1 Sponge!

2 Nood monkey!

3 Nooded.

4 Top 5?

5 Minkey!

6 Get the US out of NATO & The UN.

And get the UN out of the US.

7 NATO can suck my DIKO

8 The rain in Spain
Is all fake and gay

9 Outto NATO!

10
MUNKEY

11 Europe is not our ally.

They don't share our values

And they don't have military resources worth mentioning.

End NATO

12 Needs Americans To Operate

13 Not first!

14 7 NATO can suck my DIKO
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 28, 2026 11:02 AM (iFTx/)

That's why the Netherlands exists.

15 NATO is obsolete and should be allowed to die. It's not 1949 anymore.

16 When times are hard, pray. You have nothing to lose.

17 Speaking of European defense news.

The Royal Navy is ceding some of its build slots for Type 26 frigates to Norway. It is looking like Slot #3 which should have been HMS Belfast will instead go to Norway. The UK and its Royal Navy is no longer a serious military force.

Canada has ordered 15 Type 26s as the River class destroyer. Australia is also buying the Type 26.

18 Urope is so much beter than US. They helped us elect Barick Obamba, they not racis. Urope is for talinted people, not dum ameracans. Im embarissed to be ameracan.

19 I'm sure everyone here is in favor of scaling back or eliminating the military assistance we give to NATO, at least in Old Europe. Another question is the extent to which a surprise mass attack is even possible any more.

It was clear that Russian intended to attack Ukraine long before it happened. There simply wasn't the political will to do anything about it. Likewise, if China went after Taiwan, we'd know about it long in advance - long enough to move assets to counter it.

In the age of satellites, drones, and loyal wingmen, political will is a lot more important than assets on the ground.

Nonetheless, I'd like to move our current NATO assets to the front line states - they at least are taking the Russian threat seriously.

20 Italy has said they'll send some of their minesweepers to the Hormuz to help with things.

The rest of NATO is still navel gazing. And coddling Islamists.

21 We used to have quite the navy.
Back in the day.

22 It's not 1949 anymore.
Posted by: SEATO at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM (AP4bj)
Iknowright?

23 It's ironic that NATO in slang means "No Action, Talk Only." It's derogatory, of course.

24 We can't give away ALL our European bases b/c we do need some forward footprints around the world.

We can get rid of them in the countries that don't support us. And should.

25 11 Europe is not our ally.

They don't share our values

And they don't have military resources worth mentioning.

End NATO

The timing here could be interesting. I think some of the Euros are starting to understand that they can't rely on us anymore to do all the heavy lifting, and are starting to talk about beefing up their militaries. Germany claims it's going to be the strongest Euro military in...10 years. Poland says "hold my beer".

26 NATO seems yet another entrenched institution whose purpose is its’ own perpetuation, with all of its’ privleges and emoluments. If it magically disappeared tomorrow I seriously doubt that anything would be affected.

27 Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein's Smarter Sister, Hadley, MA at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM

You teach at Mt. Holyoke, don't you?

28 NATO should have been disbanded back in 1989/90.

29 Exactly what are we defending Europe from as a member of NATO?

Russia is bogged down in Ukraine (a non-NATO member) and clearly can't project much further than that, even if they wanted to.

Europe has thrown open wide the doors to mass migration of Islamic conquerors. They are not interested at all in defending themselves against the destruction of their own culture.

So why are we in NATO at all?

30
We used to have quite the navy.
Back in the day.
Posted by: Britain at April 28, 2026 11:06 AM (2Ez/1)



If you spent more time and money on the important parts of naval power rather than on rum, sodomy and the lash, you might actually have a navy that could go up against a naval powerhouse like Switzerland.

31 Honestly, we could just take the UK. Casus belli is UK nukes ending up in islamist hands. What would anyone do about it?

32 The SecGen of NATO, Mark Rutte, has told the Euros in no uncertain terms that if they think they can defend themselves without the US right now, they're dreaming, and they're a long way from the buildup that would enable them to do so. He's telling them to get off their asses and start to work. He gets it.

33 "...a navy that could go up against a naval powerhouse like Switzerland."
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Don't bring a warship to a red pocket knife fight.

34
The rest of NATO is still navel gazing. And coddling Islamists.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:06 AM (jehhT)

You mean gently cooking Islamists in near boiling water?

Well...Well, I guess....That's just fine.

There may still be some life in the You'reAPeein's yet!

35 If Europe, at least the NATO members, continue to import Islamists I think we (the US) has to reevaluate whether Europe is worth the effort to defend.

I mean, are we really going to maintain a mutual defense treaty with Islamists that want us dead?

Seems.... questionable.

36 We need high-speed rail, VAT, and six-week vacations. Level the playing field.

37 NATO was formed in '49, a year after 1948's Marshall Plan.

Since the Trump administration essentially (finally, in most ways) ended the latter last year -- dismantling foreign aid programs, incorporating USAID into the State Department (and eventually killing it), opposing international development goals, emphasizing bilateral reciprocity over multilateral cooperation, considering withdrawing from global institutions like the World Bank & IMF, et. al. -- it follows that we should essentially end the former this year.

38 The first task with our takeover of the UK would be getting rid of the Pakistanis but deporting the Birmingham/Aston Villa fan base makes it worthwhile.

39 Get out of NATO, and the next time we need to go overseas to save their ass because of their lack of vision we keep the liberated territories and plant United States of Earth flags.

40 "Europe has thrown open wide the doors to mass migration of Islamic conquerors. They are not interested at all in defending themselves against the destruction of their own culture.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"


For the most part, weren't really all that interested in fighting off communism, not enough to pay their share and tell their hard left to shut up and sit down. I'm no sure it was worth the effort now that they are willingly succumbing to Islam

41 The Krauts in government have recently admitted two things:
1) Shutting down nuclear was a huge mistake.
2) Importing millions of unassimilable 7th C. barbarians was a huge mistake.

I think they are starting to wake up, but not quickly enough.

42 More European defense news.

Norway sued NHI over the high operating costs and lack of capability stemming from the purchase with support contract of 14 NH90 helicopters. NHI has taken back the thirteen that were delivered and repaying some of the money. Norway has ordered Blackhawk variant to replace the NH90.

Belgium has retired four of its eight NH90s. After two crashes, one fatal, and other issues; Australia has retired and scrapped its entire NH90 fleet. Australia's MoD said they tried to sell them but no one wanted to buy them.

Germany has found the loading ramp of the NH90 to be weak and the floor in the troop compartment can be damaged by combat boots.

43 Exactly what are we defending Europe from as a member of NATO?

Russia is bogged down in Ukraine (a non-NATO member) and clearly can't project much further than that, even if they wanted to.

Europe has thrown open wide the doors to mass migration of Islamic conquerors. They are not interested at all in defending themselves against the destruction of their own culture.

So why are we in NATO at all?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 28, 2026 11:10 AM (gnNyN)

Yeah, they shot themselves in the head with uncontrollable muslim invasion.

Buuuuut, they voted for it, so...okay.

Still, that means pretty much house to house fighting if we ever needed to invade to save them.

I just don't see it.

Change our bases to places that want us and will honor their agreements.

44 "No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!"

-Ronald Reagan

That last glib comment is funny, but bureaucracies actually aren't immortal, because of that first statement of "voluntarily reduc(ing) itself".

As parasites, bureaucracies always weaken their host until the host is defeated by outside forces. It's why economists found that defeated countries (in this case, Germany and Japan) grow at ASTOUNDING rates, because the vested interest groups and entrenched bureaucracies had been ground into dust.

I'm not saying losing a war is good for a country, because there has never been a victor as magnanimous as the US, but destroying bureaucracies ought to be the aim of every patriot.

45 The UK culinary world would revert to traditional British fare, which is why France would be our next target.

46 Why do the Euros still want NATO? I would think they would be fine with us turning our backs on them.

47 "...a navy that could go up against a naval powerhouse like Switzerland."
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Don't bring a warship to a red pocket knife fight.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 28, 2026 11:12 AM (2Ez/1)

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But they can now equip those red pocket knives with mini-crossbows!

Those Swiss ... always fighting the last millennium's war.

48 >although they are welcome to purchase our military technology
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not the top shelf stuff
maybe some extra MREs, jeep tires, ballpoint pens, etc

49 The Krauts in government have recently admitted two things:
1) Shutting down nuclear was a huge mistake.
2) Importing millions of unassimilable 7th C. barbarians was a huge mistake.

I think they are starting to wake up, but not quickly enough.

IMHO, the lefty Euro governments are all now trying to slowly walk back the lunacy, because they realize it's electoral poison. They can't just come out and say "Boy, that was REALLY stupid of us", because they'd never get elected again. I doubt it will make any difference. The consequences of their numerous follies are too obvious and harmful to the nations they led.

50 27 Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein's Smarter Sister, Hadley, MA at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM

You teach at Mt. Holyoke, don't you?

___

Adjunck.

51 Get out of NATO, and the next time we need to go overseas to save their ass because of their lack of vision we keep the liberated territories and plant United States of Earth flags.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

I'm done with Europe. No more of our going over there to save them from themselves.

If the Germans had been victorious in WWI, that continent would be in a much better place, eventually, than it is now. Only our intervention guaranteed their defeat. Thanks, again. Woody Effing Wilson.

52 I'm sure everyone here is in favor of scaling back or eliminating the military assistance we give to NATO, at least in Old Europe.
Another question is the extent to which a surprise mass attack is even possible any more.

In the age of satellites, drones, and loyal wingmen, political will is a lot more important than assets on the ground.

Posted by: Archimedes


With as much satellite data and SigInt that we have, barring an EMP or solar flare that knocks up back to 1900, I honestly don't think anyone can successfully pull off a surprise attack.

53
As bad as the Western Eurotrash cockfags are, the worst of them is the Frogs. DeGaulle took one look at a map and realized that Frogpatch didn't need to join the military branch of NATO to enjoy the defense advantages. But since NATO was stupid enough to form the political branch in such a way that a nation could join that part of the organization separately, the Frogs took advantage of it. So they got to have a rather substantial role in setting the direction of NATO policy, without having to commit their military to NATO command.

Left them the resources to attempt a post-war reconstruction of the French colonial empire. But, being Frogs, they fucked it up and lost the two big jewels in the empire within 15 years: Indochina and Algeria. Not that either place is much of a jewel.

54 Why do the Euros still want NATO?

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Still terrified of the limp dick old Soviet Union Russian Bear.

55 @46

>>Why do the Euros still want NATO? I would think they would be fine with us turning our backs on them.

Do you understand how much money the US taxpayers shuffle off to the various pig troughs around the globe that these f***weasels dip their dirty little pig snouts in?

You end NATO you end US taxpayer money.

56 32 The SecGen of NATO, Mark Rutte, has told the Euros in no uncertain terms that if they think they can defend themselves without the US right now, they're dreaming, and they're a long way from the buildup that would enable them to do so. He's telling them to get off their asses and start to work. He gets it.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)
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I think Germany's Chancellor Merz attitude is: Screw the Americans.

57 ALL seriousness aside, the Warsaw Pact is long gone, thus NATO has no mission

IMO

58 I think they are starting to wake up, but not quickly enough.


I think the problem is the scale of the lies they've been bathing in is so extensive.

I was in Europe a few years ago riding their subway. They had a TV screen playing "news". One of the news programs was about how China would so be using 100% renewables and the US and even Europe were way, way behind.

And it was all lies and bullshit. But in Europe this is the kind of crap sold to them regularly by both the left and the "right".

Hell the current Fuhrer in Germany is "right leaning"

59 33 "...a navy that could go up against a naval powerhouse like Switzerland."
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Don't bring a warship to a red pocket knife fight.

the swiss army pocket knife i got from some actual swiss folks is white. it does have the plus-in-a-shield victorinox logo on it.

60 Mark Elias, Victim of Trump

Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
Trump has called me an "election stealing lawyer," a "radical" and a "bad person." He has posted that I am "scared" and "should be." His FBI director said I am "the enemy of the Republican Party."
I won't stop speaking out against the threat Trump poses to democracy. Period.

-
Marc Elias, in his own words:

"Donald Trump is plotting to overthrow American democracy."
"Echoing Hitler's rise to power."
"It is possible that our constitutional system simply cannot handle a threat like Trump."
"Existential threat to democracy."
"He is not a normal candidate. There are no both sides. There can be no false equivalencies."
"Trump will do anything to win and the Republican Party will aid and abet him at every turn."
"We can expect he will insist his supporters be more aggressive, more ruthless and more violent."
"What we must do is nothing less than protect democracy from Donald Trump."
"Anyone who thinks that a re-elected President Trump would not insist on controlling ballot counting and certification has simply not been paying attention."
"I have watched the Republican Party morph into a crime family that boasts about rigging electio

61 not the top shelf stuff
Posted by: Don Black


Maybe they need to hire Ace.

62 39 Get out of NATO, and the next time we need to go overseas to save their ass because of their lack of vision we keep the liberated territories and plant United States of Earth flags.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 11:14 AM (snZF9)

United Planets of America

63 FIRST!!!!!

64 NATO ought to have been disbanded 30 years ago with the end of the Soviet threat. Russia is not and cannot be a threat of the same magnitude as the USSR.

Instead, we've let these leeches continue using our military might as a security blanket.

It's time they* pony up for their own defense.

(*Meaning the leeches. Some of Europe actually is pulling it's own weight. I'd be willing to explore separate commitments to the former soviet block countries who ARE serious about their own defense, but Western Europe needs to be kicked to the curb.)

65 they are welcome to purchase our military technology if they are capable of keeping it out of the hands of the Chinese and the Russians.

It seems the Chinese export versions of their fighters and ADRs might not be quite up to snuff, by which I mean are next to useless against our top of the line. Perhaps we could sell the Euros downgraded versions and let them and China have a loser's war.

HQ-9B And J-35 Quality Is So Poor No One Buys Them, So China Fakes Orders To Self-Entertain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubHdetqOY9M

66 >"Boy, that was REALLY stupid of us", because they'd never get elected again.
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Elected. That's cute.

67 The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it has indicted a top Fauci-era National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases employee for allegedly taking part in a scheme to conceal federal records regarding COVID-19 research grants.

The DOJ said that David Morens, 78, has been charged with conspiracy against the U.S., which includes destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations, concealment, removal or mutilation of records as well as aiding and abetting. From 2006 to 2022, Morens served as a senior advisor to former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci.

68 he SecGen of NATO, Mark Rutte, has told the Euros in no uncertain terms that if they think they can defend themselves without the US right now

Yes and no. Outside of say Poland the Euro-military is a joke.

But the only real threat they face is Muslim/African invasion and they could easily stop that if they wanted to.

And since their population and GDP dwarf Russia, they could easily put together a military that can defeat Russia...again if they wanted to

69 I will say it again, if Trump was a true tyrant Mark Elias would simply vanish.

70 As many of us have been saying for a long time, NATO is an organization without a mission. The Soviet Union ended decades ago and so should NATO.

This, on the other hand, is timely.

>>@seanmdav
·
1h
>>BREAKING: A top adviser to Anthony Fauci has been indicted for his role in covering up the origins of the COVID-19 epidemic by hiding and destroying key records, the New York Post reports.

71 Presenter at Illinois Reparations Commission meeting says they need $16 trillion (he was dead serious)

-
I'll check the couch cushions.

72 Perhaps we can sell them our bases!
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The Europeans can turn them into housing for the all the military aged men they are importing from the 3rd world.

73 Russia is pretty much a clapped out shell now. Not even sure if it is a midlevel regional power now. The only thing about them I have any concern over is that of their nukes getting sold off someday to some nutters.

74 I just watched a heartwarming video about a small American town in Michigan. Hamtramck. It's a quaint small town that has completed it's conversion to a fully islhamic city in America. Every city councilman, school board member, the police chief, the mayor....All muslham men. The city documents are in arabic, ads are run in arabic and stores area all catering to the muslhams. Police recruiting posters are in arabic and the female officers wear the hijab.


DIVERSITY!!!!

75 Urope is so much beter than US. They helped us elect Barick Obamba, they not racis. Urope is for talinted people, not dum ameracans. Im embarissed to be ameracan.
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein's Smarter Sister, Hadley, MA at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM (qUkBO)

Again, the Northeastern liberal is an extremely highly educated individual who is an utter fool.

They know how to speak and write well. It's their beliefs that are stupid, not their ability to express themselves. This kind of spoof just falls flat.

76 What would be the process if we were to leave NATO? Could the President do it on his own, or would Congressional approval need to be involved?

77 EU sucking off 2 or 3 of our teats.
Mexico sucking off 2 or 3 more.
Pretty soon this bitch want even have milk for her own pups.

78 76 What would be the process if we were to leave NATO? Could the President do it on his own, or would Congressional approval need to be involved?

*twitches nervously*

79 I'm quite content with the idea of us leaving NATO. There is no point staying where we aren't wanted.

80 Archimedes

More tofu engineering.

Spirit installed defective titanium parts in some 737s, 787s, and Airbus 320s. Italian subcontractor noticed the titanium they were receiving from Turkey didn't look right. The titanium material was traced back to a dealer in the PRC.

81 The Europeans can turn them into housing for the all the military aged men they are importing from the 3rd world.

I was reading a lefty forum where they had the idea that they could house all the immigrants in the historical palaces and mansions throughout Europe.

And I'll be honest, seeing Muslims living in Versailles or something similar would present the perfect image of what is happening now...

There was one person who asked, "Hey why can't we house our current working class (me) there instead of the crappy flats we have now?!?" but he got downvoted...

82 Kind of reminds me of the discussion we had last night at my sewing/knitting circle. We all go to one of two churches in the same denomination, but we found out that the nitty-gritty of church committees is very different between the two churches. Our church has a one-time new membership "class" (a Sunday lunch at the pastor's house with a meeting including him and two council members beforehand), and the other church doesn't. Our "class" lays out the church's stance on certain issues, but more pertinent to our discussion, the expectations of new members. New members are given a grace period of about a year, and then the council will include them in the phone calls in June to ask people to be on committees. The elder at our meeting warned us that if we don't say "no" to the phone call or text, that is an automatic "yes." We were asked what our strengths and weaknesses were so they could figure out where to put us.

All this is to say that our church has stated very clearly that as long as you are able, we *will* be using your talents. Maybe NATO should consider that concept.

83 @seanmdav
·
1h
>>BREAKING: A top adviser to Anthony Fauci has been indicted for his role in covering up the origins of the COVID-19 epidemic by hiding and destroying key records, the New York Post reports.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:24 AM (viF8m)


I will not be satisfied until Fauci and Birx are hanging from lampposts in the town square.

I want them to build the gallows pole assembly line reminiscent of the movie 'Hang 'em High.'

84 ONE NOTE, before leaving NATO, we need to confiscate all their nuclear weapons before France and England become the 2nd and 3rd Islamic nations with them.

85 76 What would be the process if we were to leave NATO? Could the President do it on his own, or would Congressional approval need to be involved?
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)
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Probably can leave NATO on his own, but he can hollow out the US contribution to it. Sort of like what Europe has been doing for the last 45 years.

86 We should take over the better parts of Mexico.
Add new paint and tile.
Flip it to white Europeans that will need a new home in 10 to 12 years.

87 Marc Elias oughta be buried alive.

88 It's a treaty organization so the Senate probably has to abrogate it.
Breaking alliances with friendly nations is always hard. It's why England and Portugal used to have such longstanding relations even when those two were wrestling over India and east Africa. Nobody on either side really wanted to say "fuck this" as long as Spain and France were out there

89 Archimedes

More tofu engineering.


I wonder if the Chinese official who coined the term "tofu dregs" has been shot yet. He distilled the crappiness of most Chinese products in just two memorable words.

90 The US controls the UK nuclear missile force since we built and maintain the Trident missiles for the Royal Navy.

91 the swiss army pocket knife i got from some actual swiss folks is white. it does have the plus-in-a-shield victorinox logo on it.
Posted by: anachronda
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Does it have a corkscrew? Asking for a WH correspondent friend.

92 >>I will not be satisfied until Fauci and Birx are hanging from lampposts in the town square.

I wouldn't hold your breath. Fauci got a Biden pardon. But a lot of his conspirators did not.

93 the swiss army pocket knife i got from some actual swiss folks is white. it does have the plus-in-a-shield victorinox logo on it.

Posted by: anachronda at April 28, 2026 11:21 AM (oY6Yp)

Mrs B had a few business trips to Switzerland. She always brought me back different swiss army knives. They come in a bunch of different colors over there.

94 77 EU sucking off 2 or 3 of our teats.
Mexico sucking off 2 or 3 more.
Pretty soon this bitch want even have milk for her own pups.

++++
We'll need at least one teat.

95
not the top shelf stuff
maybe some extra MREs, jeep tires, ballpoint pens, etc
Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:18 AM (ZxPkt)


Skilcraft retractable US Government ballpoint pens FTW!!!!

96 What happened between us and Italy? Didn't they just recently elect a pro-Trump populist? Did Meloni lose her nerve or was she insincere?

97 We'll need at least one teat.
Posted by: Canadia

I'm fine with two. I don't need to go to Mars.

98
I wouldn't hold your breath. Fauci got a Biden pardon. But a lot of his conspirators did not.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:29 AM (viF8m)


I would hope that were those pardons challenged, they wouldn't stand up. You can't pardon someone for 'crimes maybe committed' and it just magically absolve everything.

99 None of the rest of NATO have enough transport planes.
They have to catch rides on American C-17s & C-130s.
They have no logistics beyond their own borders.

Any NATO armed forces outside of the U.S., are only good for local operations without our planes moving troops & materiel around.

So Europe is only good to defend Europe, and Canada is only good to defend Canada. And they can't even effectively do that right now outside of possibly France and Poland.

I don't see then gaining the will to improve that situation in the near future, either, due to so many of these nations deliberately gimping their own armed forces and their own industrial and energy sectors.

That isn't even mentioning the Great Barbarian Invasion western Europe has facilitated against itself.

100 If the Germans had been victorious in WWI, that continent would be in a much better place, eventually, than it is now. Only our intervention guaranteed their defeat. Thanks, again. Woody Effing Wilson.
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:20 AM (77rzZ)

Yeah, I've told my children there were no "good guys" in WWI.

It was a lot of stupid governments sending millions to die for stupid reasons.

101 More tofu engineering.
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[ponders Berserker's term 'Yang Poon', ?]

102 96 What happened between us and Italy? Didn't they just recently elect a pro-Trump populist? Did Meloni lose her nerve or was she insincere?
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at April 28, 2026 11:30 AM (FMtrg)
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What happened: An energy crunch along with violent Muslim immigrants.

103 Skilcraft retractable US Government ballpoint pens FTW!!!!

You are a cruel, cruel man.

104 11 Europe is not our ally.

They don't share our values
Posted by: 18-1

Speak for yourself! I think they're dreamy...

105 NATO, we'd hate to keep burdening you with our support. Nice write up, CBD.

106 I wanna see Birx hung by a rope made of her scarves. Because pretty.

107 Yeah, I've told my children there were no "good guys" in WWI.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Eh, maybe King Albert of Belgium, who was dragged into it by the German invasion of his country.

108 We need to be everywhere. And our ships need to be able to make port calls.

109 What happened: An energy crunch along with violent Muslim immigrants.
Posted by: WisRich

That could be an opportunity to double down, deport, and protect the public. Or to capitulate. Guess what she chose.

110 I wanna see Birx hung by a rope made of her scarves. Because pretty.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 28, 2026 11:33 AM (mJreO)


I find your terms acceptable.

111 One of the most surprising things about the recent Iranian stuff for me is the dearth of countries that actually can send a ship(s). England straight up failed. The Russians last Cuban trip looked like somebody set the Kon Tiki on fire and went for a spin around the Atlantic. The Chinese are perfecting boats that float. India? Japan? France? Who can project any meaningful power?

112 A German victory in WW1, especially an early one before they sent Lenin to Russia, likely ends with them dominating Europe but expending most of their efforts in their newly claimed colonies.

As we've seen that would basically be money pissed away. But that's better then what Europe and especially Germany spent their time doing in our actual history since WWI.

One could imagine then that the world ends up not with a competition between freedom and communism, but freedom and old style European aristocracy which I think is a better and clearer debate to have.

113 100 If the Germans had been victorious in WWI, that continent would be in a much better place, eventually, than it is now. Only our intervention guaranteed their defeat. Thanks, again. Woody Effing Wilson.
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:20 AM (77rzZ)

Yeah, I've told my children there were no "good guys" in WWI.

It was a lot of stupid governments sending millions to die for stupid reasons.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:31 AM (N1tpc)

Lots of people just don’t get this. The Democrats have always been an unmitigated disaster. Everything they touch, they ruin. If only we could outlaw that Party.

114
Skilcraft retractable US Government ballpoint pens FTW!!!!

You are a cruel, cruel man.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)



Just trying to live by the VDH Doctrine. *snerk*

115 Skilcraft retractable US Government ballpoint pens FTW!!!!
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I have a mechanical pencil marked 'U.S. Government Property'. Uh, oh...I may be tipping off the Feds.

116 The only issue I have with cutting off Western Europe entirely in favor of Poland etc. is the fact that you're going to want a clear travel and logistical channel to support those bases. Geography is what it is, and teleportation isn't on anyone's bingo card right now.

117 The Chinese are perfecting boats that float. India? Japan? France? Who can project any meaningful power?

Japan certainly can, and they're spending a lot of money on enhancing their capabilities. India is also trying, but...India.

118 Get the popcorn.

Raids in Minnesota targeting 22 businesses for fraud.

119 So the US funds 3/4 of nato costs while Europe is 2/3 of the population and all the money is spent in Europe to defend Europe from putin who cant take ukraine in like 5 years?

120 41 The Krauts in government have recently admitted two things:
1) Shutting down nuclear was a huge mistake.
2) Importing millions of unassimilable 7th C. barbarians was a huge mistake.

I think they are starting to wake up, but not quickly enough.

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It reminds me more of Bob Iger at Disney, for the past 5 years at investors calls, he kept saying that they will focus on quality and less on quantity. That never was the intent, it was a way to keep worried folks at bay for all those years while Disney poured out sludge. The sellouts in charge of Europe have no plan in stopping the elimination of their own people.

121 Thx CBD.
The first head of NATO, Lord Ismay ,said "the purpose of NATO is to keep the Americans in, the Russians out and the Germans down". The Russians are slaughtering themselves and the Ukrainians and outside of nukes aren't a danger to Europe. The Germans appear to be committing national suicide and most of Western Europe doesn't want us there. So what is the point of NATO?

122 What happened between us and Italy? Didn't they just recently elect a pro-Trump populist? Did Meloni lose her nerve or was she insincere?

Italy is full of garlic eating layabouts who no work, drink heavily, smell bad whose only goal in life is joining the mafia.

They are the Haiti of Europe.

123 38 The first task with our takeover of the UK would be getting rid of the Pakistanis but deporting the Birmingham/Aston Villa fan base makes it worthwhile.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 28, 2026 11:13 AM (2ap+5)

This guy get's it ...

124 The only issue I have with cutting off Western Europe entirely in favor of Poland etc. is the fact that you're going to want a clear travel and logistical channel to support those bases. Geography is what it is, and teleportation isn't on anyone's bingo card right now.

Poland and the Baltics all have access to the Baltic. The old Euros might not like it, but I'd like to see them try to do something about it.

125 Get the popcorn.

Raids in Minnesota targeting 22 businesses for fraud.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Uh oh. World War 12?

126 Awhile ago, Trump & Co released a report on US global strategic priorities:

1. Fortress Americas with a latter-day Monroe Doctrine
2. The Far East. We'll try to get China to play nice, but if not see #1
3. Europe. Has lost its way. If they don't find their way back, it's on them. See #1
4. Africa. Benign neglect. See #1

On #1, we have Venezuela, Greenland and soon Cuba
On #2, Trump has multiple goals with Iran including cutting off oil to China
On #3, see Europe's open hostility to American interests. Europe has similar interests, but they fear their imported Muslims. Trump is building the case for our exiting NATO

127 Germans did not cover themselves in glory in the Great War when it came to the US.

Unrestricted submarine warfare killing neutral Americans. Then came the Z telegram, now that was such a stoke of brilliance that only someone like Gaylord or Hillary could think of.

128 We should take over the better parts of Mexico.
Add new paint and tile.
Flip it to white Europeans that will need a new home in 10 to 12 years.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 28, 2026 11:28 AM (/+uur)

That would be a nice thing to do, but the Europeans complain about 80F being a heat wave.

They'd not survive in Mexico.

129 our NATO membership came about by treaty, approved by Congress

it is likely Congress would have to legislate our departure from NATO

I imagine all manner of war profiteers and their pet Senators would be opposed

the trough must not run dry!

130 The US already took the better part of Mexico.

131 More tofu engineering.
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[ponders Berserker's term 'Yang Poon', ?]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 28, 2026 11:31 AM (XeU6L)

All chinese junk parts are yang poon. Thats chinese for "from package to garbage can".

132 Skilcraft retractable US Government ballpoint pens FTW!!!!


Lol, just ordered a box of Skilcraft Liquid Impressions Ultra Fine Point pens. Could be the best writing pens I've used in a while.

133 I was reading a lefty forum where they had the idea that they could house all the immigrants in the historical palaces and mansions throughout Europe.

I saw that thread. I'd been hoping it was a joke but this is reddit we're talking about.

There was one person who asked, "Hey why can't we house our current working class (me) there instead of the crappy flats we have now?!?" but he got downvoted...

Not surprising. The dude asking that was probably white, straight and male which is the unholy trinity of Badthink.

134 Unrestricted submarine warfare killing neutral Americans.
Posted by: Anna Puma

There were munitions aboard the Lusitania. Woody wanted to get us into that war.

135 2. The Far East. We'll try to get China to play nice, but if not see #1
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Tom Clancey's novel, 'The Bear and the Dragon' is a fascinating read.

136
Japan certainly can, and they're spending a lot of money on enhancing their capabilities.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)



They just did that naval troll of China by sending one of their ships through the Taiwan Strait, which has the Chinee screaming bloody murder. Ironic, considering that China has been sending their ships into Japanese waters for decades.

137 The benefit of NATO for America has clearly faded,

What will we do with all the excess blue paint? And worthless bureaucrats. Whose going to pay for those European vacations?

138 So the US funds 3/4 of nato costs while Europe is 2/3 of the population and all the money is spent in Europe to defend Europe from putin who cant take ukraine in like 5 years?

When Russia first went in to Ukraine, I was assured by many here that it would be a walkover; a matter of days or weeks. Then, when it wasn't, I was told the Russians historically started slow, but eventually became unstoppable. When THAT didn't happen, it was going to become a war of attrition, and Russia would eventually win.

Pardon me if I question your ability to assess Russia's capabilities now.

139 Hahahahaha

The Feds have raided the Quality Daycare Learing Center

140 Remember when NATO sent all those troops to "guard Greenland" from Trump's threats to annex it?

All those troops.

All five or six of them.

141 > Could the President do it on his own, or would Congressional approval need to be involved?
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1st clause- no
2nd clause- yes

142 With as much satellite data and SigInt that we have, barring an EMP or solar flare that knocks up back to 1900, I honestly don't think anyone can successfully pull off a non-nuclear ICBM surprise attack.
Posted by: rickb223
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FIFY.

143 The Europeans won't even stop using A4 paper. They're beyond hope.

144 Remember when NATO sent all those troops to "guard Greenland" from Trump's threats to annex it?
All those troops.
All five or six of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

It really was all of them that we could muster!

145 BREAKING:
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New: The Supreme Court of Virginia has denied a request for an emergency stay of last week’s Tazewell ruling that said the State Board of Elections can’t certify the results of Virginia’s redistricting referendum.

This is just a ruling on the request for a stay and not on the merits of the appeal."

146 Weird, relevant take from r/BalticStates

Russia Could Attack a NATO Country Within Months, Polish Prime Minister Warns. “This is something really serious. I’m talking about short-term perspectives, rather months than years,” he said.

apparently the follwing has to be repeated over and over again: The west is not afraid of Russia winning a war against us. We are afraid of them *trying*!

This is like "IRAN IS ABOUT TO MAKE A NUCLEAR WEAPON" threat that Nethanyahu's been saying for the last 20 years at least once every 6 months

Ukraine been dominating them for weeks and just got huge money boost. Second: the russian army been in worse condition week by week recently, so wtf could they even do?

Randomly invite whole NATO into war to totally get anhiliated?

This means eu and nato can justify new laws and regulations. Did muricans visited Polska lately or something? Sounds like there's a massive spending waiting. So just in case if peeps ain't happy with how prices are going up and up and probably will get way worse soon - be afraid! ruzkis could come!

147 Skilcraft retractable US Government ballpoint pens FTW!!!!


Lol, just ordered a box of Skilcraft Liquid Impressions Ultra Fine Point pens. Could be the best writing pens I've used in a while.

In the government building where I worked, we had paper towel dispensers in the bathrooms. They were made by the blind. It was physically impossible to extract a towel intact. It was at that point that I began to suspect the government of incompetence.

148 143 The Europeans won't even stop using A4 paper. They're beyond hope.
Posted by: Bulg

And 50 Hz power!

149 Poland and the Baltics all have access to the Baltic. The old Euros might not like it, but I'd like to see them try to do something about it.

Posted by: Archimedes

If we stay good with the Danes and the other Scandis, that's cool. But, ah, I see some other nations along the path to get to that point...

Not saying it isn't worth doing, just want to make sure our plans are properly thought out.

150 134 Unrestricted submarine warfare killing neutral Americans.
Posted by: Anna Puma

There were munitions aboard the Lusitania. Woody wanted to get us into that war.
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:41 AM (77rzZ)

Bound and determined, he was. He did not one thing right in his Admin. A calamity.

151 I just saw a meme with a quote attributed to Ike saying if we don't have our troops out of Europe in 10 years, NATO is a failure.
As with most attributions, I have no idea if it is real or not, but if true...

152 125 Get the popcorn.

Raids in Minnesota targeting 22 businesses for fraud.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Uh oh. World War 12?

world war //e

153 If the UAE can leave OPEC we can leave NATO.

154 This is like "IRAN IS ABOUT TO MAKE A NUCLEAR WEAPON" threat that Nethanyahu's been saying for the last 20 years at least once every 6 months

They do love their hyperbole. And if Tehran detonated a nuke in Jerusalem, they would say "It would be islamaphobic for us to react to that. After all, it's not our country that was hit!"

155 All those troops.

All five or six of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)

I told my wife about that.

We laughed and laughed.

OOOOO, they sent 12 soldiers! We're in trouble now!

156 They just did that naval troll of China by sending one of their ships through the Taiwan Strait, which has the Chinee screaming bloody murder. Ironic, considering that China has been sending their ships into Japanese waters for decades.

I almost feel sorry for the Chinese on that one. The Japs really were bestial in WWII.

157 There were munitions aboard the Lusitania. Woody wanted to get us into that war.
Posted by: Bulg

November 1916: Wilson wins reelection with the slogan, "He Kept Us Out of the War."

April 1917: War!

158 The only good thing Wilson did in his administration was to have a stroke

159 They do love their hyperbole. And if Tehran detonated a nuke in Jerusalem, they would say "It would be islamaphobic for us to react to that. After all, it's not our country that was hit!"

Posted by: NR Pax

Assuming they could stop cheering long enough.

160
Remember when NATO sent all those troops to "guard Greenland" from Trump's threats to annex it?

All those troops.

All five or six of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)



That's all the seats on commercial air that they could purchase. They certainly couldn't fly them on their own military airlift, because it basically doesn't exist. Some of those nations have more VIP transports in their Air Force than they do cargo planes.

161 Russia Could Attack a NATO Country Within Months, Polish Prime Minister Warns. “This is something really serious. I’m talking about short-term perspectives, rather months than years,” he said.

Ok let's break this down. The war in Ukraine is not over. Why would the Russians open another front NOW even if they did want to conquer other neighbors?

Oh, this is from Donald Tusk who stole his election in Poland just like Biden stole one here and is basically the same face of the technocrats.

162 NATO’s expiration date was 30 years ago.

163 Looks like there was a disbarment complaint filed April 22 against John Roberts, alleging that he did not disclose his wife's earnings from law firms that argued in front of the Supreme Court.

164 Edith Wilson, the harbinger of AWFLs.

165 The only good thing Wilson did in his administration was to have a stroke
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Except that then his wife was running things.

166 158 The only good thing Wilson did in his administration was to have a stroke
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 28, 2026 11:47 AM (gu0hJ)

Nah, b/c his wife wasn't a better president.

Wilson was just bad all the way around...

167 143 The Europeans won't even stop using A4 paper. They're beyond hope.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)

They are also far too insistent on putting the day before the month in dates.

And I'm here to say this entire metric system is just never going to catch on.

168 All those troops.

All five or six of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)

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One British soldier is equal to 250 Zulus or 80 Eskimos.

169 Like everything else follow the money. There are billions stolen every year by our nato “allies”. America is the world’s sucker nation and has been for 80 years.

170
The Norfolk botanical garden has a tower shrine to NATO which would be made better by being torn down.

171 Looks like there was a disbarment complaint filed April 22 against John Roberts, alleging that he did not disclose his wife's earnings from law firms that argued in front of the Supreme Court.

If that were too happen, he presumably would have to leave SCOTUS, and Trump would have to select a new justice. I can live with that.

172 They do love their hyperbole. And if Tehran detonated a nuke in Jerusalem, they would say "It would be islamaphobic for us to react to that. After all, it's not our country that was hit!"
Posted by: NR Pax

Iran had to do it to stop the Palestinian genocide! Israel had nukes first and threatened Iran! It was an Israeli false flag operation to blame Muslims!!!!

173 I almost feel sorry for the Chinese on that one. The Japs really were bestial in WWII.
Posted by: Archimedes

Well, at least they weren't white supremacists.

174 those skilcraft mechanical pencils were great

naturally, they were discontinued

175 They are also far too insistent on putting the day before the month in dates.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Actually, I usually do that. It's how the military does it.

176 And I'm here to say this entire metric system is just never going to catch on.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM

+++++

Not so fast bud.

177 The Europeans won't even stop using A4 paper. They're beyond hope.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)

They are also far too insistent on putting the day before the month in dates.


They use commas instead of periods for decimal points. That's just retarded.

178 those skilcraft mechanical pencils were great
naturally, they were discontinued
Posted by: Don Black

We beg to differ.

179 Russians will fight for mother Russia and the near borderlands, but they aren't real big on going further. They did in WWll because of what the Nazis had done in Russia. Read what the Russian soldiers said in WWl , "why are we fighting on Carpathia?". They ain't going into Poland, unless Poland does something stupid

180 Acting AG Blanche applied to become a member of some fancy schmancy DC club. He is being denied because some members of the club, presumably judges, are upset he’s investigating judges for corruption.

The DC swamp at its swampiest.

181 Celsius delanda est!!!

182 I almost feel sorry for the Chinese on that one. The Japs really were bestial in WWII.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

The Japanese were every bit as nasty as the Germans, and perhaps more so, but since they didn't target one specific people for extinction, their crimes are less well-known in the West. China DOES remember it though.

You'd think that would mean China does everything not to poke the Japanese bear that has been very quiet and even pacifist for 80 years.

But, nope, they kept pushing and pushing until they forced Japan to get serious once again.

183 apparently the follwing has to be repeated over and over again: The west is not afraid of Russia winning a war against us. We are afraid of them *trying*!


One of Reagan's arguments was that we were more likely to have peace if we had a strong enough military to make the Soviets fear the outcome of any military conflict.

The left at the time called him a warmonger and argued that if you pay for a military you will end up using it.

Glad to see they are 100% reversed here though I still don't get the argument. The US military is sufficient to defeat Russia in an invasion into NATO even without the rest of NATO. Add in Poland and whatever scraps the rest of Europe puts together and the picture is even better.

But...then the logical answer would be Europe should dramatically increase defense spending, *beyond* American levels, AND agree to the reasonable terms Trump has been asking for to keep the US in the alliance and committed to it - not just spending more but sending ships to the Gulf and so on.

184 One British soldier is equal to 250 Zulus or 80 Eskimos.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM (+HNx/)

It's because of their stiff upper lips.

185 The US already took the better part of Mexico.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 28, 2026 11:40 AM (2GVsD)

One could argue that the US MADE it the better part of Mexico.

186 171 Looks like there was a disbarment complaint filed April 22 against John Roberts, alleging that he did not disclose his wife's earnings from law firms that argued in front of the Supreme Court.

If that were too happen, he presumably would have to leave SCOTUS, and Trump would have to select a new justice. I can live with that.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

Nope, he could stay even if he was never a lawyer. No bar license needed.

187 Two types of countries in the world

Those that use the metric system and those that have landed on the moon.

188 If that were too happen, he presumably would have to leave SCOTUS, and Trump would have to select a new justice. I can live with that.
Posted by: Archimedes

Now he gets to see how much selling out to the Left helps him: not enough. Only RINOs will back him from the right, and DNCe-type Democrats. The Lefty radicals (most of the party base at this point) think he's a mini-Hitler Trump puppet, so if Dems protect him right before the midterms, it may hurt their turnout efforts.

189 One British soldier is equal to 250 Zulus or 80 Eskimos.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

1/2 Sikh.

190 The Japanese were every bit as nasty as the Germans, and perhaps more so, but since they didn't target one specific people for extinction, their crimes are less well-known in the West. China DOES remember it though.

You'd think that would mean China does everything not to poke the Japanese bear that has been very quiet and even pacifist for 80 years.

But, nope, they kept pushing and pushing until they forced Japan to get serious once again.

I think they did it because they figured they were the strong horse now, and could kick Nippon's butt. Japan would give them a fight to be sure, but I think China would still win.

191 They just did that naval troll of China by sending one of their ships through the Taiwan Strait, which has the Chinee screaming bloody murder. Ironic, considering that China has been sending their ships into Japanese waters for decades.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Mild naval intrusions are a tradition for testing warlike intentions. Damned nearly every major conflict has begun that way.

192 Actually, I usually do that. It's how the military does it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)

And 24 hour time, too.
Admit it, the military secretly wants to be French.

193 Two types of countries in the world
Those that use the metric system and those that have landed on the moon.
Posted by: Heroq

*Sobs*

194
FDR played practically the same keep us out of war game as Wilson, but, wink and a nod, everyone in the American military reserve knew it was coming as early as 1936.

195 Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:52 AM (N1tpc)

Lord Mountbatten did not want any Japanese at his funeral. He hated them more than the Germans due to their horrible treatment of POWs.

196 Looks like there was a disbarment complaint filed April 22 against John Roberts, alleging that he did not disclose his wife's earnings from law firms that argued in front of the Supreme Court.

If that were too happen, he presumably would have to leave SCOTUS, and Trump would have to select a new justice. I can live with that.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
______

I don't think you need to be a member of any bar to be a SC judge, or any judge. The bar membership allows you to practice law -- as in representing clients -- in a given jurisdiction. It's not a requirement for judges.

It's possible that the basis for the disbarment complaint, if serious enough, could be itself enough to get Roberts kicked off the bench.

197 > Remember when NATO sent all those troops to "guard Greenland" from Trump's threats to annex it?

All those troops.

All five or six of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)

That's all the seats on commercial air that they could purchase. They certainly couldn't fly them on their own military airlift, because it basically doesn't exist. Some of those nations have more VIP transports in their Air Force than they do cargo planes.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 28, 2026 11:47 AM (X4KFY)
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Ironically, they arrived on a US built C-130.

198 Nope, he could stay even if he was never a lawyer. No bar license needed.

*in Johnny Carson voice*
I did not know that.

199 Not only do you not need a law license to be on scotus you don’t need to have any legal training. Anyone can be on scotus theoretically. There is no constitutional set of requirements.

200 I almost feel sorry for the Chinese on that one. The Japs really were bestial in WWII.
Posted by: Archimedes

I warned you! No yellow!!!

201 Skilcraft pens and stuff. My ex and sisters were well equipped with Skilcraft products while in school. Daddy (guy made it to GS14) used to do back to school shopping at good ol' Servmart. Your tax dollars at work.

202 FDR played practically the same keep us out of war game as Wilson, but, wink and a nod, everyone in the American military reserve knew it was coming as early as 1936.

Part of the 1940 presidential campaign was FDR pledging to keep America out of WWII while the Republican argued we would have to intervene.

Of course at the time FDR was giving the allies material assistance and engaged in an "illegal" war against German subs in the Atlantic so he didn't believe what he was campaigning on either...

203 199 Not only do you not need a law license to be on scotus you don’t need to have any legal training. Anyone can be on scotus theoretically. There is no constitutional set of requirements.

Posted by: Heroq at April 28, 2026 11:56 AM (3wCO0)

So, KBJ then.

204 Not only do you not need a law license to be on scotus you don’t need to have any legal training. Anyone can be on scotus theoretically. There is no constitutional set of requirements.
Posted by: Heroq

They made Ambrose Bishop of Milan even though he was a layman. Quickie ordination through the ranks.

205 199 Not only do you not need a law license to be on scotus you don’t need to have any legal training. Anyone can be on scotus theoretically. There is no constitutional set of requirements.

Posted by: Heroq at April 28, 2026 11:56 AM (3wCO0)

You don't even need to graduate high school.

206 203 199 Not only do you not need a law license to be on scotus you don’t need to have any legal training. Anyone can be on scotus theoretically. There is no constitutional set of requirements.

Posted by: Heroq at April 28, 2026 11:56 AM (3wCO0)

So, KBJ then.


Oh come on! I'm pretty sure you have to have a functioning cerebral cortex.

207 "So, KBJ then."
.....
Hey. I'm sitting right here.

208 It's possible that the basis for the disbarment complaint, if serious enough, could be itself enough to get Roberts kicked off the bench.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 28, 2026 11:55 AM (iFTx/)

Getting rid of a chief justice is a tall order, but if he is indeed disbarred (although I doubt it will happen), the blowback will be profound, and I can't imagine that he would stick around. He would be completely neutered.

209 Lord Mountbatten did not want any Japanese at his funeral. He hated them more than the Germans due to their horrible treatment of POWs.
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

My wife's grandfather was in the Bataan Death March and wasn't freed until the end of the war.

He refused to buy ANYTHING from Japan and hated people who drove Japanese vehicles, too.

210 I almost feel sorry for the Chinese on that one. The Japs really were bestial in WWII.
Posted by: Archimedes

I would have no moral issues if the Japanese decided to break out the old ways on the Chicoms if they keep getting uppity.

211 how about those little green notebooks

MEMORANDA

212 Of course at the time FDR was giving the allies material assistance and engaged in an "illegal" war against German subs in the Atlantic so he didn't believe what he was campaigning on either...
Posted by: 18-1

Thus giving Hitler his justification for declaring war on us after Pearl Harbor. It was a stupid move on his part, of course, but it wasn't unjustified given our behavior as a supposed neutral.

213 193 Two types of countries in the world
Those that use the metric system and those that have landed on the moon.
Posted by: Heroq

*Sobs*
Posted by: Hubble Space Telescope

What are you crying about? Let me tell you about one of the not-so-heavenly bodies I'VE seen.

214
Jeez, what do I have to do to get fired around here?

215 You don't even need to graduate high school.
Posted by: Nova Local
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Hey, I can help with SAT tutoring.

216 Will daddy be sending you a Mother's Day gift this year, mommy?

217 My wife's grandfather was in the Bataan Death March and wasn't freed until the end of the war.
He refused to buy ANYTHING from Japan and hated people who drove Japanese vehicles, too.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:58 AM (N1tpc)

I get it. The WWII vets who served in the Pacific couldn't abide anything Japanese for the rest of their lives.
Slowly but surely Nikon, Sony, Toshiba, Toyota, Honda made it impossible to avoid them.
So they died.

218 >>Getting rid of a chief justice is a tall order, but if he is indeed disbarred (although I doubt it will happen), the blowback will be profound, and I can't imagine that he would stick around. He would be completely neutered.

I know cynicism is the coin of the realm around here but I agree. Yes, there is no rule that you have to be a lawyer to be on the SC but there aren't too many plumbers on the SC. Being disbarred would be the end of Roberts on the SC.

219 I would have no moral issues if the Japanese decided to break out the old ways on the Chicoms if they keep getting uppity.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 28, 2026 11:59 AM (lXoJ5)

Just a reminder that many (most?) of the Chinese people AREN'T Chicoms.

They are a subjugated populace, like NorKo, but with better conditions.

(For example, what would happen if they spoke ill of Xinnie the Poo?)

220 It's possible that the basis for the disbarment complaint, if serious enough, could be itself enough to get Roberts kicked off the bench.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 28, 2026 11:55 AM (iFTx/)

There are various judicial positions that don't require a law degree. The National Judicial College in Reno has courses of "the law" for non lawyers for example.

221 211 One of those Memoranda books got me high points during an IG inspection.I drew personnel and wall locker inspection and remembered to stick one of those books and a pen in my inside green blouse pocket. "Very good,a good Marine Sergeant should always have one" said the salty Mustanger Captain inspecting us.

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The Morning Report — 4/ 28/26

Good morning kids, the third attempted assassination of President Trump and in this instance as many of his cabinet members and advisers that were close enough to him at the WHCD will no doubt be the top story at least through the end of the week. Or until the Fifth Columnist Fourth Estate exhausts itself in its attempt to evade its responsibility in painting President Trump as an "Imperial" president and literally Hitler. With that is casting over half the country as racist Nazi white supremacists. Again, if this President were even a fraction as tyrannical and despotic as the Democrat/Leftists have historically been for over 200 years, that party and everyone in its base would've been smoke up a crematorium chimney or worm food in a mass grave long, long ago.

Compare and contrast. Charlie Kirk, a vocal, passionate and effective opponent of Leftism, who sought to defeat them, via civilized debate because he respected their right to express their opinions in a free and open society and let people decide for themselves.

The Democrat Left on the other hand could not allow that and so Charlie Kirk is in an early grave. Meanwhile vermin like Puce Stinkspleen and Jimmy Kimmel can spout the most vile abuse and blood libels at the President and First Lady with impunity knowing full well that the odds of them being in any kind of mortal peril is essentially zero. More likely they'd be praised for "speaking truth to power" (vomit) from all quarters of the Left. And again, not only do they have nothing to really fear from normal Americans of every stripe, from those who are MAGA all the way to just regular folk, there are those who have condemned the calls for Kimmel to be taken off the air and censored. I am fiercely pro free speech but at some point there is a line that we dare not cross that ventures into actual incitement.

In fairness, I'll be the first to admit that some of my rhetoric might, MIGHT, be interpreted by some as getting close to that line. The difference is, I have history and facts to back up my rhetoric in calling out the Democrat/Left for who and what they are.

Yeah some "imperial president" we have, eh Fareed Zakaria?!

Taking a shot at the king, whether with a gun or even rhetorically usually resulted in one's head on a pike.

Beyond that, despite Kimmel et al who have railed against Trump for years now still have platforms and worse, followers who will never abandon them and echo their poisonous bilge. As repulsive as they all are, I say let them speak and hopefully foist themselves on their own petards when they lose their audiences and influence.

But of course, they will never countenance open debate because they look upon us and our leaders as an evil to be eradicated. Always have, always will.

With now the third serious assassination attempt against President Trump on the books, it is an important juncture to examine the intellectual gleischaltung that encourages American society and global society to view Republican Presidents as the height of all evil. More than Kim Jong Un of North Korea, more than Vladimir Putin of Russia, more than Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran, more than Chairman Xi of China, Republican Presidents are rhetorically imbued with intrinsic evil that requires all available means of persuasion -- including assassination. Since the assassination of Lincoln, the press and academic culture have worked together to create a sense of moral purpose in killing Republican presidents. On July 11, 2007, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Betty Williams gave the keynote speech to the International Women’s Peace Conference in Dallas, Texas, and said (to laughter and applause from the audience):“I mean right now, I could kill George Bush, no problem. No, I don’t mean that. I mean -- how could you nonviolently kill somebody? I would love to be able to do that.” As a Republican President, George W. Bush was subjected to a media and academic character assassination regimen that drove his approval into the 20s before he left office in 2009. A Methodist minister, Charles Moore hated President Bush so much that he immolated himself at Grand Saline, Texas in 2014. He expressed written regret that he lacked the courage to burn himself alive on the campus of SMU where George W. Bush’s Presidential library is located.

Republican Presidents who were assassinated or subjected to attempted assassination include: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. Ironically, the most well-known presidential assassination was certainly that of John F. Kennedy, a Democrat president killed by a sniper assassin. The rhetoric surrounding this 1963 event provides insight into the enduring anti-Republican ethic of the American public sphere. Lee Harvey Oswald almost certainly killed President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. One of the most treasured canards of American history is a vast array of conspiracy theories that seek to exonerate Oswald...

...Our intellectual and academic culture is dangerously creating violent pro-assassination rhetoric that is creating this cultish desire to kill President Trump. It is not only dangerous to the United States but also the Democrat Party that offers itself as the primary point of peaceful opposition to President Trump. Revered Democrat strategist James Carville recently commended his own ‘trump derangement syndrome,’: "I hate the motherf-----. And you know what? I don't want to get rid of it [TDS]. I don't want to get better. I want to get worse. I want to hate him more."

James Carville is not the equivalent of an unknown goat-herding/boffing head-chopper holed up in a cave in Tora Bora. He is a major Democrat/Leftist political leader - a Grand Imam genuflecting before the Mecca space rock. And the true believers, and they constitute hundreds of thousands if not millions of our fellow citizens (in name only!) eat this up day in and day out.

Yes, They Want Trump Dead. They Also Want You Dead. That’s the core element of the Democrat Party platform.

... And in 2020, Kamala Harris said of the left’s riots, “They’re not going to stop. This is a movement, I’m telling you. They’re not going to stop and everyone beware, because they’re not going to stop. They’re not going to stop before Election Day in November and they’re not going to stop after Election Day. Everyone should take note of that on both levels. They’re not going to let up and they should not and we should not.”

They haven’t. If anything, they’ve stepped on the gas. Why? Because as the great David Horowitz memorably quipped, “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out.”
As Trump continues the painstaking work of dismantling the left’s clandestine power structure, the totalitarians will continue to get out and make themselves known. The Democrat Party is today the party of authoritarianism and violence. This is not an aberration or a momentary case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. This is what the party is at its heart.

And so, what is to be done?

Have a great day! New podcast episode coming later today so be on the lookout.

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TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH
• That’s the core element of the Democrat Party platform.
  Yes, They Want Trump Dead. They Also Want You Dead.
  
• Our intellectual and academic culture is dangerously creating violent pro-assassination rhetoric that is creating this cultish desire to kill President Trump.
  The Left's Rhetoric of Violence Against Republican Presidents
  
• Not that this will cause Democrats or TDS-sufferers to self-reflect.
  Democrats 100% Own This Assassination Attempt
  
• “I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done.”
  Breaking Down the Would-Be Assassin’s Manifesto
  
• Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, joined by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, confirmed at the press conference that Allen faces a count of attempted assassination of the President of the United States, punishable by up to life imprisonment, interstate transportation of a firearm to commit a felony, punishable by up to ten years in prison, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, punishable by up to life and a mandatory minimum of ten years in prison. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro confirmed additional charges will follow.
  DOJ Outlines Assassination Attempt Against President Trump After Suspect Formally Charged.
  
• The affidavit, filed as part of the criminal complaint against Cole Allen — charged with the transportation of a firearm and ammunition in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, and attempt to assassinate the U.S. president — details the moments leading up to the attack and the actions of the Secret Service officer only identified as “V.G.”
  Secret Service Agent Shot At WHCD Was Only One To Return Fire: Affidavit

• In my four decades protecting lives — from the streets of the South Bronx as an NYPD detective in the robbery and gun squads to building and leading a powerhouse security company — I have never seen a more alarming pattern of incompetence.
  How Trump’s protectors are failing him over and over again — and will get him killed unless we act now
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• . . . in typical fashion, corporate media is trying to portray the thwarted plot as an attack on the press corps, the First Amendment, and “democracy” itself.
  A Hardcore Lefty Tried To Murder Trump And His Team. Liberals Try To Use Cliché Scapegoat
  
• “People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate,” Mrs. Trump said. “A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him.”
  Melania Trump: ‘Coward’ Jimmy Kimmel ‘Deepens the Political Sickness Within America,’ Calls on ABC to ‘Take a Stand’
  
• “We can disagree. We can be critical of those in power, and we can peacefully fight for our beliefs, but there is no place in any way, shape, or form for political violence of any kind in our beloved United States,” Springsteen told the packed Texas crowd.
  Video: Bruce Springsteen Puce Stinkspleen Sends ‘Prayers of Thanks’ Trump Wasn’t Harmed in WHCD Shooting, After Comparing His Administration to Nazis
  
• "This was not a joke, and it should not be treated like one. People could have been killed last night."
  ‘WELL, THAT SUCKS’: Florida Democrats Mock Failed Assassination Attempt On President Trump
  
• Worse, Pritzker should know that the guy hired to start the violence, Bob Creamer, of the Illinois-based Democracy Partners, once claimed that, "We have a whole team across the country... consultants and the Democratic Party apparatus" organizing disruptions, also worked against him in a previous campaign. Pritzker should know because Creamer worked against him in the 1998 congressional race on behalf of his wife, the now, soon-to-be retiring Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. 
  Shorter Pritzker: Trump Deserved It, and I'll Justify It by Completely and Hilariously Wrecking Myself
  
• O’Donnell is a lot of things, but out of the loop on the accusations media have lobbed at the president for years is not one of them.
  After Yet Another Terrorist Attack, CBS’ Norah O’Donnell Immediately Uses Assassin’s Rhetoric To Target Trump

  AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

• The campaign raises concerns about terrorist sleeper cells and the potential for the radicalization of migrant communities in Britain and the wider West by Tehran.
  The Iranian Embassy in London is Recruiting Expats for a Martyrdom Campaign.
  
• the escalation risks dragging Lebanon deeper into the broader clash between Israel, the U.S., Iran, and its proxies. Notably, the ceasefire in Lebanon formed part of Iran’s demands for a ceasefire, and its collapse could reignite the conflict more broadly. Earlier this month, President Donald J. Trump has posted on Truth Social, “Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!!”
  Israel Breaks Lebanon Ceasefire With Wave of Airstrikes.
  
• ((Self-gassing damnable shit-whore) Wendy Sherman unloads in interview with Mishal Husain of Bloomberg
  Obama-Biden Iran Negotiator Says Trump Doesn't Have Enough Experts, Bemoans ‘Genocide’ in Gaza

  CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• The extensive evidence of potential pay-to-play criminality among the Clinton family confirms Department of Justice politicalization.
  New FBI Clinton Doc Reinforces Deep State’s Dual Standard Of Justice
  
• “I think that’s the number one thing we have. We have a huge problem in this nation, especially within higher education. . . ”
  Exclusive – Chuck DeVore: Assassination Attempt Shows ‘Just How Radicalized the American Left Is Becoming’
  
• El-Sayed has sought to distance himself from his own anti-police remarks as he campaigns for Michigan's open Senate seat.
  In Social Media Posts, Abdul El-Sayed’s Longtime Spox Defended Looting of American Cities, Savaged ‘White Ann Arbor’ People, and Signal Boosted Message Slamming Police Departments As ‘The Biggest Gangs in America’
  
• Ordinary citizens paid the price through relentless political warfare and collapsed civil discourse.
  The SPLC's Indictment is Justice, at Long Last, for Republicans (Only its total dissolution will bring justice to America - jjs)
  
• Years of allegations of SPLC misconduct, politicized “hate” labeling, and media double standards converge as scrutiny shifts toward corporate accountability
  Holding the SPLC Accountable.
  
• Is "unity" possible when a significant share of people wish violence against a sitting president. (It's gone beyond "wishing" a long long time ago - jjs)
  American Unity Remains A Pipe Dream As Political Parties Grow Further Apart: I&I/TIPP Poll

  "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• The order, issued late last week, dealt with the case of Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago, a DACA illegal alien. Santiago had deportation proceedings against her terminated by federal immigration judge Michael Pleters, the husband of Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX), citing her DACA status.
  DOJ Panel Ensures DHS Can More Easily Deport DACA Illegal Aliens
  
• "Everyone from across the country is getting sent there."
  EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds Of Border Patrol Agents Reassigned To Southern Border As ‘Gotaways’ Surge
  
• while the suggestion was likely in jest, it forms part of the ongoing debate around ICE’s role in executing the Trump administration’s deportation agenda, which has seen liberal journalists and leading Democrats, such as failed 2024 vice presidential candidate and Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz, compare them to Adolf Hitler’s Gestapo. Administration officials accuse journalists and Democrats pushing this rhetoric of inciting violent protests against ICE, and in some cases, targeted attacks, such as a sniper ambush at an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, last July that resulted in a police officer being shot in the neck.
  Trump May Rename ‘ICE.’ Here’s The Suggested New Name, and Why.
  
• Mass immigration plus welfare policy has turned American earnings into a global subsidy, with billions flowing abroad through remittances instead of staying in the U.S.
  Remittances: The US Is Not the World’s Cash Cow

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• The amendment targets funding tied to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and related highway safety programs, which support the implementation of Section 24220 of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act under the former Biden junta. Importantly, Roy is pushing for the amendment to be attached to the GOP FISA deal currently being marked up in the House Rules Committee.
  EXCLUSIVE: ‘Kill Switch’ Amendment Could Shake Up The Capitol Hill FISA Fight
  
• Programs sold as compassion function as taxpayer‑funded lifelines for the very political machine that hollowed the state out in the first place.
  California Swapped Gold for Grift: How “Affordable Housing” and “Green Energy” Became NGO Slush Funds
  
• . . . the government, under both Republicans and Democrats, has been bilking taxpayers to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. It gets worse every year. But as luck would have it, getting a start on it has been made easy with some very big and very recent busts.
  J.D. Vance’s War On Welfare Fraud Can’t Pause
  
• In a statement about the Louisiana bill, the activist coalition Housing Not Handcuffs referenced “chain gangs” and “entrenched white supremacy.” The National Homelessness Law Center declared that the bill evokes “debtors’ prisons, convict leasing, and Jim Crow.” Other activists compared the bill to slavery. (it must be absolutely fanastic! - jjs)
  With Louisiana Homeless Bill, Democrats Once Again Smear Sensible Policy As ‘Jim Crow’
  
• One vacancy. One choice. One chance not to blow it.
  Does the Right Still Believe in ‘No More Souters’?

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• CNN, a far-left propaganda outlet that spreads conspiracy theories and political violence, has been forced to postpone a scheduled anti-Trump documentary called Imperial Presidency ... (Sponsor Imperial Margarine to be replaced by Easy-Off? - jjs)
  CNN Forced to Postpone ‘Imperial Presidency’ After Another Left-Winger Allegedly Tries to Kill Trump

• Leftist reporters have spent a decade justifying political violence and now all of a sudden, they want to distance themselves from it.
  Sartre’s children, radical chic, and the Guardian publication
  * * * * *

• NBC News reports that the trial, scheduled to run for four weeks, represents both a business dispute and a personal conflict between two of technology’s most prominent figures. At its center lies the question of whether OpenAI betrayed its nonprofit mission when it transformed into a for-profit enterprise.
  AI Cage Match: Elon Musk and Sam Altman Face Off in Court to Determine OpenAI’s Future
  
• Bernie's back to working with Commies to undermine America.
  Bernie Sanders Teams Up With China to Restrict U.S. AI?

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• A sneaky rider at the bottom of the proposition allows legislators to raise taxes on all Californians with no permission required.
  California proposition to tax billionaires gets onto the November ballot with just one problem: Everyone gets to be the 'billionaire'
  
• If Newsom decides to run for President in 2028, it is likely that his opposition to the measure, which is popular with grassroots Democrats and the left more broadly, will become a source of criticism. Newsom’s second term as Governor is scheduled to end in January 2027, with Trump-backed Republican candidate Steve Hilton currently leading in the packed race to replace him.
  State Ballot Wealth Tax Amasses Enough Signatures.
  
• Plummeting births may lead to an unexpected bipartisan support for tax hikes.
  America’s Low Birth Rate Will Force a Fiscal Reckoning

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,

• President Trump issued a Defense Product Act-based executive order to get oil flowing again off the California coast. State judge basically ruled a previous California court injunction against offshore oil drilling superseded that EO.
  Federal Power Meets California Resistance in Santa Ynez Oil Restart Battle
  
• The testimony took a hostile turn when DeLauro brought up climate change, prompting Zeldin to cite the Clean Air Act and the Supreme Court case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.
  Watch – Dem Rep. Rosa DeLauro Blows Up at EPA Chief Lee Zeldin: ‘You Are Climate Deniers’

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

•  A major victory for America’s historical legal tradition.
  Appellate Court Okays Ten Commandments Display in Public School Classrooms
  
• Public employee unions in LA hold children hostage, and the school district is complicit.
  The Lost Angeles Unified School District

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY

• Real progress has been slow. Thanks to an impossible permitting process and a gauntlet of California red tape, in large swaths of the Palisades, nothing has been done. Still, that hasn’t stopped Bass, Newsom, and other Democrats from asking for billions in federal money.
  Karen Bass Faces Serious Questions After Leaked Phone Call On Palisades Fire

  POLITICS

• Hearings on Virginia’s Tuesday redistricting special election began Monday with the fate of four additional Democrat congressional seats hinging on whether the state’s 45-day early voting period constitutes an ongoing election. Following the hearing, former Virginia Attorney General and head of the Election Transparency Initiative, Ken Cuccinelli, laid out the current and potential future cases before the Virginia Supreme Court that are challenging the state’s attempt to gerrymander its congressional map in favor of Democrats as the midterm elections approach.
  The Left’s Obsession With Early Voting May Lose Them Seats In Virginia
  
• Republicans would gain four seats if the new congressional map were to pass, which would cause Florida’s delegation in the House to be represented by 24 Republicans and three Democrats, Fox News first reported. The new map was released after voters in Virginia approved a referendum that would give Democrats an advantage in ten out of 11 of the state’s congressional districts.
  Florida Rolls Out Congressional Map That Could Erase Virginia Dems’ Gerrymander Advantage
  
• If Republicans don’t act fast,  Virginia will turn into Colorado, but it doesn’t have to happen that way, although it’ll be hard to undo the damage.
  Can Virginia Be Fixed?

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• . . . a unique event to pray for divine intervention to end communism in Cuba.
  Cuban Americans Stage Massive Prayer Event in Florida Asking God to Save Homeland
  
• "This project in no way limits or restricts freedom of expression or political debate. It does not censor opinions or criticism, nor does it establish penalties for expressing oneself."
  Mexico moves to jail offenders for AI misuse, including for lewd deepfakes
  
• Netanyahu is once again the least bad alternative.
  Two Failed Israeli PMs Who Brought On Oct 7 Team Up
  
• . . . if what the Bahamian government is saying is, indeed, true, the Biden junta ignored a country that is just a two- to three-hour boat ride from our shores, so much so that it ended up deeper in bed with China, practically allowing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) access to camp out on our coast.
  Did Biden Send the Bahamas Straight to Beijing?

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS

• Islam's horrific business.
  Hamas Trades Food for Sexual Favors

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• The Ukrainian president noted that Chernobyl is still dangerous. The radiation from the 1986 incident is contained within a massive metal and concrete “sarcophagus” which was covered with a larger second structure known as the New Safe Confinement (NSC) after it was deemed too dangerous to repair flaws in the original sarcophagus.
  Zelensky Accuses Russia of ‘Nuclear Terrorism’ on 40th Anniversary of Chernobyl Meltdown

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• While the U.S. Navy remains the world’s most powerful fleet, the shipbuilding deficit is disconcerting, both militarily and from a civilian standpoint. 
  Shipbuilding is National Security

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Households should be able to enroll in plans exempt from ACA rules, which would help to reduce costs.
  Why Can’t Americans Buy More Affordable Health-Care Plans?
  
• The outcome of the case could influence public health and voter turnout in the 2026 midterm elections, particularly among MAHA women who prioritize health issues. A conflict between the MAHA movement and the Trump administration could fracture the broad political alliance that helped Trump win in 2024.
  MAHA vs Trump Admin: SCOTUS Protests After EPA Caves to Big Pharma.

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
  

• The DOE should pursue every reasonable legal remedy it can to stop persistent gender ideology in schools.
  Feds Should Stop Funding The Massachusetts Schools Welcoming Boys To Girls’ Bathrooms

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Kimmel, who narrowly dodged outright cancellation for making similarly distasteful jokes about Charlie Kirk’s assassination in September, took to the air with a vengeance in his Monday night show.
  KIM-WIT: Jimmy Kimmel repeats ‘hateful’ joke about ‘expectant widow’ Melania Trump in attempt to defend himself after WHCD shooting
  
• Christian Toto: FLOTUS skewers late-night hack for hateful assassination rhetoric
  Melania’s Right, But Firing Jimmy Kimmel Would Be Wrong
  
• A breezy autopsy of our FLOTUS-hating culture.
  Being First Lady Is Hard. Being Melania Trump Is Something Else.

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