ? Used to be their Son...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:12 AM (/+IBE)
Posted by: It's me donna
**********
Jane Fonda - 89 (b. 1937)
Bernie Sanders - 85 (b. 1941)
Joan Baez - 85 (b. 1941)
Springsteen - 77 (b. 1949)
Genitol™ my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:12 AM (qgHp7)
a guard had cause to produce his truncheon
like an alien probe
in a wet chiffarobe
he said that oughta keep panties from bunchin'
Posted by: cmeat at March 25, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:11 AM
I don't care for it, either.
Posted by: Sharif at March 25, 2026 10:12 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)
Ukraine ? That's so last year
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:14 AM (/+IBE)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:14 AM (vdl4Z)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)
Is he fur it er agin it?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 10:15 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)
Why? I just do not get it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (bss/y)
"Oh, when big brother does his walkabout he gets a feast, but when your daughter comes back from finding herself, what do I get? Nothing!"
Posted by: RandomDave at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (zdLoL)
Looks like her hand is defiantly on her hip and that's just the color of material.
Because if it were a snek, it'd be coming out between her first and bird fingers.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (iHruz)
I think her right hand is a clenched fist. What appears to be a snek is the inside lining of her cloak....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 10:15 AM (ExV1e)
He has been doing the 'Ukraine will take Moscow any day' for the past 4 years.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:31 AM
The "Prodigal" could well imply hardwood below.
Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (0sNs1)
Saying they are retarded is given them too much credit.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (DsA2n)
Posted by: Prodigal Daughter-Five Years Later at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (0sNs1)
At this time period? Shag. Shag from belly button to knees.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (bss/y)
My parents had me later in life. They were often mistaken for my grandparents when we were out in public together.
Posted by: Bulg
=====
My wife and I had our children later in life. When people made that mistake we'd say that we were 15 years younger than we were but children...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Us as well. we were childless for 20 years, and Junior-ette starts making Smash gain weight. do not recommend a newborn for a pair of 40 year olds. the toll being pregnant took on Smash...
at least we got a good child. some of them turn out to be asshoe no matter the parental input.
Posted by: BifBewalski at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:00 AM (iHruz)
I think her right hand is a clenched fist. What appears to be a snek is the inside lining of her cloak....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM
No step!
Posted by: The Snek at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Limerick lover
********
Okay, now you're pushing your luck.
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:18 AM (qgHp7)
1) If we don't give $$$ to Lil Z the Russians will be in Paris...Texas! By next month.
2) If we do give $$$ to Lil Z he'll be having a full on tranny dance party in Red Square...by next month
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 25, 2026 10:16 AM (zdLoL)
Jane Fonda? Joan Baez ? Are they still around?
I still think Fonda should be haunting a cell in some super max somewhere for aiding and abetting the enemy. Or decorated some long-ago lamp post.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:19 AM (QGaXH)
Bernie Sanders - 85 (b. 1941)
Joan Baez - 85 (b. 1941)
Springsteen - 77 (b. 1949)
Genitol™ my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.
Posted by: muldoon
Once the Grim Reaper heals up from taking Chuck Norris, he's gonna be busy.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:19 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: Limerick lover at March 25, 2026 10:19 AM (2Ez/1)
The Ziegfeld Follies girls would imply that is possible, if unlikely
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:18 AM (qgHp7)
I just asked AI for one, and it was terrible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 10:20 AM (n9ltV)
The Ziegfeld Follies girls would imply that is possible, if unlikely
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:19 AM
The MP4 Signal has been lit.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 10:20 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: BifBewalski at March 25, 2026 10:17 AM (QVmho)
You should meet my older sister.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 10:21 AM (n9ltV)
1) If we don't give $$$ to Lil Z the Russians will be in Paris...Texas! By next month.
2) If we do give $$$ to Lil Z he'll be having a full on tranny dance party in Red Square...by next month
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)
Thinking about the Mexican stuff last month (what happened with that?) I wonder if we did not just create what is to all intents and purposes a drug cartel (with and without drugs) and set it up as a nation. Exists only to be a parasite on the world, taking endless money and giving... ? Some sort of check Cold War homers want on Russia?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:21 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: JTB at March 25, 2026 10:21 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: cmeat at March 25, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 25, 2026 10:22 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: I Got You Babe at March 25, 2026 10:22 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
My parents had me later in life. They were often mistaken for my grandparents when we were out in public together.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
As did mine, my mom was 40 when I was born. But I don't recall them being mistaken for grand-parents. They were quite youthful for their ages. But I do recall wondering why all my friends parents grew up in the 50's while mine were old enough to have been in the military in WW2.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:23 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: I Got You Babe
What do you base this on? Genuinely curious.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)
Ukraine ? That's so last year
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 10:14 AM (/+IBE)
160 I gave up on Insty. Driscoll must be a siamese-twin of Treacher. The commenters can't get through to him.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:14 AM (vdl4Z)
Green and Driscoll chased me away from Insty years ago. They are elemental lameness. And jagoffs.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 25, 2026 10:24 AM (xcxpd)
Bernie Sanders - 85 (b. 1941)
Joan Baez - 85 (b. 1941)
Springsteen - 77 (b. 1949)
All of them could be the 'prodigal son'. That's why it's a hard pill to swallow and why Jesus had so many parables about salvation at the last minute.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 10:25 AM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
Same here. Both my folks had lived through the Depression and served in the war (my Mom as an Army flight nurse). Most other kids' parents just seemed like my older siblings. It was weird.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:26 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 10:26 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2026 10:26 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: I Got You Babe
What do you base this on? Genuinely curious.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)
I think astronomy is the main basis IIRC.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 10:26 AM (V4IXI)
____
it gets dusty every time I read that.
Sometimes I'm in the mood for a little romance though. The Steward and the King. Faramir closing the deal -
'Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Eowyn! But I do not offer you my pity. For you are a lady high and valiant and have yourself won renown that shall not be forgotten; and you are a lady beautiful, I deem, beyond even the words of the Elven-tongue to tell. And I love you. Once I pitied your sorrow. But now, were you sorrowless, without fear or any lack, were you the blissful Queen of Gondor, still I would love you. Eowyn, do you not love me?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 10:27 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Tuna
You're right. I thought that this looked Russian for a reason.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)
There isn't a market for it from conservative media readers, BUT, there is a very big market for it apparently from leftwing oligarchs
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:27 AM (sKqQm)
[textwall of quotes from some nevertrump douche]
This reminds me of the Beatles. You kids love the Beatles
[more shit to scroll through]
Posted by: Ded Riscoll at March 25, 2026 10:27 AM (vdl4Z)
Posted by: JTB at March 25, 2026 10:21 AM (yTvNw)
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I'm about halfway through The Hobbit right now. The Company is just about ready to leave Beorn's house and enter Mirkwood proper.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:27 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:50 AM (ExV1e)
D'Qwizz.
Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2026 10:28 AM (wa/yD)
Posted by: javems at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (zFsEm)
Her right hand is gripping the door handle (or knob), as if she's just entered and is keeping hold of it—
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Unless CBD's image is reversed it's her left hand holding the doorknob.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:26 AM (sKqQm)
Well I hope so!
Because that will happen anytime!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Can See The Very Immediate Future. at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:27 AM (ESVrU)
The 'Traveling Drinking Party' phase of the book.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg
The Biblical Timeline of History is quite complicated and takes much study. There is a very good timeline at ebiblefellowship.com. People have spent thousands of hours working on this there.
Posted by: Time Marches On at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 10:31 AM (464q3)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 25, 2026 10:31 AM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 25, 2026 09:31 AM (bss/y)
She’s wearing a blankie like a five year old, which is very fashionable among young people now.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 25, 2026 10:32 AM (464q3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (PHjsi)
The more you use AI, the less concerned you get about the takeover.....
rick's link shows she's holding her dress and the hem is going down.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 10:32 AM (Sco7b)
Bernie Sanders - 85 (b. 1941)
Joan Baez - 85 (b. 1941)
Springsteen - 77 (b. 1949)
Genitol™ my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.
Posted by: muldoon
Once the Grim Reaper heals up from taking Chuck Norris, he's gonna be busy.
Posted by: rickb223
>Does anybody give a fuck about what these elderly scholars have to say? Go home and play with your cats.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 10:32 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: Darth Randall at March 25, 2026 10:33 AM (f1kZG)
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Some NGO will pay you for a do nothing job. Until Trump gets serious and shuts it all off.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 10:33 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: RandomDave at March 25, 2026 10:34 AM (aJQbY)
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Lycra, the Miracle Fabric - a limerick
There once was a woman named Baba
Who was blessed with bodacious tatas
I am happy to report
that she found enough support
With a custom-made Somatic Verti-Bra™
(alternate title: Ribbed for her Pleasure)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:35 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
Same here. Both my folks had lived through the Depression and served in the war (my Mom as an Army flight nurse). Most other kids' parents just seemed like my older siblings. It was weird.
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)
My dad spent most of the war at Kingman Army Air field then Europe. They were mustering up to go to the pacific when news of the Japanese surrender came thru.
My mom got her nurses training thru some government program but I don't think she was actually in the WACs.
The prodigal daughter has a look I saw many times on my older sister's face......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 10:35 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Unfortunately, my teen granddaughter is fond of the pajama bottom look. I don't get it.
Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2026 10:36 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 25, 2026 10:36 AM (diia5)
Posted by: javems at March 25, 2026 10:29 AM (zFsEm)
'Pharoah's Handmaidens'
It's good to be the Pharoah!
Posted by: Nicless at March 25, 2026 10:36 AM (nPp6w)
Bernie Sanders - 85 (b. 1941)
Joan Baez - 85 (b. 1941)
Springsteen - 77 (b. 1949)
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Geezer tour '26
Probably have wait for nap time to be over before they're ready to do much of anything.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 10:36 AM (AkEZC)
Obviously you have more at stake when you can be drafted, but it is interesting the argument was almost never, "This isn't worth the lives of a bunch of draftees" but quickly became "Supporting SV is wrong" - and this matters because even after Nixon ended conscription this held and the US didn't support SV with weapons and support in '75
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:36 AM (sKqQm)
The more I use it the more I wonder how many white collar jobs there will be in a few years...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:37 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 10:38 AM (n9ltV)
Who was blessed with bodacious tatas
I am happy to report
that she found enough support
With a custom-made Somatic Verti-Bra™
(alternate title: Ribbed for her Pleasure)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:35 AM (qgHp7)
You did it!
Posted by: Denny Crane - Limericks Get Me Very...Judicious. at March 25, 2026 10:38 AM (dmDsy)
The more you use AI, the less concerned you get about the takeover.....
rick's link shows she's holding her dress and the hem is going down.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 10:32 AM (Sco7b)
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Looks like she's using forked stick to hold her breast up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:40 AM (PHjsi)
Her right hand is gripping the door handle (or knob), as if she's just entered and is keeping hold of it—
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Unless CBD's image is reversed it's her left hand holding the doorknob.
Posted by: Braenyard
Damn front facing phone cameras! Reversing everything.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:40 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:40 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 10:41 AM (Z2yLo)
Posted by: Stateless
I did a short stint as an elevator operator at a Department Store.
"Bras, panties and girdles - going down!"
*tap tap tap* "Hey, is this thing on?"
Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2026 10:41 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 10:41 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:42 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 25, 2026 10:42 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:42 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (5bGGs)
IN: Nicotine Squirrel
Posted by: gKWVE at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (vdl4Z)
Posted by: 18-1
If you see me running, shit has went sideways and you should run too. You won't care about black eyes.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (iHruz)
Scratches
Looks around.
Dang. I'm thinking the lady in black makes her living on her back.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (5bGGs)
https://tinyurl.com/yh8bs9e2
Mamdani seems to think so. Violence is solved, guys! We'll just say it doesn't exist and *POOF* it'll be gone.
Lead me into the communist utopia, Mr. Mayor, I'm ready.
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (Z2yLo)
The more I use it the more I wonder how many white collar jobs there will be in a few years...
Posted by: 18-1
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One idiot is a lot cheaper than the other.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:44 AM (PHjsi)
*tap tap tap* "Hey, is this thing on?"
Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2026 10:41 AM (cYBz/)
Thanks. Lol.
Since we're talking about the elderly liberals, look was on ew....
The View's Joy Behar reveals incident with young man who repeatedly threw $100 at her in public amid relentless flirting
After Behar's husband showed up, the comedian said the young "stud" told her: "I guess we won't be going to your room later?"
Someone obviously doesn't understand performance art, internet pranks or mental illness....whatever it was.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 10:44 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2026 10:36 AM (lJ0H4)
To be fair, women that can pull it off tend to have nice asses that jiggle just the right amount when walking in PJ bottoms. Emphasis on 'can pull it off.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:44 AM (5bGGs)
Lead me into the communist utopia, Mr. Mayor, I'm ready.
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 10:43 AM (Z2yLo)
Imagine what would happen if violence was against the law, or even better, there were SIGNS everywhere telling people to NOT commit acts of violence.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:46 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 10:46 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: Limerick lover at March 25, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 10:46 AM (Wnd0C)
Yeah, that song sucks and is his mantra against a free USA. He can choke on the bag of dicks he should be eating.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:47 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've stood up too quickly once again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains within the sound of silence
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:48 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: Limerick lover at March 25, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Every. Single. Time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:48 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 25, 2026 10:40 AM
+++++
You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:48 AM (iHruz)
The song remains the same.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (5bGGs)
Migrants grilling GUINEA PIGS? on the streets like it's a third-world market.
This is what happens when you flood the city with illegals and let chaos reign.
https://tinyurl.com/2a52m5uy
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (qgHp7)
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The greatest trick the Devil ever played on mankind was convincing us he didn't exist...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:50 AM (ESVrU)
Migrants grilling GUINEA PIGS? on the streets like it's a third-world market.
This is what happens when you flood the city with illegals and let chaos reign.
https://tinyurl.com/2a52m5uy
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (PHjsi)
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Did they run out of flying rats?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:50 AM (ESVrU)
Lead me into the communist utopia, Mr. Mayor, I'm ready.
Posted by: Robert
NYC is hugely pissed off at Taylor Sheridan for The Madison and him intimating that NYC is a shithole.
Except it is. And commenters are shredding them.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:51 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've stood up too quickly once again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains within the sound of silence
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:48 AM (iHruz)
You changed the second line as a response to Sponges comment, right? Cause that was funny.
Posted by: Denny Crane - I've Come To Talk To You Again. at March 25, 2026 10:52 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Denny Cran
😁
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:53 AM (iHruz)
The greatest trick the Devil ever played on mankind was convincing us he didn't exist...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 10:50 AM (ESVrU)
You asked for it...........
https://youtu.be/_-ojCwNvQyQ
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:53 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (PHjsi
Nice link. Thanks.
Unfortunately liberal anger only extends to cooking cats or above.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 10:54 AM (Sco7b)
Except it is. And commenters are shredding them.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:51 AM (iHruz)
Did Taylor Sheridan make a deal with the devil? I just get that feeling...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 25, 2026 10:54 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:49 AM (qgHp7)
See also education.
Are kids failing tests? Easy solution. No more tests.
Posted by: Heroq at March 25, 2026 10:55 AM (AvVQO)
The more I use it the more I wonder how many white collar jobs there will be in a few years...
Posted by: 18-1
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One idiot is a lot cheaper than the other.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:44 AM (PHjsi)
On the plus side, if you replace all your brain trust with AI, your opposition only has to eliminate one entity to completely destroy your business. But it'll look real good on your quarterly stock report so you'll get a big bonus. Until people realize that having everyone unemployed means no one can buy your shit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 10:55 AM (ExV1e)
Canadian Parliament summons Air Canada CEO to "explain himself" for not using enough French in his statement about this week's crash
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Is the proper response "o la la" or "ongh ongh ongh"?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)
Except it is. And commenters are shredding them.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:51 AM (iHruz)
I'm going to ask this unironically...
They're pissed at WHO over the WHAT?
Goddamn, I'm officially old.
Posted by: Robert at March 25, 2026 10:56 AM (Z2yLo)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care
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Does NYC really have guinea pigs in the wild?
they're eating the dogs
they're eating the cats
they'r eating the pet of our children
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 10:56 AM (PHjsi)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G)
I don't know how he does it. 1883, 1923, Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingston, Tulsa King, Landman & now The Madison.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:56 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 09:38 AM
Not that complex. She comes home, still spouting, "You're still not the boss of me!"
Dad replies, "Go live in a ditch, then. You're not welcome here!"
Mom softens. "Well, if a baby comes, we'll take it in, hire a nurse to feed it till it's weened. In the meantime, enjoy your ditch, sweetie."
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 25, 2026 10:56 AM (fxCK2)
Posted by: Diogenes
**********
Lady's back. Dressed in black.
Silver buttons all down her back.
Hi Ho. Tippy toe.
She broke the needle, now she can't sew
Walkin' the dog. Uh huh walkin' the dog
If you don't know how to do it I can show you how to walk the dog.
/Rufus Thomas
https://is.gd/Mn9fk0
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 10:56 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 10:57 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Heroq at March 25, 2026 10:58 AM (AvVQO)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
>I knew this guy was a clown the first time I heard this song. That was like 40 years ago.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 10:58 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: Brad at March 25, 2026 10:59 AM (/+IBE)
Posted by: Heroq at March 25, 2026 10:58 AM (AvVQO)
That's most of his stuff, in reality, just with lots of violence and cussing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 10:59 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Heroq
At least it's not another cop show or medical drama.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 10:59 AM (iHruz)
John Collier
Chronical250
1903 The Prodigal Daughter and the Problem Picture
By Pamela Fletcher, Professor of Art History at Bowdoin College
In the early twentieth-century, the “problem picture” became a popular craze at the Royal Academy exhibitions. Deliberately ambiguous—and often slightly risqué—scenes of contemporary life, these pictures encouraged eager audiences to offer competing interpretations of the puzzles they posed, both at the Academy itself and in newspaper coverage and competitions.1 John Collier’s painting The Prodigal Daughter, exhibited at the Academy in 1903, was one of the first and most popular problem pictures, sparking conversations about new roles for women and the purpose of art in the early twentieth century (Fig. 1).
A young woman stands proudly—even haughtily—at the doorway of a humble parlour, decorated with old-fashioned prints and a modest round table. The daughter has interrupted her ageing parents at their evening reading, as the father looks up from his book and the mother slightly rises from her chair. ..." (More)
She should have had my mother. 🫣
I probably wouldn't hang this selection but I do like it.
Thanks
Posted by: L - no nic... at March 25, 2026 10:59 AM (LF4hQ)
Anyone here do the Madison ?
Posted by: Brad at March 25, 2026 10:59 AM (/+IBE)
How about The Michigan Rag?
Posted by: Singing Frog at March 25, 2026 10:59 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Nazdar at March 25, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)
Candace Owens
@RealCandaceO
It’s 2026. No one is believing in a magic bullet theory.
Please just shut up. It’s frankly annoying and patronizing to keep claiming the evidence is OVERWHELMING.
If it’s so obvious, why not cease hiding behind microphones to spew propaganda and instead host open discussions?
. . . .
It’s so “overwhelming” we have gun that not even the bomb dogs could trace, a magical bullet that caused minimal damage to Charlie’s neck though it would have taken down a bear, and of course, a scene that was paved over the next day.
Just soooooo overwhelming.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 11:00 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Jaimo at March 25, 2026 11:02 AM (BCuCF)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 6 - extreme dog care at March 25, 2026 11:02 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Brad
>I've been on the Madison more times than any of these posers can fathom. It's all fiction. It may be entertaining but it's all bullshit. Same with the Yellowstone. Fiction.
I like to be entertained so long as I don't have to pay for it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 11:05 AM (Wnd0C)
TBF, I tweaked Variety's reporting on this, but not by much.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 11:06 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 25, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)
Gee. What are the odds of one of those fossils snuffing it right then and there on the stage?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 11:12 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
>That's a tough choice. Who is the most annoying and influential? Take them all and let God sort them out.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 11:22 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at March 25, 2026 11:53 AM (URVGt)
Posted by: Heroq at March 25, 2026 11:31 PM (IZ33s)
The Morning Report — 3/25/26
There are only so many ways Democrats can spell out, in the most explicit possible terms, what they plan to do if and when they retake control of the federal government. They’ve spent the last year celebrating the murder of conservatives, raising hell over the most basic voter-ID laws imaginable, and most recently, sabotaging the nation’s airports in order to prevent ICE from doing its job — a plan that may very well work, given that Republicans seem interested in caving at the moment, once again. In short, Democrats are preparing a government that would treat Americans as foreigners in their own country. But just in case their plan somehow wasn’t obvious, here’s Senator Chris Murphy, the Democrat from Connecticut, to spell it out. It’s the “undocumented Americans” that Democrats “care about most,” according to Chris Murphy. Yes, “undocumented Americans.” Simply by virtue of entering this country — illegally, in almost every case — these people become Americans, according to one of the leaders of the Democrat Party. And more than that — they become the most important Americans of all. Democrats will prioritize their interests over the interests of you and your family. And they won’t even pretend otherwise. That interview aired in the final months of Joe Biden’s presidency. It’s only recently surfaced on social media, and for good reason. Democrats are now clearly preparing to wage an all-out war on Americans if they retake Congress and the White House. They’re planning a campaign of retribution against conservatives that will make the Biden years look tame by comparison. This isn’t a guess. They’re saying it openly, in a variety of different contexts. In some cases, they’re rewriting history to justify the purge that they’re planning. Now, it probably won’t come as a surprise to anyone to hear that I believe it’s very important to study history — not the propaganda you’re taught in public schools, but actual history. We talk about various historical topics on the show all the time. . . So here’s a very transparent example of what this means, in practice. Late last week, The New Republic — which is one of those outlets on the Left that claims to be highly intellectual, like the Atlantic — outlined an elaborate plan to harass and imprison Donald Trump and his advisers, once Trump leaves office. This is the Left’s new-and-improved game plan for a new wave of lawfare against Donald Trump. Instead of talking about ways to improve the lives of American citizens, they’re still fixated on retribution. . . . . . What we’re witnessing here is the launch of what Democrats are calling “Project 2029,” after the infamous Project 2025 that became an instant obsession on the Left. . . after losing the presidency in large part because of their lawfare — they’re not simply doubling down. They’re openly admitting that, in their next campaign of retribution, they aren’t even going to use a pretext. They’re just going to throw people in prison — or worse.But, as the saying goes, it takes two to tango, and with that I give you a potential rope that our own alleged party will sell, or that is give the Democrats to hang us with!
House Republican leaders pushed a vote on extending FISA warrantless surveillance to April after many Republicans spoke up against it. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) expires on April 20. It allows the government to spy on a foreign national suspected of having ties to terrorism. The government can spy on a foreign national even if an American citizen is on the other end of the communications without a warrant (emphasis mine): Although the law requires the government to direct this surveillance at people outside the United States, in practice, it routinely ensnares Americans.So the Grifting Oleaginous Parasite GOP will go to the mattresses for this, but something like the SAVE Act? Not so much. Bastards.
If Obamacare Passed via Reconciliation, Why Can’t the SAVE America Act? . . . There's always a double standard at the heart of Washington, and Republicans never seem to benefit from it, just Democrats. I can’t seem to understand why. DHS has now been shut down for over a month, and a deal is supposedly taking shape. Senate Democrats, after weeks of obstruction, reportedly appear willing to accept funding for most of the department, so long as ICE's migrant removal operations get carved out. Republicans are eyeing a two-step strategy: fund most of DHS through a bipartisan deal, then use a separate reconciliation bill to backfill ICE enforcement funding and advance key provisions of the SAVE America Act — voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements to register to vote.Margh Bar Amrika! in Farsi or in the case of Pritzker, Mars Bars >>>America!
Gov. JB Pritzker’s office offered “thoughts” — no prayers — for the Gorman family, friends, and the “Loyola University community grieving the senseless murder of Sheridan Gorman.” . . . The “heinous tragedies” are piling up thanks to the rotund leftist governor’s political resistance to federal immigration law enforcement.Have a great day! And lastly, a quick shout-out and a huge thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
- AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
- Rising tensions, with Iran launching missile attacks on Israel and U.S. allies in the Gulf.
US Deploying 3,000 Troops from 82nd Airborne.
- Operation Epic Fury (Day 25): The IDF expands air, ground operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon
Israel Strikes Iran’s Main Weapons Production Facility
- Meanwhile, the Israeli military was digging in for a protracted battle against Iran’s terrorist proxy Hezbollah and mulling plans for the long-term occupation of southern Lebanon.
Lebanon Ejects Iranian Ambassador as Israel Digs In to Fight Hezbollah
- The report, which relies purely on the assertions of unnamed “U.S. officials”, states one of these officials told the broadcaster “there are at least a dozen underwater mines”, while a second said there were fewer than a dozen.
Iran Has Laid Small Number of Naval Mines Into Strait of Hormuz, Challenging Peace Talks: Report
- The conflict has degraded Iran’s military capabilities and delayed its nuclear plans, but significant threats remain, and diplomatic efforts are ongoing.
Israel Wants ‘Several More Weeks’ of War to Achieve ‘Full Strategic Victory.’
- . . . My suspicion, however, is that this was a PR tactic to placate the markets, and a very clever tactic at that: It also put the Iranians on serious tilt.
Donald Trump Stole One of My Ideas. (Unfortunately, Iran Stole the Other.)
- Resentment turns to rupture.
Inside Iran’s Military: A Growing War Within* * * * * - FRSO proclaims that “we are organizing the united front against monopoly capitalism — with the strategic alliance of the multinational working class and oppressed nationality movements at its core. This is our general strategy for revolution in the U.S.” Reading this stuff is like traveling back in time, not to 1975 when Vietnam fell, but to 1935, when Communism could still seem plausible. The FRSO’s rhetoric sounds as if the Stalinist purges, the gulags, the Chinese Cultural Revolution and the Khmer Rouge killing fields had never existed.
America-Hating U.S. Leftists Are Rooting Hard for the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Of course: John Brennan loves Islam and hates America. (He should only be dining with Robert Mueller tonight in Hell! - jjs)
Communist Former CIA Top Dog Says He Believes Iran Over Trump CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION - They're openly admitting that, in their next campaign of retribution, they aren't even going to use a pretext.
Project 2029: Democrats Unveil Violent Retribution Plan
- When the term “Trump Derangement Syndrome” was coined, the words carried a hint of gallows humor. But as time passed and insane behavior by the president’s opponents became widely embedded in key people and institutions, any whiff of humor faded into history.
Michael Goodwin: Trump Derangement Syndrome continues to fuel the left’s dangerous and misleading agenda
- We know it will eventually pass.
Johnson Faces Revolt Over Extension of FISA Warrantless Surveillance "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - Illegal immigrants have long used last-minute asylum claims to stall deportation, but a new court ruling could make that strategy much harder to pull off. The decision, from the Fifth Circuit in Buenrostro Mendez v. Bondi, broadens who can be treated as an “arriving alien” under immigration law. That may sound technical, but the real-world effects are not.
A Key Immigration Ruling Is Flying Under The Radar
- Jose Medina-Medina, a Venezuelan who was released into America under former [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden after being arrested by Border Patrol, allegedly shot and killed Gorman on Thursday near her Loyola University campus as she attempted to flee, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Fetterman suggested on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” that Democrats were not properly mourning the killing or accepting accountability for it.
John Fetterman Blasts Democrats Over Response To College Freshman Allegedly Killed By Illegal Alien
- Parents, including those across political lines, are outraged, and the incident has sparked renewed debate over public safety policies and immigrant laws.
Illegal Immigrant Arrested for High School Sexual Assault Spree.
- Authorities say Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman was shot in the head by an illegal immigrant who found sanctuary in Chicago.
‘This Was Not Random Misfortune’: There’s Blood On JB Pritzker’s Hands Again
- An ICE arrest caught on video at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Sunday night has sparked outrage among Democrat bystanders and politicians.
Angry Woke Mob Forms at San Francisco Airport to Protest Arrest of Illegal Aliens DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) were the only Democrats to vote yes.
Senate Confirms Sen. Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary
- With TSA strained and security faltering during the shutdown, Donald Trump pushes to deploy ICE agents to restore order at America’s airports.
Donald Trump Is Ready to Protect Airports at a Time When the Democrats Aren’t Even Trying
- First of all, that money really won’t go to this conflict. It won’t be timely for this conflict to procure material. What it will be used for is, essentially, [to] try to replenish stocks later. But I’m not going to support a — essentially an Iran funding bill, if that’s how this is being sold and packaged. This is a war we should not have gotten into, and it’s a war that, every day, puts our servicemembers at risk. And given there was no imminent threat from Iran, I just don’t think it’s justified.”
Schiff-for-brains: I’ll Vote Against Supplemental, Even if It’s Just to Replenish Stocks and Not for Iran War
- The judicial resistance to Trump 2.0 is the greatest threat to the rule of law in my lifetime; John Roberts needs to stop it, not condone it.
The Chief Justice Must Quell the Mutiny in His Ranks
- The state lost an estimated $536 billion in wealth from its tax base—before the initiative even qualified for the ballot.
California’s Billionaire Tax Proposal Is Already Doing Damage
- What could go wrong? (“The Night Chicago Died” was supposed to be a gooey 70’s one-hit-bubblegum wonder, not an instruction manual! - jjs)
Chicago Raises Tourism Tax to Promote Tourism WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - Australian prime minister Albanese is harassed on Eid.
Melee in a Mosque
- What happened when one British politician spoke out about the rape gangs, however mutedly.
The Courage and Cowardice of Sarah Champion SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION - “After the 2020 election, an anti-Trump FBI agent named Tim Thibault attempted to use the Justice Department to destroy the president. Thibault’s efforts led to the launch of Arctic Frost,” Cleveland began.
Watch: Margot Cleveland Breaks Down 5 Ways Jack Smith’s Witch Hunt Ripped Up The Constitution
- Smith’s team subpoenaed records of phone calls and text messages — which did not include their content — as well as Patel’s mailing, residential and email addresses, according to documents released by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley ahead of a hearing Tuesday.
Jack Smith Secretly Sought Nearly Two Years Of Kash Patel’s Phone Records, Subpoenas Show FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - Imagine my surprise on Tuesday morning when I came across a Times Op-Ed titled, "Why Are So Many Democratic Politicians So Far Out of Touch?" An even bigger shock was that it was written by Thomas B. Edsall, a wordy, biased leftist apologist of the first order. In late 2023 or early 2024, I briefly wrote a recurring column called the "Trump Derangement Syndrome Meltdown of the Week." Edsall was the subject of the very first one of those and made a couple more appearances later.
Too Little, Too Late? NY Times Now Worried About 'Out of Touch' Democrats.
- His newfound reverence for Chinese and Sharia world domination should worry his remaining fans.
Has Tucker Carlson finally jumped the shark? THE ECONOMY, STUPID - The Economy That Never Came in from the Cold: Four score years ago, the United States brought forth a new economic system, dedicated to the proposition that we would rebuild the world from the wreckage of the Second World War and stand athwart communism. For 40 years, that system worked. Germany and Japan, economically devastated, got rebuilt. In return, the United States accepted persistent trade deficits and the gradual hollowing out of our manufacturing base. . .
The Great American Economic Mistake and Why Trump Is the Necessary Correction CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - Here’s a list of the latest crime across America...
American Crime Blotter: 3/24/26 RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, - Despite billions in subsidies and glossy promises from international institutions, the “eat the bugs” movement is collapsing under the weight of its own impracticality.
From TED Talk to Total Flop: The Rise and Fall of the Insect Farming Boom EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - As our nation nears its 250th anniversary, there is some good news regarding the teaching of traditional civics, but many troubling signs remain.
Civics War
- Graduation podiums have become political soapboxes — and New York University has a terrible solution. For the class of 2026’s big day, the school is having students pre-record their commencement addresses to prevent anyone from using the commencement podium as a platform for controversial political beliefs — a common occurrence at colleges around the country in recent years. Speakers will sit quietly on the stage as their pre-taped remarks play on a screen. It’s a sad reflection of how divisive campuses have become — and an ever sadder moment for free speech.
NYU has a terrible new solution to curb speakers getting political at commencement ABORTION - Gosnell spent decades butchering late-term and born alive babies. His barbaric practices even resulted in the death of at least one woman.
America’s Most Infamous Serial Baby Killer Kermit Gosnell Dead At 85
- Over 60% of Democrats say they want in-person requirements for dispensing the abortion pill.
Push Builds To Reverse Biden-Era Abortion Pill Rule SECOND AMENDMENT - A federal judge in Nevada dismissed a lawsuit by a group of nuns that claimed Smith & Wesson violated its fiduciary duty to shareholders by making and selling AR-15s.
Federal Judge Dismisses Nuns’ Lawsuit Against Smith and Wesson THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH - There's always a double standard at the heart of Washington, and Republicans never seem to benefit from it, just Democrats. I can’t seem to understand why.
If Obamacare Passed via Reconciliation, Why Can’t the SAVE America Act?
- Furthermore, a majority, 60 percent, of likely voters agree that mail-in ballots received after polls close on Election Day should not be counted. A majority of Republicans and independents – 80 percent and 59 percent, respectively – agree with that sentiment, but just 42 percent of Democrats join them.
Poll: Vast Majority Agree Ballots Should Be Received by Election Day
- This fearmongering undermines the many Americans who recognize the dangers of accepting mail-in ballots after Election Day.
Corporate Media: A Single Election Day Is ‘Chaos,’ But Not Our Months-Long Mail Ballot Behemoth
- “Marriage License: Went to the ‘vital docs’ site of the county where we were hitched. Filled everything out online, arrived in three days – total cost, $5.”
SAVE America Act Fearmongering vs. Reality: Woman Replaced 3 Key Documents in 5 Days for $19 DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - Political networks backing elected officials tied to Communist China are rising across America.
Is China Using Non-Profits to Support Political Candidates?
- ‘If you don’t know that “The Virginia Independent” is David Brock, you are going to be one-shotted by the fact that you are being fed progressive talking points.’
Left-Wing Propagandists Send Virginians Fake ‘Newspaper’ Promoting Democrat Gerrymander
- El-Sayed, running for Senate in Michigan, has used the story in an attempt to court labor union support
Michigan’s El-Sayed Said He Did 'Time' After His Arrest at a Minimum Wage Protest. He Got a Ticket, Records Show.
- It's not about debate. It's about power, and Xavier Becerra is convinced he's entitled to it.
Crybaby Dem forces abrupt cancellation of California gubernatorial debate, claiming racism POLITICS - The survey further indicates a relatively firm electorate: 88.1 percent of respondents say they are certain to vote, while 78.7 percent describe their choice as definite. Among respondents Paxton’s supporters appear slightly more locked in, with 88 percent saying their vote is definite compared to 86 percent of Cornyn supporters.
Poll: Paxton Holds Edge over Cornyn in Texas Senate Runoff
- For his next act, he wants to wreck the United States.
More Truth About Newsom’s Busted California
- 2026 will decide whether Trump’s agenda is locked into law—or erased overnight by a hostile Congress and the next president.
Can Republicans Defy History in 2026
- California’s jungle primary math all but guarantees two Democrats in November—unless Republicans stop splitting their vote and rally behind a single candidate.
California’s Future—Hilton and Bianco: Mutually Assured GOP Destruction?
- California’s top-two primary system allows the two highest vote-getters to advance, regardless of party, and Republicans Steve Hilton and Sheriff Chad Bianco have emerged as the top contenders in the race. Unless one of the Democrat candidates break out, the two Republicans could face each other in the final runoff in November.
Two Republicans Currently Lead California Governor’s Race and Could Lock Out Dems in General Election
- The Associated Press reports that Democrat Emily Gregory defeated Republican Jon Maples in a special election in Florida’s House District 87, in the race to fill the seat left vacant last August, when GOP state Rep. Mike Caruso resigned to become Palm Beach County clerk and comptroller.
Democrat Emily Gregory flips long-held Florida GOP House seat that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
- As we struggle to understand dysfunctional globalism, we must ask why Bush Republicans and the Democrats have joined to protect past presidents.
Presidents Behaving Badly FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - The order was necessary due to the “imminent danger posed upon the availability and stability” of the nation’s energy supply.
Philippines declares national energy emergency as Iran war disrupts oil supply ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - The plans aim to advance lunar exploration and establish a human presence on the moon, with significant investment over the next seven years.
NASA Plans Moon Base and Nuclear-Powered Mars Mission. FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - A bill requiring the placement of tampons and tampon dispensers in men’s restrooms inside public buildings is currently being debated in the Maryland legislature.
Maryland Law Would Require Tampons in Men’s Restrooms at Orioles Park, Ravens Stadium (Orioles vs. Gloryholes - jjs) CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - “We are all watching each other, and being watched by each other, all the time... These dynamics accelerated as more social life moved online.”
How Technology Re-Tribalized Us
- We’ve voted with our feet and our pocketbooks for years for less filth, more family values, more love of God and country, and less sexual deviancy and societal dysfunction.
Woke is in retreat but that's no reason to stop the attack
- Christian Toto: Stand-up shares sobering call tied to Muslim joke in new comedy special
Mark Normand Forced Netflix to Admit This Inconvenient Truth?
- This is such good news, in the abstract, that I’m willing to overlook the fact that this church is one of the ugliest buildings ever constructed.
Lego’s Biggest Set Ever Takes An Unexpected Turn And It’s A Win For Tradition
- Resist we much.
Marvel’s Daredevil Bravely Takes on Trump, ICE HITHER & YON - Ida Huddleston and her daughter, Delsia Bare, have rejected a combined offer of about $26 million to sell part of their family’s farmland for a proposed data center. Huddleston turned down $60,000 per acre for her 71-acre property in Mason County, Kentucky, from an anonymous Fortune 100 company widely understood to be a major player in artificial intelligence (AI), according to LEX18. Huddleston would have received roughly $4.26 million had she accepted. Bare declined $48,000 per acre for her 463-acre portion, amounting to more than $22 million. The offers dwarfed local farmland values, which hover around $6,000 per acre.
Heroic Farmers Reject $26 Million Offer From Massive Company To Preserve American Legacy
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hans O'Lo at March 25, 2026 06:56 AM (S108+)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 25, 2026 07:01 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 07:06 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 07:06 AM (jyACO)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 25, 2026 07:07 AM (MIIRH)
There are only so many ways Democrats can spell out, in the most explicit possible terms, what they plan to do if and when they retake control of the federal government.
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The Constitution is not a suicide pact and that party is an enemy of the Constitution, therefore they must be never be allowed to have power again. It is a provable fact their entire leadership is engaged in an illegal conspiracy against the United States.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 07:08 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 07:06 AM (jyACO)
rotting in Hell?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 25, 2026 07:10 AM (x0n13)
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Brought to you by a combination, I would guess, of low turnout and the New Yorkers who now live in PB County. Stinkeroo.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 07:10 AM (jyACO)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 25, 2026 07:10 AM (MIIRH)
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the sound of silence
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 07:10 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 25, 2026 07:11 AM (2GVsD)
"But it's their culture! Who are we to judge?"
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 07:11 AM (NR6c1)
The phrase "undocumented Americans" is pure Orwellian double speak... Not a good thing when dems use 1984 as an instruction manual...
BTW... I'm kinda nervous about the midterms, but maybe I'm just absorbing too much of the media propaganda
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 07:13 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 07:13 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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because no one in DC has the balls to follow thru
people get investigated, sometimes indicted
but it's all talk
no one goes to jail
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 07:13 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 07:14 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:15 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 07:15 AM (xT8gx)
Their argument: orangemanbadpatriarchyracisticeout…pending download of further instructions…
Posted by: Cray Cray at March 25, 2026 07:15 AM (cJaig)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 07:16 AM (WTucC)
people get investigated, sometimes indicted
but it's all talk
no one goes to jail
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 07:13 AM (ZxPkt)
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The political class seems to be big believers in hanging together because they know if they fully turn on each other, they might very well hang separately.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:18 AM (ESVrU)
“That’s offensive,” they claimed.
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Netflix admitted they censored a muslim joke for fear of retribution. There is a lesson in there somewhere for Netflix haters, but its probably not one Netflix wants widely understood.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 07:18 AM (LNwBF)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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because no one in DC has the balls to follow thru
people get investigated, sometimes indicted
but it's all talk
no one goes to jail
Posted by: Don Black
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FWIW there were 3 cases brought before a grand jury;
- Comey
- Brennan
- Bolton
Only Bolton's is still "active." Part of the problem is the judiciary. The other... is a point of contention around here.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 07:21 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 25, 2026 07:23 AM (DDJSl)
If nothing else I learned from listening to Napoleonic podcasts, tjey wete not really pirates. Really more like privateers, difference is privates working for the government.
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 07:23 AM (WTucC)
@nypost
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5h
NJ Gov. Sherrill attends mosque led by Imam once accused of Hamas ties https://trib.al/yOJHRgi
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 07:25 AM (ZxPkt)
Me: "I shall have a breakfast of yogurt and fruit from home."
Work: "Donuts are here."
Me: "And now I shall surrender to the inevitable but go to the gym afterward."
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 07:29 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:15 AM (+nEug)
And it hasn't reached it's conclusion yet. I understand that many people on this blog believe that all the Democrats could be in prison if only Bondi would arrest them but that's not how the system works. And our side isn't ready to throw the system out yet.
Yes, if you enter a blue area and draw the attention of TPTB in a negative way, they will manufacture a charge against you and the populace will fuck you over in a heartbeat to ensure that their side wins. Just as they will excuse almost anything from a blue politician for the same reason. So don't go there.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 07:30 AM (ExV1e)
Work: "Donuts are here."
Me: "And now I shall surrender to the inevitable but go to the gym afterward."
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 07:29 AM (NR6c1)
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"A pair of bear claws, please!"
Posted by: Newman at March 25, 2026 07:31 AM (RIvkX)
show people we're serious
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 07:32 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: San Franpinochet at March 25, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:33 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: Newman
None there but I did have an apple fritter. I don't know about the rest of you but the quality of the apple fritter determines how good a donut shop is.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 07:33 AM (NR6c1)
- Comey
- Brennan
- Bolton
Only Bolton's is still "active." Part of the problem is the judiciary. The other... is a point of contention around here.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 07:21 AM (AkEZC)
And what was the outcome of the grand jury? Did it no bill? I bet it no billed. That means that Brennan and Comey were not indicted. Presumably, that's the fault of the DOJ, cuz if they had a man in charge, the overwhelming partisan leftists of DC would have totally indicted a couple leftist politicians.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 07:33 AM (ExV1e)
the Avs won last night- suck it, Penguins- and the NFL draft is less than a month away
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 07:34 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Jerry Nadler, Boxers or Briefs at March 25, 2026 07:34 AM (/1l9x)
show people we're serious
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 07:32 AM (ZxPkt)
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I'm super cerial you guys.
Posted by: Jimmy Jordan at March 25, 2026 07:36 AM (RIvkX)
>>Brought to you by a combination, I would guess, of low turnout and the New Yorkers who now live in PB County. Stinkeroo.
Also a fair bit of it is in general, GOP voters are not political animals like donks are, our lives are not consumed with politics, so going out and pulling the lever in a special election is not high on the priority list.
If this chick wins the general election then, yeah, it will be a big deal, because the donk brand should be mud, and they should have been cast out into the poliotical wilderness, but does not seem to be happening.
Which is a problem.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 25, 2026 07:37 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 07:33 AM (NR6c1)
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Only some of us can afford to eat a 450 calorie pastry!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:33 AM (+nEug)
They are understandably frustrated because DC judges and grand juries are rubber stamps for the left but that means that DC judges and grand juries are rubber stamps for the left.
Given that 'our' members of Congress are 80% grifters, 10% idiots, 9% lazy fucks, and I'll give the rest the benefit of the doubt, but they keep getting elected, we're kind of screwed at the moment. Can that change? Sure, but we're not going to undo 110+ years of rot in 14 months.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 07:38 AM (ExV1e)
But a young woman minding her own business on a late night walk killed in cold blood by an illegal alien(brought in by Biden) is just her being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Tough luck.
Democrat really are despicable. Hard to believe they have openly sunk so low.
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 07:38 AM (PTDkx)
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Bets on whether the government ends up confiscating it?
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 07:38 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 07:33 AM (NR6c1)
It is known.
That having been said, I prefer apple empanadas to fritters since they don't have the icing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 07:39 AM (ExV1e)
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Democrats can't decide whether Republicans should be killed outright or taxed first, then killed.
Decisions are tough.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 07:40 AM (EPNZf)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 07:38 AM (AlhUl)
And.... pays her farmland prices rather than the amount she was offered.
Yay Kelo!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 07:41 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Meanwhile, we have an Amish market in the area that makes donuts so good I suspect it has crack baked into it.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 07:42 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 07:42 AM (NR6c1)
The Amish being known for that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 07:43 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
It's not a regular indulgence for me because there aren't many good places near work.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 07:43 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)
Agreed. I was surprised to find so many donut shops in the Greater Houston Co-Prosperity Sphere...
And none are "good", with the few I tried ranging between "Poor" and "Fair".
Bizarre. Now Coffeve!
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 07:45 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 07:46 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ripley
The imagination is pressed by their campaign against "Whiteness".
Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2026 07:47 AM (Y8DZL)
So if you were wondering if US propaganda media could be worse/stupider, the answer is an emphatic "yes".
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 07:47 AM (tUj8P)
At some point, Americans are going to start thinking John Roberts is either a Democrat plant or possibly just a complete dumb ass, thinking as he claims he does that his judges aren't partisan.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 07:47 AM (rSJgv)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)
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NRPax ruined me. I must have.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)
That's doubleplus ungood.
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 07:48 AM (gtcuf)
Sort of... not really. But dumbass "resigned" to take a county post? WTF?
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 07:49 AM (XuXeR)
Come on Texas. Do the right thing. Vote for the better candidate, Paxton.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)
Yes... it'll be worth a celebration when (if) Cornyn gets the boot
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 07:49 AM (xT8gx)
Start?
Been thinking that for a long while. A classic example of ideological capture of an institution.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)
The Chief Justice Must Quell the Mutiny in His Ranks
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I have less than zero faith in Chief Justice Roberts to do what needs to be done here. And btw, isn't he buddies with that rat-faced Boasberg? I hope I'm wrong; I truly do. But if he hasn't acted yet, he isn't going to.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 25, 2026 07:49 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I feel honored that I'm getting noticed like this.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 07:50 AM (NR6c1)
What is shocking is that he's turned to the other side. He and his fellow media lackeys are all about greed.
That's a powerful force and they're all drawn to it like insects to a bug zapper.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 07:51 AM (Wnd0C)
Au Contraire.... I have absolute faith that a DC-ite will act in his own favor. He thinks he's ruling well, but he means to rule.
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 07:51 AM (XuXeR)
April 4th, 1984. Last night to the flicks. All war films. One very good one of a ship full of refugees being bombed somewhere in the Mediterranean. Audience much amused by shots of a great huge fat man trying to swim away with a helicopter after him, first you saw him wallowing along in the water like a porpoise, then you saw him through the helicopters gunsights...
Posted by: Copying 1984 Without Shame at March 25, 2026 07:51 AM (/1l9x)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 07:50 AM (NR6c1)
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There will be repercussions.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 25, 2026 07:54 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 07:54 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)
Go after the fruits of the poisoned tree, for powers of good.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith
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That's hot
*hic*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 25, 2026 07:54 AM (DDJSl)
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Why not just get rid of the speakers entirely?
Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2026 07:55 AM (AlhUl)
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Trump has already eliminated much theft of federal money that was recycled into Democrat coffers, he has sent home millions of putative Donk voters to wherever the hell they came from, and he is trying now to clean up elections, through the SCOTUS case on "election day" meaning as well as the SAVE America Act. His last great battle, I hope, will be against NGO's, which are nothing more than Marxist-Democrat sinecures if not active Commie espionage organizations.
End "foundations". End "NGO's".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 07:55 AM (J/Ye1)
The left however, is.
The proverbial fight will never, ever be "fair." This is a problem we do not seem able to to come to grips with.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 07:55 AM (AkEZC)
Probably paid off. The Dems will now run all their campaigning in 2028 on "we flipped Mar-a-Lago". It's stupid, but Bluesky/Reddit/DU will cheer.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 07:55 AM (tUj8P)
The vapors, we haz it.
/The GOP
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 07:56 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 07:57 AM (5bGGs)
Isar Aerospace - Spectrum - Onward and Upward
OLP - Andøya, Norway - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: March 25, 2026
Launch Time: 3:30 P.M. EDT (2000 UTC, 21:00 CET)
https://youtu.be/ey0sdS7bFMo
Posted by: Joyenz at March 25, 2026 07:57 AM (2F0/Y)
What a twisted, useless waste of DNA. Too bad Pixy can't find him and brick his computer.
Go back to that Bluesky, where they love that. We have better standards.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)
But remember, the Great Replacement Theory is just a right wing extremist MYTH, you guys.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 07:57 AM (5bGGs)
How do you imagine the GOP is going to ram through some kind of voting law that Democrats won't oppose, that they can later revise via reconciliation ? Only the GOP is dumb enough for that.
Second, it has to be something that reduces the deficit. You cannot pass just anything under "reconciliation"
Posted by: deadrody at March 25, 2026 07:57 AM (qf6NU)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 07:57 AM (XuXeR)
Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
For so many years people have been saying that Patrick Bateman and I look alike. Now this pic has been going all over the place. What do you think?
Image
9:08 PM · Mar 23, 2026
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Why, yes. You do appear to be a psychopathic murderer.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 07:58 AM (RIvkX)
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I was being amateurishly sarcastic. Probably should have made that clearer. Sorry.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 07:59 AM (J/Ye1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)
Brennan isn't in prison because as noted above no one in DC has the balls to prosecute him. Even if they di DC juries wouldn't convict him. That's why the grand jury in Palm Beach County in FL is the thing to get watch.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 07:59 AM (mHVWR)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 07:59 AM (+nEug)
They become democrat party indentured servants.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 25, 2026 08:00 AM (b4LBp)
Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
For so many years people have been saying that Patrick Bateman and I look alike. Now this pic has been going all over the place. What do you think?
Image
9:08 PM · Mar 23, 2026
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Why, yes. You do appear to be a psychopathic murderer.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 07:58 AM (RIvkX)
Bateman or "Baitz'm?"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 25, 2026 08:00 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Doof at March 25, 2026 08:01 AM (pXC9O)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 07:55 AM (tUj8P)
Although in Florida, much of Palm Beach County is old fart yankee transplants libtard country. Most live there but some live there and in yankee land and vote The Big Democrat ticket early and often in both areas. Lifetime moochers and grifters.
Posted by: Beware Old Fart Yankee democrats at March 25, 2026 08:01 AM (/1l9x)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:01 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Eeyore
I graduated in 94. One of the speeches could be described as "Yes, you have it rough because of your debt but people in other countries have it so much worse."
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 08:02 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 25, 2026 08:02 AM (hHBUi)
As long as we have people where "will to power" DNA overcomes the standards of humanity, we will have issues.
A MAID program for sociopaths is unlikely. But we are not evolving fast enough.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:02 AM (+nEug)
Who wants to vote for that?
Posted by: GigantorX at March 25, 2026 08:02 AM (l5XKK)
One of the problems I sense is that Pedocrat apparatchiks are full time professionals. Repubs tend to be part time hobbyists. It shows. Most Repubs have not accepted that we're at war.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 25, 2026 08:03 AM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:01 AM (ZxPkt)
2 letters
Posted by: Doof at March 25, 2026 08:03 AM (pXC9O)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)
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Unfortunately, sociopaths CREATED the MAID program...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 08:03 AM (ESVrU)
They're using browns as their brownshirts by importing them by the million to come in and murder us by the hundreds every week. They're using black to murder black by the hundreds every week.
They WANT open borders. They WANT you dead. They WANT the public to SCREAM for them to DO SOMETHING which in their minds first and foremost is to TAKE YOUR GUNS. Then, they will UK silence you by imprisoning you for speech. Whether it be illegals from South America or illegals from the islhamic nation, they will not stop until they get what they want.
And the Republican party will sit back, scream about it, roll up their sleeves, and do nothing to stop it.
Prepare accordingly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:04 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 08:04 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Joyenz at March 25, 2026 08:04 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: deadrody
Its my understanding that it has to be budgetary related and revenue neutral.
So you throw some money in there for states to enact and cut something.
IIRC, Obamacare was passed via reconciliation. So anything is possible.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 25, 2026 08:05 AM (oAa51)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 08:06 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 08:06 AM (NR6c1)
I think it was just last week that Chuck Schemer said they'd refund every Doge cut. Doesn't matter it was obscene fraud, we're gonna put it back! (Psst, it funds the left).
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 25, 2026 08:06 AM (cxFcK)
The whole mess revolves around the filibuster, and GOP unwillingness to change the rule back to its original "talking filibuster" from the modern adaptation of the lazy filibuster, where some idiot just registers his/her intention to oppose and effectively makes passing something not possible.
John Thune is a mindless little shit, which doesn't help.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 08:07 AM (v8JR+)
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪
My line on walking with widows is "Walking, not Stalking." My friends nominated two more widows for me to walk with, which would be walking every work day.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 08:07 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 08:07 AM (NpAcC)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at March 25, 2026 08:07 AM (53oGX)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:09 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 25, 2026 08:10 AM (cxFcK)
I am. And that is all I am willing to say.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 08:06 AM (NR6c1)
I'm working on it.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:10 AM (5bGGs)
website says diced ham in low stock, offering me cubed as an option
we can send robot spaceships to the edge of the solar system and beyond, but we can't keep diced ham in stock
this is how nations fall
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:10 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Good People of Uranus at March 25, 2026 08:11 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 08:11 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:12 AM (5bGGs)
Pragmatic Americans are not the Republican Party.
We need some war-gaming, think tanks, and ways to get around a panopticon society. Mission Impossible face masks? Burner cars? Safe houses? Tight cells that only communicate via a self-aware computer named Mycroft?
OPSEC, for sure.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:12 AM (5bGGs)
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With onion!
Posted by: Weasel at March 25, 2026 08:13 AM (GNqmQ)
Of course, it's ridiculous, and the overblown apocalyptic language is insane, but suburban Democrats have been brain-washed.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 08:13 AM (v8JR+)
OPSEC, for sure.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)
They would consider you an illegal militant militia and the feds would come flying in guns a blazing and murder everything in sight.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:14 AM (5bGGs)
With onion!
Posted by: Weasel at March 25, 2026 08:13 AM (GNqmQ)
And some green bell pepper.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:14 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:14 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:14 AM (ZxPkt)
this is how nations fall
Posted by: Don Black
We rock-ribbed, self-starting, heritage Americans are not too proud to dice our own ham. Counting on low-wage foreigners to dice our hams will lead to further degradation and atrophy.
Posted by: Want Someone To Chew It For You, Too? at March 25, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:14 AM (ZxPkt)
Across:
39. Hobo hunting, pancake making, no shelf hanging fargin bastage.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:15 AM (5bGGs)
What did they think was going to happen?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 08:16 AM (v8JR+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 08:16 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Weasel at March 25, 2026 08:16 AM (GNqmQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:14 AM (+nEug)
It's been said, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:16 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Ben Had
It's been said, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Most women just use a knife.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 08:18 AM (iHruz)
Go after the fruits of the poisoned tree, for powers of good.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)
It would take less than 3 seconds for the judiciary to rule that looking at the private financial records of anyone not named Trump is unconstitutional. The GOP would stand shoulder to shoulder with them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)
What did they think was going to happen?
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Smart appliances are for dumb people.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 25, 2026 08:18 AM (hHBUi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 08:19 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:19 AM (ZxPkt)
Most women just use a knife.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 08:18 AM (iHruz)
But, going through the stomach removes the need to navigate that pesky sternum.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:19 AM (5bGGs)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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nah
thru his sternum
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)
141
Most women just use a knife.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 08:18 AM (iHruz)
But, going through the stomach removes the need to navigate that pesky sternum.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:19 AM (5bGGs)
142 >It's been said, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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nah
thru his sternum
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)
Heh.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:21 AM (5bGGs)
https://tinyurl.com/mr44admh
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 08:22 AM (NpAcC)
Magic fairy dust. Or something. Thinking wasn't part of the equation.
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 08:22 AM (XuXeR)
But were the international waffles just temporary visitors, or did they come over the border illegally?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 08:22 AM (6jy2V)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2026 08:22 AM (+nEug)
39. Hobo hunting, pancake making, no shelf hanging fargin bastage.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:15 AM (5bGGs)
Add: chair assembling.... heh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 08:23 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: H. Biden at March 25, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)
*sigh*
Not this crap again. Special election, and idiot in office bailed (probably a goat lover, but who knows?)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 08:23 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Peter B at March 25, 2026 08:23 AM (VTbl0)
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 08:23 AM (PTDkx)
Web devs on Bluesky are of course horrified that conservatives know about React and Next.js and other modern technologies but can’t give any actual reasons for it, just noseringed screeching.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2026 08:23 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 07:59 AM (mHVWR)
In order to prosecute, you must first indict. That means that you have to get a DC grand jury, made up of the same people who won't convict, to indict. I'm pretty sure that this has been explained about a trillion times.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 08:24 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 08:24 AM (ESVrU)
I've been called that since middle school.
Posted by: J. Brennan at March 25, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)
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So...boycott International House of Pancakes?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 08:24 AM (ESVrU)
Start a brawl at a Waffle House....
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 08:26 AM (xT8gx)
National Medal of Honor Day. 🎖️
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:28 AM (ZxPkt)
Why not?
Posted by: Blutarski,
You answered your question.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 25, 2026 08:28 AM (oAa51)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:29 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 25, 2026 08:05 AM (oAa51)
The original Obamacare was passed in the Senate while they still had 60 Democrats so cloture wasn't an issue. It was passed by hollowing out a different bill and replacing it with the guts of Obamacare. Which meant that it originated in the Senate. A bill which SCOTUS said was a tax, originated in the Congressional side which isn't permitted to originate tax bills. But, whatever, man... it's all good.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 08:29 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 25, 2026 08:30 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 25, 2026 08:30 AM (2Ez/1)
"Every one has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
Mike Tyson
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 25, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 25, 2026 08:12 AM (5bGGs)
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With onion!
and mushrooms!
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 25, 2026 08:31 AM (DgMqy)
All that is required to bypass the Byrd rule is to have a majority of the Senators vote to ignore the Parliamentarian's ruling. Of course, if you have 50 Senators ready to do that, you'd have 50 Senators ready to invoke an actual filibuster. So he's correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)
Start a brawl at a Waffle House....
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
That's every day though. Gotta try something different.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 08:32 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: Don Black
They're OK, but the Muffin is the Prince of Foods!
Posted by: Frank Zappa, 1975 at March 25, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 08:33 AM (iHruz)
Iran. You're not perfect. But please no terror attacks as revenge in Europe. We don't back this. Got nothing to do with this. I'm sorry for innocent people on all sides. Americans, soldiers, you don't HAVE to do this. Don't sell your soul. Don't kill other humans for a PDF file and billionaires.
Iran sitting there telling the US to bring it. Never stop your enemy when they are making a mistake
The Chinese strategy of how to become the world leading super power, sit back and watch america shoot itself in the foot repeatedly
Some Americans may die, but it's a sacrifice Israel is willing to make.
Is this the TACO effect that was predicted a few days ago when Trump caved to the pressures of Hormuz? Seems more like escalation, which is strange coming from a nation that just "gave up"... unless.. no way, it couldn't be, you've got to be shitting me..... TRUMP IS MAKING SHIT UP AGAIN?!
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 25, 2026 08:33 AM (P1xTf)
And do the pancakes have any other domestic skills such as keeping the house clean, having a lovely meal prepared for you when you get home, etc.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 08:33 AM (6jy2V)
https://tinyurl.com/2rwkcy62
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 08:34 AM (9nadL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 08:34 AM (6jy2V)
Ok, that's funny right there.
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 08:34 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Jonah at March 25, 2026 08:34 AM (YCxFk)
Let's see if she still holds that seat 9 months from now.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 08:35 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 08:07 AM (NpAcC)
Hmm -- I might have one. Or I might not. Yeah, I think I want one. Actually, no I don't. I mean, they're tasty. But they're also pretty much just a block of carbs. Lemme go back and forth on this a while.
Posted by: Doof at March 25, 2026 08:35 AM (pXC9O)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 08:35 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)
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Grok disagrees with you, claiming it takes 60 votes to overrule the parliamentarian.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 08:35 AM (qWO2t)
"I hate this f***ing song"
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 08:36 AM (XuXeR)
We call Pritzker Fred Flintone up here in the Suburbs
Posted by: Jonah at March 25, 2026 08:36 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 08:37 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 08:37 AM (77rzZ)
They really think that Iran will look at them and say "Let's spare those kafir. They aren't so bad!"
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 08:37 AM (NR6c1)
Weed.
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 08:38 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 08:38 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: ....That Is A Question? at March 25, 2026 08:39 AM (oftw2)
Calgon, take me away!
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:39 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 08:35 AM (qWO2t)
I will defer to Grok although I swear I recall a case where the Democrats overruled the parliamentarian with less than 60. If I could remember the specifics I'd look it up.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 08:39 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Cray Cray at March 25, 2026 08:40 AM (cJaig)
They need the DC monstrosity intact and ready to run wild as they hand over the government to the Democrats over the next couple years. Not a hair on its repulsive body should be out of place when it's let off Trump's chain.
This is literally the only reason the GOP exists - to preserve the regime status quo during periods like this, and this is a particularly rough spot for the regime, so it's imperative they do their jobs.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 08:40 AM (BI5O2)
Waiter, there's a skull in my soup!
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 08:40 AM (XuXeR)
I would probably lose a finger or two, using it
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:41 AM (ZxPkt)
"Where you gonna go?", said the abuser.
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 08:41 AM (cS1cw)
In a western omelet, the ham and vegetables are folded into the egg mixture and the eggs are cooked on both sides. The Denver omelet is filled with ham and vegetables and cooked on one side.
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 08:41 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 07:38 AM (PTDkx)
Democrats understand that you win a war by killing your enemies.
Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2026 08:41 AM (wa/yD)
Posted by: Used to Smoke Parliaments (In The Box) at March 25, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 08:42 AM (gtcuf)
"Where you gonna go?", said the abuser.
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 08:41 AM (cS1cw)
It's be nice if Cornyn lost his seat AND that made the rest of the GOP say, "Hey, maybe the voters really are pissed off."
Of course, then they'd just betray us faster and retire.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)
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I will submit this rant for nomination for the Leonard McCoy Prize for Cynicism. Bravo!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)
They're OK, but the Muffin is the Prince of Foods!
Posted by: Frank Zappa, 1975 at March 25, 2026 08:32 AM
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Just the don't eat the stumps:
https://youtube.com/shorts/GS9YOcvf8kE
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at March 25, 2026 08:43 AM (2Ez/1)
I would probably lose a finger or two, using it
Posted by: Don Black
I came close. Dropped one of the blade units. Reached for it. Tip of finger touched blade. Cut the hell out of my finger.
But I'll never go back to slicing or dicing by hand again. Too damn fast & easy. Half an onion with one motion.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 08:43 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)
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Republican voters staying home even if this is a 'meaningless' election, knowing how much Democrats hate the country and will resume tearing it down with a vengeance when they regain power, really sucks.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 08:44 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Madge at March 25, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ripley at March 25, 2026 07:38 AM (PTDkx)
Democrats understand that you win a war by killing your enemies.
Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2026 08:41 AM (wa/yD)
As Shoresy would say - it's more than just wanting to win, ya gotta hate to lose.
Posted by: Doof at March 25, 2026 08:45 AM (pXC9O)
Posted by: Chilliwack at March 25, 2026 08:45 AM (Bpotg)
I continued to be amazed at the TDS phenomenon. I've concluded that TDS = blind hatred
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 08:45 AM (xT8gx)
We call Pritzker Fred Flintone up here in the Suburbs
Posted by: Jonah
I can't understand it. We've got the same issue in New York! Businesses and billionaire leaving for no reason! We need a few patriotic billionaires to step up and help fund the inclusive society we envision!
Posted by: Gov Hochel at March 25, 2026 08:47 AM (P1xTf)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 08:07 AM (NpAcC)
Hmm -- I might have one. Or I might not. Yeah, I think I want one. Actually, no I don't. I mean, they're tasty. But they're also pretty much just a block of carbs. Lemme go back and forth on this a while.
Posted by: Doof
That's the spirit!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 08:47 AM (Dv3i1)
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The left really does look at today's world around them and firmly believe they're in a war. They certainly act like it.
Meanwhile the nominal right looks towards a disinterested GOP for help that will never, ever come. It's a mindset that will be our undoing unless that changes. Our "elected" officials are more concerned with self aggrandizement then they are with national survival.
I'm not sure leaving it up to them is wise.
And that's why I personally think matters will get resolved without them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 08:47 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Which makes 2029 even more terrifying.
Pritzger's campaign cry will be "Yabba-dabba-do!"
Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2026 08:47 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Delurker
>Correct. Usually the menu offers one or the other but not both. Funny how that works.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 08:48 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: Ben Franklin at March 25, 2026 08:48 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Doof
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I had a teacher in high school who had a particular punishment for waffling in class. He'd write your name on a bottle of syrup. It was a mark of shame to be listed on that bottle (happened to me at least once).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 08:49 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 08:49 AM (cS1cw)
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It's not a war when one side flatly refuses to fight.
It's just them against one recalcitrant orange sonofabitch. And this is his last hurrah.
They aren't so much girding for war, as preparing for an execution.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 08:50 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Bob's Country Bunker at March 25, 2026 08:51 AM (wVcYX)
@nypost
·
3m
Iran says it fired missiles at USS Abraham Lincoln as Israel targets Tehran https://trib.al/n8ukfdc
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:51 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Ben Franklin at March 25, 2026 08:48 AM (oftw2)
When I use diced ham, I buy diced ham. I do this because I do not like ham and, so, I wish to purchase the least amount possible.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 08:49 AM (cS1cw)
No need for that. They make mock of themselves professionally.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 25, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)
They've dropped any pretense. This is 100% gaslighting.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 08:52 AM (dK+Kv)
No Man is an Omelette, but there are many Crepes out there!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 25, 2026 08:52 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 08:49 AM (cS1cw)
Have you looked in a mirror recently?
How's that?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: no one of any consquence at March 25, 2026 08:52 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: In my best Yoda voice at March 25, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2026 08:53 AM (wa/yD)
Posted by: Happy Harry at March 25, 2026 08:53 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: no one of any consquence at March 25, 2026 08:54 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2026 08:54 AM (wa/yD)
Sounds familiar…
Posted by: Cray Cray at March 25, 2026 08:54 AM (cJaig)
you gotta have some bacon in the pan
Posted by: Alabama at March 25, 2026 08:54 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: no one of any consquence at March 25, 2026 08:55 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 08:34 AM (6jy2V)
For anyone who might live north of Boston, southeast NH or Cleveland, OH -- check out Barrios. Kind of a hipster vibe, specializes in tacos and tequila. But the tacos are phenomenal with build your own options.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 25, 2026 08:55 AM (N39Ws)
Democrats are demanding that ICE agents obtain judicial warrants before entering private residences, reversing a previous policy that allowed them to use administrative warrants.
This would make impossible for ICE to get 20,000,000 warrants from judges. ICE would be rendered useless.
The Democrats opened the border and flooded the country for four years under Biden. They told us there was NO crisis at the border and now we're in this situation of trying to deport those illegals they let in.
It's time we start calling the Democrat Senators because they are not feeling the anger of the public since the mainstream media isn't holding them accountable.
Even if you only have time to call 1 or 2 I think it would help. It's the least we can do for Trump.
Senate phone Numbers:
https://tinyurl.com/3pjj9c64
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 08:55 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 08:56 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 08:49 AM (ESVrU)
Squirrel syrup. No thanks!
Posted by: Doof at March 25, 2026 08:56 AM (pXC9O)
She has to tell them No Mushrooms.
She's quite mad.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 25, 2026 08:57 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 08:57 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Big Carrot at March 25, 2026 08:57 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 08:49 AM (cS1cw)
No need for that. They make mock of themselves professionally.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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"We demand the freedom to get high. And limiting everybody else's freedom because it interferes with giving us free stuff. "
Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 25, 2026 08:57 AM (PFY6v)
Posted by: no one of any consquence at March 25, 2026 08:54 AM (qFwJc)
Wife sometimes wants some.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 08:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 08:57 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: Happy Harry at March 25, 2026 08:53 AM (oftw2)
I (rep)resent that remark!
Posted by: Doof at March 25, 2026 08:58 AM (pXC9O)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 08:58 AM (ix8EF)
In a western omelet, the ham and vegetables are folded into the egg mixture and the eggs are cooked on both sides. The Denver omelet is filled with ham and vegetables and cooked on one side.
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 08:41 AM (gtcuf)
AI can fuvk right off. It's not fixing my omelet any better than it fixes my spelling.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 25, 2026 08:58 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: connected and litigious
How about we compromise with sexy librarians instead? https://tinyurl.com/mrxme527
It's a real weird dichotomy...you have the sexy librarian trope, but in reality, they're almost all far-left radical queerdoes. I think dudes just like seeing sexy girls in ANY context...
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at March 25, 2026 08:58 AM (P1xTf)
Posted by: Big Carrot
🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻
Posted by: Wheat Thins
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 08:59 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)
None of your damn business! Am I being detained? I am a soverign citizen and I am filming this brutality. What is your badge number, sir?
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 08:59 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 08:59 AM (ZxPkt)
Jack Smith's entire case was that, by lying about the election, Trump was committing a fraud upon the American people, deceiving them into thinking elections were not secure.
But, if someone tells me "the sky is always purple" that doesn't undermine confidence in the fact that the sky is usually blue.
Anyway, the left really, really doesn't like the questions raised, that when an apparent winner on Election Day loses to batches of late-received ballots, folks will question the integrity of the election.
It's not "that's why we need a set date" it's all "you stupids just need to trust those who do the counting."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 09:00 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Doof
That's the spirit!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 08:47 AM (Dv3i1)P
*******
Celebration calories don't count.
Celebrate the day!
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Used to Smoke Parliaments (In The Box) at March 25, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)
I can't find the clause in Article I that says a non-elected parliamentarian controls the validity of all bills in the Senate. This is exactly how Senators want it. A way to wash their hands of difficult choices. Because Article I does say the Senate makes its own rules. Senator Blowhard Oglethorpe III, "We can't do nuthin! The parliamentarian ruled against us!"
Posted by: Gref at March 25, 2026 09:01 AM (5rh/l)
I like the notion how they arrive by the millions en masse, but can only be removed one by one, after “due process” and a lengthy byzantine legal obstacle course. It’s all Bullshit
Posted by: Chilliwack at March 25, 2026 09:01 AM (Bpotg)
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 09:02 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 09:02 AM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at March 25, 2026 09:02 AM (2Ez/1)
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Curb stomp political commencement speakers at NYU? I think I can support that.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 09:02 AM (Dv3i1)
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60 votes to overrule makes sense, when you consider the purpose of the rule. If the Senate is going to eliminate the filibuster in this one limited circumstance, reconciliation, then you have to have a way to enforce the "limited" nature of the exception. That explains why the parliamentarian plays the role he/she does, and to overrule her naturally takes the regular 60 votes.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 09:02 AM (DMlZ/)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 09:03 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Captain's Wafers at March 25, 2026 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 09:04 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 09:04 AM (mHVWR)
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 09:04 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Delurker
My brother was so addicted that we once bought 52 boxes of 'em for his birthday. He cried tears of happiness.
Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2026 09:04 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 09:05 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Big Carrot
🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻
Posted by: Wheat Thins
Posted by: rickb223
Same to you, buddy.
Posted by: Cheez-its. at March 25, 2026 09:05 AM (RJBgA)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 09:05 AM (FtULh)
Posted by: man at March 25, 2026 09:07 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Bulg at March 25, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 09:07 AM (gtcuf)
I still prefer them to wheat thins.
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 09:07 AM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Big Carrot
🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻
Posted by: Wheat Thins
Posted by: rickb223
Same to you, buddy.
Posted by: Cheez-its. at March 25, 2026 09:05 AM (RJBgA)
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Y'all are making too much noise!
Posted by: Bugles at March 25, 2026 09:07 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 09:07 AM (FtULh)
Posted by: Goldfish crackers at March 25, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 25, 2026 09:04 AM (mHVWR)
—————
Sounds familiar, too, until PDJT rattled the cage.
Posted by: Cray Cray at March 25, 2026 09:07 AM (cJaig)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 09:08 AM (iHruz)
Posted by: Cheez-its.
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I take a box of Cheez-its, dump it all into a pan, and put it on the smoker for about 30 minutes.
Makes them almost edible.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 25, 2026 09:08 AM (AkEZC)
That no election outcome was changed by late-received, mail-in ballots.
Every single one will say that there is no fraud, no fraud to affect the outcome, that mail-in ballots are secure, that there's no proof of fraud, etc., etc.
If you read all their articles, you'd come away thinking that there has never been a race where the outcome was changed after post-election ballots were counted.
Except for all the races all over the country where exactly that has happened ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 25, 2026 09:09 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
>Well, yeah. This is how some of the best stews are made. A one off recipe never to be made again.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 09:09 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 25, 2026 09:09 AM (DgMqy)
"Quadruple-amputee cornhole player accused of shooting man to death during argument"
https://is.gd/jK2dG9
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:09 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Well, OK, but be careful!
Posted by: Rotten Cabbage In Veggie Bin at March 25, 2026 09:10 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 09:05 AM (FtULh)
I'm married so... no.
Posted by: Floating on a breeze at March 25, 2026 09:10 AM (wUC2u)
Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner threatens ICE agents at the airport with arrest and prosecution, wrongly accuses them of violent crimes, compliments them, then threatens to see them in court.
This deranged demonization of American patriots helping travelers is completely insane.
https://tinyurl.com/msssmpbt
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 09:12 AM (NpAcC)
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Great. Now get the f*ck out.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 09:12 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 09:08 AM (iHruz)
That sounds like a Weasel recipe!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 25, 2026 09:12 AM (n9ltV)
One of these things is not like the other. One of these things is not quite the same.
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 09:13 AM (gtcuf)
Nope. It's part of the plan to destroy the country by opening up the borders. People like that DA will never face the problems associated with it.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 09:13 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: Sandy Duncan For Wheat Thins at March 25, 2026 09:14 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Thanks for the update.
Memory shot at 29
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 25, 2026 09:15 AM (oAa51)
Bird bath status: it's a hit, with visits from a bluejay pair, a spotted towee pair, plus juncos and house wrens.
Oh, and a squirrel who thinks he owns the backyard.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 09:16 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: Nazdar at March 25, 2026 09:16 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 09:16 AM (gtcuf)
"Quadruple-amputee cornhole player accused of shooting man to death during argument"
https://is.gd/jK2dG9
Posted by: muldoon
Saw him. Unlike the girl with no arms in the church trying to catch the baby launched from the air bag, he has stumps just above the elbows and a stubby like Chris Elliott in Scary Movie 2 that he can use to manipulate the trigger.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 09:16 AM (iHruz)
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I think they used to make shredded wheat in Niagara Falls too.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2026 09:17 AM (Dv3i1)
*********
The Avs are loaded, healthy and deadly, rounding into form at just the right time. Four forward lines, three D-pairs and not just one but two top-tier goalies. Should be a fun ride.
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:17 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 09:17 AM (gtcuf)
Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner threatens ICE agents at the airport with arrest and prosecution, wrongly accuses them of violent crimes, compliments them, then threatens to see them in court.
Thune better not negotiate away the ICE agents' mask.
That's what the Dems are demanding, among other things harmful to ICE, in order to restore DHS funding.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 09:18 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: Delurker
Slowly, we turn...
Posted by: Moe Howard at March 25, 2026 09:18 AM (oftw2)
I think they used to make shredded wheat in Niagara Falls too.
They did, before my time though. Nabisco was down to just making Triscuits there in my yoot.
Posted by: Delurker at March 25, 2026 09:18 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Mary Ann at March 25, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)
That's a problem because she was the judge in the case and also the judge in several similar trials still underway.
She now claims "someone else" clicked Like in her name. Uh huh, that's her story and she wants deference to this evidence-free claim because she is a judge and judges (thank you John Roberts!) are non-partisan and honest.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 09:19 AM (uCRv7)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2026 09:16 AM (iHruz)
And he's dumb enough to have posted multiple videos of himself shooting guns. Had he not done so, he'd probably have gotten off by having someone on the jury not believe that he could.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:19 AM (ExV1e)
I love those and wheat thins.
They make these thing, triangular triscuits that are particularly tasty.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 09:19 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2026 09:05 AM (FtULh)
*******
Definitely. I swear it's getting worse than it was yesterday.
I want to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it looks pretty bleak.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 09:20 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Mary Ann at March 25, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)
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Did someone ask Mary Ann to get dressed?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 09:20 AM (uCRv7)
+++
I think this guy is another Adam Schiff. He'd crawl across broken glass to get his stupid mug in front of a camera.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 25, 2026 09:20 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 09:20 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:20 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Mary Ann at March 25, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)
Ginger was sultry and seemed like she'd be a memorable one night stand but Mary Ann was someone you could spend your life with.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: The Paolo at March 25, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)
The US has sent Iran a 15 point negotiation plan. I haven't seen the other networks mention this as I was channel-hopping.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 25, 2026 09:21 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:21 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 25, 2026 09:22 AM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 09:23 AM (Suwql)
There are few court cases I've wanted to win more than this one. It's a huge deal, and the Left's complete mental breakdown will be amazing. I'm stocking up on pudding.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 25, 2026 09:23 AM (P1xTf)
Posted by: Mary Ann
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This poses a real conundrum.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 09:23 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Women Are Like Spaghetti at March 25, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Arnold Schlonggernegger, maid fucker at March 25, 2026 09:26 AM (LfVJt)
They find homes for wayward blueberries!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 09:26 AM (Suwql)
That's what the Dems are demanding, among other things harmful to ICE, in order to restore DHS funding.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 09:18 AM (Suwql)
*******
I don't think he'll give into that because it puts the ICE agents in danger.
I find it interesting that all the people protesting ICE are nowhere to be found at the airport.
I guess the Democrat machine has gotten the word out that that wouldn't be a good look.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 25, 2026 09:26 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Wait. There's some place in KY that's more left-wing than Austin?
Unpossible.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 25, 2026 09:27 AM (Lo97M)
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My neighbors daughter is looking to transfer from Alabama to Loyola cuz the family is originally from Chicago. I haven't asked whether her or her parents have maybe reconsidered this move based on the recent - wrong place - wrong time - event at Loyola.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 09:27 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: muldoon at March 25, 2026 09:28 AM (qgHp7)
ICE isn't expecting to arrest any child rapists or murderers at the airport. There's no reason for the left to protest.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:28 AM (ExV1e)
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Word is Lovey was a tigress in the sack.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 09:28 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: fd at March 25, 2026 09:29 AM (ZN5Ar)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:24 AM
O_o
What color is the sky on her planet?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:29 AM (bFu5X)
Unpossible.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 25, 2026 09:27 AM (Lo97M)
I think she chose KY cuz my BIL, who as recently outed himself as terminally TDS-afflicted, lives there whereas here the only family is my wife, who's reasonably conservative.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 25, 2026 09:30 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 09:30 AM (44w/H)
Posted by: Lizzy
.22 sub-sonic. Actually quieter with a rifle. And I think a plastic 16 oz pop bottle with paper towel insert.
Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2026 09:30 AM (Y8DZL)
Pretty sure it's illegal?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 09:30 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 25, 2026 09:31 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Lizzy
.22 sub-sonic. Actually quieter with a rifle. And I think a plastic 16 oz pop bottle with paper towel insert.
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Just put a tablespoon of water in the bottle.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 09:30 AM (Suwql)
So is burning down cities!
Posted by: ... at March 25, 2026 09:32 AM (44w/H)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2026 09:30 AM (Suwql)
So is burning down cities!
Posted by: ...
+++
Not if it's mostly peaceful.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 25, 2026 09:33 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: pudinhead
It's what Arnold Schwarzenegger would do.
Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2026 09:35 AM (Y8DZL)
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Snort. But Arnold was already richer and moar famous than his Kennedy wife.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 25, 2026 09:38 AM (n17eQ)
And I've come to the sobering realization that all the Democrat Treason is supported by Traitor Thune. That's why they cling to the Filibuster. They want to wreck America, too.
Stop kidding yourself.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at March 25, 2026 09:45 AM (FAI4T)
They gave Barry 60 votes to pass it, in order to socialize medicine, bail out the unions, get campaign donations, put in regulations for the planned Virus/Vaxx Attack and enable Walz/Newsom-scale Looting of the Treasury.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at March 25, 2026 09:52 AM (FAI4T)
Senator Chris Murphy? The Washington Free Beacon, Democrats, Lust for Power: Dem Senator Chris Murphy Ditches Wife for Soros-Funded 'Soap Opera Villainess' Tara McGowan. Mar. 10, 2025
Wikipedia on Murphy: September 2025, Semafor reported that Murphy was dating Tara McGowan, an American political strategist. They were no longer dating by October of that year.[65]"
Wikipedia on McGowan: "Married Michael Halle, a political consultant who has worked as a lead organizer in Iowa for Hillary Clinton and as a senior strategist for Pete Buttigieg.[19][20][21]"
McGowan, a progressive political operative and founder of Acronym, digital strategies for the Obama campaign. Former Digital Director for Priorities USA Action (Clinton Super PAC).
Founder of Courier Newsroom, McGowan focuses on Democratic digital infrastructure to counter Republican online spending, including founding the media organization Courier Newsroom, a for-profit media company that produces digital newspapers in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin, with the aim of filling news deserts.
Continued -
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)
Courier Newsroom received $15 million; National Trust for Local News $6.4 million, Earl F Glynn, Feb 19, 2025
In part, "This article focuses on nearly $23 million in grants to US journalism in 2023 with two organizations receiving almost 95% of these funds:
Courier Newsroom and National Trust for Local News
The remaining 5% of the grants were to a union program, and two diversity-equity-inclusion projects."
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As of 2025, the National Trust for Local News has established subsidiary trusts in the U.S. states of Colorado, Maine, and Georgia,[2] through which it owns about 60 newspapers.[3] The organization is a 501(c)(3) organization and is based in Englewood, Colorado. (Wikipedia)
Oh ho! And there's Ms. McGowan's Good Information Inc., a for-profit public benefit corporation founded to invest in digital media aimed at countering disinformation and strengthening democracy. It invests in, incubates, and scales local news outlets—most notably Courier Newsroom—to increase the flow of fact-based, trustworthy information online. (AI Overview)
So about Murphy. The dark-horse for 2028?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)
Murphy slipped or boldy clarified the Democratic position.
>Luminus, TSA’s New Rules Block Immigrant Travel—Even for Those in Legal Proceedings, Feb '25
"If you’re an immigrant in the U.S., even with pending legal status, travel just got much riskier.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has officially stopped allowing undocumented immigrants to board domestic flights using the CBP One app as identification. The only exception? If they’re leaving the country."
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On the late evening news a few days ago, TSA's gordita union president at Philly International complained ICE caused the (unfunded) problem.
Oddly, Philly was relatively problem free, it appeared, until the evening news yesterday.
Illegal immigration - Biden's and O's 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) polices in particular - is effecting EVERY aspect of our lives. We're paying.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 25, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)
entertainment.
Posted by: BUY CANNABIS ONLINE at March 26, 2026 12:20 PM (8scI8)
Daily Tech News 25 March 2026
Top Story
- OpenAI has shuttered its Sora AI-generated video app just six months after it first launched. (Hollywood Reporter)
Disney was planning to invest $1 billion in OpenAI and license some of its IP to be used in Sora. That deal is as dead as the app itself.
- OpenAI's "Instant Checkout" feature that allowed used to purchase products from within a chat session has likewise been deprioritised. (Tech Crunch)
K-i-l-l-e-d, deprioritised.
Tech News
- Arm has announced its first AGI CPU, dubbed reasonably enough the Arm AGI CPU. (Arm)
It has 136 Arm Neoverse N3 cores running at 3.7GHz, 96 lanes of PCIe Gen 6 - yes, 6, and support for DDR5-8800 memory, which is pretty fast for a server.
That's all nice, but you might be wondering where the AGI comes into it.
That's the neat part. It doesn't.
- The FCC has banned imports of new routers made in other countries, which is where imports come from. (Liliputing)
This follows an unending series of massive exploits of consumer networking equipment in recent years.
Companies can apply to a conditional approval program to continue to sell products to the United States, but that comes with certain caveats, like upgrading device security to be "not total shit".
Security experts that are usually critical of government inaction in this area appear stunlocked at seeing all their recommendations enacted in one fell swoop.
- Telling an AI that it is an expert programmer makes it worse. (The Register)
To nobody's surprise.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: Beep boop.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 04:02 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: m at March 25, 2026 04:03 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Woke Ace (Soon to be a guest on Tucker Carlson) ... (1wjle)
Posted by: m at March 25, 2026 04:09 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at March 25, 2026 04:11 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 04:12 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 04:13 AM (yjflf)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 04:15 AM (yjflf)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at March 25, 2026 04:29 AM (Q/FnY)
Magills
@magills_
15h
Frankly speaking I don’t think we should allow the monarch of a Muslim country the honor of addressing Congress
Disclose.tv
@disclosetv
17h
JUST IN - King Charles will deliver a speech to the U.S. Congress the week of April 27 as he visits the U.S. — Politico
The comments are harsh (about his delivering a speech before Congress).
Posted by: m at March 25, 2026 04:30 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at March 25, 2026 04:32 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)
Unless you say that while snugly fitted into a 'roo's pouch, it's cultural appropriation!
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 04:33 AM (yjflf)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: SciVo at March 25, 2026 04:42 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)
That made me watch it.
It's cute! "Change Room" was off a bit; or prescient.
Posted by: m at March 25, 2026 04:46 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at March 25, 2026 04:48 AM (+YA9H)
Every other thing they're trying to sell can be done just as well, or better, by other AI/AI Agents, many of them for free or just the cost of the equipment and time.
Since Open AI is currently the king of the AI field many of their competitors are trying to follow their lead as they can't figure out how to make enough profit to pay for their data centers and dividends to their shareholders either.
It seems this might be the beginning of the AI bubble deflating (at least somewhat), as most of these Big AI corps can't get a handle on how to build-out while making enough money to keep everything inflating.
They've also driven up technology prices so high it's costing them more and more to do anything just like everybody else trying to get their hands on memory/storage chips of any kind. Energy prices are going the same route.
Something has to give and the bankruptcy or AI exit strategy for some of these big corps is on the horizon.
(I hope.)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 25, 2026 04:50 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at March 25, 2026 04:48 AM (+YA9H)
Looked it up.
They released this song in 2009, so yeah, smart phones weren't quite a thing yet, but it only took a few years later before they were everywhere.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 25, 2026 04:55 AM (6ydKt)
Car cleaned.
Some shopping done.
Two ballistic missiles intercepted.
There's only so much one can do to be here on time.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 25, 2026 05:04 AM (1o8D5)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 25, 2026 05:13 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 05:20 AM (Wnd0C)
SpeakingOf, if you're here, I took your advice and looked up Memory Clean 2 to try and resolve my iMac's hesitations. I downloaded it for both Apple products I have here; seems to work. While I was at it, I saw another product called CleanUpMySystem on the Apple Store. It appeared to be free -- but then turned out to have only a free three-day trial. Uninstalled.
I also researched how to speed up the Brave browser -- most of the hesitations have happened in Brave; and a couple of ways to speed up the MacOS. Best advice: Restart your computer every now and then!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 05:28 AM (wzUl9)
Wiktionary
stunlock
(video games) To render (a character) unable to move or react by repeatedly hitting them and keeping them in a stunned state. I got stunlocked by that boss's electric attack and died.
Posted by: m at March 25, 2026 05:35 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Yep. And I appreciate how Korean girl groups can look hot without being trashy.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 05:39 AM (NR6c1)
The costs are not an accident
Posted by: Accomack at March 25, 2026 05:39 AM (/Chlc)
Posted by: RandomDave at March 25, 2026 05:39 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Just Wondering at March 25, 2026 05:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: RandomDave at March 25, 2026 05:43 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 05:43 AM (Ia/+0)
"In long-range planning for a trip, I think there is a private conviction that it won't happen."
( -- John Steinbeck, Travels With Charley)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 25, 2026 05:47 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 25, 2026 05:48 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: RandomDave at March 25, 2026
***
Oh, I've always been a PC guy; I began in the DOS days and moved on into Windows. This MacBook Air laptop and the iMac desktop I inherited from work, so, you know, free. I used the laptop of and on for remote work in 2020; yesterday I finally got around to deleting all those files, which couldn't hurt the performance either.
What I like about the Macs is that, *generally*, they are like 1980s Mercedes. Once you understand how they work, they just work.
I could pick up a much more recent and powerful iMac and laptop, used, on the macsales site. Doesn't seem urgent right now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 05:51 AM (Ia/+0)
, her friend and an art show. Sunny Skyz site:
https://tinyurl.com/9fdxd4kn
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 05:54 AM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at March 25, 2026 05:55 AM (s1NDj)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 06:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 06:02 AM (Ia/+0)
Uhm... I just ask it to do the things I want it to do, but that's just me.
And in other news, my ERP is in beta and being put through its paces by me and a couple of other PM's and APM's.
2 years of development has been compressed to a little over 6 months.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 25, 2026 06:03 AM (XV/Pl)
We interrupt this invaluable Tech Thread with an important Sunday Morning Book Thread update:
In solidarity with ace and to commemorate "Tolkien Reading Day," I, too, will begin reading The Hobbit followed by Lord of the Rings.
I haven't read either of them in many years. In the case of The Hobbit I'm not even sure I've read my current copy.
We now return you to your regular morning Tech Thread shenanigans.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2026 06:06 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 05:20 AM
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No yellow!
Posted by: H. Biden at March 25, 2026 06:07 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 06:07 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 25, 2026 06:08 AM (NR6c1)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 25, 2026 06:08 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: SciVo at March 25, 2026 06:12 AM (Sy6m/)
Neo has been by here again
Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2026 05:43 AM (Ia/+0)
https://thenewneo.com/2026/03/24/joe-kent-leaker
Posted by: m at March 25, 2026 06:15 AM (+YA9H)
https://youtu.be/3fDpADXe2ac
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 25, 2026 06:17 AM (2GVsD)
https://tinyurl.com/2kpz28w7
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 06:23 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 06:30 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: olddog in mo at March 25, 2026 06:34 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 25, 2026 06:44 AM (3Ope8)
https://tinyurl.com/28jet4ju
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2026 06:44 AM (ix8EF)
A metal cover of "Every 1's a Winner" by Carsten Stepanowicz along with Janneck Risse:
https://youtu.be/ivp_tSIOFTw
Based on the original by "Hot Chocolate". Covered and made popular again in 1991 by the Canadian band "Bootsauce".
Let's go conquer the day.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 25, 2026 06:45 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Hunter Biden, girl group afficianado at March 25, 2026 06:47 AM (0aLZX)
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at March 25, 2026 06:49 AM (JRP2U)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 25, 2026 06:52 AM (0aLZX)
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at March 25, 2026 06:57 AM (S108+)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 25, 2026 07:01 AM (MIIRH)
Bet
Posted by: Blanco at March 25, 2026 08:47 AM (sW/8y)
Posted by: cmeat at March 25, 2026 11:23 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 25, 2026 12:19 PM (Y1sOo)
This is perfectly logical. AI are trained to output their results based on possibiltiy and based of existing work so if you tell it to code "like an expert" it's starting point will be code delivered by so labeled "experts".
And as the people explicitly calling themselves "something" are usually the least deserving of being called "something" the worse code starts to make a terrible sense.
Most of that code probably came from self promoting grifters slapping every possible SSO term they could on their portfolio to get engagement.
But it does make me wonder: What would be result of asking the AI to write like a really stupid programmer?
Think about who typically labels their own work such.
Posted by: DoesNotMatter at March 25, 2026 05:33 PM (Rlv1e)
Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - March 24, 2026 [Doof]
From Abby
Did YOU celebrate National Alien Abduction Day? UFO Sightings Surge Across North America Ahead of “Alien Abduction Day”
As March 20—National Alien Abduction Day—rolls around again, a fresh wave of data is stirring up conversation, curiosity… and maybe a little unease. Across the United States and Canada, thousands of reported UFO sightings are painting a strange, flickering map of where the unexplained seems to linger most. And honestly, the numbers feel less like trivia and more like something you might glance at twice before heading outside at night. According to Casino.ca’s reporting on newly analyzed reports sourced from the National UFO Reporting Center and social media discussions, UFO sightings continue to cluster in unexpected places. Delaware, surprisingly, has emerged as America’s top hotspot. With one reported sighting for every 928 residents, the small state has logged over 1,000 encounters since 1974—many involving glowing cylinders and hovering lights that don’t quite behave like anything… familiar.
Up north, Canada tells a slightly different story, and it’s arguably more intense. Alberta now claims the title of the country’s UFO capital, with one sighting for every 568 residents. Wide open skies, fewer city lights—perfect conditions, depending on how you look at it.
Interesting stuff! Any of you willing to admit you've seen a UFO? ----- Hochul learns that FAFO applies to her tax and spend schemes
🚨 LMFAO! New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is being mocked nationwide after she BEGGED people to move back from Florida
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 19, 2026
4 years ago, she was GLOATING, saying Republicans should "jump on a bus and head down to Florida"
Mamdani will make the problem EVEN WORSE!pic.twitter.com/UMwZAIzBWC
I could use this in my life right now.
— 👉M-Û-R-Č-H👈 (@TheEXECUTlONER_) March 17, 2026
Okay, that will be $6,000 sir.
This speaks to my brain on another level. 😂 pic.twitter.com/MmZzz25TXl
On this day 42 years ago…. pic.twitter.com/MOqO13DgKX
— 80s Nostalgia Channel (@80s_channel) March 24, 2026
Throw a ball through a bird?? Yup - that happened 25 years ago today.
----- Rock and Roll in the Great White North and also Down Under Up first - Who Are the ‘Big 4′ of Canadian Rock Bands? Spoiler alert - Of course my favorite band made the list. Can you guess the other 3? Hint - one isn't actually a band, but rather a solo artist. *** Moving to the southern hemisphere - Who Are the ‘Big 4′ of Australian Rock Bands? One of these is probably a slam dunk guess for most of you. The second one is another one of my all time favorite bands, so I'm glad they made the list. Think you can figure them all out?
Curious as to your thoughts on both lists!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)https://youtu.be/vapoNZBrGxA
Posted by: mindful webworker taps the Moronificial Intelligencia at March 24, 2026 10:00 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: John at March 24, 2026 10:01 PM (Risui)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 24, 2026 10:01 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 10:01 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at March 24, 2026 10:01 PM (w3u3d)
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Yessir! And I've got the rectal probe to prove it!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026 10:02 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 24, 2026 10:03 PM (sAmhv)
Would we be commenting if we did?
Or maybe UFOs have good wi-fi.
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: huerfano at March 24, 2026 10:04 PM (98kQX)
We're gonna need a bigger pot of mashed potatoes.
Posted by: Chief Brody at March 24, 2026 10:05 PM (wVcYX)
To say nothing of teaspoons.
Posted by: Milton Friedman at March 24, 2026 10:05 PM (Riz8t)
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the worry that Trump and US will leave islamic clerics in charge of Iran when we declare victory and go home
how many times can we f*** these people over
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:05 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 10:06 PM (2GVsD)
I told my parents the next day if they wanted to understand contemporary youth, it was worth a watch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
Wait, Minnesota is in 41st place?
So we're the 10th-most-sane state, for once?
Posted by: mikeski isn't as crazy as he thinks at March 24, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)
I'm heading upstairs. One of the Unexplained shows had this in the description on the History channel.
"Something crashes at a top secret US military base, but is it a UFO?"
Lol. How fortuitous would it be for aliens to deliver? Right to the top secret US military base?
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 24, 2026 10:07 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: davidt at March 24, 2026 10:08 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 24, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 10:08 PM (Wmg4n)
I told my parents the next day if they wanted to understand contemporary youth, it was worth a watch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
They probably thought of the movie back then the way we think about "six seven" today.
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:08 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 10:08 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)
=
I don't know.
I'll tell you once I've had some hypno-therapy.
Posted by: Methos at March 24, 2026 10:09 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 24, 2026 10:10 PM (9uW/C)
Sure. Right at Midnight on July 4, 1976. Me & a friend saw a flying object we couldn't identify.
Funny thing, we had just been talking about his younger brother & friends being chased a few nights earlier, down back roads in Arkansas by something overhead that kept a spotlight on them.
They telepathically listen. They knew what we were saying. They tease us for their own amusement. Just like Alexa.
Posted by: mindful webworker heard it whooshing by at March 24, 2026 10:10 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 24, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)
Same. But I want to see him open it and pour it with that rig!
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 10:08 PM (Wmg4n)
My X feed and yours probably look quite different!
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 24, 2026 10:12 PM (0aYVJ)
Spoiler alert - Of course my favorite band made the list. Can you guess the other 3? Hint - one isn't actually a band, but rather a solo artist.
I "guessed" one of the other ones. I didn't know the third was Canuckian.
I'm glad the solo artist wasn't Celine.
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)
Great photo up top.
And, yes, the tree stump demolisher is tres kewl. It almost looks like a steel dinosaur in action. Very skilled operator behind the controls.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 24, 2026 10:12 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: davidt at March 24, 2026 10:08 PM (Q+gd/)
Brian Johnson, definitely.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 10:12 PM (ExV1e)
Dust in the Wind, by Kansas, might have worked. Tim McGraw's Down on the Farm might work.
https://youtu.be/9YFCZb3rLb8
Here's another Tim McGraw song that I think many in the Horde would agree with.
https://youtu.be/_9TShlMkQnc
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 24, 2026 10:12 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 10:12 PM (2GVsD)
Contrary to popular belief, I have not actually modeled my life after that quote.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 24, 2026 10:13 PM (9uW/C)
Great mystery click but, based on the picture, I was half expecting Carrie Underwood's "Blown Away". Looks like tornado weather...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 24, 2026 10:13 PM (qVGoX)
Never seen it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 10:13 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)
So we're the 10th-most-sane state, for once?
Posted by: mikeski isn't as crazy as he thinks at March 24, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)
Aliens don't want Somalis either.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 10:13 PM (ExV1e)
Also happy to see The Guess Who on the Canuck list. Listened to them a fair bit as a kiddo.
Posted by: She Hobbit at March 24, 2026 10:13 PM (ftFVW)
I watched and enjoyed the full stump digger clip. Amazing how having the right tool for the job makes the work so much easier.
Thanks for the ONT doof!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 24, 2026 10:13 PM (RkOfE)
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it's a regime that has as one of its core tenets, LYING to non-muslims to gain advantage
JFC and FFS
also OMG and AYFKM
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Ann Murray
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 10:14 PM (/lPRQ)
Never seen it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 10:13 PM (/lPRQ)
It was a pretty good movie.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 10:14 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Don Black
Sorry. We owe them nothing. If Persians want to rule their destiny, they need to fight and sweat and bleed and die for it. If we do it for them, it won’t last. It’s false. It can be taken away.
We Americans are giving our freedom away. Our forefathers died for it. And we are squandering it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2026 10:15 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 24, 2026 10:15 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 10:15 PM (D4x+R)
I'm glad the solo artist wasn't Celine.
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)
The 2 bands other than Rush have a common member. Count them as a combo entity, and I might agree that they belong in the top 4. But I'm going with Triumph as the #2 regardless.
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (9uW/C)
Posted by: JQ at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (rdVOm)
Orbital or suborbital?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: tankdemon
Lots of lane oil to clean out of it? Sand it to get the surface right?
Maybe I should have enlisted Mr. Rothlisberger for this one?
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (Risui)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (8zz6B)
"Nikita Bier
@nikitabier
1h
Starting Thursday, we'll be updating our revenue sharing incentives to better reward the content we want on X:
We will be giving more weight to impressions from your home region—to encourage content that resonates with people in your country, in neighboring countries and people who speak your language.
While we appreciate everyone's opinion on American politics, we hope this will disincentivize gaming the attention of US or Japanese accounts and instead, drive diverse conversations on the platform.
We invite creators to start building an audience locally. X will be a much richer community when there's relevant posts for people in all parts of the world"
You know what that means, right ?
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (0aYVJ)
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it's a regime that has as one of its core tenets, LYING to non-muslims to gain advantage
JFC and FFS
also OMG and AYFKM
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:14 PM (ZxPkt)
1. Maybe don't freak out until you know what the 15 points are.
2. I'm betting that one of them, the one designed to ensure that they scrap their nuclear program, is surrendering all their uranium.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 10:17 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: huerfano at March 24, 2026 10:17 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)
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Yessir! And I've got the rectal probe to prove it!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
==
They let you keep it ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Great mystery click but, based on the picture, I was half expecting Carrie Underwood's "Blown Away". Looks like tornado weather...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 24, 2026 10:13 PM (qVGoX)
Dang. Your choice works great! I wasn't going for a connection tonight -- someone made reference to Shattered in a comment earlier today, so it has been an earworm since then. I had to let it escape!
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 10:18 PM (D4x+R)
Posted by: Midnight Rambler at March 24, 2026 10:18 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 24, 2026 10:18 PM (9uW/C)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 24, 2026 10:19 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: davidt at March 24, 2026 10:19 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (9uW/C)
Be honest -- you actually thought it was Justin Bieber.
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:20 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 10:20 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 10:08 PM (Wmg4n)
My X feed and yours probably look quite different!
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
You would be proud to know mine is blowing up (giggle) over a fart joke right now. And no, I am not remotely kidding.
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 10:20 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 10:12 PM (2GVsD)
Sadly, no. I would deep-six Bryan Adams, and replace him with Crowbar, who very definitely could rock out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 10:20 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 10:21 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 10:21 PM (jmsL3)
Iran must dismantle existing nuclear capabilities
Iran must commit never to pursue nuclear weapons.
No uranium enrichment on Iranian territory.
Iran must hand its stockpile of enriched uranium to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The Natanz, Isfahan and Fordo nuclear facilities must be dismantled.
The IAEA must be granted full access to Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Iran must abandon its “regional proxy paradigm.”
Iran must cease the funding, directing and arming its proxies.
The Strait of Hormuz must remain open.
Iran’s missile program must be limited in both range and quantity.
Iran must limit its use of missiles to self-defense.
In return, Iran would benefit from:
The end of sanctions imposed by the international community.
US assistance to advance its civilian nuclear program.
A “snapback” mechanism allowing for the automatic reimposition of sanctions if Iran fails to comply would be removed.
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:21 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, at March 24, 2026 10:21 PM (0aYVJ)
"And that's why you don't have a girlfriend."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 24, 2026 10:21 PM (YqdGw)
Never seen it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 10:13 PM (/lPRQ)
Join the club.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 10:22 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:22 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Hosers at March 24, 2026 10:22 PM (oftw2)
I brought my little sister to the top of the highest hill in town and held a sign reading, "Free Test Subject," but I guess there weren't any UFO's conducting experiments today.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 24, 2026 10:22 PM (9uW/C)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 10:22 PM (2GVsD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfPdYYsEfAE
Posted by: davidt
One of the very few semi-recent snl sketches that is funny.
Posted by: She Hobbit at March 24, 2026 10:22 PM (ftFVW)
Thanks, Doof. Great content tonight!
Posted by: JQ at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (rdVOm)
Howdy, barkeep!
Glad you enjoyed the content. I started in a completely different direction, inspired by a theme in comments to a daytime thread today. That stuff got punted to Thursday though. It'll keep!
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:23 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 10:24 PM (2GVsD)
Rush
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Triumph
April Wine
Posted by: Crusader at March 24, 2026 10:24 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:24 PM (ZxPkt)
I'm still getting news updates in email that seem to suggest more American forces are headed that way, so I'm not really sure declaring victory and moving on to something else is really the plan.
Trump says a lot of shit, particularly when bombs are dropping, and it may or may not mean anything.
Posted by: Methos at March 24, 2026 10:25 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 10:25 PM (viF8m)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MyeHH5uJzY&t=100s
Posted by: huerfano at March 24, 2026 10:25 PM (98kQX)
look- flying saucers
oh no
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:24 PM (ZxPkt)
Flying saucers can be dangerous. Filled flying coffee cups are worse.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 24, 2026 10:26 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: mikeski
The 2 bands other than Rush have a common member. Count them as a combo entity, and I might agree that they belong in the top 4. But I'm going with Triumph as the #2 regardless.
Posted by: Doof
I've got that Triumph album. Musically, better than the rest. But the McDonalds Argument is what they're going by; sales = popularity = quality.
Solo Canadian artist..... again, hard to argue with his sales figures.
But Heavy Devy kicks his scrawny butt right into Hudson Bay, eh?
https://youtu.be/8apZ3ci9J40
https://youtu.be/NurwvilJh0U
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 10:26 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 10:20 PM (Wmg4n)
Farts (and stuff that sound like farts) are never not funny!
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:26 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: steevy at March 24, 2026 10:27 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:22 PM (ZxPkt)
Me too, but The Breakfast Club sucked. All the way.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 24, 2026 10:27 PM (0aYVJ)
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Yessir! And I've got the rectal probe to prove it!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
==
They let you keep it ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)
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Of course! How else are they gonna plant subliminal messages in my brain?
(I suspect their grasp of human biology might be a bit lacking, hence the probe...)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026 10:27 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 24, 2026 10:28 PM (1Ff7Z)
Rush
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Triumph
April Wine
Posted by: Crusader at March 24, 2026 10:24 PM (Cjcf6)
April Wine is definitely underrated and overlooked in the discussion of Canadian Rock bands.
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 24, 2026 10:28 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: steevy at March 24, 2026 10:28 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Wasn't me! I tried to leave a call to the ONT, but I guess I forgot to hit Post.
Oh...
Mindless troll. Never miiiind.
Posted by: mindful webworker channeling Roseanne Rosannadanna at March 24, 2026 10:28 PM (jrd4M)
Here in California it's the fruity plain.....
Thank you for ONT Doof!
On to digesting content.....and dinner...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 24, 2026 10:28 PM (QGaXH)
we capture or kill all their leaders
the people restore their country
America is hailed as a liberator once again
everybody's happy
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:29 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 10:29 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Gale Garnett and the Gentle Reign at March 24, 2026 10:29 PM (oftw2)
Goodyear Blimp. I have no idea why it was over our town, or what message it was flashing, but it sure had us going for a few minutes.
Posted by: PabloD at March 24, 2026 10:30 PM (8sD0/)
https://tinyurl.com/2pmtjtnt
It's only the influx of illegals that has kept the population stable
How are they at paying taxes?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 24, 2026 10:30 PM (ERDLG)
Posted by: GWB at March 24, 2026 10:30 PM (OmQ3D)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 10:25 PM (viF8m)
I can't disagree with you there. I'm far from a fan of his, but yeah he belongs in the list of top solo artists from Canada. The article linked above should have chosen bands or solo - not both.
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:30 PM (QMAsf)
The Guess Who & Bachman Turner Overdrive.
Lucky for me we did not have a HS breakfast club. However, I am fairly certain my "permanent record" was the thickest of the principal's index cards. Stupid stuff like talking in class, being late for class due to talking in the hall. No bombs or razor fights or smoking or anything of note.
My worst was having a guy who took me to a dance talk me into the Beta Club photo (I was not in the Beta Club). The editor, who was a friend of mine & later apologized, went loco and reported me. Pity as it was a really good photo of me.
The enraged principal told me I'd have to pay for a new photo. Ok, no problem.
Found out after HS that he mostly hated me due to my last name. Apparently, growing up in the city, my Daddy was part of an elementary school gang and he must have been picked on.
He never called my parents & said, "Your crazy daughter is here in my office again. As usual she does not seem worried that she will never amount to anything or have a job" (yes, he said that to me). I never told my parents, either, big deal. Now I want my permanent record.
Any tips on reviving energy after a virus,please let me know.Tired.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 10:30 PM (WONhk)
Have thought maybe we would watch it some day. Haven't.
Posted by: mindful webworker was busy that day at March 24, 2026 10:31 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: Orson at March 24, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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well, I liked her in general, and that movie was silly
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)
the people restore their country
America is hailed as a liberator once again
everybody's happy
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:29 PM (ZxPkt)
Well, they are working on Step One. Going quite well, it appears. Third assistant mosque janitors are now not reporting for work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 10:31 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Sadly, no. I would deep-six Bryan Adams, and replace him with Crowbar, who very definitely could rock out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
And I'll always take the opportunity to mention Canada's best grunge-funk band: I Mother Earth.
https://youtu.be/fmxbaHXOXGw
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 24, 2026 10:31 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)
Ha! How did I miss that?? Sorry, El Rushbo!
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: davidt at March 24, 2026 10:32 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: steevy at March 24, 2026 10:32 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: davidt
The smart, semi-suckup kid who got away with murder because they simply couldn't believe I'd do the things I really did. Except for SGT Streb - she was on to me but she hated the Admin as much as I did. She wrote a glowing recommendation for my application to the Naval Academy.
So, that would be more along the lines of Ferris Buller I guess.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2026 10:32 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 24, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 10:33 PM (jmsL3)
Maybe I should have enlisted Mr. Rothlisberger for this one?
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)
I had to get the trim veins re-grooves and the naugahyde cover needed to get a couple of spots patched.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 24, 2026 10:33 PM (9uW/C)
https://youtu.be/K16fG1sDagU
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 24, 2026 10:28 PM (S/Y4j)
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I won't lie--that song does show up on a playlist my friends and I listened to in college....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026 10:33 PM (ESVrU)
In the skies over Europe during WWII 8th Army Air Force crews saw all sorts of strange stuff. They called them “Kraut balls” or “Foo Fighters”.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 24, 2026 10:33 PM (/eAJY)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 10:34 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 24, 2026 10:34 PM (CNl8/)
I'm not a big fan but one of his HOF inductions is with Crazy Horse.
From everything I've heard about him he sounds like a dick. But he write and play.
https://tinyurl.com/2vbkvh3r
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 10:34 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 24, 2026 10:34 PM (wLsnt)
We were making out in my car and drinking beer. A large, half a football field, oblong neon green lit thing landed below us (we were high on a hill in woods). Silent. Lights. Neon green. Oblong.
The guy saw it as well and told me to get the hell out of here and we did.
I don't know about him but I did not tell my parents or anyone. But we both saw it. I don't recall discussing it with him again, either. We were both shocked.
There was no probing by this guy nor the aliens of me, to be clear.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 10:35 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 10:33 PM (jmsL3)
Really?? OK then!
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:35 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 10:35 PM (V4IXI)
1. Tell productive citizens to leave
2. Replace them with tax-eating aliens
3. Beg productive citizens to come back
4. Profit!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 24, 2026 10:36 PM (tT6GE)
Have thought maybe we would watch it some day. Haven't.
Posted by: mindful webworker was busy that day at March 24, 2026 10:31 PM (jrd4M)
***
I was in Turkey. Movies there were...problematic.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 24, 2026 10:36 PM (9uW/C)
Delaware: 108 sightings per 100,000 people
Washington: 102 sightings per 100,000 people
Mississippi: 30 sightings per 100,000 people
Louisiana: 29 sightings per 100,000 people.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 24, 2026 10:36 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: GWB at March 24, 2026 10:30 PM (OmQ3D)
He already took them out!
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 24, 2026 10:38 PM (EXyHK)
https://tinyurl.com/3rbzmb65
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 24, 2026 10:38 PM (tT6GE)
Posted by: Flashback To 1974 at March 24, 2026 10:38 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
To the incels of that era, maybe.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 10:38 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Orson
Signs point to "no."
Top 10 UFO sighters, in order:
DE, WA, NY, OR, FL, TX, MT, VT, NM, GA
Top 10 drunkards, in order:
NH, DE, NV, ND, MT, VT, ID, WI, CO, AK
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)
https://youtu.be/Pkdci55adqk
Some of you will recognize the Johnny Cash song it's based on.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 24, 2026 10:38 PM (S/Y4j)
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Yessir! And I've got the rectal probe to prove it!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
==
They let you keep it ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)
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Of course! How else are they gonna plant subliminal messages in my brain?
(I suspect their grasp of human biology might be a bit lacking, hence the probe...)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026 10:27 PM (ESVrU)
Well, they assume that's where your brain is because they watch all the celebrities, politicians, and newsers on our broadcasts before arriving.
Posted by: GWB at March 24, 2026 10:38 PM (OmQ3D)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 10:33 PM (jmsL3)
I could understand confusing Men at Work and Midnight Oil but not The Police.
I never confused them but their songs do sound the same to me. Journey and Survivor.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 10:38 PM (V4IXI)
Rush
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Triumph
April Wine
———-
What!??
Posted by: Chilliwack at March 24, 2026 10:38 PM (/eAJY)
… that you remember.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 24, 2026 10:38 PM (EXyHK
Makes ya wonder if aliens smoke after probing?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 10:39 PM (2WIwB)
Never seen it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 10:13 PM (/lPRQ)
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Where's Beeks?
There's Beeks.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 24, 2026 10:39 PM (JkO4W)
I have seen a UFO. It was tracking ICBMs on a rail line to their destination. It defied all human technological methods of propulsion and generated no sound. This was decades ago, not some man-made drone. It was not some flashing light in the sky, - it occupied space and had volume. I believe it had some sort of gravity device that allow it to move the way it did.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 24, 2026 10:39 PM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: Fritz at March 24, 2026 10:39 PM (J7jo9)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 10:40 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: PabloD at March 24, 2026 10:30 PM (8sD0/)
My mother lives in the Phoenix area, near the desert, and has an almost funny but painful story about that. She was walking my sisters dog which she was taking care of, a part husky, strong dog, in a patch of desert near her house. Over the Christmas/ New Year’s holidays, the blimp is usually in town and cruises around displaying advertisements.
So she hears some hum and turns around and that blimp is right behind them and low! She was surprised, but the dog was terrified and took off at a dead run. Her hand got caught in the leash and before she could get loose he dragged her down a small gravel hill on her face and put her shoulder out of socket!
Dog kept running, thought it was gone for good but finally came back a couple days later. Always wondered what he thought it was.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 10:40 PM (D4x+R)
https://tinyurl.com/3rbzmb65
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 24, 2026 10:38 PM (tT6GE)
Just delete the question mark and everything after it - that's just YT tracking stuff that isn't needed
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:40 PM (QMAsf)
I'm currently trying to dig out an old rosebush, without much success. It's kind of in a corner of a bed, so I can only attack it from three angles.
The landscapers were supposed to take it out, but they just cut it down to the ground and it sprouted back.
I may just leave it for this year out of curiosity, to see if it's the rose- or just the root stock.
I'm a sucker for volunteer plants- if Audrey II turned up in my yard, I'd be all "Aww, look at you, brave little soldier. Want some water?"
Or blood.
Posted by: sal at March 24, 2026 10:40 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 24, 2026 10:41 PM (9uW/C)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 10:40 PM (V4IXI)
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That's what they want you to think....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026 10:41 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 24, 2026 10:41 PM (sAmhv)
https://youtu.be/3fDpADXe2ac
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 10:42 PM (2GVsD)
Any tips on reviving energy after a virus,please let me know.Tired.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 10:30 PM (WONhk)
It takes time. A lot of time. Are you able to eat okay? I would bump up protein, sugar (fruits, molasses, maple syrup - basically whole foods), and sunshine until the fatigue begins to dissipate. If it doesn't after a couple of months (yea, RSV is a freaking butt kicker) go back to your doctor.
Posted by: moki at March 24, 2026 10:42 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 24, 2026 10:42 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 24, 2026 10:43 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 10:44 PM (2GVsD)
… that you remember.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 24, 2026 10:38 PM (EXyHK)
..........................
Oh, I would remember. The only probing I ever had was a goosing on a sidewalk (at dusk) in college.Half block from my rental house.
Skinny frat boy, friends probably put him up to it. I was wearing jeans.Instantly screamed, "You bastard!" and I am loud.
I tried to kill him but he outran me. I was oddly carrying the lid of a cast iron Dutch oven, which slowed me down. My plan was to beat his head with it.
My two male grad student apt mates made me call the police as they were outraged when I told them. I'd like to see that police report as well and wonder if I mentioned the Dutch oven lid.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 10:44 PM (WONhk)
We Americans are giving our freedom away. Our forefathers died for it. And we are squandering it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2026 10:15 PM (A5RD0
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THIS.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 24, 2026 10:44 PM (qVGoX)
Happened to me only once. Freaked me out bigley.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 10:44 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 24, 2026 10:44 PM (9uW/C)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 10:45 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Fritz at March 24, 2026 10:39 PM (J7jo9)
Another reason to get your kids Tonka toys!! Guide them to fun, productive work!!
That stump remover was one of the best things I've seen, and I'm a chick. TBF, I've been asking my husband for a power washer for the entirety of our marriage, and it has yet to make an appearance under the Christmas tree, for an anniversary or a birthday. I think he's afraid of the ensuing water bill.
Posted by: moki at March 24, 2026 10:45 PM (wLjpr)
Half breed.
I would kind of agree but there was no The Band without Levon. Just some Nighthawks.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 10:46 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 24, 2026 10:46 PM (wLsnt)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 10:44 PM (WONhk)
I'm betting the roommates were named Greg and Xeryx-7.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 24, 2026 10:46 PM (CNl8/)
The robot in Heavy Metal says “yes”.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 24, 2026 10:43 PM (EXyHK)
*********
One of my favorite t-shirts has a picture of a UFO snagging someone by the heel with the light beam and pulling him into the UFO, with the caption, "Get in Loser. We're Doing Butt Stuff!"
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 24, 2026 10:46 PM (tT6GE)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 10:45 PM (Wmg4n)
I've always said we have tens of thousands of telescopes pointed at the sky 24/7 and not one has a definitive siting of an alien craft.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 10:48 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: javems at March 24, 2026 10:49 PM (uZMo/)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 10:45 PM (Wmg4n
Just means they’ve got good collision avoidance systems.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 10:49 PM (D4x+R)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 24, 2026 10:49 PM (QGaXH)
Most of the time it's Venus.
The others are atmospheric issues, or meteors.
I suspect some of the older ones were Soviet satellites that failed before Sputnik. The Soviets were capitalists when they had to be...
Posted by: gKWVE at March 24, 2026 10:49 PM (oXCz5)
Posted by: moki at March 24, 2026 10:42 PM (wLjpr)
I'm able to eat ok but had an upset stomach yesterday. Here's how my stupid brain thinks:
"OH! Now I have c-diff!" Haven't had an antibiotic in 3yrs or been sick, so I doubt it.
On probiotic, B6 vitamins with C, vitamin D.
Granted it's only been a few days. I am dramatic.
Wiped out, man. I guess the old immune system took a beating and tomorrow is another day. I plan to garden a bit in the morning and do some stuff as I am way behind in everything.
Thanks. I think I have molasses.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 10:50 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 24, 2026 10:51 PM (hJH5n)
——-
L.S.D. is a very fragile molecule, I’ve read. Exposure to light & oxygen is no bueno. Sandoz (Switzerland) used to send it out for free in glass ampoules, which if stored properly should be good to go.
The CIA in the early 50s wanted to purchase the entire world supply (keep it from the Soviets). Then they got Eli Lilly to start making it, who said they could turn it out it out in “tonnage quantities”. Your tax dollars at work.
I heard an interesting Old Time Radio program episode the other night, “The Man Called X” starring Herbert Marshall, from 1952. Had to do with hypnotic suggestion, manchurian candidate, murder type stuff.
This is exactly the type of cold war research being done at that time, I wouldn’t be surprised if the producers didn’t get a phone call. This was all very classified type stuff funded through cutout orgs and conducted by universities, who didn’t ask too many questions so long as they got funding. The Fund for Human Ecology. My dad went to a small school in Iowa and participated in a sleep experiment, they tried to see if people could learn while sleeping. Spook shit.
Posted by: Chilliwack at March 24, 2026 10:51 PM (/eAJY)
"Take me to your leader." they asked.
Me: "Try the golf course."
Posted by: wth at March 24, 2026 10:52 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 10:52 PM (jmsL3)
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Yessir! And I've got the rectal probe to prove it!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026 10:02 PM (ESVrU)
Yes sir! He's outside right now mowing the grass and then washing the windows.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 24, 2026 10:52 PM (QGaXH)
"Take me to your leader." they asked.
Me: "Try the Chicago Bath House"
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 10:53 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 24, 2026 10:53 PM (oXCz5)
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it's a regime that has as one of its core tenets, LYING to non-muslims to gain advantage
JFC and FFS
also OMG and AYFKM
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Absolutely zero from President Trump saying this on TS.
Got any citations from POTUS or any reliable sources?
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 24, 2026 10:53 PM (cO6oP)
Posted by: wth at March 24, 2026 10:54 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 10:55 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 24, 2026 10:55 PM (fE6HJ)
Did I give you the idea for Shattered? If so I'm honored
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 24, 2026 10:55 PM (mHVWR)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 24, 2026 10:56 PM (1Ff7Z)
I'm betting the roommates were named Greg and Xeryx-7.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB)
Gerry and Charles. I was a surprise for them as well.
The landlady found the furnished apt for me as a favor to an ex-friend of mine. Had my own bedroom and bath and entry. Shared kitchen, laundry room and living area with them.A mile walk uphill to campus and I was in great shape.
Their girlfriends were not pleased at all to have Ellie Mae Clampett, fresh off the farm, land in their bf's basement apt.
The boys were later bummed in that I had no idea how to cook...but they made me learn as we shared meals during the week and grocery bills with rent and utility.
I am sure they diagnosed me or tried to but did not tell me. They were good to me and took me hiking, camping, skiing and to concerts. I lucked out in them not being serial killers. Of course them being psych majors was almost as bad.
After 6mo of no dating they tried to plan a romance with a friend of theirs, nice guy. I guess because they felt sorry for me. He was also a grad student psych major and, well, no go, but he hung out with us trying. I was never mean to him but he got the hint.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 10:57 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 24, 2026 10:56 PM (1Ff7Z)
Take me, but leave Spuds McKenzie alone!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 24, 2026 10:57 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: gKWVE
Just watched a bit of it on UToob.
I have now seen everything. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2026 10:57 PM (cYBz/)
My two male grad student apt mates made me call the police as they were outraged when I told them. I'd like to see that police report as well and wonder if I mentioned the Dutch oven lid.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026
10:44 PM (WONhk)
That was indeed Police Scanner worthy.
Posted by: sal at March 24, 2026 10:58 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: tankdemon at March 24, 2026 10:44 PM (9uW/C)
Yes - highly underrated! As Mark1971 mentioned above, they released a lot of great stuff aside from just their big hit "Under the Milky Way".
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 10:58 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (0aYVJ)
Never saw TBC, and I like John Hughes movies. From the clips, I think it takes itself a bit too seriously. 16 Candles seemed to dance on the edge yet managed to stick the landing. The penultimate scene in TBC, where the principal loses it? Yeah, Hughes did it much more effectively in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. What saved Breakfast Club was the soundtrack. It captured the era in a way that the characters and script did not...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 24, 2026 10:59 PM (nbLIj)
And then it ended up at Harvard in the late 50s - early 60s in government funded research and then made it's way to Bay Area, shockingly.
And great music followed.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 10:59 PM (viF8m)
Or some Guess Who - Raindance (where'd you get the gun, John?) Albert Flasher would work too...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 24, 2026 11:00 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 11:01 PM (OoFl2)
Garrett is an idiot politically, but they are rocked
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 24, 2026 11:01 PM (mHVWR)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 24, 2026 11:01 PM (1Ff7Z)
***
Had a guy in my first platoon back in the 70's. Good soldier. Nice kid. Got a call one night that he had wacked out. Got to the barracks and he was sitting up in his bunk staring straight ahead and totally unresponsive. He got medivac'd back to the States. (was in Germany). Heard later he was tripping on LSD, something he had tried in high school. This was a.flashback.
A real shame.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 11:01 PM (2WIwB)
Did I give you the idea for Shattered? If so I'm honored
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 24, 2026 10:55 PM (mHVWR)
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Daboubi , shattered, shattered
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 24, 2026 12:59 PM (mHVWR)
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Yes indeed you did!
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 11:01 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 10:16 PM (8zz6B)
Not me!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 24, 2026 11:02 PM (QGaXH)
The others are atmospheric issues, or meteors.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 24, 2026 10:49 PM (oXCz5)
You forgot the weather balloon part:
"Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus."
Posted by: GWB at March 24, 2026 11:02 PM (OmQ3D)
Posted by: wth at March 24, 2026 11:02 PM (BT3km)
Sure did. " It Came Out Of The Sky"
Great song, even funny. CCR is one of my favorite bands.
Posted by: Case at March 24, 2026 11:02 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 24, 2026 11:01 PM (1Ff7Z)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You expect an answer from Ace?!?!?
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 11:03 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 11:01 PM (OoFl2)
So she still believes in the light fairies!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 24, 2026 11:03 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 24, 2026 11:04 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 11:05 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: huerfano at March 24, 2026 10:04 PM (98kQX)
Or even a shovel, a chain and a 4x4 pickup
Posted by: Kindltot at March 24, 2026 11:05 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
I made a cake and now I'm going to slather it with ice cream.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 11:07 PM (2WIwB)
https://youtube.com/shorts/CHHcZOfTA8M
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 24, 2026 11:04 PM (S/Y4j)
You're assuming the email address in my sign-off is real!
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 11:08 PM (QMAsf)
And great music followed.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Ken Kesey on a rooftop with Timothy Leary on a roof top. Manyard Ferguson hanging out with Leary for two years. And, 'Be Here Now', Ricard Alpert, Phd.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 11:08 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Chilliwack at March 24, 2026 11:08 PM (EbGPh)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)
Most of the time it's Venus“
UFO’s aren’t always bright lights. I saw one of the infamous delta shapes once, but I sound stupid trying to describe it because even at the time, I couldn’t really figure out what I was seeing.
A big storm was blowing in at dusk, and I saw this shape on the horizon, and yes it looked like a delta shape. But I only could see the outline, because I also saw right through it. Like it was there and wasn’t there at the same time. I was thinking it was something being blown by the wind, but it was moving quickly against the wind.
Then it went behind a copse of trees between me and it, and I thought good, that weird thing is gone. But then it came back out from behind the trees, which really freaked me out, and I watched it til it disappeared in the distance.
I have no idea what it was, or how it was being operated. But even at the time, I wondered if I was looking at something that was cloaked, with the cloak only partly working.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 11:08 PM (D4x+R)
I made a cake and now I'm going to slather it with ice cream.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 11:07 PM (2WIwB)
So I guess that means you didn't bring enough to share
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 11:09 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Back before Timothy McVeigh and the instutional.paranoia of the BATF, a bag of ammonium.nitrate fertilizer a gallon of diesel and a half stick of dynamite (ANFO) was pretty much the standard for pasture stump removal.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 24, 2026 11:09 PM (8snZr)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 11:10 PM (V4IXI)
Yeah, no. Not reliable at all.
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 24, 2026 11:10 PM (zBgIx)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at March 24, 2026 11:11 PM (UjFD0)
Posted by: Doof at March 24, 2026 11:03 PM (QMAsf)
Depends. No answer, no complaints.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 24, 2026 11:11 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 11:01 PM (OoFl2)
Have you met Mrs thomas edison berserker? The queen of lumens? Slayer of light bulbs? Nobody leaves lights on like her.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 11:11 PM (snZF9)
I hope we get a second season of Tojima Wants to be a Kamen Rider.
https://youtu.be/TB0758uZZhc
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bruce Springsteen, Champagne Communist at March 24, 2026 11:13 PM (lsrsS)
Posted by: Berserker
Strapping Young Lad and/or solo Devin Townsend isn't on your list? I'm a little surprised.
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Doof
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Nothing is real
Nothing to get up about
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 11:13 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at March 24, 2026 11:11 PM (UjFD0)
Not particularly well, iirc. About what you would expect.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 24, 2026 11:13 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at March 24, 2026 11:11 PM (UjFD0)
Looks like someone punched her in the mouf.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 24, 2026 11:13 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 11:13 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Chilliwack at March 24, 2026 11:13 PM (EbGPh)
Must be a friend of Mrs.
I'm fairly sure our outdoor lighting has become a marker pointing the way to Houston... for satellites.
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 11:15 PM (XuXeR)
Hoodoo Gurus - What’s My Scene
- https://youtu.be/K2vjGGEnE6U
Lime Spiders - Slave Girl
- https://youtu.be/vZuSsD4UTxg
Posted by: Slash Buzz at March 24, 2026 11:15 PM (FstDi)
We will take the conservatives/Republicans. We will send you the illegals. In fact will send 10: 1. Since they are such a boon to the economy and lower crime rate that those dirty Americans it should work just splendidly.
Posted by: Ripley at March 24, 2026 11:16 PM (PTDkx)
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Have you met Mrs thomas edison berserker? The queen of lumens? Slayer of light bulbs? Nobody leaves lights on like her.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 11:11 PM
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LED lights make these things less alarming.
Posted by: Bruce Springsteen, Champagne Communist at March 24, 2026 11:16 PM (lsrsS)
Most of the time it's Venus.
The others are atmospheric issues, or meteors.
Posted by: gKWVE
That's why AL, MI, LA are at the bottom of the list. They know their swamp gas effects.
Posted by: mikeski sneaks in a fart joke at March 24, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 11:16 PM (jmsL3)
Total prog whackadoodle that disowned just about every movie she ever made when she was young.
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 24, 2026 11:17 PM (zBgIx)
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 11:17 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 11:17 PM (V4IXI)
Most of the time it's Venus.
The others are atmospheric issues, or meteors.
I suspect some of the older ones were Soviet satellites that failed before Sputnik. The Soviets were capitalists when they had to be...
Posted by: gKWVE at March 24, 2026 10:49 PM (oXCz5)
I guess I'm an open minded skeptic on the UFO subject. I know there's possible evidence of ancient aliens, but I think it's more than a coincidence that more recent sightings coincide with the advent of flight and wonder it there's a connection of some sort.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 24, 2026 11:18 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 11:19 PM (jmsL3)
It's like The Thing, your own flesh converted by a virus into an alien parasite with its own root-like anatomy; if you haven't experienced that, maybe getting well-burrowed tick out could be close. Or cancer, maybe? I dunno. Anyway, I got a similar vicarious relief from seeing that stump pulled well out.
Posted by: SciVo at March 24, 2026 11:20 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: tRusty Hudson at March 24, 2026 11:20 PM (ZfTMG)
My gun-shame is that I haven't gotten around to loading the .44 Russian rounds for my Spanish revolver yet.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 24, 2026 11:21 PM (rbvCR)
https://youtu.be/hVcjh13WiwA
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 11:22 PM (ZxPkt)
We will take the conservatives/Republicans. We will send you the illegals. In fact will send 10: 1. Since they are such a boon to the economy and lower crime rate that those dirty Americans it should work just splendidly.
Posted by: Ripley at March 24, 2026 11:16 PM (PTDkx)
Then we build a wall around your state so you can't be a Native-American-giver.
Posted by: GWB at March 24, 2026 11:22 PM (OmQ3D)
Think you could have just said Dr Pimple Popper.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 11:22 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)
Strapping young lad is kinda what I call pandemonium metal. They got balls, but damn its chaotic. Sometimes I just can't find the direction of the songs. I only heard hem a few times though.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 11:23 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 24, 2026 11:23 PM (Bs2Ft)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 11:24 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 10:50 PM (WONhk)
Molasses, apple cider vinegar, ginger and lots of water.
The vinegar if diluted enough should help a little bit with your gut, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 24, 2026 11:24 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 11:24 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 11:17 PM (V4IXI)
Absolutely.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 11:24 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2026 11:24 PM (cYBz/)
I may just leave it for this year out of curiosity, to see if it's the rose- or just the root stock.
Posted by: sal
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If it was all the way to the ground, or within an inch or so, you'll be seeing primroses (the root stock). DAMHIK.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 24, 2026 11:25 PM (8snZr)
The truth is out there. Seriously, I vaguely remember that, and I think we decided it was likely a Starlink train from your description.
Venus and even Sirius are famous for triggering UFO reports from people not familiar with the sky. When Venus gets near inferior conjunction on both sides and gets close and bright at sunset and sunrise, it will do it. Also, a nice conjunction with Venus and Jupiter or others will really do it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 24, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 24, 2026 11:23 PM (Bs2Ft
670 million MPH
The fastest manned spacecraft to date is 25k MPH.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 11:26 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 11:01 PM (OoFl2)
...............
I did this, too. She's too busy to turn off lights, Piper. Thinking about stuff.
Daddy also used to note all the hot water I used when I came home from college after Christmas. He could not believe me when I'd tell him I was colder in MS than out West. He'd argue back: snow. I'd say I was still cold on the farm and round and round we went. I'd dry my hair by the fireplace freezing. Neither of us won that deal as I still took hot baths, too. No care!
I knew I was finally a parent when I turned off the lights in my son's wake. Son the Elder.
He became a mixture of my husband's and my worst things in college. I once thought blood was going to shoot out of my ears I was so mad at him. No doubt our fathers were thrilled.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 11:26 PM (WONhk)
Dig it out with a knfe until it bleeds (it's no longer wart it's you) then fill it with iodine to kill the balance.
Rinse and repeat.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 11:27 PM (jmsL3)
Huh. That's odd. No one's ever said anything about my Weatherbys...
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 11:27 PM (XuXeR)
Gonna add another item to the Bucket List - a trip to New York City to see the sights and some shows! Mr. TiFW DOES NOT want to go, so I am taking along a friend and her lovely daughter. They are very excited - we are using the money that we would have spent for Paul to go to treat them both for going along and "babysitting" me 😂😂😂
So far, we have 4 shows on our list, along with a bunch of touristy sights. Looking for a central hotel that is fancy for us gals. We are going over Mother's Day weekend, so we are going to try and find a fun MD Brunch to go to. There is a MD Brunch cruise that looks promising....
We are going to fly into Newark because it's considerably cheaper. What we save in airfare should pay for a lot of uber/taxi rides!
We are all VERY excited 🎉🎉🎉
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 24, 2026 11:29 PM (SRRAx)
So we're really odd...
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 11:29 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March
I have, in fact! You can tell her she has a protégé.
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 11:29 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg”
That’s just proof of their superior cloaking technology.
Posted by: Ripley at March 24, 2026 11:30 PM (PTDkx)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 11:31 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Berserker
That's a good term for it.
I like solo Devin better. When he's not doing his wackadoodle comedy albums, anyway. "Ocean Machine," "Terria" (both linked at #91), and "PowerNerd" are good. "Ziltoid The Omniscient" and the like go too weird.
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 11:31 PM (VHUov)
Dig it out with a knfe until it bleeds (it's no longer wart it's you) then fill it with iodine to kill the balance.
Rinse and repeat.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 11:27 PM (jmsL3)
Yikes! Or use the acid treatment and every step is painful for a week
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 24, 2026 11:31 PM (RkMzg)
Posted by: Ripley at March 24, 2026 11:30 PM (PTDkx
So Romulans ?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 11:32 PM (V4IXI)
What if we're the most advanced life in the entire universe and they are waiting for us to visit?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 11:33 PM (viF8m)
I could never say anything about hot water usage! I am so grateful for our tankless hot water heater.
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 11:33 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 24, 2026 11:33 PM (rbvCR)
Apollo 10 return trajectory, 24, 791 mph (11.08 km/s). Manned distance record was set by Apollo 13 on their ill-fated mission when they had to do a free-return of 248,655 miles. They had already made course corrections off of the free-return before the SM explosion, requiring the LM burn to put it back on -- if that had failed, they would've been fucked.
If Artemis II flies, it will break both by a smidge, return speed exceeding 25K mph by a little bit, and distance beyond the Moon an appreciable bit over Apollo 13.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 24, 2026 11:34 PM (w6EFb)
Do try baked goods. There's something in the water (or not) that can't be imitated. A real bagel or knish (Yonah Schimmel's...yum) is a treat...
Also, it's pronounced "house - ton" street. Not Houston...
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 11:35 PM (XuXeR)
What if we're the most advanced life in the entire universe and they are waiting for us to visit?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 11:33 PM (viF8m)
Based on universe expansion we are at least a billion years behind from theoretical life beginning on the first planets to form.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 11:36 PM (V4IXI)
We're number one!
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 11:36 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 11:36 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 11:37 PM (jmsL3)
The problem with military, especially anything to do with aircraft, never mind nukes, it was a total career ender to start talking about UFOs. They were selected for stable individuals and constantly monitored for problems, alcoholism, psychological issues etc. “You didn’t see anything. Got that?”
Posted by: Chilliwack at March 24, 2026 11:37 PM (kEIJE)
What if we're the most advanced life in the entire universe and they are waiting for us to visit?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 11:33 PM (viF8m)
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Our galaxy is a hundred thousand light years across. There may be a wait. I'm watching some youtube videos on the scale of the universe; it's just beyond comprehension...
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 24, 2026 11:38 PM (RkMzg)
Fastest spacecraft to date is the Parker Solar Probe which hit 430K mph (heliocentric). It dipped close to the Sun and needed to be hauling ass -- don't want to linger too close.
Now, that is just 0.064% c.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 24, 2026 11:38 PM (w6EFb)
—a Divine Counselor
https://youtu.be/3KFTm9vmZDI
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - so there y'go at March 24, 2026 11:38 PM (jrd4M)
We are all VERY excited 🎉🎉🎉
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 24, 2026 11:29 PM (SRRAx)
Almost in my neck of the woods.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 11:40 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Turn on, Tune In, Drop Out at March 24, 2026 11:41 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 11:33 PM (OoFl2)
He would have loved one of those!
I loved him a lot and he loved me back, so the arguments were half hearted as he knew I would ignore him. Hilarous man and fun all of my life, that crazy Marine Southern Gentleman. I was his only daughter, which he was probably thankful for.
I think he liked a good argument now and then and missed me when I was out of state. No one else to argue with (mother and two brothers didn't).
Me and my ancient immune system need to go to bed. The 7mo baby girl who gave this to me is unfazed as I saw Her Royal Highness yesterday.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 11:41 PM (WONhk)
We are all VERY excited 🎉🎉🎉
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 24, 2026 11:29 PM (SRRAx)
See if you can find out who's buried in Grant's tomb....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 24, 2026 11:41 PM (QGaXH)
In the Star Trek universe they are limited to just a parsec of our galaxy the Milky Way.
Depending what study you look at there are over 200 billion galaxies.
Mind blowing
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 11:41 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March
I have, in fact! You can tell her she has a protégé.
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 11:29 PM (OoFl2)
I'll never get her to turn lights off. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 11:42 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg”
That’s just proof of their superior cloaking technology.
Posted by: Ripley
>Maybe they've always been here and we're just chattel. Does a pig know when he's going to slaughter for tasty bacon?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 24, 2026 11:43 PM (Wnd0C)
Can download on the net for free. There is also a weird association with the cattle and livestock mutilations and the nuclear missile site anomalies. There was a rash of the cattle mutilations in the 60s and 70s, very very weird shit.
Posted by: Chilliwack at March 24, 2026 11:43 PM (kEIJE)
It takes some work to just being to get your mind wrapped around the scale of the observable universe. You can't see it all in one step. You need a series of relative comparisons, a long series of them, which works out to flyspeck on a flyspeck on a grain of sand on a virus particle, etc, etc.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 24, 2026 11:44 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ironbound Ida at March 24, 2026 11:44 PM (oftw2)
And anybody who tries to become his own grampaw is in BIG BIG trouble.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 11:44 PM (D4x+R)
This is where religion and science intersect. Hard to think of where any of the major religions, not just Judaism or Christianity, don't put the humanity on earth that was created by God in the entire universe He created not just first but uniquely mentioned. In the beginning and all that.
My Bible doesn't talk a lot about life being created a billion years ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 11:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: steven at March 24, 2026 11:46 PM (QOrsj)
Another similar one is sometimes called "crypto-terrestrials". They are some species, some body who has been here, at least in the Solar System for a long time, observing and doing their own thing and they aren't too interested in "first contact". Could be native here from a very ancient age, or could be ETs who came here a long time ago.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 24, 2026 11:48 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 24, 2026 11:23 PM (Bs2Ft
670 million MPH
The fastest manned spacecraft to date is 25k MPH.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
That’s 0.0037% of the speed of light.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 24, 2026 11:48 PM (Jc4hv)
Mossad Commentary
@MOSSADil
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B-52 bombers over Iran: airstrikes reportedly hit Alborz Industrial City in Qazvin, a key hub tied to regime-linked military production.
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It doesn't really seem like the bombing has stopped. Given the fact that it's not really clear who President Trump is negotiating with, I wonder if it's not more likely that the talk of negotiations is misinformation aimed at getting surviving parts of the regime to turn on each other?
Posted by: Methos at March 24, 2026 11:48 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: JQ at March 24, 2026 11:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at March 24, 2026 11:49 PM (pvf3X)
Some recent declassified reports indicate the apparent ability to fly underwater, or emerge from the ocean.
Posted by: Chilliwack at March 24, 2026 11:49 PM (kEIJE)
And anybody who tries to become his own grampaw is in BIG BIG trouble.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 11:44 PM (D4x+R)
That's one of my pet theories too. Also time travel explains things like ghosts - beings from the future unable to communicate or interact with the physical world because it's their past and therefore unchangeable. Meaning you can't go back in time and interact or change things, just observe.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 24, 2026 11:49 PM (QGaXH)
Does your Bible say it's silly not to believe there is other life beyond earth?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 11:50 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 11:52 PM (ZxPkt)
No, and I didn't say that. In fact I said just the opposite. What I said was we might be the most advanced civilization in the universe.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 11:52 PM (viF8m)
I’m too lazy to look up the reference but somewhere in the Psalms IIRC it says: The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork
Elon Musk is an amazing genius but if he thinks we can become a galactic species he’s being delusional
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 24, 2026 11:52 PM (xT8gx)
There is "about" Avogadro's Number of stars in the observable universe (give or take an order of magnitude depending on some assumptions 10^22 - 10^24 range).
Now, that's another contrast of scale and density. There are that number of water molecules in 1 mole of water, or 18g. That's a small volume.
This shows how incredibly sparse space is on the scale beyong clumps of matter.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 24, 2026 11:53 PM (w6EFb)
My Bible doesn't talk a lot about life being created a billion years ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 11:44 PM (viF8m)
Oddly enough, a movie, 'The Matrix' shaped my thoughts on the subject of 'reality'. Perhaps everything we think of as the physical universe was created by the Almighty as a means of interacting with us. Since He can't interact with us directly, apparently, this is for our benefit.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 24, 2026 11:54 PM (QGaXH)
No, and I didn't say that. In fact I said just the opposite. What I said was we might be the most advanced civilization in the universe.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 11:52 PM (viF8m)
In an infinite universe full of infinite possibilities the idea that life only exists on this rock seems kind of silly.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 11:24 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 11:55 PM (V4IXI)
what is the object of the exercise?
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 11:52 PM (ZxPkt)
To give man an interface to interact with God. (Hypothesis)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 24, 2026 11:56 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Ironbound Ida at March 24, 2026 11:44 PM (oftw2)
This is fact.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 11:58 PM (snZF9)
286 The nuclear missile silos in the Western US had several well documented shutdowns in association with UFOs in the 1960s. They ordinarily used mains power electricity, diesel generator backup, and battery banks. In one incident, everything was down, inop, even the batteries were drained.”
This makes me remember one of the weirdest sights I ever saw, and again I won’t say what it was because I have no idea. When I did oilfield work I would often drive a long ways to get back home in the wee hours of the morning.
So I was driving across North Texas countryside about 2 am, clear sky, nice temperature, springtime like now. Nobody on the road but me. The road ran down into a little valley and up ahead I saw silhouetted against the horizon some high voltage transmission lines running across the valley, the road passed under them. (Cont’d in part 2).
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 11:58 PM (D4x+R)
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 11:58 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: publius
A quick AI check tells me that the universe is approximately 99.99999999999999999958% empty.
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 24, 2026 11:59 PM (Jc4hv)
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)
That's all filled by Dark Matter.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 12:00 AM (V4IXI)
And anybody who tries to become his own grampaw is in BIG BIG trouble.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 11:44 PM (D4x+R)
That's one of my pet theories too. Also time travel explains things like ghosts - beings from the future unable to communicate or interact with the physical world because it's their past and therefore unchangeable. Meaning you can't go back in time and interact or change things, just observe.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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NetFux has a Thai miniseries titles "Don't Go home" or something like that. Starts out spookie ghosties and turns into technological paradox.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 12:01 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 12:01 AM (Jc4hv)
what is the object of the exercise?
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 11:52 PM (ZxPkt)
According to the Westminster confession of faith, God created the universe “for the manifestation of the glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness”
IOW, to demonstrate his glory
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 25, 2026 12:01 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
>Elon is a great facilitator. He's been subsidized and financed under great scrutiny and basically comes thru with results because of the resources and people he supports. Where it takes us is open, and other people, teams of people, will choose our destiny.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 12:01 AM (Wnd0C)
And anybody who tries to become his own grampaw is in BIG BIG trouble.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 11:44 PM (D4x+R)
Temporal wars are a bitch.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:02 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 12:03 AM (V4IXI)
flying at the speed of light, it will take you 2.5 MILLION YEARS just to get to Andromeda, the next galaxy over from us
it's nuts
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 12:03 AM (ZxPkt)
Another similar one is sometimes called "crypto-terrestrials". They are some species, some body who has been here, at least in the Solar System for a long time, observing and doing their own thing and they aren't too interested in "first contact". Could be native here from a very ancient age, or could be ETs who came here a long time ago.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 24, 2026 11:48 PM (w6EFb)
Like the ones the Sumerians seemed to have written about a lot.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:05 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 25, 2026 12:06 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 12:03 AM (V4IXI)
Well that's no fun! That means we'll never know how the pyramids were made and by whom and why; or how and why those giant figures observable from the air came to be or even if she really said 'let them eat cake' or if Shakespeare was one person or a committer or even if he was a guy.....I could go on.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 12:06 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: 13times at March 25, 2026 12:06 AM (M+SOm)
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)
That's all filled by Dark Matter.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
No, it is filled with the Aether.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 12:07 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JQ
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Back to battery life. I miss spoke about the charger. Before connecting the ground wire I put it on the charger for twenty minutes at 2amps.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 12:07 AM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at March 25, 2026 12:07 AM (EP7Sw)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 12:08 AM (jmsL3)
More whining (or whinging for our Brit and Canuck morons) than singing. It's a wonder that his albums didn't thank his vocal coaches: Wily Coyote and Tom Cat.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 25, 2026 12:08 AM (8snZr)
https://is.gd/oxkZeY
You can hit the icon in the lower-right to travel at a leisurely light speed.
Or hit the arrows at the top to scroll to the next snarky message or planet--or the zodiac signs between them to go directly to a planet--at much faster than light speed.
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 12:08 AM (VHUov)
But the thing is, there was nothing visible there. I stopped my car and got out to watch, close enough to hear the electricity crackling.
And it was moving. As I watched, the end point of the electric tendrils slowly moved from east to west across the little valley. Judging by those, their end point seemed to be something about 50 yards long which was completely silent and invisible. After about 10 minutes the show reached the other side of the valley, and it just stopped; and everything was like nothing had ever happened.
Sure looked to me, though, like something had just drained a whole lot of power out of those transmission lines.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 12:08 AM (D4x+R)
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 11:58 PM (ZxPkt)
"To glorify God and enjoy Him forever."(Chief end of man).
I was Presbyterian all of my life til a week ago when I converted to Roman Catholic. We had to memorize part of the catechism as well as Bible verses that are still with me.
On the other hand I can't remember what I had for dinner yesterday, but some things I remember.
Good night, sleep tight.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 25, 2026 12:08 AM (WONhk)
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to what end
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 11:58 PM (ZxPkt)
Q. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
…
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 12:08 AM (Jc4hv)
See this is why LSD was invented.
Seriously, perspective is everything. We don't know what's out there but the popular belief is that there are magical beings that life somewhere out there in the universe that are infinitely smarter than us and one of their major missions is to occasionally drop in here and do anal probes. Not a lot evidence that's happened but the belief persists.
There's no doubt life is out there in some galaxy but it could be plants or some lower life form. No reason we couldn't be at the top of the food chain. We've been looking and listening for a long time and nobody has called yet.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 12:10 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: The best reason to do anything at March 25, 2026 12:10 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: mikeski
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Is the area between to solid objects nothing or is it something else?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 12:10 AM (jmsL3)
Posted by: scampydog at March 25, 2026 12:11 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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At a speed of one minute per minute.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 25, 2026 12:11 AM (8snZr)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 11:24 PM (viF8m)
Thanks for making my point, Roc.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 12:12 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Thanks for the info. It's raining for the next few days, so not messing with the truck for a while. It's parked outside.
Posted by: JQ at March 25, 2026 12:12 AM (rdVOm)
flying at the speed of light, it will take you 2.5 MILLION YEARS just to get to Andromeda, the next galaxy over from us
it's nuts
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 12:03 AM (ZxPkt)
Yeah it just makes your head hurt thinking about the size and scale of the universe, not to mention all the weird shit going on in it. You see these pictures of one tiny piece of the sky and there are whole clusters of galaxies in them that are millions of light years away from each other. I managed to see andromeda with my telescope when I was into that stuff. It was weird, not real clear because the human eye can only process so much light, and my telescope was only 10", but it was there. I'm thinking thats just fucked up, I'm seeing something that happened 2.5 millions years ago. Crazy shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:12 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JackStraw
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That's what Musk said.~
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 12:13 AM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 12:14 AM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Das ist correctish.. oH weit...
Posted by: weft cut-Einstien at March 25, 2026 12:15 AM (diia5)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 24, 2026 11:29 PM (SRRAx)
My theater district knowledge is way out of date. Russian Tea Room would have been my rec for MD brunch. Recall that I am old.
OTOH, the best Chinatown experience in the country is still 17 Mott Street. I've been to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Baltimore, and New Orleans. They all have their bright spots, but the absence of Wo Hop is apparent to anyone blessed to have dined there.
It is not fancy. Housed in a basement, it boasts no view (the better to focus your attention on the food). Simply the best steamed dumplings, won ton soup, beef/chicken/pork lo mien, and squid w/spicy salt (think Chinese fried calamari). It is one of the few places in Chinatown that has a line out the door, and it's been that way since I've been going regularly since the early 80's..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 25, 2026 12:15 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 12:10 AM (viF8m)
We might not have reach out far enough yet. If we were broadcasting for 100 years we only reached out 100 light years into space, and if somebody heard us it would take another 100 years to get a response.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:16 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Methos at March 24, 2026 11:48 PM (vSvIl)
There is no unified Iranian government and military. The cohesion was destroyed in the first 12 hours and the "mosaic defense" was designed to keep fighting even if the center was killed or captured. The Iranian Revolutionary state was developed as nearly independent silos, and some of them are still functional, and some are still fighting since there is no one to tell them to stop.
We are fighting a Hydra, and the tactic may be to find someone who can convince them to lay down their arms for a better future.
Posted by: Just the Punchline at March 25, 2026 12:17 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 12:10 AM (viF8m)
THAT, some would argue, provides further evidence of the aliens intelligence and good taste.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 12:17 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 12:03 AM (V4IXI)
Gödel showed Einstein that it was possible to create metrics that allow time travel. You can do it with a spinning black hole. The extreme angular momentum typical of a rotating black hole is absolutely necessary. This has not been confirmed by experiment.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 12:19 AM (Jc4hv)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 12:19 AM (rbvCR)
what is the object of the exercise?
Posted by: Don Black at March 24, 2026 11:52 PM (ZxPkt)
To create a concrete frame of reference.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 12:19 AM (rbvCR)
He whistles for Silver and whispers something in his ear.
A few minutes later Silver comes back with a beautiful naked blonde on his back.
The Masked Man whispers again. Silver brings a smokin' hot brunette.
He tries a third time, and Silver shows up with a redhead.
Finally the Lone Ranger's had enough. "POSSE, YOU MORON! POSSE!"
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 12:20 AM (IG3/x)
If you're reaching out to populate the solar system, Musk and Bezos could shave years off of the timeline.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 12:21 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: Braenyard
Nature does abhor a vacuum. The empty space between galaxies has about one hydrogen or helium molecule per cubic meter. The rest of it is nothing at the macro (atomic) level.
Maybe there's "something" at the quantum level. Or some lower level we haven't discovered.
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 12:22 AM (VHUov)
That's the thing about infinite. There is no end. And there is no end to the infinite number of possibilities for life.
Everything on earth is measurable in some way. Our lives are kind of built around measurements. But there is no end to universe and that is a tough concept to deal with.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 12:22 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Happy at March 25, 2026 12:23 AM (QZkUY)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at March 25, 2026 12:17 AM (rbvCR)
Reminds me of WWII Germany as opposed to Japan. Japan we had someone with authority to tell the military to lay down their arms and surrender. Had we taken out the Emperor prior to that surrender order going out, we'd probably still be fighting them.
Germany - I don't think Hitler ever gave a surrender order. They just surrendered on their own as I recall.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 12:23 AM (QGaXH)
We might not have reach out far enough yet. If we were broadcasting for 100 years we only reached out 100 light years into space, and if somebody heard us it would take another 100 years to get a response.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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They are on the way monitoring our transmissions and modifiying their assault weapons as they travel.
They are coming.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 12:23 AM (jmsL3)
Reminds me of that Imperial Japanese Army officer that was still fighting the 1970s on some remote Pacific island. They had to find his wartime superior officer in Japan and fly him out to the island to convince the guy that the war was over.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 12:24 AM (Jc4hv)
Posted by: JackStraw
THAT, some would argue, provides further evidence of the aliens intelligence and good taste.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Obligatory meat:
https://is.gd/MjORcc
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 12:25 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: ploome at March 25, 2026 12:25 AM (AExpd)
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 12:26 AM (VHUov)
That is spacetime. Generally dubbed the vacuum. Not just WTF that actually is, well, it's something. Empty spacetime is something.
There is mindblowing shit about the "vacuum" that I only vaguely recall what little I actually knew. You've heard of Hawking radiation. Well, via the Equivalence Principle, there is also Unruh radiation.
Take a path of flat Minkowski spacetime. Completely empty. Now, construct an accelerating reference frame. That accelerating (Rindler observer, if you want to sound sophisticated like you know what you're talking about, which I don't
) observer no longer sees a vacuum, but an actual EM radiation field. When you add all the other quantum fields in there (color and the other shit) he may see other shit.
We can say that Unruh is entirely "coordinate artifact", I think, since that's just an accelerating coordinatization of flat spacetime. Yet, Hawking, existing with "real gravity", real curvature, is thus real.
Even when I could remember this shit, I still didn't understand this, other than it was mind blowing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 12:26 AM (w6EFb)
A) never watched The Breakfast Club.
2) that claw would never have been able to deal with my silver maple stump.
iii) there is no iii
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 25, 2026 12:26 AM (5qe7C)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 24, 2026 11:54 PM (QGaXH)
There is a theory that the Matrix is a reframing of the Gnostic heresy, but I never heard that one. Interesting.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 12:27 AM (rbvCR)
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And then when Gödel’s wife became sick, she could no longer take care of him. Like, feed him dinner. He died of starvation as a result. True story.
Posted by: Chilliwack at March 25, 2026 12:28 AM (5dzh4)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 24, 2026 11:18 PM (QGaXH)
In ancient times, people watched the sky a lot. No electric lights, no TV, no internet. They had names for all the stars. Nowadays, people scarcely look at the sky, so anything that doesn't fit their preconceived notion of how the sky is supposed to look gets branded as a UFO.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:28 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Ironbound Ida at March 24, 2026 11:44 PM (oftw2)
This is fact.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 11:58 PM (snZF9)
Unless describing one's departure. FWIW, Ironbound remains a hidden gem...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 25, 2026 12:28 AM (nbLIj)
a universe appeared
we don't know how
but it has conditions that allow for life to happen
and it takes a little under 5 billion years to go from newly formed rocky planet, to intelligent beings having basic space travel
good night
watch out for those flying saucers
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 12:28 AM (ZxPkt)
Atom. Not molecule. I blame it being almost midnight.
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 12:26 AM (VHUov)
It's getting late for me too even though I'm on the left coast.
Thank you everyone for an interesting and thought provoking discussion.
Good Night All.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Just the Punchline
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Or to discover where they are and bomb the hell out of them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 12:29 AM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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At a speed of one minute per minute.
In flat space time (special relativity) this is always true for you using a clock that that is co-moving with you. But how time passes elsewhere is a different story, especially if your speed approaches the speed of light.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 12:29 AM (Jc4hv)
Indeed. And read the story of him getting his citizenship, sponsored by Einstein and someone else. At the hearing, he went off a rant that he'd found a logical flaw in the US Constitution. Einstein did a face palm. The judge was just amused, saying boy these mathematical geniuses are really nuts, ain't they.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 12:30 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at March 25, 2026 12:17 AM (rbvCR)
Some accounts on X are reporting about horrible infighting happening inside the remaining Iranian leadership. No one agrees on who is in charge, who can negotiate, or whether they even should negotiate. The sources say they’re all at each others throats over it.
Oh but no way could Trump be smart enough to have foreseen this happening. Not at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 12:30 AM (D4x+R)
Posted by: 13times at March 25, 2026 12:31 AM (M+SOm)
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)
The universe is an incredible volume of absolutely nothing garnished with a smear of Hydrogen, and a mere smattering of other, more complicated stuff.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 12:32 AM (rbvCR)
Suppose you and I start out at some place and agree to meet at another destination later in the day. We get to there later, we compare odometers and find they are different. You travelled a longer distance than I did. We would not find that surprising. You simply took a different, longer path than I did.
Now, that's how time works as well. That blows Newtonian intuition away, granted, but it's the exact same thing. We take different paths through spacetime, and thus accumulate different proper times along the way.
I don't think of the Twin "Paradox" as time travel because of this. One twin just takes a shorter path, and thus less time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Light pollution obscures most of the sky.
Get far enough into the boonies and a high elevation it is quite impressive to see that stars have color.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 12:33 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 12:35 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 12:22 AM (viF8m)
If you could travel 1 light year per second it would take 1000 years to reach what they think is the edge of our universe, and it might not actually be the edge. Its only where our actual limits to "see" bring us. The shit could go on forever.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:36 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 25, 2026 12:03 AM (V4IXI)
That reminds me, today (Tuesday the 24th) was the 75th birthday of Dougie Thomson, bass guitarist of Supertramp, as I mentioned in the Tech Thread. There I linked to "School," which Brave AI offered as one of the best examples of his playing, but here I will link to another one on that list. Sci-fi authors use this title as a euphemism for when a time-traveler gets stuck in the past, his time machine is kaput, and he has to...
Supertramp - Take The Long Way Home (Live In Paris '79) [4K]
https://youtu.be/RKgXNt6MhwQ
Posted by: SciVo at March 25, 2026 12:36 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Kindltot
Which is why in astrophysics, there's hydrogen, and there's helium, and there's "metals" (everything from lithium on up.)
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 12:37 AM (VHUov)
In a given location, all things being equal, can the sky be “darker” or better star gazing due to factors I’m not aware? Let’s say it’s the new moon, sky is as dark as it’s gonna get.
Is it seasonal, or periodic somehow?
Posted by: Chilliwack at March 25, 2026 12:37 AM (5dzh4)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 12:22 AM (viF8m)
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I have no problem with that. The concept of there being no beginning is what I can't fathom.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 25, 2026 12:38 AM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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long ago, I enjoyed camping in the Utah deserts, where night is so dark and starry, you can experience starlight. Very soft and faint, but it's a thing.
Posted by: Don Black at March 25, 2026 12:39 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at March 25, 2026 12:39 AM (hZjMx)
Get far enough into the boonies and a high elevation it is quite impressive to see that stars have color.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 12:33 AM (/lPRQ)
When I used to go out to the sturgis rally every year we camped the first 2 years. We camped in the black hills and when I looked up at the night sky it was like looking at the sun through a screen door. The stars were practically touching each other and you couldn't make out the constellations because of all the stars. The milky way was so dense it looked like a gas cloud. I'll never forget that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:40 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 12:08 AM (D4x+R)
Friend of mine in Alberta, a pilot, and good observer, saw corona discharges on an HVDC power that runs near his place. He called to the power company to report it. Response: "that's funny, that line has not even been energized yet."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:41 AM (8zz6B)
Doesn’t make any sense to me. Used for determining Solstice?
Posted by: Chilliwack at March 25, 2026 12:41 AM (5dzh4)
Germany - I don't think Hitler ever gave a surrender order. They just surrendered on their own as I recall.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 12:23 AM (QGaXH)
Admiral Doenitz gave the order to surrender, but by that time there was nothing much left to fight with. No gas, no food, no resupply, and everyone was trying to surrender to the Americans to avoid the Russians. The "werewolf" plan was not done because of the shock of losing, and then the Allies gave them the Communists to chase instead of insurgency.
There was a rumor of a resurgent Nazi party by old SS troops in the west in the 50's, but supposedly they all got told to knock it off, and the prosecution of them was declined because the court found there were so many government agents acting as provocateurs among them it was found impossible to figure out if it was an organic movement or created by the security services.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 12:42 AM (rbvCR)
But I prefer Sixteen Candles for this general kind of 80s movie. Weird Science is inferior to both but fun.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 12:43 AM (yjflf)
Unless someone can come up with a plausible explanation of what comes after the edge of the universe, and in all of human existence nobody has, then the universe goes on forever. Infinitely.
Seriously, think about it. If there is an end to what we call the universe, what's on the other side?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 12:43 AM (viF8m)
It is. You've got your basic "seeing", which has to do with the state of the atmosphere. Is turbulence and temperature variations and all that afoot big time, or is everything nice and stable.
Winter, as a general rule, can offer the best seeing, with colder denser air. When it's clear. Then you got things that interplanetary dust (Zodiacal light), not to mention terrestrial dust, jet stream behavior, and all that.
So, there are sesonal factors that affect seeing, and then just random factors than come and go.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 12:43 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at March 25, 2026 12:17 AM (rbvCR)
Some accounts on X are reporting about horrible infighting happening inside the remaining Iranian leadership. No one agrees on who is in charge, who can negotiate, or whether they even should negotiate. The sources say they’re all at each others throats over it.
Oh but no way could Trump be smart enough to have foreseen this happening. Not at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo
I do not have a man inside but would think it very likely that the Iranian "Mosaic" closely resembles traditional state/province boundaries.
Limit comm between these areas, eliminate IRGC within select mosaics, and let the 'Immortals' take control.
Move onto the next.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 12:44 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 12:24 AM (Jc4hv)
Hiroo Onoda. He had been trained as a stay behind agent, and he did that for 30 years. He returned to the home islands, and found it so changed and not respectable next to the 40's that he emigrated to Brazil to live with a Nisei community there.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 12:45 AM (rbvCR)
There was real concern in the Japanese leadership about whether a surrender order would be complied with - one reason an imperial radio address - unprecedented event - was done. And there were a few cases of insubordinate post-announcement attacks on Allied forces, though fortunately not many.
And the Allied (US, really) concern about Japanese military insubordination regarding surrender was of course much more intense. This didn't really dissipate until a little bit into the occupation, when it was clear that there would be no major trouble. Quite the opposite in fact, Japanese cultural respect for order, authority, and compliance making it easily the best place to occupy of any.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 25, 2026 12:45 AM (U/Byj)
Now, we just need to do that a couple of dozen more times.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 12:46 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 25, 2026 12:23 AM (QGaXH)
Admiral Doenitz surrendered, and I believe he was in Hitler's chosen line of succession.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:46 AM (8zz6B)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_cloud
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 12:47 AM (Jc4hv)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 12:43 AM (viF8m)
That's why there's so many songs about rainbows
Posted by: Kermit the Frog at March 25, 2026 12:49 AM (w/O5Q)
dogs escape
Posted by: ploome at March 25, 2026 12:25 AM (AExpd)
Are you THE ploome that I used to see on LGF?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 12:50 AM (8zz6B)
This is where I fall back on the Bible. I'm a terrible Christian but this makes sense to me as much as anything. I don't pretend to understand God either.
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth"
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 12:51 AM (viF8m)
In a given location, all things being equal, can the sky be “darker” or better star gazing due to factors I’m not aware? Let’s say it’s the new moon, sky is as dark as it’s gonna get.
Is it seasonal, or periodic somehow?
Posted by: Chilliwack
>I happen to live in a place where you can drive down a highway where there is no town for 40 miles around, only coyotes. If you get out of the vehicle, you can see the Milky Way in all of it's splendor with the naked eye. Ambient light is a factor.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 12:51 AM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: 13times at March 25, 2026 12:52 AM (M+SOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 12:52 AM (Jc4hv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 12:52 AM (jmsL3)
That is the limitation of the human mind's imagination, based on Euclidean, flat spatial geometry.
Consider a 2-sphere, the the 2 dimensional surface of a sphere of some finite radius. That is 2D space is closed, finite size, yet no boundary. You can go off in an direction and come back to where you started.
Now, you can have the same with a 3D space, the "surface volume" of a hypersphere, dubbed a 3-sphere.
Now you object, but there's that third dimension for the 2-sphere! It's curved around in that 3D space, that explains it.
Now, here's the key insight. You don't need that higher dimensional space at all. It's just a crutch. You can have that closed 2-sphere geometry existing all of itself. There is no measurement you can make, confined to the surface that can prove or disprove the existence of the higher embedding space.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 12:53 AM (w6EFb)
Didn't the last Japanese holdout stay out in the jungle until the '70s? As I recall, they had to find his old commanding officer and have him come out to relieve the soldier from his post.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 25, 2026 12:53 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Kindltot
He could have moved to Honolulu if he wanted that Japanese Old World feel.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 12:54 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Azjaeger at March 25, 2026 12:55 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 12:37 AM (VHUov)
Stars do a lot of the heavy lifting. The heavier the star the more elements they create. Our sun converts hydrogen into helium, and will probably stop there because it isn't massive enough to create enough pressure from collapse to heat things up to go farther. Massive stars have the mass to convert helium to carbon, then carbon , then neon/magnesium, then sulfer, and eventually to iron. Iron is where it stops and then fooom. Star goes super nova and blows all the shit across the area. A bonanza of elements.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:58 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 25, 2026 01:02 AM (wLsnt)
There is quite a devil in those details of where the elements heavier than iron come from. Astrophysicists would just sort of wave their hands that supernova did it.
Turns out they can't make enough. This was known as the gold mystery. What made all the gold in the universe? Turns out the answer is neutron star mergers mostly, but that wasn't enough. They recently discovered magnetar flares account for the rest of it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:02 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 12:58 AM (snZF9)
I believe the current model is that elements heavier than iron are formed in supernovas, and then newly-forming stars hoover up all the good stuff scattered by the supernova explosions.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 01:04 AM (8zz6B)
Is it seasonal, or periodic somehow?
You want to be on a mountain top (less air above you), far from sources of light pollution, with a dry climate, and a laminar flow of air straight up, if possible. They do studies before they site observatories. It turns out that the study done for Kitt Peak in Arizona was during an anomalously “quiet” time period in terms of seeing conditions. It has not quite lived up to the study that put all those telescopes there. Of course, space is the best place to put a telescope these days, but that has its own difficulties.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 01:05 AM (Jc4hv)
So, that piece of gold jewelry or coin you have? About an 80% chance it was born in the throws of a "hypernova", two colliding neutron stars throwing off a big, but relatively small total amount of mass off in their death throes of becoming a black hole.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb)
411 Seriously, think about it. If there is an end to what we call the universe, what's on the other side?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 12:43 AM (viF8m)
No “other side” because what we call our universe is just a four dimensional bubble inside a higher multidimensional reality. Things like time are artifacts of this universe, but work differently, or may not exist at all outside of it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 01:07 AM (D4x+R)
No, that's reality not math.
Unless all of what we know as the universe exists inside the mind of some space giant, who was somehow created by something, everything has an end. Even math problems for that matter. Or unless all we know is just ideas we transmit to each other we exist as real beings and communicate by talking and typing. Otherwise we wouldn't need this place. Or some of you have taken way more drugs than me.
There are two options. The universe has some sort of end in which case there is something on the other side or the universe is infinite. Something can't keep expanding into an area that doesn't exist. And if it exists what's up with over there?
I'm wide open an explanation of what's on the other side but this isn't a math problem, it's a reality problem.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:07 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 01:04 AM (8zz6B)
yeah I read that too, but its the collapse onto the iron core that creates the shock waves that tear it apart, and then like you said it creates the other elements and helps create other stars. I think one of the king shit stellar nurseries is in the orion nebula. Its supposed to have a high concentration of young stars.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 01:09 AM (snZF9)
There is no reason reality has to be Euclidean. That's an imposition of the human mind on reality.
Reality doesn't have to be infinite. It can be closed with no boundary. Math is the tool to see that is possible.
By saying it must have an end, your are imposing your own mind on reality, no the other way around.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:11 AM (w6EFb)
So what started the bubble?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:11 AM (viF8m)
Same question. If there is no end how could there be a beginning?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:13 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:11 AM (viF8m)
I blame the refried beans. - God
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 01:14 AM (8zz6B)
There was a definitely a beginning. Don't know about an end. But that's for our little bubble of expanding universe, FLWR type spacetime. There is a t = 0 there.
But that's just the current model. Could there have be a "before" t = 0? Yep, there could. But current physics can't address that (there are some ideas, of course).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:16 AM (w6EFb)
I'm starting to think I'm the one who didn't take the brown acid.
I've recently learned I live in a bubble that's actually a math problem.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:18 AM (viF8m)
I'm wide open an explanation of what's on the other side but this isn't a math problem, it's a reality problem.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:07 AM (viF8m)
There is a third option; Space is finite, but has no “outside” because space itself is curved. Space time itself is created by energy and matter, as it expands space expands. If it shrinks (and the theory that says it will is in question now, but I digress) but if it contracts, then space itself will contract until it all collapses into an infinitesimal point where this universe will drop out of physical existence as we understand it, and either go back to where it came from, or recycle.
This universe is not all that there is. In fact it is most probably only a tiny, tiny part of all that there is.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 01:19 AM (D4x+R)
Posted by: Case at March 25, 2026 01:19 AM (pvf3X)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 01:19 AM (Wnd0C)
Now, to talk about scale and mind blowing density and all that. The magnetic field of a magnetar is so large, so mind bogglingly YUGE it's near the quantum limit of a how strong such a field can be (well, that's sort of a tricky thing).
The energy density of that field in the vacuum works out to be many times greater than the mc^2 energy density of a chunk of lead.
It comes out to be about 200 Tsar Bombas of energy packed into every mL of space around the magnetar. That is magnetic field energy in the vaccuum. 50 MT of energy in every cubic centimeter.
How about that to blow your mind.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:23 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:11 AM (viF8m)
as always, malinvestment and the perception of concealed value. Sometimes fraud if you want to be brutally honest.
Wait, what?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 25, 2026 01:24 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 01:24 AM (jmsL3)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb)
I'm trying to remember all this shit. I remember at 1.4 solar masses a star will usually go neutron star, but at some point if it has enough mass it goes straight to black hole. I don't remember that number. It wasn't big, like 3 or 4 maybe. So are 2 neutron stars massive enough to actually go hypernova?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 01:25 AM (snZF9)
It comes out to be about 200 Tsar Bombas of energy packed into every mL of space around the magnetar. That is magnetic field energy in the vaccuum. 50 MT of energy in every cubic centimeter.
How about that to blow your mind.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:23 AM (w6EFb)
Man. If one of those came wheeling by the Solar System, we would witness the Rapture of the Suburbans.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 01:27 AM (8zz6B)
My bad. I was mixing up kilonova with hypernova. :eyeroll: Something nagged me when I typed it, but I didn't pay it any attention.
So kilonova are the main source of gold (and others), not kilonova.
Now, the progression of what happens when a star dies vs its mass is a complicated thing indeed, and they don't really understand it at all. If you're interested I can try to dig up some reading links.
Anyway, at some point, you can get collapse straight to a black hole. Get bigger, and there's some range where no remnant would be left behind at all, it would blow itself to smithereens. Get bigger yet, and there's a point where there would be hardly any explosion at all, so massive it would be, a black hole would form and just suck everything in before any explosion could even begin to get out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:31 AM (w6EFb)
Ok. How does space exist into something that doesn't exist?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:34 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:23 AM (w6EFb)
After reading about the black hole merger GW150914 that generated 36 septillion yottawatts of power which exceeded the total light output of all observable stars in the known universe...nothing blows my mind. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 01:35 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:36 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:11 AM (viF8m)
I kinda figure some vast intelligence, in some realm beyond our understanding, pondered the options for a long passage of what might have been time, and finally commanded “Let there be Light.”
And there was light.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2026 01:36 AM (D4x+R)
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Someone earlier mentioned the model of a 2D person living on the surface of a balloon that's being inflated. All 2D guy can see is "space" in his immediate vicinity seems to be getting bigger. He can't see far enough to recognize that a path in a given direction loops back to where he is, and if the expansion is fast enough relative to any speed he can achieve, he has no hope of travelling the path in order to discover that fact.
And he has no hope of perceiving the actual direction of expansion, outward in 3D space, because he only sees in 2D.
Posted by: Methos at March 25, 2026 01:38 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2026 01:39 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Phil at March 25, 2026 01:40 AM (qmOsv)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 01:35 AM (snZF9)
So if we took Stacey Abrams, and loaded her into the Large Hadron Collider, and goosed her up to .97C, and collided her with Whoopi Goldberg, how many yottawatts would we get?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 01:41 AM (8zz6B)
That's one of the grand ironies. Gravity is the weakest of the forces (or another way to put this is the mass to charge ratios of the elementary particles are very low), yet gravitational radiation can produce the most energetic outbursts of all.
If you figure it in terms of mass conversion to energy, you have some large number of solar masses of mass being converted to energy in seconds. And that energy is gravitational radiation.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:44 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JackStraw
I kinda figure some vast intelligence, in some realm beyond our understanding, pondered the options for a long passage of what might have been time, and finally commanded “Let there be Light.”
And there was light.
Posted by: Tom Servo
The alternative, just as hard to understand, as explained by Terry Pratchett:
"In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded."
Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2026 01:47 AM (VHUov)
This blows your mind. Where is the mass in black hole? It's "elsewhere", nothing but an even horizon, and massive curvature left behind. Yet let two of them merge, and some of that "mass" gets spewed out as gravitational radiation. The mass of the merged black hole is less than the sum of the original two. Did it get out from behind the event horizon? Nope, it did not. And that shows how this notion of mass and energy and what you mean by the total doesn't work out exactly as you think it ought to. That is quite a complex thing in General Relativity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:47 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 01:47 AM (Jc4hv)
@sentdefender
3h
Per a report from the Wall Street Journal, Iran has responded to the Trump administration’s proposal for a ceasefire with demands that far surpass the characterization of maximalist. Iran has demanded the closure of all U.S. bases in the Gulf region, a new Strait of Hormuz framework, that would allow Iran to charge fees for vessels that transit, the end of all sanctions on Iran, an end to Israeli operations against Lebanese Hezbollah, and no discussion on Iran’s ballistic missile program. Such demands have been called ridiculous and unrealistic by U.S. officials
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Guess he's just going to "bomb their little hearts out'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 01:49 AM (jmsL3)
Another crazy non-Newtonian thing those mergers do with gravitational radiation is the asymmetry gives the center of a mass a kick. Two black holes merge and the center of mass kicks off, pushing against the gravitational radiation it's emitting.
They've seen this when galaxy mergers. The two central black holes merge and the merged product gets a high speed kick away from the center, flying off to the side.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:49 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:31 AM (w6EFb)
Its some stupid number, maybe 30 or 50 solar masses, or some shit. So massive it just becomes a black hole at it's collapse. I have a shit ton of books on this stuff, and rarely did my head not hurt after reading them. I go nuts trying to squeeze an extra 5hp from a harley engine and then I read about shit like this. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 01:53 AM (snZF9)
The Japanese Joint Staff has announced that the Japanese Air Self Defense Force Southwestern Air Defense Force scrambled fighters to deal with a suspected intrusion into Japanese airspace over the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
Likely Chinese aircraft.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 01:55 AM (jmsL3)
@sentdefender
3h
Per a report from the Wall Street Journal, Iran has responded to the Trump administration’s proposal for a ceasefire with demands that far surpass the characterization of maximalist. Iran has demanded the closure of all U.S. bases in the Gulf region, a new Strait of Hormuz framework, that would allow Iran to charge fees for vessels that transit, the end of all sanctions on Iran, an end to Israeli operations against Lebanese Hezbollah, and no discussion on Iran’s ballistic missile program. Such demands have been called ridiculous and unrealistic by U.S. officials
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Guess he's just going to "bomb their little hearts out'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 01:49 AM (jmsL3)
Have you ever had an Ex Wife or Girl? When you havee a position of power? when you have Won?
Yeah, this is exactly how they act.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 25, 2026 01:56 AM (mP0Kj)
Now, imagine death by strong gravitational radiation. If you were close enough to one of those mergers, the radiation could be quite strong.
Imagine you're floating around in space, in your spacesuit. A high frequency short wavelength gravitational wave passes through you. Your head is compressed with some ridiculous g-force equivalent while your feet are being stretch apart with the same ridiculous g forces, and hump after hump of that passes over you.
You'd be simultaneously crushed and spaghettified, but wouldn't move much. Sort of like imagining some shock wave of pressure and rarefaction passing through, but orders of magnitude stronger and pure gravitational acceleration, not pressure of "stuff".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:56 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker
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Hell, I'm still looking up words from tonight's discussion...
What a *stellar* bunch of Morons!
Posted by: JQ at March 25, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 01:49 AM (w6EFb)
They say in about 4 billion years our galaxy is going to collide with the Andromeda galaxy. Thats going to be some shit. I can't imagine the power of Sagittarius A star meeting Andromeda's galaxy center. They'll be pulling up lawn chairs all across the universe for that one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 01:59 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 02:00 AM (yjflf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 02:00 AM (jmsL3)
That reminds of something else. The "Gravitational Wave of Death". This is a type of gravitational shock wave. Now, there's no known process that could create one that is known about, but it's a solution to the General Relativity.
Think of it as a propagating little burst of curvature that moves through space. It passes over you, you get crushed/ripped instantly. You can't see it coming, because it's moving at light speed, and no information about it can get to you before it does.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:02 AM (w6EFb)
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Nah... I told ya all before: There's the Bar at the End of the Universe, and then... a Denny's or something!
Posted by: JQ at March 25, 2026 02:02 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 02:03 AM (Jc4hv)
What a *stellar* bunch of Morons!
Posted by: JQ at March 25, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
About 30 years ago I was doing an engine for a friend of mine. We were doing a stroker kit. We were out in the garage from the after noon until 4:00 in the morning when we finished. We went inside and made coffee, and I cracked open one of my books on stellar mechanics and was relaxing while he was on the phone with his wife telling her he's leaving soon. He says "yeah we're done, now this lunatic is reading a book about atoms" lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 02:04 AM (snZF9)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 02:05 AM (Jc4hv)
Andromeda's black hole is much bigger than ours. The Milky Way suffers from black hole micropenis you might say.
And there was something interesting recently about that merger. It may not happen. They refined some measurements and the uncertainty is such it may just be a close pass at first. We'd dance around for a few billion or so more years and eventually merge, but not a direct collision.
It's a matter of probablity. The direct collision could still happen, it's just not as likely as they originally thought.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:06 AM (w6EFb)
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See? I can't even remember *that*. And I didn't bring a towel... so screwed...
Posted by: JQ at March 25, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Either way, the nigh sky about 4B years from now would be quite spectacular, as you'd see the spiral of Andromeda looming large near our own plane of the Milky Way.
Sun won't be a red giant by then, but life on earth will be impossible. Sun will be too hot, oceans will have boiled.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:09 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 25, 2026 02:00 AM (jmsL3)
And how many of those casualties are the result of enemy action?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 02:10 AM (8zz6B)
Think of it as a propagating little burst of curvature that moves through space. It passes over you, you get crushed/ripped instantly. You can't see it coming, because it's moving at light speed, and no information about it can get to you before it does.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:02 AM (w6EFb)
I bought a book on general relativity. I cracked it open somewhere in the middle, saw nothing but a bunch of mathematical formulas resembling hieroglyphs, closed it back up, and never looked at it again. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 02:11 AM (snZF9)
Per a report from the Wall Street Journal, Iran has responded to the Trump administration’s proposal for a ceasefire with demands that far surpass the characterization of maximalist. Iran has demanded the closure of all U.S. bases in the Gulf region, a new Strait of Hormuz framework, that would allow Iran to charge fees for vessels that transit, the end of all sanctions on Iran, an end to Israeli operations against Lebanese Hezbollah, and no discussion on Iran’s ballistic missile program. Such demands have been called ridiculous and unrealistic by U.S. officials
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Guess he's just going to "bomb their little hearts out'.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Guess that's what he planned all along. Kharg Island, here we come!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 02:11 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:09 AM (w6EFb)
That's why Elon wants to go to Mars.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 02:14 AM (8zz6B)
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Nah... I told ya all before: There's the Bar at the End of the Universe, and then... a Denny's or something!
Posted by: JQ at March 25, 2026 02:02 AM (rdVOm)
This would be a better end to 2001. Contact got that part right: the advanced aliens remake perceived reality to make it psychologically palatable to the human mind. Instead of waking up in some empty space hotel that is like a galactic version of the Overlook, Jim Bowman walks into an Intergalactic House of Pancakes and as they serve his Rooty Tooty Fresh N' Fruity Breakfast, the camera zooms in on two perfectly cooked sunny side up and the opening notes of Thus Spake Zarathustra sound. Space Baby is content.
Stanley really had no idea what he was doing.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 25, 2026 02:15 AM (yjflf)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2026 02:15 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 25, 2026 02:11 AM (XJ22o)
Had to be a pirate that named that place. I can just hear it, khaaaaarg ye landlubber.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 02:16 AM (snZF9)
That math, differential geometry and tensor calculus of GR is something else indeed. Funny thing it was invented before it was really needed. It's funny how that works out sometimes.
I only know enough about it to be dangerous. Basically, a glimpse of what is going on.
Don't let that bother you though. If you can find a good qualitative description of what GR and the EFE (Einstein Field Equations) are and what they say, you'd enjoy it.
Gravity is not a force, it's just geometry. As Wheeler put it, matter tells spacetime how to curve, and spacetime tells matter how to move. GR/EFE is the rules of that dance.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:16 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:09 AM (w6EFb)
Sun has about 5 billion years left I think. Good thing we got the chevy chevette of stars that sips it's fuel. Some of those massive blue giant mofo hemi engines are dead in 500 million years.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 02:19 AM (snZF9)
One statement I saw many years ago about GR/EFE was that determines the geometry of spacetime but not the topology. I did not understand that.
Less than a year ago, in some deep session with Grok on something (black hole "interior" vs "exterior"), it finally clicked what that really meant. Grok quoted something, and the wording was just right to get the mental picture to click in my mind just so.
And that has to do with the questions about is the universe infinite or finite, closed or open (in some sense). That's a question of topology, not geometry, and that depends on "boundary conditions", I'll wave my hands and say.
You can have everything we observe now, and that's not enough to tell the difference.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:22 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 02:25 AM (snZF9)
Betelgeuse is just 10 -15 million years old or so. It wasn't even a glimmer in it's Daddy's eye at the time the dinosaurs met their SMOD.
Rigel is even younger. The sky at that time of the dinos looked nothing like it does today. That's something to think about and ponder the time scales.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:27 AM (w6EFb)
They confirmed Betelgeuse had a companion not too long ago. This was suspected and explains some of the variability.
They nicknamed it Betelbuddy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:29 AM (w6EFb)
Rigel is even younger. The sky at that time of the dinos looked nothing like it does today. That's something to think about and ponder the time scales.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:27 AM (w6EFb)
It really is amazing how short lived that star is. Yeah, the way everything is constantly moving in next to no time Orion will look like he's sitting in a wheel chair and the big dipper will probably be called the spatula.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 02:36 AM (snZF9)
They nicknamed it Betelbuddy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:29 AM (w6EFb)
I just saw a video about that recently. I wonder if it will turn out to be a vampire star.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 02:38 AM (snZF9)
Try this book: you get a lot of physics with very little math -
https://is.gd/8x9xic
Link to Amazon.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 02:40 AM (Jc4hv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 02:46 AM (Jc4hv)
The earth was rotating a bit faster, mean day about 23.5 hours give or take. There were about 372 days in a tropical year 70 million years ago. That would make 12 months of 31 days each. Dinosaur calendar would've been very nice.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 02:46 AM (w6EFb)
Try this book: you get a lot of physics with very little math -
https://is.gd/8x9xic
Link to Amazon.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 02:40 AM (Jc4hv)
Yeah I need a picture book. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 02:46 AM (snZF9)
That book is a little cheaper at ThriftBooks.com, also second edition and secondhand.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 02:47 AM (Jc4hv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 25, 2026 02:46 AM (Jc4hv)
Its official name is Siwarha. I wonder what happens if you say that 3 times. Maybe get visited by gas giant stacy abrams.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 02:51 AM (snZF9)
Get far enough into the boonies and a high elevation it is quite impressive to see that stars have color.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 25, 2026 12:33 AM (/lPRQ)
When I was a kid we could look up and see the Milky Way. I can't remember the last time I could see it.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 25, 2026 02:55 AM (w6EFb)
Grok: What, again? I just did that!
Posted by: Late Night Lurker at March 25, 2026 03:00 AM (Hoze1)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
>I'm convinced that Sydney Sweeney's celestial globes are pulling me like a motorboat to a heavenly destiny.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 25, 2026 03:07 AM (Wnd0C)
I do not like that. It'll just be Betelbuddy with me. That name means "bracelet" or something, Arabic, related to the Arabic origin of "Betelgeuse" itself. Betelgeuse means "hand of Orion". So Siwarha is the bracelet near the hand or something.
And there's some feminine "her" sense in that bracelet as well. Some girl power stuff there maybe. This naming business needs to be cleaned up, and not let lunatics name shit just because they discovered it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 03:09 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: SciVo at March 25, 2026 03:12 AM (Sy6m/)
Herschel wanted to name Uranus after George III back when he discovered it. That did not fly outside of Britain, of course, thank goodness.
Of course, George III was an asshole, so maybe it fits.
But that settled it. Nope, planets are too big a deal to name after mortal men.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 25, 2026 03:14 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Clio Weeps at March 25, 2026 03:15 AM (kSAM8)
Posted by: SciVo
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The belief of the noble savage is a powerful form of narcissism.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 03:39 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 25, 2026 03:39 AM (sAmhv)
The Native Corporations put out ads to brag about how long they have lived in AK and what a vibrant culture they all have. And in all that time, nobody bothered to invent the wheel.
They still believe Whitey owes them for the land, for the right to live in AK, but they are likewise not giving up their computers, their airplanes, their snow machines, their government schools, or their free healthcare.
I'm not likely to apologize for dragging them out of the stone age. This crap gets old fast.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 25, 2026 03:50 AM (DwqWV)
Posted by: SciVo at March 25, 2026 03:12 AM (Sy6m/)
I knew it was shit right out of the gate.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 25, 2026 03:51 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 25, 2026 03:51 AM (DwqWV)
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Posted by: cmeat at March 25, 2026 11:16 AM (R11M+)
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Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 07:32 PM (VHUov)
.....it's pied-piper-style herding.
Posted by: the new sheepdog at March 24, 2026 07:33 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Max Power at March 24, 2026 07:34 PM (q177U)
His terms are acceptable.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 24, 2026 07:36 PM (tUj8P)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 24, 2026 07:36 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)
His terms are acceptable.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 24, 2026 07:36 PM
He does know those are on file with the state, right? Right...?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 24, 2026 07:38 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 24, 2026 07:39 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 07:40 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 24, 2026 07:40 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)
It means "that's 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back."
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 07:41 PM (VHUov)
My father once showed up with a retired policeman friend he knew to keep his horse. This horse, Fred, and I would stand in the driveway looking at the road. He was a tall horse and did not participate with my commands. He was nice but we rode nowhere but looked good.
I once rode a 15mi mountain ridge and back with a Navajo princess who knew what she was doing. My horse followed hers and I lived to tell the story and amazing adventure. Sore for two days.
Before that I tried, and did not do well, to ride with an English saddle (like the one above) around Hyde Park in London. A girl I didn't know talked me into that during our English trip.
This horse wanted to simply gallop back to his stable of rentals and eat. I made an arse of myself (I do this now and then) with many nannies and strangers pointing at me laughing.
Totally out of and beyond my control, but I stayed on the horse, bouncing a lot. The lovely green park was a blur. It was the worst ride, ever, of any skill I had.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 07:41 PM (WONhk)
Mika Brzezinski was born in New York City on May 2, 1967, the daughter of Polish-born foreign policy expert and former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzeziński and Swiss-born sculptor Emilie Anna Benešová.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 07:41 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 07:41 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 07:40 PM
Dead. Tragic blimp accident.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 24, 2026 07:41 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 07:43 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 24, 2026 07:43 PM (syz1S)
His terms are acceptable.
Posted by: Ian S.
If someone is so stupid that they cannot get a copy of their BC (or equivalent) or want you to believe that a significant number are that stupid then they should not be voting in the first place.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 07:45 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 24, 2026 07:40 PM
I went into Boston, showed up at the Registry of Vital Records, and had one in my hand in about 5 minutes. Done. This is not difficult.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 24, 2026 07:45 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 07:41 PM (Cqx++)
Where did her grunting easter pig DNA come from?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 07:46 PM (snZF9)
Velcro kitteh takes his milk seriously.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
[Your "Moron & Sydney Sweeney" joke goes here.]
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 07:46 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 24, 2026 07:47 PM (XMwZJ)
His terms are acceptable.
Posted by: Ian S.
See, repealing the 19th isn't necessary! All the women who are too stupid to find their documents won't be able to vote anyway.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 24, 2026 07:47 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: eleven at March 24, 2026 07:47 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 07:47 PM (GD0B3)
Remember, if even one person is adversely affected by something we want, everything needs to scrapped.
Even though those nice black women that help old people vote at the nursing homes would be more than willing to get her ID. Several of them....
Separately, Snowflake's mom Starry just came in for a bit. Beautiful short-haired dark grey cat. I pet her for a few minutes.
The dog is healing nicely.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 24, 2026 07:47 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 24, 2026 07:48 PM (gm9Sb)
I'm late to the party, again. sigh. ha
The movie's concept of that ark having magical powers is ... interesting. New Testament says the real power is in Christ Jesus, and we of the body of Christ (Christians) have all power, we are more than conquerors.
imo, there are no superpowers hidden in some cave with The Ark. We as Christians already HAVE the Superpowers, and we are not dependent on some interesting but ancient relic. But it makes for a good movie I guess, despite the "propaganda" of "OT Supremacy" continuing through today.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 07:48 PM (vbXSk)
Sheepdog experience doesn't mean the same thing to everybody.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 24, 2026 07:48 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 07:49 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 07:49 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2026 07:50 PM (1d+x4)
Posted by: FeatherBlade
To be fair, it goes both ways.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 07:50 PM (/lPRQ)
Paraphrasing Hillary, this story requires a suspension of disbelief.
Posted by: davidt at March 24, 2026 07:50 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 24, 2026 07:51 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)
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she can just go to the county record building of whatever county she was born and get it there, dumbass
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 07:52 PM (GD0B3)
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Posted by: banana Dream
Cafe has minor HTML issues; here's the stoat video:
https://is.gd/MwP4rJ
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 07:52 PM (VHUov)
Paraphrasing Hillary, this story requires a suspension of disbelief.
Posted by: davidt at March 24, 2026 07:50 PM (Q+gd/)
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She doesn't have a passport?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 07:52 PM (cWLG3)
If only there were a way to get a replacement copy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 07:52 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 07:52 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 07:46 PM
This about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Arnold Ziffle at March 24, 2026 07:52 PM (0sNs1)
I mean, it *is* on brand for a Jewish director to make an OT Supremacy movie.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 24, 2026 07:52 PM (tUj8P)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 07:53 PM (77rzZ)
Last Crusade of course will be Christian.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 24, 2026 07:54 PM (42xE+)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 07:54 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2026 07:50 PM (1d+x4)
I was born in Newark. Unfortunately it's still there. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 07:56 PM (snZF9)
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Posted by: Joe Scarborough at March 24, 2026 07:57 PM (Q+gd/)
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Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 07:58 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: gKWVE
Sure, BUT, the vast majority of the audience was Christian, so I put "propaganda" in quotes. It was not advertised as a "Jewish Movie". It was just entertaining fiction, based on denying Christianity?
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 07:58 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 07:53 PM
By this logic, Saturday, June 20th, will be Summer's Eve.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 07:59 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 07:59 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 24, 2026 07:59 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 07:48 PM (vbXSk)
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The Ark of the Covenant was just a box with some things in it. A pretty box, but just a box.
It was important because God liked to come down and rest there among His people. The Ark was either lost or hidden (Ethiopia says they have it and no, you can't see it.)
Anyhow, it was ultimately replaced by the Theotokos, which the New Ark, also know as the Blessed Virgin Mary. This rendered the Ark of the Covenant even more superfluous.
So yes, the Nazis would have been able to use it as a footstool or object d'art, but that's about it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:00 PM (ZOv7s)
My feeling is riding a horse is like walking, by committee. You submit a proposal as to where you'd like to go, and the horse submits a proposal. The horse then decides which proposal to take. Eating or being scared of something generally wins out. I'm terrible at it. My daughter is getting good and is on her way to going to State in barrel racing.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 24, 2026 08:00 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 24, 2026 08:01 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 08:02 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 08:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 08:02 PM (Cqx++)
How does it deny Christianity? The Ark is an artifact which predates Christ.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 08:02 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 24, 2026 08:00 PM (3uBP9)
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It's like riding a bike with a mind of its own. Turn the handlebars and maybe it will, maybe it won't. I had ample opportunity to learn to ride, but I was allergic to all the barn dust and hay and even when the horse did what I wanted, I didn't think it was particularly cool.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:03 PM (ZOv7s)
Pretty sure the Ark killing people who touched it was based on that account of the one un-hallowed not-a-priest-guy who reached out to steady it when the priests tripped carrying it across a stream, and was struck down for his troubles.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 24, 2026 08:03 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 07:58 PM (vbXSk)
Wut ? what the fuck are you pushing ? The Ark is a prominent feature of the Old Testament. The story was told as it was told. Your "interpretations" convey your own nasty little biases. If you want a movie about a Christian artifact, watch Indiana Jones III.
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 08:03 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 08:02 PM (+nEug)
Thank you
Posted by: banana Dream at March 24, 2026 08:04 PM (3uBP9)
Wow, I'd never heard that theory. (and I don't believe it, but, OK)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 08:04 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 08:02 PM (Cqx++)
Really? During my separation stuff they recommended it. That was back in 19-mumble-mumble.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 08:04 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 08:05 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 08:05 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 08:02 PM (77rzZ)
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The idea of having "false Grails" that kill you is really, really dumb. The whole way they dealt with it was dumb. It's just D&D magic item ("Cup of Infinite Healing") rather than a holy relic that does holy things.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:05 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:00 PM (ZOv7s)
This is in the same class as the (more mythical) Grail, and what interests me is that Greco-Roman culture did not seem to have a fascination with magical Objects of Power. With the "grail", the supposed cup used at the last supper, no one at the time would have seen it as anything as a memento. It wasn't a part of their culture to do anything else.
It wasn't until after the fall and a new dark and superstitious age comes that European culture comes to be fascinated by Magic and magical things, possibly a remnant of the old barbarian cultures whose people were now dominant.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 08:07 PM (/QdgR)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 08:05 PM (+nEug)
And yet, in all that time, they never told you about Balvenie. Little bastards.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 08:07 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 08:07 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 08:08 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 08:04 PM (vbXSk)
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It is the position of Catholic, Orthodox and Coptic churches and confirmed in the early councils. Also of Luther and Calvin. I have no idea what the Anglicans are thinking these days.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:08 PM (ZOv7s)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2026 08:08 PM (Ia/+0)
Really? During my separation stuff they recommended it. That was back in 19-mumble-mumble.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Separated 1975. Don't remember anything about it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 08:08 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 24, 2026 08:09 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 08:09 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 24, 2026 08:09 PM (gm9Sb)
"Quantus Insights reported Tuesday that in a Texas Republican Senate primary runoff poll Paxton leads Cornyn 48.8 percent to 41.3 percent, with 9.9 percent undecided. The polling memo also noted that nearly 58 percent of Rep. Wesley Hunt’s supporters are now backing Paxton, suggesting consolidation among non-Cornyn voters following the March 3 primary.
The survey further indicates a relatively firm electorate: 88.1 percent of respondents say they are certain to vote, while 78.7 percent describe their choice as definite. Among respondents Paxton’s supporters appear slightly more locked in, with 88 percent saying their vote is definite compared to 86 percent of Cornyn supporters."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:09 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 08:02 PM (77rzZ)
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The idea of having "false Grails" that kill you is really, really dumb. The whole way they dealt with it was dumb. It's just D&D magic item ("Cup of Infinite Healing") rather than a holy relic that does holy things.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:05 PM (ZOv7s)
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They are fun myths though, like the Spear of Destiny. Great fodder for fantasy/sci-fi.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 08:10 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 08:08 PM (Cqx++)
Ah, I was 11. Maybe they started mentioning it later, or maybe I just got lucky. The county recorder wasn't at all surprised by the request, though, so I'm guessing a goodly number do it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 08:10 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:08 PM
In fairness, they may not know, either.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:10 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 08:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: eleven at March 24, 2026 08:11 PM (aTgV0)
He rode for about 16 or do years and he loved it. Two seasons, Fall and Spring, and then they would compete at the fair. We have a display of his rosettes and medals in his room.He's very proud of them.
He's not a big person, 5'4'" but has no fear of horses. He rode some pretty big ones in the therapy. He actually had a horse fall asleep while they were waiting their turn at whatever the exercise was.
Here in this corner of Indiana there is only one place that does therapeutic riding and it is very difficult to get a spot.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 24, 2026 08:12 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:08 PM
Probably depends a lot on whether they're in the group headed by the Africans or the group headed by that woman in London.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 08:12 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: eleven at March 24, 2026 08:11 PM (aTgV0)
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Which argument?
Answer: yes
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 08:12 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 08:10 PM (cWLG3)
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I mean, if you're doing a movie about an archeologist who finds cool stuff lost to history, it's fine. As a kid, I wasn't that into them, but as I got older and into Old Hollywood, I appreciated the retro-30s vibe.
Also that Indy dressed like Gary Cooper in "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: runner
Wow, I have no idea what real point you are trying to make. "My own nasty little biases"? lol.
I don't want a movie about a "Christian artifact". I'm looking at Biblical accuracy, not Hollywood taking advantage of people that are ignorant of scripture.
"The Ark is a prominent feature of the Old Testament. The story was told as it was told." OK, but Christians do not live in the O.T. A lot of WW2 was based in Christians versus the Nazi occult .. that is the "story as it was told", imo.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 08:13 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: eleven at March 24, 2026 08:11 PM
Pfft. It's not like it's longbows vs. crossbows, Mary Ann vs. Ginger, 9mm vs. .45 ACP, or beans or carrots in chili.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:13 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 08:11 PM (77rzZ)
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Yes, thank you. God be with you!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 08:14 PM (+nEug)
Tecumseh,
I hate clowns too.
They've always been scary to me.
Posted by: fourseasons at March 24, 2026 07:59 PM (3ek7K)
You both may want to avoid the 'Terrifier' franchise.
Good night. Dishes, stupid stuff, bedtime.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 24, 2026 08:15 PM (Sco7b)
I don't want a movie about a "Christian artifact". I'm looking at Biblical accuracy, not Hollywood taking advantage of people that are ignorant of scripture.
"The Ark is a prominent feature of the Old Testament. The story was told as it was told." OK, but Christians do not live in the O.T. A lot of WW2 was based in Christians versus the Nazi occult .. that is the "story as it was told", imo.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 08:13 PM (vbXSk)
Hebrews 9:4. Accurate enough? Now GTFO.
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 08:16 PM (GD0B3)
My great-great grandfather was named Kansas Nebraska McBride. Everyone called him "K.N." Pure awesomeness.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 08:16 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: eleven at March 24, 2026 08:11 PM
Pfft. It's not like it's longbows vs. crossbows, Mary Ann vs. Ginger, 9mm vs. .45 ACP, or beans or carrots in chili.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:13 PM (0sNs1)
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10mm has entered the chat.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 08:17 PM (cWLG3)
Just out of curiosity I went to my county recorder's website and sure enough
- The County Recorder's function is to maintain permanent public records involving a wide variety of instruments. These documents detail transactions involved in: real estate, personal property, mortgages, liens, leases, subdivision plats, military discharges, Public Official bonds, etc. Generally, all of these instruments are recorded either for giving legal public notice of their existence or for safekeeping and future reference.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 08:17 PM (Cqx++)
"And so it begins...
ICE agents storm into our airports to assist the TSA with security. They walk around like the cocks on the block. They hover over the agents as they try to do their jobs. They intimidate the traveling public. They slam women to the floor and handcuff them, in front of their children, all the while yelling profanities.
This is a test. If they can enter our airports and intimidate people, what's to keep them from entering our polling places. This is the beginning and how we react will determine what they do in the future. Republicans pray to their God that the American people do not wake up from this nightmare. Otherwise, there would be hell to pay.
Democrats have offered to fund TSA separately in order to keep the air traffic moving, but Republicans have voted it down several times, at the orders of their leader, Donald J Trump.
There is presently a full-scale attack on our voting system and the Republicans are putting their faith in Donald Trump to save their jobs and careers, by whatever means necessary.
This is where we are on March 24th, 2026."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:17 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:13 PM (0sNs1)
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Per the sidebar, if Ace thinks he's going to get away with dissing any aspect of LotR, he's in for a rude surprise.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 08:18 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 08:19 PM (GD0B3)
"...
they slam women to the floor and handcuff them, in front of their children, all the while yelling profanities.
...
This is where we are on March 24th, 2026."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:17
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They aren't slamming kids to the floor and yelling at them too?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 08:19 PM (cWLG3)
ICE agents storm into our airports to assist the TSA with security. They walk around like the cocks on the block. They hover over the agents as they try to do their jobs. They intimidate the traveling public. They slam women to the floor and handcuff them, in front of their children, all the while yelling profanities.
Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at March 24, 2026 08:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Each of those has merit in the right time and place. Except the bean and carrot thing. That is just wrong, cuz then you’re just talking about stew.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 24, 2026 08:20 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 08:17 PM
Personally, I love 10mm. But it doesn't seem to have much traction here. Much like .41 Magnum. Sad!!!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:20 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 07:59 PM (+nEug)
Its a tool we can all use. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 08:21 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 08:17 PM
Personally, I love 10mm. But it doesn't seem to have much traction here. Much like .41 Magnum. Sad!!!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:20 PM (0sNs1)
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No shortage of it where I am!
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 08:21 PM (cWLG3)
A local democrat Facebook group is complaining that ICE just stands around, doing nothing at the airports and is getting paid.
They can't decide which narrative sounds worse.
Posted by: jen the original at March 24, 2026 08:21 PM (i4hcN)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:20 PM (0sNs1)
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The thing with 10mm is that the platforms that use it aren't particularly interesting or unique, and it's just a little spicier than .40 and costs more.
Now .41 Magnum, by contrast not only is super-expensive and hard to find, but so are the platforms that support it, which is why it is the weapon of choice for trust-funders, investment bankers and oil tycoons.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:23 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 08:17 PM
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And was promptly misplaced.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 24, 2026 08:23 PM (u73oe)
A local democrat Facebook group is complaining that ICE just stands around, doing nothing at the airports and is getting paid.
They can't decide which narrative sounds worse.
Posted by: jen the original at March 24, 2026 08:21 PM (i4hcN)
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Standing around doing nothing while occasionally slamming women to the floor.. What is happening!!!
Posted by: The Teenaged Girl from Poltergeist at March 24, 2026 08:24 PM (cWLG3)
M misses it. He did some therapeutic work at a local ranch that provides therapy to kids with PTSD, autism, mental and emotional issues. The move during covid just about undid our kid, but grooming and interacting with the horses, feeding the other animals, mucking out stalls helped him so much. No riding there, though.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 24, 2026 08:24 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 24, 2026 08:25 PM (gm9Sb)
ICE agents storm into our airports to assist the TSA with security. They walk around like the cocks on the block. They hover over the agents as they try to do their jobs. They intimidate the traveling public. They slam women to the floor and handcuff them, in front of their children, all the while yelling profanities.
Wouldnt that be awesome?!?!
I’ve started a campaign to not say “ICE,”. I will take the time and the typing to say, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. And my son#2 is directly supporting them right now. And he’s totally jazzed and so is everyone he works with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2026 08:25 PM (A5RD0)
A local democrat Facebook group is complaining that ICE just stands around, doing nothing at the airports and is getting paid.
They can't decide which narrative sounds worse.
Posted by: jen the original at March 24, 2026 08:21 PM (i4hcN)
MS Now just ran with this little tidbit.
"Propublica: The parents of 11,000 children born in the US have been detained by ICE."
I wonder why.....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 24, 2026 08:25 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 08:18 PM (77rzZ)
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Until the mimes show up. Then you need clowns as an ally.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 24, 2026 08:26 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 08:27 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:17 PM (0sNs1)
Wow. That was really overwrought, wasn't it?
Hysterical.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 24, 2026 08:27 PM (zYpTz)
And then I saw the conversion kit to .41 AE. MUST HAVE!1!
Now, about that .41 AE ammo...
(Just kidding, the kit came with a box of these pure unobtanium rounds. Which I have yet to shoot. Maybe this summer.)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)
For extra credit: "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings" True or False? Show your work and don't forget your footnotes.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 24, 2026 08:27 PM (wLsnt)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 08:10 PM (cWLG3)
This. Its pulp adventure stuff.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: The Teenaged Girl from Poltergeist at March 24, 2026 08:24 PM (cWLG3)
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Teddy Kennedy and waitresses?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:28 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning
Sweet.
That should cut down on the crowds.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 08:29 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: runner
Well just because you quote some scripture does not make me GTFO. This is from your chapter. There is a "new order".
"But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 08:29 PM (vbXSk)
With one exception: Bozo, but only the Bozo on Channel 9, WGN, out of Chicago ca 1960's
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 24, 2026 08:29 PM (nz1sK)
-some thin skinned retard on the Internet
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 08:10 PM (cWLG3)
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SPEAR of Destiny. Oops.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 24, 2026 08:30 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 08:31 PM (viF8m)
With one exception: Bozo, but only the Bozo on Channel 9, WGN, out of Chicago ca 1960's
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 24, 2026 08:29 PM (nz1sK)
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My wife had a friend who was actually into clowns. It was one of her turn-ons, and she would post about going around with them doing gigs and stuff on social media, and I'm sure no one will be shocked that they're on the perv spectrum.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:32 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 08:32 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 08:32 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 24, 2026 08:30 PM (JkO4W)
Also the Lance of Longinus.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:32 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:32 PM (zZu0s)
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Stop when we get to the Penis of Paolo.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 24, 2026 08:33 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 24, 2026 08:34 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 24, 2026 08:34 PM (6ydKt)
-some thin skinned retard on the Internet
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)
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I remember those! My grandparents liked them.
That reminds me, I need to kick-start our annual Easter Film Festival. Time to bust out the Heston double feature.
I like both, and "The Ten Commandments" has its moments, but "Ben Hur" is just next level. Of course, that was when Hollywood was still a den of sin but loved making money more.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:34 PM (ZOv7s)
An alternative way to consider 10mm / .40 S&W is to recall that the 'S&W' in this instance stands for 'Short & Weak'. Yes, the 10mm generally available is downloaded, unfortunately, but handloading, and certain cartridges (such as available from Buffalo Bore) remedy that. Properly loaded, 10mm can approach the lower edge of .41 Magnum performance.
Now .41 Magnum, by contrast not only is super-expensive and hard to find, but so are the platforms that support it, which is why it is the weapon of choice for trust-funders, investment bankers and oil tycoons.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:23 PM
Quality .41 Mag ammo can be expensive. The remedy is handloading. I, personally, don't have an issue finding numerous platforms to support it, but, in fairness, most of said platforms are 30 to 50 or a little more years old, and prices were much more reasonable, if you had the foresight to acquire them, particularly during the shift from revolvers to semis, which devalued revolvers unreasonably.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:35 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 24, 2026 08:33 PM (JkO4W)
You know I the HordeTV show, Paolo would just talk to the ladies and rub their shoulders. It'd be Deuce Bigelow, but Latin.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:35 PM (zZu0s)
His terms are acceptable.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 24, 2026 07:36 PM (tUj8P)
Can they not cut her in half, and count the rings, to determine her age?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 08:35 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 08:31 PM (viF8m)
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Slotkin robotically asking for promises that ICE agents not ever go near polling places tells me we need ICE agents at all polling places.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:36 PM (ZOv7s)
SEE?????
I told ya clowns are creepy!
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 24, 2026 08:36 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 08:32 PM (GD0B3)
Cool story, bro. Did they maybe find the Lost Ark sitting in a crate amid the bombs?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 24, 2026 08:36 PM (wLsnt)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 08:35 PM (8zz6B)
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No! Are you nuts?! You can just pull a core sample.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:36 PM (ZOv7s)
It wasn't until after the fall and a new dark and superstitious age comes that European culture comes to be fascinated by Magic and magical things, possibly a remnant of the old barbarian cultures whose people were now dominant.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 08:07 PM (/QdgR)
Perseus stuck the Medusa's head on a shield under a cover so he could reveal it to turn everyone to stone.
sounds like an item of power to me.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 24, 2026 08:37 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 24, 2026 08:36 PM (wLsnt)
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No, because it's in Ethiopia. Do try to keep up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 08:37 PM (Cqx++)
First Miami, not this. Not good.
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 08:37 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:38 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 24, 2026 08:36 PM (wLsnt)
The Ark is in the US. We all know that.
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 08:39 PM (GD0B3)
You haven’t lived until you been in a clown orgy.
It’s a little cramped with thirty people in the car but once everybody takes their shoes off there’s a little more room to maneuver.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 24, 2026 08:39 PM (6ydKt)
(Just kidding, the kit came with a box of these pure unobtanium rounds. Which I have yet to shoot. Maybe this summer.)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:27 PM
Crap, I forgot I was going to scrounge and see if I've got some .41AE brass for you. * scribbles note *
That's going to be a handloading exercise. I can't remember the last time I saw any loaded rounds for sale. I'm not even sure if Starline produces a run of brass every few years.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 08:40 PM (0sNs1)
*honks bicycle horn*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 24, 2026 08:40 PM (JkO4W)
sounds like an item of power to me.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 24, 2026 08:37 PM (8avO+)
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Wow, I missed that. Yeah, no. Greco-Roman culture was OBSESSED with magic. These were people who had to kill a pigeon before they could take a dump.
Sacred chickens, goats, every god had their own type of sacrifice, whole colleges of augurs, no they were VERY into magic.
It's right there in the histories. "In the spring of that year, the Spartans advanced into the territory of Argos, but the livers of the sacrifices were unhealthy, and so they turned back."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Well, I got that "Blessed is just about everyone with a vested interest in the status quo" although that was gleaned from a bystander.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 08:41 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 24, 2026 08:41 PM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 07:52 PM (GD0B3)
What if she was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus, rollin' down Highway 41?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 08:41 PM (8zz6B)
That could be, maybe, four people...'cause those illegals fuck (or rape) like rabits.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 24, 2026 08:41 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:32 PM (zZu0s)
(Chuckles modestly)
"Well, I ain't never had no complaints."
Posted by: Longinus at March 24, 2026 08:42 PM (wLsnt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:42 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: eleven at March 24, 2026 08:42 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:42 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 08:35 PM (8zz6B)
Age is the issue, it's birthplace. I've heard that if you remove the brain and weigh it you can determine that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 08:42 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:42 PM (zZu0s)
All of them are shrieking about. Why would anyone American care if ICE was at a polling place? There are always cops around polling places.
It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to see that Democrats need to cheat to keep power. They are practically screaming it.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 08:43 PM (viF8m)
That's going to be a handloading exercise. I can't remember the last time I saw any loaded rounds for sale. I'm not even sure if Starline produces a run of brass every few years.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
In stock now.
Only 24 cents each when you get 1000, maybe free-ship too.
They also have .41 special in stock.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 08:44 PM (/lPRQ)
That's going to be a handloading exercise. I can't remember the last time I saw any loaded rounds for sale. I'm not even sure if Starline produces a run of brass every few years.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
In stock now.
Only 24 cents each when you get 1000, maybe free-ship too.
They also have .41 special in stock.
my bad - was thinking 41 mag...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 08:44 PM (/lPRQ)
Only 24 cents each when you get 1000, maybe free-ship too.
They also have .41 special in stock.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 08:44 PM (/lPRQ)
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Who?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:45 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 08:42 PM (ExV1e)
Pretend there's a 'not' in that statement in the appropriate location.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 08:45 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 24, 2026 08:41 PM (Wnd0C)
We talkin' about horses or wimmen, pilgrim?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 24, 2026 08:45 PM (wLsnt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:46 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 08:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 08:44 PM (/lPRQ)
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Who?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Starline, but that was 41 mag, not DE.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 08:48 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
>Dogs, cats, horses, donkeys and wimmen. When AOC smiles her ears wiggle.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 24, 2026 08:49 PM (Wnd0C)
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES
03.22.2026
The Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and Sergeant Major of the Army Michael R. Weimer awarded eight meritorious service medals and two Purple Hearts to cadets from Old Dominion University Army ROTC during a private ceremony on March 22, 2026. The cadets from ODU were recognized for their bravery and sacrifice during the March 12 shooting incident in their ROTC classroom.
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So proud of these cadets and grateful to them.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 08:49 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:46 PM (zZu0s)
I had a big glass of kool-aid earlier. I cannot be held responsible for nonsensical postings.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 08:50 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: four seasons at March 24, 2026 08:51 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 08:19 PM (cWLG3)
No, they launch them into the air with trebuchets, and catch them with pitchforks. Works for kids; kind of hard with full-grown Spherical Guatemalans.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 08:52 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 08:50 PM (ExV1e)
Well, at least it was not Flavor-aid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:53 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 08:48 PM (/lPRQ)
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There's one place making .41 AE and they want $3 per round. Nah.
I have to think that at some point Steinel will come out with it. I love their downloaded .45 ACP for shaved Webleys.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Bulg, I love to hear about healing in relationships. Life is too short to argue about stupid things, or be mad about who got what after mom/dad died.
Some people do not want to live in peace, and those people we have to learn to accept but with care, or let them go.
I hope this reconnecting continues for you.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 24, 2026 08:55 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 08:32 PM (zZu0s)
He also wielded a wicked Symphonette.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 08:57 PM (8zz6B)
All three of my nephews are leftist, from what I can tell. The oldest has four daughters, his wife is of two sets of parents, two of them university profs. She proudly declared her "family is a Biden family". Sad because they homeschooled their four "Christian" daughters, and I'm not sure that nephew family doctor is fully on board with her "ideology". They do some Africa outreach.
My older sister was also leftist (gone now, life on SSI), but gave our family the three nephews that are successful, but also leftist. The other sister is full blown Karen, retired teacher. Hard to communicate with them without getting into the political (reality) sections of real life.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 08:59 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: The Rooskies at March 24, 2026 09:01 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 24, 2026 08:41 PM (Wnd0C)
We talkin' about horses or wimmen, pilgrim?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 24, 2026 08:45 PM (wLsnt)
Cats.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 09:01 PM (D4x+R)
Unfortunately, it was like my first ski trips in college. Boys would take me to the top of a mountain, after showing me how to snow plow, and that is not the choice for your first slope, and difficult blue run. I told them on every trip, "I am from Mississippi, I don't know how to ski." They'd all say, "Oh, you can do it!" Nice to have that confidence in me!
I was a po' college girl who could not afford to downhill ski,the passes, equipment or lessons, so we mostly did cross country skiing over the years.
An adult with kids before I had a professional lesson and "just like that" it made sense vs a bf or guy anxious for his next run. "Did the girl make it" was probably the question halfway down at the beer place on the mountain.
I did have a lot of fun, whether skiing or falling down part of the mountain. Youth is a factor of survival.
My grandchildren are on skis from the age of 2yrs with a tether to their father (our son). Ski without poles til about 7yrs.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 09:03 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 09:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: pawn at March 24, 2026 09:04 PM (qmOsv)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:54 PM (ZOv7s)
"Shaved Webley" sounds quite indecent, and shameful.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 09:05 PM (8zz6B)
Been One Of Those Days 'round Rancho Webworks. I managed to glean All The News That Fits from the posts, but didn't have a chance to catch up on many of the comments. Catch me up on any interesting developments, Horde-worthy or newsworthy?
Posted by: mindful webworker taps the Moronificial Intelligencia at March 24, 2026 09:05 PM (jrd4M)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 09:06 PM (0sNs1)
Sacred chickens, goats, every god had their own type of sacrifice, whole colleges of augurs, no they were VERY into magic.
It's right there in the histories. "In the spring of that year, the Spartans advanced into the territory of Argos, but the livers of the sacrifices were unhealthy, and so they turned back."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)
A General in named Claudius once took auspices in his fleet outside a harbor before the Carthaginian fleet. The chickens would not eat so he threw the cages and chickens overboard crying "If they won't eat LET THEM DRINK". Obviously the Romans lost and blamed it on his Impiety.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 24, 2026 09:06 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 24, 2026 09:07 PM (W/5JY)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 24, 2026 08:41 PM (Wnd0C)
We talkin' about horses or wimmen, pilgrim?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 24, 2026 08:45 PM (wLsnt)
Cats.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2026 09:01 PM (D4x+R)
Both back, all the way means it's gonna go off.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 24, 2026 09:08 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 09:05 PM (8zz6B)
That, or some kind of English dish that should only be eaten on a dare.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 24, 2026 09:10 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 09:06 PM (0sNs1)
You forgot the part about whispering, "Your sister likes it this way too."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 24, 2026 09:11 PM (wLsnt)
Posted by: mindful webworker taps the Moronificial Intelligencia at March 24, 2026 09:05 PM
Ace assembled a rocking chair for his porch inside, and now has to disassemble it and reassemble outside, since it won't fit through his door. The rocking chair is so he can sit and whittle on his porch, and also "tie lures". CBD found a picture of him whittling with a pukko in the chair on his porch. The timing of that seems a bit sus.
Also discussed were his plans for his first ever outdoor shelving project.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 09:12 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2026 09:05 PM (8zz6B)
That, or some kind of English dish that should only be eaten on a dare.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 24, 2026 09:10 PM (0aYVJ)
Oy, would you prefer a Shaved Webley or Spotted Dick? -- British Pub Owner
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 09:13 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at March 24, 2026 09:14 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at March 24, 2026 09:14 PM (eVNgV)
Ace said that he was going to move it outside via the window, if it fit. If there's one thing that a lifetime spent watching westerns has taught me, it's that a chair can always go through a window.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 09:15 PM (ExV1e)
I know Hispanics get very busy, but 11,000 from one couple?
Posted by: Ian S. at March 24, 2026 09:15 PM (tUj8P)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
That, or some kind of English dish that should only be eaten on a dare.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Might be a Cricket play, too.
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 09:16 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: pawn at March 24, 2026 09:04 PM (qmOsv)
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Niedermeyer?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 24, 2026 09:17 PM (nWPIJ)
The settlement over attorney's fees was reached Tuesday, more than three years after a federal court ruled the First Amendment supersedes the statute and banned the Kentucky city from "either compelling or suppressing Nelson’s photography and writing." Six months ago the court granted summary judgment to Nelson.
Posted by: SMOD at March 24, 2026 09:19 PM (O7XEN)
Posted by: Stateless
FIFThem.
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 09:20 PM (VHUov)
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Any relation to Tangerine Dream?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 24, 2026 09:20 PM (HrRkK)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 09:15 PM
What's the over/under on it fitting?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 09:22 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
What's the over/under on it fitting?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
I'll take "gets stuck halfway."
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 09:23 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2026 09:24 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
What's the over/under on it fitting?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
What's wild? He expects it to fit thru a window when it won't fit through a patio door.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 24, 2026 09:24 PM (MoLlY)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 08:05 PM (+nEug)
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I know -- this is a really dumb question. Do horses have personalities, say, like dogs?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 24, 2026 09:25 PM (HrRkK)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 24, 2026 09:25 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 09:25 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 24, 2026 09:24 PM (MoLlY)
Maybe Ewok doors are really small.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 09:26 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
No a dumb question. But yes, they do. Like dogs and people. Some are gentle souls. Some are asshoe. Some are like motion lights. Just like people, they only work when you walk by.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 24, 2026 09:28 PM (MoLlY)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 24, 2026 09:30 PM (MoLlY)
"You can't tell anymore"
Posted by: rickb223 at March 24, 2026 09:30 PM (MoLlY)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
>Yes they do. But they're 1200 lbs dogs with no empathy and lack the pack mentality of dogs. They will fuck you up if they're in a 'bad' mood.
A bomb-proof horse is not as common as a lapdog.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 24, 2026 09:33 PM (Wnd0C)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 09:33 PM (OoFl2)
I know -- this is a really dumb question. Do horses have personalities, say, like dogs?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March
Oh boy do they!
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 09:35 PM (OoFl2)
Throw in a "calm yourself".
Really helps
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 09:35 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Breaking News! at March 24, 2026 09:35 PM (GD0B3)
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Kale is revolting !
Posted by: Breaking News! at March 24, 2026 09:35 PM (GD0B3)
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Heh. A dude I know from church was making that same claim earlier tonight...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026 09:39 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2026 09:39 PM (A5RD0)
Kale is revolting !
Posted by: Breaking News! at March 24, 2026 09:35 PM (GD0B3)
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Heh. A dude I know from church was making that same claim earlier tonight...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026
It just depends on the kale and what you are doing with it. It can be delicious!
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 09:40 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at March 24, 2026 09:42 PM (b4Qnw)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 09:40 PM (OoFl2)
Imagine a nice, thick, juicy steak with a garnish of kale.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 09:43 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Breaking News! at March 24, 2026 09:35 PM (GD0B3)
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Heh. A dude I know from church was making that same claim earlier tonight...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026
It just depends on the kale and what you are doing with it. It can be delicious!
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 09:40 PM (OoFl2)
Yeah, like wrapped with bacon, mixed with weed, and stuffed in a pipe...maybe. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 09:43 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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Neigh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 09:43 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at March 24, 2026 09:42 PM (b4Qnw)
I doubt they bombed brattleboro.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 09:44 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 09:45 PM (jmsL3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 07:41 PM (Cqx++)
Where did her grunting easter pig DNA come from?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 07:46 PM (snZF9)
***
Zbigniew was Carter's NSA. Tells ya all you need to know.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 09:45 PM (2WIwB)
What the hell???
We were promised shooting civilians by now.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 09:46 PM (2WIwB)
>Yes they do. But they're 1200 lbs dogs with no empathy and lack the pack mentality of dogs. They will fuck you up if they're in a 'bad' mood.
A bomb-proof horse is not as common as a lapdog.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 24, 2026 09:33 PM (Wnd0C)
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Thanks. IIRC, in "Lonesome Dove", Captain Call (Tommy Lee Jones), named his horse Hell Bitch. By the way, Tommy Lee is said to be quite the horseman
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 24, 2026 09:47 PM (L/JnU)
Posted by: pawn at March 24, 2026 09:04 PM (qmOsv)
I was a member of the Johnson Space Center team that started the Gateway effort. 2012 or 2013, I've forgotten. It was my primary task until about 2016. The design didn't change very much. Its modular design was made necessary and constrained by how much mass SLS could send to a high lunar orbit. I never expected it to be built. It was interesting work, though, learning about high lunar orbits and working through the design problems. We developed a design that was absolutely feasible, but it had no useful purpose for what it would cost.
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Posted by: Breaking News! at March 24, 2026 10:00 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2026 09:40 PM
That's exactly what a Piper would say,
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 10:02 PM (0sNs1)
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I'm never going on the roads again!
Posted by: JM in Illinois
>Scary shit, not that I'm afraid of death. This happens every day all over the country. It's like people don't understand physics and mortality.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 24, 2026 10:08 PM (Wnd0C)
Think I'll start the weeken early. A little potatoe juice with my orange.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 24, 2026 10:14 PM (jmsL3)
Democrats Can't Decide Yet Whether Vicious Murderer of Sheridan Gorman Should be Deported or Welcomed to Stay in Our Country Forever
Libs of TikTokThe decision to grant permanent refuge to illegal alien foreign murderers and rapists is a political one. It is a political choice. It is so insane that it seems less like a political choice than a psychotic break, but it is a political choice. And when parties and politicians make political choices, we are allowed to discuss them. We are allowed to point out when those political choices have bad or even deadly consequences. Via Beege Wellborn, J.B. Pritzker is proud to host the Venezuelan murderer and keep him in Illinois and he wants you to stop "politicizing" his elevation of a murderer's comfort over US citizens' safety.
@libsoftiktok New info in the case against Jose Medina-Medina reveals that he was reportedly hiding in the park and shot Sheridan Gorman in the back of the neck as she began RUNNING AWAY. Medina was then identified by CBP using facial recognition software, a technology that Democrat Illinois State Rep. Kelly Cassidy wants to ban. Because of course.
J.B. Pritzker's office just broke their silence on the murder of 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman in Chicago by a previously arrested illegal alien in which they condemn the Trump admin for "politicizing heinous tragedies."
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 23, 2026
Pathetic. pic.twitter.com/NcxxhFG6Fi
Here you are in the same place Sheridan was murdered by an illegal alien you're saying ICE "it wouldn't be good for anyone"
— J (@JayTC53) March 23, 2026
It would have been good for Sheridan Gorman. pic.twitter.com/UxhA9jjcJi
Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden:
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 23, 2026
Sheridan (1
HOLY CRAP
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 24, 2026
Hakeem Jeffries says he isn’t sure that the illegal who m*rdered 18yo Sheridan Gorman in Chicago should be deportedpic.twitter.com/p7kQNrY0oU
Bonus: Anti-ICE terrorists find out.Senator Chris Murphy: "The people we care about most, the undocumented migrants"
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 24, 2026
He actually said that
pic.twitter.com/FsEPmWs81U
In real life, it turns out that you can't stalk officials, dox their innocent families, or try to run them over with your car without getting into hot water. What a difference a real DOJ makes! On Monday, the Maine District U.S. Attorney's Office released the most delightful news brief:Believe it or not, she's a Woke White Woman who supports BLM. Luke Skywalker emailed me: "No... That's not true! That's impossible!" Sorry, Luke, it is very true. Also, the paternity test came in and yes, Darth Vader, you are the father!The statement also notes that the FBI investigated the case. Hallelujah! What a giant upgrade from the days when they investigated Catholics and schoolkids' parents! It's also an ice touch -- er, I mean a nice touch that the two illegal aliens who crashed the truck were taken into custody and off the road.
A Thomaston resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent engaged in his official duties. According to court records, in August 2025, a United States Border Patrol agent responded to a one-vehicle crash in Washington, Maine. As law enforcement conducted a roadside investigation, Olivia Wilkins, 24, came upon the scene in an automobile and parked close to officers. Wilkins voiced concerns regarding Border Patrol's presence in the area, but was permitted to move the vehicle further back from the crash to continue observing law enforcement. As the Border Patrol agent took an individual on scene into custody and began moving the individual to a nearby Border Patrol vehicle, Wilkins quickly accelerated toward the agent, who pulled the individual off the roadside away from the oncoming vehicle. Wilkins stopped the vehicle without striking either the agent or the individual in custody before swerving back into the lane of travel and fleeing the scene. Maine State Police troopers were able to arrest Wilkins a short distance away.
Also see the article for two antifa thugs convicted of stalking federal employees.
According to evidence presented at a four-day trial, on August 28, 2025, the defendants -- while dressed in black and concealing their faces with black masks -- followed the victim from a federal building in downtown Los Angeles to his personal residence. The victim was heading home to his family for an outing that included a surprise for his sons, ages three and seven. The defendants livestreamed on their Instagram accounts their pursuit of the victim and provided directions as they followed the victim home, encouraging their viewers to share the livestream.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 06:18 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 06:19 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 24, 2026 06:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)
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If the Democrats ever regain power in this country, that will no longer be the case.
They will not hesitate to squash any dissent--with deadly force, if they feel it necessary.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026 06:22 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: wth at March 24, 2026 06:22 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2026 06:23 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 06:18 PM (ExV1e)
He probably has already and just doesn't know it.
Posted by: Staunch democrat for the past four election cycles at March 24, 2026 06:23 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 06:23 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 06:18 PM (ExV1e)
He probably has already and just doesn't know it.
Posted by: Staunch democrat for the past four election cycles at March 24, 2026 06:23 PM (TbWk/)
They're going for the death penalty?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 24, 2026 06:24 PM (L6dcX)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 06:25 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 06:23 PM (+nEug)
I dunno. Throw in horsewhipping Pritzker and you've got a deal.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 06:25 PM (ExV1e)
They will not hesitate to squash any dissent--with deadly force, if they feel it necessary.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026 06:22 PM (ESVrU)
You just know they're gooning over the UK's criminalizing free speech, and will do the same here at the slightest opportunity. And make no mistake, the cops will go right along with it.
Posted by: BUT BUT BUT THEY TAKE OATHS at March 24, 2026 06:26 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 06:26 PM (XuXeR)
How is this any different than Fast and Furious?
I mean, it's cheaper.
You don't have to smuggle guns across a border, just the criminals.
Posted by: garrett at March 24, 2026 06:27 PM (Klk40)
youtu.be/R4wOzbqgfIY
"Look, if you aren't going to take this seriously, I'm out"
Posted by: Kindltot at March 24, 2026 06:27 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 06:27 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Halfhand at March 24, 2026 06:27 PM (RCbrd)
In the Left Knee.
Tomorrow, we do the Right Knee.
Posted by: garrett at March 24, 2026 06:27 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Rep. Sandy Cortes (D) New York at March 24, 2026 06:28 PM (xl8DV)
Posted by: BUT BUT BUT THEY TAKE OATHS at March 24, 2026 06:26 PM (TbWk/)
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So will the judges.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026 06:28 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 24, 2026 06:28 PM (j+aD2)
He should be hung at dawn. I feel I owe it to him.
Posted by: Judge Smails at March 24, 2026 06:28 PM (AknkO)
It's fucking exhausting. I loathe the monsters dragging this country to the ground.
*waits for nothing will happen guy*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 24, 2026 06:28 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 24, 2026 06:29 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 24, 2026 06:29 PM (+89TD)
Time and time again, we see that ICE agents are not the monsters the Left makes them out to be.
Posted by: pookysgirl, juggling Lil Pooky and his stuffie at March 24, 2026 06:29 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 24, 2026 06:28 PM (j+aD2)
Underneath his clothes, he probably looks like Fat Bastard at the end of the third Austin Powers movie.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 24, 2026 06:30 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 06:30 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 06:30 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 06:30 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 06:31 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 24, 2026 06:32 PM (Q0Z3z)
That's just sensible.
Posted by: garrett at March 24, 2026 06:32 PM (Klk40)
What people in their right mind could vote for these retarded commie scumbags.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 24, 2026 06:33 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 24, 2026 06:28 PM (j+aD2)
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weird how his shoulders are narrower than his midsection.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 06:33 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 24, 2026 06:33 PM (5xUrG)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 06:33 PM (+nEug)
What a fine women's lib statement: "Might have been in the wrong place..." WUT?
Is this similar to saying a girl in shorts deserves to be rape raped due to the way she dresses?
Scum of the earth to ignore the deaths of Americans in favor of these barbarians who will never assimilate and probably eat stray cats. On an open fire pit in a rental house's livingroom.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 24, 2026 06:34 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 06:34 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Oglebay at March 24, 2026 06:35 PM (2ap+5)
All 3 networks...Air Canada.
Long lines...people want a deal
Airborne to Middle East
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 24, 2026 06:35 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 06:35 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2026 06:35 PM (MZJrA)
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 06:36 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 24, 2026 06:37 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 06:37 PM (RIvkX)
>>American citizens have to be vaccinated against everything, but illegal alien murderers?
Legal immigrants need a test and an x-ray to prove they do not have TB, even if coming from Japan, where there is no TB.
Also, there was a recent outbreak in CA of TB and hundreds were exposed. TB is on the rise in the USA. This is serious as it can be a bitch to treat.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 24, 2026 06:37 PM (cUmOc)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 24, 2026 06:33 PM (5xUrG)
So, uh.... How 'bout them Hawkeyes? The girls were pretty impressive yesterday, even though they lost by 2.
Posted by: pookysgirl, starting a typical Iowa conversation at March 24, 2026 06:38 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 24, 2026 06:38 PM (Q0Z3z)
I hope this doesn't happen. But it would jive with Mark Wayne RHINO gliding into his new job at DHS.
Posted by: GigantorX at March 24, 2026 06:38 PM (FNE2p)
Time and time again, we see that ICE agents are not the monsters the Left makes them out to be.
Posted by: pookysgir
It would have been nicely ironic for Anit-ICE Karen to have run down and killed the illegal alien.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 24, 2026 06:39 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 06:40 PM (RIvkX)
Seriously, she came from Japan and had to jump through all kinds of expensive hoops, and because she had lived in UK, she had to get them to send a letter to USA saying she was OK. Safe. A Japanese girl.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 24, 2026 06:40 PM (cUmOc)
Posted by: BlackOrchid
Along with all the hallucinogens required to make him believe he could be elected President in 2028.
Posted by: Auspex at March 24, 2026 06:40 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 24, 2026 06:41 PM (u73oe)
Where?
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 06:36 PM (XuXeR
Stories on all three networks. All at the same time.
ABC has the sadzzz because TSA isn't getting paid but the ICE people are.
The story that Trump got a present is on now. Actually, the US got a "very big present" related to the Strait of Hormuz.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 24, 2026 06:41 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 24, 2026 06:42 PM (MIIRH)
Please. Stop. With The Hands.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 06:37 PM (RIvkX)
***
Q: If Newsom were in a bathtub giving a speech, what would you do?
A: Throw in some laundry!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 06:43 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 24, 2026 06:42 PM (MIIRH)
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Time for my Maker's Mark Metamucil cocktail.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 06:43 PM (RIvkX)
He is accusing the Trump administration of tipping the Iran war to unknown people (probably Jooos) so they could buy put options and make money in the market.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 24, 2026 06:43 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Auspex at March 24, 2026 06:40 PM (Y8DZL)
He takes ketamin with AOC. They kick back and listen to Kenny G.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 24, 2026 06:44 PM (g8Ew8)
A: Throw in some laundry!
I think you mean Toaster.
Posted by: garrett at March 24, 2026 06:44 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 06:44 PM (XuXeR)
If this isn't a campaign ad for the Republicans, then they are fools.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 06:44 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 06:45 PM (+nEug)
A: Throw in some laundry!
I think you mean Toaster.
Posted by: garrett at March 24, 2026 06:44 PM (Klk40)
***
Well, after the rinse.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2026 06:46 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Stateless
The old "We promise not ta do nuffin" over something they can't do anyway.
Posted by: Auspex at March 24, 2026 06:46 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)
A: Throw in some
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 24, 2026 06:47 PM (ExV1e)
The percentage of people who contract and eventually die as a result of TB has been “significantly increasing” in California, the state’s public health department said. In 2010, 8.4% of people infected with tuberculosis died, compared to 14% of TB cases in 2022.
More than 80% of TB cases were due to latent tuberculosis infections progressing to active tuberculosis, which means they could have been prevented with testing and treatment, the public health department said.
Another 8% of cases involved people who came to California with active tuberculosis, and 9% of infections were linked to recent transmission, according to state data.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 24, 2026 06:47 PM (cUmOc)
Posted by: garrett at March 24, 2026 06:48 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 06:48 PM (+nEug)
I honestly don't know why anyone votes for Democrats. Sure, let's vote for the people who put Jugdish and Mohamed over us.
That's a powerful campaign position.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 06:48 PM (viF8m)
Please make a note of it.
Posted by: Jennifer Shriller-Harridan at March 24, 2026 06:49 PM (Ft5W9)
So, fiction.
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 06:44 PM (XuXeR
Pretty much. All three news networks had pretty much the same slate of stories all airing at the same time. The elderly people that still watch this crap all got pretty much the same dose of propaganda.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 24, 2026 06:49 PM (Sco7b)
That bit could be combined with the part from the SOTU where Pres. Trump asked people to stand if they thought the primary purpose of the government was to help American citizens and the Democrats all sat there.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 24, 2026 06:49 PM (7RYym)
A: Throw in some laundry!
Posted by: Diogenes
Thirty quatloos on the sock.
Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2026 06:50 PM (VHUov)
LOL. Of course they do. They are probably getting this advice directly from JD's buddy Tucker.
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 24, 2026 06:50 PM (CNl8/)
Sheridan (1
was in "wrong place at the wrong time — she might've startled the migrant who kiIIed her"
Well that explains it.
The girl suddenly scared him and he accidentally shot her in self-defense.
Does the ICE agent who shot Renee Good get the same defense?
Posted by: SpeakinbgOf at March 24, 2026 06:50 PM (6ydKt)
I hope this doesn't happen. But it would jive with Mark Wayne RHINO gliding into his new job at DHS.
Posted by: GigantorX at March 24, 2026 06:38 PM (FNE2p\\
NBC Nightly News?
Thanks. I won't trust them if they tell me the sky is blue.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 24, 2026 06:51 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 24, 2026 06:51 PM (u73oe)
No?...why not?
Posted by: Make Penal Colonies Great Again at March 24, 2026 06:51 PM (AknkO)
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>>🚨BREAKING NEWS in PM:
>>JUSTICE DEPARTMENT requested HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE send them classified interview transcripts relating to JOHN BRENNAN, the former CIA director.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 06:51 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 24, 2026 06:43 PM (n9ltV)
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Oh, you missed that meeting. I was supposed to mention it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2026 06:52 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 24, 2026 06:53 PM (7RYym)
Posted by: Make Penal Colonies Great Again at March 24, 2026 06:51 PM (AknkO)
I believe her family said exactly the opposite.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 24, 2026 06:54 PM (7RYym)
Posted by: fourseasons at March 24, 2026 06:54 PM (3ek7K)
Fuck him.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 24, 2026 06:54 PM (hJH5n)
Toss a match to light the oil slick.
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 24, 2026 06:54 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 24, 2026 06:55 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:18 PM
I saw that story last week.
Those two were insufferable.
Urban environments have not been kind to the mental health or intelligence of minority women.
Posted by: SpeakinbgOf at March 24, 2026 06:55 PM (6ydKt)
So where does the Justice department go to trial with a criminal case against John Brennan? Why would they imagine they could get a plea deal when he, his lawyers and the Dems know he's untouchable?
Posted by: Auspex at March 24, 2026 06:56 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 24, 2026 06:57 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 24, 2026 06:44 PM
What am I, a chopped arpeggio?
Posted by: Zamfir at March 24, 2026 06:57 PM (0sNs1)
'lectroid
Posted by: john o'conner at March 24, 2026 06:57 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Auspex at March 24, 2026 06:56 PM (Y8DZL)
This grand jury is in Florida.
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 24, 2026 06:57 PM (CNl8/)
South Carolina Republicans had some sort of dinner where roasts are a tradition, so Scott Bessent spoke and first made fun of Lindsey Graham (not married because he doesn't have any first cousins) and then of Nancy Mace, where he joked about her rack:
“In California, Silicon Valley is where they make the computers. In South Carolina, Silicon Valley is the space between Nancy Mace’s tits.””
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 24, 2026 06:58 PM (ae8Of)
The girl suddenly scared him and he accidentally shot her in self-defense.
Does the ICE agent who shot Renee Good get the same defense?
Posted by: SpeakinbgOf
Of course not.
Posted by: Medina-Medina-Medina at March 24, 2026 06:58 PM (oH5Tk)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 06:58 PM (vbXSk)
The Southern District of Florida that already has a grand jury hearing evidence of a decade long conspiracy to deprive Trump of his rights.
Same court that subpoenaed Comey last week.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 06:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 24, 2026 07:00 PM (mHVWR)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Silicone valley > silicon valley ?
Posted by: mikeski prefers real ones at March 24, 2026 07:00 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 06:58 PM (vbXSk)
We'll see how long that lasts when they start paying the market price for oil.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 24, 2026 07:00 PM (hJH5n)
And next time they might be able to add some uranium to the warheads they're lobbing all the way do Diego Garcia.
Hopefully the Iranian people can take care of the problem over the next year themselves.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 24, 2026 07:02 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: illiniwek
=====
The Chicoms, get this, lied. Same as GDP estimates, same as population, same as most any statistic you can think of.
Some folks actually traced the money in forex and that trade surplus estimate was less than half of what the Chicoms claimed on trade surplus based on hard cash transfers.
FWIW, since 2025 began, Chicom trade with US is sharply down and been replaced with trade for the rest of the world.
Posted by: whig at March 24, 2026 07:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 24, 2026 07:02 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 24, 2026 06:44 PM (g8Ew
That right there is an invitation to a coma.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 24, 2026 07:02 PM (hJH5n)
The Left
Posted by: steevy at March 24, 2026 07:03 PM (YwEeS)
"Despite a record $1.19 trillion trade surplus in 2025, the increase in China’s foreign exchange reserves was limited, rising by only $160 billion to $3.36 trillion"
Posted by: whig at March 24, 2026 07:03 PM (E4rtv)
Some folks actually traced the money in forex and that trade surplus estimate was less than half of what the Chicoms claimed on trade surplus based on hard cash transfers.
FWIW, since 2025 began, Chicom trade with US is sharply down and been replaced with trade for the rest of the world.
Posted by: whig at March 24, 2026 07:02 PM (E4rtv)
Communists LIE???
Next you'll tell me the GDR was NOT a Top 15 economy in the 1980s.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 24, 2026 07:04 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 24, 2026 06:58 PM (ae8Of)
You can tell Tim isn't running for re-election.
He's currently in IDGAF Mode.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 24, 2026 07:04 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 07:04 PM (+nEug)
Leave the bathroom.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
And miss all the fun?
Posted by: Nav Gewsom at March 24, 2026 07:05 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 07:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 24, 2026 07:02 PM (6ydKt)
That's the plan. And the Iranians will, not because they want to, but because they have to.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 24, 2026 07:06 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 24, 2026 06:58 PM (vbXSk)
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Two caveats. First, China is the one claiming this, and they lie.
Second, they dumped a ton of merch into Europe, which foolishly thought they could be fwends against the Bad Oranage Man, so they lowered their tarriffs and probably got bent over. So that was a one-time event.
China is screwed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 07:06 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 24, 2026 07:07 PM (1IhIV)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 24, 2026 07:04 PM (hJH5n)
They did have those Shemales in the Olympics though.
Sexy! All those muscles and three holes. I think. Well, maybe.
Posted by: Mein Gott at March 24, 2026 07:07 PM (AknkO)
Posted by: Max Power at March 24, 2026 07:07 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Ben Had
Last two days okay. Friday was a stone cold bitch of a day. Didn't help that the insurance co that preauthorized the surgery suddenly refused to pay hospital post surgery. Hospital and insurance company are dueling each other over charges which the billing clerk told us yesterday was normal. Insurance likes to balk at paying high dollar claims in almost every instance requesting more information. Has to do with the tax free earnings on loss reserves for insurance.
Posted by: whig at March 24, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Halfhand at March 24, 2026 07:08 PM (RCbrd)
Posted by: Auspex at March 24, 2026 06:56 PM (Y8DZL)
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One of the great ironies in all of this was that the decision to go after Trump's house changed the venue for the court, so now instead of the DC swamp, the cases will go before Florida juries.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 07:08 PM (ZOv7s)
Brennan is an unindicted "co-conspirator" for a RICO predicate.
... If you made me guess ...
Posted by: Ignoramus at March 24, 2026 07:08 PM (dtajH)
I just hope he bought a helmet.
Posted by: garrett at March 24, 2026 07:08 PM (Klk40)
Posted by: whig at March 24, 2026 07:02 PM (E4rtv
Can human organs go through the mail?
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 24, 2026 07:09 PM (Sco7b)
HORROR: Guatemalan Illegal Alien Released Into US by Biden Regime Arrested For Brutally Raping 5-Year-Old Girl – Child Needed Surgery to Treat Injuries
- GWP
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 24, 2026 07:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Mr. Matamoros at March 24, 2026 07:09 PM (RgM/c)
Next you'll tell me the GDR was NOT a Top 15 economy in the 1980s.
Posted by: Cow Demon
=====
Yes. Those USSR 5 year plans were all mythical as it turned out. Same as crime statistics in US urban Dem strongholds.
Posted by: whig at March 24, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 24, 2026 07:06 PM (hJH5n)
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They are still being told to shelter in place and wait. Trump has the regime (or what's left of it) paying attention now. He wants a deal and the surviving mullahs may want to take it while they still can.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 07:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Next you'll tell me the GDR was NOT a Top 15 economy in the 1980s.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 24, 2026 07:04 PM (hJH5n)
The Chinese are now state-capitalists.
They lie to promote, pump up, and sell their own book.
Kinda like Goldman-Sachs, except CCP, Inc. prefer rice and are allowed to eat pork.
The GDR was a world-leader in putting men in women's Olympics sports at least.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 24, 2026 07:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Stateless
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I suspect those are all going to keep old Chicoms and their oligarchs living.
Canada is probably gearing up via MAID to be the organ supplier for the Americas.
Posted by: whig at March 24, 2026 07:11 PM (E4rtv)
==
2025 number
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 07:11 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 07:12 PM (GD0B3)
The GDR was a world-leader in putting men in women's Olympics sports at least.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 24, 2026 07:10 PM (6ydKt)
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Another great moment in "Top Secret!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 07:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 24, 2026 07:06 PM (hJH5n)
Well they need some decent weapons then.
Because I don't think protest marches are going to get the job done for them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 24, 2026 07:13 PM (6ydKt)
>>... If you made me guess ...
Maybe. But Brennan was the one who rewrote the Intelligence Community Assessment claiming that Russia and Trump worked together to win the 2016 election and he did it at Obama's assistance. And he used the Steele dossier to build the case and then lied to Congress and said the dossier was not part of the ICA. He could be indicted for that alone.
But again all of this is supposedly part or a grand conspiracy theory that started in 2016 and went right through the 2024 election. Who knows if or what anything will ultimately charged with if anything. Still, nice to see the scumbags spend money to defend themselves for a change.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 07:13 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 07:12 PM (GD0B3)
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China is in slow-motion collapse. Gas lines and now street clashes. They are having major industrial fires several times a week as unpaid workers burn down the factory or bankrupt owners do insurance fraud.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 07:14 PM (ZOv7s)
of course they do
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 07:15 PM (GD0B3)
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If the Democrats ever regain power in this country, that will no longer be the case.
They will not hesitate to squash any dissent--with deadly force, if they feel it necessary.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2026 06:22 PM (ESVrU)
And it won't go like they think it will.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 07:15 PM (snZF9)
>>wow did Pritzker take ALL the GLP-1s?
Notice that now that there is a fat cheat code, beautiful at any size is no longer a thing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 24, 2026 07:16 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 07:14 PM (ZOv7s)
I am just waiting for when they drop those gold reserves on the market. Gold bouillon ! 😂😂
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 07:17 PM (GD0B3)
Also, No YELLOW M&Ms.
That's the thing about negotiations, you get to make any retarded demand you want as part of the process.
Posted by: garrett at March 24, 2026 07:18 PM (Klk40)
"reinstating federal funds to prevent violence that support our public safety efforts to provide me with an annual pass to the 16-18 course Gallery menu at the 3 Michelin star rated Alinea restaurant"
I might have added something there.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 24, 2026 07:18 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2026 07:13 PM (viF8m)
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The fact that something has not happened in no way proves that it will not happen. Trump 2.0 is very different from 1.0, and there is a degree of strategic patience and sequencing that is simply amazing to behold. Multiple tracks being pursued, multiple angles, objectives, all seemingly independent, yet also mutually supporting.
The SCOTUS likely to strike down late ballot-counting and more 2020 shenanigans being exposed, I expect plenty of trouble for the Dems this fall. Michigan is going to be rocked when the FBI releases all the fednapping docs, but that won't happen until after the primaries are done in August.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 07:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2026 07:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Ace is likely to be distracted during the next few weeks, due to the disassembly and reassembly of his rocking chair, and the kickoff of his first outdoor shelving project to accompany it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Is it a Cracker Barrel rocker?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 07:19 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 07:19 PM (XuXeR)
78. LOL!
86, no, DOGE defunded the office that enforced that
111, all numbers (outside of known physical constants) are bs
140, the gummint scrapped out millions of .45 cal Liberator pistols after ww2, one more thing against truman.
but honestly, we could afford to drop 1000s of M4s and body armor if we wanted to
(there's the problem, the will to do what it takes to win)
not sure anyone in gummint anywhere is comfortable with the idea of armed people changing the regime for themselves ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 24, 2026 07:20 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 07:21 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 07:19 PM
He didn't say, so I don't know. He has been a pretty loyal IKEA man up to now.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2026 07:22 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: SMOD at March 24, 2026 07:22 PM (O7XEN)
It might just catch on elsewhere... IYKWIMAITYD
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 07:22 PM (XuXeR)
or gold plated tungsten, anyway ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 24, 2026 07:22 PM (MIIRH)
Ok, that's funny right there.
Here's my offer: Nothing.
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 07:23 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 24, 2026 07:23 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 24, 2026 07:24 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2026 07:21 PM (+nEug)
Our ending point- Hmm, nobody in this wasteland to negotiate with. Ok pack it up fellas, we got a dead moonscape here.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 07:24 PM (snZF9)
not sure anyone in gummint anywhere is comfortable with the idea of armed people changing the regime for themselves ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 24, 2026 07:20 PM (MIIRH)
I actually agree - mobs are dangerous for both sides. But if we clear the baddies out of one port city, say, and start the new government making a militia and army while Saudi and Allied troops cover, then use those forces to guard this city and help move to the next city....
Posted by: Oldcat at March 24, 2026 07:25 PM (8avO+)
He wants a deal and the surviving mullahs may want to take it while they still can.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 24, 2026 07:10 PM (ZOv7s)
You can deal with me now, or later on, deal with the millions of Persians you've been oppressing, torturing and killing for nearly 50 years.
Choose wisely.
Posted by: Lord of War, The Golden Scalp Weasel at March 24, 2026 07:25 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: man at March 24, 2026 07:25 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: If this is the best of all possible worlds, blow it up at March 24, 2026 07:26 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 24, 2026 07:26 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2026 07:26 PM (GD0B3)
We need a government in Iran that isn't motivated by the desire to massacre people for the crime of not believing in the pedo sky god that they believe in.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 24, 2026 07:28 PM (WYStd)
Isn't it time for booster. It seems to have worn off.
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 24, 2026 07:30 PM (cO6oP)
Posted by: If this is the best of all possible worlds, blow it up at March 24, 2026 07:26 PM (TbWk/)
Its because we are just getting out of the weak men create hard times era. It all changes when we hit the hard times create strong men era.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 24, 2026 07:31 PM (snZF9)
And the murder of two-thirds of the non-muslim population throughout the West.
But that's just a bargaining ploy.
They'll settle for a half...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 24, 2026 07:31 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 24, 2026 07:16 PM
Narrator: It was not, in fact, all about that bass.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 24, 2026 07:32 PM (Wnv9h)
You can fight and all of you will die, or you can surrender and only most of you will die.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 24, 2026 07:32 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 5 - dog care at March 24, 2026 07:38 PM (Sco7b)
Throw in the toaster.
-------------------------------------------------------
Throw in Pritzker
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at March 24, 2026 07:39 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: whig at March 24, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)
==
Sure, but its mostly because they have a charge master discount agreement and the hospital put some additional procedures or misstated the charge master amount. They do it all the time. Insurance is no saint. The hospitals are worse. And they balance bill people for charges they don't owe in the hope they get paid anyway by their patients. I had one that was filed 6 months too late. It violated their network agreement. Hospital still billed me.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 24, 2026 08:01 PM (UVyKP)
Because I don't think protest marches are going to get the job done for them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 24, 2026 07:13 PM (6ydKt)
Guten Abend.
Posted by: German Demonstrating Republic at March 24, 2026 08:03 PM (hJH5n)
You're like a Super Democrat.
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Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)